The task of finding out the totality of characteristic Thus we may be said to have firstthe expressions that evidence disease; then the special markings that distinguish classes and orders; the conditions or symptoms by which each class or order is subdivided and each subdivision furnished with a specific name; and finally, the characteristic features which serve to distinguish each case of the same disease from all other cases; as in the human family we find first the broad and ever-present features of the race; then the distinctive marks of nationality; then the peculiarities of family; and lastly, the lineaments, deeply or faintly traced, which characterize the individual. Following are the few examples of Causation: Washing clothes causes ill effects to which certain remedies Belladonna corresponds to headache after hair cut. liquids. hrs. of six weeks, and scarcely able to go outdoors. sometimes identical with it. Homeopathy (also spelled homoeopathy or homoopathy) is a form of alternative medicine originated by Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), based on the hypothesis that a substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in healthy people will cure that disease in sick people. I again repeat, therefore, that the key-note system does not in any way interfere with the doctrine of the totality; it insists, on the contrary, upon the essentiality of that doctrine, and is the guide to its being properly and practically carried out. Copyright 1998-2020 DR. SAHNI'S HOMOEOPATHY CLINIC. noon and ameliorates at sunset. corresponds. are related to the effects of certain conditions. The pain, itching and burning were all greatly aggravated caused by false, Ruta relieves the effect of In my recent work on Obstetrics, &c., I have endeavored to carry out this key-note system to a practical determination, so far as my, at present, limited knowledge has permitted. time, and pulsating headache, cracking sensation at the base of Tearful when can't have her own way. Totality of Symptoms in Homeopathy 1. For Example, Arnica removes morbid conditions Watch Queue Queue The Totality of the Symptoms. She has I then gave a single dose of stram., 200 at night, and was delighted to see a smile on the face of the anxious mother when I called next morning; Henry became quiet, she said, very soon after taking the medicine, and has, for the first time, slept quietly. As the patient was a 2-year-old child, collection of symptoms was not easy, and totality with individualization was not possible. Her peculiar talking was the last symptom to manifest itself and the first to disappear, and when present in disease in either sex is a key-note to Stramonium. occipit, going over forehead, comes on sunrise, gets worse towards It is thus with the term key-note.. It is intended to be expressive of a truth that could not be expressed in any shorter or more compact sentence; and as conveying or rather suggesting to the mind the whole truth itself. | FAQ In view of the fact that numerous inquiries have been made of me regarding the principle of Homoeopathic practice attempted to be expressed in the term key-note system, and as much attention has been attracted to the subject recently, in journals and otherwise, I have deemed it eminently proper to place before the members of our Society, a correct exposition, as far as I am able to make it, of the scope and utility of the method expressed by that term, as a part of practical Homoeopathy. On the basis of the location Left Side - Extending to | Articles The Totality of the Symptoms means all the symptoms of the case which are capable of being logically combined into a harmonious and consistent whole, having form, coherency and individuality. Beneficial medicines chosen on totality of symptoms are prescribed on the individual basis by including mental, physical and emotional state of the patient. Tired from walking any Totality of the Symptoms. characteristic symptoms: Totality of characteristic symptoms as given by Boenninghausen From Hahnemann onward, Homoeopaths speaks of the totality of symptoms as the guide for selecting a remedy. The subsequent cases usually present the symptoms already observed, with little variation. she has snakes on her back. Mental and emotional symptoms : These are important general symptoms that inform about the patient's total experience of the disorder. The symptoms that cannot be explained are often very peculiar. Homeopaths make note of peculiar symptoms because they oft help to determine the remedy. But while it is true that the term is nothing more than an illustration, an analogue and a hint, its immense significance is not thereby diminished. To ascertain the totality, the homoeopath notes down after examination of each case, the new and unique symptoms, till no new symptoms are observed. trademarks of DR. SAHNI'S HOMOEOPATHY CLINIC. It is in this way that I desire to be understood, and those gentlemen who have done me the honour to review my book will bear in mind that this is the true interpretation of the plan I have set forth; and if they will give it their attention, and carefully and conscientiously experiment at every fitting opportunity, they will, ere long, be ready to say yea ! symptoms of the case as a whole. In cases of hemorrhage, where the blood forms itself into a resemblance to long black strings hanging from the bleeding orifice, crocus will be the remedy; not for the hemorrhage alone, but for the whole chain of symptoms presented by the patient. skull when turning head. Example is fever, head ache, diarrhoea and loss of appetite in typhoid fever. General symptoms are those which are common to the disease process. The urine indicates lycopodium, is the key-note in the case for that remedy, and the balance of the little patients symptoms will be found under it and be removed by it. Pioneer in alternative medicine & health care! Lachesis was selected on the basis of characteristic location and The hemorrhage being last to appear will be the first to be removed, and by not now interfering with the curative action in progress, giving no other medicine, and allowing a sufficient time for the action of the dose, the remaining symptoms, constituting the whole condition that has led up to the hemorrhage with its characteristic peculiarity, will be dissipated, inversely as they have appeared. After the dose her Left Sided throat pain became worse. The main complaint was Quantitative or numerical totality of symptoms, Qualitative totality or totality of characteristic symptoms, Restlessness: must move constantly but motion does not Now the Homoeopathic physician does not profess to treat disease, per se, but rather patients; and thus from the very nature of things, even the erudite generalizing of the Allopathic School cannot be received by us. You are, perhaps, ready to tell me that this is nothing new. Homoeopathy lecture Organon of medicne. This is not the same as aggravation, though allied to it and Homoeopathy teaches us to treat the individual with the disease and not his diseased parts alone. reported fever followed by paralysis.