NEVER BEEN WELL SINCE = NBWS in Homeopathic case-taking

Never Been Well Since = NBWS

If a patient has not had good health since a particular event, (i.e. if they have 'never been well since' that time) and even though a condition may have existed for years changing slowly over time, they may still need the remedy today that would have been needed at the time of the incident. Despite it apparently not covering the particulars of the case, once given it may clear up all the problems that have developed since, from that single situation. The power of prescriptions based on NBWS should not be underestimated

NBWS is essentially the same as causation with the emphasis being on time having passed

Example: there is a much published case in which a postman who had been stung by a bee, for which he was given cortisone injections, developed arthritis subsequently. Quite some time after the event he consulted a homeopath who prescribed Apis (potentised Bee) based on NBWS the sting. This cured him completely

See examples of Causations (aetiology)