Dr. Robin Murphy passes away

Dr. Robin Murphy, great author, academician and international homoeopath  passed away today and a great loss for the homoeopathic fraternity

Dr. Robin Murphy was born on August 15, 1950 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He had carried out his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. There he discovered their homeopathic collection and became curious and interested with the system it described.

The Symptoms of Norovirus and homoeopathy

Norovirus is a very contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea that is mild but could be life threatening. Although norovirus more commonly causes infection during the winter months, it can affect people at any time of the year. People of all ages can get infected and sick with norovirus. Norovirus is sometimes called the stomach flu or stomach bug. Norovirus is a member of the Caliciviridae family of viruses. A infected person with norovirus illness can shed billions of norovirus particles. And only a few virus particles can make other people sick. These are transmitted

Homoeopathic Facts_2

Every patient is unique so homeopathic medicines are individualised. The homeopathic practitioner treats the WHOLE PERSON, believing all symptoms are interrelated and seeks to select a medicine which fits the whole state.

There were once fourteen Homeopathic Hospitals in Britain. 

It is not as if our homeopathic brothers are asleep; far from it, they are awake - many of them at any rate - to the importance of the scientific study of disease.

Homoeopathic Facts_1

Every true homeopathic medicine is made with ONE SUBSTANCE whether plant, mineral, metal, etc. The exact substance is known, unlike pharmaceutical drugs which do not always reveal contents.

Hahnemann tested hundreds of substances on himself and healthy volunteer Provers, keeping detailed accounts of his observations. He matching the tested substances to heal symptoms of his patients using the Law of Similars.

In the records of three years of Diphtheria in Broome County, NY from 1862 to 1864, there was a report of an 83.6 percent mortality rate among the allopaths and a 16.4 percent mortality rate among the Homeopaths. (Bradford).

Skin lesions with suitable rubrics in homoeopathy

Contributed by Dr Muhammed Rafeeque

I am happy to share this work with you. Here some lesions are given exactly in the form of rubric, but a few rubrics are interpretation as per the appearance of the skin lesions.
1. Acne Simplex: Boericke → Face → Acne simplex

Kidney stones (renal calculi) and their breakers in homoeopathy

Contributed by Dr Muhammed Rafeeque Kerala, India.

1. Acid benz: Strong smelling urine; Uric acid stones; Gout.
2. Apis mel: Stinging and burning urine; Last drop burn and smart; edema.
3. Belladonna: Sudden onset of urinary colic; Throbbing pain; Jar aggravates.
4. Berberis v: Urolithiasis with gout, rheumatism; Left sided calculi; Bright red mealy sediment; Radiating pains; no pain while urinating.

Homoeopathy In Disaster Management

Dr Muhammed Rafeeque Kerala, India.
 
INTRODUCTION
A disaster is an event resulting in great loss and misfortune, which occurs suddenly, and affects the humans, animals, properties, agriculture, the environment and the region as a whole. A disaster may be human-made or natural. Human-made disasters may be due to the modernization, industrialization, war, terrorism, pollution, occupational hazards, illegal activities like mining, and ignorance of safety measures that result in stampede, fire, accident, explosion, radiation, etc. Natural disasters include earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, floods, cyclones, tornadoes and tsunamis. Many times both are interrelated making the after effects much more serious and long lasting.

Hypertension and common man

Have you ever suffered from hypertension?

Hypertension is not just a single problem. It creates multiple effects in your body making ground for many other chronic ailments. 16 million Americans are having elevated blood pressure which is more than 140 mm of Mercury or diastolic blood pressure of more than 90 mm of Mercury.

Prevalence of hypertension increases with age. Stroke and coronary artery disease are the two major complications of hypertension.

Homoeopathy as a family medicine

Contributed by :Dr. Vivek Gopalakrishnan BHMS, NDH (NZ) -

Family medicine (FM) is a clinical medical specialty which is devoted to the comprehensive health care for people of all ages and provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body.FM has been developed as a counterculture in response to rapid fragmentation of medical care during post second world war period into specialty and subspecialty care in the much of the developed world. The concept evolved as a concept of medical care to cater to the growing demand of the people for personalized, continued, and comprehensive care. Family therapy, family tree

Late ovulation and Homoeopathic intervention-Case study

Dr.Samson.S.,BHMS.,RMO,Govt.Homoeo Hospital , Cherthala Ph - 9496300791  
Ovulation is the release of eggs from the ovaries. Most women ovulate anywhere between days 11 to day 21 of their menstrual cycle, counting from the first day of LMP. It then travels down the fallopian tube where it can become fertilized by sperm.

Late ovulation is the ovulation that happens after the 21^st day of a woman’s menstrual cycle.mesothelioma

Homoeopathy and rectal diseases

Contributed by Dr.George
Homoeopathy has always been a great help of healing in Rectal fisuures and abscesses where the other systems( The main mode of treatment is surgery.) have struggled in curing these types of cases.  When surgeries fail to cure them the patients searches for another modes of treatment and they do come to homeopaths.Hemorrhoids treatment

Homeopathy as a profession and what it has to offer

This has been taken from "The Principles and Art of Cure by Homoeopathy " written by ROBERTS H. A., and is worthy to read. The writings reveals what homeopathy is and how it helps the suffering mankind and advises the young people to take homeopathy as a profession, not on financial ambition but to serve the sick humanity.
What has homoeopathy to offer the young man? What has homoeopathy to offer the young man as a future? This question comes to us repeatedly and in our changing economic conditions it is a pertinent question. Perhaps we can get at the problem best by asking the young man the counter-question: "What do you want to get out of life?"

Homeopathy-A blessing for the people, a threat for the Critics.

Homeopathy has come  a long way and has flourished all around the world. Homeopathic medicines have made billions in sales and is the fastest growing health industry. This has created a big raw among other pharmaceutical giants and have come forward to criticize the age old treatment which has stood strong against all the criticisms of the past.

Diet and Regimen in Diseased State

Contributed by: Dr Kaushik D. Das, MD(Hom)

“….Let your food be your medicine & let your medicine be your food.” - Hippocrates

A study of the history of medicine reveals that the concept of imposing a strict diet & regimen in illness existed in medical science since 500 BC. According to Arabian medicine food & drug constituted the pillars of therapy.

Dr C.F.S Hahnemann , the founder of the Homoeopathic system of medicine also gave importance to diet & regimen. A detailed description stated by the master about the diet & regimen during the course of Homoeopathic treatment can be found in the Chronic diseases & in the Organon, the immortal writings of the master.

Meniere's disease and Homeopathic treatment

Meniere's disease is the distension of the endolymphatic system of the  ( inner Ear) characterized by attacks of vertigo, fluctuating deafness and tinnitus. It is considered as the commonest cause of otogenic vertigo (vertigo due to ear diseases). It is now accepted as a failure of the mechanism regulating the production and absorption of endolymph. Although a precise cause of hydrops cannot be established in most cases.

Life History of J.T.Kent (James Tyler Kent)

James Tyler Kent was born on March 31, 1849 in Woodhull, New York as the son of Steven Kent and Caroline Tyle. Kent attended secondary school at the Franklin Academy of Prattsburgh, New York. Later  he graduated from Madison University with a Bachelor's degree in 1868.
After completing two undergraduate degrees by the age of 21, Kent undertook two postgraduate courses .He earned a Masters degree from the same institution in 1870. Kent attended the Institute of Eclectic Medicine at Cincinnati, Ohio,  Kent graduated from this Institute in 1873.

Trios in Homeopathic materia medica PART II

Lets continue from the earlier post Trios in Homeopathic materia medica PART I 

Trio-Antipsoric:

Sulphur

The Hahnemann's king of anti-psorics.It has power to meet and overcome certain obstacles to the usual action of drugs when indicated by the symptoms, or least seemingly so. That is the reason why the indication as laid down in the books reads: "When seemingly indicated drugs do not cure, use Suphur," because psora is the obstacle to be overcome.Hahnemann's king of anti-psorics; combating all psoric manifestations, as described in Hahnemann's chronic diseases. Itching eruptions on the skin everywhere; scratching is followed by burning. Burning everywhere, general and local, especially feet; has to stick them out of bed to cool them. Redness of all orifices, as if pressed full of blood (lips, ears, nostrils, eyelids, anus, urethra, etc.). Exudations into serous sacs following acute inflammations.

AYUSH gaining popularity in Asian countries

With the ancient Indian medicine systems AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) gaining popularity in Asian countries, the Ministry of AYUSH is receiving requests to set up AYUSH centers in their countries. As per reports, the Ministry is planning to set up an AYUSH hospital in Kazakhstan, and it is in advanced stages of establishing an Ayurveda college in Bangladesh, the syllabus for which has already been drafted by an advisory committee. Mr M Lakshmu Naidu, member of the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) said, "The Ministry is receiving similar requests from other countries, as the ancient Indian systems of medicine (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) have started gaining greater acceptance around the world, particularly after the Department of AYUSH got separated from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)."

AYUSH: The six systems

• Ayurveda: Ayurveda (“science if life”) is a system of Indian traditional medicine with roots in the ancient Hindu texts, particularly the Atharva Veda, and later the Charaka Samhita and the Sushruta Samhita.( Sushrutha- the father of surgery) Ayurveda believes that all living beings comprise five elements, whose permutations and combinations determine three types of humours or the Doshas— Vata, Pitta and Kapha. A key principle of Ayurveda is balance; an imbalance of the doshas is believed to result in disease. Treatments follow one of two possible approaches: Vipreeta, in which medicines and diet are meant to “antagonise” the disease, and Vipreetarthkari, in which medicines, diet and activity are targeted to exert effects similar to the disease process( similar to homeopathy Principle). Most medicines and treatments are derived from herbs.
• Yoga :Yoga (“to join” or “to unite”) is a physical and spiritual discipline that has its roots in the Indian sub-continent and has been recorded in the Upanishads and later in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The practice of yoga is meant to lead to a stage of higher consciousness and is also described as “soul therapy”. Japa Yoga, Karma Yoga, Gyana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga are spiritual, while Raja Yoga, more popularly known as Ashtanga Yoga, involves eight steps, including the pranayama or breathing exercises. Some forms of yoga and their modern practice focus mostly on asanas. Practitioners say yoga can cure diseases, and the government runs the Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy. Early indications from an on-going five-year study at Harvard indicate that yoga helps with chronic stress.No medicines are used in yoga.
• Homeopathy: Homeopathy is of European origin and dates back to the end of the 18th century, to the work of German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Homeopathy is premised on the belief that highly diluting a substance in alcohol or distilled water increases its potency, a principle that is almost universally disputed in scientific communities. Remedies involve dilutions on a logarithmic scale, and grinding of insoluble compounds with a mortar and pestle according to prescribed motions.
  Diagnosis involves detailed consultations, including questions about the individual’s personal life. Medicines are either small pills, made of an inert compound with drops of the dilute solution added, or powders. Its based on the "Similia Similibus Curentur" likes cure likes.The drug that is Capable of producing a symptom or a group of symptom on a healthy being, will cure the same or similar type of the disease condtion.
• Unani Introduced by Arabs and Persians to India in the 12th century and with a rich literature, Unani medicine remains popular in parts of South and Central Asia. Freedom fighter and physician Hakim Ajmal Khan was among its champions in India. Unani shares many common principles with ayurveda, including the belief in the four humours. The human body is believed to be made up of elements whose permutations and combinations determine temperament. Medicines have herbal, animal and mineral origins.
• Siddha An ancient form of traditional medicine, Siddha originated in Tamil Nadu through the work of “siddhars” or scientist-saints. Siddha shared many principles with Ayurveda, including the belief in humours, elements and imbalance.Diagnosis involves a key checklist of eight signs and symptoms. Drugs are herb-based and treatments are both internal and external. Siddha’s chemistry around its drugs is complex. Research, teaching and practice is largely restricted to Tamil Nadu. 
• Naturopathy: Naturopathy is an umbrella term for a range of alternative treatments derived from natural products. Naturopaths believe that, except for accidents, the cause of all disease is the accumulation of “morbid matter” in the body, and treatment means the removal of this matter. Therapies include special diets, mud packs, acupuncture, acupressure and magnet therapy. Prayer is an important part of treatment. Naturopathy schools exist across the world.

source:thehindu.com; biospectrumasia.com

Homoeopathic Protocol for Short Febrile Illness

DEPARTMENT OF HOMOEOPATHY(KERALA)-RAECH-SLEG 

HOMOEOPATHIC PROTOCOL FOR SHORT FEBRILE ILLNESS

As with all systems febrile illnesses has also been treated by homoeopathy. In fact homoeopathy system owes its origin to the treatment of malaria and its inferences by Dr Hahnemann. But it is also a fact that there has been lot of variations in managing different episodes resulting in varied results after treatment. Since Homoeopathy emphasizes that individuality of diseased person is the basis of treatment, many rules applicable to other systems cannot be followed as such. Standardization of disease management also has to be incorporated to avoid the pitfalls in diagnosis, assessment of severity, planning management, follow up and referral .These serve as yardstick of good treatment practices.

Homeopathy and famous people

Dr. Ashok Kumar Walia , Former Minister of Health

Homoeopathy offers the optimal mix of simplicity, economy, effectiveness of treatment and cultural acceptability amongst the diverse population of a large developing country like India. Let us make all efforts to see that it is available to the common man, everywhere.

Shri C. C. Biswas,  Former Minister of Law, Govt. of India,

If there is scientific system of medicine, in vogue today, it is Homoeopathy; ther systems are more or less empirical, but not so Homoeopathy, which as a scientific basis of its own. That, in fact, was the great contribution of Hahnemann to medical science.