NAHI - Calcutta Chapter
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2000 Mar / Apr VOL II NO 2.
Reported By:
Dr Tania Bardhan
The 2nd meeting of the Calcutta chapter of the National Academy of homoeopathy, India, was held on 23rd April 2000, under the able leadership of Dr Sumit Chatterjee. There were participants from different colleges and the topics under discussion were "Some Aspects of Case Taking" and "The working and environment of the bi-annual School" conducted by the NAHI at Nagpur.
Dr Sumit Chatterjee dealt with "Some Aspects of case taking" in a unique manner with finer nuances stressed.
- Importance of taking down the symptoms Accurately after Cross Verification and not just noting down AD VERBATIM(eg. sensation of/as if), (b)Shedding the Colors added by the mental state, bearing capacity and resistance of the patient. Only then, is a case well taken, and of course, half cured.
- Qualification of symptoms. Symptoms should be defined not only on with location, sensation, modality and concomitants, but also as to their causation, mode of onset, duration and extension.
- Status of symptoms i.e. whether they are - Functional, Organic -reversible or irreversible, Protective, Eliminatory, True (Miasmatic) or False (Non-miasmatic) etc. this helps to evaluate the stage of the disease.
- Linking-up the past with the present sequentially is essential to know the miasmatic evolution and for quick reference to any old symptoms which may re-appear during the course of Rx.
- Finally, in management, Dr Chatterjee stressed upon the importance of settling the patient by way of COUNSELLING and ROUTINIZING his life in order to remove the exciting and maintaining factors, facilitating a less eventful(ie of acute exacerbations) chronic treatment.
