Aphorism - 1, “Hahnemann’s Vision of the True Physician” (True meaning of the “Sick”)

“The physician’s high and only mission is to restore the sick to health, to cure, as it is termed. “

Or

(in the simplest way)

“As a noble doctor, your foremost duty is to help patients regain their health, in accordance with the guidance given in the Organon of Medicine.”

WORD MEANING AND EXPLANATION                  

Physician – is the person, who involve in the art of healing, do the following work.

a.    Diagnose the disease - (perceives the turmoil present in the vital force, that is different in every individual case)

b.    Prevention – if doctor or the physician aware about the causes, responsible for illness of the patient or sick individual, so he or she has the liability to prevent them.

c.     Education – it is also the duty of physician to educate the society and patient, about the factor and causes, caused illness.

d.    Compassionate Care: Offering empathy, reassurance, and moral support

e.    Treatment – and finally offer treatment to their patient according to law of “Similia” true fundamental law of therapeutics. 

High and only – here the word high and only use for specific sense. Dr. Hahnemann want to direct our attention toward our sole mission that is to “help our patient regaining their health or restore the sick” in Dr. Hahnemann word. Not to consume your energy in earning bread and butter and forming hypothetical concept or empty speculation that is too called theoretic medicine.

Mission – Dr. Hahnemann addressed to their follower, (Physician), if you are true healer, so healing the sick individual is not your duty, not your profession but your mission. It should be not your purpose to gain name and fame or forming the empty speculation but your mission is to restore the sick. 

Restore – when we try to split this word Re-store, it has a hidden meaning. Re – means = again, Store – means = to collect. If we interpret this word, it reveals that “there is something in the human economy that is well arranged, well patterned in the healthy condition of organism. But during disease conditions now it is de-arranged and mal-patterned. It is the duty of sick healer re-arrange and re-pattern that, and that is nothing but a vital force. “The derangement of the vital force is the true cause of the disease. “

Health – is the state of the living organism. In which spiritual, autocratic, dynamic, intelligent vital force that animate our material body, rules without any restriction, retains all the body parts of the organism in admirable, harmonious vital operation, as regard both sensation and function. In this respect abnormal sensation is the first step on which we can detect disease in this vital-device.

Cure – it is not the suppression of the symptoms, not the dynamic movement of disease (Production of sequalae) but simply re-arrangement of the de-arranged vital force. Re-gaining health and harmony is the true sign of cure.

As it is termed – as were told by Dr. Hahnemann in the book, (Organon of medicine) it is to be better, for you to understand thoroughly this quotation read complete Organon of medicine consistently.   

Sick: This word is used by Dr. Hahnemann in the Organon of Medicine, Aphorism 1, but he did not explain it further. It was Dr. J.T. Kent who first attempted to explain this term according to his own understanding. According to Kent, Hahnemann used the word in the sense of the internal man, distinct from the material body. This internal man is constituted of body, mind, and spirit, and expresses itself through will, emotion, and intelligence.

This interpretation is quite different from the theory given by Hahnemann and later promoted by Dr. Boenninghausen—the theory of complete symptoms. Boenninghausen emphasized paying precise attention to every affected location, its specific sensation, the relevant modality, and any concomitant symptoms if present. This stands in contrast to Kent’s view, where “sick” refers to the internal man as a whole. Hence, Kent emphasized symptoms belonging to the patient in their totality for the selection of medicine, while Boenninghausen insisted on considering each location with its specific sensation, modality, and concomitant separately.

From the above discussion, it is clear that Boenninghausen’s theory of complete symptoms and Kent’s theory of general symptoms represent two distinct schools of Homoeopathy. Dr. Kent formulated a new school of thought, apart from the Hahnemannian system of treatment, and this divergence arose primarily from his misinterpretation of the word “sick.”

The actual meaning of “sick” remains a question. According to my understanding, Hahnemann used this word to describe the organism deprived of energy. In a healthy condition, the organism’s energy flows evenly and smoothly, creating harmony and allowing life to be enjoyed and directed toward higher purposes of existence. In disease, however, this harmony is disturbed, and the organism experiences dis-ease (disease).

Thus, simply put: “Sick” means an organism with a deranged vital force. This derangement may be general or local, and the sole mission of Physician is to restore balance.

STORY FORM OF APHORIMS – 1.

Story: Hahnemann’s Vision of the True Physician

Long ago, in the quiet study of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, a group of young physicians gathered. They had come not for fame or fortune, but to hear the words of a man who had redefined the art of healing.

Hahnemann looked at them with gentle seriousness and spoke:
"The physician’s high and only mission is to restore the sick to health—to cure, as it is termed."

The room fell silent. The students leaned forward, sensing that these words carried more than instruction; they carried a philosophy of life.

He explained that a physician was not merely someone who prescribed medicines. A true physician was a healer who must first diagnose the unique disturbance in each patient’s vital force. Then, with wisdom, they must work to prevent illness, guiding society away from harmful causes. They must also educate, teaching patients how disease arises, and offer compassionate care, giving comfort and moral strength. Finally, they must treat, applying the law of Similia—the principle that like cures like.

But Hahnemann warned them: “Do not waste your energy chasing bread and butter, or weaving empty theories. Your mission is not speculation, nor fame. It is healing.”

One student asked, “Master, what does it mean to restore?”

Hahnemann smiled. “To restore is to re-store—to bring back what was once whole. In health, the human organism is beautifully patterned, harmonious. Disease is nothing but the derangement of the vital force. Your task is to re-arrange, to re-pattern, to bring back harmony.”

He described health as a state where the vital force rules freely, keeping every sensation and function in balance. The first sign of disease, he said, was abnormal sensation—a whisper from the vital force that something was wrong.

And cure, he continued, was not suppression of symptoms, nor the masking of disease. Cure was the gentle re-ordering of the vital force, the regaining of harmony.

Finally, Hahnemann urged them: “If you wish to understand this truth fully, read the Organon of Medicine. Read it not once, but consistently, until its spirit lives within you.”

The students left that day with more than knowledge. They carried a mission. They understood that to be a physician was not a profession, but a calling—a sacred duty to restore the sick to health.