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HOMOEOPATHIC DRUG PROVING

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  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 drug...

THE VITAL FORCE

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  Vital force is an invisible, autogenerating power or energy that present everywhere in the living creature. It is an independent power which regulates each and every organ, parts of the body, every tissue and their activities & functions. In aphorism 9 of ‘Organon of Medicine’ Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann characterized the properties of vital force. The properties are: *** Spiritual: We cannot see the powers or energies, but only feel its existence by its activities or its functions. E.g. light of the lamp proves the existence of electricity. Like this the vital force is the power which is only recognize by its effects on organism. Our all body parts do its every day activities in appropriate way due to the existence of this spiritual power. *** Autocracy: ‘Auto’ means ‘self’ and ‘kerato’ means ‘power’. So, autocracy means self-power. Vital force is not depended upon any organs or system for generation of its power. *** Dynamis: Having to do with force. ...

THERAPEUTIC LAW OF NATURE

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Therapeutic law of nature is regard as universal therapeutic law & commonly expressed by three words “similia, similibus, curantur.”           According to aphorism number 26 of ‘Organon of medicine’ therapeutic law is given below: “A weaker dynamic affection is permanently extinguished in the living organism by a stronger one, if the later (whilst differing in kind) is very similar to the former in its manifestations.”           That means, when two similar disease meet together & one is stronger than other while different in kind, stronger one repeals the actions of weaker due to their both similarity of actions.           This universal law of cure first described by Dr. Hippocrates. This universal law is considered as therapeutic law of cure in homoeopathic system of treatment. In 1738, in Denmark, about fifty years back of Dr. Hahnemann’s explanatio...

SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF HOMOEOPATHY

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Homoeopathy treat every patient individually. But it is a common misconception that Homoeopathy only favor for the treatment of acute disease and some cases of chronic disease. Homoeopathy has several scopes in treating a patient. Scope of Homoeopathy ***To bring a permanent cure: Homoeopathy cannot treat the disease on its name, but it treats the patient according to totality of symptoms similarity. So, when a patient appoints to doctor with a particular disease homoeopathy cannot judge only the disease condition but it also give priority to all the symptoms, his present or past and thus his previous complaints also be removed by a well selected homoeopathy remedy. ***In surgical cases: Surgical disease like benign enlargement of prostate, warts, corns, haemorrhoids, uterine fibroid, fibroadenoma of breast, peptic ulcer etc. are treated by a well selected homoeopathy remedy, but it accepted as surgical case in other system of medicine. ***Psychological disorder: Early cases ...

SPECIALITY OF HOMOEOPATHY

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  Homoeopathy is a complete and unique system of treatment. It is established after a long observation and experimentation. Homoeopathy is special in its several aspects which is describe below: « Homoeopathy is based on the natural law of cure "similia, similibus, curantur." « Homoeopathy is a holistic and individualistic method of treatment. It treats the patient not the disease . But it is a common question how it's possible to treat the patient without treating disease? For treating a patient doctor must have a proper knowledge of disease. But in homoeopathy there is several medicines but isn't use upon the name of disease. The symptoms of the patient on disease states which contains the similarity with the medicinal symptoms only this medicine is applied to cure the disease. As medicine isn't applied on disease name so, homoeopathy treats the patient not the disease. « Homoeopathy consider the exciting causes for acute disease and fundamental causes...

THE HOMOEOPATHY

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  The peoples have been fighting disease since the beginning of creation. Over time, peoples are finding ways to cure the disease. The conception of disease has changed over going time. In primitive times people thought disease was the curse of God. After passing time peoples are able to finds out the causation, course, nature, diagnosis, treatment method of disease. There are various medical practices in our world. Homoeopathy is one of them, which generally known as alternative medical system of treatment. The conception of Homoeopathy was first introduced to the world by a German physician Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann in 1790. In those time he was an Allopathic practitioner. He did not satisfy with medical treatment of that time. In that time physicians were using some unlawful things or materials to cure the patient. Without being cure they were got worsen the patient condition. So, He avoid those treatment process.   Dr. Hahnemann was scholar about ele...