INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE OF HOMEOPATHY

Organon Philosophy is a vital subject which builds up the conceptual base fro the Physician. It illustrates those principles which, when applied in practice enable the Physician to obtain results, which he can explain rationally and repeats them in practice with greater competence. Focus of the Education and Training should be to build up the conceptual base.

Homeopathy should be introduced as a Complete Rational System of Medicine with its Holistic, Individualistic and Dynamistic approach to life, Health, disease, Remedy and cure.

In order to achieve this, study of logic, psychology and fundamentals of Homeopathic Science become quite important. It is imperative to have clear grasp over Inductive-Deductive Logic, and its application and comprehending the fundamentals of Homeopathic Science. Homeopathic approach to the patients is a Holistic approach. Science demands from the Homeopathic Physician, to comprehend his patient as a PERSON, his dispositional state of Mind (and body), along with the disease process with its causes. Since we lay great emphasis of knowing the mind, knowledge of the psychology becomes imperative for a Homeopathic Physician. Thus introduction to Psychology will assist HOMEOPATHIC student to build up his conceptual base in his direction.

I. Fundamentals of Homeopathic Science.

Preliminary lectures on the evolution of medicinal practice by the ancients giving stress to rationalistic and vitalistic thoughts.

1. Short history of Hahnemann's life and contributions.
    
2. Brief life and contributions of early pioneers after Hahnemann
    
3. Brief study of early history of spread of Homeopathy & position of Homeopathy in various countries..
    
4. Hahnemann's Oraganon of Medicine from aphorism 1 to 70.
    
5. Fundamentals Principles of Homeopathy.
    
6. Health: Hahnemann's and modern concept.
    
7. Introductory lectures on diseases, their classification, drug diseases, case taking and drug proving.

II. Logic.

The term 'Logic' means 'though' 'reason' 'Law' and is used to denote the totality of rules to which the process of thought is subjected, a process that reflects the reality. It is also used to denote the science of the rules of reasoning and the forms in which it occurs.

As discussed earlier, to comprehend ORGANON-PHILOSOPHY, it is essential to acquaint with understanding of LOGIC in order to grasp inductive-deductive reasoning.

III. Introduction to Psychology.

1. Definition of Psychology - as a Science and its differences from other Sciences. Concept of Mind - Contemporary schools of psychology with special reference to Behaviouristic and psychoanalytic approaches.
   
    
2. Scientific study of behaviour, intelligence, cause - effect relation - behavioristic (Pavlov, Watson, Skinner) and dynamics of behaviour (Freud and Neo Freudians).
   
    
3. Basic concepts of sensation, perception, illusion, Hallucination, Delusion, image, intelligence, aptitude, attention, thinking and memory.
   
    
4. Emotion, motivation, personality, anxiety, conflict, frustration, psychosomatic manifestations and dreams.
   
    
5. Developmental Psychology - normal developments since birth to maturity (both physical and psychological) and deviations- its effects on later behaviour.
   
    

*The attempts should be make to make a student receptive to various terms in teachings of Materia Medica and Homeopathic Philosophy.