Limitations of Homoeopathic Materia
Medica Every science has its own limitations as like the scope. Homoeopathic materia medica is no exception to this dictum. As we discussed about the scope of Homoeopathic materia medica, let us discuss its limitations.
• Vast number of drug symptoms: A human brain cannot remember all the symptoms of Homoeopathic remedy as the number of symptoms in the materia medica are very vast.
• Lack of female provers : During Homoeopathic drug proving there were fewer female provers. Hence, female symptoms are less.
• Limitation in pathological condition: No dynamic Homoeopathic drug is proved with an intention to get pathological changes. There are no drug proving records for pathological changes in Homoeopathic materia medica. Very often we come across pathological symptoms, but these are not of great importance. In many instances of cure, like very difficult advanced pathological conditions, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, hemiplegia, tumours, etc., are cured by Homoeopathy. But Homoeopathic drugs are not proved to such an extent applying higher potency for prolonged period on susceptible provers to produce such state, and are to be dependent upon clinical symptoms for prescribing such cases.
• Acute emergency: There is a very limited scope for Homoeopathic drugs in an acute emergency case.
• Complete book: There is no materia medica which we can claim to be complete and contains all the information.
• Sensation: During Homoeopathic drug proving, sensation holds an important place. For example, sensation of pain is described using words like, tearing, tingling, aching, boring, etc. But practically in many cases, the patients rarely represent the sensation in words.
• Irreversible pathology: There is a lack of characteristic pathological symptoms in Homoeopathic materia medica. Pathological symptoms can be obtained from records of poisoning or from clinical practice after being cured, as there is no proving of dynamic drugs with an intension to get pathological symptoms. It has no scope when advanced structural damages take place or when irreversible organic changes take place.
• Rare remedies: Utilisation of some remedies is very difficult as in Homoeopathic materia medica some drugs are partially proved. These remedies are called rare remedies.
• Lack of authenticity: Most provers who participated in Homoeopathic drug proving were non-medicos and laymen. Thus, many symptoms lack authenticity in drug proving.
• Drugs in surgery: In Homoeopathic materia medica, there are no dependable specifics or of pre-operative, post-operative or preventive drugs available. Hence, there is very little scope in the field of surgery, anesthesia, contraception, drug induced abortion, etc.
• Imperfect materia medica: There are hundreds of venomous snakes and thousands of scorpions, but only few have been properly proven.
It is evident that there is a very thin line of demarcation between the scope of Homoeopathy and its limitations. The physician may very well understand the scope and limitations of Homoeopathy, but each physician must also be governed by his own individual judgment and the circumstances of the case. Hence, there will always be differences of opinion between individual physicians under such circumstances.
Medica Every science has its own limitations as like the scope. Homoeopathic materia medica is no exception to this dictum. As we discussed about the scope of Homoeopathic materia medica, let us discuss its limitations.
• Vast number of drug symptoms: A human brain cannot remember all the symptoms of Homoeopathic remedy as the number of symptoms in the materia medica are very vast.
• Lack of female provers : During Homoeopathic drug proving there were fewer female provers. Hence, female symptoms are less.
• Limitation in pathological condition: No dynamic Homoeopathic drug is proved with an intention to get pathological changes. There are no drug proving records for pathological changes in Homoeopathic materia medica. Very often we come across pathological symptoms, but these are not of great importance. In many instances of cure, like very difficult advanced pathological conditions, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, hemiplegia, tumours, etc., are cured by Homoeopathy. But Homoeopathic drugs are not proved to such an extent applying higher potency for prolonged period on susceptible provers to produce such state, and are to be dependent upon clinical symptoms for prescribing such cases.
• Acute emergency: There is a very limited scope for Homoeopathic drugs in an acute emergency case.
• Complete book: There is no materia medica which we can claim to be complete and contains all the information.
• Sensation: During Homoeopathic drug proving, sensation holds an important place. For example, sensation of pain is described using words like, tearing, tingling, aching, boring, etc. But practically in many cases, the patients rarely represent the sensation in words.
• Irreversible pathology: There is a lack of characteristic pathological symptoms in Homoeopathic materia medica. Pathological symptoms can be obtained from records of poisoning or from clinical practice after being cured, as there is no proving of dynamic drugs with an intension to get pathological symptoms. It has no scope when advanced structural damages take place or when irreversible organic changes take place.
• Rare remedies: Utilisation of some remedies is very difficult as in Homoeopathic materia medica some drugs are partially proved. These remedies are called rare remedies.
• Lack of authenticity: Most provers who participated in Homoeopathic drug proving were non-medicos and laymen. Thus, many symptoms lack authenticity in drug proving.
• Drugs in surgery: In Homoeopathic materia medica, there are no dependable specifics or of pre-operative, post-operative or preventive drugs available. Hence, there is very little scope in the field of surgery, anesthesia, contraception, drug induced abortion, etc.
• Imperfect materia medica: There are hundreds of venomous snakes and thousands of scorpions, but only few have been properly proven.
It is evident that there is a very thin line of demarcation between the scope of Homoeopathy and its limitations. The physician may very well understand the scope and limitations of Homoeopathy, but each physician must also be governed by his own individual judgment and the circumstances of the case. Hence, there will always be differences of opinion between individual physicians under such circumstances.
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