One of the first things we learn in homeopathy is that the process of cure has very specific directions. This is an adopted view taken from Dr. Hering and is called “Hering’s Law of Direction of Cure”. It goes like this:
The 5 directions of cure Dr. Hering observed were from above, downwards; within, outwards; center to periphery; from more important to less important organs and in the chronologically reverse order of disease development (Appendix 1).
In this blog I want to focus more specifically on the part of chronological reversing of the disease development which means basically that we have to go back to the source point of the misalignment that we have suppressed at some point in time and correct it by giving a new set of direction that is truly curative.
In practical terms what is observed in the action of this law is that by starting the process of effective self-healing we are travelling back in time and re-experience the emergence of the old symptoms which we have suppressed in the past and because of that suppression created new layers of symptoms which are now building up and manifesting a more serious dis-ease/consequence.
All this happens because of our misaligned and ineffective approach from the very beginning, either we shun things as non-important and move on to the next thing ignoring the messages of the body or we go for a quick fix to our doctor who, mostly unbeknown to themselves, suppress the symptoms with the means of chemical manipulation causing the disease to change and move into deeper layers.
I used to be against modern medicine but since seeing the amount and the intensity of accepted suppressions that we allow in ourselves it appears to be a saving grace in some cases. So it’s cool to utilize what is available but we cannot stop there.
A common example of such progression is for instance the manifestation of rash in the body which is in many cases the physical manifestation of some form of irritation that we experience in our reality. So as we become irritated and we are not dealing with the irritation by truly addressing the source of the problem the body sends a signal by manifesting a rash. Now we become even more irritated because it’s just not nice to have this rash and we have to get rid of it as quickly as possible. Here we have the chemical support to remove the rash and this is quite effective, at least in physical appearance, but, unfortunately, it does not remove the cause of why and how we are creating this irritation within ourselves. On the mind level we also often use positive thinking techniques to deal with the irritation which is again adding a layer on top. In the meantime, the dis-ease is evolving and going into the deeper levels of the mind and body. So we can see how it starts small and apparently insignificant yet often grows into serious issues.
During a homeopathic treatment the reappearance of an old rash is considered one of the best possible results and the homeopaths clap their hands realizing that they have chosen a good matching remedy. Now there is a possibility to take a truly curative direction if the real issue is understood and the individual is willing to face the source of irritation.
This is but one example out of many possible scenarios and variations but I have seen this law work on myself very clearly, how the pains and the discomforts in my body are returning from the past as I start facing some old stuff within me, making it very obvious that I have never really addressed these points before, but kept suppressing, changing and shifting everything inside me and in this way fooling myself that I am doing something, but yeah… can’t fool the physical, it’s here to show us who we are through the consequence in time.
