{"id":8279,"date":"2012-04-26T23:22:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T23:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/?p=8279"},"modified":"2022-01-06T01:13:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T01:13:22","slug":"acute-gastroenteritis-homeopathic-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/acute-gastroenteritis-homeopathic-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Acute gastroenteritis Homeopathic perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"
Paper \u00a0presented by the author\u00a0 in the national workshop organized by Central Institute of research in Homeopathy Kottayam in association with CCRH & AYUSH\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Now we are going to discuss something in brief about<\/p>\n History of homeopathy in relation to gastro enteritis<\/strong><\/p>\n Asiatic Cholera <\/strong>(1830) Kerala <\/strong>: 100 years back by Missionaries, an epidemic of cholera in southern Kerala effectively controlled by them created faith among people of Kerala<\/p>\n Concluded Studies Homeopathic Combination Remedy in the Treatment of Acute Childhood Diarrhea in Honduras Researchers<\/strong> :\u00a0 Jennifer Jacobs , Brandon L. Guthrie , Gustavo Avila Montes , Laurel E. Jacobs , Noah Mickey-Colman, A. Rose Wilson, Ronald DiGiacomo<\/p>\n Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA<\/p>\n Method : double blind RCT<\/p>\n Result Clinical evaluation of the lesser known\/ partially proved homoeopathic medicines in amoebic dysentery<\/strong><\/p>\n Medicines <\/strong>\u00a0: Alstonia constricta, Ambrosia, Asclepias tuberose, Atista indica, Cynodon dactylon, Emetine, Ficus indica, Helleborus niger, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Leptandra, Raphanus, Silphium and Trombidium.<\/p>\n 9 medicines have better results : Alstonia constricta (n=68), Atista indica (n=170), Cynodon dactylon (n=373), Emetine (n=52), Ficus indica (n=99), Holarrhena antidysenterica (n=128), Leptandra (n=133), Raphanus (n=54) and Trombidium (n=380) cases. The indicated homoeopathic medicines were found useful in 6, 30 and 200 potencies.<\/p>\n Homeopathy for childhood diarrhea: combined results and meta analysis<\/em> from three randomized, controlled clinical trials. Three double blind clinical trials of diarrhea in 242 children ages 6 months to 5 years<\/p>\n Results<\/strong> : Combined analysis shows a duration of diarrhea of 3.3 days in the homeopathy group compared with 4.1 in the placebo group.<\/p>\n Conclusion <\/strong>: Homeopathy should be considered for use as an adjunct to oral rehydration for this illness. Treatment of acute childhood diarrhoea in Nicaragua<\/strong><\/p>\n Source<\/strong> : Jacobs J. Treatment of acute childhood diarrhoea with homoeopathic medicine: a randomized clinical trial in Nicaragua. Treatment of acute childhood diarrhoea, repeated in Nepal<\/strong><\/p>\n Important Remedies for Diarrhoea & Dysentry <\/strong><\/p>\n Aconite<\/strong>\u00a0 – When days are warm and nights cold<\/em>. Stools small, frequent, bloody or slimy ; fever, restlessness, anxiety, fear of death.<\/p>\n Arsenicum<\/strong> : Stools dark, putrid, mixed with blood ; during stool tenesmus and burning in rectum, great anguish, restlessness, fear of death<\/em> ; extreme thirst, aggravated at night, or after eating or drinking.<\/p>\n Colocynth<\/strong> : Stools bloody mucus or like scrapings ; before stool, cutting and great urging, violent colicy pains about navel,<\/em> causing the patient to bend double.<\/p>\n Ipecac <\/strong>: Stools bloody or bloody mucus ; fermented like frothy molasses ; nausea and vomiting<\/em> ; loathing for all food, no thirst.<\/p>\n Mercurius cor<\/strong> : Stools pure blood or bloody mucus. During stool straining and tenesmus. Severe pains in rectum after the discharge<\/em>. Almost constant cutting pain in the abdomen<\/p>\n Merc. sol<\/strong> : Similar cases to Merc. cor. Where the symptoms are worse at night, and where there are profuse night sweats, especially on the head.<\/p>\n Nit. ac<\/strong> : – This medicine follows the use of the mercurials<\/em> where they cease to act. There is tenesmus during stool, and spasmodic contraction of the anus<\/em>. Long-lasting exhausting pains after stool.<\/p>\n Nux vom<\/strong> : Stools thin bloody mucus, sometimes mixed with lumps of fecal matter. Constant urging before stool<\/em>. Violent tenesmus and cutting in hypogastrium during stool. Relief after stool. Worse in the morning.<\/p>\n Ref :<\/strong>\u00a0 Cholera, diarrhoea and dysentry – Homeopathic prevention & cure J H\u00a0 Clarke<\/p>\n Best book of reference ? Repertorial Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n Dysentery <\/strong><\/p>\n In Murphy\u2019s<\/strong> repertory \u00a0\u00a053 rubrics<\/em> related to dysentery<\/p>\n Cholera\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n In\u00a0 Synthesis<\/strong> repertory \u00a0\u00a059 rubrics<\/em> related to cholera are available<\/p>\n In Murphy\u2019s<\/strong> repertory \u00a097 rubrics<\/em> related to Cholera<\/p>\n Diarrhoea \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Synthesis<\/strong> repertory has \u00a0\u00a0316 rubrics<\/em> related to various aspects of diarrhea which are highly useful in our day to day practice.<\/p>\n In Murphy\u2019s <\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Diarrhoea 373 rubrics<\/em>Abdomen – PAIN, abdomen – diarrhea, during<\/p>\n Graphical Representation Dysentery Diarrhoea Cholera Difficult terms in our literature <\/strong><\/p>\n Algid Cholera<\/strong> : Algid: chilly; “a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure” [Wordnet]<\/p>\n Asiatic Cholera : <\/strong>A remarkable epidemic disease, consisting in the malignant form of cholera, in which all of the symptoms are much more severe and rapid in their prograss to a too generally fatal issue. [Thomas1875]<\/p>\n Bilious Cholera: <\/strong>Copious and frequent vomiting, at first of the alimentary and fecal matters, with redundancy of bile, and spasms of the legs and thighs. This is nothing more than a form or variety of European Cholera. [Thomas1875]<\/p>\n A form of simple cholera characterized by purging, vomiting of bile, and spasms of the lower extremities. Regarded as real or Asiatic cholera if it occurred during an epidemic of the latter. [Appleton1904].<\/p>\n European Cholera Indian Cholera<\/strong> : Asiatic Cholera.<\/p>\n Cholera Infantum : <\/strong>\u00a0A dangerous disease of infants that occurs, generally, in the Middle States of the Union, in June or July, and continues during hot weather; hence called the ‘summer complaint’. The chief symptoms are vomiting, purging of green or yellow matter, slime, or blood, attended with pain or uneasiness, and swelling of the abdomen, with some pyrexia, generally. [Dunglison1874].<\/p>\n A summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal<\/p>\n Cholera Morbus : <\/strong>A common name of non-epidemic cholera. [Thomas1875].<\/p>\n A disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance. Simple cholera. [Webster].<\/p>\n Cholera Sicca Simple Cholera Accessory life saving measures Research in Homeopathy \u2013 need of the hour This will help us to be at par with the current medical research practices.<\/p>\n Many of the research works in homeopathic field are done in an unscientific manner. When research is not conducted in proper scientific way and when there are no valid statistical data it becomes unacceptable to the scientific community.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Some scientists often criticize homeopathy claiming that it uses medicines without knowing their action mechanism. This does not happen only in homeopathy. It is known that today there are several conventional medicines which are given by prescription and are effective, but we do not know their action mechanism.<\/p>\n Clinical research is an area where we cannot make a lot of mistakes so each and every step of the research has to be properly planned. Even though Western and European homeopaths utilizing modern research protocols such as meta analysis, double blind and triple blind RCTS \u2013 majority Indian homeopaths are still in case series study and not even case control or cohort study.<\/p>\n Although the best proof is the millions of patients that have been helped from the application of homeopathy, we must have great interest in the progress of research on the effectiveness of homeopathic medicine. \u00a0\u00a0That is why www.similima.com<\/a> \u2013 have a separate section on Research aspects of Homeopathy.<\/p>\n Reference : <\/strong><\/p>\n Dr Mansoor Ali\u00a0 Paper \u00a0presented by the author\u00a0 in the national workshop organized by Central Institute of research in Homeopathy Kottayam in association with CCRH & AYUSH\u00a0\u00a0 Now we are going to discuss something in […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[1932],"class_list":{"0":"post-8279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-practice-of-medicine","8":"tag-acute-gastroenteritis-and-homeopathy"},"yoast_head":"\n<\/a>Dr Mansoor Ali\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nGive a drop of camphor spirit every five minute – (Lesser writings of Hahnemann). Even without seeing a single patient Hahnemann treated and saved the life many patients at that time.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>An approach to acute Diarrhoeal disorders through Sector and constitutional Homoeopathic treatment in adivasi children attending balwadis<\/strong>\u00a0 in Palghar & Vikramgarh taluka, Thane District, Maharashtra. by DR. M. L.\u00a0 Dhawale Memorail Trust<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (Published in Volume: 12 Issue 8: October 11, 2006)<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>The homeopathic combination therapy tested in this study did not significantly reduce the duration or severity of acute diarrhea in Honduran children.<\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>JENNIFER JACOBS, MD, MPH, WAYNE B. JONAS, MD, MARGARITA JIME\u00b4 NEZ-PE\u00b4 REZ, MD, PHD AND DEAN CROTHERS, MD<\/p>\n
\nThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 22 (3): 229-234, March 2003<\/p>\n\n
\nThe Journal of the American Board of Pediatrics, 1995,8,361-6<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>The homoeopathic therapeutics of diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, cholera morbus, cholera infantum and all other loose evacuation of the bowels<\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/strong>If we are analyzing the entire homeopathic literature,\u00a0 we will get the following results<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Resul<\/strong>t : Merc. sol is the most important remedy for dysentery followed by Colchicum and Mecr.cor \u2013 as represented in majority literatures.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Result<\/strong> : Ars. Alb is the top ranking remedy for diarrhea followed by Sulphur and Podophyllum – by the majority of authors and case records.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Result :<\/strong> \u00a0Veratum album, camphor and Ars. Alb are the top ranking remedies for Cholera\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>A name given to cholera as it usually appears in Europe when not epidemic. [Thomas1875].<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>An old term for a malignant form of disease seen during epidemics of Asiatic cholera in which death occurs without diarrhea. [CancerWEB].<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>A disease most common in hot climates, at the close of summer or early autumn. It generally begins with pain in the bowels, nausea and vomiting, and cramps in the extremities, followed by severe watery diarrhea. [Appleton1904].<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Accessory life saving measures is not the monopoly of the any of the medical system. We must have a full knowledge of emergency handling and to take fullest help of accessory life saving measures.<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/strong>All Homeopaths should attain knowledge about the modern research protocol, methodology, diagnostic tools, follow-up criteria and disease management.<\/p>\n\n