Prescribing by the constitution – Kent’s art

A better method that demands that judgment be passed
on all the symptoms after the case is carefully taken.

The value of these symptoms are in proportion as they
relate to the patient rather than to his parts.

The order of symptoms to take are those most peculiar
to the patient and then those less and less peculiar
until those that are common.

Generalities first: aggravations and ameliorations of
the general state or many of their symptoms.

Mental symptoms are then to be taken in this order:

Loves and hates, or desires and aversions

Rational or intellectual mind

Memory

Omit all symptoms that relate to a pathological cause
and all that are common to disease and to people.

Then a group of five to ten or so remedies will appear
which can then be compared and related to the
remaining symptoms of the case.

The physical symptoms are next to be taken:

Generalities related to the entire man and his entire
body, or his blood and fluids. Includes both symptoms
and modalities. All the remedies that are found here
are to be retained with the mental group.

Particulars of the regions of the body, organs, parts
and extremities. Preferences are given to discharges
from ulcers, menstruation, ears, etc., as these are
closely related to health.

Modalities of the parts affected which often are the
opposite of the patient.

Strange and rare symptoms are to be ranked much
higher.

Keynote symptoms can guide to cure or help a case
provided that the mental and the physical generals do
not contradict the modalities.

-- Kent, Lectures on Philosophy



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Saravanan (Velu)
Holistic Lifestyle Practitoner
Centre of Integrated Medicine
Healing With Tender Loving Care.

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