Kidney stones (renal lithiasis, nephrolithiasis) are small, hard mineral deposits that form inside your kidneys. The stones are made of mineral and acid salts. Kidney stones have many causes and can affect any part of your urinary tract — from your kidneys to your bladder. Often, stones form when the urine becomes concentrated, allowing minerals to crystallize and stick together. Passing kidney stones can be quite painful, but the stones usually cause no permanent damage. Depending on your situation, you may need nothing more than to take pain medication and drink lots of water to pass a kidney stone. Causes—Kidney stones often have no definite, single cause, although several factors may increase your risk. Kidney stones form when your urine contains more crystal-forming substances — such as calcium, oxalate and uric acid — than the fluid in your urine can dilute. At the same time, your urine may lack substances that prevent crystals from sticking together, creating an ideal environment for kidney stones to form. Types of kidney stones Knowing the type of kidney stone helps determine the cause and may give clues on how to reduce your risk of getting more kidney read more [...]

In my 25 years experience with homoeopathy both in India, Europe and the United States, I have had the privilege of treating hundreds, if not thousands, of cases suffering with grave pathology. In India, particularly Calcutta and West Bengal, Homoeopathy is used as primary care and patients often opt for homoeopathy in preference to surgery. I believe this is due to a number of reasons: 1) Due to family tradition historically family members may have had successful homoeopathic treatment. 2) There is a faith and expectation that the consultant and experienced homoeopath can and will successfully treat pathology. 3) Lack of education results in a ‘lump’ or pain being neglected and results in severe pathology, which often finally arrives in the homoeopath’s clinic. [See 1 above] 4) Generally there is a wider awareness of the effectiveness and safety of homoeopathic medicine. 5) Sometimes, especially in very rural areas, there is no health care plan and people simply cannot afford the surgeon and nursing home fees. Homoeopaths generally receive full time education in Universities over a five year period and have full medical understanding and the internship usually read more [...]

A demonstration of how simple, classical homoeopathy works. The non-confusing, time honoured methodology. Test your skills with these 12 mini cases These are cases treated successfully by Dr. Banerjea in his slum clinics of India. The case stories are short and the emphasis is on quick prescribing through striking, singular (which are complete in themselves) symptoms. Please try to solve the cases and then check your answers below Perhaps you know that classical homoeopaths believe in understanding the materia medica and making a qualitative totality rather than quantitive! Hence I rarely use Repertory and my prescriptions are always based from my knowledge and understanding of materia medica. Short Case Story-1 This is an interesting case of a woman in her mid 40’s who developed oedema of the foot after her only daughter moved a long distance away after getting married. She feels very resentful about this and cannot cope with this reality. The only thing that is stimulating her is the strong coffee which she loves. She is a single Mum. She also suffers from extreme debility which is worse in the morning, in bed, even before getting up! She also suffers from extreme read more [...]

  “It is worse than useless to give a second dose until the effects of the first dose have ceased.”   “Never, under any circumstances, make use of local applications for an internal derangement. It is the highest order of medical profanity!”   “A Sycotic is never cured unless a discharge is brought back”.   “When a remedy has benefited a patient satisfactorily, never on your life, change your remedy, but repeat that remedy so long as you can benefit the patient. Do not regard the symptoms that have come up.”   (Dr. James Tyler Kent – Kent’s Aphorisms and Precepts from extemporaneous lectures) read more [...]

What is a Polychrest Remedy? Homeopathy has a many frequently used medicines.  Some of the more commonly used are called "Polychrests Remedies".  There is no "standard" list of these Polychrests remedies. Each Homeopathic Practitioner usually makes their own list, depending on the type of cases treated in their practice.  Below are the most commonly used polychrests in homeopathic medicine. Polychrest Homeopathic Remedies   Aconitum Napellus (Acon.) A state of fear, anxiety; anguish of mind and body. Physical and mental restlessness. Sudden and great sinking of strength. Complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather. Fears the future. Eyes feel dry and hot, as if sand in them. Pain at root of nose. Tingling in cheeks and numbness. Gums hot and inflamed. Tongue coated white. Vomiting, with fear, heat, profuse sweat and increased urination. Bitter taste of everything except water. Intense thirst. Bleeding hemorrhoids. Urine scanty, red, hot, painful. Cough, dry, short, hacking; worse at night and after midnight. Tingling in chest after cough. Tachycardia. Pulse full, hard; tense and bounding. Rheumatic inflammation of joints; worse at night. Anxious read more [...]

  MEDICINES: COMPARATIVE MATERIA MEDICA POINTS ARSENICUM ALBUM HEPAR SULPH KALI CARB NATRUM SULPH PHOSPHORUS TUBERCULINUM 1) AETIOLOGY (i) Asthma from suppressed itch.(ii) Suitable for attacks occurring as consequence of suppressed catarrh. (iii) Chill in water; eating ices. (i) Cold, dry, winds.(ii) Land wind (open fields). (iii) Suppressed eruptions. Catching Cold. Every fresh cold brings on an attack of asthma. (i) Strong odours, flowers.(ii) Exposure to drenching rains, washing cloths. Exposure to cold air. 2) COUGH &ASTHMA (i) Dry cough.(ii) Cough as if from sulphur fumes. (iii) Cough after drinking. (iv) Apex of the right lung is more affected. (i) Dry & hoarse cough.(ii) Choking cough. (iii) Croupy & rattling cough. . (i) Asthma: Wheezing.(ii) Asthma: Bronchitis. (iii) Asthma: Dry hard cough. (iv) Base of the right lung is more affected. (i) Asthma: Dyspnoea of damp weather.(ii) Asthma: Humid asthma. (iii) Asthma: in children. (iv) Base of the left lung is more affected. (i) Cough: From tickling in larynx.(ii) Cough: Racking cough. (iii) Cough: Nervous cough, aggravation read more [...]

MODERN CLASSICAL-PRACTICAL PRESCRIBING: METHODOLOGY APPROACH- A NON-SUPPRESSED CASES: CASES WITH CLARITY OF SYMPTOMS: MTEK is an useful memory aid to arriving at a correct prescription. M = Miasmatic Totality T = Totality of Symptoms E = Essence (should include gestures, postures, behaviours etc) K = Keynotes (which should encompass PQRS symptoms, refer §153 and §209 of Hahnemann’s Organon) When the above criteria are considered and the steps below followed, a correct prescription can be made. Step-I: Make the miasmatic diagnosis of the case, i.e. ascertain the surface miasm. Step-II: Assess the Totality of Symptoms + Essence + Keynotes and PQRS (if any) of the case and formulate the indicated remedy. Step-III: Ensure that the indicated remedy covers the surface miasm, as diagnosed in Step I. Step-IV: Administer the remedy, which encompasses the miasm as well as the Totality of Symptoms. Step-I: Make the miasmatic diagnosis of the case, i.e. ascertain the surface miasm. This can be done by: (a) Head to foot assessment of symptoms (please refer to Miasmatic Prescribing by Subrata K. Banerjea) (b) Through clinical manifestation of disease, read more [...]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder that affects around 10-20% of the population1, with the condition affecting women three times more than men2.  For practitioners of ingestive medicine, it’s relatively common to be consulted by people with this complaint. Up until fairly recently, IBS was a diagnosis of exclusion, i.e., those presenting to a GP or specialist with abdominal pain and an alteration of bowel habits, in the absence of an identifiable organic pathology, were usually told that they had IBS. Since then, IBS has become a recognised clinical entity, with the following diagnostic criteria: Abdominal distension (bloating). Diffuse lower abdominal pain, noticed particularly in the lower left quadrant. Pain is usually reported as a constant dull ache with occasional episodes of acute sharp pain. Eating may precipitate this pain and it’s often relieved by defecation. For diagnostic purposes, the pain described here should have been present for at least 3 days per month during the previous 3 months. Altered bowel habits, consisting of constipation, diarrhoea, or an alternation between the two, including defecation urgency, particularly after a read more [...]