Carbos: The Unseen Vital Force

Summary

Remedies of the Carbo group are partly very old remedies (some belong to the polychrests) and partly very new remedies; their development is based on the teachings of Jan Scholten. Jan Scholten took the periodic table of the Elements as the dominant guiding principle to describe new remedies. In this article (adapted from the presentation given at the Links Conference in October 2007), the properties of Carbon and Carbon-containing compounds are explored. The present focus on male characteristics in society and the accompanying emphasis in some new homeopathic views on a ‘scientific’ approach to homeopathy is questioned. On the basis of an archetypical distinction, the remedies of the Carbo group are divided into three clusters, each cluster being correlated with a specific group of remedies also identifiable from the periodic table standpoint. Cluster 1 is associated with Graphites, Diamond, Carbo animalis; Cluster 2 is associated with Carbos in salts from the left side of the periodic table while Cluster 3 is associated with Carbos in salts from the right side of the periodic table. An example of each cluster is presented in a case report.

Key words

Carbos - Carbo animalis - Strontium carbonicum - Ferrum carbonicum - Periodic table remedies - Homeopathic systems - Human development - Mother and child

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