How does the knowledge of pathology help you in your prescriptions?“With the knowledge of Pathology, I come to know about the prognosis of the case- whether the pathological changes in the given case are reversible or irreversible. This in turn guides me about the selection of the drug, the potency and repetition of the remedy.” -
Dr.
Neeraj
O. Goel,
Professor
and
Head
of
Materia
Medica
Dept.,
CMP
Homoeopathic
Medical
College,
Bombay,
India “Pathological prescriptions are usually resorted to in advanced organic conditions with paucity of symptoms and hence the similimum. They do give palliation.” -
Dr.
S.
K. Goel,
Principal
of
CMP
Homoeopathic
Medical
College,
Bombay;
formerly
A.M.O.
Govt.
Homoeopathic
Hospital,
Bombay
and
Deputy
Director-
Homoeopathy,
Govt.
of
Maharashtra “Dosage, Prognosis, Repetition and Diagnosis.” -
Dr.
Farokh
J.
Master,
M.D.
(Hom.)
Hon.
Homoeopath-
Mumbadevi
Homoeopathic
Hospital,
Bombay
Hospital;
Member
Central
Council
of
Homoeopathy,
Govt.
of
India;
Internationally
renowned
teacher “Medicines
have
selective
sphere
of
action
although
medicines
are
selected
on
totality.
Pain
in
abdomen
>
by
doubling
up
and
passing
stool
is
Colocynth,
but
the
same
pain
>
by
doubling
up
and
passing
urine
is Berberis.
The
former
is
intestinal
colic
and
the
latter
is
urinary
colic.
The
pathology
is
different.
Knowledge
of
pathology
is
important.
There
must
be
a
correlation
in
the
teaching
of
pathology
with
the
sphere
of
action
of
the
homoeopathic
medicines.
Sadly,
these
subjects
are
taught
separately.
There
must
be
integrated
study
of
these
subjects.
In
fact
the
study
of
Anatomy,
Physiology
and
Pathology
gives
us
the
total
understanding
of
Disorders
and
these
must
be
integrated
with
homeopathic
therapeutics.
(see-
Companion
to
Medical
Studies-
Passmore
and
Robson)” -
Dr.
K.
P.
Muzumdar,
Chairman
of
the
Homoeopathic
Pharmacopoeia
Committee,
Govt.
of
India;
Member
of
the
Scientific
Advisory
Committee,
Central
Council
for
Research
in
Homoeopathy;
the
Central
Council
of
Homoeopathy
and
the
Governing
Body
of
the
National
Institute
of
Homoeopathy,
Govt.
of
India Professor
Emeritus
at
Dr.
Babasaheb
Ambedkar
Marathwada
University;
Visiting
Professor
at
the
Manitoba
Institute
of
Homoeopathy,
Canada Former
Director
of
the
National
Institute
of
Homoeopathy,
and
the
Central
Research
Institute,
Govt.
of
India;
former
Head
of
Dept.
of
Pharmacy
at
CMP
Homoeopathic
Medical
College,
Bombay “Pathology
and
Miasms
are
interrelated.
It
helps
in
deciding i)
Potency,
ii)
Repetition,
iii)
deciding
the
approach
to
a
case-
Boger’s,
Kent’s,
or
Boenninghausen’s
approach.” -
Dr.
Jawahar
J.
Shah,
Developer
of
the
homoeopathic
software
‘Hompath’;
Member-
Central
Council
of
Homoeopathy,
Govt.
of
India;
Internationally
renowned
teacher “It helps very much. Once I know the pathology, I can differentiate between common and uncommon symptoms. Also, the knowledge helps to know6 the prognosis, adjust the doses and potency of the medicine.” -
Dr.
Ramgopal
D. Tapadia,
Principal
of
T.S.
Homoeopathic
Medical
College,
Amravati
for
the
past
25
years;
Member-
Central
Council
of
Homoeopathy,
Govt.
of
India.
He
has
presented
a
paper
on
Hepatitis
B
at
the
LMHI
Conference
at
Seattle,
USA
in
1997.
“It is very important to diagnose what the patient is suffering from. It helps in differentiating the PQRS or individualizing symptoms from disease/pathological symptoms. Diagnosis also further enables us to know the prognosis and complications of the disease. Pathology per se is not as important as what is characteristic of the pathology in that individual; this is usually in keeping with the mental and physical state. The three together reflect the miasm..” Dr. Rajan Sankaran
is an Internationally renowned teacher and author of many books on
homeopathy.
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