Homoeopathic Case Taking and Prescription

Cure by a homoeopathic medicine is rapid ,gentle and permanent if correct remedy in suitable dose is given. Just giving one drug for one disease may not give good result. To come to a correct remedial diagnosis we should have the symptomatology of the person. This is the total symptoms of a person which includes all signs and symptoms (mental and physical) of the person is taken in detail. Knowledge about past illness, family history of diseases, food & bowel habits, notable causes, relation to climatic changes and constitution, for example, are noted .

Mental symptoms: Example: fear, anxiety, depression, anger, jealousy, etc....

Physical symptoms: Example: Body makeup, appetite, thirst, desires, aversions, bowels, urination, sleep, taste, nature of smell, discharges any abnormal sensations like pain, burning, climatic changes, thermal relations, and etc...

Peculiar uncommon symptoms:This is the speciality of homoeopathic system of medicine. For the selection of a suitable remedy these symptoms are very important .common symptoms which are seen almost in all patients are least important. This is the reason for giving different medicines to different individuals suffering from same disease.

General physical examination:Here body parts are examined from head to foot to find out any changes.

Provisional disease diagnosis:Here probable diseases are diagnosed. In homoeopathy disease diagnosis is not so much important for the selection of a remedy, but needed for general management and to know the prognosis.

Investigations : This includes lab investigations and other methods to find out any other major illnesses. Final disease diagnosis:After doing all investigations the disease is diagnosed.

Remedial diagnosis:This is the most important part as far as homoeopathy is concerned. For this the selected symptoms are arranged in a systematic order on the basis of importance. Symptoms are analysed to find out the importance of each symptom for the selection of a remedy. Remedies are selected on the basis of similarity. Suitable remedies are diagnosed by a process called Repertorisation. Repertory is the index of symptoms of materia medica (books which contain the symptoms of drugs). The selected medicine is given in suitable potency and dose.