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A SYNOPTIC KEY A SYNOPTIC KEY OF THE OF THE MATERIA MEDICA MATERIA MEDICA Dr. Smita Brahmachari, Dr. Smita Brahmachari, M.D. (Repertory) from N.I.H., M.D. (Repertory) from N.I.H., Kolkata. Kolkata. M.O., Dept. of AYUSH, M.O., Dept. of AYUSH, Govt. of NCT Delhi. Govt. of NCT Delhi.

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A SYNOPTIC KEY OF THE MATERIA MEDICA Dr. Smita Brahmachari Correct prescribing is the art of carefully fitting pathogenetic to clinical symptoms, and such at present requires a special aptness in grasping the essential points of symptom images, great drudgery, mastering a working knowledge of our large materia medica and a most skillful use of many books of reference. It is the aim of this book “A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica” is to simplify and introduce method into this work, so that the truly homoeopathic curative remedy may be worked out with greater ease and certainty.

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A SYNOPTIC KEYA SYNOPTIC KEY OF THE OF THE

MATERIA MEDICA MATERIA MEDICA

Dr. Smita Brahmachari,Dr. Smita Brahmachari,M.D. (Repertory) from N.I.H., Kolkata.M.D. (Repertory) from N.I.H., Kolkata.

M.O., Dept. of AYUSH, M.O., Dept. of AYUSH,

Govt. of NCT Delhi.Govt. of NCT Delhi.

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Author – Dr. Cyrus Maxwell Boger Author – Dr. Cyrus Maxwell Boger

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Editions of the bookEditions of the book

• I edition – 1915 I edition – 1915 • II edition – 1916 II edition – 1916 • III edition – 1928 III edition – 1928 • Fourth edition – 1931 Fourth edition – 1931 • Augmented edition – 1935 Augmented edition – 1935

by Dr. Banerjee of Kolkata by Dr. Banerjee of Kolkata

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ANATOMY OF THE SYNOPTIC KEY Foreword List of remedies in Materia medica

portion Part I – Analysis Part II – Synopsis Part III – Comprises of 4 appendices List of remedies & their abbreviations

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PART- I

ANALYSIS

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A SHORT REPERTORY

4 sections The periods of aggravation Conditions of aggravations and amelioration Generalities i.e. consideration of drug affinities for the entire

organism Regional repertory

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CONSTRUCTION OF THE REPERTORY Each page is arranged in two columns Name of the chapter is written on the top of the page in

BOLD CAPITAL Rubrics also represented in BOLD CAPITAL Sub rubrics are represented in bold roman letters Synonyms are given soon after the rubric in bold roman

letters with the prefix ‘see’ Cross references are given after the medicine in bold

roman letters with the prefix ‘comp.’

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I ORDINARY CAPITALS – ACON II Bold roman – Acon III Ordinary roman – Acon

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The periods of aggravation

• Consists of time periods of aggravations • Starts with the rubric PERIODICALLY, in general• Time periods are given in the order of Morning – 6 am to 12 noon After noon – 1 pm to 5 pm Evening – 6 pm to 8 pm Night – 9 pm to 5 am • Both day timings and clock timings are given • Periodically----- daily, agg ; at same hour, agg; Weekly, agg etc

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Conditions of aggravations and amelioration

• Rubrics arranged alphabetically from AIR to YAWNING

• Can be taken as causative modalities.• Some important rubrics : Anticipation <;

Breakfast <; Dust,feathers etc <; Emotions <; Females <; Foods drinks, <; Mental exertion<; moon phase, full moon <; moon light, <; Vaccination <; Position<; Rising from sitting <; Sea, <; Seasons <; Smoke<; Sleep<; woollens<.

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Generalities

• It consists of the consideration of the drug affinities of the entire organism

• Rubrics are arranged in alphabetical order ACHING to YELLOW.

• Rubrics include locations in general like bones, joints; sensations; complaints; pathological generals; clinical rubrics; mental rubrics

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Regional repertory

• Given as subchapters • Starts with INTELLECT & ends with SWEAT • Each subchapters are separated by a

horizontal line • It is one of the repertories whose regionals or

locations starts with intellect.

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PART -II

SYNOPSIS

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• An exposition of the Important and Characteristic Features of the most important remedies of the Homoeopathic materia medica, with their-

Physiological spheres of activitiesModalities Relationships

• 323 remedies from Abrotanum to Zinc valerianate with gradation of symptoms (using similar 3 gradations used in repertory part).

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THE SYNOPSIS

• General expression or genius of each remedy

• Strain which runs through every pathogenetic complex has been called the “genius” of the drug. Its proper place in the prescription should be the ideal of every prescriber.

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Construction of synopsis

• Name of the medicine written on the top of the page in BOLD CAPITALS

• followed by 2 columns - Rt & Lt

• on left column – REGION i.e., sphere of action of the remedy

• on Right column - modalities as WORSE & BETTER

• followed by characteristic features of the remedy as a single paragraph

• by bracketing the most nearly affiliated remedies after some of the symptoms

• Followed by Antidotes; Complementary & Related and [ not seen in every medicines]

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PART III

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Minimum duration of action of 127 remedies are given, by weeks The no. of weeks mentioned as superscript… Ex:- Phos5 -- 5

weeks. 2 important quotations : As long as old ailments reappear or are worse,

without the appearance of essentially new symptoms which lie outside of its sphere of action, we should guard against a repetition of the remedy, or changing to a new one – Boenninghausen.

Symptoms appearing last in a proving have the highest value – Hering.

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A list of 114 remedies From Abrotanum to Zincum with their complementary remedies with gradations….Bold roman & ordinary roman are

used. The introduction of gradation in the complementary

relationship is a unique concept. Ex.: Agar – Calc-c; Asaf – Puls; Baryta-c – Ant tart;

Caps. – Nat m; Led. – Sep.; Nat carb – Sep.

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It contains 35 remedies from Acetic acid to Zincum

with their antagonistic remedies (inimical relationship).

without any gradations Ex. : Apis * Rhus tox; Coloc * Caust; Lyco

* Nux mos; Merc * Sil; Phos * Caust; Sepia * Lach.

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SUPPLEMENTARY REFERENCE TABLESUPPLEMENTARY REFERENCE TABLE

With a foreword by C.M. Boger. He mentions that it has been enlarged considerably, especially by transferring most of the comparisons to it from the text of respective remedies.

Benefit: adds clearness & facility of reference. Here rubrics are arranged alphabetically, with sub rubrics. Many rubrics are provided with page number against them for easy

reference as an index to analysis part with gradation of medicines. The additional subrubrics & medicines mentioned in this section

should be combinedly referred to with analysis part. Clinical conditions pertaining to various parts of body are vividly

described under specific part.

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Asthma – bronchial – Terb; catarrhal – Calad., Caps; with coryza – Just; dry weather – Cham; of hay fever – Aru-t, Chlor; from hives – Apis; humid – Cann.

Back – acne – Rumex; cyst on – Phos; mental exertion – Pic-ac; stiffness ascends – Ars. Bones – exostoses – sulph iod, syph; weather changes agg. – Am-c. Bowels – inactive – Phys. Burns – Urt-u. Bruised wrist – Rhod. Calculi – Coc – c. Callosities – Radm., Symp. Chloasmae – Card-m, Lyco, Rob. Climaxis – Mang, Mell, Stro, Ust. Mucous colitis – Asar, Zinc-val. Dandruff – white – Ars, Kali-m; yellow – Calc-c, Kali-s. Duodenum – Pod, Uran-n. X-ray burns – calc fl.

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It contains 489 medicines. From Abies canadensis to Zizia aurea. with their abbreviations used in repertory.

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Is too simplify and introduce method of finding out true homoeopathic curative remedy with greater ease and certainty.

Combination of the analytic and synoptic method is best.

Is to make clear the general expression or the general expression or genius of each remedygenius of each remedy and thereby help to prescribe correctly.

The strain which runs through every pathogenetic symptom complex is called “genius” of the drug“genius” of the drug

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The scope of its content is much enlarged by bracketing the most bracketing the most nearly affiliated remedies after nearly affiliated remedies after some of the more important important symptomssymptoms; this also help in help in making differentiation. making differentiation.

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FINDING OUT SIMILIMUM

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FIRST STEP

• Elicit the evident cause and course of sickness.

• Things that causes sufferer discomfort.

• Natural modifier of sickness – the modalities.

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MODALITIES: NATURAL MODIFIERS OF THE SICKNESS

• The modalities – be very definitely ascertained.

• Most vitally important of such influences: time, temperature, open air, posture, being alone, motion, sleep, eating and drinking, touch, pressure, discharges, etc

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SECOND STEP

A consideration of mental state- presence of irritability, sadness

or fear is the ruling factor

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THIRD STEP

Patients own description of sensation

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Always ascertain whether any of the following primary sensations are present:

burning cramping cutting bursting soreness throbbing and thirst. There may be many others, but the presence of any

one of these often overshadows them.

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FOURTH STEP

ENTIRE OBJECTIVE ASPECT OR EXPRESSION OF THE SICKNESS

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This should specially include: THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONTHE FACIAL EXPRESSIONDEMEANOR (behavior, conduct towards DEMEANOR (behavior, conduct towards

others). others). NERVOUS EXCITABILITY NERVOUS EXCITABILITY SENSIBILITY SENSIBILITY RESTLESSNESS OR TORPOR, RESTLESSNESS OR TORPOR, STATE OF THE SECRETIONS AND ANY STATE OF THE SECRETIONS AND ANY

ABNORMAL COLORING.ABNORMAL COLORING.

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FIFTH STEP

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CORRECT PRESCRIBING IS THE CORRECT PRESCRIBING IS THE ART OF CAREFULLY FITTING ART OF CAREFULLY FITTING PATHOGENETIC TO CLINICAL PATHOGENETIC TO CLINICAL SYMPTOMS. SYMPTOMS.

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• All symptoms stand on the same All symptoms stand on the same level, level, for certain effects must be for certain effects must be more important than othersmore important than others, yet , yet be part and parcel of them. be part and parcel of them.

• We must learn to know our We must learn to know our remedies, just as we do our remedies, just as we do our friendsfriends, by their air or personality; , by their air or personality; and ever changing composite and ever changing composite effect, but always reflecting the effect, but always reflecting the same motive. same motive.

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IT REQUIRES

A special aptness in grasping the essential points of symptom images.

Great drudgery in mastering a working knowledge of our large materia medica.

Most skillful use of many books of reference.

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REPETITION OF THE DOSE

• General benefit derived from a single dose lags, the remedy should be repeated in the next higher potency instead of looking upon the new symptoms as indicators for some other drug; for only the most inveterately rooted dyscrasia can, by varying its expression, resist the whole scale of an indicated remedy

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WHENEVER THE CHOSEN REMEDY EXCITES LITTLE OR NO REACTION

• FAULTY selection OR

• Presence of one of the FUNDAMENTAL MIASMS which call for either, Psorinum, Sulphur, Medorrhinum or Syphilinum.

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SCOPE OF BOGER SYNOPTIC KEYSCOPE OF BOGER SYNOPTIC KEY

• Synopsis i.e., the whole sphere of action of drugs is Synopsis i.e., the whole sphere of action of drugs is presented in a nut shell.presented in a nut shell.

• Modalities are given which is helpful for prescription esp. in the repertory section i.e., time and conditions of aggravation and amelioration.

• Sphere of action of drug are given which will help Sphere of action of drug are given which will help physician to study or classify the drugs in a group physician to study or classify the drugs in a group which in turn will help clinician in quick which in turn will help clinician in quick prescribing.prescribing.

• The repertory is intended to orient the searcher.The repertory is intended to orient the searcher.

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SCOPE OF BOGER SYNOPTIC SCOPE OF BOGER SYNOPTIC KEYKEY

• Complementary and related medicine given at the end that will help physician in prescribing.

• Concept of materia medica & repertory together, Concept of materia medica & repertory together, helps for easy referencehelps for easy reference

• Gradation of symptoms in synopsis is very valuable

• As less number of medicines are used in repertory, As less number of medicines are used in repertory, it helps for quick bed side reference it helps for quick bed side reference

• Part III, esp supplementary reference table is the highlight of this book

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LIMITATION OF BOGER SYNOPTIC KEY

List of medicine is very lessContain less number of nosodesNumber of the related medicine is lessIt can not be used systematic repertorisationRubrics in each chapter is very less with less

number of medicine

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