What is considered essential information for acute prescriptions? What information do you need to gather during an acute illness to prescribe a remedy? Whether you are trying to prescribe for yourself or a family member, or you are trying to gather symptom information to give your homeopath, the information needed will be the same.
As a homeopath I sometimes find it a bit more difficult to get the needed symptoms to make a prescription during an acute illness than for a chronic illness. I think this has to do with the fact that people often live with their chronic illnesses for many years and know their symptoms quite well, opposed to an acute illness that is short lived and has just recently come on. Unless the issue is quite acute, then there is usually no issue getting the needed essential information for acute prescriptions.
No matter the reason, the information I am posting here should give you a guide to what is the essential information you need to make a successful homeopathic prescription during an acute illness.
Homeopaths often use the term CLAMS as an acronym for what information should be gathered during an acute illness to help lead to a successful homeopathic prescription.
CLAMS stands for:
Complaint
Location
Aetiology
Modality
Sensation
Each of these is defined as:
Complaint – What is your main complaint or your main symptom? What are the other complaints (symptoms) you are experiencing along with the main complaint?
Location – What location is the main complaint, does it move from one place to another?
Aetiology – What was the cause of the main complaint? What brought it on? (Sudden shock, accident, exposure to cold wind, etc.)
Modality – What makes the complaint better or worse? (Fresh air, movement, heat, cold, time of day, etc.)
Sensation – What is the patient’s experience of the complaint? What sensation are they experiencing? (Burning, stabbing, throbbing, swelling, etc.)
For each complaint of an acute illness CLAMS should try to be completed.
Additional information that is helpful for homeopathic acute prescriptions:
What is the patient’s mood since the acute complaint came on?
How has the thirst, appetite, temperature, or sleep changed since the acute complaint came on?
If there is a fever, is there a time of day the fever at its worst?
If the essential information for acute prescriptions is gathered this way, you or your homeopath should have a good base of symptoms to prescribe on.
How can I best choose a remedy on my own?
Review your homeopathy books with your symptom list. Choose the top 3 remedies that fit your symptom list best. Pay special attention to the predominant striking symptoms of the case when choosing your remedies and be sure those symptoms are included in the remedies you pick.
Review the remedy choices and see if any of the symptoms from your list are contradicted by the remedy. An example is your patient has no thirst since the illness came on, but one of the chosen remedies has increased thirst. This would be a contradiction and that remedy most likely can be eliminated or lowered on your list of choices.
Out of your top 3 remedy choices, after reviewing them in depth, choose the remedy that best fits the case.
If you need help in choosing the best homeopathy book for beginners, check out my blog post on this topic for help.
If you find yourself unable to find a remedy for your situation book in for an Acute Homeopathy Appointment and we will get you on the road to healing.
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