Knowledge of Medicinal Power (Aphorism 19-21)

This is the doctrinal indication of need of drug proving and i.e. why also
known as the blue print of drug proving.

Aphorism 19– Need of drug proving / Definition of disease

Disease is an alteration in the state of health.

HEALTH Deviation DISEASE

Any influence (mental, emotional, physical etc.) which affect

human health.

acts on HEALTH
MEDICINE
diseased state

Dynamic in nature
Medicine produces changes. This power of altering man’s state of
health is the medicine disease curing power.

Inference – The disease curing power is disease producing

power.
 Aphorism 20- To know the disease curative power or
pathogenetic power of drug.

DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURE A phenomena of

administering the
Based on their chemical,
potentised drugs internally
physical, morphological
and the effect of which are
nature and empirical noted down on healthy
characters. human being of different
constitution of both sexes
in different age groups.
NOT RECOMMENDED

i.e. disease producing

power

1. Disease curing power lies within the medicine which cures the
disease.
2. Spirit like power because of its dynamicity.
3. What we see in the drug is the curing power, what we see in
human beings are the symptoms.
Aphorism 21

With the study of above two aphorisms, now this inconvertible truth is
clear that, medicines disease curing power can only be known through a
peculiar phenomena i.e. Drug Proving.
And no other means is the reliable source for knowing the disease
curative power.