It is made from the “Grease” a disease seen in horses. It is a nosode first proved and introduced by Boskowitz of Brooklyn who made the first potencies up to the 30th. It was later proved by Drs. Straube (using 30th potency), Raue, Carleton Smith, Wm. Jefferson, Guernsey, Selfridge, Burnett and Clarke. An extensive proving was carried out by W. P. Wesselhoeft, H.C. Allen, Steere, Holcombe and the students of Hering College in 1900 – 1901. They used 30th, 35th and 200th potencies.
A middle-aged man with very sharp features and shiny nails consulted me for his complaints of indigestion with which he had been suffering for last 3-4 years. He would pass a lot of wind and felt bloated most of the times. His bowel movements were unsatisfactory and were the cause of his main worry as he had to go many times to the toilet. He had been on numerous medicines both homoeopathic (like Nux vomica, Lycopodium, Podophyllum etc.) and allopathic and none had given him relief for long. Hearing this I asked one of my students to take his case in detail.
A young boy in his teens was brought by his parents for consultation. He was of thin built, wheatish complexion, having numerous eruptions on face and limbs with characteristic pitting on the top. He had been having these eruptions for few years and though he had been under much treatment both allopathic and homoeopathic he had not improved.
Following are main homoeopathy courses offered in India, regulated by Central Council of Homoeopathy, India.
Miss R.D. of 13 years was first brought to us by her mother on 10/10/99. She is of average height, medium built, fair complexion, having dark circles around the eyes, hypo-pigmented patches on the face and thick curly hair.
Our Master Hahnemann was one among few outstanding medical men who thought about health in a different manner. He was trained in the traditional way from the famous Medical schools in Leipzig, Vienna, and Erlangen Etc. Soon after he started practice, he understood the barbarity of the medical practice of his time. He could not make compromise with his conscience and thus he had to stop practice. He has not yet been an established practitioner by way of his financial income to support his large family. Still, with a really heavy heart, he took such a hard decision.
Minimum Syndrome of Maximum Value
A female, aged 23 years, with numerous brownish moles on face, consulted me for her c/o obstinate dysmenorrhoea since menarche. She used to experience severe pain in thigh especially right thigh with nausea on the first day of periods. The pain was better from warmth and used to reduce on following days till the period was over.
A boy aged 24 years consulted me for his C/o travel sickness. He told me that whenever he used to travel especially in mountainous regions, he used to develop extreme giddiness with nausea and vomiting. Persistent queries revealed that he had no other physical complaint.
Once I was called upon to treat an elderly man, aged about 70 years, suffering from CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE with DIABETES MELLITUS. On account of his ill health, he requested me to pay home visit. On entering his house, I found and admired the absolute orderliness in which the things were placed in his house. Minutest care had been taken to place the things and hence his FASTIDIOUSNESS immediately struck me.