Background: Homoeopathic medicines known for its utility in wider spectrum of pathological conditions. Homoeopathic Science adds new medicines in the system through drug proving and explores additional features of already existed medicines through clinical verification. Gaultheria Procumbens is among those medicines having broader application but lesser known due to limited Clinical Experience with the medicine. Clinical verification of this Medicine will explores many new insights in its healing power and ultimately its utility in day to day practice. Aims: The Main Objective was to study to verify the Clinical Utility of Rare and Lesser Known Medicine Gaultheria Procumbens. Another important objective is to prepare a Remedy Profile of Gaultheria Procumbens from clinical verified Symptoms during study. With research question, Will the verification of rare and lesser known medicine Gaultheria Procumbens helpful in Homoeopathic Practice? Setting and Design: The study was Prospective Analytical & Interventional Clinical Verification study. A clinical study had been conducted in which total 30 experimental samples were Purposively selected from the 3 project sites, Smt. S. I. Patel (Ipcowala) Homoeopathic Hospital, Amul Dairy Road, Anand and Rural as well as O.P.D. centers situated at Dharmaj, Napad and Anand Agriculture university Health centre.Materials and Methods: 30 samples were selected through Purposive Sampling method with fulfillment of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data collection was done with the Personal Interview Method According to guidelines given in Organon of medicine, book by Dr. Hahnemann. Remedy Profile of Gaultheria Procumbens from available data during Review of Literature with specially Prepared Case Performa and Scoring systems were selected as tools for data collection. Potency Selection, Repetition and Follow ups were decided according to need of particular case. Statistical Analysis: Paired t- test was done in Microsoft Excel using Pre- Treatment and Post-Treatment Score from Subjective Scoring System MYMOP (Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile).Result: Most of the cases 11 (36.67%) were seen in the age group 51-60 that suggest this age group have more Prevalence of the diseases affect the Locomotor system during this era and Female sex having slightly more Predominance than Male sex. Most of cases in this study with Acute phase or Acute Excerbations of Chronic than the Chronic one. Other variables like potency and diagnosis were also observed.Conclusion: This study helps to verify the medicine Gaultheria Procumbens and Explore its utility in Practical Homeopathy. Some characteristic symptoms as well as sphere of action were also found during this study which will be helpful in prescribing as well as studying the medicine Gaultheria Procumbens. This Primary research will be a good base for further research with Gaultheria Procumbens.
Gaultheria Procumbens, Homoeopathy, verification
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