Homoeopathy Its Principles and Doctrines

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HomoeopathyIts Principles and Doctrines

• By
• Dr.A.Shanthakumar

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The Great Medical Rebel Dr.Christian Friedrich
Samual Hahnemann

• 1755 - 1843

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Hahnemannians Oath

• On my honour I swear that I shall practice the
  teachings of Homoeopathy, perform my duty, render
  justice to my patients and help the sick
  whosoever comes to me for treatment.
• May the teachings of master Hahnemann and his
  true disciples inspire me and may I have the
  strength for fulfillment of my mission

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Dr. Hahnemann and his Disciples

• Contributions of disciples enriched Homoeopathy
  further.

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Homoeopathy

• The most complete and scientific system of
  healing, the world has ever seen

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Proposed Buildings for National Homoeopathic
Research Institute.

• Located in Homoeopathic Herbal Garden. Hatton

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Dr. A. Shanthakumar and Prof Joseph Paul with
World Renowned Homoeopath Dr. Rajan Sankaran ,who
has contributed to enrich Homoeopathy, after a
training programme at FR Mullers Homoeopathic
Medical college.
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Dr.A.Shanthakumar with Dr,A. Shanmugasundaram,
Chancellor ,Vinayaka Missons Deemed University,
Dr.S.Saravanan, vice-Chancellor, Dr.P.K
Sudhir,Principal, Vinayaka Missions Homoeopathic
Medical college and Prof. Joseph Paul. After a
discussion to establish a Homoeopathic Medical
college In Sri Lanka.
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Physic

• Art of treatment and healing disease
• Science and art of practice medicine
• Physician
• One who cures diseases with medicine
• One skilled in the art of healing

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Homoeopathic Physician

• One who adds to his knowledge of medicine a
  special knowledge.
• Homoeopathic therapeutics and observes the law of
  Similars.
• All that pertains to the great field of medical
  learning is his by
• tradition, by inheritance and by right

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Efficient Homoeopathic Physician
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Knowledge

• Command of basic facts
• Knowledge of Homoeopathic pharmacy
• Knowledge of principles
• Knowledge of philosophy
• Knowledge of materia medica
• Knowledge of diseases
• Clinical Training
• Self knowledge

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Skills

• Communication Skills
• Unprejudiced keen observation
• Analytical and Judgement Skills
• Balanced interpretation

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Qualities

• Persistence
• Patience
• Philosophical enquiring mind
• Determination
• Commitment

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Mission of Physician

• In the first Aphorism Of the Organon of Medicine
  Hahnemann has defined the mission of the
  physician as to cure the sick, to restore him to
  his former state of health which he enjoyed
  before falling ill.
• Hahnemann says, to cure the sick is the one and
  only mission.

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Mission

• A special work assigned to the physician
• By this word Hahnemann wants us to understand
  that it is a noble profession or work in which
  there is a spirit of devotion for the betterment
  of the individual or the community.

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Qualifications of a Homoeopathic Physician

• Knowledge of Disease
• Knowledge of Medicine
• Knowledge of definite principles
• Knowledge of Pharmacy
• Knowledge of Posology
• Knowledge of choice of remedy
• Knowledge of repetition of dose
• Knowledge of obstacle to cure

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Study of Homoeopathy
Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, Gynecology,
Obstetrics, PSM, Pathology. Study of the
science as awhole. Study of Man as
awhole. Application Similimum Cure
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Knowledge of disease

• A Physician must acquire a clear knowledge in
  regard to the general symptoms of diseases.
  General symptoms include their classification,
  their nature etc. He should know their
  pathology , course, complication, and termination
  and diseases in particular. It means the
  Knowledge of the characteristic symptoms of the
  patient which individualize the case and help
  the physician to select the medicine.

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Knowledge of Medicine

• The physician shall know the changes the
  medicine can bring about in healthy human
  organism. The pathogen tic power of the
  medicine must be known. This pathogen tic power
  of the medicine can be known by proving of the
  drug on healthy people of different ages and both
  sex.

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Knowledge of Definite Principle

• It is the basis on which a medicine can be
  selected from among many medicines for a
  particular case. From experience it has been
  found that only that medicine which gives
  symptoms similar to those of the natural disease
  can cure a disease . So the principle of
  similia similibus curentur should be the
  guiding principle for selecting medicine.

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Knowledge of Pharmacy

• The physician must likewise know the methods of
  preparation of medicine, sources of drugs,
  according to Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia.

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Knowledge of Posology

• What quantity of medicine should be used must
  be known by physician.
• The following conditions guide the physician to
  select proper dose.
• Susceptibility of the patient
• Seat of the disease
• Nature and intensity of the disease
• Duration and stage of the disease
• Previous treatment of the disease

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Knowledge of Remedy

• During case taking symptoms are narrated by the
  patient which are not all of equal importance.
  But the physician must recognize the important
  symptoms before the selection of the remedy.

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Knowledge of Repetition of Dose

• The dose of medicine can be repeated only when
  necessary. Unnecessary repetition will cause
  great injury to the patient.

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Knowledge of obstacle to cure

• In spite of appropriate medicine, a cure cant
  be possible if any block exists such as
• Taking of allopathic medicine
• Errors of diet
• Violation of health rules and hygiene
• Miasms .
  
  
  
  
  
• In health and disease the observation of diet
  and hygiene and sanitary conditions is essential
  for a true practitioner of the healing art.

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Every science has certain basic principles and
laws . Homoeopathy as a science of medical
treatment has its own philosophy and therapeutic
principles.
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The Seven Cardinals on which Homoeopathy
stands
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The Seven Cardinals

• Law of Similia
• Law of Simplex
• Law of Minimum
• Doctrine of Drug Proving
• Theory of Chronic Disease
• Theory of Vital Force
• Theory of Drug Dynamisation/ Potentisation

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Law of Similia

• Two sets of symptom- totality are collected, one
  group is collected from the patient, another
  group from the materia medica. Now these two
  sets of symptoms-totality are compared. If found
  similar we say they are related
  homeopathically. This is the Basis of
  Homoeopathic Prescription.

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Law of Simplex

• It means only one single , simple medicinal
  substance is to be administered at a time in a
  given case due to the following reasons

• Homoeopathic remedies were proved singly and the
  materia medica was built upon the proving.
• Only one remedy can be most similar at any given
  time with the condition of the patient.
• Second prescription will be difficult if more
  than one medicine is used.

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It is useless to apply multiplicity of means
where simplicity will accomplish the end
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Law of Minimum

• Minimum dose means the sufficient amount of
  potentised medicine which can react with the
  vitality.

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The tent of minimum dose or infinitesimal dose
need not puzzle any one who believes in science
of atoms
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The Homoeopathic physician who thinks in
quantities only has such a crude mind that he
cannot realize true Homoeopathy
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Doctrine of Drug Proving

• prepare materia medica.
• obtain the total picture of the drug
• know the susceptibility of the subject
• know that inert substance is a medicine.
• From proving we get the therapeutic indications
  such as modality, rare , uncommon, peculiar
  symptoms.

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Theory of Chronic disease

• Psora- deficiency or lack
• Constipation
• Sycosis- proliferation or excess
• Diarrhoea
• Syphilis-perversion or destruction
• Dysentry

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Doctrine of Drug Dynamisation

• Methods of potentisation
• Dilution and succession in case ofsoluble
  substance.
• Trituration In case of insolublesubstance

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Doctrine of Vital Force

• Characteristics of vital force
• Dynamic
• Automatic
• Autocratic
• Unintelligent and instinctive
• Spiritual

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Similimum conceived Homoeopathy, Singlimum and
minimum developed it to its normal stature and
the vital principle put life into it
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Diseases are nothing more than alterations in
the state of health of the healthy individual
which express themselves by morbid signs
Hahnemann
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The Totality of Symptoms

• Location
• Sensation
• Modality

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Individualisation

• We treat the diseased individual not the disease
  in individual
• Every new case we takein a new world we enter
• Homoeopathy is from the beginning to end an art
  of individualization.

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The Law of Direction of Cure

• Herings Law should be considered
• as one of the greatest discoveries in
  homoeopathy second only to the discovery of the
  science itself by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann

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These two discoveries perfectly compliments
each other.Herings law vindicates Dr
.Hahnemanns universal principle of Similia
similibus curantur
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Law of Cure

• Above downwards
• Inside outwards
• Center to Periphery
• From more important to less important organs or
  system
• In the reverse order of the appearance of Symptoms

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Importance of Human Sciences in Homoeopathic
practice

• Importance of Physiology
• Importance of Embryology

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Homoeopathic remedy acts on the body to enhance
the nutritive gradients by adjusting the
electrical potentials
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Vital force itself which is curing the disease
and not our Homoeopathic Medicine.The work of
the Homoeopathic Single dose administered was
only to stimulate the immune reaction that
proceeds towards cure.
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Symptoms disappear only to reappear in a
different system, tissue or organ.Reappearance
is in progressively lesser important organs or
systems it is proceedings towards
cureProgress is towards more important
systems or organs it result in suppression.
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Initial Aggravation and the repetition of the
dose
Homoeopathic Aggravation
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Repetition of doses
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The drug relationship

• Complementary remedies.
• Remedies that follow well
• Compatible remedies
• Incompatible/inimical remedies
• Antidotes
• Collaterals

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Hahnemanns tombstone in France
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Be Scientific Minded First and then make
Homoeopathy More Scientific.
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Source of Homoeopathic Remedies
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Combine and Analyze
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Diagnosis
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Totality of Symptoms

• General Symptoms
• Characteristic particulars

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General Symptoms

• Mental Generals
• Physical Generals
• Pathological Generals

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Characteristic Particulars

• Causation- Mental and Physical
• Modalities- Aggravation and Amelioration
• mental and
  physical
• Sensation
• Concomitant- Mental and physical
• Location