How then to make out whether or not your remedy is the right one.

There are certain criterias to be followed and examined when the patient comes for the follow-up. e.g.

(a) The PROOF of correctness and ‘Right’ prescribing is provided by the patient himself. After a minimum dose ‘similimum’ stimulus, following changes could occur.

1. Disappearing of weakness(if any)

2. Normalizing of stamina and desire to work.

3. Restoral of original desires and passion(i.e. to read, play, eat, study, wander, etc)

4. Normalizing of sleep-(without dreams).

5. Normalizing of apetite and stool.

6. Increase in tolerance to aggravating factors(e.g. noise, sun, wind, cloudy weather, cold food, drink and air)

7. Decrease in sensitivity to rudeness, offences, or any other exciting emotional factors.

8. Tempering off, of tempers, reduction of fears and anxieties.

9. Disappearance of symptoms from higher layer to lower layer progressively and simultaneously and appearance of symptoms in lower layer of disease as well as in outward and downward direction(e.g. pain in heart better, going to pain in neck first, lumbar region next, the knee further, down to the ankle, heel and lastly the toe and from the toe to cause acidity or diarrhoea and lastly to eruptions on skin.)

(b) The eruptions or pains on upper part of the body like face and neck should disappear first followed by the ones on trunk and extremities.

(c) Appearance of any new lesion or eruption or pain above the level of already existing ones is a bad sign which would INVARIABLY lead to suppression. Appearance of new ones below or on extrimities with disappearance of lesions already existing  is a good sign.

(d) The circular lesion should disappear by shrinking of the area of lesion i.e. here the healing should take place from outside in. This leads to cure. Contrary to expectations the local lesion(singular circular) the cure cannot takes place from inside out that means the centre should not heal first followed by edges. This is sure suppression and one can expect a boomerang of the lesions and severe aggravation on face and scalp or any higher up places. This centre to periphery type of healing shall invariably be associated with loss of interest in work or reduction in stamina to work or disturbed sleep and bowel movements.

(e) When skin eruptions are receding, appearance of dullness, giddiness, loss of interest in work or sleep reduced stamina and bad bowel movements, loss of appetite or appearance of joint pains; sneezing or burning urine is a definite indication of the Ongoing Suppression. If the same treatment is continued one can mathematically expect bronchitis followed by asthama or diarrhoea or urinary tract infection(i.e. an affection of Respiratory tract, G.I.T., or urinary tract) to follow the previous complaint without much delay.

(f) Appearance of any deep infection i.e.patient suffering from acute conjunctivities, parotidities or jaundice or any other infections, diarrhoea during the course of the treatment is a sure-shot indication that the ‘resistance’ of the patient which the homeopath aims at building up is not coming upto the mark especially within. (A single dose of the right constitutional similimum takes less than 24 hours to strengthen the immunity in the endodermal derivative mucous membrane or respiratory tract, GIT and urinary tract)

(g) Very often we find often eczematous eruptions have disappeared from the skin followed by suppuration in certain parts with large, red, inflamed and painful boils being thrown up with fever. This is also is a bad indication since one cannot justify exteriozation of disease with reduced immunity and increased susceptibility to streptococcus or staphylococcus. Our Right Similimum should make the tissues and the body parts unlivable, and unthrivable places for all bacteria and fungi-(and hence no need of antibiotics to get rid of them.)

(h) Appearance of gum boils or aphthae in the mouth during the treatment of skin lesions is a bad sign.

(i) If a patient does not respond favourably after single stimulation or replaces frequently or has to be given frequent repetitive doses to make a skin lesion disappear be sure- you are suppressing.

(j) If higher and higher potencies are required i.e. patient responds favourably to mezerium 30 but relapses often and later mezereum 200 or 1000 is given repeatedly to make the symptoms disappear- it is frank Suppression.

(k) Disappearance of symptoms in reverse order of appearance down the chart of suppression is a must. Where cases are incurable a stage of compensation is attained where in a disease symptom which is less morbid is created in the body and persits with a general improvement in all other natural habits, tolerance and functioning of the patient.

If the above sequence occurs with the above general and mental improvement in all cases, acute or chronic, then and only then a homeopath is a RIGHT prescriber.