This 'Materia Medica' is based
on the dynamic paradigm for human health and disease put forward by the Argentinean
Dr. Alfonso Masi Elizalde. It gives a deep dynamic understanding of human nature
in sickness and in health and contributes to a more precise and thereby more
safe and efficient Homeopathic treatment.
This dynamic paradigm is faithful to the legacy of Hahnemann and represents
a transcendence of his work. Hahnemann says that the remedy must be just as
dynamic as the disturbance of the Life Force. Our picture of a remedy must be
just as dynamic so that we can find it. It fulfils Kent's injunction of making
Materia Medica alive.
The work of Masi sustains that all pathology can be traced back to one original
problem. The name Masi uses for this original problem is 'Primary Psora'. This
is not a new idea, but on an empirical basis Masi has established a practical
and dynamic model. This model allows the Homeopath to find this original problem
and to prescribe one of the well-proven remedies accordingly.
The beauty of this model is that it makes it understandable how this 'Primary
Psora' imparts itself down through the hierarchy of man, down to the single
symptom. 'The Miasmatic dynamic', of Masi, describes the 'natural laws' which
this process follows, the dynamic structure of the hierarchy of man. And it
works both ways.
Knowledge of this dynamic structure is important; either when you want to trace
a complicated case back to its Primary Psora to prescribe upon, or when you
want to evaluate the direction of the reaction after the prescription.
Another important contribution from Masi is the implementation of 'The five
nuclei' found in any well-proven remedy. It is precisely because they are found
in any well-proven remedy and any thorough pathogenesis, that they are important.
They are not specific for any remedy and can thus not be prescribed upon. On
the other hand it is important to investigate which precise ability is affected
in these five more general nuclei, as this is individual and very much remedy-specific.
It offers an understanding of why a person does what he does. It shifts the
attention from 'what' he does or has, to 'why' he does or has precisely this
symptom. It focuses higher in the hierarchy of man, above the plane of symptoms,
thus enabling you to differentiate, on a solid base of understanding, one central
theme, which is easier to remember than a thousand rubrics. By focusing on the
understanding of the dynamic behind the pathology, instead of on the memory
of a thousand symptoms, it is possible to prescribe with unprecedented precision.
The Miasmatic dynamic of Masi offers a very helpful way to "take the case",
analyze the anamnesis, and find the Simillimum. In the follow up it helps differentiating
the healing process following a Simillimum, from the suppression following a
Simile.
None of the above, however, helps our experience or patient in the least if
the remedy we prescribe does not precisely correspond to that which was used
in the proving. The 'unknown', and often doubtful, quality of homeopathic remedies
is one of the greatest threats against a science like homeopathy, which is based
on empirical methods. This database therefore includes examples of the problems
to be aware of for the remedies concerned.