Letters to the Editor
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2004 Nov / Dec VOL VI NO 6.
Your journal is one of the most Scientific and educative one on the field of Homoeopathy. Please accept my Congratulations and the good wishes for the New Year.
Dr S C Ahuja - Ludhiana
I just read the fever issue almost in 1 sitting and thought I must write to you. Normally we just accept whatever you give without even acknowledging the help. So this letter. The Fever Issue was superb. Reading it helped me in so many cases in practice. Long live NJH! May it continue to support us like this.
Dr Smita Chiniwala, Boisar
Congrats for the "Fever" issue which again confirmed your unprejudiced image. I have always been contemplating, which your views also reflect, as to why keep the patient suffering in hyperpyrexia and not advising allopathic antipyretic to overcome the acute crisis, at the same time managing the case with homoeopathic remedies, by constant observation.
Regarding my "Fever case" I object to the title ZIGZAG CURE because in acute cases, the symptoms are constantly changing and there is need to change the remedy accordingly. Sometimes your analytical mind also helps in selection of the drug without repertorial aid. At the end, the patient responded well and there was no relapse.
Dr Poonam Batra Aligarh
I have been practising Homoeopathy for the last 20 years here in Australia having studied and qualified as a Homoeopath in the UK. For many, many years now I have been an avid reader of the "National Journal of Homoeopathy" feeling that it is a rich source of Homoeopathic wisdom especially as I live in a very remote region of Australia.
A few years ago I moved to a town (Port Douglas) which is visited by tourists from all over the world. Of late I have seen several patients from Europe who have come to see me for acute travel related problems i.e food poisoning, insect bites that become infected etc.
However, these patients have gone out of their way to praise their own Homoeopathic physicians in Europe who have used "combination high potency remedies" in achieving what must be stated as truly remarkable results!!!
Not having been trained in this fashion, I was wondering whether any of your members have any understanding or experience with combination high potency prescribing. If any of your membership would like to respond to this email I would welcome their thoughts and opinions.
Thanking you for taking time to read this, with much admiration for your Journal Dr Michael Matthews - Australia
Editor: We have good results with both High Potency and with low - as indicated in the patient. Personally I cannot sate that high potency are quicker or better. Rather I find water potencies of medium potencies work well and is very stable. If the remedy is right then it works equally. Dr Maganbhai Desai was an avid prescriber of high potency. He is long deceased. But in pockets there are great evidence that this practice flourishes. Finally, there will be as many views as homeopaths. So stick to one you find most useful. Readers please send your views!
I am an Associated Membership of the Faculty of Homeopathy, of London, UK, where the major part of the homeopathic physicians do not subscribe the National Journal Of Homeopathy, because they could not understand the articles as I do. Also because we ignore the sense of the abbreviations in the articles.
Please inform the meaning of the below mentioned abbreviation that is written in the article: "Reumatic Heart Disease-A Case Study" (Vol. 6 No 1 73rd Issue Jan-Feb 2004).
Editor: Full forms given below
SK - Serum Potassium
S.Alb - Serum Albumin
S.Bil - Serum Bilirubin
AST - Serum Aspartate Amino Transferase enzyme
ALT - Serum Alanine-Amino Transferase enzyme
U/L - Underlying
CRP - C- Reactive Protein
USG - Ultra sonography
WNL - Within Normal Limits
ECG-HR- Electrocardiography - Heart Rate
NSR - Normal Sinus Rhythm of the heart in the Electrocardiogram (not acceptable)
PR - PR interval: the distance between the P and R wave in the ECG
QRS - QRS complex representing Ventricular activity in the Electrocardiogram
LVH - Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
2D-ECHO - 2 Dimensional Echocardiography
MV - Mitral Valve
HI - That is not HI but II - 2nd Grade of Mitral regurgitation jet
P - P wave in the Electrocardiogram representing atrial activity
HI/IV MR - That is II/IV MR - 2nd Grade of Mitral Regurgitation jet
LA/LV - Left Atrium / Left Ventricle
LVEF - Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction - the fraction of blood pumped out / heart beat
S/o - Sign of or suggestive of
CCF - Congestive Cardiac Failure
RS-bill - Respiratory system - Bilateral
POP/O - Propped up position / Oxygen inhalation
PSM - Pan systolic murmur heard in conditions like Mitral regurgitation
EDM - Early Diastolic Murmur heard in Aortic regurgitation
Pt - Patient
ASO - Anti Streptolysin O titre used for detection of Rheumatic fever
No S3 gallop - 3rd Heart Sound is also heard in the form of gallop akin to a horse
TDS - Three Times a Day
SL BD - Sachrum Lactis, Twice a day
SL TDS - Sachrum Lactis, Three times a day
SSH & PGI - Super speciality Hospital and Post graduate Institute
RHD - Rheumatic Heart Disease
EDM at A2 - Early diastolic murmur at Aortic 2 area on the chest
F/H - Family history
MS - Mitral stenosis
P/H - RHD - Past History of Rheumatic Heart Disease
BMV - Balloon Mitral Valvotomy
TCL-9,700/cu mm - Total Leukocyte count
FN - Fine Needle
Editor: We are certainly glad that you asked an clarified the difficulties. We have supplied the full forms of all the Abbreviations. These are normal accepted briefs. They will be added to the list of abbreviations on the last page.
