This book is very helpful for students in learning various types of prescribing in homeopathy. In homeopathy there are various types of prescribing everybody has own approach many times we have to prescribe according to need or demand of case process of individualisation should be according to individualisation so this book may help students in selecting mode of prescribing
About the author
Dr K.N.mathur (10th April 1906- 28th January 1977) was born in the state of Allahabad India. Passed his MBBS from Lucknow medical college in the year 1933 but was converted to homeopathy
Contribution to homeopathy
Worked as a secretary of Delhi homeopathic medical association
Written so many books on Pathology, organon, Repertory, and Materia medica i
About the book
First edition- 1975
Number of chapters- 30 chapters
Number of pages-671 i
Dr S.R. wadia has written forward of this book
Dr Dewan Harish chand has incorporated his cases for the chapter prescribing on the basis of blood investigations i
Arrangement of book
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Contents
Introduction
Arrangement of chapters
Prescribing on the basis of
1 specific
2 prophylactic and genus epidemicus
3 external applications
4 totality of characteristic symptoms
5 key note characteristic symptoms
6 constitutional and general characteristic symptoms
7 psychosomatic symptoms
8 repertorisation
9 causations
10 causations immediate
11 Causations remote
12 Removal of suppressions
13 drug miasm
14 miasm of vaccinosis
15 miasm of consumptiveness of Burnett
16 Miasm of psora
17 Miasm of sycosis
18 Miasm of syphilis
19 Nosodes and Bowel Nosodes
20 Blood investigations
21 Auto therapy, Autohemotherapy, dowsing, Econometric research, and Radiesthesia
22 Relationship of remedies
23 Alternations and combinations of remedies
24 Tautopathy
25 Organopathic remedies
26 Ladder like remedies
27 Law of direction of cure
28 Disposition and lack of reaction
29 Allergy
30 Potency, repetition, and placebo i
Purpose of book
Purpose of this book is to collect all prescribing principles from old and new homeopathic journals and books at one place with examples of illustrated cases. Journals may not always be available. This book may help students for their success and advancement of homeopathy.
In the words of Dr K.N.mathur “the main purpose of this book is to collect all the prescribing principles based on truth of illustrated cases and can be verified by other homeopaths .These principles of prescribing are collected from old and new homeopathic journals and books we want them in the form of book for all times as these journals and old literature may not be available always .They shall be useful for the coming generation of homeopaths for their success and advancement of homeopathy. “I
1 This book helps students in learning various symptoms like concomitant symptoms, characteristic symptoms
2 Chapter on prescribing on the basis of suppression is very useful as many times patient comes from other physicians and after trying other modes of treatment thus their symptoms become suppressed giving rise to other dangerous symptoms and affecting more important organs
3 chapter on prescription the basis of prophylactic and genus epidemicus is helpful in using homeopathic medicines as preventive as homeopathy has proved its importance as preventive and in ways is far superior than vaccination
4 Chapter on Organopathic remedies is also very helpful when there is lack of symptoms and other principles cannot be applied for selection of remedy
5 Chapters on Blood investigations is also very helpful in cases when pathological investigations come to rescue of homeopaths when there is lack of symptoms’ i
View of Dr S.R. Wadia
In the words of Dr Wadia “i would like to mention two or three points which i have found very helpful in my practice “
“Biochemic combination tablets as made in Germany will be found very helpful for acute prescribing by beginners”
“Auto therapy has been mentioned by author but if a patient blood is potentized when the indicated remedy does not work, this will help many patients “
“Bowel nosodes are found very helpful in certain chronic diseases” i
About the Reviewer:
Dr Ajay mishra – M.D pharmacy (Bakson homeopathic medical college)
