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Report - Dr. Dhiraj Nanda’s seminar on Prescription
in Acute Conditions
(One day seminar at Ahmad Nagar, Maharashtra was
conducted on 08/02/09. More than 150 delegates attended
the seminar.)
Seminar was inaugurated by the principal of Ahmad Nagar
homoeopathic medical college, Dr. S. Pawar. Dr. Dhiraj
Nanda garlanded the photograph of Dr. Hahnemann and
lighted the lamp.
In the first session Dr. Nanda talked on ‘why the
homoeopaths fail in the remedy selection in acute
cases’. He pointed out many homoeopaths consider the
symptoms of the disease in acute conditions and not the
symptoms of patient. This is one reason why these
homoeopaths fail. After this Dr. Nanda presented couple
of cases from his practice to illustrate miraculous
results with classical homoeopathy.
Then, Dr. Nanda talked about acute asthma and its
management, warning signs of complications in asthma and
remedy selection on basis of postures. He explained that
patient always maintains the posture in which he feels
comfortable. On the basis amelioration, Dr. Nanda
divided the postures of patient into lying, sitting, and
others. Then each of this posture was further
sub-classified into different postures. This approach
reduces the time significantly to reach a group of
remedies to work with. Two-three more inputs and you can
come to the acute remedy. He showed more than 40
postures of amelioration. The visual illustrations of
these postures helped one and all to understand the
concept easily.
During the afternoon session, acute abdomen was the
topic of discussion. Dr. Nanda invited Dr. G. Mohan to
assist him in talk on acute abdomen. Dr. Mohan, first
talk about important points of clinical diagnosis in
acute abdomen and then explained selection of remedy for
acute abdomen on the basis amelioration, dividing the
postures of patient into lying, sitting, and others.
Each of this posture was further sub-classified into
different postures.
After the talk on acute abdomen, Dr. Nanda stressed upon
the importance of physical appearance in acute
prescribing. He explained one can use the Thermal,
Thirst, laterality & Appearance Axis which can be used
when there is paucity of data / information to lead us
to constitutional similimum. Applying the axis greatly
reduces the number of remedies left for use to work
with. For example, Hot (Thermal) + Thirstless (Thirst) +
side left, then right (Laterality) + Pointed Nose
(physical appearance). Here the remedy is Lachesis.
Example No.2, Chilly (Thermal) + Thirsty (Thirst) + side
right (Laterality) + Wrinkled general forehead
horizontal face (physical appearance). The remedy can be
Sepia. Example No 3, Chilly (Thermal) + Thirst night
(Thirst) + side left right, then (Laterality) + Risus
sardonicus (physical appearance).One can think of Nux
vomica as the remedy. Example No.4 Hot (Thermal) +
Thirst small quantities, for often (Thirst) + side
crosswise left upper right lower (Laterality) + Pointed,
peaked Nose (physical appearance). The remedy can be
Verat. This axis has been already discussed last year
during the workshop at Parbani on Hahnemann’s birthbay.
According to Dr. Nanda’s experience, prescribing based
on ameliorating postures gives relief to about 70% of
patient. Duration of relief depends upon the miasm of
the patient. For long term relief / cure – one has to
prescribe constitutional remedy. He concluded the
seminar with a caution one has to work to get to the
constitutional similimum to provide the patient a
long-term relief as “THERE ARE NO SHORT-CUTS”.
(Report by Dr. Santosh Gite, Ahmad Nagar & Dr. Musheer
Ahmad, Aurangabad)
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