The Sensation Method is an extraordinary way to take your cases deeper and have your patient reveal the qualities of the remedy they need. This method, originated by the Bombay Group led by Dr. Rajan Sankaran, opened new avenues for us homeopaths to understand the state of our patients.
The Sensation Method is based on the most fundamental Classical Principles of homeopathy as dictated by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann. The strange, rare and peculiar symptoms that we are looking for in a Sensation Method case in homeopathy are just that much more strange, rare and peculiar. We are looking for universal language that is not situational or emotional words or story based.
For example we want to know about attack, sharp, dark–not I hate my mother and can’t get along with my boss. Another example: we want to know about prickly, heat, stretchy–not I got a sunburn when I was on the beach.
When this universal language starts to form a pattern then we can recognize the kingdom and sub-kingdom. We match the homeopathic remedy that fits this pattern based on language that is strange, rare and peculiar in the most minimum dose possible. This prescribing has all the basics of homeopathy: minimum dose, like cures like, and extracting out strange, rare and peculiar symptoms.
There are many great homeopathy courses and trainings how to analyze and prescribe using the Sensation Method. What is missing is how to take the case…especially how to take the case from recognizing the kingdom and sub-kingdom to Source language where the patient actually speaks the language of the remedy they need.
There are specific techniques and ways to take a case that ensures you have a map to know where you are going, where you are in the case, and how to confirm what you are seeing. This is essential to improve your success rate in your practice and to know you are properly using the Sensation Method.
We have all seen the lucky cases where the patient only speaks about cats, everything they relate to is described in cat like terms, and then you give them the homeopathy remedy lac felinum (cat’s milk) and it’s a miracle. All their physical, mental and emotional problems are gone. It was easy, safe and happened in one visit. But how many other cases were there like this one and the patient did not need lac felinum? And you don’t know why it didn’t work.
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Melissa Burch, CCH, RsHom(NA)
2 responses so far ↓
Christine Cheng // Feb 3, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Hi Melissa,
In the Sensation Method Immersion Intro, our classmate’s case of intense food poisoning seemed to be representing a turning point in her life. She acknowledged that she is in the midst of having to make many significant choices. Do many acute cases signify this or just intense food poisoning?
The reason that I ask is because I have a friend in the hospital with a broken right leg. The amount of uncooperation and her exasperation that she is experiencing despite her occupation as a nurse reminds me of my experience with a broken right leg.
Both of use were:
1) Doing heavy meditation prior to the breakage;
2) Learning something new when we broke our legs (me: motorcycle; her: surfing).
3) Struggling to get help to ease our pain. Both hospitals were difficult regarding pain management.
4) Offending the staff with trying to get our needs met (me: asking for a chiropractor; her: asking for a rehab center)
After I made it home from the hospital, I spent much of my time meditating and boosted my psychic skills. I also found that I could no longer live with my partying roommates so as soon as I could comfortably walk, I looked for a new apartment.
My friend has been asking her spiritual teacher and a psychic as to the significance of the broken leg. We briefly discussed Louise Hay.
What might be your take on this? Why would being at a crossroads in our lives attract an acute crisis? Why couldn’t we figure out our choices without a crisis?
Thanks,
Christine
melissa Burch // Mar 19, 2009 at 9:36 am
I think you are asking one of those fundamental spiritual human questions like why do we exist?
Buddha talks about suffering and how the root of everything is attachment. It’s very hard when you are sick not to feel attached to being well!
I was thinking about why we suffer and acutes, injuries and chronic diseases are really big deals for most of us. When we get sick it takes most of our focus in life. Either we are in pain, or we are trying to fix it, or we have to complain about it–even if it is only to ourselves.
Now in homeopathy we have this idea that our Vital Force when it is out of harmony, the body will create symptoms or a situation will come up in our lives that we have to examine. This is where true healing occurs–the inside out medicine.
I think accidents, acutes and most diseases make us pay attention. In this way we can examine what we are all about and make deep changes.
It does seem a backwards way in some regards. Wouldn’t it be better for everyone if we are just born perfect? Then we don’t have to go through life lessons and the suffering it causes to achieve enlightment.
Yes most crisis can be averted…How many of our friends and family members do you know who are heading for trouble and they don’t do much about it until it is a CRISIS?
Thank you so much for your comment–made me think today!
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