Disease Processes and Dynamics

1.• of the role of constitution, constitutional sensitivity and susceptibility in the development of a disease; • of the vital force or vital principle in disease and health; • of the importance of aetiological, environmental and lifestyle factors; • of symptom specification in homoeopathy; • of the principles of homoeopathic understanding and interpretation of symptoms; • of the different perception of symptoms in conventional and homoeopathic medicine; • understanding of the need to develop observation skills; • understanding of the value of conventional nosology knowledge.

1.• to carefully observe and describe the natural history (pathography), evolution and manifestations of a disease or disease process; • to observe and describe the individual and constitutional characteristics of the patient; • to formulate symptoms and translate them into repertory language; • to create (organise) and analyse a hierarchy of symptoms; • to assess the degree of symptom manifestation; • to assess the patient’s energy and expression of vital force based on the dynamics of disease processes; • to recognise and interpret the “levels” and “layers” of the patient’s illness; • to communicate and listen attentively to all information about the patient.

1.• to observe and analyse the patient’s symptoms; • to describe and analyse the patient’s pathography; • to formulate the primary diagnosis; • to perform differential diagnosis; • to draw up a therapeutic plan; • to apply knowledge of the “levels” and “layers” of the concept of the patient’s condition; • to analyse and synthesise using philosophical induction and deduction.