What is a Modality and How Does it Help Me Decide on a Remedy?
Modalities are factors that make the person feel better or worse. A modality can be a situation or condition. Reaction to temperature, eating, drinking, and surrounding environment are found again and again in provings. If you have a strong reaction for or against a particular modality, it becomes a useful tool in choosing the correct remedy. Using modalities that fit the person as a whole are very helpful when determining constitutional remedies. A modality can be used as a general condition that fits the entire person. For example, a Nux Vomica person will say, “I feel better in a warm room”. A modality can also be applied to just one area of the body. For example, a Silicea person with a headache, may say, “”MY headaches feels better with MY head wrapped up”. Modalities can be mixed and different for Generals and Specifics. For instance, an Arsenicum Album person may say, “I feel better in warm temperature, but MY headache feels better with a cool compress “. General modalities can
