Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India - Seventh Volumes (An Old and Rare Book)

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The present Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Committee was constituted by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare vide letter No. U.13012/2/96-HPC dated 26th May, 1997.

The material in the Seventh Volume of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India consists of:

1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. Monographs
4. Appendices
The Seventh Volume of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India is presented herewith to the Govt. of India.

The Government of India constituted Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Committee in 1962 for the purpose of preparing the Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India with the following objects:

(i) to prepare a Pharmacopoeia of Homoeopathic drugs whose therapeutic usefulness has been proved on the lines of American, German and British Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeiae.
(ii) to lay down principles and standards for the preparation of Homoeopathic drugs.
(iii) to lay down test of identity, quality, purity and
(iv) such other matters as are incidental and necessary for the preparation of Homoeopatliic Pharmacopoeia.

The Committee approved 180 monographs for Volume I of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India (1971).

The Homoeopathic• Pharmacopoeia Committee was reconstituted by the Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in 1971 which approved ]00 monographs for Volume Il (1974), 105 monographs for Volume III (1978),65 monographs for Volume IV (1984) of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India. The term of Committee was extended vide letter No. X. 19018/21/76-Homoeo dated the 30th November, 1976.

The objects Of Committee were further enlarged to prepare standards for the preparation of Nosodes for the inclusion in the Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India. In addition, it undertook the preparation of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeial Codex in order to give detailed information on drugs and other Pharmaceutical substances and materials that are not included in H.P.I. as well as to supplement the information on drugs already included but cannot be listed in the H.P.I.

The Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Committee was again reconstituted by the Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare vide letter No. X. 19018/26/79-Homoeo, dated 12th November, 1980 which approved 52 monographs of the then ongoing IVth Volume (1984), 114 monographs of Vth Volume and 62 monographs (a part) for the ensuing VIth Volume of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India.

Six Volumes of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India (H.P.L.) are already published.

The present Volume VII comprises 105 monographs. The general notices and general instructions published in Volume I to Volume VI of HPI with amendments made from time to time are applicable to the contents of all the Volumes published do far.