Commentary on Organon of Medicine: Aphorism 10

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Permalink Reply by Dr. Mir Zahed on July 5, 2011 at 8:58am

It is OK. But it should be explained what the Master meant by "vital principle"? If we consider it soul there will be lot of questions as different religions have different concepts of soul and do we apply homoeopathic medicine to correct the soul?? Being a student i would be thankful to you if you explain it more clearly.

Permalink Reply by Dr. chandrakant bhapkar on July 12, 2011 at 1:58am

sir,

Vital principle is the vital force or vitality how we can say it is soul? It is natural phenomenon which animate the material body. Binding the cations and anions together is vital principle. Cations (positively-charged ions) and anions (negatively-charged ions) are formed when a metal loses electrons, and a nonmetal gains those electrons. The electrostatic attraction between the positives and negatives brings the particles together and creates an ionic compound, such as sodium chloride. So energy which requires to bind sodium and chloride together is vital principle.
Soul has something different than the VP:The immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life.Immaterial has no any form and shape or size. Vital force animate the material body and The material body derives all sensation and performs all the functions of life solely by means of the immaterial being (the vital principle) which animates the material organism in health and in disease.
Immaterial dose not mean soul it mean the vital principle,vital force(vitality).

Permalink Reply by Dr. chandrakant bhapkar on July 12, 2011 at 2:17am

Mind, body and soul has attraction between them and it caused by vital principle. Mind,body and soul has oppositely charged cells which has nucleus and its own vital force to attract together.  They bring together and form a human being. Which has its sensation and performs all the functions of life and is living  superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. 

1. The force gets weaker as the two charged cells get farther apart. so any disturbance in the trinity of human being  form The disease( where health is derange). And vital force is the immaterial being which  animates the material organism in health and in disease.

 

Permalink Reply by Dr. Mir Zahed on July 12, 2011 at 4:38am

Very good Dr Chandrakant, I like it. Hahnemann called  "spirit like", not spirit or soul from which he meant immaterial. and your explanation accords with both Hahnemann and the modern science.  Very good.

Permalink Reply by Dr Nikhil Kambli on December 29, 2011 at 1:04pm

quite true.

  but i would like to add Dr Hahnemann was not aware of cations and anions and neither the nucleus.

what he simply meant an simple unseen force which animates the living organism..maintaining harmony.

the other explanation given by Dr.Vijaykar a indian Homeopath that it is nothing but homeostasis.