Susceptibility, potency selection and repetition of dose in homoeopathy

susceptibility - correlation with potency selection and repetition of dose

1. Susceptibility, potency selection and repetition. Dr Ananthakrishnan Dept of organon of medicine

2. Contents Susceptibility in detailed Selection of potency Repetition of dose

3. Susceptibility It is an inherent capacity in all living things to react to stimuli in the environment and represents a fundamental quality that distinguishes the living from non – living.

4. Susceptibility “We may define susceptibility primarily as the reaction of the organism to the external and internal influences ”. “vacuum that attracts and pulls for most needed things of same plane. --H A R oberts

5. Susceptibility plays important role in.. Maintenance of health Evolution of constitution Development of diathesis Development of disease Manifestations of disease Process of recovery and cure Evolution of drug picture Manifestation of remedy Determination of dose and repetition.

6. Susceptibility and Immunity . When immune system is damaged, person becomes highly susceptible to disease

7. Increased susceptibility Increased susceptibility promotes development of disease and abnormal responses to stimuli. Max susceptibility exhibited by host lead to the discovery of higher potency As in other systems, never to suppress elevated susceptibility. This can cause further complications later. But homoeopathic higher potency medicines can bring back the elevated susceptibility without causing harm.

8. Decreased susceptibility Decreased susceptibility is denoted by the poor response of an organism to stimuli in the environment. Poor protective responses - the subject comes down with illness Lower potencies are used.

9. Factors contribute to assume susceptibility Age Sex Habbit and environment Constitution and temperament Nature and depth of the disease Nature of medicine

10. Susceptibility – selection of potency. SUSCEPTIBILITY IS THE ONLY GUIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF POTENCY. MORE THE SUSCEPTIBILITY HIGHER THE POTENCY, LESS THE SUSCEPTIBILITY LOWER THE POTENCY .

11. Age Child and young adults require higher potencies as there are no wear and tear of organ and tissue. But in old age susceptibility generally lower down so potency require is medium or low.

12. Sex Female require medium potency But male require higher potency

13. Habit and environment Higher potency best adapted to: Person engaged in highly mental work ( doctors, lawyer, ministers etc ). Sedentary occupation. Excitement of the imagination and emotions. Long sleep.

14. Lower potencies are best adapted to: Person engaged in physical labor. Who sleep less. whose food is course person expose to drugs, perfumes, chemicals such as Tabaco worker , dealers. People , who are mentally weak.

15. But where their illness is directly caused by some particular drug influence ,a higher potency of the same or similar drug may prove to be the best antidote .

16. Constitution Higher potencies : Sensitive persons of a nervous ,sanguine or choleric temperament. Intellectual persons, quick to act and react. Zealous and impulsive persons.

17. Lower potencies: Torpid and phlegmatic individuals , dull of comprehension and slow to act. Coarse fibered , sluggish individuals of gross habits. Those who posses great muscular power but who require a powerful stimulus to excite them.

18. Nature and depth of the disease Acute disease No structural change, so susceptibility of patient is high so higher potency. Acute disease with lowered vitality requires low potency. Acute manifestations of chronic diseases with gross pathology require medium or low potency.

19. Chronic disease Without gross pathology requires higher potencies. With gross organic changes require low potency. Mental disease the susceptibility is high ,potency require high. But in some cases high potency is contraindicated the possibility of too violent an aggravation.

20. Incurable disease - 50 millesimal potency is best for this purpose. Seat of the disease :where the disease is affecting the internal organ in those cases, lower potency is required. Previous treatment of the disease :patient require higher potency.

21. Repetition of doses

22. Factors responsible for repetition of dose Condition and progress of the patient Nature of the disease Nature of the remedy

23. Condition and progress of patient Perceptible and continued progress of improvement contraindicates repetition. Repeat the doses when improvement ceases .

24. Nature of the disease Acute disease Medicine repeated at every 2,3,4 or 6 hr. in most acute cases it may repeated at 5 min. 50 millesimal scale remedy repeated frequently. Chronic disease Repetition of lower potency is acceptable , higher potency we should wait till the action of remedy is over .

25. In cases of large dose, administration can be repeated frequently.

26. Nature of the medicine potency : lower –frequent repetition higher-not frequent repetition Duration of action : deep acting-less repetition short acting-frequent repetition.

27. Thank you….