Monthly Archives: April 2012

  MEDICINES: COMPARATIVE MATERIA MEDICA POINTS ARSENICUM ALBUM HEPAR SULPH KALI CARB NATRUM SULPH PHOSPHORUS TUBERCULINUM 1) AETIOLOGY (i) Asthma from suppressed itch.(ii) Suitable for attacks occurring as consequence of suppressed catarrh. (iii) Chill in water; eating ices. (i) Cold, dry, winds.(ii) Land wind (open fields). (iii) Suppressed eruptions. Catching Cold. Every fresh cold brings on an attack of asthma. (i) Strong odours, flowers.(ii) Exposure to drenching rains, washing cloths. Exposure to cold air. 2) COUGH &ASTHMA (i) Dry cough.(ii) Cough as if from sulphur fumes. (iii) Cough after drinking. (iv) Apex of the right lung is more affected. (i) Dry & hoarse cough.(ii) Choking cough. (iii) Croupy & rattling cough. . (i) Asthma: Wheezing.(ii) Asthma: Bronchitis. (iii) Asthma: Dry hard cough. (iv) Base of the right lung is more affected. (i) Asthma: Dyspnoea of damp weather.(ii) Asthma: Humid asthma. (iii) Asthma: in children. (iv) Base of the left lung is more affected. (i) Cough: From tickling in larynx.(ii) Cough: Racking cough. (iii) Cough: Nervous cough, aggravation from strong odours. (iv) Larynx very painful: sore throat. (v) Apex of the left lung is more affected. (i) Suffocations.(ii) Longs for cold air. (iii) Catches cold easily. (iv) Cough: Hard & hacking. [...]

MODERN CLASSICAL-PRACTICAL PRESCRIBING: METHODOLOGY APPROACH- A NON-SUPPRESSED CASES: CASES WITH CLARITY OF SYMPTOMS: MTEK is an useful memory aid to arriving at a correct prescription. M = Miasmatic Totality T = Totality of Symptoms E = Essence (should include gestures, postures, behaviours etc) K = Keynotes (which should encompass PQRS symptoms, refer §153 and §209 of Hahnemann’s Organon) When the above criteria are considered and the steps below followed, a correct prescription can be made. Step-I: Make the miasmatic diagnosis of the case, i.e. ascertain the surface miasm. Step-II: Assess the Totality of Symptoms + Essence + Keynotes and PQRS (if any) of the case and formulate the indicated remedy. Step-III: Ensure that the indicated remedy covers the surface miasm, as diagnosed in Step I. Step-IV: Administer the remedy, which encompasses the miasm as well as the Totality of Symptoms. Step-I: Make the miasmatic diagnosis of the case, i.e. ascertain the surface miasm. This can be done by: (a) Head to foot assessment of symptoms (please refer to Miasmatic Prescribing by Subrata K. Banerjea) (b) Through clinical manifestation of disease, e.g. hypo/scanty/less are psora (e.g. hypotension, atrophy, anaemia etc); hypers are sycotic (e.g. hypertension, hypertrophy, hyperplasia etc.); dyses are syphilitic [...]