1. SPICE OF HOMOEOPATHY By Dr. V.K. Khanna Ex-Principal
Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
B – Block, Defence Colony, New Delhi – 24

2. Homoeopathy celebrated 200th anniversary Year 1796
New curative principle
“SIMILARITY”
Hahnemann was to first to systematise it

3. During 19th Century
Rapid growth & Popularity
During 20th Century
Dramatic decline – Disappeared in USA
From 1980
“Counter culture” recent renewal/ Itrogenic diseases

4. We are torchbearers of Homoeopathy
POSITIVE : NEGATIVE

5. POSITIVE ASPECTS

6. 1. No Itrogenic Disease It is by :- Crude medicine (Allopathic)
Potentized (Homoeopathic)

7. 2. The Susceptibility is altered

8. INCREASE OF SUSCEPTIBILITY
Mild attack of acute disease
Proving or judicious use of Homoeopathic medicine

9. DECREASE OF SUSCEPTIBILITY
Miasm
Drug Disease

10. No Expiry date
Cost effective & Palatable
Medicine selection on symptoms

11. NEGATIVE ASPECTS

12. (a) Doubtful efficacy
– No sure shot

13. (b) Lack of scientific evidence

14. (c) Homoeopathic aggravationVs
Disease aggravation

15. (d) Difficult Patients
– Drugged and Symptoms modified

16. (e) Patient - there is No difference between Palliation/ cure

17. (f) Long history /
short history

18. (g) Long time for cure

19. (h) Different breed of Homoeopathy
- Classical
- Non-Classical

20. (i) Fallacy in Primary
&
Secondary action

21. (j) Standardization of starting material

22. Bryonia Alba –
Black berries + White roots
(Hahnemann – 1816)
Bryonia Dioica –
Red berries + Black roots
Schwabe writes Bryalba & Bry diocia has the same symptoms – 1901
Today HAB – define Red – berried Bryonia dioica as crude substance for Bryonia

23. (2) Anacardium
Fruit has black juice (Honey) – Hahnemann conducted original proving
Now
Substituted by tincture of the whole fruit

24. (case of poisoning + poison of bee)
(3) Apis Melifica
MM-1835
(case of poisoning + poison of bee)
1850 (Gruner) – used whole bee and is being used today

25. Europian Authories –
Auto clave and sterilization of all raw material for nosode and remedies of animal and human origin

26. Original proving by trituration of ambergris (Sperm whate)
(4) Ambra Grisia –
Original proving by trituration of ambergris (Sperm whate)
Today
Boiling for one hour with ethanol

27. Fresh snake poison- Hearing
(5) Lachesis
Fresh snake poison- Hearing
Today
Dried preparation

28. (6) Causticum
Marble has been replaced by ‘Calcium oxide’ & Hahnemann’s equipment - Clay lid was sealed with a wet Pig Bladder – Ammonia in Hahnemann’s causticum
Some add Ammonia in causticum
Ammonium causticum is sold as ‘Causticum’

29. (7) Petroleum Hahnemann – Crude oil – very fluid &light yellow
T.F. Allen – Crude Rengoon oil
J.H Clark – Trituration & Tincture of rectified oil
HAB – Rectified petroleum
American – Non-rectified petroleum
Indian HPI – Native rock oil

30. ‘Sulphur’ (Trituration) &
Sulphuris Tinctora
– as Separate 1839 (Hahnemann)

31. (k) Method of succession

32. Hahnemann
- Several minutes
- Three Minutes
The arm should be struck down
10 times
Two strong strokes of the arm
strong strokes
In Paris – 30, 100 & 200 Strokes

33. ‘SHAKING A THERMOMETER’
And finally 100 storks against a hard elastic
HAB – Strike hard 10 times
French – At least 100 vibrations
- Bottle between and speakers
- Fasten on tuning fork
‘SHAKING A THERMOMETER’

34. Propogating Homoeopathy
Thanks for practising
and
Propogating Homoeopathy