Chronic Illness

For chronic illness we first do a preparatory consultation, in which the diagnosis and the indication for homeopathic treatment are discussed. Then we explain to the patient the questionnaire Diagnoses and Main Symptoms and the Checklist of Reliable Symptoms, plus if indicated the Checklist for Perception Disorders (Tools). It is very important for the patients to know that the symptoms they list will have a considerable influence on the chances of recovery, i.e. reliable and consistent observation is crucial. The preparation time should guarantee this. 

At the second consultation a few days later the questionnaire and checklists are critically evaluated and unclear symptoms are elucidated. The next step is repertorisation which generally leads to a few likely remedies. The decision for the best remedy is made after  confirmatory symptoms have been clarified (e.g. with the Desktop Guide to Keynotes and Confirmatory Symptoms by Roger Morrison).

As with acute illness, we also conduct prospective outcome studies to assess the quality of our treatment. The graphic below shows the progress of 50 multimorbid patients (MMP) who were observed monthly for one year. The control group comprises 50 patients with simple chronic illness who were treated with the Boenninghausen method without polarity analysis. 86% of the MMP-group achieved an average 91% improvement in their presenting symptoms after 12 months. In the Boenninghausen-group 90% of the patients reached an average improvement of 78%. Seven patients broke off the study in the MMP-group, and five patients in the Boenninghausen-group. 🡪Frei H. Homeopathic Treatment of Multimorbid Patients: A Prospective Outcome Study with Polarity Analysis. Homeopathy 104 (2015), pp 57-65.