num_pages: 382
description: A patient enters the doctor’s office. The homeopathic doctor proceeds to the Usual Medical Case Taking: present and past diseases, diseases of keens, clinical examination, biochemical and paraclinical tests. In the end, he reaches to the diagnosis of the main current disease of the patient. Nevertheless, this isn’t enough. He goes on with the Homeopathic Case Taking which has to do, not only with the patient but, also, with the personality of the unique individual that he has in front of him. Is he introvert or extrovert? Does he easily get angry? Does he express his anger? What annoys him regarding affair, family and others? What fears does he have? What are his dreams and desires? How does he behave to his companion, to his family and to others? Is he hot or cold? What are his cravings and aversions as to food and tastes? The aim of the homeopathic doctor is to diagnose his patient’s Constitutional Picture, i.e. his personality in order to prescribe the most similar homeopathic remedy. In the Classical Miasmatic Constitutional Homeopathy developed by the author, the doctor focuses more on the characteristics of the individual during the State of Clinical Health and less on the symptoms during the State of Acute Illness. During the homeopathic treatment the doctor has to decide his intervention according to the homeopathic laws on the following matters: selection of potency, evaluation of the course of treatment, repetition of remedy, change of remedy, therapeutic aggravation, acute illnesses and parallel treatment. Medicine is both a science and an art; the Classical Miasmatic Constitutional Homeopathy is the art of applying science in clinical practice. 
language: English
title: Homeopathy: The Art and Science of the Case Taking and Treatment
publisher: Athos Othonos