Dr. Kent's 12 observations provide guidance on interpreting patient responses to homeopathic remedies. The document summarizes 12 common observations, such as prolonged aggravation followed by improvement or new symptoms appearing after a remedy. For each observation, it outlines the potential inferences about the patient's state or remedy selection, recommendations for next steps, and prognosis. The overall document serves as a helpful guide for homeopaths to analyze treatment outcomes and determine the best course of action.

1. DR. KENT’S 12
OBSERVATIONS

2. 1. A Prolonged aggravation and then final decline of the patient.
2. Long aggravation but final and slow improvement.
3.The aggravation is quick, short and strong with rapid improvement of the patient.
4.No aggregation with recovery of the patient.
5.The amelioration comes first and the aggravation comes afterwards.
6.Too short relief of symptoms.
7. A full time amelioration of the symptoms, yet no special relief of the patient.
8. Some patients prove every remedy they get.
9. The action of medicine upon provers.
10. New symptoms appear after the remedy.
11. When old symptoms are observed to reappear.
12. Symptoms takes the wrong Direction

3. 1. Prolonged aggravation and then final
decline of the patient
• INFERENCE:-
• A.The antipsoric was too deep,it has established destruction.
• B. Vital reaction is impossible in this state, case was incurable one.
• C. Very high potency.
• Prognosis:- unfavorable
• What to do? Antidote the medicine
• Lesson:- In incurable cases with organic changes,it is advisable to give
nothing more than 30th to 200th potency.

4. OBSERVATIO
N
INFERENCE WHAT TO
DO?
REMARKS
Prolonged
and final
decline of the
patient
Antipsoric---
deep
Potency-----
High
Destruction—
Established
Case—
incurable
Antidote the
medicine
Don’t give a
deep remedy
when organic
diseases are
present. In
incurableand
doubtful case
give 30th or
200th
potency

5. 2. Long aggravation but final and slow
improvement.
• INFERENCE:-
• • Shows the beginning of somemarked tissue change in some organ.
• • The state of the tissue can be understood.
• • We can make out the prognosis of the case.
• What to do?
Do not disturb the action of the dose
• Prognosis:- Favourable

6. OBSERVATION INFERENCE WHAT TO DO?
Long aggravation, but
final slow improvement
Beginning of some very
marked tissue changes
in some organ
Prognosis--
favourable
Don’t disturb till the
action of the doses has
completed.

7. 3. The aggravation is quick, short and
strong with rapid improvement of the
patient.
• Inference:-
• The reaction of the economy is vigorous.
• No tendency to structural changes in the vital
• organs.
• The improvement will be marked.
• What to do?
• Do not disturb the action of the dose.

8. • Lesson:-
• In the case of perfect similimum slight agg of the
• symptoms occurs in the 1st hrs after the remedy in
• an acute sickness or 1st few days in chronic case.
• Prognosis:- Very good.

9. OBSERVATION INFERENCE WHAT TO DO? REMARKS
aggravation is quick,
short, strong with
rapid improvement
of the patient
In acute disease- one
hour after the
remedy
In chronic disease
–during the first few
days
Remedy—Correct
Reaction-vigorous
Improvement-
marked
No structural changes
prognosis—good
Not to disturb the
action of the
medicine
This type of action is
very reassuring

10. 4. No aggravation with recovery of the
patient.
• Inference:-
• No organic diseases.
• No tendency for organic diseases.
• Right selection of potency.
• Perfect similimum.
• Lesson:-
• It is the highest order of cure in acute affection.

11. • Prognosis:-
-In acute Cases: Good
- In chronic cases: Doubtful

12. OBSERVATION INFERENCE WHAT TO DO? REMARKS
No aggravation with recovery of the
patient
Remedy and potency—exactly correct
No organic disease or no tendency to
organic disease
The disease is not of great depth and
belongs to the function of nerves
Prognosis—
in acute case good
In chronic case
--doubtful
Not to disturb the action of the medicine Highest order of cure in acute affection
Yet the physician sometimes will be
more satisfied if in the beginning of his
prescribing he notices a slight
aggravation of symptoms

13. • Inference:-
• Superficial remedy acted as a palliative.
• Patient was incurable and the remedy was some
• what suitable.
• What to do?
• Retake the case.
• Prognosis:- Unfavorable
5.The amelioration comes first and the
aggravation comes afterwards.

14. OBSERVATION INFERENCE WHAT TO DO?
Amelioration comes
first and aggravation
afterwards
Either the remedy
was only a superficial
remedy, and could act
only as palliative or
the patient was
incurable and the
remedy was
somewhat
Retake the case and a
more similar
medicine is to be
prescribed

15. 6. Too short relief of the symptoms.
• Inference:-
• Make sure that pt did not do any thing to spoil
• the case.
• In acute cases high grade inflammmatory
• condition.
• In chronic cases presence of structural changes.
• What to do?
• In acute cases medicine to be repeated often.
• In chronic cases a more similar medicine to be
• selected.

16. • Prognosis:- Bad in chronic cases

17. OBSERVATION INFERENCE WHAT TO DO?
Too short relief of symptoms Has the patient done something to spoil the action of the
medicine if not, the physician may suspect the following
In acute disease presence of high grade inflammatory reaction
of organs which are threatened by the process going on
In chronic disease there is structural changes and the organs
are destroyed or being destroyed or in a very precarious
condition
Prognosis- Bad
In acute disease medicine has to be repeated much often or a
more similar medicine is selected
In chronic case, if there is no interference of medicine more
similar medicine is to be prescribed.

18. 7. A Full time amelioration of the symptoms,
yet no special relief of the patient.
Inference:-
• Latent conditions or organic changes.
• Lesson:-
• Only palliation possible in such condition.
• Prognosis:- Bad, as a patient is only curable to certain extent.

19. OBSERVATION INFERENCE REMARKS
Full time amelioration of
symptoms, yet no relief to the
patient
presence of latent conditions,
or latent existing organic
conditions, which prevent
improvement beyond a certain
stage
The remedies act favorably but
the patient is not cured and
never be cured. The patient is
palliated in this instance.
Prognosis- Bad
The patient can never be cured
completely and is curable only
to a certain limit.it is a
suitable palliation for
homeopathic remedies

20. 8. some patients prove every remedy
they get.
• Inference:-
• Pt may be hysterical or oversensitive to all
things.
• Idiosyncratic patients.
• What to do?
• Go for low potencies.
• Prognosis: Bad

21. OBSERVATION INFERENCE WHAT TO DO? REMARKS
Some patient
prove every
remedy they get
Patient is said to
have an
idiosyncrasy to
every thing
The over
sensitive
patients are
often incurable
Give 30th and
200th to cure
their disease
Such
oversensitive
patients are
good provers

22. 9. The action of medicines on provers.
• Healthy prover is always benefited by proving, if they are
properly conducted.
• It is well to observe carefully the constitutional states of an
individual above to become a prover; and to write these down
and subtract them from proving.
• Master Hahnemann in his Organon of Medicine, from § 105 to §
145 has given instructions regarding drug proving.
• Prognosis:- Favorable

23. OBSERVATION INFERENCE WHAT TO DO? REMARKS
Action of medicine upon
provers
Proving always benefits
healthy provers, if they are
properly conducted.
observe carefully the
constitutional state of an
individual about to become a
prover, write this down and
subtract them from the
proving
These symptoms will not very
commonly appear during the
proving, if they do note the
change in them.
Such oversensitive patients
are good provers

24. 10. New symptoms appear after the remedy.
• Inference:-
• Greater the array of new symptoms more doubt it
• throws upon the correctness of prescription.
• What to do?
• Retake the case and try to find the similimum.
• Prognosis:- Bad

25. OBSERVATION INFERENCE WHAT TO DO?
New symptoms
appearing after the
administration of the
remedy
Medicine wrong
Greater the appearance
of new symptoms
coming out after the
administration of the
remedy- wrong
prescription.
c. prognosis- bad
If the symptoms are of
serious nature, antidote
the medicine and select
a more similar medicine
after taking the case

26. 11. Some patients prove every remedy they
get
• Inference:-
• Pt is on the road to recovery
• Cure from center to periphery.
• What to do?
• If the symptoms comes and goes then no need to
• disturb if symptoms remain then repeat the dose
• Prognosis:- very good

27. OBSERVATION INFERENCE WHAT TO DO? REMARKS
When old
symptoms are
about to
reappear
Medicine-
correct
Disease curable
Symptoms are
disappearing in
the reverse
order of its
appearance
Medicine must
be lat alone
If old symptoms
come back to
stay, then a
repetition of the
dose is
necessary
It is well to say to
the patient that
this is
encouraging

28. 12. symptoms take the wrong direction.
• Inference:-
• Incurable state of patient.
• Wrong prescription.
• Not following Herings law of cure.
• What to do?
• Antidote the medicine.
• Most similar medicine is to be applied.
• Prognosis:- Bad
•

29. OBSERVATION INFERENCE WHAT TO DO? REMARKS
Symptom take
the wrong
direction
Medicine- wrong
Prognosis- bad
Medicine must
be antidoted at
once otherwise
structural
changes will take
place in that new
site. A similar
medicine is to be
selected and
administered
There is a great
danger in
selecting a
remedy on
external
symptom alone,
ignoring all the
symptoms and
general state of
the patient

30. • Reference:-
• Organon of Medicine By Dr. Das
• Organon of Medicine By Dr.
• Application: excellent organon

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