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NOTE

THE GENIUS OF A REMEDY INCLUDES THE MODALITIES, SENSATIONS, AND CLINICAL FINDINGS THAT HAVE REPEATEDLY APPEARED IN THE PROVINGS AT VARIOUS DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND WHICH CAN GENERALLY BE HEALED. THESE ARE IN FACT THE ACTUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A REMEDY.

The polarities are first mentioned in the preface to the revised edition of Boenninghausen’s Pocket Book by Klaus-Henning Gypser.⁷ When choosing a remedy, Boenninghausen strived to match the patient’s set of symptoms and especially the modalities (that is, the circumstances that aggravate or ameliorate the symptoms) as closely as possible to the genius of the remedy.

Table 3: Boenninghausen’s Grading of Symptoms

Symptoms of the 3rd to 5th grades are genius symptoms since they are observed in different localizations in proving and clinical practice.

NOTE

POLAR SYMPTOMS ARE THOSE SYMPTOMS THAT CAN HAVE AN OPPOSITE ASPECT, AN “OPPOSITE POLE” SUCH AS THIRST /THIRSTLESSNESS, COLD AGGRAVATES / COLD AMELIORATES OR DESIRE FOR FRESH AIR / DISLIKE OF FRESH AIR.

In order to confirm the remedy choice, he advised checking whether one or more aspects of the patient’s symptom set contradict the genius symptoms of the remedy. This contradiction can concern polar symptoms (see note on the left).

NOTE

POLAR SYMPTOMS OF THE REMEDY IN QUESTION SHOULD BE MATCHED AT AS HIGH A GRADE AS POSSIBLE (3-5). IF THE OPPOSITE POLE IS LISTED FOR THE REMEDY AT A HIGH GRADE (3-5) BUT THE PATIENT SYMPTOM AT A LOW GRADE (1-2), THE GENIUS OF THE REMEDY DOES NOT MATCH THE PATIENT’S SYMPTOM SET. THE REMEDY IS THEREFORE CONTRAINDICATED

With many remedies, both poles of a polar symptom are covered, but in different grades. Boenninghausen said that a contradiction occurs when the patient symptom is observed in the 1^st or 2^nd grade with the opposite pole listed for the remedy in the 3^rd, 4^th, or 5^th grade. In this case, the opposite pole (not the patient symptom) corresponds to the genius of the remedy. Boenninghausen found that such constellations hardly ever lead to healing, and indeed they are a contraindication for the remedy concerned. When checking unsuccessful prescriptions, made without regard to Boenninghausen’s rule, we frequently find contraindications that have been missed.