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Conditions where palliation

is
recommended

By homeopathic
means
(By antipathic
means

Patients with gross

pathological change like
incurable conditionsand
congenital or sugical removal
of the organs
Most urgent life threatening
conditions where the vitality of
the patient cannot respond to
homeopathic means

Merits of Palliation 1. In life threatening conditions

some initial relief is possible by palliation. De-merits of
Palliation 1. Palliation is not a curative process, it is extremely
faulty method.
After initial relief the disease recurs again either in the same
intensity
 or in the increased intensity. 2. The condition of the patient
becomes worse after the initial relief of
symptoms. To relieve the patient progressively increasing
doses of
drugs will be needed repeatedly. 3. Repeated use of
palliative remedies in progressive doses might lead
to production of artificial drug or iatrogenic diseases. 4.
Palliation is a one sided symptomatic treatment; only few troubling
symptoms are covered to relieve the patient. Removal of the
symptoms in total is only cure; hence palliation is extremely
unscientific
treatment. 5. Prolonged palliative treatment will aggravate the
symptom at every
step of repetition of the
remedy.

SUPPRESSION The word "suppression" is

derived from a Latin word "supprimere" which means "to press down
forcibly". Suppression is the process of forcibly removing the present
disease manifestations by any means other than fixed principles at the
cost of a new disease. Suppression diverts the disease manifestation
from least important organs to the most important organs. It is in the
reverse order of the Hering's law of cure
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uptions when suppressed may develop into asthma in

later
harmful. Examples of suppression:
1. Skin eruptions when suppressed may
devero
years. 2. Foul foot sweat when
suppressed may develop
headache. 3. Otitis replacing facial neuralgia etc.
Importance of Suppression As a result of suppression
the disease is diverted into other part of the body. This is
totally against the Hering's law of cure. Suppression is not a
good condition.
Homeopathy believes in psychosomatic causes of
disease. Suppression of emotions is responsible for all
sorts of ailments like psychotic, psychoneurotic and
psychosomatic problems of today. By identifying the
emotional side of totality and the nurture of suppression,
the homeopathic physician can select a similimum
remedy. H.A.Roberts says, "the one thing we should
always bear in mind and should hold as our aim is to allow
the vital force to express itself in its own chosen way
when it is deranged". "The administration of
physiological medicine at such times changes the whole
picture, suppressing one symptom after another until there is
no expression of the true condition of the patient. The
immediate effect of this method of treatment is suppression".
Types of Suppression Suppression can be of two types: 1.
Natural suppression 2. Artificial suppression Natural suppression
His a type of suppression caused by natural external factors
that suppress the normal functions of vital force and the body.
Example: Menstruation checked by extreme cold bathing,
 lochia stopped after catching cold etc.
H.A.Roberts says "conditions like shell shock, fright, fear excessive
joy, intense unsatisfied longing for mate or offspring, unrequited
love, grief from loss of family and friends, business
apprehension and worries, disappointed ambitions, extreme
fatigue or exhaustion etc., we often sa cases where the
suppressing emotions not only affect profound ohon
individual, but extend their influence to the next general en
through th effect on a nursing mother".
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In the “Chronic diseases” Hahnemann says that the primary

manifestations of Psora i.e. skin eruptions can sometimes be
suppressed hy natural environmental causes. So, the primary
manifestations of Psora
on change either into latent Psora or in to secondary manifestations
even by environmental changes like exposure to extreme cold or extreme
heat etc. Emotional factors of the patient can also play a major
role in such suppression. When a homeopathic doctor is
dealing with such naturally suppressed cases, the similimum
must cover both the cause of suppression and the totality.
Artificial suppression This is the type of suppression that is
caused by artificial means. It might be of various types: 1.
Artificial suppression by external application. 2. Artificial
suppression by harmful internal treatments. 3. Artificial
suppression of natural secretions of the body. 4. Artificial
suppression by surgical removal of disturbing organs. 1.
Artificial suppression by external application: This type
of suppression is frequently seen in our day to day practice.
The skin manifestations of eczema are suppressed by external
applications like ointments, liniments etc by allopathic
physicians. When the miasm is robbed of its external
manifestations, it is forced to take the inward direction. By such
treatments, cure is not possible as the miasm is not eradicated
from the body. The prolonged suppression prove dangerous to
the patient. The symptoms take inward direction and nervous
and psychoneurotic manifestations may result. Such treatment,
if continued for a long period, it becomes impossible to cure
the patient. Example: i. When the primary manifestations of
the Psora, Syphilis and Sycosis
are removed by external treatments of allopathy, the nature
develops secondary manifestations of each miasm
under different nosological
names. ii.
Suppression of eczema by powerful local ointments
for a prolonged
time, may develop into asthmatic manifestations. 2. Artificial
suppression by harmful internal treatments: The prolonged
and continued usage of the harmful allopathic medicines drive
the symptoms to the deepest and the vital organs of the body.
The natural development of the disease process gets diverted to
the other parts of the body. This happens because the power
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comments, “these inroads on human health effected by
allopathic healing art are of all chronic diseases the most
deplorable, the
incurable". Dr. H. A. Roberts also says "The present indiscriminate use of
salicyla and coal tar derivatives in rheumatic and allied states
invariably send the trouble to the central organs, especially to
the heart”. 3. Artificial suppression of natural secretions of
the body: Another type of suppression is artificial suppression of
the natural secretion of the body. Example: i. Suppression of
perspiration by the medicinal powders. ii. Suppression of
menstruation by hormonal derivatives.
The metabolic end products are secreted through proper
channels in the body like the elimination of perspiration
through the skin. But in the name of civilization when we try
to suppress them by the artificial methods, this process
suppresses the elimination of metabolic end products
through the natural channels. The body tries to
eliminate these products
through other possible channels. This change disturbs the
harmony of the organism, leading to constitutional
defects. 4. Artificial suppression by surgical removal of
disturbing organs: In conditions like tonsillitis and sinusitis
etc, the vital force is expressing its suffering through its
selected organs. As we know, these symptoms of
inflammation are the outwardly reflected picture of the
internally deranged vital force. By surgical section of
tonsils and draining of the sinuses, we are only dealing with
 the end products of the diseases and not with the cause. This
form of suppression is most common in the
Suppression
Nautral suppression

Artificial
suppression
Artificial suppression by
external
application
Artificial
suppression
by harmful
internal
treatments
Artificial
suppression
of natural
secretions of
Artificial
suppression by
surgical removal
of organs
the body

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is
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the h
can be restored only by the process of curing
and never by palliation

Treatment of Suppressed Cases

Case taking is the source to identify any form of
suppression in the patient's life. The enquiry into the
past and the treatment history will
aid the physician to identify any sort of suppression in
the case. 2 The physician with his knowledge of
pathology, surgery and allied
subjects can easily judge whether the present
condition of the patient
is curable or not. 3. The curable cases can be
treated with the curative similimum remedy.
In doing so both, the present symptoms and the
symptoms that were
present at the time of suppression have to be considered. 4.
Appearance of the old suppressed symptoms is a good sign
in the
follow up. It indicates that the administered remedy is
correct. 5. No medicine should be administered during
the period of homeopathic
aggravation. Kent's "wait and watch” approach might
 prove curative
in the future. 6.
After the end of aggravation,
even if symptoms persist:
i. Either the same remedy can be repeated in different
potency, if
symptoms still indicate the same remedy. ii. Or a fresh
case taking can be done and the most appropriate
remedy to the existing symptoms can be administered
This procedure has to be repeated till the
improvement of the
patient occurs. Hence, suppression is a crime against the
human economy where instead of curing the patient, more
harm is done by diverting the curative process of the disease
symptom. Here, the simple curable disease present in the least
important organ is forced to develop into the dangerous disease,
affecting the vital organs of the body. “Suppression and
palliation of disease, is the removal of external symptoms
of the disease by external, mechanical, chemical or topical
treatment, or by means of powerful drugs, given internally in
massive doses which have a direct physiological or toxic effect
but no true therapeutic or curative effect”- says Stuart
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