Monopharmacy is the practice of giving only one single medicine to a patient at a time. Polypharmacy is the administration of many medicines or the mixture of many medicines to the patient at a time. Dr. Hahnemann strongly recommends the practice of monopharmacy only. Dr. Boenninghausen was interested in experimenting with Polypharmacy in homeopathy. Considering …
The word “surrogates” means “substitution”, “equivalent”, “alternative” or “to put it in the place of other”. Two medicinal substances cannot be the same in their action. Each individual medicine exhibits its peculiar action upon the human being in its own way. Hence, Hahnemann says “there can be, in a medical point of view, no equivalent …
Case taking in homeopathy is the first step in the process of cure. The process of cure actually starts from this point. Case taking is the foundation on which the structure of cure rests. A well taken case is half cure The Do’s of Case Taking What Can Be Done during the homeopathic case-taking …
Baron Clemens Maria Franz Carol Von Boenninghausen was one of the noteworthy persons in the history of homeopathy. His contribution has enriched the profession of homeopathy to a large extent. He was born in the Netherlands on March 12th of 1785. He belonged to a royal family that had great respect and honor in society. …
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Dr. Laxman Diwakar Dhawale is an Indian homeopath. He was born on 21st July 1884 at Bandra, Bombay. In his early days, he lived in Katol, a place near Nagpur where his father worked as a headmaster in a school. In the year 1908, he got his B.A degree from Allahabad University. His father wanted …
Idiosyncrasy is the peculiar corporeal constitutions that although otherwise healthy, possess the disposition to be brought into a more or less morbid state by certain things that seem to produce no impression and no change in many other individuals. The word “idio” means “one’s own”, “syn” means “along with” and “crasy” means “constitution”. Idiosyncrasy is …
