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Full name of the book : New Comprehensive Materia Medica of
Mind.
Author : H.L.Chitkara assisted by Ashok gupta
Published by : B Jain publishers New Delhi
Price : Rs. 150
First edition 1994
Hard bound, 700 pages
Cover design : Aloke kashyap from picture dictionary for
children
Total medicines 892
Based on Synthetic Repertory Vol.1
About the
author. :
Dr. Harban Lal Chitkara a native of Pakistan from the family of
Unani Doctors, was a teacher,examiner,editor and a prominent
participant in national and international Homoeopathic
congresses and seminars. he has a deep knowledge of about 11
languages. Now about 75and still a bachelor.
The word Promisalone in the title of the series “ Technique
Promisalone Homoeopathique “ is an acronym for Prescribing On
Mind Symptoms ALONE.
This compilation is more comprehensive, more authentic and more
accurate than any work of this kind. it will prove as an
invaluable book of reference besides serving as a useful hand
book for daily practice.
The material
medica of mind covers 892 medicines and is made up of rubric of
mind ,mostly from Synthetic repertory,with additions from
authentic sources.
The Synthetic Repertory Vlo.1 deals with the Mind provides a
delightful gamut of mind rubrics most gratifying and welcome in
Homoeopathic practice. But after the repertorisation we are in
veil, to refer a material medica of mind as a court of appeal.
But this work fulfill the need for referring on mind symptoms
alone.
This material medica is from repertory, each remedy is therefore
presented in the form of repertory and as a co rally, also
retain the features of Synthetic Repertory.
According to author, this work was thoroughly screened to
exclude non authentic materials and bring about conformity in
the compilation.
It include all 892 medicines from Synthetic Repertory with many
new additional rubrics. Particular care have been taken to
exclude all doubtful and non authentic rubrics.
Indicates singular symptoms
Indicates the new additions
Some Rare Remedies
Adelheid aqua,Arum italicum,Corticotrophinum,Gettysburg
aqua,
Harapagophytum procumbens,Okubaka aurberevillie,
Paronychia illecebrum,Siegesbeckia orientalis,Thioproperazinum
Mate…..
Features
Only 3
gradations as in Kent’s repertory
Spellings are corrected to American English
The word am. ( which also mean forenoon ) used in the sense of
amelioration was replaced by amel. To avoid confusion
24 hour timings instead of 6am,9pm etc.
Duplication of the rubrics in the Repertory has retained in
compilation as Delusion ,driving sheep and Delusion,sheep
driving
Names of the remedies as in synthetic repertory
Follows the style of German pharmacopia
Bowel nosodes represented as Dysenterei first then bacillus in
bracket
Shifted Embarrassment under Ailments from to an independent
position as Embarrassment ailments after Revision
In the process of transferring the rubrics to the remedies, each
remedy was given a once over and in this way numerous errors of
print and diction were noticed and corrected.
Eg. Page 175 SR Confusion, scratching corrected as Confusion,
scratching
Behind the ear on behind the ear, in
1078 of SR weeping emotions after light weeping emotions after
slight
Suspected references
324 of SR Delusion,move hears things that are high up near
him out of sight ( Kent,kunzli ) corrected as
Delusion,move,hears invisible things ( Boger)
ADVANTAGES
Accurate authentic and comprehensive
Rare medicines are many
Handy and cost effective
Readable and understandable arrangement of sub rubrics
DEMERITS
Source books for additions not given
Only 3 grades
No remedy abbreviations
Source of preparations of medicines not mentioned
They are claiming no spelling mistakes but not so eg. Page.686
Dullness,sluggishnes(one s is missing) |
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