The points of Weihe – a confirmatory method in classical homeopathy

The method of Weihe consists of examining the sensitivity of certain points on the surface of the human body. Every homeopathic clinical picture corresponds to a certain distribution of points which are sensitive to pressure. This fact can be used as confirmatory diagnostics in classical homeopathy.

Constantine Hering once said we should be able to find a useful homeopathic remedy if we have three really characteristic symptoms, in the same manner that a chair can stand on three legs. The result of an examination of the Weihe Points is the fourth leg of homeopathic diagnostics which makes the chair stand more securely.

A short example: A boy of twelve years shows the following three characteristic symptoms:

• headaches on studying at school, ameliorated in open air,

• cannot sleep on his left side,

• afraid of thunderstorms.

In this case calling for Phosphorus we will find that the point on the insertion of the xiphoid in the median line of the sternum is clearly more sensitive to pressure than its environment.

So the sensitivity of one or several specific points for a certain homeopathic remedy is nothing else but a physical sign of high value which completes the classical homeopathic picture of the patient.

The Weihe method has a sound scientific basis. After its discovery in Germany by the homeopathic physician August Weihe (1840–1896) it was developed in France particularly by Soulié de Morant and de la Fuye who found interesting parallels to the system of the Chinese acupuncture points. Nevertheless the European Weihe-method was developed without any relationship to Chinese medicine. This method is useful for the homeopathic practitioner as it gives him more security in the choice of remedy.

Keywords:

August Weihe, defined pressure points according to homeopathic remedies.

Schlüsselwörter:

August Weihe, definierte Druckpunkte, die homöopathischen Arzneimitteln entsprechen.

Korrespondierender Autor: Dr. med. Hanspeter Seiler, FMH for general medicine, formerly medical director of the Bircher-Benner-Clinic in Zurich, Im Dörfli, CH-8124 Maur, Switzerland

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