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Homeopathic Pharmacy It is defined as: ……. “It is an art and science of Collecting, Combining, Preparing, Preserving, and Standardizing drugs and…

Dr. Shweta Bairagi · 23 May 2011

<p>Homeopathic Pharmacy</p><p>It is defined as:</p><p>……. “It is an art and science of Collecting, Combining, Preparing, Preserving, and Standardizing drugs and medicines from Vegetable, Animal, Mineral kingdom and certain Physiological substances and Morbid substances, according to Homeopathic principles (as given in the Organon of medicine, Materia Medica pura and Chronic diseases), and also dispensing medicines according to the prescription of the Homeopathic physicians.</p><p>The bases of the Homeopathic Pharmacy are</p><p>“Potentisation,</p><p>Monopharmacy and</p><p>Pharmacodynamics”.</p><p>Homeopathic medicines act on the Dynamic plane to heal the deranged Vital Force. The aim of the Homeopathic Pharmacy is to prepare medicines, in a way that all the healing provers, or the active virtues of the Drug substance are present in a suitable form for administration.</p><p>Pharmacopoeia</p><p>It is defined as:</p><p>“A standard book containing a list of drugs with the information relating to its “Natural order, Source, Identification, Description, &amp; Collection of the drugs, and also provides the information and direction for the preparation, Combining, Compounding, &amp; Standardization, of the drugs is known as Pharmacopoeia………….”</p><p>Curative Power of a Medicine<br>…………… “The power of the medicine due to which this medicine cures the sick individual that is proved &amp; find out during Drug Proving process Homeopathically is known as Curative Power of Medicine……….”</p><p>…………….. “A piece of solid substance with its regular and complete internal structure &amp; plane faces arranged symmetrically…………………”</p><p>Clinical Pharmacology</p><p>is the branch of science that deals with the evaluation of the drug in clinical setting is known as Clinical Pharmacology.</p><p>Nosodes</p><p>is defined as:</p><p>“Morbid product of diseases”</p><p>In homoeopathy Nosode is one of a major Source for preparation of medicines e.g. Psorinum, Tuberculinum.</p><p>Sources of Homoeopathic Drugs</p><p>There are 5 sources of Homoeopathic Medicines:</p><p>1.</p><p>Plants,</p><p>2.</p><p>Animal,</p><p>3.</p><p>Mineral,</p><p>4.</p><p>Biological sources</p><p>5.</p><p>Imponderabilia.</p><p>some medicines that prepared from plant source</p><p>· <br>Cimicifuga Racemosa,</p><p>· <br>Pulsatila Nogra,</p><p>· <br>Aconitum nepellus,</p><p>· <br>Chellidonium Majus,</p><p>· <br>Sanguinaria,</p><p>· <br>Belladonna,</p><p>· <br>Dulcamara,</p><p>· <br>Arnica Montana,</p><p>· <br>Ruta Graveolens,</p><p>· <br>Alalfa.</p><p>some medicines that prepared from Animal source</p><p>Spongia Tosta,</p><p>· <br>Apis Mellifica,</p><p>· <br>Badiaga,</p><p>· <br>Blatta Americana,</p><p>· <br>Tarantula Hispanica,</p><p>· <br>Carbo Animalis,</p><p>· <br>Lachesis,</p><p>· <br>Lac Caninum,</p><p>· <br>Crotallus Horridus,</p><p>· <br>Naja tripudians.</p><p>some medicines that prepared from Mineral source</p><p>· <br>Zincum,</p><p>· <br>Aurum,</p><p>· <br>Cuprum,</p><p>· <br>Iodine,</p><p>· <br>Chlorine,</p><p>· <br>Oxalic Acid,</p><p>· <br>Picric Acid,</p><p>· <br>Uric Acid,</p><p>· <br>Nitricum Acidum,</p><p>· <br>Sulphur.</p><p>Biological Source</p><p>basically derived from the Healthy or Diseased tissues of the Human or Animal organisms.</p><p>Biological source divided into 2 sources are as follow:</p><p>1.</p><p>Sarcodes.</p><p>2.</p><p>Nosodes.</p><p>Sarcodes</p><p>are obtained from the healthy endocrine or ductless gland secretions of the Human organisms or Lower Animals.</p><p>some medicines that prepared from Sarcodes</p><p>· <br>Insulinum,</p><p>· <br>Cortisonum,</p><p>· <br>Thyroidinum,</p><p>· <br>Pepsinum,</p><p>· <br>Adrenalinum,</p><p>· <br>Oophorinum,</p><p>· <br>Cholestrinum,</p><p>· <br>Pancreatinum,</p><p>· <br>Fel tauri,</p><p>· <br>Petuitaria posterior.</p><p>some medicines that prepared from Sarcodes</p><p>· <br>Bacillinum,</p><p>· <br>Carcinosinum,</p><p>· <br>Influenzinum,</p><p>· <br>Medorhhinum,</p><p>· <br>Morbilinum,</p><p>· <br>Psorinum,</p><p>· <br>Ambra grisea,</p><p>· <br>Diphtherinum,</p><p>· <br>Tuberculinum,</p><p>· <br>Syphilinum.</p>