Department of

Materia Medica

Homeopathic Materia Medica are encyclopedia of therapeutic properties of each drug. These properties are ascertained through provings also known as Homeopathic pathogenetic trials. As per Samuel Hahnemann in his Organon of medicine § 143, Homeopathic Materia Medica is “a collection of real, pure, reliable modes of action of simple medicinal substances, a volume of book of nature" They thus constitute a homeopathic prescribing reference guide and sources for compiling Homeopathic repertory.

There are hundreds of Homeopathic Materia Medica, and there are different styles in which they are written and organized. Since Materia Medicas are full of detailed information about a medicine, it is necessary to study each medicine in a systematic way so that one can retain as much information as possible.

If the vital force by vital principle, the 50th millesimal scale of potency and permissibility of external applications were introduced for the first time, which were unheard of in other editions. The work is a result of the untiring efforts of the master to improve and update his work and is of historical importance as far as medical philosophy is concerned. It is the high water mark of medical philosophy.