Similimum - Rarest of the Rare Remedies
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1993 Nov / Dec Vol II NO 6.
Dr Sarla Sonawala.
Once upon a time, an emperor suffered from an illness obscure,
All measures in vain, homoeopaths of his kingdom were called in.
Each one-with zeal to heal-pondered over the ailing king.
Turned pages of learned books, reviewed and debated in earnest.
Do you think they achieved Similimum with complete unanimity?
Donning diverse dimensions-ad infinitum - from person to person
Similimum - a dream dear of every true homoeopath.
Is a remedy rare - nay, the rarest of the rare.
Keynotes, pathology of system-organ-tissue with nomenclature specific
Characteristics modalities cravings aversions of ticklish tastebuds
Antecedents of past-recent as well as remote-across generations.
Constitution miasms - varied vagaries of wilful vital force
Holistic is the name - mind is its superstar
Depth psychology-symbolic archetype, behaviour bizarre, ROH-yes!
Dynamics of dreams delusions - in short, D D sans Metro, eh?
Human mind - a mystery mystic to defy all endeavours to define.
Each remedy has its own modus operandi to stake its claim to Similimum
Sulph scratches, Cina grinds and
bores, Arum-t picks at lips till bleed
Colocynth bends, Dioscorea
stretches erect, Med curls as in mothers womb
Look for feet fidgety of Zinc zing to discern turmoil at its
top
Puls tearful, Graph hesitant, Natrum
defiant, Kali a parasite perpetual
Poor Aurum loses heart and be a martyr to the dictates of Similimum
Ant-c drowns, Nat-s shoots, Ars hangs himself, Naja has an axe to
grind
While Merc kills, Nux throws child
in fire, Hepar cuts throat in wrath
Similimum is like a centre - a single point in
time and place
Most of us homoeopaths- touch and go, hit or miss - hence tinker at periphery
A step forward, two backward, leap up, slip down - in motion zigzag
Fever down, pains off, symptoms gone, patient happy, wages earned
Notwithstanding, Man behind is yet to be healed into a harmonious whole
Many are called, some succeed, but few chosen attain quintessence.
A symphony of life that librates man from misery and pain
Isn't Similimum the remedy that is rarest of the rare..?.