What are homeopathic provings?
A7. These are the means by which remedies are chosen. Homeopaths assume that “like cures like” so to treat a patient’s symptoms they give a remedy that causes those symptoms. Samuel Hahnemann tried various full strength poisons on himself and noted the symptoms. Modern homeopaths use pretty much anything that takes their fancy, give out diluted versions of it to their test subjects and whatever happens to the test subjects during the “proving” is assumed to be caused by the remedy. Here you can find links to Society of Homeopaths member Mary English “proving” such things as the Great Wall of China, a shipwreck and a thunderstorm.
