Theorie ge_dienst_7_fold
[G.E. Dienst]
Years of study and teaching has led me to condense my work in finding
and assimilating a remedy into what I have termed the seven-fold elements, or
the seven basilar elements of a remedy, the mastery of which is not very
difficult. This gives a practical knowledge of the remedy and makes it much
easier for every day use.
These elements are:
1. What
it is.
2. What
it thinks.
3. What
it does.
4. Its
likes and dislikes, (1) general.
5. Its
sensation, (2) Particular.
6. Its
modalities.
7. Its
tissues, (skin, nerve, glands, etc.).
Study this outline carefully, and you will observe that the second and
third points are largely objective, to be obtained by carefully noting the
manner in which the patient expresses his symptoms. He may throw himself into a
chair in such a manner as to indicate that he never wants to move again, and
tells his symptoms or answers your
questions in such a sullen mood as to leave no room for doubt as to what
he thinks and the manner in which he does things.
Let us now take a remedy and see how this will work. Choose anyone you
desire, but for the sake of convenience let us study Aconite.
1. - What is it: (a) Physically
it is usually a full plethoric habit, sedentary life, dark hair and eyes, rigid
muscles.
(b) Physically it is very anxious,
excitable, and full of fear.
2. - What it thinks: It thinks of
death which it fears. It is unsteady in its ideas; when attempting to think one
thing another forces it out of the mind and
supplants it, causing
confusion. The thoughts are usually sad, apprehensive, solicitous.
3. - What it does: You will
readily see from the mental condition already expressed that it does things
hurriedly and yet accomplishes very little.
As in thought, so in action, it
jumps from one thing to another in a restless manner without completing
anything. The same fearful anxiety is shown
in its actions as in its thoughts.
4. - Its likes and dislikes: When sick the appetite is capricious with
loathing of food predominating. Or there may be a ravenous appetite, with
hunger
soon after eating. It
is inclined to loathe solid food. It has great thirst for cold water and beer,
but the beer is apt to produce a sensation of heaviness
in the stomach.
5. - Its sensations:
(a) General: It is very sensitive.
Its pains may be a numbness and tingling all over the body, or drawing, tearing
pains here and there, alternating
with hearty symptoms. Often the
pains “As if bruised” in different parts of the body. The most marked pains of
a general nature are "very fine
stinging, or stinging, burning pains
in many parts, as if seated in the skin."
(b) Particular: This depends on the
part or organ affected. Suppose we take the chest for example. Here we find a
sensation of tightness,
constriction, squeezing, pressing,
oppression, or weight so severe at times that it prevents deep inspiration.
They all have, practically, the same
meaning and are found in acute
inflammations. Then there are stitching pains with cough; every effort at
coughing intensifies the stitching.
Or take the head, for example, and
we have confusion as if intoxicated, hence vertigo. "Headache in head,
burning headache as if the brain were
agitated by boiling water."
This in acute conditions. Fullness in the head, as if everything would come out
at the forehead. Then there is squeezing,
contracted pressing and stitch-like pain in
acute diseases.
6. - Its modalities: It is
predominantly worse in the evening, at night, in a warm room, when rising up in
bed, and lying on the affected side. < cold, dry
west or northwest
winds, from exposure to cold, and chilling when sweating. It is predominantly
better when sitting up in a chair, when walking in
the open or fresh air,
from moistening or washing the suffering parts and from lying on the back.
7. - Its tissues: Acute
inflammations and swellings, characterized by great sensitiveness and burning
or stitching pain, a jaundiced condition of the skin
in acute attacks of hepatitis,
swollen and inflamed mucous tissues in acute coryza or gonorrhoea, acute
inflammation of glands with burning,
swelling and great sensitiveness to
touch and pressure.
It seems to me that, with these
seven points constantly in view, the matter of a therapeutic diagnosis will
become less difficult as we study and apply our knowledge. It is not imperative
that the 7 be prominent
in every case, but using them as a working basis in study and
prescribing, apparent difficulties may be simplified. In taking or examining a
case at the bedside or in the office these seven points should be kept
constantly in mind and serve as a basis in both physical and therapeutic
diagnosis.
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