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The<\/strong> Book review on advanced learner\u2019s guide to homoeopathic practice<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/u>Reviewer: <\/strong>Dr. D H Mercy, Department of Pathology, Assistant Professor, A M Shaikh Homoeopathic Medical College Belagavi, Karnataka<\/p>\n Author of the Book\u00a0 : <\/strong>Dr. V. Krishnamurthy<\/p>\n Preface: Practical Homoeopathy CASE:<\/p>\n T. Kent in Lesser Writings comments \u201cHomoeopathy is slow to win its way because of defective use of books as well as because of defective books.\u201d So, without actual cases, one cannot learn homoeopathic practice. There are no \u2018principles or theories\u2019 in Homoeopathy. It is purely & solely \u201cPrecision & Versatility”<\/p>\n How to make Homoeopathy more popular & acceptable? Books recommended by the author which are useful for daily practice<\/strong><\/p>\n Random notes on practice<\/strong><\/p>\n What is the remedy to be given in certain situations have been framed as questions in this chapter with answers reflected on page number 65.<\/p>\n Few examples are as follows:<\/p>\n Scope & Limitations of Homoeo Softwares Eg. \u2018Diabetes\u2019 can also be searched as \u2018Glycosuria\u2019\/\u2018Sugar in urine\u2019\/ \u2018Saccharine\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018Kidney\u2019 as \u2018Renal\u2019\/ \u2018Nephritis\u2019<\/p>\n Whither homoeopathy? Cause of death: septicemia caused by trauma with hemorrhage<\/p>\n Rubrics: (taken from Homoeopathic Therapeutics by Dr. Samuel Lilienthal)<\/p>\n -For hemorrhage<\/p>\n -For adynamia<\/p>\n Remedy: Crotalus horridus is the only remedy that covered all the three symptoms.<\/p>\n Homoeopaths should treat more such emergency cases and refer these two books:<\/p>\n Rubrics: Upward, uterus seems to go: Cimicifuga<\/em><\/p>\n Remedy: Cimicifuga 10M was given<\/p>\n Uterus came down to normal position and the lady had a normal delivery.<\/p>\n Mind Symptoms We do not prescribe based on pathology but on the basis of uncommon symptoms which have no connection with the pathology.<\/p>\n Author\u2019s recommendations of good books where correctly and elaborately minds symptoms are mentioned are:<\/p>\n Author explains through 11 different cases how important it is to not just grasp the peculiar mentals from the patient but also to be able to interpret them.<\/p>\n An example of such case is:<\/p>\n A patient with weeping eczema wanted to take the treatment because his daughter was yet to be married and his son was yet to obtain a job. He didn\u2019t want the treatment because he wanted to live long. His priority was to settle things in his life then he can die peacefully. (Here, the author wants us to have a look at the remedy, Petroleum<\/em> from Boericke\u2019s Materia Medica- \u201cFeels that death is near, and must hurry to settle affairs.\u201d This remedy approximately fits the patient\u2019s remarks. Single dose of it cured him completely.<\/p>\n \u201cUncommon-Rare-Strange-Peculiar\u201d symptoms are not what you have learnt but they are in reality, something different, which you have to learn by rote Use of Repertories Congestion, Rush of Blood, Hyperemia For e.g., a patient with hair fall, dandruff and headache; all three are in the same place i.e. the head. One has to search for Congestion in general in chapter Generalities of the Kent\u2019s Repertory.<\/p>\n Plethora, Plethoric individuals, Precocity E.g. A person\u2019s symptoms are disposed to appear periodically and in groups, which straightaway points Cuprum met. Whatever maybe the name of the disease the patient is suffering from, if this syndrome is present, Cuprum would cure the underlying pathology.<\/p>\n Checked discharges, Suppression of Secretions Suppression of hemorrhage or abandoning habitual depletions rubric can be taken from Lilienthal (Pg. 1006) the remedies include: acon, bell, chin, fer, nux-v, puls, sulph, arn, aur, bry, calc, carb-v, graph, hyosc, lyc, natr-m, nitr.ac, phos, ran, rhus, seneg, sep, sil, spong, stram.<\/p>\n The author talks about the classification of disease as:<\/p>\n He gives the example of how Aconite should be more in the house of the patient rather than the clinic of doctor. Aconite is useful only in irritation stage rather than inflammation or degeneration stage where the mental state of a person is \u2018Fear, anxiety, restlessness\u2019.<\/p>\n Single Dose Cure for the present day Epidemics Dengue and EBOLA <\/strong><\/p>\n Wonders of Homoeopathic medicines: Hepatitis B, Infective Hepatitis, Jaundice after blood transfusion, Septicemia, Hemophilia, uncomplicated cases of Leukemia.<\/p>\n Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n Other books by author:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Book review on advanced learner\u2019s guide to homoeopathic practice \u00a0Reviewer: Dr. D H Mercy, Department of Pathology, Assistant Professor, A M Shaikh Homoeopathic Medical College Belagavi, Karnataka Author of the Book\u00a0 : Dr. V. 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\n<\/strong>The author started his career as a medical journalist. In\u00a0 New Delhi, he noticed that one homoeopath cured a case with single dose and another homoeopath cured a case using multiple remedies repeatedly. He was astonished as to why there were such variations in prescription. He entered into the scene of homoeopathy; he studied and practiced Homeopathy to fill the gap of knowledge of Homoeopaths.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The author emphasizes several times that we need to be a true Homoeopath and not just a mere symptom coverer.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>There has been repeated hue & cry from homoeopaths against Governments and others for not giving due recognition to Homoeopathy. The remedy lies not outside but inside- among us Homoeopaths. If our practice quality is improved, everybody else will come forward to recognize as well as admire.<\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>Softwares are supposed to be updated as per observations made and change in the trends. But, the Homoeopathic software performers are not updating as per corrections suggested by the practitioners. Many alternates and synonyms are not considered at all. Thus the practitioners tend to use wrong rubrics and prescribe a similar remedy instead of the exact similimum.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Author argues that Nirbhaya\u2019s case would have been cured by Homoeopathy.<\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>Dr. Hahnemann quotes that without prescribing on mind symptoms cure is not possible. Uncommon, peculiar mental symptoms are to be taken into consideration.<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>Homeopathy is a system of medicine where the patient tells or indicates the remedy to us. The homoeopathic practitioner needs to grasp those symptoms or in better words, he must be able to interpret those uncommon\/rare\/strange\/peculiar symptoms and search the same to get the similimum. Here in this chapter, the author illustrates seven cases that were cured by using the uncommon symptoms.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The author suggests that choosing a remedy merely based on the highest scoring remedies isn\u2019t the actual method of repertorisation which many authors are teaching. The correct method is to arrange the valuable symptoms in order of their grade or importance. The marks are put for each of the symptoms covered based on the sequence of life threatening symptoms; next a broad general followed by general modality. Do not merely add up the scores but read the scores together. For example, do not add up the marks of the remedy (2+2+1=5) but it should be read as (221). Score of all the remedies should be read as so and the highest scoring remedies should be then studied in the Materia Medica and the final similimum should be thus decided for prescription.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Author tries to lift the clouds of mysterious obscurities enveloping homoeopathy. He tries to make us understand some terminologies most useful in selecting the remedy.<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>Classification of the patients for making a prescription is not based on the name of the disease or pathology.<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>This symptom is of immense help particularly in some chronic and grave acute cases. Suppression of hemorrhage or habitual depletion of any discharge makes the disease travel from less important organs to more important organs which is the direction of the disease. We cannot afford to ignore them.<\/p>\n\n
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\nThe following diseases can be cured completely and permanently with one single pill of homoeopathic remedy viz., Crotalus horridus-10M<\/p>\n\n
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