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Scope and Limitations of homoeopathy materia medica

Homoeopathic  materia  medica  is completely  different. It is an encyclopaedia  of the  therapeutic  properties  of drugs.  These  properties are  obtained  through proving on healthy  human  beings. It is the knowledge of the action of the drug on healthy human beings in relation to the psychosomatic person as a whole.

There are many Homoeopathic  materia  medica  which are written and  organised  in different  styles. Since,  materia  medica  are  detailed information  regarding  a Homoeopathic  drugs, it  is necessary and important to study each and every medicine  in a systematic way so that we can retain  as much information  as possible. Everybody has different style of studying the materia  medica.  One common method is to memorise the key mental  and physical general symptoms along with the characteristic  physical symptoms.  Thus, it is very clear that Homoeopathic  materia  medica  provides  great  scope  in  the  field  of medicine.

Every science  has scope and some limitations.  Scope and limitations of the materia  medica  help the Homoeopathic  physician  to be more confident while prescribing.

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