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Winter - 2021 HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA - I (Paper-I)

2. Short answer questions (Solve any 4 Out of 6) :

 a) Describe the A/F and modalities of Dulcamara.

 b) Describe the sources of Homoeopathic Materia Medica

 c) Describe the guiding indications of Thuja Occidentalis. 

 d) Describe the indication of Gelsemium in Fever.

 e) Write the Biochemic indications of Kali Mur.

 f) Describe the indications of Hepar Sulph in Skin affections. 


3. Short answer Questions (Solve any 4 Out of 6) : 

 a) Describe the Biochemic indications of Natrum Sulph.

 b) Describe the indications of Sepia in female reproductive tract affections. 

c) Describe the glandular affections of Conium Maculatum. 

d) Describe the indications of Croton Tig in Diarrhoea.

 e) Describe the characteristic guiding indications of Theridion.

 f) Describe the A/F and modalities of Natrum Carb. 

4. Long Answer Questions 

a) Compare and contrast indications of Digitalis and Cactus Grandiflorus in
Heart affections. 


b) Compare and contrast indications of Acetic Acid and Apocynum in dropsy.

-¢) Compare and contrast indications of Spongia and Drossera in cough.

-d) Compare and contrast indications of Nux Vomica and Ipecac in Vomiting.

~ Long Answer Questions (5,6,7) 

5. Describe the characteristic group indications of Acid group of remedies. Write in
detail the drug picture of Nitric Acid.

_ 6. Define Homoeopathic Materia Medica. Describe in detail the scope and limitations
of Homoeopathic Materia Medica.

7. Describe in detail the drug picture of Calcarea Carb.

✅ Q.2 – Short Answer Questions (All 6 Answered)

[6 × 5 = 30 Marks]

🔹 a) A/F and Modalities of Dulcamara

Ailments From (A/F):

  • Exposure to cold and damp weather

  • Suppression of perspiration

  • Sudden change from warm to cold

Modalities:

  • < Cold, damp air; at night

  • Moving about, warmth

🔹 b) Sources of Homoeopathic Materia Medica

  1. Drug proving on healthy individuals

  2. Clinical experience and cured cases

  3. Toxicological reports

  4. Physiological experiments

  5. Literature from classical texts (e.g., Hahnemann, Hering, Allen)

  6. Modern scientific sources and re-proving

🔹 c) Guiding Indications of Thuja Occidentalis

  • Fixed ideas (e.g., as if something is alive in abdomen)

  • Warts, condylomata, fig warts, sycotic diathesis

  • Oily, unhealthy skin

  • Sensation as if body were fragile or brittle

  • Aggravation from damp weather and after vaccination

🔹 d) Gelsemium in Fever

  • Chilly with drowsiness and thirstlessness

  • No anxiety despite high temperature

  • Heaviness of eyelids, trembling limbs

  • Fever with muscular weakness and prostration

  • Useful in influenza, viral fevers, dengue

🔹 e) Biochemic Indications of Kali Mur

  • White, grayish-white tongue coating

  • Catarrhal conditions: tonsillitis, otitis media

  • Glandular swellings

  • Sub-acute and second stages of inflammation

  • Thick white nasal discharge, cough with white expectoration

🔹 f) Indications of Hepar Sulph in Skin Affections

  • Papular, pustular eruptions

  • Abscess formation with tendency to suppuration

  • Skin very sensitive to touch and cold

  • Acne that is painful and worse in cold weather

  • Urticaria with cold sensitivity

✅ Q.3 – Short Answer Questions (All 6 Answered)

[6 × 5 = 30 Marks]

🔹 a) Biochemic Indications of Natrum Sulph

  • Aggravation in damp, rainy weather

  • Asthma, especially after exposure to wet

  • Jaundice, bitter taste, greenish stools

  • Chronic liver and spleen affections

  • Suited to hydrogenoid constitution

🔹 b) Sepia in Female Reproductive Tract Affections

  • Bearing-down sensation as if organs will protrude

  • Prolapse of uterus, leucorrhea

  • Late or scanty menses, painful intercourse

  • Indifference to loved ones

  • Suited to women who are overworked, irritable, and cold

🔹 c) Glandular Affections of Conium Maculatum

  • Enlarged, indurated, painless glands

  • Breast induration after injury

  • Scirrhous tumors in glands

  • Suited to old, broken-down people

  • Slow-growing glandular pathologies

🔹 d) Croton Tiglium in Diarrhea

  • Sudden, gushing diarrhea with sputtering

  • Worse after eating or drinking

  • Yellowish, watery stools with burning at anus

  • Urging immediately after food

  • Diarrhea with colicky abdominal pain

🔹 e) Guiding Indications of Theridion

  • Sensitive to noise and motion

  • Vertigo aggravated by noise and closing eyes

  • Skin hypersensitivity

  • Periodical headaches

  • Seasickness

🔹 f) A/F and Modalities of Natrum Carbonicum

Ailments From:

  • Exposure to sun and heat

  • Mental exertion

  • Emotional stress

Modalities:

  • < Heat of sun, music, mental strain

  • Rest, alone, in cool air

Thank you! Let's now complete the Long Answer Questions (Q.4 to Q.7) of the Fourth Year BHMS Homoeopathic Materia Medica Paper II, written in detailed MUHS format.

✅ Q.4 – Long Answer Questions (All 4 Solved)

[4 × 10 = 40 Marks]

🔷 a) Compare and Contrast: Digitalis vs Cactus Grandiflorus in Heart Affections

Feature Digitalis Cactus Grandiflorus
Heart action Weak, slow, irregular pulse Constricting, spasmodic pain in chest
Key symptom Slow pulse with sudden sinking feeling As if heart is grasped with iron hand
Associated symptoms Blue face, faintness, dropsy Palpitation with suffocation
Modalities < Motion, sitting up < Lying on left side, daytime
Mind Anxiety about heart, fear of death Sadness, depression
Indications CHF, AV block, bradycardia Angina, pericarditis, cardiac neurosis

🔷 b) Compare and Contrast: Acetic Acid vs Apocynum in Dropsy

Feature Acetic Acid Apocynum
Cause of dropsy From debility, cachexia, TB, cancer Cardiac dropsy, renal failure
Stool/diarrhea Profuse, exhausting diarrhea Scanty urine, without diarrhea
Thirst Excessive, intense thirst Thirsty but drinks little
Appearance Pale, waxy, emaciated Puffy, bloated
Modalities < Cold air, motion < Cold air, sitting

🔷 c) Compare and Contrast: Spongia vs Drosera in Cough

Feature Spongia Drosera
Type of cough Dry, barking, croupy Deep, spasmodic, whooping
Worse from Cold air, before midnight After midnight, lying down
Better from Warm food and drinks Sitting up
Expectoration Usually none or scanty Yellow, sticky expectoration
Associated signs Sore throat, stridor Gagging, vomiting with cough

🔷 d) Compare and Contrast: Nux Vomica vs Ipecac in Vomiting

Feature Nux Vomica Ipecacuanha
Vomiting After eating, from overeating, alcohol Persistent nausea with or without vomiting
Stomach Sensation of stone, retching Clean tongue, despite gastric symptoms
Mind Irritable, angry Indifferent or moaning child
Modalities < Morning, coffee, stress < Motion, periodically
Stools Constipation with urging Diarrhea or vomiting in children

✅ Q.5 – Characteristic Group Indications of Acid Group

+ Drug Picture of Nitric Acid
[20 Marks]

🔹 Common Group Features of Acid Remedies:

  • Weakness, debility, mental exhaustion

  • Ulcerations, burning discharges

  • Sour, acrid secretions

  • Trembling, general emaciation

  • < From exertion, heat, sexual excesses

🔹 Nitric Acid – Drug Picture

Constitution:
Thin, irritable, chilly, syphilitic diathesis.

Mind:
Irritable, fault-finding, sensitive to noise
Fear of death

GIT:
Mouth ulcers, splinter-like pain
Fissures, hemorrhoids with bleeding

Urinary:
Strong-smelling, dark urine
Tenesmus, burning

Modalities:
< Touch, night, cold air

Riding in carriage

Skin:
Warts, ulcers with hard edges
Cracks in skin, especially at corners of mouth

✅ Q.6 – Define Homoeopathic Materia Medica, Scope & Limitations

[20 Marks]

🔹 Definition:

Homoeopathic Materia Medica is a systematically arranged record of drug effects produced on healthy individuals (provings) and verified clinically, used for curative treatment based on the law of similars.

🔹 Scope:

  1. Covers mental, physical, general and particular symptoms

  2. Applies to acute, chronic and constitutional prescribing

  3. Supports repertorization and totality formation

  4. Enables selection of individualized remedy

  5. Includes organ-specific, nosodes, sarcodes, biochemics

🔹 Limitations:

  1. Lacks systematic arrangement (unlike allopathy)

  2. Proving symptoms often overlap, leading to confusion

  3. Requires sound memory and interpretation skills

  4. Some remedies have incomplete provings

  5. Limited scope in surgical and advanced pathological cases

✅ Q.7 – Drug Picture of Calcarea Carbonica

[20 Marks]

Introduction:

  • Source: Middle layer of oyster shell

  • Constitution: Fat, flabby, chilly, delayed development

Mental Generals:

  • Anxious, especially about health

  • Fear of insanity, darkness, misfortune

  • Obstinate, but dependable

Physical Generals:

  • Profuse sweating on head

  • Craving for eggs, indigestible things (chalk, dirt)

  • Cold, damp feet

  • Delayed milestones: walking, teething

GIT:

  • Acid dyspepsia

  • Constipation with hard, white stools

Female:

  • Leucorrhea like milk

  • Profuse, prolonged menses

  • Weakness post-menses

Skin:

  • Unhealthy skin, easy to ulcerate

  • Warts, eczema in children

Modalities:

  • < Cold, exertion, mental strain

  • Warmth, dry weather


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