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Practical Homeopathic Materia Medica Tips by Dr Saurav Arora

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Itch – How to Differentiate Sulphur, Caladium and Apis

Materia Medica Tips – 23 Whenever we encounter itching of skin in our day to day practice we think of many remedies including Sulphur, Caladium and Apis. Today’s Materia Medica tip is a snapshot of what differentiate these major remedies of pruritis (in addition to their usual characteristics and peculiar symptoms. The materia medica describes

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Painful sneezing, profuse lachrymation, injected conjunctiva, and throbbing distress in the frontal sinus

Materia Medica Tips – 22 “Painful sneezing, profuse lachrymation, injected conjunctiva, and throbbing distress in the frontal sinus.”– HEMPEL. We often come across, in our practice, plenty of cases of Sinusitis, Allergic Rhinitis and Rhinosinusitis. The presentation of such cases, from nosological and clinical point of view, is studied broadly under Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

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Insulinum – Info One Needs to Know

Materia Medica Tips – 21 Insulinum  (An active principle from the pancreas which affects sugar metabolism) Excerpts from Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia by P. N. Verma / Indu Vaid Synonyms: Insulin Insiulin is polypeptide hormone produced in the B-cells of the islets of Langerhans.-situated in the pancreas of all vertebrates. History and authority: The drug has been

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Progression of Thyroid Disorders from Homeopathic Point of View

Materia Medica Tips – 20 Dear Colleagues, today’s tip is related to the natural history of the Thyroid Disorders. The progression of thyroid disorders, from homeopathic point of view follows three major phases: Dynamic Phase: During this phase, no symptoms are apparent. The patient is usually picked up on routine screening or being screened for

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Thinking Extremities: Cuprum Metallicum is Certainly Not to Be Missed!

Materia Medica Tips – 19 Cuprum Metallicum is one of the most indispensable Homeopathic Medicines which has affinity for ailments of Extremities especially lower limbs. The keynotes and keywords which define it are Spasms and Cramps. Cramps in the extremities; pains, soles, calves with great weariness of limbs. This symptom has been repeatedly used and

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Autoimmune Thyroiditis and Subclinical Hypothyroidism

Materia Medica Tips – 18 Excerpts of my co-authored article on Autoimmune Thyroditis and Subclinical Hypothyroidism The decision to treat subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) with or withoutautoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) in children, presents a clinical dilemma. This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of individualized homeopathy in these cases. Methods: The study is an exploratory, randomized,

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Injuries, After surgical shock or bad effects of Anaesthesia? – Consider this Acid Remedy

Materia Medica Tips – 15 This is one of common acid remedies which is useful in many conditions. It has found a place on our tables as food additive (in diluted form), a preservative and as an intermediate in the chemical industry. This remedy has few incidences behind its pathogenesis before being adopted an important place

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Is Acute Alcohol Withdrawal A Challenge? Think Homeopathy!

Materia Medica Tips – 14 The following excerpts/materia medica tips are taken from my co-authored article on, “Managing acute alcohol withdrawal with Homoeopathy: A prospective, observational, multicentre exploratory study” (Open Access – For details see the end of post). Alcohol dependence is a common problem of modern society and is associated with other risk factors

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These homeopathic remedies aided in the reduction of TSH and antiTPO antibodies in children right after the first prescription.

Materia Medica Tips – 13 Hypothyroidism is becoming one of the most common endocrinal disorders, especially in children. Hypothyroidism is being identified frequently in young as well as in the elderly. It is now established fact that untreated and poorly treated hypothyroidism has an impact on cardiovascular, endocrine, skeletal, as well as on other organs

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Usage of Nosodes in Homeopathic Clinical Practice

Materia Medica Tips – 12 Well, today’s tip is not directly related to MM but relevant to homeopathic materia medica. It is related to the Nosodes Survey (few of the colleagues indicated their interest). This was a clinical survey undertaken by me and Dr Bharti Arora, published in a Brazilian Journal (REVISTA   DE   HOMEOPATIA   2015;  78(1/2):  

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Air Pollution: Its Effects on Health & Role of Homeopathy in Air Pollution-Related Diseases

Materia Medica Tips – 11 Excerpts from my Article – Air Pollution: Its Effects on Health & Role of Homeopathy in Air Pollution-Related Diseases. Role of Homeopathy in Diseases arising from Air Pollution. Homeopathy heals holistically! Homeopathic medicines stimulate the body’s inner strength and boost the immune system to work well i.e. to reduce the

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Dull, Dizzy, Drowsy – Appended with Prostration, Anticipation and Thirstlessness

Materia Medica Tips – 10 © Dr Saurav Arora This remedy is one of everybody’s favourite remedies. It has an important place in our first aid kits, chest boxes, and clinics. It’s one of the polychrest medicines which has equal importance in constitutional as well as acute conditions. It is characterized by important keywords like:

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