Understanding the Rubric

I am trying to explain how I use to consider the Rubrics from Patient’s version.
Whenever a patient comes to us, he is in a diseased state. So, naturally whatever he utters & his expressions, tone of discussion during that state is his state of disposition & mind. I use to concentrate on the same & try to convert it in to the Rubrics because Dr Samuel Hahnemann defined the Law of Similars as:
A drug capable of producing in a healthy individual a diseased state exactly similar to that observed in a diseased individual acts as a curative agent if the disease is in a curable state.

He has specifically used the word Diseased State & not the symptoms or disease.

Why the State of disposition & mind?
Because our master Dr Samuel Hahnemann explained it in the 6th edition of Organon of Medicine, in
§ 211: This holds good to such an extent, that the state of the disposition of the patient often chiefly determines the selection of the homoeopathic remedy, as being a decidedly characteristic symptom which can least of all remain concealed from the accurately observing physician.

So, what is a state?
State is nothing but the Individuality expressed thro’ symptoms, words, language, tone, emotions & body language etc.
For e.g. Person’s version (Sentence): How are you?
“How are you?” can be asked with different tones & expressions like Sympathetic, Curious, Dominating, Vindictive etc. So, “how are you” words are not important but the man behind these words is important. So, state expresses with the help of the words which we have to find it out thro’ unprejudiced observation, sound senses, keen observation & fidelity in tracing the picture of the disease. This captured diseased state of the individual we have to repertories to get the Perfect Similimum.

Now we will turn towards the rubric:
Philosophy, Ability for: At first we will understand the meaning of the words.

Philosophy means:
1 [Archaic] love of, or the search for, wisdom or knowledge
2 theory or logical analysis of the principles underlying conduct, thought, knowledge, and the nature of the universe: included in philosophy are ethics, aesthetics, logic, epistemology, metaphysics, etc.
3 the general principles or laws of a field of knowledge, activity, etc.! The philosophy of economics"
4 a) a particular system of principles for the conduct of life b) a treatise covering such a system
5 a study of human morals, character, and behavior
6 mental balance or composure thought of as resulting from the study of philosophy

Ability means:
1 a being able; power to do (something physical or mental)
2 skill, expertness, or talent

So, the complete meaning of the rubric is:

These people have the ability to explain each & everything with the help of certain social principles. For every discussion they used to take the help of those principles.
Common versions of those people’s discussion are:
1. Doctor, don’t you feel that his/ her behavior is not like social norms? Actually, one should behave like normal social norms. He/she should consider how to behave in the society.
2. Doctor, my brother doesn’t understand how to behave with the parents. His behavior is absolutely wrong. He must respect the parents.
3. Every doctor should do ethical medical practice. They should not cheat their patients. But now a day, we never get such type of peoples.
4. I use to follow all human ethics. Generally, I never trouble anyone without reason. Even anyone troubles me I use to consider that this might be a tendency of that individual. Ultimately, every human being is having a different nature.
So, people go on discussing in such a way that we can easily understand their philosophical ability.

I generally never come to conclusion of the rubric with a single version. If we get similar version 2 or more time in a case, we get confirmation about the state of the individual & then we must consider that rubric.

Thank You!

Understanding the Rubric

Understanding the Rubric:

Conflict between higher consciousness & worldly existence: Hydrogen

First we will study the dictionary meanings of few words of this rubric.
Conflict means - 1 [Obs.] to fight; battle; contend
2 to be antagonistic, incompatible, or contradictory; be in opposition; clash! Ideas that conflict"
n.
1 a fight or struggle, esp. a protracted one; war
2 sharp disagreement or opposition, as of interests or ideas; clash
3 emotional disturbance resulting from a clash of opposing impulses or from an inability to reconcile impulses with realistic or moral considerations
4 [Rare] collision of moving bodies

SYN.—conflict refers to a sharp disagreement or collision as in interests or ideas and emphasizes the process rather than the end [the conflict over slavery]; fight, a rather general word for any contest, struggle, or quarrel, stresses physical or hand-to-hand combat; struggle implies great effort or violent exertion, physical or otherwise [the struggle for existence]; contention most frequently applies to heated verbal strife, or dispute [religious contention broke out]; contest refers to a struggle, either friendly or hostile, for supremacy in some matter [athletic contests, a contest of wits]

Consciousness means – 1 the state of being conscious; awareness of one's own feelings, what is happening around one, etc.
2 the totality of one's thoughts, feelings, and impressions; conscious mind

Existence means – 1 the act of existing; state or fact of being
2 continuance of being; life; living
3 occurrence; specific manifestation
4 a manner of existing, being, or living! Derelicts have a poor existence"
5 a being; entity; thing that exists

Worldly – 1 of or limited to this world; temporal or secular
2 devoted to or concerned with the affairs, pleasures, etc. of this world:
3 worldly-wise; sophisticated

So, now if you will understand the meaning of the whole rubric, it shows: There is a conflict in the persons mind regarding his physical & metaphysical existence or in a simple language the material & dynamic aspect of the human being. He is in a confused state regarding his physical existence on this earth & at the same time the spiritual – dynamic aspect of him in this universe.

Let me explain a case:
This is a case of Eczema which I was not able to understand seven years back. The Patient’s version was:
Doctor, I am in a confused state. Number of times, I feel whether I am a part of this universe or not. My thoughts never get coped with the people of this world. Sometimes, I feel who I am? I am embarrassed because of these thoughts. Every human being is part of the Spirit & I thank he should be.
He goes on discussing number of things continuously like a Loquacious person.
I made a mistake of prescribing him Sulphur because at that time I was not knowing this Rubric because rest of the rubrics are common in both remedies i.e. Hydrogen & Sulphur. Ultimately, I never cot a perfect similimum & I have to reconsider this case for 2-3 times to get cured.

Rubrics:
1. Conflict between higher consciousness & worldly existence
2. Egotism
3. Theorizing
4. Embarrassment
5. Philosophy, Ability for
6. Loquacity

Result of Repertorisation:

1. Hydrogen 6/6
2. Sulphur 8/5
3. Lachesis 9/4

So, if I would have prescribed this perfect similimum Hydrogen as a first prescription, I might not have to reconsider the case.
This is the importance of perfect similimum & perceiving the right rubric.
Thank You!

Dr Prasad Rasal,
+919890168872.

Practical Utility of the Rubrics

Affliction, feels as if he had suffered from an overwhelming: Cycl
Afflict means:
1 to cause pain or suffering to; distress very much
2 [Obs.] to overthrow
Affliction means:
1 an afflicted condition; pain; suffering
2 anything causing pain or distress; calamity
SYN.—Affliction implies pain, suffering, or distress imposed by illness, loss, misfortune, etc.;
Trial suggests suffering that tries one's endurance, but in a weaker sense refers to annoyance that tries one's patience;
Tribulation describes severe affliction continuing over a long and trying period;
Misfortune is applied to a circumstance or event involving adverse fortune and to the suffering or distress occasioned by it.

Suffered means:
1 to undergo (something painful or unpleasant, as injury, grief, a loss, etc.); be afflicted with
2 to undergo or experience (any process, esp. change)
3 to allow; permit; tolerate
4 to bear up under; endure: now chiefly in negative constructions (they could not suffer opposition)

Overwhlming means:
1 to pour down upon and cover over or bury beneath
2 to make helpless, as with greater force or deep emotion; overcome; crush; overpower
3 [Obs.] to overthrow or overturn

So, the actual meaning of the whole Rubric is...
Feels as if he had suffered from an overwhlming affliction i.e. nothing but a very painful experience. Generally it happens in patients who suffered from a very painful diseased condition or even a very painful mental torture. Cyclamen is the only remedy under this rubric in Complete Repertory.

Practical Utility of the Rubrics

Absent-mindedness, Children, in: Bac
Absentmind means:
1 so dreamy or lost in thought as not to pay attention to what one is doing or what is going on around one
2 habitually forgetful
Absent-mindedness compared with Synonyms:
Absent-minded suggests an aimless wandering of the mind away from the immediate situation, often implying a habitual tendency of this kind [the absent-minded professor];
Abstracted suggests a withdrawal of the mind from the immediate present and a serious concern with some other subject;
Preoccupied implies that the attention cannot be readily turned to something new because of its concern with a present matter;
Distrait suggests inability to concentrate, often emphasizing such a condition as a mood;
Distraught implies a similar inability to concentrate, specifically because of worry, grief, etc.;
Inattentive implies a failure to pay attention, emphasizing such behavior as a lack of discipline.

Children means:
1 an infant; baby
2 an unborn offspring; fetus
3 a boy or girl in the period before puberty
4 a son or daughter; offspring
5 a) a descendant b) a member of a tribe, clan, etc. (often used in pl.) !children of Israel"
6 a person like a child in interests, judgment, etc., or one regarded as immature and childish
7 a person identified with a specified place, time, etc. !a child of the Renaissance"
8 a thing that springs from a specified source; product !a child of one's imagination"
9 [Archaic] CHILDE
10 [Brit. Dial.] a female infant

Practical Utility of the Rubrics

Fear, Superstitious: Rhus T
Superstition means
1 any belief, based on fear or ignorance, that is inconsistent with the known laws of science or with what is generally considered in the particular society as true and rational; esp., such a belief in charms, omens, the supernatural, etc.
2 any action or practice based on such a belief
3 such beliefs collectively
Superstitious means
1 of, characterized by, or resulting from superstition
2 having superstitions
Fear means
1 a feeling of anxiety and agitation caused by the presence or nearness of danger, evil, pain, etc.; timidity; dread; terror; fright; apprehension
2 respectful dread; awe; reverence
3 a feeling of uneasiness or apprehension; concern "a fear that it will rain".
4 a cause for fear; possibility; chance "there was no fear of difficulty".

Fear, Superstitious means a fear based on certain misconcepts fitted fixed in mind which develops so acutely whenever similar conditions appears. A person becomes so sad & restless mentally & physically during that time. It gets associated with following single remedy rubrics of the same remedy:

Despair, Sad thoughts, on account of: Rhus T

Restlessness, nervousness, Sadness, with, Thoughts, in: Rhus T

Thinking, Sad things agg., of: Rhus T

BCG VACCINE: FEW QUERIES

Express your views regarding- Is there really any necessity to give any vaccinations to childrens?-Dr.Pritam S. Bhanwase
Saturday, May 29, 2010 12:17:00 PM

Dear Dr Pritam...

You have really asked a very debatable question.

I want to clear my views regarding the issue of Vaccination.

As a Homoeopath, I am really against the Vaccination because

1. It increases Selective Immunity at the cost of General Immunity.

2. It produces very severe Immune Responce which generally disturbs the natural harmony of Human Life & a healthy person becomes a diseased individual. There are multiple examples which regularly gets published in the news papers & number of them remains hidden. Recently there was a news regarding the great mortality caused due to Polio Vaccine in Daily Lokmat. As you know, my daughter suffered from pan encephalitis & she was in coma for 4-5 days after the BCG vaccination. It's really so dangerous. That's why in our materia medica, there are drugs for bad effects of vaccination.

3. For the preparation of the Vaccines, number of times animal protein is used. If two persons blood groups doesn't match, body's immune system produces a very severe reaction. Naturally, how can human immune system will accept so easily the animal protein?

Then a question arises, why is it necessary to give vaccines?

Every nation tries to maintain the health of the population on a mass scale by the concept of Prevention is always better than a Cure. Vaccine concept is based on the role of Prevention. As this concept is used on a very large scale everywhere, no one have given attention towards its harmful effects as those happens with comparatively in few. So, Vaccination is included in our National Health Programme & is included in our syllabus in the subject of Preventive & Social Medicine. As it is included in our syllabus, by law it becomes our duty & not to deny the concept of vaccination otherwise if anything goes wrong, by law you are a criminal if you have not followed whatever is there in your syllabus. So, its always better, tell the people regarding the side effects of vaccination but don't give your own decision whether to give or not to give. People should decide themselves regarding the same. Our duty is to tell them the truth which one should do religiously.

These are my views which are not an authority.

Thanks!

VALUE OF OBJECTIVE RUBRICS

• What one OBSERVE is more important than What one LISTEN.
• What one OBSERVE is more important than What one SAY.
• Because one can make fool to a LISTENER but not to an OBSERVER.

• Our Master, Dr Samuel Hahnemann, in aphorism No. 83, says regarding the qualities of the Homoeopathic Physician as:
1.Freedom from Prejudice
2.Sound Senses
3.Attention in Observing
4.Fidelity in tracing the picture of the disease

• Naturally, the Homoeopathic Physician should be a KEEN OBSERVER so that he can get as much information as he can thro’ his observation which is more trustworthy.
• That’s why today I want to discuss some of very valuable Objective Rubrics which we can consider while Case Taking & Repertorisation.

1. Frown, disposed to:
• Frown means:
1. to contract the brows, as in displeasure or concentrated thought
2. to look with displeasure or disapproval (on or upon
3. contracting of the brows in sternness, thought, etc.
4. any expression of displeasure or disapproval
• Disposed means inclined; having a certain tendency or inclination: often preceded by an adverb ! to feel well-disposed toward someone.

2. Gestures, makes, Talking, while: Lyc, Nux v, Puls, Sep, Sulph
• Gestures means:
1. a movement, or movements collectively, of the body, or of part of the body, to express or emphasize ideas, emotions, etc.
2. anything said or done to convey a state of mind, intention, etc.; often, something said or done merely for effect or as a formality [a gesture of sympathy]
• Makes means to do
• Talking means the act of a person who talks; discussion; conversation

3. Gestures, makes, Talking, while, Head, with: Lyc, Puls, Sulph
It means a Gesture along with the movement of the head.

4. Timidity, Bashful
• Timid means:
1.easily frightened; lacking self-confidence; shy; timorous
2.showing fear or lack of self-confidence; hesitant [a timid reply]
• Bashful means:
1.timid, shy, and easily embarrassed
2.showing an embarrassed timidity

5. Mouth: Flabby, Tongue
Flabby means: Flaccid, hanging loose

6. Mouth: Flabby, Tongue, with imprints of teeth
Imprints means: to print, to impress

7. Mouth: Cracked, fissured, Tongue, Centre














8. Face: Discoloration, Chloasma:
Chloasma means a pigmentary skin discolorations, usually those occurring in yellowish, brown patches or spots.

9. Nose: Knobby tip: Aur, Calc
• Knobby means
• 1) a rounded lump or protuberance
• 2 a) a handle, usually round, of a door, drawer, etc.
b) a similar device which is turned to control operations of electronic or electrical equipment, as a radio or TV receiver

10. Face: Eruptions, Acne, Nose
Acne means a common, chronic skin disease, esp. among adolescents and young adults, characterized by inflammation of the sebaceous apparatus, usually causing pimples.

11. Mouth: Protruding, Tongue
Protruding means to thrust or jut out; project