HOMOEOPATHY - Introduction

Homoeopathy is a system of medicine introduced by a german physician Dr Samuel Hahnemann.He was basically an allopathic doctor who has left the practise because of side effects and temporary relief of symptoms of allopathy.For his bread and butter he started translating the medical books to different languages.While he was translating cullen's materia medica he came across a herbal medicine called cinchona.It was written that cinchona can cure malaria and it can also produce symptoms similar to malaria on healthy individuals.This point clicked hahnemann's brain and he prepared an extract of cinchona bark and taken himself.To his surprise he developed some symptoms of malaria like chills and achings.He started doing the same experiment on different individuals and the result was the same.

By this experiment hahnemann came to know that any drug which can produce a set of symptoms on a healthy humanbeing can be used to cure the similar symptoms in a diseased person.He gave cinchona to various malaria patients and the result was wonderful and a system called homoeopathy originated.The word homoeo means similar,pathy means suffering.The basic principle of homoeopathy is 'similia similibus curantur' means like cures cure.Hahnemann prepared some other drugs using alcohol as a vehicle and started experimenting on different age groups and noted down the symptoms produced in them.He proved nearly 30 drugs and the symptoms produced were noted down systematically.The symptoms collected by drug proving were categorised in the order in a book form named materia medica pura.

Hahnemann noticed that by diluting the crude drug substences in spirit a dynamic power is developed and is responsible for producing the symptoms on healthy people.Hahnemann started giving treatement to somany diseased persons with the medicines prepared by him on applying the principle similia similibus curantur and got wonderful cures and homoeopathy started spreading all over the world.

He gave medicines to some patients and noticed that symptoms are coming back again.So he understood that the cause for the disease should be treated .After doing experiments and observations he came to know that diseases are actually caused by some dynamic forces and he named them as miasms.[psora ,syphilis,sycosis] He noticed that to cure a person completely these miasms should be eradicated using a similar dynamic force.This idea lead to antimiasmatic drugs which are drugs having disease producing power similar to miasms.He developed anti miasmatic drugs and experimented on diseased persons and got wonderful cures.

Developement of homoeopathy

The principles of homoeopathy was written in book form and he named it organon of medicine.Lateron he started publishing these works and six editions of organon were published.Right from the beginning of homoeopathy somany doctors of other system started working against homoeopathy.But those who were against homoeopathy lateron came to know the truth behind homoeopathy and started practising the same.Physicians like Dr J T Kent,Dr Hering,Dr Boenonghausen ect followed Dr hahnemann's mission and developed the system.They all started preparing somany other drugs on the basis of guidlines given by Hahnemann.Physicians came to know that by diluting the drug substance in spirit in a systematic way the medicinal power is increasing eventhough the quantity of drug decreases.Since diseases are due to dynamic causes the medicine also should be dynamic.By a process called potentisation same drug in different levels of potencies were made.They found that by increasing the potency the penetrating power of medicine is increased so that it act on a higher level than the usual material form of drugs used in other systems.This unique nature of homoeopathic medicine is the reason for the wonderful cures of even the mental diseases.

General principles

Homoeopathy treats the diseased individual as a whole rather than treating diseased parts or organs.The physical,mental,emotional,social spheres of a person is considered for a permanent cure.This system believes that the diseases are caused due to the derangement of vital force which is an invisible power in every individual.In a healthy state the vital force maintains the equilibrium of mind body and soul .During this man will have normal sensations and functions.When the vital force gets affected there will be external manifestations in the form of signs and symptoms.The imbalance in the body functions makes a shelter for forign organisms(bacteria,viruses,fungi,protozoa ect) and allow them to proliferate &produce so called diseases.Homoeopathy believes thet the real desease comes before the bacteria & viruses,hence the root cause of the disease has to be treated for a permenent cure.The antibacterial and antiviral agents only remove the secondary causes mentioned above.

Diseases are produced by noxious morbific agents called Miasms which are dynamic influences which affect the vital force.There are mainly three miasms PSORA ,SYPHILIS&SYCOSIS. These three causes are accepted by other schools of medicine but called by different names. Psora causes functional disturbances, syphilis causes structural changes in the form of destructions and sycosis causes changes in the form of overgrowth.These three miasms can act individually or in combined form to produce different disease conditions.

 

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Preperation of medicine in homoeopathy

In homoeopathy medicines are prepared from different sources like minerals, plants, animals, toxins, diseased parts ect. Medicines are prepared from these substances by a special process called potentisation.Here the soluble substances are potentised by diluting(mixing with spirit with a downward stroke) with spirit and insoluble substances by grinding(trituration) with sugar of milk.The crude drug substance is first mixed with a calculated quantity of spirit and water and kept for few days .From this mixture extract is taken and is called mother tincture(denoted as Q).From this mother tincture dilutions are prepared by potentisation.Potentisation is a mathematical process by which the quantity of original drug substance reduces but medicinal power increases. Depending upon the ratio of quantity of drug substance and vehicle(spirit or sugar of milk)there are different scales for this process.Each scale has got different potencies which indicate power of medicine.Example in decimal scale the drug substance vehicle ratio is1/10 and the availables potencies are 3x,6x.12x ect.In centismal scale the ratio is 1/100 and the available potencies are 30c,200c ect,in LM potency the ratio is 1/50000 and the available potencies are 0/1,0/2,0/3 ect.Potency is written after the name of every medicine

Same medicine is available in different potencies. Suitable potency is selected according to so many facters like severity,depth of disease,condition of the patient ,nature of disease ,type of symptoms,age of patient and ect.

Subjects studied in homoeopathy:-

History of medicine

History & developement of homoeopathy

Pioneers of homoeopathy

Organon of medicine

Homoeopathic philosophy

Materia medica

Homoeopathic pharmacy & pharmacognosy

Homoeopathic repertory

Homoeopathic case taking

Homoeopathic therapeutics

General medical subjects:

( Anatomy,physiology,pathology,microbiology,parasitology,toxicology,forensic medicine,social & preventive medicine,surgery ,ENT ,gynaecology & obstetrics, opthalmology, dentistry, orthopedics, surgery,general medicine,pediatrics,dermatology ,psychiatry and ect)

Homoeopathic case taking and prescription.

Cure by a homoeopathic medicine is rapid ,gentle and permenent if correct remedy in suitable dose is given. . Just giving one drug for one disease (specific drugs)may not give good result.To come to a correct remedial diagnosis we should have the symptomatology of the person .It is the total symptoms of a person which includes mental generals,physical generals,particular symptoms ect.

All signs and symptoms (mental&physical)of the person is taken in detail.Knowledge about past illness,family history of diseases,food & bowel habits,notable causes,relation to climatic changes and constitution ect are noted down in a systematic order.

Mental symptoms:

Example: fear,anxiety,depression,anger,jealousy and ect....

Physical symptoms:

Example: Body makeup, appetite, thirst, desires, aversions, bowels, urination, sleep, taste, nature of smell, discharges any abnormal sensations like pain, burning, climatic changes, thermal relations, and etc...

Peculiar uncommon symptoms:

 

This is the speciality of homoeopathic system of medicine.For the selection of a suitable remedy these symptoms are very important.common symptoms which are seen almost in all patients are least important. This is the reason for giving different medicines to different individuals suffering from same disease.Example: Five people suffering from typhoid may get five different remedies because of changes of individual symptoms.

Particular/local signs&symptoms:

This include signs &symptoms related to body parts &organs.

Example: Part affected,any swelling,discolouration ect.

 

Systemic examination:-

Different systems are examined in a systematic order.(Respiratory system ,digestive system,nervous system,cardio vascular system and ect....) Vital signs

Pulse,blood pressure,temperature,respiratory rate ect are checked here.

General physical examination:

Here body parts are examined from head to foot to findout any changes.

provisional disease diagnosis; Here probable diseases are diagnosed. In homoeopathy disease diagnosis is not that much important for the selection of a remedy,but needed for general management and to know the prognosis.

Investigations : This includes lab investigations and other methods to find out any other major illnesses.

 

Final disease diagnosis:

After doing all investigations the disease is diagnosed.

Remedial diagnosis:

This is the most importnant part as far as homoeopathy is concerned. For this the selected symptoms are arranged in a systematic order on the basis of importance. Symptoms are analysed to find out the importance of each symptom for the selection of a remedy.Remedies are selected on the basis of similarity.

Suitable remedies are diagnosed by a process called repertorisation. Here books called repertories are used. Repertory is the index of symptoms of materia medica(books which contain the symptoms of drugs).Nowadays computer softwares are used for repertorisalion.By this process we will get the remedies covering maximum important symptom of the patient.

Amoung this group of remedies the most suitable remedy is selected by referring various books and considering the life space investigation of the patient..The selected medicine is given in suitable potency & dose.

ANTI MIASMATIC TREATMENT:

The root cause of disease is miasms which should be eradicated using suitable anti miasmatic drugs.Every drug can eradicate the miasm if there is symptom similarity.There are anti psoric drugs,anti syphilitic drugs and anti sycotic drugs.After diagnosing the miasm suitable anti miasmatic drug has to be given to complete the cure.

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Homoeopathy for smelly breath

Offenssive smell through the mouth is a kind of complaint from the daily medical practice.It mainly affects people who mingle with other people very closely. Terrible breath is noticed usually by the buddies & members of the family or some times person himself feel it are available towards the doctor.Many badbreathers develop depression which forces these to be away from the society which experts claim hampers their activities.

The protein inside the food debris are degraded by the anaerobic bacteria specific to the mouth.Offenssive odor is produced because of relieve some gases like hydrogen sulphide,skatol ect as a result of bacterial activity.Formation of the thin sticky membrane on the tongue favoures bacterial growth.Bactrera are also seen in the crypts of tonsils ,caries,dental pockets ect.Terrible breath is part of good oral cleaning,caries,gingivitis,tonsillitis,tonsillar plaques,food habits,water intake ,tobacco chewing,stomach and liver diseases and ect.

Homoeopathy is really a system of medicine introduced by a german physician Dr Samuel Hahnemann.Homoeopathy treats the diseased individual in general instead of treating diseased parts or organs.The physical,mental,emotional,social spheres of an person is regarded as for just a permanent cure.This technique believes that the diseases are caused due to derangement of vital force that is a low profile power in every single individual.Within a healthy state the vital force maintains the equilibrium of mind heart and soul .During this man can have normal sensations and procedures.Once the vitality gets affected there will be external manifestations in the form of signs.The imbalance by the body processes functions is really a shelter for forign organisms(bacteria,viruses,fungi,protozoa ect) and permit those to proliferate &produce so named diseases.Homoeopathy believes thet the important desease comes before the bacteria & viruses,hence the basis cause of the illness needs to be treated for any permenent cure.The antibacterial and antiviral agents only remove the secondary causes already stated.

Diseases are manufactured by noxious morbific agents called Miasms which are dynamic influences which affect the vitality.You will find mainly three miasms PSORA ,SYPHILIS&SYCOSIS. These three causes are accepted by other schools of medication but called by different names. Psora causes functional disturbances, syphilis cause structural alterations in the form of destructions and sycosis causes alterations in are overgrowth.These three miasms can act individually or in combined form producing different disease conditions.

To take care of bad breath with homoeopathic medicine put in at home if correct remedy in suitable dose has. Within the homoeopathic medical repertory by Dr Robin Murphy you will discover 140 homoeopathic drugs mentioned for halitosis.So just giving one drug for bad breath may not give good result.To find a proper remedial diagnosis we should contain the symptomatology of the baby .It does not take total the signs of a person which includes mental generals,physical generals,particular symptoms ect.Terrible breath is regarded as being a physical general symptom .Eventhough referring only at a perhaps the body it affects the whole individual.

Symptoms related with appetite,thirst,bowels ect are incorporated into physical generals.

All indicators (mental&physical)of the individual is taken in detail.Know-how about computers past illneses,genealogy and family history of diseases,food & bowel habits,relation to climatic changes and constitution ect are noted down in a systematic order.

Mental symptoms:

example: fear,anxiety,depression,anger,jealousy and ect....

Physical symptoms:

example: Body makeup,appetite,thirst,desires,aversions,bowels,urination,sleep,taste, nature of smell,discharges any abnormal sensations like pain, burning ,climatic changes,thermal relations, and ect....

Peculiar uncommon symptoms:

This is the speciality of homoeopathic system of drugs.For that selection of a suitable remedy these symptoms are very important.common symptoms which are seen almost in all of the patients are least important.

particular/local signs&symptoms:

This include signs &symptoms related to body parts &organs.

example: Coating for the tongue,nature of mucus membrane of jaws, tonsils, gums, teeth, ulcers, discolourations ect are thought here.

Systemic & general physical examination:-

Terrible breath might be due to various systemic and disorders.Hence all systems ( respiratory system ,digestive tract,nerve fibres, cardio vascular system and ect )and parts from head over to foot needs to be examined.

provisional disease diagnosis; Here probable diseases are diagnosed. In homoeopathy disease diagnosis isn't that much essential for selecting treatment,but essential for general management and also to have in mind the prognosis.

Investigations:

This includes lab investigations along with other techniques to find out another major illnesses.

Final disease diagnosis:

After doing all investigations the sickness is diagnosed.

Remedial diagnosis:

This is actually the most importnant part so far as homoeopathy is anxious. Due to this the chosen symptoms are arranged in a very systematic order judging by importance.

symptoms are analysed to learn value of each symptom for your collection of an answer.Treatments are selected judging by similarity.[the essential principle of homoeopathy is 'similia similibus curenter' means like cures like.Medication which often can produce some symptoms inside a healthy man works extremely well like a remedy to trea the same symptoms in a very sufferer.Each homoeopathic drug is proved on healthy people and the symptoms collected from this process(drug proving) is coded in meteria medica.]

Suitable treatments are diagnosed by a process called repertorisation. Here books called repertories are being used. Repertory would be the index of signs and symptoms of pharmacology(books that contain the signs and symptoms of drugs).Nowadays computer softwares bring repertorisalion.With this process we will have the remedies covering maximum important symptom of the individual.

Amoung this list of remedies the most appropriate remedy is selected by referring various books and good reputation for the patient..The chosen medicine is offered in suitable potency & dose.

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ANTI MIASMATIC TREATMENT:

The foundation root cause of disease is miasms that ought to be eradicated using suitable anti miasmatic drugs.Every drug can eradicate the miasm if you have symptom similarity.there are anti psoric drugs,anti syphilitic drugs and anti sycotic drugs.After diagnosing the miasm suitable anti miasmatic drug needs to be provided to complete the cure.

[In homoeopathy medicines are ready from different sources like minerals, plants, animals, toxins, diseased parts ect. Medicines are ready readily available substances by the special process called potentisation.Here the soluble substances are potentised by diluting with spirit and insoluble substances by grinding with sugar of milk.The crude drug substance is first combined with a calculated variety of spirit and water and kept for couple of days .Using this mixture extract is taken which is called mother tincture(denoted as Q).Because of this mother tincture dilutions have decided by potentisation.Potentisation is often a mathematical operation during which the quantity of original drug substance reduces but medicinal power increases. Dependant on precisely variety of drug substance and vehicle(spirit or sugar of milk)you can find different scales for this process.Each scale seems to have different potencies which indicate power of medication.Example in decimal scale 3x,6x.12x ect.in centisimal scale there is 30c,200c ect,in LM poteny there are 0/1,0/2,0/3 ect.potency is written following your name of every medicine]

Same medicine is available in different potencies. Suitable potency is selected in accordance with countless facters like sevearity,depth of disease,condition with the patient ,nature of disease ,sort of symptoms,chronilogical age of patient and ect.

Some useful homoeo drugs for terrible breath.

Arnica montana, Antim crude, Ars alb, Asafoetida, Aurum met, Baptisia, Bryonia,Borax,Calc carb, Carbo veg, Cinchona, Chelidonium, Graphites, Kali bich ,Kreosotum, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Merc sol, Natrum mur, Nitricum acidum, Nux vomica, Plantago, Pulsatilla, Phos, Pyrogen, Sulphur etc.

1) Arnica montana:

This medicine is advantageous for fetid breath.Mouth is extremely dry with thirst for water.Terrible breath regarding fever.There is certainly bleeding from the gum,may be after tooth extraction or after injury.Offenssive gas pass upwards and downwards from stomach.Petient can be quite responsive to touch with sore and bruised feeling allover the body.

2) Antim crude:

Useful for foul breath with gastric complaints and coated tongue.This medicine act mainly on filthy persons with aversion to bathing.Tongue is coated white like fur.Nostrils and lips are cracked .Eructations are putrid.Handy for badbreath in kids

3) Ars alb:

All discharges are receiving cadeveric smell.Saliva is bloody with unique odor.Thirst for trouble is well marked. This medicine act well in debilitated and emaciated persons.Terrible breath related to gastric disorders.Vomiting from slightest food or drink and intolerance of vegetables and watery fruits.Mentally these patients are fastidious with the insecurity feeling.These are having anxiety about death or serious disease with restlessness and anxiety.

4) Asafoetida:

A good choice for foul breath related to eructations.Great distension of abdomen with sensation of a ball rising in throat.All discharges are offenssive.Reverse peristalsis with loud eructations.This medicine act well on hysterical persons.

5) Aurum met:

Helpful for halitosis in girls at puberty. There may be ulceration in gums with putrid or bitter taste. Destruction in body tissues like bone is seen in these patients.This medicine act well on persons who're tired with life with thoughts of suicide.Skin a feeling they may have done an unpardonable crime.

6) Baptisia:

reath fetid with bitter taste.Gums sore and ulcerated.Yellowish brown coating on centre of tongue with glistening edges.Top of the tongue is cracked.These patients feel difficult to swallow food.Tonsils are enlarged without pain.Useful for painless tonsillitis & pharyngitis with putrid smell.All discharges are offenssive.This medicine act well on persons having besoted look.There is a tendency for stupor and delirium over these persons.

7) Borax:

Great for terrible breath linked to apthous ulcer within the mouth.Also effective for infection with the mouth.Mouth can be quite hot and tender.Ulcers bleed on touch.Invaluable for smelly breath in youngsters with ulcers in the mouth.Child has anxiety about doward motion.

8) Bryonia:

Irritable persons who always mention business.Lips parched dry and cracked.Tongue coated brownish with bitter taste in the mouth.Thirst for big amount of cold water is well marked.Heaviness in abdomen after eating.Usually constipated with hard dry stools.

9) Calcarea fluor:

Plugs of mucus are always forming from the crypts from the tonsils.Unnatural looseness in the teeth with or without pain.Susceptible to get caries with discolouration.Tonsils are enlarged with recurrent infection.

10) Carbo veg:

These patients are weak and debilitated .All body discharges are profuse with cadeveric smell.Gums are retracted and bleed easily.Frequent putrid eructations with distention of abdomen.Complaints ameliorted by passing flatus.Can't tolerate meat and fat.Involuntary diarrhoea during the night time.Would like to be fanned from the close distance.

11) Chelidonium:

Tongue yellow with imprint of teeth.Unique odor with bitter style of the mouth.Helpful for halitosis with liver complaints.Thirst for hot liquids.Patient feels better by eating. Constipation with hard round stools.Constipation alternating with diarrhoea.

12) Graphites:

This medicine act well on obese patients with skin troubles.Breath has the aroma of urine.Rotten odor with salivation and blisters in the mouth.Sour eructations with gastric complaints.Skin complaints with sticky discharges.Gastric pain ameliorated by eating .

13) kali bich:

Foul breath with gastric ulcer.You can find round ulcers inside the mouth.Saliva viscid. Vomiting with bitter taste.Tongue is smooth .Craves bear.Gastric complaints alternating with rheumatism.

14) kreosotum:

Teeth dark and crumbly.Bitter taste in the mouth with putrid odour.Very rapid decay of teeth.All discharges are very offenssive.Gums spongy and bleed easily.Foul breath regarding caries and gastric complaints.

15) Lachesis:

This medicine pursue dark restless patients with jelousy.Tongue is black coloured. Complaints are aggravated while sleeping.Wants fanning from a telephone long distance.Cannot tolerate tight cloathing around body.Complaints aggravated in hot climate.

16) Lycopodium:

Act well on intelligent those who are physically weak.They have not enough self worth.Great for badbreath associated with sour eructations with burning in throat. Teeth excessively painful to the touch.There are blisters around the tongue.Wants warm drinks and food.This type of person usually constipated .Craving for sweets well marked.

17) Merc sol:

Sweetish metallic style of the mouth with bloody viscid saliva. Gum is spongy and bleed easily.Mouth is moist to comprehend thirst.Teeth indented. Crown with the teeth decay.Fetid odor on the mouth may be felt all over the room.Ulcerations from the mouth with bleeding.All body discharges are offenssive.All complaints are aggravated at night.

18) Nux vomica:

This medicine act well on those who lead a sedentery life.They may be very short tempered and be angry effortlessly.There're very busy of their occupation and luxuriate in modern civilised life with all of varieties of refreshments.Foul breath might be more after meals plus the morning. Posterior the main tongue is coated and anterior part is clean.Sour taste in the mouth with nausea every day.They have got frequent urge for stool.Heavy feeling in abdomen after meals are noticed.

19) Plantago:

Caries with severe toothache.Pain better by eating.Salivation is way better by eating. Toothache with swelling of gums.Gargling plantago Q is advantageous to have getting rid of toothache as a result of caries.

20) Pulsatilla:

Act well on mild and gentle ladies which has a yielding disposition.Patient is quite timid which has a weeping tendency.Foul breath is noticed mainly every day.Mouth is quite dry but dosn't desire to stay hydrated. Yellow or white tongue covered with a tenacious mucus.Taste is altered.Taste of food remains in the mouth for a long period.Patient wash the mouth frequently.

21) Psorinum:

Act well on unclean patients with unique odor. Hawking of cheesy, pea like balls of disgusting smell and taste may be the main cause for foul breath during these patients.Tonsils are swollen with profuse offenssive saliva.Quinsy with tough mucus in throat.All body secretions are filthy.Eructations taste like bad eggs.Very hungry and getup even at nighttime for food.Swallowing is painful with pain in ears.

22) Pyrogen:

Foul breath of septic origin is cured using this type of medicine.Taste terribly fetid with horrible breath,tongue red ,dry ,smooth asif varnished.Foul breath regarding high fever and coffeground vomiting. Normally patients is very responsive to touch,can't repose on bed on account of bruinsed pain.All discharges are offenssive.

23) Sulphur:

This medicine act best on dirty & filthy people with offenssive odor along with a tendecy for skin diseases.Lips dry bright red with burning sensation..Tongue white with red tip & borders.Bitter style of the morning. Eructations are putrid.Burning to all body parts. Aversion to bathing is well marked.Not bothered about hygiene ,still they think likely having superhuman powers. Him or her are incredibly selfish.

Some homoeo mother tinctures (Q) great for smelly breath.

[mother tincture mustn'tbe taken directly since it can produce burning sensation,hence 10 drops ought to be combined half glass of water and taken internally or employed for gargling]

1) Cinnamon Q : This mother tincture can be utilized for gragling after diluting with water.Also great for bleeding from gums.

2) Eucalyptus Q : This tincture may be used as a mouth wash after mixing with water.Internal using this medicine can remove mucus in the respiratory system.Also useful for cold and coryza.

3) Zingiber Q : Great for bad breath related to gastric complaints. This medicine can improve digestion.Also used for gargling.

4) Rhus glabra Q : Gargling on this tincture can be quite helpful for ulcerative lesions inside mouth like aphthous ulcer.Internal by using this tincture is able to reduce the bad smell of stool & flatus.

5) Oleum caryophyllum Q : Gargling of this tincture helps to reduce toothache.As a result of it's fregrant quality very beneficial to cut back terrible breath.

6) Balsamum peru Q : This medicine can get rid of the mucus from respiratory system hence very helpful in chronic bronchitis and lung abscess.Can heal the ulcers from the mouth by gargling this tincture,additionally , it can produce pleasent smell from the mouth.

7) Menthol Q : It is a main ingradient in tonics and syrups.Gargling with this tincture reduces smelly breath.

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