Homeopathy
Higher Diploma (Part 1)
Course Content

Beginning with the history of provings; how they are undertaken today; looking at the supervision process and beginning to start clinical supervision; vital sensation according to Rajan Sankaran; kingdoms classification, in particular the mineral kingdom; Jan Scholten and the periodic table; revision and extension of miasm classification in homeopathy.

Remedies Studied
Alumina, Aurum, Baryta Carb, Borax, Calc Carb, Coffea, Colchicum, Cicuta Virosa, Crocus, Lilium Tigrinum, Magnesium Carb, Mercury, Naja, Natrum Carb, Natrum Sulph, Platina, Veratrum Album.

Cases Studied
Sarah – assignment case
Insanity – analysis case
Alexis – analysis case
Imogen – example case
Sarah – analysis case
William – example case
Andrea – assignment case
Hilary – assignment case
Jean – assignment case
Jane – example case
Martine – example case
Harriet – assignment case
Jean – analysis case
Rosa – example case
Andrea – analysis case
Grace – example case
Hilary – analysis case
Molly – assignment case
Harriet – analysis case
Anna – example case
Jack – example case
Simon (Severe Dandruff) – example case
Flossie – assignment case
Laura (Locked Joints) – assignment case
Peter (Young) – example case
Molly – analysis case
Adrian – example case

Full details of each unit are given below with the aims, content and learning outcomes

Unit Fifteen : Provings

Aims 
This unit aims to take a more in-depth look at what is involved in proving a remedy, studying the history of provings from Hahnemann’s first discovery as well as the different types of proving currently undertaken in today’s society. It will also cover what to do with the information that is generated by a proving, and how remedy symptoms are recorded in the homeopathic repertory. In addition, you will be shown how to read a proving with the aim of remedy identification and selection and you will look at an example case of a proven remedy. Lastly, you have the opportunity to consolidate your learning through another case analysis.

Content 
Recordings
1. Introduction
    1.1 Supervised Practice
2. Philosophy
    2.1 The History of Homeopathic Provings
    2.2 The Hahnemannian Proving
    The Master Prover
    The Provers
    Supervisors
    The End of the Proving
    The Editing of the Proving (“As if one person”)
    2.3 Different Kinds of Provings
    The Group Proving
    The Seminar or Meeting Proving
    Trituration Provings
    Kopfkissen or ‘Pillow’ Provings
    Meditative ProvingsPatient provings
    2.4 Summary
3. Materia Medica
    3.1 How to Read a Proving
    The Proving of the Remedy China
4. Cases
    Sarah – assignment case
    Insanity – analysis case
    Alexis – analysis case
    Imogen – example case
5. Self-Assessment Questions
6. Assignments
    6.1 Materia Medica
    U15Q1/g: Remedy from Proving
    U15Q2/g: Lac Caninum & Milk Remedies
    U15Q3/g: Lyssin using Mappa Mundi
    6.2 Cases
    U15Q4/g: Bewildered using Miasm Theory
    6.3 Personal & Professional Development
    6.4 Sending your Assignments
7. Figures

Learning Outcomes 
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Explain the concept and purpose of provings in homeopathy
• Describe how provings are conducted
• Critically examine the proving of chocolate
• Outline how to select a remedy from proving symptoms
• Analyse a case using miasmatic theory

Unit Sixteen : Supervision

Aims 
This unit aims to prepare you for the practise of homeopathy so that you may begin seeing your own patients under supervision. You will be introduced to the clinical supervision process and how to prepare for supervision. Various aspects of case taking under supervision will be covered including how supervision can help you become a better practitioner, finding your supervisor, what is involved in the case-taking process under supervision, the legal and ethical requirements and how to present your cases.

Content
Recordings
1. Introduction
    1.1 Starting in Practice
    1.2 What is Clinical Supervision?
    1.3 Why Do We Need Supervision and Who Gains from It?           
    1.4 What We are Looking for in Overseeing your Supervision          
    1.5 Reading List
    1.6 Action for Section 1
2. Preparing for Clinical Supervision
    2.1 Duration and Cases
    2.2 Requirements to Start Supervision
    2.3 Supervision Costs
    2.4 Supervisor Options
    2.5 The Supervision Network
    2.6 Contracting with a Supervisor
    2.7 A Supervisors’ Duties
    2.8 Legal Responsibilities & Insurance
    2.9 Action for Section 2
3. How to Follow the Clinical Supervision Process
    3.1 Registering for Supervision
    3.2 Finding a Supervisor
    3.3 Starting Supervision
    3.4 Practice Under Supervision
    3.5 Case Top Sheets
    3.6 Initial Review
    3.7 Final Review & Clinical Portfolio
    3.8 Diploma
    3.9 Action for Section 3
4. Cases
    Sarah – analysis case
    William – example case
5. Self-Assessment Questions
6. Assignments
    U16Q1/g: Planning Supervision
    6.1 Personal & Professional Development
    6.2 Sending your Assignments
7. Figures

Learning Outcomes 
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Define the meaning of clinical supervision
• Outline the minimum requirements to start clinical supervision
• Take patient cases under clinical supervision
• Explain the importance of ethical behaviour and consider strategies for dealing with ethical dilemmas in practice
• Communicate effectively and ethically with patients, families and other healthcare professionals
• Review and analyse your own process of clinical supervision

The supervision process is long and in-depth, therefore it has it’s own learning outcomes that are aligned with NOS. For the full list of learning outcomes gained during supervision please refer to the actual guidelines within the unit (Figure: Learning Outcomes for Clinical Practice Under Supervision)

Unit Seventeen : Vital Sensation

Aims 
This unit aims to introduce you to the concept of the vital sensation and seven levels of consciousness as described by Rajan Sankaran. You will study Sankaran’s Sensation Method and how to use different techniques to relate his theory to case-taking and analysis. You will explore each of the seven levels at which a patient may communicate their symptoms and how to relate these to the Mappa Mundi. In addition you will study a further five remedies from the homeopathic materia medica and complete three case analyses.

Content 
Recordings
1. Introduction
2. Philosophy
    2.1 The Totality
    2.2 Introducing the Vital Sensation
    What Makes a Sensation the Vital Sensation?
    The Vital Sensation in a Historical Context
    2.3 Case-receiving to the Sensation Level
    Perceiving the “Non human song”
    The Chief Complaint
    There is Nothing Out There Other Than Oneself
    Translating the Patient’s Language to the Repertory
    Asking the Same Thing Over and Over Again
    Hand Gestures
    2.4 The Levels
    The Levels and Potency
    The Levels as an Indicator of Health
    Connecting the Levels with Mappa Mundi
    2.5 Summary
3. Materia Medica
    Cicuta Virosa, Colchicum, Crocus, Lilium Tigrinum and Veratrum Album
4. Cases
    Andrea – assignment case
    Hilary – assignment case
    Jean – assignment case
    Jane – example case
    Martine – example case
5. Self-Assessment Questions
6. Assignments
    6.1 Philosophy
    U17Q1/g: Vital Sensation & Levels
    6.2 Philosophy in Practice
    U17Q2/g: Levels in Conversation
    6.3 Materia Medica
    U17Q3/g: Lili Tig & Liliflorae
    U17Q4/g: Cicuta Virosa
    U17Q5/g: Levels in Nat Mur
    6.4 Case Analysis
    U17Q6/g: Andrea using Sankaran Approach
    U17Q7/g: Jean using Sensation Methods
    6.5 Personal & Professional Development
    6.6 Sending your Assignments
7. Figures

Learning Outcomes 
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Explain the term ‘Vital Sensation’
• Relate the vital sensation to the seven levels
• Identify each of the seven levels in relation to how a patient communicates
• Illustrate the seven levels on a Mappa Mundi
• Describe the way in which people may express different levels in daily conversation
• Identify the levels in homeopathic remedies
• Analyse a group of remedies and place them on the Mappa Mundi
• Analyse case examples using the Mappa Mundi and Sankaran’s sensation method

Unit Eighteen : Kingdoms

Aims 
This unit aims to expand your knowledge of the Sensation Method and introduce you to the different kingdoms in homeopathy. You will be taught how to differentiate between kingdoms in your analysis of a patient and how to identify a remedy belonging to a particular kingdom classification. You will study three remedies and further develop your case analysis skills through continued case work.

Content 
Recordings
1. Introduction
2. Philosophy – The Kingdoms
    2.1 The Need for Classification in the Homeopathic Materia Medica
    2.2 Kingdom Classification in Homeopathy
    2.3 Finding the Kingdom in a Case
    2.4 The Mineral Kingdom
    Using the Mineral Kingdom in Homeopathy
    2.5 The Plant Kingdom
    The Plant Kingdom in Homeopathy
    2.6 The Animal Kingdom
    The Animal Kingdom in Homeopathy
    2.7 Other Kingdoms
3. Materia Medica
    Borax, Coffea and Naja
4. Cases
    Harriet – assignment case
    Jean – analysis case
    Rosa – example case
    Andrea – analysis case
    Grace – example case
    Hilary – analysis case
5. Self-Assessment Questions
6. Assignments
    6.1 Philosophy
    U18Q1/g: Kingdoms in Action
    6.2 Materia Medica
    U18Q2/g: Borax
    U18Q3/g: Coffea
    U18Q4/g: “Fear of Failure” Remedies
    U18Q5/g: Naja
    6.3 Case Work
    U18Q6/g: Harriet
    6.4 Personal & Professional Development
    6.5 Sending your Assignments
7. Figures

Learning Outcomes 
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Explain the classification of the kingdoms in homeopathy
• Identify remedies that belong to each kingdom
• Identify different statements from patients as belonging to a particular kingdom
• Outline characteristics of the three main kingdoms in relation to human behaviour
• Describe the differences between some remedies in different kingdoms
• Analyse and reflect on a case with the added knowledge of the homeopathy kingdoms

Unit Nineteen : Minerals

Aims 
This unit aims to introduce you to study of the periodic table and its relationship to homeopathy and the materia medica. From the work of Jan Scholten you will look at how the periodic table can be broken down into seven series and eighteen stages and how this may help with your understanding of the Mineral kingdom remedies. You will also be shown how Scholten’s theories have been incorporated into Sankaran’s Sensation method and take a look at eight mineral remedies from homeopathic materia medica. In addition you will be asked to analyse another case example.

Content 
Recordings
1. Introduction
2. Philosophy
    2.1 An Overview of the Elements of the Periodic Table
    Definition of an Element
    The Structure of the Atom
    How Elements React
    The Arrangement of the Periodic Table
    2.2 The Periodic Table in Homeopathy
    The Work of Jan Scholten
    The Seven Series
    The Eighteen Stages
    2.3 Combined Elements : Salts and Compounds
    Salts
    2.4 Summary
    The Mineral Kingdom in Relation to the Sensation Method
    A Summary of the Periodic Table
3. Materia Medica
    Baryta Carb, Calc Carb and Magnesium Carb
    Aurum, Platina and Mercury
    Natrum Carb and Natrum Sulph
4. Cases
    Molly – assignment case
    Harriet – analysis case
    Anna – example case
    Jack – example case
    Simon (Severe Dandruff) – example case
5. Self-Assessment Questions
6. Assignments
    6.1 Philosophy
    U19Q1/g: The Periodic Table
    6.2 Materia Medica
    U19Q2/g: Stage 2 Periodic Table
    U19Q3/g: Gold Series
    U19Q4/g: Natrum Sulph & Natrum Carb
    6.3 Cases
    U19Q5/g: Molly
    6.4 Personal & Professional Development
    6.5 Sending your Assignments
7. Figures

Learning Outcomes 
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Discuss the elements of the periodic table in relation to different remedies
• Outline how patterns can be identified in the series and stages of the periodic table and how these can help to define remedies from the mineral kingdom
• Discuss how three homeopathic remedies can be evaluated using the periodic table from a Scholten perspective
• Analyse remedies from the Gold series of the periodic table
• Analyse a case using the sensation method

Unit Twenty : Miasms Revisited

Aims 
This unit aims to review the miasms in homeopathy that were studied in Unit 8 and introduce the study of a further six miasms. The latest concepts in miasmatic theory will be explored, as will how to differentiate between different miasms. You look at how to identify characteristics from the different miasms in patients and how to apply the theories in case taking and analysis. In addition, you will study a new homeopathic remedy and analyse a further two cases.

Content 
Recordings
1. Introduction
2. Philosophy
    2.1 The Original Concept of the Miasm
    2.2 A New Emphasis in Perceiving the Miasm
    2.3 The 10 Miasms
    Acute Miasm
    Typhoid Miasm
    Psora Miasm
    Malaria Miasm
    Ringworm Miasm
    Sycosis Miasm
    Cancer Miasm
    Tubercular Miasm
    Leprosy Miasm
    Syphilis Miasm
    Aids Miasm
    2.4 An Overview of the Miasms in Modern Homeopathy
    Acquired Miasms Today
    Other Miasms Used in Homeopathy
    Miasm Facial Analysis
    2.5 Summary
3. Materia Medica
    Alumina
4. Cases
    Flossie – assignment case
    Laura (Locked Joints) – assignment case
    Peter (Young) – example case
    Molly – analysis case
    Adrian – example case
5. Self-Assessment Questions
6. Assignments
    6.1 Philosophy
    U20Q1/g: Comparison of Miasms
    6.2 Materia Medica
    U20Q2/g: Compare Miasms from Kingdoms
    U20Q3/g: Alumina Mappa Mundi
    6.3 Cases
    U20Q4/g: Flossie
    U20Q5/g: Laura (Locked Joints)
    6.4 Personal & Professional Development
    6.5 Sending your Assignments
7. Figures

Learning Outcomes 
At the end of this unit you will be able to:

• Identify the miasms added by Rajan Sankaran
• Indicate which miasms certain words and phrases might belong to
• Discuss personality traits of the miasms in homeopathy
• Describe each of the miasms currently used in homeopathy and relate them to the corresponding disease states
• Compare and contrast the miasms in different life scenarios
• Compare and contrast the miasms in relation to the 18 stages proposed by Scholten
• Analyse homeopathic remedies in respect to their associated miasms
• Analyse two cases with reference to current miasmatic theory

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