Applied Materia Medica

Applied Materia Medica

Dr Arun Prasad K.P Tutor, Dept of Matera Medica Govt. homoeopathic Medical College, Calicut.

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Applied Materia Medica  What is it ?  What are the difficulties ?  How to overcome?

Applied Materia Medica Materia Medica Its Application In Practice

Materia Medica - Purpose “……. Peculiarities of each drug which are not met with in any other, and which therefore serve to individualize

and

character to the drug”

give

Materia Medica - Purpose “The most expert healer is the man who knows how to handle his Materia Medica” - C. M. Boger

Materia Medica Study - Tools 

Kent

 Phatak

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Clarke

 Boericke

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Boger

 Allen

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Nash

 Indian Authors

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Farrington

 Modern Authors

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Materia Medica Study - Methods

rug picture

eynote

omparative / Therapeutic

chematic

hysiological

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Problems ?????????????? Materia Medica ????????????Problems

Materia Medica - Problems 

No Standardisation  Incomplete  Quantity / detail

Materia Medica - Problems History: schools of thought Pathological Keynote Constitutional

Materia Medica - Problems Who is right ? Which method is correct ? “I am …..”

Materia Medica - Solution “Anekantavad”

Many-ness of Truth No one point of view

Materia Medica Study - Method 

Combined – Drug Picture 

Emphasis on characteristics

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Tissue affinities, pathology

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Aetiology, Modalities

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Relationship

Materia Medica - Problems 

Disbelief

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Language

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“Usual Reading”

Materia Medica - Problems 

Prejudice  “Retention”  Fixed “Images”  Favourite remedy  “Useless” remedy

Applied Materia Medica How to Learn in order to be practically applicable

Materia Medica Study - Requisites Library !

Materia Medica Study - Tools 

Kent

 Phatak

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Clarke

 Boericke

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Boger

 Allen

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Nash

 Indian Authors

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Farrington

 Modern Authors

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Materia Medica Study - Method Read!

Read !

Read!

Read!

Read!

Read

Materia Medica - Method Pioneers : Registered / memorised every minute detail from proving and carefully compared with others

Materia Medica – Method “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ” - Bacon

Materia Medica Study - Tools 

Kent

 Phatak

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Clarke

 Boericke

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Boger

 Allen

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Nash

 Indian Authors

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Farrington

 Modern Authors

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Materia Medica – Read ! “Read neither to contradict or confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider” - Bacon

Materia Medica Study - Method

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nderstand ! Imagine ! 

Dictionary

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Symptom / Rubric explanations

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Source / Classical books

Materia Medica Study - Method 

Mental Symptoms 

Understand !

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Classical authors

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Modern Authors

Materia Medica Study - Method Notes ! “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man” - Bacon

Materia Medica - Keynotes EXPAND ! “A concise view not only includes the time and order in which symptoms arise, but also the things which modify them - the modalities” - Boger

Materia Medica Study - Method 

Note 

Similar remedies

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“Tips” ! – classical authors o

Clinical experiences / Cases

Materia Medica Study - Method 

Therapeutics  Pointers to common remedies  Therapeutic pointers to some common diseases

 Testimony of the clinic  New Remedies, Clinical cases,………..

Materia Medica Study - Method Case from Kent  Ring worm  Craves meat, refuses everything else  Grinds teeth, rolls head during sleep

Rx Helleborous 1000 2 doses

Materia Medica Study - Method 

Note 

Unusual symptoms

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Small remedies

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Cured Cases

Materia Medica Study - Method 

Therapeutics  Boger - Studies in the philosophy of healing  “Clinical Experiences” – Dr. Koppikar  Talks on Therapeutics – Dr. Chandrashekhar

Materia Medica Study - Method 

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Repertory 

Small rubrics

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Small remedies

Software 

Eg. Encyclopaedia homeopathica

Materia Medica Study - Method  Note  Relationship  Relationship  Relationship

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Relationship – Calc carb

• Complementary – Bell, Aeth, Cupr, Rhus-t, Tub, Lyc, Sil, Phos

ollows well – Kali-bi (Coryza), Lyc, Phos

Success in Applied materia medica Also depend on….

Application of Similia Similibus Materia Medica

Organon

Repertory

Application of Similia Similibus Natural Disease

Artificial Disease

Totality

Totality

Portrait

Portrait

Conceptual Image

Conceptual Image

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Application of Similia Similibus  CASE TAKING

Totality / Portrait

 Record “as they are”  Symptom intensity+++ o

Clarity - Intensity – Spontaneity

Application of Similia Similibus  Totality o

Acute vs Chronic

Materia Medica - Solution

“Read a drug a day, and two on Sundays.”