Drug - Medicine - Remedy

Drug
The drug word is derived from the french word ‘drogue’
which meaning a dry herb
The drug is explain in aphorism 19,23,105 and 116 in
organon of medicine by dr. Hahnemann

Definition;-

Any substance that ,when taken into living organism may

modify one or more of its function
Or
Drug is therapeutic agent which are prepared according to
the rules and regulation of pharmacopeia which is capable of
affecting sensation ,function and structural change and even
cause of death
Or
A drug is any material agent which ingestion in living body
which capable of disturbing the balance of vital force and
produces abnormal symptom

Types of drugs
1.mother tincture
It is drug pharmaceutically prepared from the drug substance
of vegetable and animal kingdom using strong alcohol or
water

2.mother solution
It is drug pharmaceutically prepared from the drug substance
of mineral and chemical source using strong alcohol or water

3.Mother substances
It is drug pharmaceutically prepared from the drug substance
of any source which is insoluble in liquid vehicle
They are prepared in sugar of milk by trituration

Medicine

Definition
When a drug has been potentized homeopathically and
proved on healthy human being in both sex (male and
female),all age ,and different constitution ( thin and obese )
Produce abnormal sign and symptom(objective and
subjective symptom) called ‘medicine’

Example
Nux vomica 30 potency
Aconite 200 potency
Pulsatilla 1M potency
The homoeopathic medicine are record or write in
homoeopathic materia mediaca

Genuine medicine
The medicine which has been prepared according to
pharmacopeia rules and regulation and potetized and
proving which capable to cure the disease

Remedy

Definition
When a particular medicine is prescribed for particular
disease condition according to symptom similarity is cured
totally, the medicine is called a remedy for particular
A medicine become remedy during apply low of similia

Example
A patient suffering from tonsillitis having following symptom
(a)sore throat
(b)redness in throat
(c)puffy swelling
According to symptom similarity apis mel 30 potency

Types of remedy

1.short acting remedy

Medicine action short period called short acting
Example
Aconite
Aethuza
Allium cepa
Belladonna
Colocynth
Chamomilla
Ipecacunha
2.Long acting remedy
A remedy action long period

Example
Calcarean carb
Lycopodium
Natrum mur
Arsenic album
Rhus tox
Pulsatilla

Polychrest
A remedy which has produced a wide rang of symptom in
proving and treat a wide rang of problem

Example
Arsenic alb
Aconit
Rhus tox
Belladonna
Nux vomica
 Simillimum
Introduction
The word similimum means same or like
The homoeopathic based on low of similia (simillimum)
Low of similia is ‘similia similibus curanter ‘ which meaning
like cure like or same cure same

Definition
We collect the sing and symptom of the medicine during drug
proving and after case taking we match the sign and
symptom then we select the medicine

Example
Patient symptom cold ,coryza, sneezing, lacrymation ,sore
throat
Thise patient medicine give allium cepa because medicine
symptom is same as patient symptom