KENT PHILOSOPHY

Dr.S.K.M.SASTRY M.D(Hom.)

THE SICK
“The physician’s high and only mission is to restore the sick to health, to cure as it is termed”

•The Sick: The suffering man who lies inside and calls himself “I”. The flow of complaints are from Mind – Sensations – Functions and then Tissue changes.
•The Physician: The medical Practitioner whose highest priority of mission is to treat the sick to health.
•The only mission: The highest purpose of existence of the physician.
•Restoration to health: Coming back to original state of heath from sickness.
•Cure: This not the temporary relief provided. The sick coming back to original health is called cure.
•As it is termed: In the real terms
Understanding the real sick without any pre-conceived notions and
bringing him back to health

THE HIGHEST IDEAL OF A CURE
The highest ideal of cure is rapid, gentle and permanent restoration of the health, or removal and annihilation of the disease in its whole extent, in the shortest, most reliable, and most harmless way, on easily comprehensible principles

•Rapid And Shortest: Promptly (quickly)
•Gentle And Harmless: Mildly ( Soft and Torture less)
•Permanent : Continuous Improvement.
•Restoration: The act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state. Superficial disappearance of the symptoms is not in anyway restoration of the health.
•Reliable: Dependable,
•On Easily Comprehensible Principles: Guiding laws of nature. (a) Above downwards (b) Within outwards (c )Reverse order of their coming

TRUE PRACTITIONER OF HEALING ART
-A Perception of what is curable in disease, curative in medicine and the application of last to first.
•Knowledge of Disease: Undoubtedly Curable indications in the disease (curable or not). Man becomes sick due to internal environment than microbes. (Individuality )Case Taking – Disease Classification enable to know about diseases
•Knowledge of Medicine: Undoubtedly curative indications in the medicines (Well Proved). Sources of medicines, their actions on humans and their nature enable to know about the medicines.
•Knowledge of Application: Proper adaptation of what is curative to what is to be cured. (Selection of the Medicine, Dose, Potency and also removal of the obstacles )
KNOWLEDGE OF DISEASE
•Types of diseases existing,Dynamic, acute and chronic, Artificial, surgical & Indispositions, Case taking, Evaluation & grading, Individual identity, Constitutions, Clinical aspects, Curability of diseases
KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINE
nSources, Proving (drug actions) Evaluation & grading the symptoms , Curative properties , Miasmatic aspect , Acute and Chronic nature.(indispositions, surgical & exciting factors), individual identity, Proper dose, potency
KNOWLEDGE OF APPLICATION
nAdapting the knowledge of Medicine to the Knowledge of disease in an appropriate manner that is proper dose, repetition, removing the obstacles to recovery in each case

HOMOEOPATHIC AGGRAVATION -156 - 160 aphorisms
DIFF. Slight Intensification of symptoms after administering the Similar and Stronger medicine with general feeling of well being

•In Acute diseases Aggravation usually does not take place unless Otherwise the disease is severe and dangerous
•Even in the Chronic diseases if tissue changes are not marked there won’t be much of aggravation.
•In case of tissue changes the aggravation may be found in the form of Elimination through natural orifices of the body. It’s a sort of house Cleaning.
•There is likely medicinal aggravation in Oversensitive patients which is not curative. It is generally observed in feeble patients
•In Acute diseases Aggravation usually does not take place unless Otherwise the disease is severe and dangerous
•Even in the Chronic diseases if tissue changes are not marked there won’t be much of aggravation.
•In case of tissue changes the aggravation may be found in the form of Elimination through natural orifices of the body. It’s a sort of house Cleaning.
•There is likely medicinal aggravation in Oversensitive patients which is not curative. It is generally observed in feeble patients

SECOND PRESCRIPTION
Diff:- Making the Prescription After Observing the Action of First Prescription.

1.REPETITION OF THE FIRST PRESCRIPTION
a)Return of original symptoms after showing improvement..
b)When case goes to stand still
c)If case needs constitutional treatment

2. CHANGE OF PRESCRIPTION

A.When altogether new symptoms appear.( Antidote)
B. 1. Complement 2. Cognate 3. Series of medicines 4. To change the plan of treatment

12 OBSERVATIONS AFTER ADMINISTERING THE REMEDY, AN ACCURATE OBSERVER ALONE CAN MAKE DEFINITE JUDGEMENT.

A. AGGRAVATION:(1-3)
(1) Aggravation final decline, (2) Aggravation slow cure
(3) Sharp Aggravation and relief
B.(4) BEST CURE: No Aggravation- only relief.
C. AMELIORATION (5-7)
(5)Amelioration then Aggravation (6)Too short Amelioration
(7)Amelioration of symptoms with no relief(Handicapped)
D.(8)OVER SENSITIVE
E. (9)PROVING
F.DIRECTION OF SYMPTOMS (10-12)
(10) New Symptoms (11) Old Symptoms coming back
(12) Wrong Direction.