Prophylaxis and Homoeopathic Repertory

Successful prevention depends on knowledge of causation ,dynamics of transmission, identification of risk factors, & risk groups, availability of prophylactic or early detection of & treatment measures

Dr Aji Punnen

Prophylaxis means medicine treatment to prevent disease

greek  — pro   — in front of ,  Phulaxis —  guardingIt is from  latin, literally “guarding in front of,”

Levels of prevention

1. Primordial
2. Primary
   1. Population mass strategy
   2. High risk strategy
3. Secondary
4. Tertiary

Homoeopathy & prophylaxis

1. Primordial prevention —  Constitutional remedies, family tendencies, constitutions, temperaments, miasmatic remedies.
2. Primary prevention – constitutional remedies, miasmatic remedies
3. Secondary prevention – Similimum, Intercurrent remedies, miasmatic remedies
4. Tertiary prevention – similimum, miasmatic remedies, constitutional remedies

Role of Repertory in prophylaxis

1. Specific rubrics showing preventive medicines for certain disease conditions or symptoms
2. To find out a genus epidemicus in a epidemic
3. To find constitutional medicine which prevents further progress of disease or its complications or proneness or tendencies to diseases — Repertorization
4. To find out an intercurrent remedy — Repertorization
5. To find out an follow up remedy [Relationship or concordance chapter]
6. Rubrics denoting certain disease conditions can be used to prevent it. – sea sickness , air sickness, car sickness , abortion third month
7. Rubrics denoting constitutions can be used to prevent diseases prone to such constitutions – bilious, asthmatic, allergic,
8. Rubrics denoting the recurrence or relapses of an affection – recurrence of boils, abscess
9. Rubrics denoting after effects, sequale, badeffects, ailments from, exposure after, overuse of, aggravation , errors from,.

Rubrics in repertory  directly relating to  prophylaxis

Prophylaxis is given as a separate section or rubrics in the repertory section of  Boericke’s pocket manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica and repertory.It is given in the chapter Generalities as rubric Prophylactics.

• Generalities – prophylactics
• Generalities – prophylactics – catheter fever
• Generalities – prophylactics – cholera
• Generalities – prophylactics – diphtheria
• Generalities – prophylactics – erysipelas
• Generalities – prophylactics – hay fever
• Generalities – prophylactics – hydrophobia
• Generalities – prophylactics – intermittent fever
• Generalities – prophylactics – measles
• Generalities – prophylactics – mumps
• Generalities – prophylactics – pus infection
• Generalities – prophylactics – quinsy
• Generalities – prophylactics – scarlet fever
• Generalities – prophylactics – sunstroke
• Generalities – prophylactics – variola
• Generalities – prophylactics – whooping cough 

Synthesis repertory

• Mind – hydrophobia – prophylaxis of
• Face – inflammation – parotid gland – mumps – prophylaxis for mumps
• Face – lockjaw – prophylaxis
• Throat – membrane – prophylaxis
• Cough – whooping – prophylaxis
• Fever – puerperal fever – prophylaxis
• Fever – scarlet fever – prophylaxis
• Fever – yellow fever – prophylaxis, of
• Skin – eruptions – smallpox – prophylaxis to
• Generals – embolism – prophylaxis
• Generals – injuries – operation – prophylaxis – rectal operations
• Generals – malaria – prophylaxis – getting into infected territory – before
• Generals – malaria – prophylaxis – getting into infected territory – on
• Generals – pest – bubonic plague – prophylaxis
• Generals – poliomyelitis – prophylaxis
• Generals – pyemia – prophylaxis for pus infections
• Generals – septicemia, blood poisoning – prophylaxis for pus infections
• Generals – tetanus – prophylaxis
• Generals – tuberculosis – prophylaxis of
• Generals – vaccination; ailments after – prophylaxis
• Generals – wounds – bites – snakes, of – prophylaxis to snake bites
• Generals – abscesses – abort; remedies to 
• Nose – hay fever – prophylaxis
• Rectum – cholera – prophylaxis
• Female genitalia/sex – pain – labor pains – false – prophylaxis
• Fever – catheter fever – prophylaxis
• Fever – intermittent – prophylaxis
• Skin – eruptions – measles – prophylaxis
• Skin – erysipelas – prophylaxis
• Generals – pest – prophylaxis 

Homoeopathic medical Repertory

• Diseases – tuberculosis, lungs – prophylaxis, for
• Fevers – tuberculosis, infection – prophylaxis, for
• Lungs – tuberculosis, infection – prophylaxis, for
• Diseases – abscess, suppurations – abort, remedies to
• Fevers – typhoid, fever – aborting
• Breasts – mastitis, infection – suppuration, to prevent
• Constitutions – syphilitic, constitutions – mothers, to prevent disease in offspring
• Diseases – gangrene – injuries, from – prevent, to
• Diseases – tetanus, lockjaw – preventive, for
• Diseases – vaccinations, ailments, after – preventive, for side effects
• Emergency – burns, general – blisters to prevent from arising
• Emergency – puncture, wounds – sore, feel very, from nails, needles, pins, splinters, rat bites, etc., to prevent lockjaw
• Emergency – surgery, complications, from – healthy granulations, to promote, and to prevent or arrest gangrene
• Emergency – surgery, complications, from – healthy granulations, to promote, and to prevent or arrest gangrene
• Emergency – wounds, general – suppurating – suppuration and putrefaction, to prevent
• Toxicity – vaccinations, ailments, after – preventive, for side effects

[diseases ,emergency,toxicity chapters are merged to clinical chapter in third edition]

BBCR

• CORYZA – Coryza, catarrh – aborting remedies

A concise Repertory of Homoeopathic Medicines [Phataks repertory]

• Abortion – preventive 

Complete repertory

• Rectum – prolapse – tendency, to prevent
• Female – abortion, miscarriage – preventive
• Female – contraction – general – uterus – syphilitic, sycotic troubles, prevented by
• Clinical – metamorphosis of tissue, to prevent, during disease or too long mental or physical exertion
• Fever, heat – yellow fever – prophylaxis
• Generalities – injuries, blows, falls and bruises – prophylaxis of tetanus
• Clinical – tetanus – prophylaxis of
• Clinical – tuberculosis – prophylaxis for

In computer softwares also prophylactic section is dealt with.

In RADAR Prophylaxis for tetanus is dealt in Access to synthesis (Mateu M ).

In HOMPATH the module ‘homutil’ contains a clinical application called ‘Prophylaxis’. It contains a box in which conditions are given in one side of the box. Medicines are displayed in the other side after clicking the disease or a condition. There is facility to search a particular disease or condition.

Reference

• Park’s text book of preventive & social medicine
• Synthesis repertory
• A concise Repertory of Homoeopathic Medicines
• BBCR
• Homoeopathic Medical Repertory
• Boericke’s Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica And Repertory
• RADAR
• HOMPATH

Dr. Aji Punnen
Email : ajipunnenkocheril@gmail.com