HOMOEOPATHIC DRUG PROVING
Homoeopathy is a holistic and individualistic treatment method. It differs from the other system of medicine in its concept. In homoeopathy drugs are proving on healthy human being of different age, sex and constitutions. In other system of medicine drugs are proved on lower animals then it clinically trial on sick person.
The idea of proving drugs on healthy individual was first introduced by Dr. Albrecht Von Haller but Dr. Hahnemann was showing his own credit to prove the drugs upon him and other healthy individual.
Usually the
homoeopathic drugs which is decided to prove, firstly dynamized up to thirteen
potency and applied on empty stomach for several days with over increasing
dose. Homoeopathic drugs are proved on dynamic plan because in crude form the
properties of drugs are latent but its qualitative properties are aroused by
the process of Homoeopathic potentization (process of succussion and
trituration). By the proving of drugs over healthy human being the pure and
exact picture of drug symptoms are recorded in appropriate order. Thus, the
Homoeopathic materia medica is established.
In
aphorism 105 to 145 of 'Organon of medicine' Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann
described the process of drug proving in details.
According to
aphorism no 105 of 'Organon of medicine' “drug proving is the process of
acquiring a knowledge of instruments intended for the cure of the natural
disease, investigating the pathogenetic power (disease producing power) of the
medicine.”
Homoeopathic concept of drug proving
on human being:
Man is the best creation of God. Man has capability to express his
every condition, his desire, aversion, his needs, his lacking, his ability of
thinking etc. But others creations they can't express their condition, they have
no ability of thinking. Symptoms are the sole guide of homoeopathic treatment. Mainly homoeopathic treatment is dependent upon subjective and objective symptoms. In
animal proving these subjective symptoms are lacking as they can't express
their condition. Also, the mental symptoms and modalities are lacking to make a
symptom complete. The effects of some drugs are variable in animal and human
proving. As a man can express his condition in appropriate word in explained
form so, proper individualization is possible only by proving of drug on
human being.
Homoeopathic drugs are proved on
healthy individual:
A
healthy person is free from all burden and sufferings both in physical and
psychological sphere. A healthy person has full of spirit and able to express
all of his condition. In disease state a person become feeble and become unable
to express their condition in appropriate form due to altered state of
sensation and functions. So, they either describe their sufferings in
exaggerated form or in scattered form and the pure picture of medicine can't
reveal. On other hand, if the proving substance has dissimilar properties then
the disease state it temporarily relief his sufferings and wrong picture of
medicine is sketch. If proving medicine symptoms are similar to disease
symptoms it either causes temporarily relief or may also form the complexity of
disease. So, homoeopathic drugs are proved on healthy human being.
Proving on different sex:
Homoeopathic drugs are proved on different sex, both on male and female. Constitutionally
male and female has various differences. Like, females are emotional, their
physical structure is differing from male, they suffer from some kind of
disease e.g. uterine problems, ovarian disorder, hormonal imbalance etc. On
other side male are mentally strong, they are differed from female in sexual
sphere. So, for particular treatment of disease of both male and female
homoeopathic drugs are proved on different sex.
Proving on different age:
Some diseases
are occurring in certain ages. Such as, marasmus, kwashiorkor, mumps,
pneumonia, infantile jaundice, whooping cough, rheumatic fever are most
commonly occurring in children, in where diarrhoea, migraine, urinary problem,
hormonal disorder etc. are occurs in middle-aged people. Tremor, Parkinson's
disease, benign enlargement of prostate, dementia, cataract etc. are occurs
generally in older ages. Susceptibility of patient also variable in different
ages. Like, children and aging peoples are higher susceptibility then middle
age peoples.
So, proper investigate the totality of
symptoms of individual medicine; homoeopathic drugs are proved on healthy
individual of different age, sex and constitution.
___Amatul
Zami Aditi
Student
(final year B.H.M.S.)
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