Prescribing in Homeopathy: Look for keynotes: Books to learn keynotes

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Many textbooks on homeopathy will tell you that for newcomers, repertorization is the best option as far as prescribing a remedy is concerned. Don't go by it. Of course if you 'like' the method of prescribing, go for it by all means. But it is a long drawn out process and very laborious.

Instead go for the keynotes of the case. Listen to the patient carefully and glean the keynotes (of remedies) and peculiar symptoms. This is the quickest way to prescribe. Of course, one or two keynotes will not do. You got to have the image of the remedy in the patient.

To know the keynotes well, read books on the keynotes and good materia medicas. You will be able to 'see' a remedy in a patient only if you the remedies well. It is as simple as that.

If you have a remedy in mind, check carefully if the mentals and the modalities of the remedy match with the mentals and modalities of the patient. If they don't, drop the remedy and start searching again. The mental state of the patient HAS TO MATCH with the mind symptoms of the patient, otherwise the remedy will not work. Remember, in Homeopathy, the state of the patient's mind, is all-important.

SOME GOOD BOOKS ON KEYNOTES
1 - Keynotes of the Materia Medica with Nosodes by Henry C. ALLEN
2 - Leaders in Homeopathic Therapeutics by E B NASH
3 - Keynotes of the Materia Medica by Robin MURPHY
4 - Master Key to Homeopathic Materia Medica by K C BHANJA


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LAYMAN - Why should you learn homeopathy?

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You might be a working guy, business executive, working woman, housewife, a college student or an aged person. It does not make a difference. You should learn homeopathy. Why? read on....

WHY SHOULD YOU GO FOR HOMEOPATHY

1 - Homeopathic medicines are harmless and gentle

Homeopathic drugs if used sensibly are completely harmless. Contrast that with the massive side-effects of allopathy medicines. More importantly, they act gently and quickly. If the remedy has been selected well, your loved one will see his/her sickness disappear as if by magic; with no side -effects! Homeopathy drugs are very useful with aged, sensitive and frail patients, who cannot tolerate the harsh allopathy medicines.

2 - Homeopathic medicines are cheap

Today the prices of drugs of allopathic treatment are going up all the time. Doctor's fees. Numerous tests. It add ups to a big hole in your pocket. In contrast, homeopathic drugs are very cheap.

3 - Homeopathic medicines can be bought 'over the counter' with ease

Most allopathic drugs are sold by the chemist shops only on producing a doctor's prescription. With good reason. All allopathic medicines have dangerous side-effects. In contrast homeopathic remedies are easily available any your near homeopathy pharmacy. YOU DO NOT NEED A HOMEOPATHIC DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION TO OBTAIN A REMEDY.

4 - Self-knowledge of homeopathy cuts down your medical expenses drastically

I won't talk of how costly your little baby's little bout of flu can turn out to be. That is if you go in for allopathic treatment. If you know homeopathy, you can treat your loved ones yourself and at fraction of the cost!

5 - In chronic diseases only homeopathy helps

It is a well known fact that if one is suffering from a complicated and chronic disease, the last resort is homeopathy. This is so with a good reason. That is because in curing (not palliating) chronic ailments there is nothing like homeopathy. In old diseases, when all other methods of medicine and therapies fail, homeopathy cures!

6 - Why not go to a homeopath? Why learn homeopathy yourself?

That is because, I am sorry to say, there are many dumb, lazy and inflexible homeopaths around. They are bound to fail in curing chronic cases. One then loses faith in homeopathy, without realizing the fact that here, the fault was with that particular homeopath AND NOT WITH HOMEOPATHY. If the homeopath is good he will be able to cure any disease. Believe me, good homeopaths are few. The really good ones cost a bomb. So why not learn homeopathy yourself? The only qualification you should have is the willingness to read extensively and learn homeopathy.

7 - Homeopathy drugs do not interfere with the action of allopathic drugs

Homeopathy drugs and allopathic drugs work wonderfully without coming in each other's way. You could take allopathic treatment if you like and also take homeopathic drugs at the same time. The recovery will be quicker. Also homeopathic remedies are very useful in combating the harsh side-effects of strong allopathic drugs and of chemo-therapy. (Cancer can be cured by homeopathy, provided the remedies are selected very carefully).

8 - Homeopathy makes you stronger

Taking homeopathic medicines helps strengthen your immune system, without any ill-effects. Studies have shown that children who grew up with homeopathic treatment turned out into stronger and healthier adults.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

1 - Buy all the books I have mentioned in earlier posts on this site. Or read them at the nearby library, if they are available. My advice is READ ALL THE ARTICLES ON THIS SITE.

2 - Read the books and absorb them. Learning homeopathy necessitates a lot of reading. That requires patience and hard work. But once you have grasped the subject, you will be able to select the correct homeopathic remedy quickly.

3 - Homeopathy is also an art. Mere memorising books will not enable you to learn it. You have to use your imaginative and intuitive skills too. That is, after you have read and studied the subject hard.

4 - Pick up a good medical dictionary. Nothing high funda and detailed, but a rudimentary, but GOOD medical dictionary. Dorland's dictionary (even the concise edition) is too technical, which is not needed in homeopathy. You just need a basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology and human disease. Remember, in homeopathic prescribing names of diseases are of no use. There are more diseases than allopathy has found names for. In homeopathy, naming a disease is not necessary.

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