Prescribing on the Basis of Removal of Suppressions

In India, Dr. MB Desai has used this technique in his practice with great success. He has written many articles on "Manifestations of Suppressions" (Treatment of Suppression by Dr. MD Desai, Journal of Homoeopathic Medicine Vol.5, Oct-Dec 1963). Following is the summary of his hypothesis and experience:

The concept of life force, with the process of construction and destruction of the structure though which it has to play the role of a living being is not at all a mechanical one. According to the well conceived and institutively experienced concept of life, the sole, which carries the impact of its past, yields to the cycle of existence, through its own institutional faculty and ultimately fixes itself into a circumstance resembling its own impact. The life thus, germinated has triple factors to mold itself into a living entity. 

1. The sole carrying the impact of the former life (Sansar)

2. The qualitative influence of the sole through which it takes a chance into existence (Pralabhada)

3. The influence of various environments through which it has to pass during the course of process of life from beginning to the end (Kundi)

The life depends on such different aspects to mold itself, cannot be expected to be in a perfectly healthy state. Nature has to adopt the principle of adjustment and every step where it has to adjust is marked by a particular type of complex. These complexes exists in the system, as the dormant form of the unhealthy condition, which we call the disease force.

The most stubborn of the complexes are the inherited ones which are existed from the beginning and are manifested through the constitution. The others are invited though medicinal influences, acquired through suppressed disease of the patient and through unmanageable circumstances. the medicinal poisoning and the suppression of diseases are inter related and go side by side.

No ailments can take its chance independently in the life. According to homeopathic science there are three disease producing powers which are termed as Miasms-Psora, Syphilis & Sycosis.

The vital force subjugated by these miasms is made to carry on the order under influence. This process in the life is called the "Background". As we shall see, this background plays a decisive role in fostering, enhancing and complicating the ailments in the system.

What is Suppression?

The mere literary meaning of the word cannot fully explain its true significance. By suppression the disease is made to go deep. For suppression to take place, there must be some material or condition to be suppressed; some agent to cause it; and at the same time, there must be some resistance offered by the organism which not able to halt the process in the beginning has halted it at some level.

In order to understand the process and the manifestation of the suppression, we have to examine the conditions under which the disease manifests. The discomfort experienced by nature under the exited and activated susceptibility that the sensitive focus of the complex which yields to mold the outer impressions into ill health or under the constant un-accommodative circumstances, is shown in the form of symptoms. The manifestoes symptoms are the resultants of the disease, the resistance of nature and the things required to be eliminated out.

Any such conditions when tackled with crude medication or even with palliative methods, will weaken the resistance of the organism. Nature will then reconcile and make arrangements to establish resistance on a deeper plan. This disease force and the disturbing effects of the medicine which is used will have their sway over the region captured, and will arrange to consolidate their position for the attack on the resistance. Here the general order of the system is allowed to be carried on. But the total absence of the resistance to the un-accommodative circumstances will be noticed all throughout. This condition is called "Suppression of the Disease Force". It is the suppression of the revolt of nature and signifies the acceptance of the influence of the disease and the medicinal influence up to a certain level.

Here the medicinal disturbance is responsible for the suppression and it open outs the channel for the disease condition to penetrate as deep as medicinal influence. The deeper the effect of medicine, the deeper the disease penetrates. While determining the condition of suppression, the role of miasmatic and inherited background is also to be taken into consideration which are ever alert to play their part when any chance is available. So how far is the resistance is weakened depends on the means of suppression as well as of background.

The vital order of existence is plane wise in the order of merit, according to the qualitative grade of each function needed to preserve the economy, from the center to circumference, vitally liked with each other.

1. Nervous Plane: The sympathetic and central nervous system (including the will and understanding) are the central forces to manage the sense and to maintain the order throughout the economy. It is the last plan in which nature offers resistance before extinction.

2. The Metabolic Plan: Wherein the nutrition and the repair are balanced. The circulatory system is not independently responsible for any disorder. Its simply bears the burden of disturbances in the different planes.

3. Fibrous Tissue: These include Muscle, Ligaments, sheaths, connective tissues, bones and cartilages.

4. Mucus Linings of the Viscera bear collective responsibility for secretive and absorptive functions.

5. The Skin-Outer Surface of Body

In order of penetration of the disease through suppression is from circumference to the center and is plane wise maintaining links on both sides. It is also from below upwards and from less vital to more vital organs. It pose its progress to the weakened resistance.

The Suppression exerts its influence in three types:

1. Obstructive type creates functional disturbances which again are classified into two type:

   1. Crude: Involving the surface, the mucus and the muscular planes only showing non-wasting and non-organic tissue changes.

   2. Active: Involving the active metabolic order of life which affects the glandular and circulatory system, excretion, secretion, absorption, nutrition and repair. The function is either exaggerated or reduced.

2. The organic tissue changes: This type creates non-malignant inflammatory conditions within the organs and favors tissue deposits.

3. Wasting Types: This leads to malignancies within a particular organ or at a place which is fomented by general crises. Here the general resistance of the system capitulates and accepts total extinction by stages.

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