In Focus
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1996 Jan / Feb Vol V No 1.
Gunavante S M. 

I am happy to be able to resume the tete-a-tete with readers of NJH after a period of a little over a year, for reasons of health. During this period a number or events had occurred the saddest of which was the sudden and grievous loss of Dr Sarla Sonawala who was the backbone of NJH. It was heart-warming that under the leadership of Dr Vishpala Parthasarathy, the Chief Editor, and the insightful guidance of Dr C H Asrani, the NJH family recovered their spirits and have displayed a high sense of unity and devotion to the cause of the journal, so much so that the bi-months issues are now coming out in time. The throb of the vibrant energy dedicated to the cause is also reflected in the decision to hold annual Seminars (starting with the excellent Paediatric Seminar held in mid-Jan 1996, the NJH Walkathon successfully conducted on 25th Feb and the Book Club. We can therefore, confidently look forward tot he NJH taking still longer strides in every respect-in circulation, in popularity and usefulness as a guide to raise the prescribing skills of homoeopaths.

In one of my articles in an earlier issue (see pages 54, 55 of Vol II No 6-Rare Remedies) I had outlined the various essentials which enter into the "Making of a homoeopathy". One of the points I had stressed was the need to realize the importance of "Continuing Medical Education" through subscribing to Homoeopathic Journals and closely and critically studying the Cases and the striking features of remedies presented in them. It would be invidious to specify the names of particular Journals but yet, I wish to draw the attention or readers to one journal which surprisingly, appears to have been neglected, despite the fact that it is superior to a number of Journals put together, I refer to the "Quarterly homoeopathic Digest: edited and published single handedly by Dr K S Srinivasan of MaDRAS.

The volume of homoeopathic literature (New Repertories, Seminar transactions, Case Conference Reports, Books on Materia Medica) has been increasing rapidly in the last 10-15 years, all over the world, including the new liberated parts of the world (Eastern Europe for example). Except for a handful of Homoeopaths who can afford the high cost of foreign Journals and books others have no access to the ideas and experience of homoeopathies in the rest of the world-and these are of no mean order. Therefore a decade ago, Dr Srinivasan started compiling and publishing all those material in a quarterly journal titled "Quarterly Homoeopathic Digest" (QHD), with the aim of bringing this information to homoeopaths all over, especially in India.

This QHD gives a brief summary or abstract of all the articles appearing in the prestigious journals from UK, USA, Germany, France, Belgium and even from India. Quite a few of them are in languages other than English. These are translate and their summaries are in languages other than English. These are translated and their summaries are given in English. Be it noted that those summaries are not dull and drab, presenting the husk, but give the kernel. the stuff in which a homoeopath is really interested. Each issue is divided into several Sections, such as-.

1. Current Literature listing.
2. Materia Medica.
3. Therapeutics.
4. Veterinary.
5. History.
6. Research.
7. Pharmacology.
8. General.
9. Books and Journals.
10. News and Notes.

I wish I could quote paragraphs from almost every page I turn to, to emphasise the usefulness of the material. Since space forbids, I just give a sampling of "News and Notes" (Vol XI/1-2):.

1. Vithoulkas Seminar (from Similimum): Some highlights-24 lines.
2. Bill Gray had an interview with a rapidly aggressive Anti-homoeopathy baiter on TV. The next day the producer of TV called Bill Gray to apologize and said their office was flooded with positive calls for Bill Gray and homoeopathy-30 lines. An immense groundswell of irrepressible national interest in homoeopathy.
3. A Seminar on small remedies, at Maul, Nancy Herricks Video case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in which Nux-moschata was the remedy-15 lines. Also Louis Klein outlines four steps... the remedy is secondary, depressed since 5 years goes into rag, wild like an animal. Apologizes after the rage. Lyssin 1M brought about the desired improvement. Think of Lyssin whenever you give Stram, Hyos or Lach. The core of Lyssin is " a delusion that they are being tormented".

Page 39-Using Homoeopathy to alter habitual patterns: Cases"

1. Addiction to work-Lyc.
2. Infatuation in a woman with asthma-Tub.
3. Cocaine user who has fear with awareness of heart palpitation-Aconite.
4. A woman who was unable to leave the husband who beat her, was able to resolve it with a dose of Pulsatilla (when ten year psychotherapy had failed).
5. Case of 53 year-old woman obsessed with desire to kill her mother against her will, cured with Derris-pinnata 30. The rubric added by Vithoulkas in Complete REpertory is "Desire to kill parents, in a child".

Also a gist of 90 cases with symptoms from various Journals (in Vol XII). Though the articles cannot be published in full for various reasons, needless to stress that the QHD is a unique unparalleled service to homoeopaths in the world. It is selfless, the fruit of devotion of time and money. But how long this can continue?.

So, I request NJH readers to offer their generous support to this Digest as well as well as benefit from its unique contents.

The present subscription to QHD is Rs 150/per year for 4 issues.
journal Size-21.5 cms X 27.5 cms.
Pages-40 per issue.
Money to-Dr K S Srinivasan.
1253, 66th Street, Korettur,.
Madras-600 080.

The issues contain no advertisements. Dr Srinivasan is averse to advertising his work. Full articles can also be obtained at cost.

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