IMPONDERABILIA

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 IMPONDERABILIA

• DEFINITION:
• Immaterial ‘dynamic’ energies that are
utilized as potentised homoeopathic medicines.
• The word ‘imponderable’ means the substance
which cannot be weighed or measured.
• It was introduced to homoeopathy by
dr.P.C.Majumdar who has conducted various
experiments on electricity, sun rays, lunar rays,
magnetic poles.
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• Imponderabilia are dynamic, physical,
powerful agents which can affect the tissue
action.
• They will neutralize the disease by taking
them or by rubbing them on the skin or by
olfaction. Eg: magnets

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• These immaterial dynamic energies known to
influence various living and nonliving forms &
process on earth. These energies have been
tapped into potential homoeopathic remedy
for the cure of the sick. The energy may be
natural or artificially generated.

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 IMPONDERABILIA ARE DIVIDED
INTO 2
• NATURAL ------ MAGNETS----MAGNETIS POLI UMBO(MAGNET)
• MAGNETIS POLUS ARCTICUS(NORTH POLE)
• MAGNETIS POLUS AUSTRALIS(SOUTH
POLE)
• ------LUNA ( MOON RAYS)
• -------SOL ( SUN RAYS)
• ARTIFICIAL ------ELECTRICITY- ELECTRICITAS(ATMOSPHERIC
&STATIC)
• GALVANISM-GALVANISMUS
• X-RAY
• RADIUM

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 §286 OF ORGANON OF
MEDICINE-6TH EDN SAYS

• "The dynamic force of mineral magnets,

electricity and galvanism act no less
powerfully upon our life principle and they are
not less homoeopathic than the properly so-
called medicines which neutralize disease by
taking them through the mouth, or by rubbing
them on the skin or by olfaction.”

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• There may be diseases, especially diseases of
sensibility and irritability, abnormal
sensations, and involuntary muscular
movements which may be cured by those
means. But the more certain way of applying
the last two as well as that of the so-called
electro-magnetic machine lies still very much
in the dark to make homoeopathic use of
them
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• So far both electricity and galvanism have
been used only for palliation to the great
damage of the sick. The positive, pure action
of both upon the healthy human body have
until the present time been but little tested".

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• Hahnemann concluded his organon with a
laudatory commentary on mesmerism.
• Around 1833, he undertook three provings
with 'magnes' [magnet], the first "without
distinction of the poles" and the other two
with the north and south poles of the magnet,
respectively.

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• Although different from his other provings, he
undoubtedly wanted to show that "alterations
of the being of living creatures [diseases]"
must be considered "as pure dynamical
affections of the vital force

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• ." in the effects of the application of "the kind
of spirit that emanates from the magnetic
rod" he saw confirmation of his basic premise
that diseases are "immaterial alterations of
the vitality, pure dynamic derangements of
our state of health" and medicines should
therefore be "merely virtual, almost spiritual,
forces" instead of material.

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 MAGNETIS POLI AMBO
• trituration of sugar of milk after exposure of the
influence of the both poles of the magnet. dilution
of distilled water similarly exposed.
• HOMEOPATHIC
• MAG-AMBR. HAS BURNING SENSATION IN THE
LIMBS AND JOINTS.
• BURNING LANCINATIONS ACROSS ALL PARTS OF
BODY IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
• Pains as if broken in joints, when cartilages of two
bones touch. Shooting and jerkings.

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• HEADACHES AS IF A NAIL WERE DRIVEN IN.
TENDENCY OF OLD WOUNDS TO
BLEED AFRESH.
• Wrenching pain in the limbs. Shuddering, which
traverses the whole body. Shaking in the body
with fright or shocks, which cause violent bending
and straightening of the body, sometimes with
the loss of consciousness.
• Long-lasting swoons during which she feels her
pains, but is not able to speak or move.
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• CLINICAL
• fainting. hemorrhage. orchitis. paraphimosis.
prolapsed anus. rheumatism. toothache. ulcers.
• MODALITIES
• the symptoms are worse by motion and on
awaking.
• the toothache is worse from cold and on contact
with anything cold.
• touch worse pain in joints.
• Heat better uncovering.

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 MAGNETIS POLUS ARCTICUS
(NORTH POLE OF MAGNET)
• HOMEOPATHIC
• mag-arct. has a number of well characterized
symptoms were experienced in the teeth and
jaws.
• there was swelling, heat and redness of one
cheek.
• disturbed sleep, sleepwalking, cracking in cervical
vertebrae, sensation of coldness toothache.
• ANXIOUS, COLDNESS OF EYES AS IF A PIECE OF
ICE LAY IN ORBIT

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• mag-arct. has over-excitement with trembling,
uneasy restlessness in limbs and great nervous
weakness.
• Great lassitude and painful weariness of the
whole body with dejection, especially in
morning and in open air, as during sultry
weather

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MAGNETIS (SOUTH POLE OF THE MAGNET)]
POLUS AUSTRALIS

• mag-aust. has severe pain in inner side of nail

of the big toe. INGROWN TOENAILS.
• easy dislocation of joints of foot, feet are
painful when letting them hang down.
• dryness of eyelids.
• aching in patella, shooting in soles.

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 LUNA (MOONLIGHT)

• Sugar of milk is exposed on a glass plate to

the moon's rays and stirred with a glass rod
meanwhile. The sugar of milk so charged is
dynamized in the usual way, (fincke).

• Higgins made a preparation by exposing pure

water to the moon's rays for three or four
hours in south america and then dynamizing
the water so charged. Historical dose: all
potencies.
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• luna has the majority of the symptoms in the
generative sphere, the head and the lower
limbs.
• excessive edema of face, neck and hands with
neuralgic pains in the swollen parts.
• luna is excellent in sour belchings, especially
if tasting of ingesta.
• AMONG OTHER MALADIES NOTABLY
INFLUENCED BY THE MOON IS
EPILEPSY AND EPILEPSY WORSE AT
FULL MOON MAY NEED SILICA.
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• scabies and worm disorders are worse at full moon.
skin diseases
• nervous affections, especially in subjects of
sycosis, are frequently influenced by the
moon..
• Acrid yellow leucorrhea through day with
backache. Pain in right ovary

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 SOL
(SUNLIGHT)
• milk sugar is exposed to concentrated sun's rays and
stirred with a glass rod until saturated. potencies made
by fincke
• HOMEOPATHIC
• the homeopathic provings of sol are meager, mental
• Frightened on the approach of anyone coming toward
her. Violent headache from vertex down to forehead
with heat sensation in face.
• Sunlight has cured skin cancers and lupus in the
hands of the Danish doctor Finsen. Very sensitive
to sunshine..
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 Radium bromide
• An important addition to the Materia Medica,
especially since the provings by Diffenbach have
precisionized its use.
• Radium brom. of 1, 800, 000 radio-activity was
employed.
• Found effective in the treatment of rheumatism and
gout, in skin affections generally, acne rosacea, naevi,
moles, ulcers and cancers.
• Lowered blood pressure.
• Severe aching pains all over, with restlessness,
better moving about.
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• Chronic rheumatic arthritis.
• Lateness in appearance of symptoms.
• Ulcers due to Radium burns, take a long time
to heal.
• Marked increase in the polymorphonuclear
neutrophiles.
• Great weakness.

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 Head
• - Occipital and vertex pain, accompanying
severe lumbar aching.

• - Severe pain over right eye, spreading back to

occiput and to vertex, better in open air.

• - Aching pain in angle of right lower jaw.

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 Back
• Pain and lameness in cervical vertebrae,
< dropping head forward,
> standing, or sitting erect.
• Backache between shoulders and lumbar-
sacral region,
> after walking.

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 Extremities
• Severe pain in all the limbs, joints,
especially in knee and ankles, sharp
pains in shoulders, arms, hands and
fingers.
• Arthritis, aching pains, worse at
night.
• -Dermatitis of the fingers.
• Trophic changes in the finger nails.

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 Skin

• - Small pimples.
• - Erythema and dermatitis, with itching,
burning, swelling and redness.
• - Necrosis and ulceration.
• - Itching all over body, burning of skin, as if
afire.
• - Epithelioma.
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 Modalities

• - Better, open air, continued motion, hot

bath, lying down, pressure.
• - Worse, getting up.

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 X-ray
• (vial containing alcohol exposed to x-ray).
• * Repeated exposure to Roentgen (X-ray) has
produced skin lesions often followed by
cancer.
• * Distressing pain.
• * Sexual glands are particularly affected.
• * Atrophy of ovaries and testicles.
• * Sterility.
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• Changes take place in the blood lymphatics
and bone marrow.
• Anaemia and leukaemia.
• Corresponds to stubbornness as in burns,
they refuse to heal.
• Psoriasis

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• Has the property of stimulating cellular
metabolism.
• Arouses the reactive vitality, mentally and
physically.
• Brings to the surface suppressed symptoms,
especially sycotic and those due to mixed
infections.
• Its homoeopathic action is thus centrifugal,
towards the periphery.

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