The Six-Phase Table is Reckeweg's map of disease evolution across six phases — excretion, inflammation, deposition, impregnation, degeneration and dedifferentiation — divided by the biological division between reversible humoral phases and the deeper cellular phases. It gives practitioners a framework for staging a case and choosing supportive remedies accordingly.
This article summarises the table, the meaning of the biological division, the drainage remedies referenced, and how the framework guides practice honestly.
The short version: Reckeweg's six phases stage a case from excretion to dedifferentiation; the biological division marks where reversibility becomes harder.
The six phases and the biological division
The table reads left to right as increasing toxin load and tissue involvement. The first three phases — excretion, inflammation, deposition — are humoral and generally more reversible. Beyond the biological division lie impregnation, degeneration and dedifferentiation, the cellular phases where the body's capacity to self-regulate is progressively compromised. Staging a case on the table informs how much regulatory and drainage support the terrain can be expected to use.
- Humoral phases — excretion, inflammation, deposition (more reversible).
- Biological division — the threshold toward cellular involvement.
- Cellular phases — impregnation, degeneration, dedifferentiation.
Drainage remedies within the framework
Lymphomyosot supports lymphatic and matrix drainage, foundational across phases where clearance is the priority. Galium-Heel is the classic cellular-phase and matrix drainage remedy, referenced where deeper connective-tissue and cellular drainage support is indicated. Together they illustrate how remedy choice tracks the phase: broad matrix and lymphatic support, deepening toward cellular drainage as the case sits further right on the table.
Using the framework in practice
The table guides sequence and expectation rather than prescribing fixed formulas. Drainage generally precedes deeper work, and a favourable shift toward the left of the table (regressive vicariation) is read as improvement. General practice with these oral/ampoule drainage remedies is regular dosing per manufacturer guidance and individual assessment, paced to the patient's phase and vitality.
Your natural toolkit — and which to reach for
Drainage remedies referenced in this framework. Available as oral drops and practitioner-administered ampoules.
Galium-Heel — cellular-phase and matrix drainage remedy for deeper clearance.
Lymphomyosot — lymphatic and matrix drainage across humoral phases.
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Interpretation and cautions
The Six-Phase Table is a conceptual model, not a diagnostic instrument; do not use it to stage or exclude serious pathology, which requires conventional diagnosis and referral. Cellular-phase presentations especially warrant medical assessment. Frame the framework as a way to organise supportive regulation and drainage honestly, and pace drainage gently in depleted or advanced-phase patients.
Practitioner FAQs
What does the biological division signify clinically?
It marks the conceptual threshold between the more reversible humoral phases and the cellular phases, where self-regulation is increasingly compromised. It informs expectation and pacing, not a diagnosis.
How does the table guide remedy selection?
Remedy emphasis tracks the phase: broad lymphatic and matrix drainage across humoral phases, deepening toward cellular drainage such as Galium-Heel as the case sits further right.
Can the table replace conventional diagnosis?
No. It is a supportive conceptual model. Serious or cellular-phase presentations require conventional diagnosis and referral; the framework organises adjunctive support only.
Note: For qualified healthcare practitioners. Educational only; not a substitute for clinical judgement, individual patient assessment, or the manufacturer's directions. Injectable and mesotherapy preparations are administered by appropriately trained practitioners in accordance with local scope of practice and aseptic standards.