Accuracy of 10 Ws in Homeopathic Case Taking- An Extension to the 7 Ws of Boenninghausen

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Dr Sunil Anand is a graduate and Senior Lecturer of the prestigious C.M.P. Homeopathic College, Mumbai. He pursued his post-graduate studies from The Hahnemann College of Homeopathy, U.K.

As an Ex-Associate Professor Emeritus D.S. Homeopathic Medical College, Pune, he conducted a Pediatric OPD and was known as a popular and accessible teacher and mentor.

His stint as Dean Post Graduate Studies, Vancouver Homeopathic Academy provided an opportunity for students in North America to be trained under his able guidance.

His collaboration with Bajaj Auto, Pune led to the formation of the Prana Homeopathy Yoga Center, the first of its kind offering both streams of holistic treatments.

In order to understand the disease, we need to take a step back and grasp what is health or case.

Charaka, the father of Indian medicine, states: "The body and that which is called the mind are both considered to be abodes of disease, likewise of well-being. The cause of well-being is their harmonious or concordant interaction."

Although Louis Pasteur in the early eighteenth century established the germ theory of infectious diseases, he was well aware of the effects of the environmental factors on the functioning of living organisms. He discovered the "seed" but also paid attention to the "soil" or the terrain by which he meant the internal and external environment of the host. Pasteur's view of human diseases was an extension of the same idea that a bacteria causes damage only when the body resistance is weakened. This scientific study made him declare that it is often the case when the condition of the patient, his weakness and his mental state, form an insufficient barrier against the invasion of the infinitely small microscopic organisms.

It is this very depleted soil and disturbed mental state that a homeopath aims to recognize and address when a system that was at ease is now dis-eased.

Keywords: pathology, source, group study, confluence point There are some basic parameters or methods that I invariably find myself using very often while working on cases and coming to a reasonable solution/similimum. This book is a compilation of some of these methods along with appropriate cases to support the same. When 1 begin a case, it becomes important for me to understand why a particular individual has developed a certain type of pathology. For instance, when the use of voice is imperative for a professional singer, we find some problems associated with the faculty of speech or voice projection as a presenting feature of his case. Whereas for an athlete, when he has to sprint with sudden bursts of speed in order to compete at a higher level, he suffers from easy spraining due to weak ankles or pain in the performance body part due to wear and tear of ligaments. A model with a need to look presentable will be in distress due to some pigmentation on her face that threatens her or interferes with her glamorous profession. So the presenting complaint or its location itself tells us a lot to begin or indicates the entry point in the initial stages of the case interview. When the person starts experiencing this reality in an exaggerated manner, he then moves from a situation of ease to a situation of disease. These exaggerated notions of reality or a sort of distortion of what is real (expressed in the form of signs and symptoms) is the next important area worth exploring! Here we understand that he has a problem (in reality) that he perceives in a different way, which we term as delusion. The delusion is seen as a perceived distortion; hence, a large area in the mind section of our repertory is reserved for this.