A Materia Medica of 156 remedies for the practitioner who examines the patient: Filip Degroote’s Physical Examination and Observation in Homeopathy relates each remedy to weakened muscles, posture, appearance and Weihe points, alongside the usual classical indications.
Degroote built it on the work of Dr Pladijs of De Panne in Belgium, who prescribed from careful clinical observation, particularly of the Weihe points, and on his own later research into kinesiology and muscle testing. The examination he describes has three parts: posture and symmetry standing and lying, the Weihe points, and muscle tests.
Remedy entries are organised around what you would see and test in the room:
- physiognomy and physical examination, with the muscles that test weak
- manner and behaviour in the consultation
- clinical observations, mostly objective physical signs
- the remedy’s Weihe point, plus the matching acupuncture point where there is one
Anatomical drawings in colour illustrate the muscle tests. Examples of the observations the book records include an elevated left pelvis in Cocculus and vitiligo in Ignatia. Because the clinical observations are largely objective signs, the entries can be read without doing the muscle tests. Check what your package already includes on the package comparison before adding it.
