A Homeopathic Proving

 

Have you ever wondered how we find out what a remedy is used for? There are thousands of substances out there, over 4000 of which have been made into homeopathic remedies....but how do we know what to use it for?


All homeopathic remedies are tested on people. No guinea pigs or monkeys or dogs thank you! Remedies are tested on healthy, consenting human beings.


The remedy is made up..... and I'll do a page on that some time soon....but today I'm talking about a Proving of a remedy because I took part in one myself a couple of years ago and the results are just out! (Homeopaths can have a copy of the results of the Proving if you send an email toSarah@NaturallyHomeopathic.com)


A group of us, some sixteen in all, gathered at a house to be assigned our roles in the proving. As there were 16 of us we split into two groups, one group of Provers (the one who actually takes the remedy) and the other of Supervisors (the Homeopath who takes the case over the time span of the Proving). We talked at length about the process, although we were never at any point told what the remedy was. Trusting in the process is required and we were all entering into this with our eyes open. But this process has been completed thousands of times and every single person has survived a Proving with no lasting ill effects, so why should this be any different?!  We were given our partner and our role. I was a Prover...I was actually going to take the remedy!

My supervisor and I agreed to meet the following week for me to give her my base-line case. We needed to write down what my "normal" was so that we could tell what had changed during the Proving. And then, the next day, at the allotted time ...I took the remedy. From that moment on I was going to keep a very detailed diary...an account of how I felt at different times during the day, of any physical symptoms and every change in mood and emotion and how it affected me.
That was 10am. I was in clinic that morning, seeing patients. So I had taken the remedy...my head hadn't exploded...my legs hadn't fallen off.....


The instructions were, if there were no symptoms to take another pillule at 12noon. Nothing had changed as far as I could see so at 12 I took another one. That was possibly a bit of a mistake because what I hadn't really realised was I was already having problems with my memory....words just being a bit elusive and I just couldn't think very clearly. The rest of the month (that's how long the Proving was for) was all a bit of a haze of forgotten appointments, confused conversations and frustrated outbursts.....and I was exhausted!
For the first week I spoke to my supervisor daily... and she took down what I said...it was great...like seeing a Homeopath every day :0). From the second week onwards the contact was not as often but still regular enough to keep her up to date. Most of the symptoms were going to come out in the early days of the Proving anyway so this arrangement worked quite well.


I found it challenging to say the least, to stick with the process religiously. I felt very frustrated at my foggy mind and at one point, after a couple of weeks, stopped writing and recording with total conviction. I became quite angry.... but after a few days I picked it up again because I knew this remedy was going to be immensely useful to people who were experiencing these kinds of symptoms. I was thinking in terms of Autism, Dementia and possibly menopausal brain fog, or ME/CFS/FMS type states.


The symptoms produced in a Proving are those which the remedy will heal. This is how Homeopathy works.... "like cures like".


At the end of the month we all met up again to see the closing of the Proving. We were then able to share some of our experiences. How absolutely fascinating that many of us had had similar symptoms...we had had similar dreams, emotions and changes in behaviour. (one Prover had started swearing...I mean REALLY swearing.... but that was normal for me, lol!)
It was at this point we were told what the remedy was. Of course we had all wondered at some point what it might have been. Some people, the more intuitive ones amongst us had been fairly close to guessing it right. It was in fact a remedy which had been made during the Millennium Eclipse in August 1999. An interesting time......


The process was really interesting and I would encourage any Homeopath who hasn't taken part in one to do it! I feel like as a Homeopath I owe it to my profession to do this at least once....otherwise how will we find the remedies of the future? And of course you don't have to be a Homeopath to take part in a Proving...again, if you get the opportunity to take part it's interesting and you can learn a lot not just about this process but about yourself as well.


Remember that Homeopathy is safe and effective. You don't have to go through a Proving to benefit from its healing ability. If you haven't tried it already, make an appointment with a Homeopath.... hey, that could even be me because I do consultations by email and phone.
In health and happiness,
Sarah <3