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Report
on Dr. Dhiraj Nanda’s two day workshop on classical
homoeopathy
On the occasion of
253th birth anniversary of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann ‘A two
day state level homoeopathic workshop on live case
taking with constitutional, miasmatic analysis of case &
remedy selection with Dr. Dhiraj Nanda and his team was
organized by P. D. Jain Homoeopathic Medical College &
Hospital, Parbhani on 29th and 30th
of April 2008 in college auditorium.
Dr. S. S. Narwadkar,
principal, P. D. Jain Homoeopathic Medical College &
Hospital, Parbhani, inaugurated the workshop. Shri
Dhanraj H. Jain, president, P. D. Jain Homoeopathic
Medical College & Hospital, Parbhani, was the chief
Guest. The most important feature of the work shop was
live case-taking and analysis with selection of remedy,
if required.
Clinical Part of Workshop:
Live Case-taking and Analysis
During the workshop, in
the morning session of both days, the delegates and
interns of the college were divided into groups for live
case-taking. Cases of more than 25 patients were taken
live by Dr. S. Tamizuddin, Dr. Sushama, Dr. Musheer
Ahmed, Dr. Ravi Pore, and Dr. Mahesh Tayshete in front
of these groups.
All the cases were
analyzed on the stage, in the auditorium by Dr. Dhiraj
Nanda. Cases were analyzed on the basis of miasms with
emphasis on selection of correct miasmatic rubric. The
highlight of these sessions was that e'ach' rubric
selected was explained with its importance and
justification for selection. When a patient is shown to
different homoeopaths they usually select different
remedy for the same patient but here it was different as
after analysis and explanation by Dr. Nanda, all
delegates in the auditorium were unanimous about the
remedy selected for almost e'ach' case.
Clinico-Theoretical Part of Workshop:
Lectures by team doctors
On both days, the
session of live case-taking and analysis was followed by
clinico-theoretical lectures by the doctors from Dr.
Dhiraj Nanda’s team and Dr. Nanda himself.
Day One –
29/05/08
The first lecture was
on case-taking by Dr. S. Tamizuddin. He spoke on
essential aspects of case-taking. He stated that the
process of case taking should be called as
case-perceiving as we perceive the constitution. He said
that words used by the patient in his sentences and
expression of the patient will change the interpretation
of the individual’s feeling and of the case.
Regarding observations he said things that come from
observation are involuntarily from the patient. Hence,
they are very important to understand the individual. He
said one should watch his patient carefully, specially
his emotional reaction, the intonation of voice and his
expressions. He emphasized on the importance of
recording of patient’s own words with suitable examples.
This lecture summed
up by Dr. Dhiraj Nanda who used the term reactive case
taking to find out of reactions of patients. As we know
different people can have very different reaction to the
same event, Dr. Dhiraj Nanda emphasized on application
of induction and deduction during case-taking to observe
the reaction of the patient and find out the
constitution. He explained how use induction and
deduction while case-taking and analysis by asking the
life-story of the patient, his relations at office or at
home.
The second lecture was
by Dr. Sushama. She spoke on importance of physical
appearance in finding out the constitution. Her lecture
was based on aphorism 5 of ‘Organon of Medicine’. She
presented with some rubrics from repertories and
excerpts from materia medica on physical appearance. She
made the lecture interesting with photographs of
different aspects of physical appearance. She explained
how Dr. Dhiraj Nanda is using physical appearance in his
clinical practice with application of ‘Thermal, Thirst,
Laterality and Physical Appearance’ Axis. This axis can
be used when there is paucity of data / information to
lead us to constitutional similimum. Applying this axis
greatly reduces the number of remedies left for use to
work with. For example, Hot + Thirstless + side left,
then right + Pointed Nose. The probable remedy is
L'ach'esis.
This lecture was
concluded by Dr. Dhiraj Nanda who explained on two
negative personality traits (Amativeness – pertaining to
sexual behavior and Suspiciousness) on the basis of
observation of physical appearance.
The third lecture of
day one was from Dr. Dhiraj Nanda himself. He explained
about the miasms at the level of mind. His lecture had
clips from movies and advertisements collected from
world over depicting different miasms and miasmatic
aspects of rubrics. He showed clips and videos of single
as well as more than one miasms in the same clip during
his lecture. The lecture continued in late evening with
audience participating in two spot visual tests on
identification of miasms by Dr. Dhiraj Nanda.
Day Two –
30/05/08
After live case-taking
and analysis on second day, Dr. Dhiraj Nanda presented
one of his successfully treated cases that required
liver transplantation. This patient had consulted
numerous allopaths in different cities and unanimous
opinion in favor of liver transplant. The father of this
child is a serving officer in Indian Air force. For this
patient CDA (Controller of Defence Accounts),
Secunderabad paid a sum of INR 29.70 lakhs to a leading
hospital, Hyderabad on 29/04/07. This amount of 90% of
the total sum of INR 33 lakhs specially sanctioned by
GOI for live related liver transplant of the patient,
the donor being the mother of the patient. This amount
remained deposited with the hospital till 10/10/07. The
hospital had charged INR 1.3 lakhs for pre-transplant
evaluation of donor and recipient. On 10/10/07 the
balance amount of INR 28.40 lakhs was returned by this
hospital to CDA, Secunderabad. This miracle has occurred
because of classical homoeopathy where the medicine was
selected on relevant miasmatic rubrics.
The first lecture was
on case-taking by Dr. Sushama on successful
prescription. This lecture emphasized on clinical
aspects of successful prescription. She stressed that
not every patient coming for consultation requires
prescription. In many cases, after the first visit, one
should analyze whether the patient requires prescription
or ‘nutrition’. The word ‘nutrition’ here meant much
more than food for diet. Nutrition means nourishment.
She explained nourishment for the individual can be at
physical and emotional levels. Her talk covered
important aspects of when to prescribe and when not to;
when to repeat and when not to; does the constitution
change; what are the factors that change the
constitution, and what parameters point towards the fact
that constitution had changed or is changing. She listed
the causes that can change a constitution into three
categories. These are Physiological causes;
Environmental factors; and Psychological causes. She
explained how Dr. Dhiraj Nanda judges the change of
constitution in his clinic.
The second lecture was
on impact of social environment on constitution by Dr.
Musheer Ahmed. He started with explanation of aphorism 5
where Dr. Hahnemann talks about social and domestic
relation, age and sexual functions of the patient. He
spoke on social aspects that affect the constitution at
different ages and stations of life. He also mentioned
in detail about some environmental factors that have a
social impact and its affect on health of the
individual.
The third lecture was
on impact of modern life on constitution by Dr. Mahesh
Tayshete. He said over a period of 5 million years, had
enjoyed a minimum of 10 hours sleep in serene darkness
but the invention of the electric bulb as a source of
artificial light by Thomas Alva Edison enabled man to
venture into the darkness of night, extending working
hours & economic productivity at least by 25%.
Artificial light is a sudden alteration in the
environment & the compulsion for adaptive behavior by
human race to artificial light over a period of less
than 100 years affecting the health adversely. He spoke
on impact of light on the constitution. He talked about
the patho-physiology of exposure to long durations of
light with reference to sleep disorders, cancer and some
symptoms of mind.
The fourth lecture of
the second day was by Dr. Ravi Pore who spoke on
direction of cure. He mentioned that ‘Hering’s Law’
cannot be seen e'ach' and every case. He spoke in detail
about ‘Hering’s Rule’ with respect to some unknown
aspects from history. He explained the audience that how
Dr. Dhiraj Nanda uses the detailed understanding of
‘Hering’s Rule’ with reference to different dominant
miasms to assess the direction of cure. Here, it is
pertinent to mention that exteriorization and
elimination process will differ from cases to case on
the basis of site of disease organ and dominant miasm.
This was followed by
presentation of some gross pathological cases
successfully treated by Dr. Dhiraj Nanda’s in clinic.
These audio-visual cases were presented by Dr. S.
Tamizuddin, Dr. Sushama, Dr. Musheer Ahmed, Dr. Ravi
Pore, and Dr. Mahesh Tayshete. The cases of following
pathological conditions were presented: Carcinoma
Larynx; Renal Cortical Cyst; Lymphangioma of eye;
Ovarian Cyst; Obesity with Depression; and Rheumatoid
Arthritis.
At end of
workshop Dr. Dhiraj Nanda gave an open invitation of
delegates to visit anytime to his clinic to get first
hand live experience in his clinic.
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