Antonie Peppler - Homeopathy for Body and Soul

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A psychological interpretation of symptoms and diseases for a better understanding of the homeopathic anamnesis Peppler, Antonie, Albrecht, Hans-Jrgen

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Two very different things

appeal to us equally:

the habitual and the unfamiliar.

Jean de La Bruyre

We perceive the new not only as an exciting realm of the unknown but also as something that is insecure, and the often quoted communal customs as a protection for the traditional community. And so at second glance it makes sense to set aside for once our own evaluation of concepts and to look for the reasons why we often prefer the safe to the adventurous. And so it is with this book: our objective is to sharpen the second glance, the perception of the complexity of individuality behind the facade of the symptoms and indications of illness.

We perceive the new not only as an exciting realm of the unknown but also as something that is insecure, and the often quoted communal customs as a protection for the traditional community. And so at second glance it makes sense to set aside for once our own evaluation of concepts and to look for the reasons why we often prefer the safe to the adventurous. And so it is with this book: our objective is to sharpen the second glance, the perception of the complexity of individuality behind the facade of the symptoms and indications of illness.

Over 30 years ago, at the beginning of my career in homeopathy, I asked myself how symptoms arise in a remedy proving (see final chapter) and where they come from. Many test persons had similar symptoms, but each expressed it in their own special way, often in colourful vernacular. For example, I simply cant stomach that anymore or It makes me want to throw up or It gives me the shits just to think about it.

The symptoms of a homeopathic remedy proving described something, they described a life situation that was typical for the remedy being proved. This insight opened up worlds of understanding for me. It became clear to me that people who had knee pain were supposed to or had to submit to someone or something. They got the knee pain because it was just this having to bow down that they did not want to do. Knee pains are a key symptom of Sticta pulmonaria, the remedy of maids or service personnel, those who think that they have to serve others. Sticta pulmonaria gives us the remedy and symptom picture of people who are trying to work their way up, who want respect and recognition for their self-sacrificing work but dont get it. They are not pleased that those whose attention they are seeking are ignoring them, and, as a result, they develop knee pains. It is not the usual diagnosis of wear and tear, in this case on the knees, but the emotional wound caused by the unfulfilled, unspoken expectations.

More and more, over the course of the years, the symptoms and their interpretation became a language - a language in which it is not possible for a person to lie, and which is the same for all people regardless of their skin color. The interesting and even ideal - aspect of this symptom language is that it can be applied consistently in homeopathy. Not infrequently it happened that, upon introducing this topic in my seminars, I heard the prophets of doom call out: but Hahnemann said you are not supposed to interpret.

Hahnemann, who seeing the tendency of his students to categorize their patients according to their own therapeutic opinions and theories, partly doubted their ability to make exact observations, and specifically warned against lack of patience in the observation of patients. He lived in an era of the most varied medical theories, and accused his colleagues of pressing their patients into these theoretical molds instead of observing them properly and recording their symptoms exactly. His warning not to interpret thus had a completely different meaning.

Those who wish to work with the interpretation of body language in the sense that Hahnemann had in mind, must observe the symptoms of the patient very exactly in order to arrive at a description of the conflict. The consistent application of a body language description, which is as exact and as inwardly deep-reaching as possible, has become an essential pillar of Creative Homeopathy.

A number of years ago I had the idea to jot down the psychological significance of diseases as an essential part of Creative Homeopathy, so that my students would have something to refer to when touching upon the various topics in my courses. This was, as I said, years ago, but things went quite differently than expected. To formulate the topics verbally is one thing; to put them down in writing is another.

The topic of Catarrh of the Eustachian Tube can serve as an example: the remedies that are often used here are, for example, Silica with the psychological significance: Heady, feelings suppressed because of hurt or Pulsatilla: Buries head in the sand, avoidance of conflict. If you were to consider only these remedies, then Otitis media would be the result of avoidance of conflict because of the suppression of ones feelings. The explanation of why a patient develops Catarrh of the Eustachian Tube takes on a new depth, however, when we take into consideration that the rubric also includes Iodium with the psychological significance: Does not feel nourished or loved and Hydrastis: Rejects lifes pleasures and makes others responsible for it. A fundamental rejection of life is more difficult to heal than the avoidance of conflict. Taking into consideration the psychologically deeply- acting homeopathic remedies, my understanding of Catarrh of the Eustachian Tube is as follows: