Homeopathic Materia Medica brought to life by HOMPATH software

The term ‘Homeopathic Materia Medica’ broadly refers to the collection of knowledge relating to the therapeutic (medicinal) properties of any specific substance used for curative purpose. The medicinal substance when given to a healthy “drug prover” will produce multitudinous symptoms in him. All these symptoms produced in various “drug provers” are verified, organized and compiled into the Homeopathic Materia Medica. In other words, it is an organized compilation of information about each and every remedy.

Every homeopath knows very well that searching for any specific symptom from numerous voluminous books is akin to searching for the proverbial “needle in the haystack”. It is an extremely tedious and time-consuming process – which many prefer to skip or cut-short in actual practice. This sort of compromise is unhealthy for the patient in specific and the growth of homeopathy in general. So, deep inside, every serious and dedicated homeopath eagerly desires a solution whereby one can search through these huge books in the shortest time possible.

Fortunately, homeopathic software such as HOMPATH, have been designed to do precisely that. These software have quick search features such as the “Materia Medica Search” feature of HOMPATH that will search for even the rarest or the most unusual symptom in the blink of an eye – almost magically. This ‘magical search’ effectively saves a tremendous amount of time and energy. It also brings to one’s attention those symptoms or related symptoms which one usually wouldn’t think of or consider.

For e.g. most Homeopaths are aware of remedies such as Hyos, Lach and Apis covering the symptom ‘Jealousy.’ However, the Materia Medica search also shows up remedies such as Staph, Op, Nux-v, etc. covering ‘Jealousy’ which would otherwise never be given thought to by most Homoeopaths. Thus, software such as HOMPATH can help every Homeopath see beyond the obvious and widen their Horizons, thus helping patients to improve their health.

One can compare the keynotes of two remedies side-by-side. One can also compare the individual sections of the two remedies, eg: Mind section of Bryonia alba and Rhus toxicodendron.

One can also find the “keynotes” of any remedy, including rare ones, for e.g. Hydrogenum, Germanium, Ozone, Chocolate which are very difficult to find in most books on Homeopathic Materia Medica.

One of the most popular and extensively used Homeopathic Materia Medica software in the world is HOMPATH by Mind Technologies, Mumbai. HOMPATH is the World’s Largest Homoeopathic Database having a meticulously compiled and highly credible database of 3000+ remedies, with a detailed drug picture of 1900+ remedies, pointer keynotes of 1500+ drugs, 3100+ clinical tips, and much, much more.

Salient features of the Homeopathic Materia Medica software HOMPATH:

• In-depth drug pictures of 1900+ drugs
• Easy comparison of two remedies side-by-side
• Extract Materia Medica from repertory for any given remedy
• Learn Materia Medica from the various masters – their writings, teachings and cases
• Visual learning using pictures, videos and power point presentations
• Read and Hear the Materia Medica using the text-to-voice facility

In addition, the software comprises of numerous Pictures, Audios, Videos and Power Point Presentations of various remedies that help understanding the remedies much more easily and effectively.

One can also study solved cases of Homeopathic masters. This makes understanding and learning the Homeopathic Materia Medica much easier and more interesting.

Thus, Homeopathic Materia Medica software such as HOMPATH provide several routes for understanding and learning the Materia Medica. One can choose one’s path to accomplish one’s goal of becoming a ‘master’ of the ‘healing art’.

Homeopathic Materia Medica software like HOMPATH can help every Homeopath to ENHANCE his healing powers and TRIM DOWN the time and effort spent on each case.

Homeopathic software such as HOMPATH acts as a CATALYST in the transformation of every Homeopath into an Expert.

Role Of Homoeopathy In Bronchial Asthma With Homoeopathic Materia Medica

A 64 years old male patient was suffering from asthma since last six months. In spite of all modes of treatment his condition was not relieved. Patient’s one peculiar habit was sitting down in knee-chest position. He was feeling very hot. He had put on the fan at full speed and was still perspiring. The patient was breathless and nothing seemed to be helping him.

With the help of Materia Medica, he was given Medorrhinum 30, 2 pills every 4 hours. Within 1 week, the patient was much better without any difficulty. He started working within a month’s time and all his complaints improved substantially.

Hompath Wildfire - Keynotes

This case was treated by Renowned Homoeopath Dr. Jawahar Shah. From this case upcoming homoeopaths can learn that even the acute exacerbation of diseases like asthma can be handled. This miraculous effect is possible only with Homoeopathic Materia Medica and the similimum is the only solution to the problem. Over 230 million people, including children, are suffering from Bronchial Asthma globally. Asthma is an inflammatory disorder of airways, characterized by hyper-responsiveness and clinically manifested with periodic attacks of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and coughing.

Dr. Shah has cured many patients purely with Homoeopathic medicines since 36 years of his practice. He was able to cure and have helped other patients gain relief for bronchial asthma through homeopathic materia medica. The following snapshots of cases may elucidate how Dr. Shah chooses the proper remedy.

Kali bichromicum worked wonders for Mr. S.K. who gets an attack with chest pain whenever he drinks beer. He complained of chest pain is in one spot and whenever he presses this spot, thick yellow expectoration comes out. As soon as some expectoration comes out he feels much better.

Lachesis was the correct remedy for Mrs. P.N., who had marked choked up feeling with loud breathing and audible ronchi. Her complaints were aggravated by tight clothes, night, after dinner, exertion, in closed room and better by sitting up, loosening clothes, in air-conditioned atmosphere and in open air.

Natrum Sulph helped Mrs. N.C. from Dubai, who was short-tempered, moody, irritable and brooding in nature. She must hold chest while coughing. She would have typical aggravation by damp, monsoon, getting wet, taking bat, draft of air and cold drinks. She would feel better in dry climate, Warm room and warm drinks.

Hompath Wildfire - Materia Medica

Thuja was the correct remedy for Mr. B.D.N. had been suffering from bronchial asthma for the last 40 years. He was thermally chilly, anxious about his health, requires support yet leading personality. Dr. Shah gave prescribed on the basis of sycotic miasm, chilliness and marked anxiety.

Sepia helped Mrs. M.V. who had asthmatic attacks at night, lay with head bent forward, then cough with expectoration of tenacious saliva. She was always feeling better from moving around at a faster speed. She had a concomitant of thick white leucorrhoea.

According to Dr. Jawahar Shah, Homoeopathy, being a tailor-made individualistic therapeutic modality, has an edge over other systems of medicine in such a hetra-headed clinical condition. Sometimes he used the particular rubric at the general level and select a drug accordingly from materia medica could be one of the ways to prescribe a drug & to reach cure.

After thorough study of materia medica, we can understand and treat patients effectively by understanding the remedy picture of the patient and his phase and can expect good result. Sometimes a keynote symptom has vital role in selection of a remedy. In some cases, modalities give us important clue for selection of a remedy. Thus, materia medica is very important tool to decide medicine after completion of the case-taking in the process of remedy selection.

Robin Murphy Repertory- A New Approach To Clinical Homoeopathy

Modern homoeopathic practice entails a more clinical and practical approach towards patient diagnosis and remedy selection. The dynamicity of our science is such that we see the addition of newly proved remedies to the homoeopathic armamentum everyday.

Robin Murphy Repertory is the answer to the changing mode of prescribing in homoeopathy. The 3rd edition of the Robin Murphy Repertory is the upgraded version of the second, having 20,000 new rubrics and hundreds of new remedies.

The new Robin Murphy Repertory boasts of an updated database of modern medical terminology and disorders. It comprises thousands of new clinical rubrics that the physician can refer easily and in a more efficient manner.

An alphabetical mode of formatting of the Chapters as well as the rubrics and sub-rubrics makes searching through the vast and well-researched 74 chapters in the Robin Murphy Repertory an easy task and a delightful experience.

Robin Murphy Repertory includes gems from the original Kent’s repertory, as well as significant embellishments from the literature of Samuel Hahnemann, Allen, Hering, Boericke, Knerr, Kunzli, Phatak, Boenninghausen, Burnett, Clarke, Grimmer, Julian, Kunzli, Nash, and many more noted authors.

All the additions included in the repertory have been included after a methodical review of the enormous literature of our homoeopathic treasures, so that the final output is a well-authenticated piece of writing that is the Robin Murphy Repertory.

With the concept of keeping practicality as the core of the Robin Murphy Repertory, Dr. Murphy himself adds a host of clinical updates from his years of homoeopathic experience and herbal study. Thousands of new clinical rubrics have been especially incorporated in sections of emergencies, infections, mental disorders and pathologies, thereby improving the chance of finding the similimum more easily than we thought in many clinical and pathological conditions.

Some rubrics found only in Murphy’s Repertory

[Murphy] [Clinical] Acne, general: Chocolate, from:

[Murphy] [Spleen] Bubbling, sensation:

The new remedies added in various rubrics staunchly refute the allegations that homoeopathy is an ancient and stagnant science. In fact, many new remedies added in Robin Murphy Repertory are dynamized versions of the modern allopathic drugs.

[Murphy] [Sleep] Yawning, general: Vomiting, between the acts of:

New Chapters in Robin Murphy Repertory: Cancer, Clinical, Dreams, Fainting, Gallbladder, Speech, Spleen, Taste, Time, Vaccinations, Weakness.

[Murphy] [Gallbladder] Bile, general: Yellow, watery bile, full of pale:

New Clinical Rubrics in Robin Murphy Repertory : Addictions, A.I.D.S., Anxiety attacks, Asphyxia, Appendicitis, Auto-immune disorders, Burns, Cancers, Chemotherapy, Chronic Fatigue, Compulsive-Obsessive Disorder, Coma, Dehydration, Diabetes, Drug overdose, Endometriosis, Food Poisoning, Gastroenteritis, Hepatitis, Herpes, Infertility, Influenza, Malaria, Mononucleosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Radiation Sickness, Retinitis, SARS, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Sea sickness, Surgery, Tetanus, Tourette's syndrome, Typhoid fever, Vaccinations, etc.

[Murphy] [Clinical] AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome:

The Robin Murphy Repertory is one of the pioneers of the changing face of homoeopathy, veering the trend towards a more practical and clinical approach to the science, so that the physician can give a more confident prescription, thereby ensuring sure success in his practice.

Homeopathy and Homeopathic remedies, an answer to the incurable psoriasis

Researches have evidently proved that psoriatic patients experienced a momentous improvement in their disease manifestation as well as the quality of their lives after taking Homeopathic treatment.

Psoriasis, an auto-immune inflammatory disorder primarily affecting the skin has been classified into basic five types as plaque, guttate, inverse, pustular and erythrodermic. The disease is marked by silvery white scaly patches appearing in the epidermal layer of the skin. Lesions commonly appear in the skin above the elbow and knees but may appear anywhere on the body. It is a chronic disorder marked with a tendency to recur at regular period of intervals.

Causes of psoriasis are stiff unknown but in many cases there have been evidences of genetic predispositions. However, there are many triggers which are known to aggravate the prevailing psoriatic conditions thereby making it a challenging condition to be treated.

Major stressor causes include:

• Stress
• Cold Climatic Condition
• Discontinuing certain medicines like corticosteroids
• Injury

Flaring up of the disease can be brought about by injury to the skin known as Koebner Phenomena. Psoriasis may affect the joint and cause severe forms of arthropathies known as psoriatic arthropathy or psoriatic arthritis.

Homeopathy believes that psoriasis is an immune mediated condition brought about by faulty signals sent in the body's immune system. Therefore, Homeopathy works to stabilize the anomalous immune system. Homeopathic medicines arouse the body's own healing abilities by restoring the balance of the immune system and decreasing the person’s susceptibility towards a trigger agent that aggravates the disease.

The duration of Homeopathic treatment varies from case to case depending on the following factors:

• Time duration of psoriatic affection
• Parts of the body affected
• Extent of spread of the lesions
• Any previous medications taken like steroids
• General health and associated diseases

Homeopathic treatment of psoriasis has been very controversial amongst the people taking treatment for it as the immediate change observed by them after the Homeopathic medicine has been given for the first time, is diverse in different patients. Some experience a slight amelioration; some report no change whereas some report a bad flaring up of the complaints. Most of patients of psoriasis usually observe ameliorating results in about 1-2 months of Homoeopathic treatment and complete relief maybe observed in about 1 to 2 years.

The Homeopathic response can be illustrated through various cases treated with Homeopathy:

A 58 year old widow suffered from extensive psoriasis affecting her scalp, face, chest and both hands along with rheumatic complaints of the joints especially the wrist and ankles marked with great rigidity and swelling. Her history revealed that it was 4 years ago that she had lost her husband and she had a tendency to brood over the past unpleasant situations with lot of weeping. She had two sons one of whom was an earning member and the other studying. The family suffered from great financial difficulties as the earning son lived separately not caring for her mother or his family.

Homeopathic Remedy given: Medo 1000 2 doses (to be taken 12 hours apart) were given.

After 3 weeks: Aggravation of joint pains for few days. Sep 200 3 doses were given. One dose taken daily at bedtime for 3 days.

After 10 days: Some improvement in stiffness at the joints noticed whereas skin lesions healed up. Kali Sulph 6X, 5 tablets to be taken thrice a day with Sep 10M 2 doses to be taken 12 hours apart.

Skin and Rheumatic complaints improved within a month. Patient has had no relapse of both the complaints.

Rubrics considered:

• Weeping while narrating her illness
• Despair of recovery
• Mortification ailments from
• Psoriasis
• Worse wet weather

Homeopathic case of psoriasis

 Psoriasis is known to be a psychosomatic disorder having its root cause to be an internal ailment. Hence, its complete cure necessarily needs a remedial influence which can essentially eradicate the malady from its root. Homoeopathy is one such system of medicine which believes in stimulating the immune system to eliminate the cause and thus, effectively treat the disease.

Efficacy of Homeopathy In Allergic Disorders & Its Homeopathic Therapeutics

In developing countries like India, the rate of allergic patients is increasing rapidly. Currently 10% to 30% population is affected by various allergic disorders worldwide. The main causative factors are dietary errors and faulty life style.

What Is Allergy?

An Allergy is a hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system. It is an abnormal reaction or increased Sensitivity to specific substance. Allergic person's immune system easily reacts to normally harmless substances in the environment. Allergies can manifest after ingestion, inhalation, injection and infestation etc. Non-allergic person never gets affected by specific substances which affects allergic individuals on even exposure.

Types:

Normally reactions are to contact, food and airborne allergens. There are many common substances to which people may develop an allergic response.

1. Food: Such as proteins, eggs, milk and dairy, seafood, wheat, peanuts, certain vegetables like tomatoes, potatoes etc. The allergens in food are responsible for inciting an allergic reaction. They are proteins which are resistant to heat of cooking, the acid in the stomach and the intestinal digestive enzymes. As a result, these allergens survive to cross the gastrointestinal lining, enter the bloodstream, and go to target organs, or parts causing allergic reactions throughout the body.
2. Common Environmental Factors: Such as pollen, dust, sunlight, dust mites, animal fur, etc.
3. Various Natural and Synthetic substances such as pesticides, nickel, latex, medicines like sulpha drugs, penicillin etc. can cause severe allergic reactions.

Precautions and Allopathic View:

The primary step is to avoid exposure to the allergen as much as possible. This is effective but not possible in highly susceptible individuals. Immunotherapy as well as drugs like corticosteroids and anti-histamines may not give permanent relief or a long lasting relief.

Homeopathic Philosophy and Treatment:

Homeopathy is an advanced progressive medical science. The goal of Homeopathy allergy treatment is the strengthening of the individual’s immune system. This is possible through constitutional treatment which decreases the hypersensitivity to the substance. Homeopathic medicines aid to restore the deviated state of hyper-susceptibility back to normal susceptibility. It alters immune system reaction to allergen.

Homeopathic medicines act by:

• Removing the allergic symptoms
• Preventing exacerbations
• Controlling and help in curing the altered immune response and decreasing sensitivity

The person seeking Homeopathic treatment for allergy undergoes detailed case taking. Homeopathic case-taking includes detailed history of life circumstances around the time of onset of the allergy symptoms, situations which cause an exacerbation of the allergy symptoms, situations which leads to a relief from allergy symptoms, feelings aroused by the allergy symptoms etc. In allergic conditions, hosts as well as the environmental factors are important for Homeopathic doctor while selecting medicine.

When Homeopathic similimum is difficult to find, some general and specific medicines may provide symptomatic relief from allergies. Like, Pulsatilla and Arsenic Alb are very useful in fruit allergy, Ferrum met and Tuberculinum works effectively in egg allergies.

Homeopathy drugs for Egg allergy

Phosphorous is infallible drug in banana allergy, Sulphur is efficacious in chocolate allergy and Blatta orientalis and Python for dust allergy.

Homeopathy drugs for Dust allergy

Homeopathy is the best solution for allergic patients for permanent cure as homeopathic drugs helps in improving the constitution of the person and increase immunity.

How Confidently Can You As Homeopathic Healer Treat Asthma With Homeopathy?

It has been estimated that about 300 million people in the world and 30 million people in our country are a prey to various forms of asthma accounting to a total of 10% of the world’s asthmatic population. Despite of the latest researches, advances and invention of extremely affordable medications, the current scenario of asthma is not very convincing. Probable reasons include ignorance, people being unaware of the situation, undiagnosed cases or patients receiving sub-optimal treatment. About 50% of the asthmatic population fails to adhere to the regular medication protocols.

Asthma, a chronic obstructive respiratory disorder is known to occur as a result of heightened immune response to a particular allergen. The disease is marked by episodes of severe breathlessness causing wheezing and cough with a sensation of oppression in the chest occurring as a result of an exposure to a stimulant. Common triggers include dust, pollen, changes in weather, molds, pet animals, chemicals in air or food, tobacco smoke, strong emotions, etc.

When different systems of healing have provided a symptomatic relief, homeopathy promises a lasting cure for a disease like asthma, which inspite of repeated efforts is evoked back by the slightest of a trigger.

Reasons why Homeopathy works:

• Homeopathy essentially focuses on the man in disease rather than the man’s disease.
• Homeopathic physician takes a detailed history of the patient including the intricacies of his life situation, paying more emphasis to find the causative, aggravating and ameliorating modality.
• Homeopathy investigates for any history of suppression especially through the skin.
• Homeopathy discovers the familial tendencies and predispositions.
• Homeopathy effectively works on patient’s immune system and normalizes the susceptibility. Thus, Homeopathy brings about a normal reaction to a particular allergen to which a person was previously hypersensitive.

After a detailed case history, Homeopathic physician prescribes a remedy that covers the symptoms of the disease as well as the characteristics of the patient. Many a times, after administration of a simillimum (the most suitable homeopathic remedy), physician notices amelioration in the asthmatic symptoms but reappearance of the previously present skin eruption thereby suggesting two things:

1. The Homeopathic remedy given is working in accordance with the Hering’s Law of cure.
2. There has been a history of suppression of a skin disease interiorizing itself to the deeper organs.

Asthma and Suppression

 As the treatment commences, a homeopathic physician may witness

• The intensity of the attack reduces
• The frequency of the attack reduces
• As the patient keeps on improving with Homeopathy, the attack stops and patient feels healthy
• Complete desensitization to the allergen by Homeopathy ensured by no symptom manifestation on exposure to the known allergen

Did you know?

• Homeopathic drug Sanicula has fish-brine odour in the mouth just before an attack of asthma.
• Homeopathic drug Bovista has cutting pains in the tongue before an attack of asthma.
• Veratrum album, a homeopathic remedy has congestion of liver with asthmatic complaints.
• Homeopathic remedy Phosphorus has itching in the shoulders with asthmatic complaints.
• Homeopathic remedy Borax is suitable for cases manifesting spasmodic convulsions before asthma.

Cannabis sativa, a homeopathic drug for dyspnoea or asthma, where the patient can only breathe by standing up. Choking while swallowing. Things go down the wrong way.

Cannabis indica for Asthma

Mutabile is an infallible remedy in homeopathy for asthma resulting from suppression of any disease.

Mutabile for Asthma

Juncus Effusus can be used in homeopathic treatment of haemorrhoidal subject having asthmatic complaints.

Jancus Effusus in treating Asthma

Homeopathy also has a special repertory called the Asthma Repertory by Dr. Jawahar Shah, exclusively designed to treat asthma.

There is no second thought that homeopathy is greatly efficacious in treating asthmatic disorder. It is all about the treating homeopathic physician, who needs to have the conviction in demonstrating its worth.

Homoeopathy Software – A Boon To All Homoeopaths

Homoeopathy is a system of Medicine founded by the German physician Dr. Samuel Hahnemann in the 19th century. It is based on the principle of ‘similia similibus curentur’ meaning ‘let likes be treated by likes’.

A homoeopathic physician is akin to a painter who paints a picture of the patient’s disease state by taking a detailed history, his physical and mental makeup, and various other individualizing features of his illness. The homoeopathy software goes a long way in making this time-consuming task simpler, quicker, and more refined. The homoeopathy software helps the homoeopath at every stage of his practice, beginning from recording the preliminary data of the patient like the name, age, sex, address, marital status, etc.

Later, the homoeopathy software helps the homoeopath in recording all the minute details of the case as required homoeopathically. Once the relevant data has been recorded, then comes the most important aspect – finding the correct remedy. The Homoeopathy software helps the homoeopath to analyse and to repertorize (convert patient’s symptoms in the language of the repertory) the case. The homoeopath can use various features of the Homoeopathy software such as the Materia Medica section, the Repertory section, the Library section, etc. to guide him towards the accurate remedy.

Additionally, the homoeopath can refer various source books, several articles and cases, and numerous cross references – all at one place – in the homoeopathy software. The homoeopath can read and refer several useful links, all at the touch of a button, using the homoeopathy software. Besides this, the homoeopathy software has several added on features such as the expert systems – special ways of reaching the correct remedy developed by expert homoeopaths such as Dr. Parinaz Humranwala, Dr. Jan Scholten, Dr. Sehgal, Dr. Prafull Vijaykar, etc. These expert systems are like readymade solutions to those homoeopaths who want to follow the masters but are not in a position to personally learn from them. Thus, the homoeopathy software helps reduce the gap between the experienced masters and the beginners or learners of homoeopathy.

Finally, the homoeopath can check/recheck his choice of remedy using various tools from the Materia Medica or the Repertory from the Homoeopathy software.

Thus, one can highlight the advantages of Homoeopathy software in the following manner:

It helps:

• To find the correct remedy with potency and dosage quickly and accurately.
• Provide multiple solutions to any case by using different strategies and tools.
• Systematic and easy recording of every case in a user-friendly format. This data can be stored and easily retrieved even after 20 years.
• Show the before and after treatment pictures or videos of the patient using the media section.
• Save a lot of time and energy that is otherwise spent on routine tasks.
• Create a paperless and eco-friendly clinic.
• Provide solutions to undergraduate as well as postgraduate students in their learning and research/thesis.

Thus, overall, homoeopathy software is a boon and a blessing to all dedicated homoeopaths around the world which can definitely create much healthier people globally.

Homoeopathic Materia Medica – A Treasure brought to you by Hompath

Hompath’s Materia Medica Module Features:

• Detailed drug picture of 1974 drugs
• Compare 2 or more Remedies simultaneously
• Extract Materia Medica of a remedy from a repertory
• Learning Materia medica from cases of various schools of prescribing
• Understand remedies through pictures, videos and power point presentations
• Text to voice facility
• Find exact symptom from the entire materia medica database.

Materia Medica essentially relates to a term used to signify an assemblage of knowledge pertaining to the therapeutic properties of any substance used for curative purposes. Homoeopathic Materia Medica dates back to the 18th century when Dr. Hahnemann discovered ‘The Law of Similars’, i.e. a substance capable of producing certain set of symptoms of an illness in a healthy human being could be successfully used to treat a disease when similar set of symptoms are observed in an ailing individual. This compilation of symptoms of a substance that are proved on a healthy human being when organized in an orderly manner is called Homoeopathic Materia Medica.

Hompath- World’s Largest Database Homoeopathic Software, brings forth Materia Medica comprising of a vast and a highly credible database of 3177 remedies, with a detailed drug picture of 1974 remedies, pointer keynotes of 1575 drugs and 3187 quick prescriber clinical tips.

‘Materia Medica Search’ feature helps you to access the remedies not commonly known to us for a particular symptom. For e.g, we know remedies like Nux-v, Arsenic and Sulphur for the symptom fastidious. But by Materia Medica Search we also come across remedies like Bar-m, Bufo, Iodium, Thuja, Anacardium, Alumina, Strammonium, etc. Thus, it helps to boost our knowledge in the field of Materia Medica.

Materia Medica Search

The ‘Materia Medica Extract’ feature helps the physician to reach the similimum by effectively converting the Repertory into Materia Medica. Now you can create an entire Materia Medica of a remedy and ‘Compare Remedies’, as per your desire with the aid of this feature.

Compare Remedies

Thus, you can enhance your knowledge of the known and unknown domains of any remedy and prepare annotations for research papers, thesis and books with this most user-friendly feature.

‘Remedy Information’ helps to obtain complete information about any remedy on a single screen, thus, saving time and efforts. Understanding remedy properties, remedy relations and keynotes of remedies is now easier.

Remedy Information

Learn Materia Medica through Pictures, Audios, Videos and Power Point Presentations of various remedies and also upgrade your software by adding your own contributions in similar forms through our unique ‘Media’ feature.

Learning Homoeopathic Materia Medica through cases is the most coherent way to understand a remedy. View from 5000+ documented cases from various stalwarts and experts like Dr. Hahnemann, Dr. Kent, Dr. Boger, Dr. Clarke, Dr. Jawahar Shah, Dr. Parinaz Humranwala, Dr. M. L. Sehgal, Dr. Rajan Sankaran, Ian Scholten, Jeremy Sherr, George Loukas, George Vithoulkas, Anne Schadde, Nancy Herrick, etc. that will give you a profound insight into the minutiae of various modes of case taking, evaluation and analysis, right up till remedy selection, posology and follow-up, thus helping you understand various schools of prescribing. You can also view cases for a remedial study thus making your thesis preparation more substantial and effortless.

Cases

Hompath also provides you with the feature of ‘Adding Cases’ for any remedy from your own practical experiences.

Learning Materia Medica is an enduring process. Curtailing your efforts to learn the maximum is a wiser thing to do. Hompath takes an effort to facilitate you to learn your maximum and heal to your utmost potentials.

Homoeopathy And The Homoeopathic World Of Today

Homoeopathy today has been globally accepted as the No. 1 system of alternative medicine. Our goal should be to set high standards and make it the mainstream system of medicine. Therefore, it is important for us to understand the status of homoeopathy in different countries, because our job is not only to treat patients, but also promote our pathy.

UNITED KINGDOM:

In 2011, there were 3000+ practitioners using homoeopathy in their everyday practice. The British Homoeopathic Dental Association (BHDA) claimed to have 69 dentists, while the British Association of Homoeopathic Veterinary Surgeons has 36 vets listed as members.

The NHS spends approximately £4 million a year on homoeopathy. The three NHS homoeopathic hospitals have been a part of the NHS since it began in 1948.

They treat around 200,000 NHS patients per year with homoeopathy. GPs are able to refer NHS patients to qualified and regulated homoeopathic physicians and most private health insurance companies and cash-plans consider homoeopathic treatment a good investment.

USA:

There is no national licensure in the United States and licensure is determined by State (50 states). All 50 states license DVM’s, where homoeopathy is included within the scope of practice. Thirteen states license naturopathic physicians and homoeopathy is included within their scope of practice. This exists in the States of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Montana, Kansas, Minnesota, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, and Washington DC.

A prospective student should familiarize themselves with the laws in the state in which they wish to practice. The states of Arizona, Connecticut and Nevada are the only other states in the US that license medical doctors (MD) who practice homeopathy, osteopathic doctors who practice homoeopathy (DO) and homoeopathic medical assistants.

In 2007, National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), approximately 38 percent of adults reported using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in USA. According to the 2007 NHIS survey, 83 million U.S. adults spent $33.9 billion out-of-pocket on visits to CAM practitioners and on purchases of CAM products, classes, and materials.

Approximately $3.1 billion were spent on homoeopathic medicine and 2.3% of the persons aged 18 or over had consulted a practitioner that year.

AUSTRALIA:

The Australian Register of Homoeopaths (AROH) is the national register of accredited homoeopathic doctors in Australia. Homoeopathic physicians were the first of the complementary medicine professions to develop government-endorsed National Competency Standards (NCS) for the education of homoeopathic physicians in Australia. The Australian Register of Homoeopaths, a registered company, was created in 1999 to be the national registration body for professional homoeopathic physicians.

There are a number of recognized homoeopathic associations in Australia, all of which have representatives on the board of AROH. In order to become a professional member of these associations, practitioners must first register with AROH.

The online register shows more than 700 registrants on AROH. Although our research has shown that there are 1000 practitioners in Australia.

UAE:

As a result of increasing interest in and use of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine (TCAM) therapies in medical practices and as a necessary function of its duty to protect the public interest, the UAE Ministry of Health requires all TCAM physicians and practitioners to comply with professional, ethical and practice standards, and act as responsible agents for their patients. To allow these practitioners to work in UAE a qualifying examination (TCAM exam) is held by MOH about three times a year, and so far more than 200 homeopaths have qualified to practice in UAE.

In exercising its licensing authority the Ministry of Health has the inherent power to determine precisely the qualifications a TCAM applicant must possess. It may investigate educational credentials, professional competence, and moral character. The applicant bears the burden to prove his fulfillment of all requirements for licensure.

Many other countries like Germany, South Africa, France, Pakistan, Brazil, Nigeria, etc. support homoeopathy very well. This is evident from the advent of many international courses like P. G. (Hom.) London, advanced diploma courses from Australia, USA, etc.

Moreover, the Indian government is also planning to extend the existing fiber optical network to rural areas. This means almost 55000 Centers including Community Health Centre & Primary Health Centre will be connected by fiber optics. This promises a better and brighter future for rural health and homoeopathy, through tele-medicine and tele-homoeopathy. Mind Technologies has already treated more than 14,000 patients in Eastern India in a highly successful Tele-homoeopathy pilot project. As a staunch homeopathic doctor each homoeopathic physician should appeal to all his homoeopathic practitioner friends to extend their full support towards development of our genuine system of medicine.

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HOMPATH EDGE & HOMPATH FIREFLY – CMP RELEASE

12^th April 2012 was a proud moment for CMP Homeopathic Medical College and Homeopathy, as new student versions of Hompath were launched by the Principal, Dr. Neeraj Goel and Vice Principal, Dr. Jai Patel.

Dr. Jawahar Shah and his team received a warm welcome from the Student’s Council 2012. The college displayed enthusiasm and energetic vibes as it celebrated its Movie Materia Medicine Day as a part of the academic event of Hahnemann Week Celebration. The event commenced with a welcome speech by Dr. Jai Patel and an introductory speech by The General Secretary of the Students Council 2012, Ms. Surabhi Malesha.

Dr. Shah took only few moments to capture the crowd’s attention, and then there was no stopping. This was evident from the loud laughs and deafening applause that he received regularly for an hour, for his intelligent and witty lecture. A synchronized effort of Dr. Jawahar Shah and two of his assistants on computer, Dr. Priteesh Chotai and Dr. Khushboo Shah enthralled the audience and helped the lecture to go on smoothly. There was a video presentation of Mind Technologies followed by a power point presentation which emphasized on scope and advancements in Homeopathy. Dr. Jawahar Shah thereby assured the students of a bright future in the field of Homeopathy. The presentation also included evidence based cases treated remotely by Dr. Shah and his team through Tele-Homeopathy project.

It was followed by the launch of Hompath student versions by the Principal, Dr. Neeraj Goel and Vice Principal, Dr. Jai Patel. They were accompanied by the entire teaching faculty. It was an afternoon full of life, as more than 400 students, interns and teachers enjoyed this energetic presentation.

Hompath Edge 1.0

Students availed of the completely free student version – Hompath Edge (for the students of 1^st and 2^nd year, BHMS) which contains not only Homoeopathic books, but also information on clinical examination and important investigations. No other Homoeopathic software offers this combination for the students. Hompath Edge received an overwhelming response in the form of Homeopathy Software Free Download from the website www.hompath.com.

Features of Hompath student versions:

Features	Hompath Edge 1.0 For 1st and 2nd Years	Hompath FireFly 1.0 For 3rd, 4th Years and Interns
Pages of Information	6,000	30,000
Number of Symptoms (Repertory + Library)	0.2 Million #	0.5 Million #
Repertories	2(Boericke’s Repertory)	10(Kent, BBCR, Boericke, Phatak, etc)
Special repertories	1	5
Volumes of Data	17	107
Total Remedies	1099	1341
Number of Authors	300	500
Cured Cases	X	111
Student Corner	v	v
Clinical Examination Guidelines	v	v
Important Investigations Details	v	v
Guidelines for thesis and synopsis preparation	v	v
Expert Systems	X	3
Kent Expert System	X	v
Boenninghausen Expert System	X	v
Boger Expert System	X	v
Keynote description of remedies	1046	1254
Remedy Relationships	713	776
New Remedy Images	882	1056
Patient Instructions	X	615
Diet and Nutrition tips	X	72
Price	FREE	INR 4500

Some Special Features:

Student Corner:

A feature which every student would ever wish to have in his Homoeopathic software. Learning is now made much easier.

• Learn bedside clinical examination and important investigations. This will enhance your acumen to diagnose even the most difficult cases.
• It provides with MCQs and revision tests on various subjects to help you solve your exams papers with effortlessly.
• Learn how different repertories were constructed and how they could be used.
• To get groomed up it not only as a Homeopath but an All-rounder it has – Professional Skill Development Tips
• It also contains ‘Guidelines For Dissertation’ – All a student would want to know about how to make a presentable dissertation of an international quality.

These would help you academically throughout your student life.

Remedies:

Now you can study keynotes and remedy relationship in-depth of 1000+ remedies complied from more than 1000 resources and you can compare 2 or more remedies easily by just a click.

Repertorization:

Be proficient in rubric hunting and repertorization techniques solving cases in no time without even opening a repertory.

Patient Instructions and Diet and Nutrition Tips:

This Homoeopathic software provides you with 600+ patient instructions and 70+ Diet and Nutrition Tips.

No other homoeopathic software will teach you Homeopathy in your comfort zone and impart medical knowledge simultaneously to Make You Number 1 From Day 1! Adding to this Hompath brings a Homeopathy Software Free Download in the form of Hompath Edge absolutely FREE of cost specially designed for the students of First B. H. M. S and Second B. H. M. S. because it believes ‘Investing today to make better students will give a brighter tomorrow to the field of Homeopathy - The Medicine of 21^st century’.

Hompath Wildfire spread health like wildfire…

Create a healthy harmonious homoeopathic world…

India, with its pulsating vibe, is reaching the epitome of Information Technology with health services hand in hand.  Homeopathy is no.1 as a medical science in the world, combine the two, and we have the BEST Homeopathic Software in the market – Hompath Wildfire, which will help you to spread health like wildfire.

Hompath Wildfire is software for homeopaths who genuinely want to help their patients and relieve them to give a better health. It has a wide range of features which are useful for beginners as well as expert homeopathic practitioners. It helps you not just to get the basics, but to get the whole picture of remedy, complete permutations and combinations, wide range of international, expert and regional repertories.

List of repertories:

• Roger Van Zandvoort’s Complete Repertory 2011
• Robin Murphy’s Homoeopathic Clinical Repertory
• Jan Scholten’s Repertory of Elements
• Kent’s Repertory on Homoeopathic Materia Medica
• Boenninghausen’s Therapeutic Pocket Book
• Boenninghausen's Characteristics and Repertory – C. M. Boger
• Allen’s Index to Materia Medica
• Oscar E. Boericke’s Repertory
• Clinical Repertory – J. H. Clarke
• Repertory to the symptoms of Intermittent fever – W. A. Allen
• Concordance Repertory of Materia Medica (6 Vols.) – Gentry
• Repertory of Hering’s Guiding symptoms of our Materia Medica – Knerr
• Repertory to the more Characteristic Symptoms – Lippe
• Concise repertory of Homoeopathic Medicines – Phatak
• Sensations as if – H. A. Roberts
• 20 Special and regional repertories including Dr. Ajit Kulkarni’s, Dr. Prabhakar Shetty’s, Asthma Repertory by Dr. Jawahar Shah, etc.
• Therapeutic Repertory
• Unabridged Dictionary of Sensations (2 Vols.) – J. W. Wards

This new work is a compilation of intellectual efforts of last 30 years by Dr. Jawahar Shah and his team. After 6 years of grand success of Hompath M. D. version, have launched an absolutely mind blowing, useful software, with largest database of the world – Hompath Wildfire. It has 100s of man years of effort which will help you to create a healthy harmonious homoeopathic world.

At Hompath, we are a dedicated team of doctors and IT professionals providing variety of technical solutions and applications for the health care fraternity for over 3 decades. We have 30,000 satisfied users from more than 87 countries across the world.

The latest version of Hompath Wildfire has largest number of books (1000), highest number of repertories (37), 5000+ Cured cases, 5000+ Articles, more than 2700+ authors, more than 3000 remedies’ information and 7 decision support systems (expert systems).

REPERTORY MODULE:
The most time-effective module a practitioner would ever seek for. When the patient is giving history, simultaneously, record symptoms from about 36 repertories, see the repertorization while you are recording, and on a click of a button, find the similimum. Isn’t it simple, convenient, fast and effective?

Complete Reportory

Murphy Reportory

CLINICAL TIPS:
A new feature introduced for the first time in homeopathic software. This unique utility provides us with a variety of clinical tips for different remedies and for a number of clinical diagnoses. Now be doubly sure when you prescribe.

Clinical Tips

CASES
Hompath Wildfire makes you rest assured that gaining results for your cases is inevitable. You can learn how our stalwarts and wizards analyzed cases, perceived remedies in patients and prescribed medicines for the so called acute, common, chronic, one sided, difficult or Incurable Cases’. The wide array of 5000+ treated cases provided by various experts will boost your knowledge and understanding about their ways of prescribing.

Cases

 MEDIA
‘Media’ is the simplest and the easiest way to add records data in the form of media for a patient, a clinical condition and a remedy. Now you can add pictures, audios, videos and PPTs for your patient along with the case record as evidence, as well as for monitoring patient’s disease condition.

Media

EXPERT SYSTEMS
Homeopathy has been practised differently by different schools of thoughts. They attempted their methods of prescribing in numerous cases and now have evolved to a distinct system of prescribing. Now we at Hompath are offering this decision support systems- expert system to help your patients better. Various expert systems offered are Dr. Prafful Vijayakar’s -Acute Expert System, Dr. Parinaz Humranwala’s -Tempraz Expert System, Jan Scholten’s -Element Theory Expert System, Drs. Sehgals’ -Seigal Expert System and many more.

Tempraz Expert System

ALLOPATHIC DRUG DATA:
This is a unique feature consisting of details of 537 allopathic drugs with regards to their Related Group, mode of action, indication, contraindication,  adverse effects, route of administration, dosage, brand names….the commonly used ones and much more. This is very useful if homoeopath has to decide if drug can be withdrawn or it can be suddenly stopped or what are the side effects. A wiser step may give faster cure.

Allopatic Drug Data

The ultimate aim of any practitioner is to get better and correct remedy; the latest software can increase the success rate at least 10 times more than what a physician would do without one.

Brief comparison of Hompath Wildfire with Hompath M. D.: 

Feature List	Hompath M. D.	Hompath Wildfire
Total No. of Pages	100000	197000
No. of repertories	29	37
No. of Authors	290	2700
No. of Remedy Information	2183	More than 3000
No.  of Cured Cases	-	5000
No.  of Clinical Tips	-	More than 3000
No. of Articles	4000	5000
Complete Repertory 2011	No	Yes
Murphy Clinical Repertory	No	Yes
Repertory of elements – Jan Scholten	No	Yes
Works of ICR – Dr. M. L. Dhawale	No	Yes
Works of Dr. Prafull Vijayakar	No	Yes
Works of Dr. Rajan Shankaran	No	Yes
Works of Dr. Jan Scholten	Yes	Updates added
Works of Drs. Sehgal	No	Yes
Works of Dr. Parinaz Humranwala	No	Yes
Murphy Materia Medica	No	Yes
Source and author information in repertories	No	Yes
Live Search (Search as you type)	No	Yes
Scientific information on groups and families	No	Yes
Remedy keynotes, pictures and relationships	Yes	Updates added

Reasons why students and doctors should opt for this software:

1)      We are number 1 homoeopathic software in India and amongst first 3 globally.
2)      It has 197000 pages of information with millions of permutations and combinations to find the correct remedy from.
3)      It has more than 5000 cured cases which allow you to learn and to fall back upon for reference in difficult and pathologically advanced cases.
4)      It has more than 5000 articles which are as old as 1890 and as recent as 2011, so it gives you wide range of experience, knowledge and wisdom of over a century of heritage right across the globe from 2800 authors.
5)      It is possible for the physician to type the symptoms while the patient is giving history and immediately see the result.
6)      It has incorporated the latest research provings and findings of new and old remedies which makes it the biggest encyclopedia of the highest level of work of integrity which can transform the practice of any individual or a group.
7)      It can have a beautiful case record which can take the direct symptoms from 16 different languages and can work out a case, this would save at least 2 hours of time of a senior practioner for every new case.
8)      It has latest Roger Van Zandvoort’s Complete Repertory 2011 (CR2011) and Robin Murphy’s Homoeopathic Clinical Repertory which makes finding a perfect similimum easy.
9)      It has got expert systems which have been developed based on 1000s of cases experienced by masters like Kent, Boeninghausen, Boger, Sehgal, Parinaz, Vijayakar and Scholten. These decision support systems give us a chance to view the same case differently and allow us to prescribe a correct medicine which can help 1000s of patients.
10)   Number of new books are added from Roger Van Zandvoort, Robin Murphy, Jan Scholten, Dr. Parinaz Humranwala, Dr. Ajit Kulkarni, Dr. Rajan Shankaran, Dr. Prabhakar Shetty, Dr. Prafull Vijayakar, Dr. Chetna Shukla and complete works of Institute of Clinical Research (ICR), Drs. Sehgal Brothers and many more are now part of the new version.
11)   Simplified global search.
12)   Instant access to 1000s of themes and cross references for similar rubrics.
13)   Complete classification information and source of more than 3000 remedies is available in the software.
14)   All features in a single screen.
15)   Comparing 2 or more remedies instantly.
16)   Use of latest in technology with features like text to speech so a doctor can sit back, relax and learn new medicines.
17)   You can add audio, video, multimedia as and when required to compare before treatment and after treatment results.
18)   This version can be connected directly with reporting systems so that headquarters can have every details and report instantaneously.
19)  The software can be connected with hospital management system (HMS), Multi Clinic Management System (MCMS) and web based clinic which makes it most versatile user friendly software of the world.
20)  ICD 10 data incorporated.
21)  We have many version based on your need and budget
Advantages of Hompath version:

1. Largest Number of Institutional User.
2. Largest Number of Installations in CCH, CCRH, Colleges, IIT, NTPC, Research Units.
3. Compilation of largest number of Materia Medica and library books in single software.
4. Largest Number of articles.
5. Largest Number of Clinical Cases.
6. Focus of software has been on results and patients by providing quickest repertorization and results.
7. Unmatched features and functionalities.
8. We have excellent dual language (Hindi & English) for northern belt of India, and soon we are going to come out in 12 different national and international languages.
9. Most user friendly software – most of the operations are from one screen.
10. Training manuals and videos for each module.
11. Constant guidance in installation, training and support.
12. Online Support
13. A great support and training is also provided to your assistants so that you have utilization of the software.
14. The most progressive and innovative software.
15. We have a good-will of 30 years and we provide support and understand your requirements and modified / create software as per your needs.
16. Immediate Delivery.

After years of dedication and hard work, we have come up with extensive and almost infinite homeopathy software which will take your practice to unexplored heights.

Recent scenario of Homeopathy in India

From its introduction in India by a French Physician, Dr. Honigberger till today, Homeopathy has survived the tests of time. There are clear signs that homeopathy has been recognised as an authentic system of medicine. Today, more and more people are becoming aware of it and are experiencing its wonderful cures. Its phenomenal success has been witnessed and appreciated not only in India but by the entire world.

The World Health Organization has recognized Homeopathy as an accepted system of medicine and second largest system of medicine in the world.

India has the highest number of homeopathic colleges, highest number of practitioners and highest number of patients in the world. There is no doubt that India is the best place to learn homeopathy. In fact, India is No. 1 in world as far as Homeopathy is concerned. Under the department of AYUSH, there are 245 homeopathic hospitals, 6958 dispensaries, around 2.4 lakhs registered practitioners, 185 UG and 33 PG colleges in India (As on 1/4/2010).

Homoeopathic doctors contribute approximately 31% of total AYUSH doctors. As far as Government Hospitals are concerned, Homeopathic hospitals contribute close to 7.5% of total number of AYUSH hospitals. In respect to number of beds, Homeopathy constitutes 15.4%.

Foreign export of AYUSH medicines in the year 2009-10 amounts to Rs. 2887.01 crore. Total import of AYUSH medicines is 346.22 crore. Compounded annual growth rate of export of total AYUSH medicines from 1995-96 to 2009-10 is 12.63%. Though the department can give more importance to Homeopathy in respect to hospitals and dispensaries, the expenditure on Homeopathic institutes show that Homeopathy is getting its due share of attention from the government thereby marking its rising familiarity.

In 2011-12, the Plan outlay for health is 26760 crore. This outlay constitutes among others 17,840 crore under the NRHM and 2356 crore for schemes/projects in the north-eastern region and Sikkim. This is Rs 3,567 crore (15 per cent) more than Rs 23,560 crore in the budget estimates for the current year.

The government also seeks to develop and promote the Indian system of medicines in an organized and scientific manner by involvement/ integration of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy) systems in national health-care delivery and has allocated 900 crore plan outlay for it in 2011-12. The 38th Report of the Public Accounts Committee (2006-07) has seriously pointed out that the share of AYUSH in the total health plan at the central level has been only 2% in-spite of the policy pronouncement of raising AYUSH share to 10% with designated growth of 5% in every Five-Year Plan.

This has led to projected allocation of Rs. 47535.55 crore, during 12th Five Year plan (about 12 time-hike from 11th Plan allocation), to pave for effective implementation of projects in strategic thrust areas identified above and to step up the process of mainstreaming of AYUSH. This clearly indicates that Indian government extends full support to homoeopathy and homeopaths along with other alternative sciences. This promises a bright future for homeopathy in India. Now it is in the hands of our budding Homeopaths, i.e. the homeopathic students to take this as the right opportunity and let it reach to the next level.