“R OOTS”

A unifying theory of
constitution
Author: George Loukas

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The theory was formulated in 1994 and is being
enriched ever since. An initial observation
concerning the number of fixations according to
psychoanalytic theory and the number of
miasms mentioned by Hahnemann was made in
1990. then it was realized that what
psychoanalysts called “anal” character
corresponded to Hahnemann’s “sycotic” type.
Later the “tubercular miasm” was correlated to
oedipal fixation and the “syphilitic” one to oral
fixation. The psoric miasm was correlated with
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Clinical study followed and this is how
there came to be the initial formulation of
this theory which actually is a marriage
between psychoanalytic theory and
homeopathy. By that time efforts to
correlate other theoretical systems with
this theory had started.

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The next correlation was made with
Paracelsus’ three categories of diseases.
Diseases of sulfur were found to correspond
to the psoric type, diseases of salt to those of
sycotic type and mercury diseases to the
syphilitic type.
An homeopath can readily understand why
they were correlated in this way, since
according to Hahnemann, sulfur is the king
of antipsoric miasms and mercury the king
of antisyphilitic ones.
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Later on, the the four humours of Hippocrates
drew our attention. The key to correlation was
the information that the tubercular miasm is a
combination of the psoric and the syphilitic
miasm, as it was examined together with the
Hellenic term “melancholia”, “Melancholia” is
the disease of “black bile” certainly
corresponded to the syphilitic miasm as
melancholy is a grave syphilitic state. Yellow bile
corresponded to the tubercular miasm. The
hypothesis that phlegm corresponded with
sycosis and blood with psora were only initial
hypotheses which could only be such as there
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was no clinical evidence.
When Jawahar Shah came to Hellas and
lectured on miasms, he presented a
miasm theory based on a stimulus-
response model, resembling Pavlov’s
model. This is how the idea that there
could exist a correlation between Pavlov’s
theory and the theory of miasms, was
conceived. A comparative study yielded
the following: weak inhibited- syphilitic,
strong excitable-tubercular, placid
balanced-sycotic, vigorous balanced-
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Pavlov had correlated his types with
those of Hippocrates, in the same way
with us. Finally, an effort was made to
correlate the four humours of Hippocrates
with the four elements of Embedocles,
that is blood with air, phlegm with water,
yellow bile with fire and black bile with
earth.

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Plato and Saint Gregorius of Nyssa had
also written about the four elements,
each with a different terminology,
though.
The final terminology and their
correspondance are given below:

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 HOMEOPATHY
PSORIC SYCOTIC SYPHILITIC TUBERCULAR

FREUD
THERE IS ANAL ORAL OEDIPAL
NO DIRRECT
CORRESPONDANCE. FIXATION FIXATION FIXATION
T\HE CONCEPTS OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL
CONFLICT AND
REPRESSION HAVE
BEEN CLASSIFIED
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 HOMEOPATHY
PSORIC SYCOTIC SYPHILITIC TUBERCULAR

PAVLOV
VIGOROUS
BALANCED

PLACID
BALANCED

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INHIBITED
 HOMEOPATHY
PSORIC SYCOTIC SYPHILITIC TUBERCULAR

PARACERSUS
SULFUR
DISEADES

SALT
DISEASES
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HIPPOCRATES
BLOOD PHLEGM BLACK YELLOW
BILE BILE

EMPEDOCLES & PLATO

FIRE WATER EARTH AIR

ST. GREGORY
HEAVEN WATER EARTH AIR

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