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Study Course Description

Materia Medica I

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
RHO_013
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services
ECTS
15.60
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Residency Speciality

Speciality
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Contacts

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About Study Course

Objective

To ensure acquisition and improvement of theoretical and practical knowledge of Polychrest Materia Medica, repertory and repertorisation in accordance with the requirements of the Homeopathy Speciality Statute.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

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Skills

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Competences

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Assessment

Individual work

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Examination

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Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Seminar

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Topics

The origin of the homeopathic Materia Medica. Sources materials of homeopathic medicines. Classifications. Materia Medica of Aconitum napellus and Belladonna.
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Homeopathic proving. Hahnemann’s criteria and instructions for provings. Clinical verification. “Materia Medica Pura”.
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How to study the Materia Medica. Materia Medica of Ignatia amara and Staphysagria.
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Repertory - as systematization of medicine knowledge. The language of the repertory. How to study the repertory. How to use the repertory. Introduction to repertory technique. Verification the choice of symptoms and remedy by Materia Medica.
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Medicines of plant origin. Materia Medica of Bryonia alba, Rhus toxicodendron, Lycopodium clavatum, Nux vomica. Introduction to comparative Materia Medica.
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Medicines of plant origin. Materia Medica of Chamomilla, Colocynthis, Ipecacuanha, Pulsatilla pratensis, Gelsemium sempervirens.
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Medicines of animal origin. Materia Medica of Apis mellifica, Calcarea carbonica ostrearum (Hahnemanni), Lachesis mutus, Sepia officinalis, Tarentula hispanica.
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Medicines of animal origin. Materia Medica of Tarentula hispanica, Spongia tosta, Moschus moschiferus, Ambra grisea.
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Medicines of mineral and inorganic origin. Materia Medica of Silicea terra, Hepar sulphuris calcareum, Argentum nitricum, Baryta carbonica.
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Introduction to miasmatic theory: the nosodes
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
15.60
Number of Residency Seminars:
11
Length (weeks):
16
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Hahnemann, Samuel: Materia Medica Pura, B.Jain Publishers, 1999

2.

Allen, H. C.: Allen's Keynotes rearranged and classified, B.Jain Publishers, 2017

3.

Allen, H.C.: Materia Medica of Nosodes, B.Jain Publishers, 2002

4.

Boericke, William: Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory. Motilal Banarsidass,1999

5.

Clarke, John H.: Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica (Vol. 1-3), B.Jain Publishers, 2005

6.

Kent, James Tyler: Lectures on Homœopathic Materia Medica, B.Jain Publishers, 1985

7.

Lippe, Adolph Von: Keynotes & Redline Symptoms of Materia Medica, B.Jain Publishers, 2002

8.

Dockx/Kokelenberg. Kent`s Comparative Repertory of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica, B.Jain Publishers, 2004

9.

Schroyens, Frederik: Synthesis, London: Homeopathic Book Publishers, 2003

10.

Zandvoort, Roger Van: Complete Repertory Millenium, 2019

Additional Reading

1.

Allen, Timothy F.: Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (Vol. 1-12). Médi-T ® 2000

2.

Phatak S.R.: Concise Materia Medica of Homoeopathic Medicines, B.Jain Publisher, 2003

3.

Tyler, Lucy Margaret: Homeopathic Drug Pictures, B.Jain Publishers, 2004

4.

Farrington Ernest A.: Comparative Materia Medica, B.Jain Publishers, 2005

5.

Murphy, Robin: Keynotes of the Materia Medica, B.Jain Publishers, 2004

6.

Vithoulkas, George: The Essences of Materia Medica, Jain Publishers, 2002

7.

Murphy, Robin: Homeopathic Clinical Repertory, 2018

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