Clinical Tips Of The Month & News Letter - July 09

NOIDA HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION L-125, Sector-11, Noida - 201301 Contact: 9899000998 Email: [email protected] Website: http://NoidaHomoeopathy.blogspot.com

CLINICAL TIPS OF THE MONTH – JULY 2009 MOTHER TINCTURES AND LOW POTENCIES FOR ACUTE EPISODES OF CHRONIC RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS Acalypha indica Ailantheus glandulosa Aletris farinose Aralia racemosa Asarium europaeum Blatta orientalis Blumea odorata Boerhavia diffusa Coccus cacti Ephedra vulgaris Eucalyptus globules Glycyrrhiza glabra Grindelia Justicia adhatoda Ocimum sanctum Pothos foetidus Rumex crispus Senega Solanum xanthocarpum Sticta pulmonaria

Cough with bloody expectoration; sometimes violent dry cough precedes the expectoration Deep dry and hacking cough, with asthmatic expansion of lungs; cough with headache and congestion of face Short, dry and tickling cough worse on waking and talking; discharge of urine during cough; cough suddenly relieved by menstruation Cough associated with constriction of chest, worse lying down, after the first sleep, has to sit up and cough violently; asthma, with oppression as from a weight on stomach, worse night on lying down, better by raising a little tough mucus Frequent cough followed by difficult breathing; cough caused by deep inspiration Asthma associated with bronchitis, suitable for fatty people, cough associated with dyspnoea Barking like cough controls hoarseness due to cough Indicated for dry cough as well as cough with whitish thick expectoration Spasmodic and whooping cough, coryza, accumulation of thick viscid mucus which is difficult to expectorate and tickling in the larynx Mother tincture is used to control asthmatic attack; in reduced doses it is also helpful in pulmonary heart disease Irritative cough with thick, white, frothy, offensive mucus. Leaves and oil are used Used as expectorant; prevents recurrent respiratory infections Tenacious mucous difficult to detach Violent cough with tough expectoration and tightness of chest; great fear of suffocation; usually cough associated with vomiting Cold and cough with white or yellowish discharge from the nose; ulcerated nostrils Asthma worse from any inhalation of dust Cough usually with headache; worse eating, in the evening and on lying down Hoarseness leading to temporary loss of voice, hacking cough, oppression in the chest, bronchitis, rattling Hoarseness with cough and dyspnoea Coryza, bronchial catarrh and influenza with raw throat, dropping of mucus posteriorly, dry hacking cough at night and tracheitis

Vol. 1, No. 1, JULY – 2009

Monthly News Letter Of

NOIDA HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION L-125, Sector-11, Noida – 201301. Contact: 9899000998. Email: [email protected]. Website: http://NoidaHomoeopathy.blogspot.com

NEWS CCRH Workshop on Scientific and Medical Writing Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy conducted a 2 days workshop on Scientific and Medical Writing at its headquarters. The workshop encompassed various aspects of writing s scientific paper, right from giving a title to the conclusion. Smt. S. Jalaja, Secretary, Dept. of Ayush had inaugurated the workshop. Many experts like Dr. Peush Sahni, Editor, National Medical Journal of India, AIIMS, and Dr. Rajnikant, Scientist, Indian Council of Medical Research have given speech. US FDA warns against a Homoeopathic Product US FDA has warned consumers against a homoeopathic cold remedy in the US market. The FDA says it tied the drug to reports from 130 consumers who said they lost their sense of smell. The ingredient causing loss of smell is Zinc gluconate. It has been creating bad name for homoeopathy for the last few weeks. INTERNATIONAL PRESS ABSTRACTS MATERIA MEDICA Do We Need New Provings? As Hahnemann conducted some 60 provings in his lifetime, we can assume that this is about the

number of provings which every homoeopath should strive to be part of, be it as a prover, as a supervisor, or as the conductor of the whole process. The more remedies you know the more patients you will be able to cure. Many substances are of enormous practical importance today did not exist or were simply unknown to man in Hahnemann’s time (Ozone, X-ray, Lithium, LSD, Haloperidol, etc.). Research is one of the qualities of true science. Some of Hahnemann's statements that back up this opinion are quoted. To justify this point of view, a case of Lac lupinum, a newly proved remedy, is presented. (It is worthy to mention that a book on these new Hahnemannian provings is under publication and a team is working on compilation of a repertory of new drugs.) Peter Alex, Do We Need New Provings?, Homoeopathic Links 2008; 21: 75-79

RESEARCH Homoeopathic Preparations of Quartz, Sulfur and Copper Sulfate Assessed by UVSpectroscopy Several physical methods have already been applied to investigate homoeopathic preparations but it is yet unclear which methods are best suited to identify characteristic physicochemical properties of homoeopathic preparations. In this blinded, randomized, controlled experiment homoeopathic preparations of copper sulfate (CuSO(4); 11c-30c), quartz (SiO(2); 10c-30c, i.e. centesimal

dilution steps) and sulfur (S; 11x-30x, i.e. decimal dilution steps) and controls (one-time succussed diluent) were investigated using UVspectroscopy and tested for contamination by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). UV transmission values of homoeopathic preparations had a significantly higher variability compared to controls. In none of the samples the concentration of any element analyzed by ICP-MS exceeded 100 ppb. Lower transmission of UV light may indicate that homoeopathic preparations are less structured or more dynamic than their succussed pure solvent. It is a new evidence for homoeopathic ultra dilutions. Wolf U, Wolf M, Heusser P, Thurneysen A, Baumgartner S., Homoeopathic Preparations of Quartz, Sulfur and Copper Sulfate Assessed by UV-Spectroscopy, Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2009 May 27.

EVENTS Agra, 7-8, Nov 2009 Organised by: The Homoeopathic Medical Association of India, Agra Unit. Venue: Hotel Clarks Shiraz Contact: Dr. Ajeet Sharma, 25, Chandan Nagar, New Shahganj, Bolda Road, Agra. 9412440364. Krishna Nagar, Delhi, 13-9-2009 Topic: ENT Part III, Nose Contact: Dr. Nilanjana Basu, 9810699298