Boericke Materia Medica E-book – Pocket Handbook of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory Reviewed by Dr Anum Zaheer
Together with different much less important signs that assist in the choice of the healing treatment, the ebook consists of the well-known, verified attribute signs of all our medicines. The varsity’s printed medical expertise has been up to date to incorporate all the brand new medicines and requirements. It has essentially the most reliable materia medica details doable packed into the smallest quantity of house in its present compact kind. It dietary supplements each different work on Materia Medica, and if used as a prepared reminder of the important details or our huge symptomatology and as an introduction to the bigger books of reference and file and file of provings, it’s going to fulfil its function and show a helpful support to the coed and common practitioner.
E-book consist of three elements
First part- materia medica
Second half – repertory – his repertory has 290 pages of knowledge, which is classed underneath 25 chapters.
Third half – miscellaneous together with index to repertory solely in ninth version, therapeutic index, listing of frequent names of treatments, listing of pharmaceutical & latin title of treatments , 50 homoeopathic medication , relationship of treatments by Gibson miller & sides of the physique from boenninghausens lesser writings, drug affinities, important of uncommon & unusual treatments
Gradation – The ebook comprises 2 gradations – first grade in italics most verified 2 marks & second grades in abnormal roman 1 mark
Association
The chapters within the repertory part of this ebook have been rearranged to attenuate confusion whereas sustaining the identical rhythm and following Kent’s Repertory. The definition of every time period and the corresponding web page numbers have been added to the index of the repertory, making it extra complete and user-friendly.
The Boericke Repertory resembles the Kent reasonably than the Boenninghausenbut Boericke has reclassified a number of the anatomical sections. For example, vertigo seems underneath HEAD; sinuses are grouped collectively underneath NOSE; lips are underneath MOUTH as an alternative of FACE
Repertory is organized in Hahnemann schema from thoughts to generalities, heading & sub heading organized in alphabetical order
The final part is MODALITIES, first aggravations after which ameliorations, and time underneath these seems in alphabetical order underneath morning, evening, periodicity, and so forth., as an alternative of altogether at the start of the part as in Kent.
Rubrics are organized in alphabetically method & largely follows sub rubrics in trigger, sort, location, character of ache, concomitant & modality
In chapter Generalities rubrics like weight problems in childhood, continual illness to start remedy, sunstroke, complaints
Variety of remedies- 1409
To offer the reader a head begin in his quest to discover the huge sphere of data that this version goes to supply, an Index of the Medicine, with each frequent and Latin names, has been launched at first of this ebook underneath Contents together with the right itemizing of all of the Chapters.
index exhibits 1414- 5 treatments reappears e.g. cimicifuga & actea racemosa
treatments in italics are largely verifies
Boericke materia medica comprises many new & unproven treatments
Software
Dr. J. Crompton Burnett says, “The very fact is, we want any and each method of discovering the correct treatment, the straightforward simile, the straightforward symptomatic similimum and the furthest attain of all- the pathological similimum, and I preserve that we’re nonetheless properly throughout the strains of homoeopathy that’s expansive, progressive science.”
The medical college of philosophy is working within the case the place a analysis could be made, and there are a number of expressions which assist to individualize that analysis
For one-sided illnesses
Circumstances with medical analysis
Circumstances When particular trigger is thought
To prescribe on the idea of pathological generals
For the prescription of toxicological impact
For the prescription of a prophylactic treatment
For the prescription based mostly on suppressed results.
For acute circumstances
Nosological analysis
Concomitants given individually, so helpful
In some chapters, Sensation underneath separate heading
For Pathological Normal prescription
Index or Repertory given is helpful
Due to 2 varieties of typography used to point the depth of treatments, it’s extra sensible for reference work and repertorization.
Index to repertory facilitates the search of a wanted rubric to an important extent.
Rubric associated to poisonous results of medicine are given in Generalities underneath the rubric Complaints – abuse of
Many medical rubrics are on this repertory – Bubonic plague, Addison’s illness.
Cross references are given at numerous chapters
Boericke can be utilized the place pathology or analysis is evident, trigger is indicated, circumstances wealthy in concomitants, modalities properly marked, thoughts signs could or might not be current
J. H. Clarke says, “Sure illnesses come to have sure treatments assigned to them and all sufferers who’re discovered to be affected by any given illness should be dosed with one of many treatments credited to it.”
Dr.Hering mentioned that he used illness designations not for the aim of recommending the actual treatment for that illness, however to point out the nice number of treatments that could be used for any type of illness when in any other case indicated. For a similar cause Dr.Boericke has included nosological phrases within the symptomatology and Therapeutic Index
Carrying Boericke’s Work Ahead
Dr.Vithoulkas has additional expanded the medical utility of sure medication talked about in Boericke’s Materia Medica.
One such positive instance is that of ‘Ambrosia artimisiaefolia’
Boericke wrote – A treatment for hay-fever, lachrymation and insupportable itching of the eye-lids. Watery coryza; sneezing; watery discharge. Stuffed up feeling of nostril and head. Examine in hay-fever: Sabadilla, Wyethia; Succin. ac.; Ars. jod.; Arundo.
Vithoulaks writes – Ambrosia belongs to a gaggle of treatments together with Aralia, Allium cepa, Arundo, Ars-iod, Dulcamara, Sabadilla, Wyethia and so forth. that are virtually specifics for hay fever.
What characterises this treatment in hay fever, other than the frequent signs of such a illness, is an insupportable itching on the eyelids and a sense as if the entire respiratory tract and the pinnacle have been stuffed up, blocked. The affected person could be very delicate to all types of pollen, particularly from roses, with an aggravation interval that begins round July and has its peak in mid August.
This treatment must be considered in circumstances the place Dulcamara, Sabadilla, Wyethia, Aralia, Arundo or Ars-iod have been prescribed and failed, particularly in circumstances of hay fever that begin with catarrh and finish with with bronchial asthma. Hay fever with watery catarrh, with sneezing, lacrimation and insupportable itching of the eyelids. Diarrhea particularly in summer season months in sufferers with dyspnoea or hay fever, allergic sufferers for whom Dulcamara has failed.