1m: A Homeopath's Podcast

This is Episode 15, and today in our journey of learning through failure, I’m diving into case-taking. If you think about it, what we do as homeopaths when taking a case is different than any other holistic or medical practice. Like doctors, we want to know about the body- was ails it, what makes it better or worse, the quality of the pain, when it started, what started it, the medical history, effects of medications and so on. Unlike a doctor, we care about *all* the physical symptoms, not just the ones that ail them.  We want to know their general physical disposition, and details about symptoms in addition to the chief complaint. Boy- do we want detail. And we listen. Like a therapist, we want to know how the patient feels, emotionally. How do they respond to challenging situations in their life? what traumas and upsets have they weathered in life? How are their relationships? Do they get angry? about what? what does that anger look like? and so on. Unlike a therapist, we do not counsel. We don’t interpret