Urticaria, commonly referred to as hives, is an allergic condition of the skin involving a dermal and epidermal layer of the skin. Urticarial rashes are usually raised, well-circumscribed areas of erythema and oedema. It causes severe itching and may cause burning and stinging. Urticaria occurs due to certain triggers such…
Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) organizes an annual event on the first Tuesday of May – World Asthma Day, to spread asthma awareness, its care, and treatment around the world. It is an initiative to improve asthma awareness by various health and education activities. The first World Asthma Day was…
Thyroid is a small pear-shaped gland situated below neck just behind Adam’s apple. It produces hormones – Triiodothyronine (T3) and Thyroxine (T4). The function of these hormones is to regulate the metabolism of the body. It produces energy which can be used by the whole body. Thus Thyroid has an…
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by reversible airflow obstruction. Symptoms of Asthma Shortness of breath Wheezing Coughing attacks Asthma comes on after exercise or exertion (exercise-induced asthma). It is mandatory to observe the reaction to certain triggers like – Cigarette smoke (active or passive)…
ADHD – attention deficit hyperactive disorder is one of the common childhood disorders. It is a neurodevelopment and psychiatric illness with a variety of behavioral disorder in children. There are significant problems which cause attention deficit, impulsiveness or hyperactivity which is inappropriate for the age. ADHD in an adult is…
Homeopathic aggravation in acute and chronic diseases: According to Dr. Hahnemann, in acute cases of recent origin, there is a chance of getting slight aggravation of original disease for the first few hours. But in chronic cases, there is no such increase in original disease. This is true only if…
Kali is Potassium salt, which is used in Homeopathic materia medica as different combination of the potassium salt. There are more than 40 remedies in kali group which are used for different ailments. But the core or the basic theme of all kali salts remains the same. Constitution: Generally, all…
The excitement and enthusiasm of a Homeopath, who is about to start his practice is occasionally ‘short-lived’. And it is not their fault. Fresh out of college-Homeopaths often believes that if they have the ‘similimum’ or ‘the most similar remedy’ they can cure any disease. But what most homeopaths forget…
We are sure at some point of time in case processing you all must have experienced difficulty in understanding or converting patient’s words in rubric form. This is because of the language of the rubric is quite different from the language used by patients. Converting symptoms into the rubric is…
Chronic disease is defined as ‘when the disease persists for 3 months or more’. World Health Organization (WHO) reported that chronic disease has contributed 46 % of the global burden of diseases. Diabetes, heart disease, obesity add up to half of the total chronic diseases in population over the world.…