Case Taking with Homoeopathic Facial Analysis- Grant Bentley
Case Taking with Homoeopathic Facial Analysis
- Grant Bentley
ND Dip Hom Grad Dip Psych. Th Prof Memb AHA AROH reg ATMS ANPA
- The argument between the academic and the practical
- Different roads leading to the one place?
- Being ideologically promiscuous
- Homœopathic Facial Analysis (HFA) – strong and unchanging
- The two modalities that exist in every chronic disease
- The mentals – not the key to unlocking the remedy
- Generals – more discriminating than mentals
- Physical form is unique – the human condition is not
- 90% of valid information is non verbal
- The body is a vault that keeps past memories alive
- Nature has our best interests at heart
- Our facial features have molded into a design most beneficial for our individual needs
A former patient of mine who has studied homoeopathy for more than twenty years, described HFA as the most usable system she has ever known because of its straight forward simplicity.
In any walk of life, professional or technical, there is an age old argument between those who are practical and those who are academic, and in homoeopathy it is no different. Accountants often disagree with economists, while builders shake their heads as they look at the drawings of the architect. There has always been a difference between theorists and those at the coalface. My patient was stating that HFA is coalface homoeopathy. It is designed for the clinic because it comes from the clinic and its membership is dominated by working practitioners whose bottom line is ease and reproducible results.
This does not mean theory is irrelevant, but the argument about whether it is practical, is too important to be overlooked. During a discussion I once had with an Osteopath who also studied homoeopathy, he mentioned how there were so many theories in homoeopathy by comparison to other modalities. I replied, 'Wouldn't that be a good thing? After all doesn't this show a thinking profession?' His reply was 'No, it shows a profession that has too much time on its hands!'
The problem for him when it came to homoeopathy was not the system itself, but the multitude of competing theories that kept emerging in reference to practice. Most disturbing is how many different theories are adopted by practitioners, as if they are interchangeable and saying the same thing. Some of these theories have entirely different opinions on miasms, remedies and even pathology. Some do not focus on miasms at all while for others they are the central core. Some have different ways of prescribing, different modes of delivering the remedy, different potency scales and different ways of taking a case, yet they are all being viewed by some practitioners as if they are different roads leading to the one place.
Many homoeopaths act in a manner that is ideologically promiscuous, sacrificing quantity for quality in a search to repeat the rush that comes from being 'amazed'. Promiscuity never delivers the comfort and depth we instinctively crave. Promiscuity is a short term fix to an insatiable need for stimulation. But a constant need for stimulation comes from a lack of sustainable fulfillment. This is the difference between eating porridge and chocolate. People don't crave what is nourishing and satisfying because satisfaction is the opposite of craving. Cravings occur when satisfaction is momentary but unsustaining, which causes our desire for more.
Regardless of whether it is food, drugs or knowledge, jumping from one to another is neither healthy nor productive. It is not professional development that is in question, but the search for the thrill that comes from 'insight' which can be addictive and even dangerous. It is addictive in the way any thrill is addictive, because it leaves you wanting more. This makes some research authors feel pressured into churning out 'discoveries' because of public demand. It also often makes continuous or annual discoveries look suspicious to other researchers, who know how much time it takes to research a project thoroughly. Theories that come out annually will be judged rightly or wrongly as more concerned with supply and demand, than advancing real understanding. This is a practical reality of life; supply and demand drives everything, including homoeopathy, but the problem as always is that anything mass produced often sacrifices quality for quantity.
HFA is not a market driven system, because once you know it – you know it. The system itself has remained virtually unchanged since its conception, which shows the strength of its foundation. While the philosophy continues to evolve and expand, getting progressively deeper yet simpler at the same time, (see Appearance and Circumstance and Soul & Survival) the process of applying HFA in the clinic remains fundamentally strong and unchanging.
When a patient enters my clinic, there is nothing to differentiate the HFA system from standard classical homoeopathy. In the beginning the consultation centres around the patient's presenting complaint, examining the type of pain they experience including times, aggravations and other factors. Once this has concluded, the consultation extends into the patient’s life story. Generally this takes place easily and naturally because it is rare for any chronic disease not to have two primary modalities. The first modality is that the patient and their symptoms are worse when they are tired. The second modality is that the patient and their symptoms are worse when they are stressed.
While these two modalities seem obvious, the ramifications that come from understanding why they exist in every case of chronic disease is so broad they change homoeopathic philosophy completely, and yet still we ignore them.
Stars exist in the night sky; they are obvious and have always existed. As a result we don't pay them much attention and treat their existence with the contempt that comes from familiarity. Chronic disease with the modalities - worse when tired or stressed, is in the same position as the stars in the sky. Stars are not just little lights that twinkle when it gets dark, they are nuclear powerhouses that drive the material universe, and by understanding stars we can understand the origins and make-up of how life began. Accepting “worse when tired or stressed” without thinking, is the same as seeing the stars but not understanding their significance. Understanding why every chronic disease is worse when the patient is tired or stressed has the potential to reform homoeopathic philosophy and create the next leap forward - but it is must be properly understood. (See Soul & Survival for more about personal energy). This is the first big difference between HFA and contemporary homoeopathy.
Once a patient understands the link between personal energy levels and disease, it is easy to take them to the next step and review the impacts life has had by discussing their personal history. This is the second major difference between HFA and other contemporary methods. Contemporary homœopathy uses life stories to find the inner core of the patient. For some it is an attempt by the practitioner to uncover a subtlety to distinguish one remedy from another, a necessary process for those who practice 'personalised drug picture' type prescribing. In another approach, life stories are used as a way of getting the patient to delve into their pain until they reach the point of a primal scream and open themselves up to an epiphany. This approach is psychoanalysis dressed in a new suit. The process is not unsound, but psychological medicine was forced to drop this technique in favour of more practically based methods, because the process took far too much time and results were simply not proportional to effort. In HFA however, life stories are used as a way of ascertaining stress, exhaustion and repeating circumstances. Biographies sometimes yield good rubrics but not always, which is why in Homoeopathic Facial Analysis the mentals are not regarded as the key to unlocking the remedy.
Life themes are repeating patterns and HFA practitioners take them literally without interpretation. For example, if a patient came from an alcoholic background and made the decision that they themselves would never drink because of the damage they had seen alcohol do, but their partner or child drinks more than they should, then alcohol becomes a rubric because it is a repeating life theme. I do not ask how they feel about alcohol or what physical sensation it causes, I just accept the impact this substance has made and note it as an influential stress.
Some may find it unusual at this time to go against the tide of mental’s prescribing. Most current methods attempt to come up with ways of precision focusing on feelings or beliefs. HFA is the opposite and this is its third major point of difference. To describe why the mentals are not as discriminating as generals is a book in itself, but physical form is unique where as the human condition is not. The aspirations desires and needs of most human beings are similar and therefore not distinct, and certainly not as individual as a physical feature like fingerprints.
The theory has always been that mind and soul forms physical form but I am not so sure that is true. Other people's attitudes, attractions, opinions, repulsions, suspicions, friendliness, openness and sexual desire are driven by how we look, and what feelings our looks evoke in them. This in turn shapes how we view the world because of the people and attitudes that have come our way. A sexually vulnerable looking woman like Marilyn Monroe will have different experiences and beliefs about human nature than a woman whose looks are stronger, and as a result has not shared the experiences caused by having those looks. Men will act differently around these two women because of the feelings each create. Not everyone acts in the same way to the same person because looks interplay with life experience bringing forth different reactions depending on personal history. In one man, a woman's vulnerability may bring out a predatory side, while in another that same vulnerability can make some males protective or even paternal.
Experts agree that 90% of communication is non-verbal. One study at UCLA indicated that up to 93% of communication effectiveness is determined by nonverbal cues. So why are homoeopaths not using or embracing such vital information, particularly when clinical effectiveness is totally dependent on gathering the facts? The reality is that up until now it has been impossible because we didn't have the right tools, but with Homoeopathic Facial Analysis there is now an effective way of gaining this vital information. The reason we need to dig and delve to look into the labyrinth of the unconscious mind, is because we are only getting ten percent or less of the information we need, the rest is hidden in our body. Ninety percent of the facts are missing because they cannot be verbally acquired, regardless of intellectual promises to the contrary. Homoeopathic Facial Analysis solves this problem, because it is the only available homoeopathic system designed to read facial structure in a clinical and exclusively homoeopathic way. This is one of the reasons why its success rates are so high.
The body expresses more than pain. It is a vault that keeps the memories of the past alive to be used in the present when necessary. That is the purpose of evolution, to adapt to the constant stresses of the past so the present has a better chance of survival. But what homoeopathic system caters to this jewel of nature apart from Homoeopathic Facial Analysis? – None. Chronic disease is hardly ever a disease in the infectious sense of the word. There is no asthma virus or cancer germ because chronic disease is an outcome. It is a result of all the events and stresses that have come before it. Chronic disease tells us the story of the patient, how they have lived and what they have endured. The body is designed to store memory. How can new life be created without the physical transference of memory via genes?
Over time ducks evolved webbed feet because they spent so much time hunting in the water. As a result benevolent nature decided that the duck would benefit if its feet were webbed. Because we know how to read the signs, we can tell that any animal with webbed feet spends a lot of time in or around water. We don't have to intellectualise this information because we accept that physical form in animals remembers, and adapts to consistency or stress. Why do we think human beings are any different? Why would nature be less benevolent to us than to a duck?
Have you ever tried to convey an emotion to another person while keeping a deadpan and unchanging face? Try conveying real anger without intonation or facial expression. It cannot be done and do you know why? Because the human face is specifically designed to be the main conveyor of emotion. Not just the emotions we feel but also as a medium of communicating what emotions we need to get from others. Every practitioner knows that certain patients keep attracting the same type of people and this is why. Not only do we instinctively and unconsciously through our face display our emotional needs, we are also unconscious experts at reading what others through their face are asking of us. Some who respond will do so with honour but others will capitalise on this request.
This is the fourth major area of difference between HFA and more contemporary methods. HFA knows how to read this unspoken facial language and its practitioners can read what memories are locked in the patient’s unconscious.
After the patient has finished their story, what we call a “top to toe” examination is verbally conducted, asking the patient a totality relating to any pathology or pain they may experience. This is called a top to toe because we start with the head and work our way down. Starting with the head my questions will be
* Do you suffer from headaches or migraines?
* Do you have any skin condition of the scalp?
* Is there any problem with your hair?
When there is an affirmative reply, a check is made to find any modality that accompanies the symptom. Once all the information about this symptom is found further areas of the body are checked – this involves a lot of leading questions
* Do you have any problems with your eyes?
* Are you prone to conjunctivitis or any other repeating infection?
Once this process is complete the physical generals will stand out. The headache was worse of the right and at night, so too was the knee pain. The liver pain is a constant problem (
Because the body is designed to adapt, being able to read it is vital. When a body builder trains in a gym their muscles adapt to the heavy weights, gaining size and mass. If that same person decided to take up marathon running instead, their body would become a different shape, shedding fat and bulk in an effort to make them lighter for long distance running. The same happens inside the brain. The more we focus our attention on a subject or skill, the more the neurons in our brain break past links to create new ones. The key to what happens with the body and brain is frequency. Nature is a system that ensures that physical form adapts itself to need. In the past whenever human beings concentrated on a task, either physical or mental, it was because that task was important to survival. Nature helps us with important tasks by allowing our body to readjust and adapt quickly to any repeated task. This is why practice makes perfect and why habits and addictions are difficult to break.
The human face is part of nature's adaptable make-up and plays a vital role in acquiring need. Most of the time we don't need to be told that our patient is anxious, exhausted or tense, it shows itself in how they carry themselves but even more, it is etched on their face. The process of evolution is remarkable and it shows that nature has our best interests at heart. But evolution and adaptation are long term processes that rely on holding the memories of the past. Snow leopards for example, have changed their coat colour to better suit their surroundings. In the jungle the yellow and black of a large cat’s coat is perfect for the sun and shadows. In the snow this jungle coat would be a hindrance not a help, so nature allows the coat to change into white so the leopard can now blend with the snow. However these adaptations are only useful provided the environment doesn't change. If the snow leopard suddenly moved to the jungle its coat would be a hazard because it is the wrong reaction to the environment.
Human beings have these same forces of nature and we also adapt to our most stressful and dangerous environment. However, before nature commits to any physical change, the stress or conditions in the environment must be long-term and stable.
Every one of us has physically adapted and evolved to suit the changing needs of survival, and the area where this physical change has been most prevalent is on our face. This is because our most consistent threat comes from the group we live in. Human beings are less shaped by weather than other animals although obviously environment plays a part, especially with blue (syphilitic) people but that is a much longer story (see Soul & Survival). While Africans look different to Europeans or Asians we are anatomically all the same. Weather is less of a physiological impetus because we can build shelters and fires.
Our peripheral body does not have to continually adjust to life in the elements because that is not where our greatest threat to survival comes from. Our body does however have to adjust and find a survival edge to life in a group. Like all group animals each human being's greatest threat is the person next to them, because individuals within groups must always compete for resources (see Soul & Survival). Evolution is only successful when it adapts and stores the challenging circumstances of the past. Evolution is playing the odds with the snow leopard, betting that the cold and icy conditions of the past will continue to be the prevalent stress in the present. Human beings have also faced generations of tribulations and have adapted to the physical demands of living in groups. Our body language and facial features have molded and etched themselves into a design that is most beneficial to our individual needs. Homoeopathic Facial Analysis not only helps us select a remedy, it helps the HFA practitioner recognise each person's basic requirements for survival within a group. Human communities survive by individuals performing different niches and these traits along with emotional needs are displayed, as one would expect, to anyone who knows how to read them. Now let’s return to facial analysis in the clinic.
After completing the physical examination I then take photos of my patient (see Homoeopathic Facial Analysis). This is major difference number five between HFA and contemporary homoeopathy. After taking my pictures I leave the patient in the waiting room while I examine their facial features for shape, size and symmetry (see Homoeopathic Facial Analysis). Each facial feature is then classified into a designated colour group of yellow, red or blue, each colour group represents a miasm; yellow is psora, red is sycosis and blue is syphilis (see Appearance and Circumstance).
Homoeopathic Facial Analysis determines the dominant miasm of my patient. While Hahnemann focused on finding the dominant miasm within remedies, analysing the dominant miasm in people has not received the same attention. Once my repertorisation is complete and I know the dominant miasm of my patient, all that remains is to give the repertorised remedy with the same dominant miasm to my patient. Normally a repertorisation based on the generals will leave up to twenty remedy possibilities, but if I know my patient is syphilitically dominant and Mercury, Conium and Aurum are in my repertorisation, my choice of remedy shrinks from twenty possibilities to three. If my patient is blue (syphilis) then so too must the remedy otherwise we don't have a perfect similimum - and that is how Homoeopathic Facial Analysis is done. With the HFA method, practitioners no longer have to struggle over essence or wait like Kent suggested for ten years or more, just to become proficient. Many graduates can achieves results of 80% and upwards after studying Homoeopathic Facial Analysis for only a year even in the most difficult cases of chronic disease.
Developing Homœopathic Facial Analysis (HFA) has been a rewarding journey for both myself, my fellow practitioners and my students. Clinical success is consistent and the insight attained through studying the link between behaviour and facial features has opened my eyes to universal laws and how homœopathy taps into this phenomena.
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Grant has been working and studying in various fields of natural therapies since 1987. Grant’s qualifications include Homœopathy, Naturopathy, Clinical Hypnosis and a Post Graduate Diploma in Eriksonian Psychotherapy. Grant is the current Principal and senior lecturer of the Victorian College of Classical Homœopathy, a position he has held since 1995.
His first book, Appearance and Circumstance(2003) details the nature of miasms and how facial analysis can be used to determine the patient’s dominant miasm. Homœopathic Facial Analysis (2006) continues this work with detailed descriptions and examples of facial analysis. Soul & Survival (2008) defines how miasms influence us in our daily lives and define our individuality.
Grant has lectured in Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, USA and Europe.
Further information about Grant Bentley’s research and his books can be found on the Victorian College of Classical Homœopathy website http://www.vcch.org/miasm.html and the Soul & Survival website
http://www.soulandsurvival.com/
HOMEOPATHIC CASE TAKING FORMAT FOR ADULTS & CHILDREN
CASE TAKING FORMAT FOR ADULTS & CHILDREN
CASE - RECORD
PLEASE READ THIS FIRST BEFORE FILLING THIS FORM
You have get well. We are here to select the best possible medicine for you .In order to do that, we depend on your co-operation. HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE IS MAINLY SELECTED ON THE SYMPTOMS YOU GIVE US. If we are to make a successful prescription, we must know all the details of your sickness. We must also understand all the features that belong to you as an individual. This includes your reactions to various factors, your past and family history and your mental make up.
In order to find out all about you, weshall be asking you many questions. Each one of these questions has a definite meaning and significance for us. There is not a single questions that is useless. Even something that your may think is not connected with your trouble, may be the most important factor in deciding the correct homoeopathic medicine. That is why you must be free and frank and give us the fullest possible information on each point. Please read each question carefully, think and if necessary, consult someone close to you and then answer completely. Do not keep anything back. Remember, whatever you tell us will remain absolutely confidential.
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE FORM HAS 8 PARTS :
1. About your past illnesses and family illnesses. Please take time to answer this part with the help of your family members before coming to us.
2. History of your present illness.
3. About all the parts of your body.
4. Deals with the factors that affect your health.. Please think carefully about each of the factors mentioned and write what specific effects they have on you.
5. About your mental state and your emotional nature . Please write in this part about your situation in life and about all the things that are bothering you. Be totally frank and open.
6. About your sleep and dreams .
7. For children or you as a child .
8. In this part you are given instructions on how to report each of your complaints. Read the instructions first . Then make a list of your complaints and describe each of them according to the instructions.
C O N F I D E N T I A L
Date :
| Name: |
| (Begin with surname) |
| Address : |
| Telephone : Residence : | Office : |
| Age : | Sex: Male / Female |
| Vegetarian / Non Veg. / Egg Veg. | Single / Married / Divorced / Widowed |
| Occupation (Nature of work): | Education: |
| Referred to us by: |
PREVIOUS DISEASES & DRUGS USED
Every disease, poisoning, drug or accident leaves its mark and remains as a weak point in the system, much more than we imagine . Homoeopathic treatment takes into account all these details of the past and thus removes all the weak points. Thus your body is strengthened. That is why it is necessary for us to know about all the ailments you have suffered from in the past and the treatments you have taken.
In the list below, circle around names of ALL major illnesses so far suffered and on the next page give its relevant details.
| Typhoid Cholera Food Poisoning Worms Diarrhoea Dysentery | Measles German measles Chicken-pox Small-pox Mumps Whooping cough | Malaria Jaundice Any Liver Spleen or Gall Bladder Disease | Miscarriage . Abortion Currettings Sickness during Pregnancy etc. Prolapse of uterus |
| Malnutrition Rickets Rheumatism Backache | Any venereal Disease like Syphilis Gonorrhoea etc. | Any heart trouble , Blood pressure , Giddiness | Nephritis (Kidney or urine trouble) Diabetes etc. Prostate trouble |
| Any operation such as Tonsils , Abdomen , Appendix , Hernia , Piles, Uterus , Renal Stone , Gall Stones, Phimosis , Hydrocele , Cataract etc. Mode of anaesthesia : general –local | Diphtheria, Septic Tonsils , Adenoids Recurrent infections – Sinusitis Bronchitis –Eosinophilia Cold 0-Fever-Chill . Pneumonia Asthma –Pleurisy—T.B. | Any serious shock , grief , disappointments, fright , mental upset , depression or nervous break down | |
| Chronic Headaches, Numbness , Cramps, Fits , Convulsions Polio, Paralysis etc. Meningitis –Any Lumbar puncture done. | Any major accident or injury to body or head. Any occasion of unconsciousness Any major bleeding from any part of the body. | Skin diseases like Pimples , Boils, Carbuncles, Ringworms, Fungus, Scabies , Eczema. Ulcers on any part of the body. |
| Diseases suffered from | Approximate Age | Duration | Whether you completely recovered | Medicines & treatment taken | Any other particulars |
Any extra remarks of information :
Mention any drugs , tonics , stimulants etc. That have been used by you at any time in life.
FAMILY INFORMATION
| List of major diseases Anaemia Cancer Diabetes Insanity Rheumatism T. B. /Pleurisy Leprosy Epilepsy/fits Bleeding tendency Urticaria Eczema Asthma Paralysis Hypertension Heart trouble Kidney disease Liver disease etc. | Relationship | Alive /dead | Age | Diseases | Cause of death | |
| Paternal Grand Father | ||||||
| Paternal Grand Mother | ||||||
| Maternal Grand Father | ||||||
| Maternal Grand Mother | ||||||
| Father | ||||||
| Mother | ||||||
| Diseases Suffered | ||||||
| Paternal Uncles | ||||||
| Paternal Aunts | ||||||
| Maternal Uncles | ||||||
| Maternal Aunts | ||||||
| Cousin Brother & Sister on Father’s side | ||||||
| Cousin Brother & Sister on Mother’s side | ||||||
| Did any of your relatives have trouble similar to yours |
Provide information about them in the table below. Indicate your position by writing ‘SELF’.
| SR.NO | Brother /Sister | Alive /Dead | Age | Diseases suffered |
| 1. | ||||
| 2. | ||||
| 3. | ||||
| 4. | ||||
| 5. | ||||
| 6. | ||||
| 7. | ||||
| 8. |
PERSONAL HISTORY
*About your birth
Did your mother have any problem during pregnancy ?
Did She take drugs during pregnancy ?What were they?
Was there any difficulty about your birth ? Give details.
*At what age did you start.
| Teething | Urine Control Bed wetting etc. | ||
| Sitting | |||
| Standing | Eating indigestibles Like chalk , lime ,earth. Slate-pen | ||
| Walking | |||
| Speaking | Any other problem about Your growth & development | ||
| Dog | Rat | Snake | Scorpion |
Did you take anti-rabies or anti –venom or any other treatment ?
*Vaccination & Inoculations :
Indicate number of times you were vaccinated for the following :
| Small pox | Polio | Cholera | Measles | |||||
| Triple | B.C.G. | Typhoid | Tetanus |
Was there any reaction or particular trouble after any of above vaccinations of inocculations ?
Give details:
(if married) How is the health of your husband /wife :
*Number of children living and dead . If dead , state causes :
Mention ages of children and their condition of health.
| Child’s name | Male/Female | Age | Diseases Suffered |
| Your Habits | How much |
| Smoking | |
| Snuff | |
| Chewing Tobacco | |
| Alcohol | |
| Tea | |
| Sleeping Pills | |
| Laxatives /Purgatives | |
| Any other |
Main complaints and other associated troubles: (and detailed history of the present illness, The onset and course with dates).
ORIGIN OF CAUSE : Can you trace the origin illness to any particular circumstance accident , illness, incident or mental upset ? (e.g. Shock , worry , errors in diet ,overexertion , exposure to cold , heat etc.)?
APPETITE AND THIRST
How is your appetite?
When are you hungry?
What happens if you have to remain hungry for long?
How fast do you eat?
How much thirst do you have?
Any particular time are you specially thirsty ?
Do you feel any change in your taste and feeling in your mouth?
Please Put one tick (X) if you Like / Dislike the food or if the food disagrees. Put two tick mark(X X) if you strongly Like / Dislike the food or if the food strongly disagrees.
| Like | Dislike | Disagrees | Like | Dislike | Disagrees | |||
| Bitter | Eggs | |||||||
| Salt extra | Spicy food | |||||||
| Sweet | Meat | |||||||
| Sour | Fish | |||||||
| Bread | Cabbages | |||||||
| Butter | Onions | |||||||
| Fats | Warm food/drink | |||||||
| Milk | Cold food/drink | |||||||
| Coffee | Fruits | |||||||
| Mud/chalk | Anything else |
STOOL
Do you have any problem regarding your stools?
When and how many times a day do you pass stools ?
When is it urgent?
Do you have any problem about bowel movements?
Do you have to strain for stool? Even if soft?
Do you have belching or passing gas? Describe its character.
How do you feel after passing gas up or down?
URINATION & URINE
Any problem about urine ?
Any strong smell ? Like what?
Do you have any trouble before , during and after passing urine?
Any difficulty about the flow ? Slow to start , interrupted , feeble dribbling etc.?
Any involuntary urination? When ?
SWEAT/PERSPIRATION-FEVER-CHILL
How much do you sweat ?
Where and on what part do you sweat most?
Do you perspire on the palms or soles?
Is the sweat warm , cold , clammy, sticky, musty, greasy, stiffens the linen etc.?
What is the smell like ?e.g. foul , pungent, sour , urinous.
What colour does it stain the clothing ?
Is the stain easy to wash off or difficult ?
Any symptoms after sweating ?
When do you get fever or chill ?
What brings it on ?
Do you experience any sense of heat or cold in
Any part of your body at any particular time?
CHEST-HEART – COLD – COUGH
Do you catch cold often ?if so, how?
Describe the symptoms ,nature of discharge etc.
Is there any trouble with your CHEST or HEART ?
Is there any trouble with your voice or speech?
Is there any difficulty in breathing ?
Do you have cough ?
Is it more at any particular time?
SEXUAL SPHERE (GENERAL)
Any excessive indulgence in sex in past and present ? Any effect on your health ?
How do you feel after sexual intercourse?
Any particular feeling or symptoms appear before , during and after sexual intercourse?
Do you suffer from any sexual disturbance ?
(Homosexual inclination etc.?)
Any habit like (masturbation etc.) in past as well as present? How often?
Did you suffer from any Venereal disease ?
Syphilis ? Gonorrhoea ?
Do you have increased desire or decreased desire for sex?
What is the method you use for family planning?
FOR MEN
Any difficulty in erection ?
Wanted erection ? unwanted erection ?
Weak erection ? Failing erection ? Describe.?
Any other trouble in sex ? Describe in details
FOR WOMEN
Menses : How are the periods ;regular or irregular?
At what age did it start?
Was there any trouble then?
Mention number of days of flow.
Menstrual flow : Is there any change now in quantity , colour , smell or consistency?
Are the stains difficult to wash ?
Have you noticed any variation in quality and quantity of flow during menses?
How and when?
Do you suffer in any way before , during or after menses ?If so, describe:
What symptoms did you suffer during menopause ?
Do you feel the internal parts coming down?
Is there any white discharge?
If so , mention the nature , colour , consistency and smell of discharge.
When and under what circumstances is it more or less .
Has the discharge any relation to menses?
What is the effect of this discharge on your general feeling ? or any of your symptoms ?
Any itching , excoriation etc. due to discharge?
Do you pass any gas from vagina ?
Any trouble with breasts?
ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT :
VERTIGO- Do you have giddiness – vertigo?
FAINTNESS: Do you ever feel faint?
HEAD: Do you get headaches?
EYES & Vision:
EARS & sense of hearing :
NOSE & sense of smell:
FACE & Facial expression:
MOUTH & sense of taste:
About LIPS, MOUTH, TONGUE etc. :
TEETH, GUMS e.g. carious teeth m bleeding gums.
Swollen gums:
LIPS:cracked , peeling of skin etc.
THROAT (including tonsils) :
Any difficulty in swallowing?
Do you have any trouble in your BACK , LIMBS OR JOINTS? Describe in details:
If you have any pains , do they shift?
In what direction do they extend ?
Is there any complaint of skin : such as itching , eruptions , ulcers , warts, corns, peeling etc.? (Describe its name )
Any change in colour of the skin or spots on any part of the body ?
Is there any complaint or abnormality of the NAILS or skin around ?
Is there any complaint with the HAIR such as falling , graying, dandruff, dryness, oily, poor excessive or unusual growth ?
Do wounds heal slowly ?
Form keloid? Do wounds tend to form pus?
Have you a tendency to bleed?
Are your troubles one sided ? Which one?
Or more on one side?
Do they proceed from one to the other side ?
Or do they alternate or shift?
Is there any trembling ? When?
Is there any sense of weakness ? Where?
When is it more or less?
Is it in any particular part of the body?
FACTORS THAT AFFECT YOU
Below are a list of things that you are exposed to. Each of these factors may affect you in a particular way . Please write in what way you are affected by each of the following . Do you feel worse or better in any way from each of the factors. In what way do they affect you.
For instance take the factor "sun". Suppose by going in the sun you get a headache, then write "Headache " opposite to "sun".
Take another example . if in hot weather you feel uneasy, then write "Uneasy" opposite to "Hot Weather " in the column.
In this way write the effect of each factor on you. Especially write the effect each factor has on your main complaints . For instance if your main complaint is asthma and this is worse when lying on the back then opposite to "lying on the back "write "asthma becomes worse"
Sometimes one factor may make you feel worse in some respect, and better in some other respect, For instance cold air may cause headache but headache but make you feel better in general. If this is so, please mention this difference clearly.
This section is most important. Do not go through it hurriedly . Think carefully about the effect of each factor before you write.
| Effect | Effect | |||
| Hot weather | Walking | |||
| Cold weather | Running | |||
| Rainy weather | Climbing stairs | |||
| Cloudy weather | Going downstairs | |||
| Change of season | Riding in bus, car etc. | |||
| Thunder –storm | Lying | |||
| Covering | Lying on back | |||
| Warm bath | Lying on left side | |||
| Sun | Lying on right side | |||
| Cold bathing | Lying on abdomen | |||
| Lying with head low | Drinking | |||
| Sitting | After sexual intercourse | |||
| Sitting erect | Dust | |||
| Standing | Smoke | |||
| Looking up | Touch | |||
| Looking down | Pressure | |||
| Looking from high places | Massage | |||
| Looking at moving object | Tight clothes | |||
| Noise | Before sleep | |||
| Sudden noise | During sleep | |||
| Music | After sleep | |||
| Light | After afternoon nap | |||
| Strong smells | Loss of sleep | |||
| When constipated | Before stools | |||
| Before urine | During stools | |||
| During urine | After stools | |||
| After urine | Coughing | |||
| Before menses | Sneezing | |||
| During menses | Laughing | |||
| After menses | Talking | |||
| After Sweating | Reading | |||
| When Fasting | Writing | |||
| After eating | Stooping | |||
| Before important engagement | Passing gas | |||
| Before exams | After hair cut | |||
| When angry | Combing hair | |||
| When worried | Brushing teeth | |||
| When sad | Moonlight | |||
| After weeping | Opening the mouth | |||
| Consolation /sympathy | Smoking | |||
| In a crowd | Hanging the limbs | |||
| In a closed room | Hanging the arms | |||
| When thinking of illness | Near sea | |||
| Full noon /new moon | Shaving | |||
| Morning | Stretching | |||
| Afternoon | Swallowing | |||
| Evening | Listening to others talk | |||
| Night | Vomiting | |||
| Bathing | Yawning | |||
| Draft air | Moving the eyes | |||
| Biting or chewing | Opening the eyes | |||
| Blowing nose | Closing the eyes | |||
| When alone | Getting feet wet | |||
| In company | Over eating | |||
| Physical exertion | Working in water | |||
| Belching | Fanning |
MIND
It is now universally acknowledged that your mind has tremendous influence on your body . For giving proper treatment it is necessary for us to understand your emotional and intellectual nature . We can thus treat you as a whole.
In order to understand you we will be asking certain questions . Answer them freely, carefully , and completely. This information will help us much in giving you the correct remedy . Also such a remedy will help improve your mental make up.
Answer freely. Answer frankly. Answer completely.
Are you anxious ? About which matters?
Are you fearful of anything such as
Animals people being alone, darkness,
death, diseases, robbers, sudden noises ,
thunder, of the future , of something
unknown , high places, etc.?
Are you doubtful or suspicious ? Of what?
What are you jealous about?
Of whom ? From what symptoms do you suffer when jealous?
In which matters are you impatient?
Hurried?
How long do you remember hurts caused to you by others?
How much revengeful are you?
What are you proud of? Does your pride get easily hurt?
Depressed , Brooding , etc.?
Do you ever become suicidal? When ?
If so in what manner do you contemplate to end your life ?
Even then , are you afraid of dying ?
When are you cheerful?
Are you sexual-minded?
Any unwanted thoughts any time ?
What are they?
Have you any imaginary sensations or fears?
Do you hear voices , or that you are called ,or anything else in this line keeps on occurring in your mind unduly?
How is your memory ?
For what is it poor? e.g. names, places , faces, what you have read, etc.
Do you weep easily?
What makes you weep?
How do you feel after weeping ?
How do you feel if someone offers sympathy and consolation?
Are you easily irritated?
What makes you angry?
What bodily symptoms do you develop
When angry? e.g. trembling ,sweating etc.
Do you like company ?or like to remain alone?
How seriously are you affected by disorder and uncleanliness in your surrounding ?
What are the greatest griefs that you have gone through in your life?
What are the greatest joys that you have had in life?
What activities you deeply like?
Are there any matters which you deeply dislike?
In your opinion, which aspects of your mind
and moods are not agreeable to you . Inspite of
your awareness and maturity , are you
unable to change these these aspects?
Give a clear cut picture of your situation in life and your relationship
With each of your family members, friends and associates in work .
How does the future look to you?
Are you worried or unhappy over any and personal, domestic, economical , social or any other condition?
If so describe in detail:
S L E E P
Describe your posture in sleep.
On the back , side, abdomen etc.
Are you able to sleep in any position ?
In which position you can’t sleep?
During sleep do you:
Snore? Grind teeth?
Dribble saliva? Sweat ?
Keep eyes or mouth open?
Walk? Talk? Moan? Weep ?
Become restless? Wake up with a jerk?
Describe if anything else is unusual about your sleep: (sleepy, sleeplessness,etc. . if so when)
How much do you cover?
Do you have to uncover any parts?
Circle types of dream that you have
| Animal Cats-dogs Horse Wild animals Snakes | Robbers Thieves Anxious Fearful Ghosts | Travelling Riding Flying Swimming drowning | Houses Fruits Trees Water Snow | Death, Whose? Dead bodies Dead person Parts of Body Suicide |
| Being Hungry Being Thirsty Drinking Eating | Fire Lightning Storm Rain | Accidents Falling Shooting Wars | Talking Singing Dancing Pleasant | Business Money Day’s work Forgotten work |
| Vomiting Passing stool Urinating Blood – bleeding Excrements / soiling | Romantic Sexual pleasure Rape nakedness | Pain Illness Sickness Mutilations | Praying Religious Temple Church God | Failure /exams Unsuccessful efforts for what Missing train Being unprepared |
| Grief Weeping Vexation Quarrels Jealousy Insults | Police Imprisonment Crime Murder Killing Poison | Misfortunes Insecurity Danger Being pursued By whom? -for what ? | If any other, specify In the space below: | |
| Of people Children Parties Feasts Marriage | Of events Remote Recent Future Prophetic | Physical Exertion Mental Exertion Fatigue Coloured Multi-Coloured |
FOR CHILDREN or YOU AS A CHILD
(IN CASE OF ADULTS )
1) Please tick mark once (X) if the child or you as child had any of the following qualities: Tick mark twice (XX) if they are more intense :
| Tick Here | Tick here | ||
| Obstinacy | Unusual fears | ||
| Temper tantrums | Shyness | ||
| Disobedience | Unusual attachments (to whom) | ||
| Aggression | Habits like :- | ||
| Hyperactivity | Biting nails | ||
| Destructiveness | Thumb –sucking | ||
| Courage | Picking and playing with | ||
| Possessiveness | (a) mother’s body parts | ||
| Competition-winning spirit | (b)shawls , handkerchieves | ||
| Sibling jealousy | (c) anything else | ||
| Any special skills | Religious | ||
| Unusual desires (for what ) | Dullness of memory | ||
| Boasting | Slowness (in what) | ||
| Stealing | Laziness /Indolence | ||
| Telling lies | Sensitive/Emotional |
3) Please describe any other aspects you feel are striking about the child .
4) Describe one incident from the child’s life when he/she very upset.
HOW TO DESCRIBE YOUR COMPLAINTS
In homoeopathy, prescription is based on precise details of various symptoms from which you suffer. To tell or write to a homoeopathic physician "I have a headache ", " an eruption ", " a cough", would not be enough. If you inform him "I have headache with sharp shooting pains in the left side of the head and temple ", these pains always come on when the slightest cold air strikes the head , the pains wailing about , or when the head becomes cool ". then only you have given all the information required for making a good homoeopathic prescription. The success of the prescription depends, largely on how detailed is your description of the symptoms
We require the following details about your symptoms.
LOCATION : Please give the exact location of sensation , pain or eruption. Also describe where the pain or sensation spreads. Please use the figure on page 23 to indicate location.
SENSATION : Express the type of sensation or the pain that you get in your own words however simple or funny it may seem. You may have a sensation that a mouse is crawling or the heart was grasped by an iron hand or you may have a pain which is cutting, burning jerking , pressing . Express the sensation or pain as it feels to you.
WHAT MAKES YOU WORSE OR BETTER : Many factors are likely to influence your trouble . Some factors may cause the trouble to increase and some factors may relieve the trouble . A detailed list of the factors is given on pages 14 to 16 . Please refer to when describing each of your troubles and indicate which factors make the complaint better or worse.
DISCHARGES : You may have a discharge from ulcers , fistula, eruptions , the skin , lungs, eyes , nose , ears , mouth , private parts, etc. Please describe your discharge under the following aspects .
· The quantity and the time or condition under which the quantity varies i.e. when is it better or worse , increases or decreases ?
· The consistency : Is it thin or thick , stringy or clotted ?
· Is it like jelly, white of an egg, like water , sticky forming a scab etc. ?
· The odour , what does it remind you of ?
· Does it make the parts sore, and in what way?
Please mark in the below figure, the locations of your trouble and write the exact sensation or type of pain you experience at those spots. For example if you have throbbing pain on the right side of you head please mark as shown
IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES PLEASE DESCRIBE EACH OF YOUR COMPLAINTS IN DETAILS IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED ON PAGE 22.
| COMPLAINT NO. | WHERE IS THE TROUBLE | WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU FEEL OR HAVE THERE | WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT MAKE THIS TROUBLE BETTER OR WORSE |
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HOMEOPATHIC CASE-TAKING FOR CHILDREN
Notes from Robin Murphy's Pediatric Seminar
April 9 - 10, 1983
I. OBSERVE
A. Eyes: softness, sharpness, fear, hysterical, delicate, evil, irritable, dissatisfied,
pain...
B. Bodies: restless, hyper, slow, timid, aggressive, outgoing, obedient or disobedient,
how sensitive? Shy? Clumsy? Coordinated?
II. Differentiate: Is this a first-aid, acute, or chronic case/problem at this time?
III. Generals: Diet, sleep, weather, mental-emotional state, misc.
IV. Behavioral analysis
A. Playing:
1. Alone or with others?
a) leaders or followers?
b) plays with younger children or peers?
c) imaginative, builders, etc.
2. How does he/she play with animals and toys?
a) obsessed with blanket or toy?
b) rough, break things?
c) fear or love animals?
3. How competitive or aggressive?
4. Reaction to physical pain, scrapes, bumps, etc.
B. Independent vs. dependent
1. How responsible?
2. How handle being alone?
3. Reaction if doesn't get what he/she wants.
4. Reaction to strangers.
C. Patterns
1. Sleep
2. Feeding time, playing time, sleep time.
V. Developmental History
A. Learning to talk, walk, language, comprehension, musculoskeletal development.
B. Toilet training: how child went through it.
C. How was the pregnancy?
D. Family hx: TB, GC, CA
VI. Mental-Emotional State
A. Sensitivity to pain, injury, noise, touch, being carried.
B. Better or worse attention/consolation?
C. Sensitivity to other's pain, to parents fighting, to weather, movies, sad stories, how
sensitive is their imagination?
D. Easily startled?
E. Family dynamics
1. How does he/she get along with siblings? Parents?
2. Reaction to new siblings.
3. Divorce
4. Military family, moved many times?
5. Alcoholism, drugs, tension in family?
6. Motivated by fear? Do parents threaten, frighten, humiliate?
Fear of punishment by God?
7. Is the child compared with a sibling or parent, forced to live up to parent's
role expectations?
VII. Family economics: adequate diet, nutritional status.
VIII. Story about the child. (Usually a chronic constitutional or acute case can be taken directly
from a child aged 6 - 8 or older.)
A. Reactions to griefs, deaths, frights.
B. Mother's description of the pregnancy, labor, and birth.
C. Health and family history.
IX. Objective symptoms
A. Facial expression: observe pupils. How aware is the child of his or her environment?
B. Skin
1. Dry, moist, cool, warm.
2. Healthy or unhealthy?
3. Touch the chest, abdomen, forehead, hands and feet.
Note temp, character, moisture, etc.
C. Sweat: amount, parts that sweat, odor.
D. Moles, warts, birthmarks.
E. Tongue: color, furry or smooth?
F. Breath: Offensive?
G. Reaction to stimuli: light in eyes, noise, jar, pinch.
H. Urine and stool.
I. Strength: check grasp, posture. How does the child hold her head up?
X. Fears: Monsters, ghosts, strangers, the dark, movies, being alone, dogs, death, fears
something will happen to the parents, something is creeping out of every corner,
evil spirits, falling, noises
XI. Sleep: Insomnia: due to pain, fear, over-excitement, want attention, overactive mind?
XII. Food cravings and aversions: including thirst
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