Book Review
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1998 May / Jun VOL VII NO 4.
Reviewed by
Dr Sumit Chatterjee
Title: High Dilution Pharmacology and Homoeopathy
Author: Nirmal C Sukul
Publisher: A Sukul, Shyambati, and Santiniketan West Bengal 731235
Edition: First Published 1997
Price: RS 105/-
Pages: 109
It is very heartening to note that in this present age, even after 200 years of Homoeopathy entering the medical profession, where prejudiced views still continue to plague its progress and its acceptance as a scientific system, a few handful researchers around the world have not only accepted it as one worth its while, but have also gone beyond just practicing and preaching its authenticity by trying to prove its status in science.
The author, a professor of zoology at Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan, has been conducting research in parasitology, Neuropharmacology and Homoeopathy and also practicing Homoeopathy in his spare time for more than 3 decades. This book is the outcome of many years of painstaking and pioneering research, of many original publications and invited talks at international conferences.
The book contains a number of experimental evidences as well as theoretical conclusions to demonstrate the physical basis of potentized drugs, reasons behind their specificity and the increased strength of higher potencies, also the evidences and reasons behind the effectiveness of potentized drugs only through the oral route and not parenteral.
A detailed discussion of the mode of action of Homoeo drugs upon the natural defence mechanism with regard to specific disease asthma, fever etc. the probable site/plane of action of the miasms, Hom aggravation and return of old symptoms - all have been explained with extensive references into current scientific literature.
Another interesting thing is that the potentized drugs used in their research have been prepared by sonication at 20 kHz for 30 sec using an ultrasonic homogenizer. This way the potencies have been found to be more effective.
This book is not only recommended for those with a research bent of mind but also for every sincere Homoeopath to satisfactorily answer his counter school skeptics about the whys and hows of Homoeo potencies. Perhaps he can just present them with a copy of this book.
