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IN HOMOEOPATHIC PRESCRIBING
DR. ANJU JETHANI, M.D. (Hom.)
Senior Medical Officer, Medical Center, High Court of Delhi &
Sr. Lecturer, Department of Organon of Medicine,
Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, New Delhi.
E-mail: dranjujethani@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: We have often heard the notion in homoeopathic
parlance that the symptoms of an illness are everything and a
homoeopathic physician just needs to perceive the effects of
disease, while turning a blind eye to the concept of cause of
disease. In fact the concept of cause of disease has been the
QUESTIO VEXATA of homoeopathic philosophy. Let us understand
this cause-effect axis in light of modern works of science and
establish their correlation with homoeopathic philosophy.
INTRODUCTION: Every effect has underlying causation(s) and
appreciating the fundamental concept of causation is essential in
the study of life sciences. Each and every stream of medical
science dealing with therapeutic interventional approach has to
be very unambiguous in its understanding of cause-effect axis. In
fact, perception of the causes of disease is important in health
not only for prevention, but also for diagnosis and the application
of appropriate therapeutic regimen.
In homoeopathic system of therapeutics too, the same holds
good. As highlighted above, there is a prevalent view that
believes in perceiving totality of symptoms (i.e. EFFECT) and
completely turns a blind eye towards the concept of causation.
However, this is a myopic perception of philosophy of the great
philanthropist,
Samuel
Hahnemann
who
gave
due
consideration to the concept of causation, albeit in different light
than the accepted allopathic norm. This can be deciphered from
5 of his magnum opus work Organon of Art of Healing
where he precisely states that:
REFERENCES
1. Hahnemann, Samuel. Organon of Medicine, Translated
from 5th edition with an appendix by R.E. Dudgeon; with
Additions & Alterations as per Sixth edition translated by
William Boericke, B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
2. Benet, William Rose. The Readers Encyclopedia, 3rd
edition, A & C Black Publications, London.
3. Close, Stuart. The Genius of Homoeopathy, Indian Books
& Periodical Publishers, New Delhi
4. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, The Metaphysics
Research Lab Stanford University.
5.