KENT'S 12 OBSERVATION

Kent’s Observation: In homoeopathy, Kent’s Observation focuses on looking at the patient's overall health, their mental state, unique symptoms, and how these change during treatment.

The doctor should check if the patient is getting better in general, not just based on one symptom. This helps in understanding how well the remedy is working and deciding whether to continue, repeat, or change the treatment.

KENT'S FIRST (1ST) OBSERVATION 

(A prolonged aggravation and then final decline of the patient)

It happens when deep acting remedy with high potency is given to the patient suffering from organic disease, which leads to destruction.

it's actually an incurable case.

So, we should not give homeopathic remedy?

of course we should, but in lower potencies like 30-200th.

PROGNOSIS: Unfavorable

WHAT TO DO?

Antidote the medicine

KENT'S SECOND (2ND) OBSERVATION

(Long Agravation but final and slow improvement)

It happens in such a patient where there was beginning of some very marked organic change in some organ.

But the patient's condition is not that bad as the previous one.

The organic and pathological changes are not so advanced. The disease is still in curable state.

but in such doubtful cases antidote has to be kept ready in case if the symptoms take wrong direction or severe aggravation.

PROGNOSIS: Favorable

WHAT TO DO?

Not to disturb till the action of the doses completed.

KENT'S THIRD (3RD) OBSERVATION

(The aggravation is quick, short & strong with rapid improvement of the patient)

This is a classic homeopathic aggravation.

It is the most favorable condition; any homeopath would like to consider.

The selected remedy is the correct one, the improvement in patient will be marked and long lasting.

There is no structural change in vital organs, only superficial structural changes may be present.

In acute cases these slight aggravations occur in first few hours after remedy and in chronic cases during first few days.

PROGNOSIS: Very Good

WHAT TO DO?

Not to disturb the action of the medicine.

KENT'S FOURTH (4TH) OBSERVATION

(No aggravation, with recovery of the patient)

It happens in cases where selected remedy, its potency and dose are exactly suitable to the case.

however, physicians are more satisfied when there is slight aggravation in the beginning.

in such cases, there are no organic diseases.

PROGNOSIS: In acute case good, in chronic case doubtful.

WHAT TO DO?

Not to disturb the action of the medicine.

KENT'S FIFTH (5TH) OBSERVATION

(The amelioration comes first & the aggravation comes afterwards)

Initially only palliation happened. This can happen in any of two conditions described below.

• Either the selected remedy was an error or superficially selected or did not cover the whole of the symptoms and initially it only palliated the disease.
• There is also a possibility of the case being an incurable one and the selection was unfavorable one.

PROGNOSIS: Unfavorable

WHAT TO DO?

Retake the case and a more similar medicine is to be prescribed.

KENT'S SIXTH (6TH) OBSERVATION

(Too short reliefs of symptoms)

It happens in cases where selected remedy, its potency and dose are exactly suitable to the case.

however, physicians are more satisfied when there is slight aggravation in the beginning.

in such cases, there are no organic diseases.

PROGNOSIS: Bad in chronic cases.

WHAT TO DO?

• In acute cases the medicine has to be repeated much often, or more similar medicine is to be selected.
• In chronic cases if there is no interference of the medicine, a more similar medicine is to be selected.

KENT'S SEVENTH (7TH) OBSERVATION

(A full-time amelioration of the symptoms, yet no special relief of the patient.)

there are certain latent conditions related to existing organic condition in which improvement is only up to certain limit.

Suppose there is a patient with single kidney, so it can do only limited work, in this case symptoms will be ameliorated from time to time with remedies, but the part is curable only to a certain extent.

THE PATIENT IS PALLIATED IN THIS INSTANCE.

PROGNOSIS: Bad, as patient is only curable to a certain extent.

WHAT TO DO?

Careful palliative treatment with permission of the patient.

KENT'S EIGHTH (8TH) OBSERVATION

(Some patient proves every remedy they get.)

there can be a case where patient goes on proving every remedy they get, actually they develop all the symptoms of any given remedy. even they prove any other remedy given subsequently.

this happens in the patients who are inclined to be histerical, over wrought, oversensitive to all things. the patient is said to have idiosyncrasy to everything. these patients are often incurable.

PROGNOSIS: BAD

WHAT TO DO?

Lower potencies are advisable.

KENT'S NINTH (9TH) OBSERVATION

(The action of the medicine upon provers.)

Healthy provers are always benefited by proving's if they are properly conducted. the constitutional state of an individual who wants to be a prover should be carefully observed and noted. they should be subtracted from the proving. but if they appear, the change in them should be noted.

KENT'S TENTH (10TH) OBSERVATION

(New symptoms appear after the remedy)

Ne symptoms appear after the remedy.

Generally, these are accessory symptoms of the disease, which patient have forgotten as these are very old. But it makes the condition unfavorable.

WHAT TO DO?

Wait for the reappeared symptoms to disappeared.

if anything serious, then first antidote the remedy and then retake the case.

KENT'S ELEVENTH (11TH) OBSERVATION

(Old symptoms are observed to reappear)

When old symptoms are observed to reappear, it's actually on a road to recovery. it's just following HERING'S LAW OF CURE, symptoms disappear in the reverse order of their coming.

PROGNOSIS: Very Good

WHAT TO DO?

-So long as old symptoms come back and go off, the medicine must be let alone.

-If the old symptoms come back to stay the repetition of the medicine is must.

KENT'S TWELFTH (12TH) OBSERVATION

(Symptoms take the wrong direction)

If the symptom takes the wrong direction, it is bad condition.

The process of treatment must follow the HERING'S LAW OF CURE. the cure must go from Center to periphery, if not it may turn fatal.

for example, while curing the case of rheumatism, heart disease must not be compromised. the given medicine is wrong

PROGNOSIS: BAD.

WHAT TO DO?

Antidote the medicine. Similar medicine is applied

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