Category Archives: MATERIA MEDICA

This post is prepared for the benefit of the 4th B.H.M.S. Materia medica students which covers the important exam questions from the syllabus of 4th B.H.M.S. course.

Most commonly Mother tincture (Q) of Syzygium Jambolanum is prescribed by the practicing homoeopaths.
• Take one cup of normal drinking water (no need to warm it up).

Symphytum officinale is a very good homoeopathic remedy which is mainly considered as an Orthopaedic specific.
This medicine is prepared from the Tincture of fresh root-stock which is collected before flowering and in autumn.

Symphoricarpus racemosus (Racemosa) is a plant based homoeopathic medicine which is prepared from the Tincture of fresh and ripe snowberries.
Its main medicinal use is for pregnant women having gastric complains.

Onosmodium virginianum is a very good homoeopathic remedy for complains related to reproductive system in male and female both.

This medicine is prepared from fresh plant of False Gromwell.

There are mainly 5 divisions in this post:

Theoretical Materia medica
Homoeopathic remedies
Group studies
Nosodes
List of Polychrest Remedies

Diathesis is an inherited or acquired organic and systemic weakness which can cause predisposition towards certain disease condition.

Temperaments are the tendencies of an individual to act or behave in a particular manner.

These tendencies are determined by a combination of biological, mental, emotional and intellectual qualities.

Grauvogl classified human constitution into three different types.

Carbo-nitrogenoid constitution
Oxygenoid constitution
Hydrogenoid constitution

There are mainly  FOUR divisions in this post:

Theoretical Materia medica
Homoeopathic remedies
Bio-chemic remedies
 List of Polychrest Remedies

Vast variety of homoeopathic Materia medica provides a wide range of scope in order to learn the remedies in multiple dimension which eventually helps in practicing homoeopathic medicines.But there are some limitations too which we are going to discuss here.

Chiefly Materia medica can be classified into following two types: A.Fundamental or Unmodified Type of Materia Medica and B.Applied or Modified Type of Materia Medica.

Materia medica is the branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of drug substances (source, nature, origin, properties, preparation, dosage, and administration), their therapeutic properties and their uses to treat the diseases.

SYNONYM- Sepia Octopus, Sepia Succus.KINGDOM- Animal.COMMON NAME- Cuttlefish, Sepia Officinalis.NATURAL ORDER- Cephalopoda. HEALTHY & DISEASED SEPIA MIND.