Better or Worse: the Details that Matter
Very often, what makes a symptom better or worse can be most telling.
In homeopathy, we don’t just look at what someone is experiencing. We also want to know how they experience it too.
Take a headache, for example –
- One person might find that the slightest movement makes their headache worse (Bryonia).
- Another might feel much better when they’re moving around (Rhus tox).
- Someone else may find that firm pressure gives helps (Mag phos).
- And another might find their headache is much worse from the heat of the sun (Nat mur).
These little details can be incredibly useful when differentiating between remedies.
It’s not simply a matter of finding a remedy for a headache. It’s about building up a picture of the individual symptoms and how that person experiences them.
And of course, these details are only part of the overall picture. We need much more information before selecting a remedy.
But the more carefully we observe, the more individual the picture becomes.
