Paper 4 Flashcards
Centismal scale
1) Inventor
2) Principle
1) Samuel Hahnemann in 5th edition of organon (1833 )
2) based on principle that 1st potency should contain 1/100 part of original drug & each succeeding potency should contain 1/100 part of preceding potency
Centesimal scale
Designation :
1) Simply affixing numericals after the name of drug Apis mel.3 (3C potency) 2) C means 100 Ex: 2C =200th potency
3) Roman numerals M=1K, 10M=10K, LM / 50M = 50K, CM=1lakh, DM=5lakh.
Inscription or body of prescription
1) nature 🌿🍃of remedy, it’s potency, it’s quantity
2) Name &quantity of vehicle🚲🚗⛵
Inscription is most imp than any other part of prescription,Remedy potency quantity should written 1st then🚗🚁
Uses of SL ( sugar of milk🥛) 7p
1) preparing trituration of mother substances which are not soluble in liquid vehicle
2) used in biochemical preparations
3) preparing decimal potency medicine
4) used as placebo
5) used for dispensing medicines
6) preparation of mother powder
7) it is devoid of fat,used as temporary diet for babies who can’t tolerate milk
Doctrine of signature advocated by
Paracelsus, his 💡idea was that nature always presented the healing substances with some signs, indicating their use against 😷disease
Examples of doctrine of signature
Hypericum
Hamamelis Semper-virens
Hypericum- has red juice used for hemorrhages
Hamamelis- have red juice used in bleeding which is dark & clotted
Mother tincture definition
It is a drug pharmaceutically prepared from drug substance of plant 🌱& animal kingdom using strong alcohol as a solvent or vehicle by process of maceration immersion percolation
Drug strength
Power or strength of drug in proportion to solvent
Drug strength as per old,new methods
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4
*Class 1,2 is - 1/2
Class 3 is - 1/6
Class 4 is - 1/10
*As per New method,
uniform drug strength = 1/10 with some exception of few drugs.
Filtration definition
It is an efficient physical process of separation of liquid which contains pure solvent from insoluble substances in liquid with the help of filter paper through which only liquid can pass but not insoluble substances.
Medicine definition
When a drug is potentised homeopathically & proved on healthy human beings, in both sexes, all ages, different constitutions, producing ab normal signs & symptoms
Remedy definition
*A drug becomes remedy when it satisfies law of similars
When a particular medicine is prescribed for a particular disease a/c to symptoms similarity & when disease is cured completely then the medicine is called remedy
Water bath 🛀 uses 3p
1) to calculate moisture content of drug substance
2) indirect heating at low temperature
3) for sublimation
Description of 💧water bath
Vessel
Covering lids
Vessel filled with water placed on tripod stand heated from below by bunsen burner or spirit lamp
Round/pan shape vessel made of copper, fitted with two handles on either sides of vessel - for handling
#Lids r concentric reducible,flat ring like made of copper, arranged one above another
