Characteristic of Different Homoeapathic Materia Medica by DR Ankit Srivastav

Characteristic & Uses
of
Different types Homoeopathic
Materia medica
Compiled by: Dr. Ankit Srivastava

B.H.M.S. (Gold medalist), M.D.(PGR)
Gorakhpur, U.P., India.
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 Materia medica (English: medical
material/substance) is a Latin medical term for the
body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic
properties of any substance used for healing (i.e.,
medicines). The term derives from the title of a
work by the Ancient Greek physician Pedanius
Dioscorides in the 1st century AD, De materia
medica, 'On Medical Material' (Περὶ ὶ ὕλης ἰατρὶκῆς
in Greek).
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 The earliest known writing about medicine was a
110-page Egyptian papyrus. It was supposedly written
by the god Thoth in about 16 BC. The Ebers papyrus
is an ancient recipe book dated to approximately
1552 BC. It contains a mixture of magic and medicine
with invocations to banish disease and a catalogue of
useful plants, minerals, magic amulets and spells.

 Hahnemann gave us a detailed description of
materia medica in aphorism 143. He says, “Materia
medica is a collection of real, pure, reliable, mode of
action of single medicinal substances, a volume of the
book of nature where is recorded a considerable array
of the peculiar changes of the health and symptoms
ascertained to belong to each of powerful medicines as
they were revealed to the attention of the observer in
which the likeness of the ( homoeopathic) disease
elements of many natural disease to be hereafter cured
by them are present, which in a word contain artificial
morbid states that furnish for the similar natural
morbid states the only true homoeopathic that is to say,
specific therapeutic instrument for effecting their
certain and permanent cure”.

“The most expert healer is the man who
knows how to handle his Materia
Medica”- Dr. C.M. Boger

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Classification of
Materia Medica
FUNDAMENT APPLIED
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AL Physiological
• Condensed
Source books
• Comparative
• Keynotes
• Therapeutics
• Drug Pictures
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Applied Materia
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Physiological
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THERAPEUTIC TYPE MATERIA MEDICA
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by by Dewey,
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DRUG PICTURE MATERIA
MEDICA
EXAMPLE
Lectures on Homoeopathic
Homoeopathic Materia Medica
Materia Medica Homoeopathic of Graphical
with New Drug Pictures Drug Pictures
Remedies by by, Tyler M.L. and Clinical
Kent, J.T. Comments by
Pulford.
 1. Name of the Book: Materia Medica Pura
 Author: Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel

Hahnemann (10.4.1755 to 2.7.1843)
 Volume & Edition: Six volumes

(from 1811 to 1821)

 1.Name of the Book: Materia Medica Pura
Editions:


 Characteristi
c:

 1. Name of the Book: Materia Medica Pura
 Characteristi
c:

 2. Name of the Book: The Encyclopedia of pure Materia
Medica
 Author: Trimothy. F. Allen

(24.4.1837 to 5.12.1902)
 Volume and Edition: Twelve volumes

(1874 to 1879)

Medica
Characteristic
s:

Medica

 3. Name of the Book: Hering Guiding Symptoms
 Author: Constantine Hering (01.01.1800 to 23.07.1880)
 Volume and Edition: 10 volumes

I volume 1879
II volume 1880
I and II volumes by Hering
 Later volumes by his students and colleagues by

Dr .C.G Raue, Dr.C.B.Knerr and C. Mohr

 Characteristi
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 All symptoms are verified bedside several times.
There are symptoms appearing in Hahnemann materia medica pura
and Allen’s encyclopedia which Hering ignored but emphasised
others which though having comparatively lower gradation were
verified and cofirmed more often in actual practice.

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 Various pathological symptoms were mentioned in which particular symptoms
was found to be cured by particular drugs. This is mentioned at the end of the
symptoms in brackets there are confirmation of the provings in particular
condition of disease.
 At the end of description references of relationship of the drugs and hints for
comparative study.
 It is a voluminous work with 48 chapters and 408 medicines.

 4. Name of the Book: Key Notes And Red Line Symptoms
of the Materia Medica
 Author: Dr. Adolph Von Lippe

(11.5.1812 to 23.1.1888)
 Volume and Edition: One volume

 4. Name of the Book: Key Notes And Red Line Symptoms
of the Materia Medica

 5. Name of the Book: Lectures on Materia Medica
 Author: Carroll Dunham (1828 - 1877)
 Volume & Edition: I edition – 1878

II edition - 1880

 6. Name of the Book: A Cyclopedia of Drug Pathogenesy
 Author: R.Hughes and J.P. Dake.
 Volume & Edition: In four volumes

1st edition 1886.

 6. Name of the Book: A Cyclopedia Of Drug Pathogenesy
 Characteristi
c

 7. Name of the Book: Clinical Materia Medica
 Author: Ernest A. Farrington

(1.1.1847 to 1885)
 Volume & Edition: One volume

I edition – 1887
II edition - 1890

 7. Name of the Book: Clinical Materia Medica
 Characteristi
c

 8. Name of the Book: Keynotes of the Materia Medica with
Nosodes.
 Author: H. C. Allen (1836 - 1909).

I edition – 1898
II edition – 1899
(expanded to 318 pages)
VI edition – 1931
(printed by Boericke and Tafel )

 8. Name of the Book: Keynotes of the Materia Medica
with Nosodes.
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 9. Name of the Book: Leaders in Homeopathic
Therapeutics.
 Author: Eugene Beauharis Nash (1838 - 1917).
 Volume & Edition: I edition – 1898

II edition – 1900
III edition – 1907
IV edition – 1913
VI edition - 1946

 9. Name of the Book: Leaders in Homeopathic
Therapeutics.
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 10. Name of the Book: A Manual of Materia Medica
Therapeutics and Pharmacology.
Author: Alexander Leslie Blackwood.

1862-1924.

 10. Name of the Book: A Manual of Materia Medica
Therapeutics and Pharmacology.
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c

 11. Name of the Book: Homoeopathic Materia Medica
And Repertory.
Author: William Boericke

(26.11.1849 to 1.4.1929)
Editions: One volume

Nine editions
I edition – 1900
II edition – 1903
III edition - 1906
IX edition – 1927

 11. Name of the Book: Homoeopathic Materia Medica
And Repertory.
 Characteristi
 12. Name of the Book: Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Author: John Henry Clarke

(1853 to 24.11.1931)
Edition: Three volumes in 1900

Volume 1 has 951 pages,
Volume 2 has 736 pages,
Volume 3 has 1635 pages.

 12. Name of the Book: Dictionary Of Practical Materia Medica
 Characteristi
c

 13. Name of the Book: Lectures of Homoeopathic Materia Medica
Author: James Tyler Kent

(31.3.1849 to 6.6.1916)
Editions: One volume

I edition 1904

 13. Name of the Book: Lectures Of Homoeopathic Materia Medica

 14. Name of the book:- New, Old and Forgotten Remedies
Name of the author: E. P. Anshutz
Editions: I edition – 09.01.1900

II edition – 10.10.1917

 14. Name of the book:- New, Old and Forgotten Remedies

 15. Name of the book: A Synoptic Key of Materia Medica
Author: Dr.C.M.Boger, (1861-1935)
Editions: Only one volume

I edition-1915
Fifth and final edition – 1931

 15. Name of the book: A Synoptic Key of Materia Medica
 Book is divided in three parts:
 I part: 80 pages repertory

Repertory contains –
Periods of aggravation.
Conditions of aggravation and amelioration.
Generalities i.e. consideration of drug affinities for the entire organism.
Regional repertory.
The number of medicines mentioned under the repertory section is 489.
 15. Name of the book: A Synoptic Key Of Materia Medica
 II part: Synopsis, 215 pages, materia medica

 Materia medica contains –323 remedies.
 Remedies are arranged alphabetically with their physiological
spheres of activities modalities and relationship.
 Each remedies is presented in outline form, diagrams or in
graphic representation.

 Name of the book: A Synoptic Key of Materia Medica
• III part: 110 page section of four appendices

Duration of remedy action.
Complementary remedy action.
Antagonistic remedy action.
A supplemental reference table, which is actually an alphabetical
Clinical listing of symptoms, body parts, sensation etc and their
associated remedies linked via page numbers to the 80 page repertory

 16. Name of the book: Studies of Homeopathic Remedies
Author: Douglas M Gibson (1888-1977).
Editions: First published in the British

Homoeopathic Journal over the
period 1963-1977.
His studies are edited for
publication in book form.

 16. Name of the book: Studies of Homeopathic Remedies

 17. Name of the book: A materia medica and repertory
Author: James Stephenson
Edition: I edition - 1963

 17. Name of the book: A materia medica and repertory

 18. Name of the book: Essence of Materia medica.
Author: George Vithoulkas (1932)
Edition: One volume

I edition – 1988
II edition - 1990
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 18. Name of the book: Essence of Materia medica.

 19. Name of the book: Materia medica Viva
 Author: George Vithoulkas (1932)

 Edition: Volulme 1: 25 remedies (Abelmoschus to Ambrosia Artemisiae Folia).

Volume 2: 28 remedies (Ammoniacum Gummi to Argentum nitricum)
Volume 3: 23 remedies (Arnica to Avena sativa).
Volume 4: 11 remedies (Bacillinum to Benzoic Acid).
Volume 5: 13 remedies (Berberis Vulgaris to Butyric Acid).
Volume 6: 10 remedies (Cactus Grandilflorus to Calcarea Silicata).
Volume 7: Calendula Officinalis to Carcinosinum or Cancerinum.
Volume 8: Carduus Marianus to Cicute Virosa
Volume 9: 9 remedies. (Cimicifuga Racemosa to Conium Maculatum)
Volume 10: Corallium Rubrum to Euphrasia Officinalis
Volume 11:Ferrum Metallicum to Helleborus Niger



 22. Name of the Materia Medica: Keynotes of the Materia Medica:
Commentary and Group Discussion
 Author: Robin Murphy (15.08.1950)
 Volumes and Editions: 5 volumes – in 2005

 Volume I: Abrotanum to Bufo rana

 Volume II: Cactus grandiflorus to Curare
 Volume III: Damiana to Kreosotum
 Volume IV: Lac caninum to Ovary gland
 Volume V: Palladium to Zingiber officinale


 23. Homoeopathic Psychology: Personality Profiles of the Major
Constitutional Remedies.
 Author: Philip M Bailey.
 Volume and Edition: I Indian edition – 2002.

 23. Name of Materia Medica: Homoeopathic Psychology: Personality
Profiles of the Major Constitutional Remedies.

 24. Name of the book: Synoptic Materia Medica 1 And 2
 Author:- Frans Vermeulen (1948 )
 Editions:- Synoptic Materia Medica 1 in 1992

Synoptic Materia Medica 2 (2 editions) in
1996 and 3rd edition in 2003.
 The first edition is nominated by a Roman II, the

second uses a Latin 2. A continuation of the first
volume, it includes 342 remedies that are less well
known than those in the first volume.
 24. Name of the book: Synoptic Materia Medica 1.
 Synoptic Materia Medica 1:-
 Highly compact collection of data

 It covers 190 major remedies, listing modalities, leading symptoms, a
short repertory, food aversions or desires, a "nucleus", or summary of
the most important symptoms.
 After 9 reprints in 12 years, The Silver Book has been revamped,

rekindled, revitalized and restyled as The New Synoptic One.

 Synoptic Materia Medica 2:-
 This work presents remedy pictures of over 330 homeopathic medicines.
 Information on nomenclature, mythology, chemistry, metallurgy, biology,

botany, astrology, and folklore is given in this book.
 In the Preface there is a section called 'Botanical Relationships' which

classifies the plant medicines by Order.

 The key symptoms along with the relevant rubrics for each remedy described is
been listed.
 Each remedy picture is presented according to the following structure:
1. Signs - all of the non-homeopathic background information
2. Compare - similar remedies to be compared to
3. Region - affinities to different bodily systems or parts
4. Leading Symptoms - characteristic symptoms including modalities
5. Rubrics - repertory rubrics (based on Allen's Encyclopedia)
6. Food - aversions, desires, aggravations, ameliorations
 Sources: Boericke, Phatak, Blackwood, Clarke, Allen, Hering.
 This book covers remedies (mostly 'smaller' ones) not addressed in Synoptic
Materia Medica 1.
 25. Name of Materia Medica: Prisma: The Arcana of Materia illuminated-
Similars and Parallels between substance and Remedy.
 Author: Frans Vermeulen (1948)
 Editions & Volumes: One volume

I edition - March 2002

 25. Name of Materia Medica: Prisma: The Arcana of Materia illuminated-
Similars and Parallels between substance and Remedy.

 26. Name of the Materia Medica: A insight into plants
 Author:- Rajan Sankaran (1960).
 Editions & Volumes: 3 volumes

I edition volume 1 and 2 - 2002
3 volume – 2007



 27. Name of the book: The Soul of Remedies
 Author:- Rajan Sankaran (1960)
 Edition:- One volume

I edition - 1997

 27. Name of the book: The Soul of Remedies

 28. Name of the book: Homoeopathy and Minerals
 Author: Jan Scholten (23.12.1951)
 Edition & Volume: One volume

(I edition – 1993).



 29. Name of the book: Homoeopathy and the Elements
 Author:- Jan Scholten (23.12.1951)

(I edition – 1996)



 30. Name of Materia Medica: Materia Medica of Homeopathic Medicines
 Author:- Dr. S.R. Phatak (1896-1981)
 Volumes & Editions:- I edition – 1977,

One volume

 30. Name of Materia Medica: Materia Medica of Homeopathic Medicines

 32. Name of the Materia Medica: A study on Materia Medica.
 Author: Dr. N. M Choudhury
 Volumes & Editions: I edition – 1916

II edition – 1920
One volume

 32. Name of the Materia Medica: A study on Materia Medica.

 Bibilography:
1.Materia Medica Pura.
2.The Encyclopaedia of pure Materia Medica. 22. Essence of Homeopathic Materia Medica.
3.Hering Guiding Symptoms. 23. Synoptic Materia Medica 1 And 2.
4.Keynotes and Red Lines symptoms of Materia 24. Desktop Guide to Keynotes and Confirmatory
Medica. Symptoms.
5.Lectures on Materia Medica. 25. Homoeopathy and Minerals.
6.A cyclopaedia of drug pathogenesy. 26. Materia Medica Viva.
7.Clinical Materia Medica. 27. Homoeopathy and the Elements.
8.Keynotes of Materia Medica with Nosodes. 28. The Soul of Remedies.
9.Leaders in Homoeopathic therapeutics. 29. Prisma :The Arcana Of Materia Medica
10.A manual of Materia Medica Therapeutics and Illuminated --
Pharmacology. Similars And Parallels Between Substance
11.Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory. And Remedy.
12.Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica. 30. A insight into plants.
13.New, Old & Forgotten Remedies. 31. Homoeopathic Psychology Personality Profiles
14.Lectures of Homoeopathic Materia Medica. of the
15.A study on Materia Medica. Major Constitutional Remedies.
16.A synoptic key of Materia Medica. 32. Keynotes of the Materia Medica: Commentary
17. Comparative materia medica and therapeutics. and Group
18. Studies of Homeopathic Remedies. Discussion.
19. A materia medica and repertory.
20. Materia Medica of Homeopathic Medicines.
21. Materia Medica of New Homeopathic Remedies

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 Author: Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel

 Volume & Edition: Six volumes

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 Author: Trimothy. F. Allen

 Volume and Edition: Twelve volumes

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 Author: Constantine Hering (01.01.1800 to 23.07.1880)

 Volume and Edition: 10 volumes

 Later volumes by his students and colleagues by

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 Author: Dr. Adolph Von Lippe

 Volume and Edition: One volume

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 Author: Carroll Dunham (1828 - 1877)

 Volume & Edition: I edition – 1878

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 Author: R.Hughes and J.P. Dake.

 Volume & Edition: In four volumes

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 Author: Ernest A. Farrington

 Volume & Edition: One volume

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 Volume & Edition: One volume

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 Volume & Edition: I edition – 1898

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Author: Alexander Leslie Blackwood.

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Author: William Boericke

Editions: One volume

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Author: John Henry Clarke

Edition: Three volumes in 1900

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Author: James Tyler Kent

Editions: One volume

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Name of the author: E. P. Anshutz

Editions: I edition – 09.01.1900

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Author: Dr.C.M.Boger, (1861-1935)

Editions: Only one volume