Clinical Observations of Children's Remedies, 3rd edition

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"With his extraordinary Indian sensibility, Farokh Master gives us with this book, a new approach for pediatric practice. How to take the cases, what is important to observe in children, materia medica of small useful remedies...

"We have no doubt about the success of this masterpiece of the homeopathic literature!"
-- Didier Grandgeorge

I have enjoyed reading this detailed and lively book and I have learnt a lot. I think that it will help us all so much because it is practical, closely researched and observed, instructive and down to earth.

"It certainly is the most comprehensive that I have seen so far in the field of homeopathic child care. Congratulations!
-- Misha Norland

"Our children are our future. Our future starts with providing the best health care for our children. Dr. Farokh Masters explains in great detail and clarity the perfect approach to the child, the qualities one needs to possess to be a great homeopathic pediatrician, while providing an in-depth materia medica of remedies geared at the child.

An invaluable book for any practitioner who wants to bring a smile to the face of the parents."
-- Luc de Schepper

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Details

Three new remedies - Bufo, China, and Medorrhinum have been added.

By providing clinical gems from his busy practice, Dr. Master has made a significant contribution to pediatric treatment through homeopathic means.

Easy to read, and logically formatted, we unreservedly recommend this work to any student or practitioner seeking reliable information on homeopathic remedies for children.

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Author

Farokh Master, MD

(1957 -     )

Dr. Farokh Master was born on February 24th 1957, in Mumbai, India.

He studied homeopathy at the L.C.E.H.(Goldmedallist) and M.D.(Hom.) (University of Rajasthan) Dr. Master practices classical homeopathy full time since 1980. He has taught since 1980 in India, UK, USA, Canada, Norway, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Greece, and Germany.

He is affiliated with the Hahnemann College of Homoeopathy (UK, Canada), London College of Homoeopathy (UK), Norks Akademi for Natumedisin (Oslo), Small Poland Homoeopathic Physicians Associations (Krakow), Magyar Homoeopata Orvosi Egyesulet (Budapest), Osterrichische Gesellschaft fur Homoeopathische Medizin (Vienna).

He is professor of Homeopathic Materia Medica at the Homeopathic Medical College in Bombay. He has authored over 30 books on various homeopathic subjects. Dr. Master is the editor of Homoeopathic Heritage, India. He is also a member of the Central Council of Homoeopathy, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Government of India.

His most important publications are:

• Mysterious Thuja
• Mr. Lycopodium.
• Lactose Intolerance
• Tumours and Homoeopathy
• The Fascinating Fungi.
• Cervical Spondylosis.
• St. Ignatius Bean
• Tuberculines and Tubercular Miasm
• Practical Clinical Neurology.
• Agitated Argentums.
• The Bedside Organon of Medicine.
• Homoeopathic Dictionary of Dreams
• The Web Spinners.
• Naja Naja Naja
• Snakes in Homoeopathic Grass.
• Cross References of the Mind.
• Perceiving the Rubrics of the Mind.
• Suppressed Staphysagria.
• State of Mind That Affects the Foetus.
• Clinical Observations of Children's remedies

In the fall of 2000 Dr. Master presented two weekend seminars in the United States, one on Cancer and one on Pediatric Care. WholeHealthNow is offering complete sets of audio tapes of both seminars. Click on this link for more information: Farokh Master Seminar tapes.

RECENT US SEMINARS

Dr. Master presented two more US seminars in March and April, 2003, covering Management of Acute Disease, the Significance of Dreams, and Translating the Language of the Patient into the Language of the Repertory. WholeHealthNow is happy to provide the PowerPoint files from several of his presentations along with several audio files that can be integrated into your RADAR software.

Farokh Master Seminars - Powerpoint Files and audio files for RADAR.

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Reviews

Clinical Observations of Children's Remedies

By Farokh J. Master
Reviewed by George Guess, MD, DHt

Reprinted with the permission of the
American Institute of Homeopathy
American Journal of Homeopathy
Volume 97 Number 2 Summer 2004

Dr. Master's new book, Clinical Observations of Children's Remedies, provides the homeopathic community with an eminently valuable tool for treatment of children.

The book provides detailed and highly accessible information on 76 homeopathic remedies, all emphasizing how these remedies present in children. Though written in outline form, the remedy descriptions are very thorough, very detailed.

There is even frequent inclusion of relevant physical examination findings, quite a rarity these days. It is patently obvious from this work that Dr. Master possesses vast clinical experience and has accumulated an abundance of knowledge on this topic.

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Each chapter is organized to provide, first, the most important mental and physical "identifying features" of the remedy, followed by a section by section offering of "other important symptoms" from head to generalities.

In addition to the material provided for each remedy individually, the volume is replete with differential diagnosis charts comparing the features of other remedies that present similarly in certain diseases. It's a gold mine of practical information to which every busy practitioner and ambitious student will want access.

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Prefacing the materia medica are chapters covering symptoms of abnormal behavior within various developmental stages, interesting tips on children's case taking, and detailed descriptions of abnormal physical examination findings in children and their diagnostic significance.

A broad range of remedies is covered, although I found myself wishing, as I read, that there were even more small remedies included. Throughout the book many alternate remedies for a given symptom are mentioned parenthetically, prompting a quick turning of pages in search of a detailed description of the remedy(ies) , only to discover unhappily that it had not been included. Hopefully Dr. Master will remedy this shortcoming with a second volume.

Some of the less common remedies included in this volume are:Aranea ixobola,Artemisia abrotanum, Chlorpromazinum, Lac delphinium, Lac leoninum, Mygale lasiodora, Natrum silicatum, Saccharum officinarum, Sulphur iodatum, Theridion, etc.

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Here are a few of the characteristics noted for Lac delphinum:

artistic creativity
clairvoyance
family-oriented children
fear of robbers
love for animals
sentimental
allergic bronchitis after indulgence in cold drinks and ice cream
tendency to sinusitis and short, dry, tickling cough
food faddism in children who live with a forsaken feeling;
shares many common symptoms with both Phosphorus and Carcinosin

The book is hardbound in a beautiful blue cover adorned with an angelic sleeping baby's face. The page and print quality are high. The book is extensively indexed.

My only complaint about this book is the lack of headers identifying at a glance, which remedy one is reading; this frustrates any impulse to flip alphabetically through the book in search of a particular remedy, and requires constant reference to the table of contents. I hope subsequent editions correct this small deficiency.

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Clinical Observations of Children's Remedies is an excellent text, one that any professional homeopath treating children would benefit from by reading.

Finally, I have left the best for last. Attached to the back cover of this tome is a companion CD containing a searchable electronic version of the book formatted for Adobe Acrobat Reader. I could access it with both Acrobat Reader 5.0 and Adobe Reader 6.0. This is a fantastic development which, hopefully, presages many more such additions to future homeopathic texts.

About the Reviewer:
George Guess, MD, DHt
is in private practice in Charlottesville, VA.
He is editor of the AJHM and Vice-President of the
American Board of Homeotherapeutics.

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Contents

Introduction -- 1
Abnormal behavior -- 2
- Newborns (0-1 month) -- 2
- Infants (1 month - 12 months) -- 2
- Early childhood -- 2
- Late childhood -- 4
The art and science of homeopathic pediatrics -- 8
- Personality profile of a homeopathic pediatrician -- 8
- Qualities of a homeopathic physician -- 9
Case taking: The History -- 10
- History of the mother -- 10
- History of the child -- 10
Golden rules -- 11
Observation of newborns, infants and toddlers -- 12
Physical examination -- 20
- Position -- 20
- Alertness -- 21
- Nutrition -- 21
- Odor -- 21
- Gait -- 22
- Height -- 23
- Face and facial expressions -- 23
- Skin -- 24
- Hand -- 24
- Two routines to check: 'Hip' and 'aorta' -- 25
- Cry -- 25
- Temperature -- 25
- Blood pressure -- 25
- Respiration -- 26
- Head -- 26
- Forehead -- 26
- Eyebrows -- 27
- Tears -- 27
- Conjunctiva -- 27
- Sclera -- 27
- Pupil -- 27
- Nose -- 27
- Ears -- 27
- Mouth -- 28
- Tongue -- 28
- Gums -- 28
- Teeth -- 28
- Mucous membranes of the cheek -- 28
- Palate -- 29
- Tonsils -- 29
- Neck -- 29
- Pharynx -- 29
- Chest -- 29
- Heart -- 30
- Abdomen -- 30
- Anus and rectum -- 31
- Genitalia -- 31
- Skin -- 31
- Muscles -- 32
- Joints and bones -- 32
- Central nervous system -- 32
- How does homeopathic history taking and physical examination of a child differ from that of an adult? -- 34
- Eagle’s eye and elephant’s memory -- 35
- Suspect cerebral palsy -- 36
- Diagnostic investigations -- 36
- Points to remember -- 36

Part II -- 38
PowerPoint Presentation -- 38
Skills in treating the New Born -- 38

Part III -- 56
The Remedies -- 56
ABROTANUM -- 57
AETHUSA CYNAPIUM -- 61
AGARICUS MUSCARIUS -- 69
AMBRA GRISEA -- 79
ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM -- 84
- Differentiating between Ant-c and Cham -- 84
- Differentiating between Ant-c and Sulph -- 85
ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM -- 94
- Asthma -- 100
- Neonatal asphyxia -- 101
- Cardio-respiratory failure -- 101
- Pneumonia -- 102
- Neonatal and infantile pulmonary infection -- 103
- Comparison of Ant-t and Ip in allergic and infectious upper and lower respiratory tract disorders -- 104
- Congestive heart failure -- 106
APIS MELLIFICA -- 109
ARANEA IXOBOLA -- 118
ARSENICUM ALBUM -- 121
- Contrast Ars and Acon in fear, fright and anxiety -- 122
- Gastric syndrome -- 129
- Dehydration -- 129
- Asthmatic syndrome -- 131
- Pneumonia -- 132
- Cardiac failure -- 133
- Septicemia -- 137
- Meningitis -- 138
AURUM METALLICUM -- 140
BACILLINUM BURNETT -- 149
BARYTA CARBONICUM -- 155
- Mental Retardation -- 157
BARYTA PHOSPHORICA -- 166
BARYTA SULPHURICUM -- 168
BELLADONNA -- 174
- Common features between Bell, Hyos and Stram -- 174
BORAX VENETA -- 187
- Common features between Bar-c and Borx -- 187
BRYONIA ALBA -- 196
- Pneumonia -- 204
BUFO RANA -- 208
- Autism -- 212
- Mongolism -- 212
- Asperger’s syndrome -- 213
- Meningitis -- 214
- Epilepsy -- 224
- Bufo and Hyoscyamus in epilepsy and convulsions -- 227
- Bufo and Calcarea carb in epilepsy and convulsions -- 228
CALCAREA CARBONICA -- 229
- Differentiating between Calc and Sil -- 229
CALCAREA MURIATICA -- 242
CALCAREA PHOSPHORICA -- 245
- Bones and joints -- 252
CALCAREA SILICATA -- 255
CAPSICUM -- 262
CARCINOSINUM -- 267
CAUSTICUM -- 274
CHAMOMILLA -- 285
- Cham: Neonate and Infants -- 286
CHINA OFFICINALIS -- 294
- Sluggish cerebral circulation -- 297
- Liver -- 301
- Hyperemia of spleen -- 301
- Diarrhea -- 302
- Rheumatism -- 304
- Intermittent, tertian quotidian fever -- 305
CHLORPROMAZINUM -- 308
CICUTA VIROSA -- 310
- Common features of Cic and Con -- 316
CINA MARITIMA -- 317
- Differentiating features between Cham and Cina -- 318
COFFEA CRUDA -- 326
CUPRUM METALLICUM -- 332
- Temper tantrums -- 334
- Cholera and Gastroenteritis -- 338
- Differentiating features between the following remedies in GIT complaints: -- 339
- Differentiating features between the remedies Cupr, Plb, and Zinc in convulsions: -- 344
FERRUM METALLICUM -- 346
GRAPHITES -- 355
HYOSCYAMUS NIGER -- 360
CNS Pathology -- 363
- Common symptoms confirmed clinically in the above stated CNS pathologies -- 364
IGNATIA AMARA -- 374
- Dyspepsia and Colic Syndrome -- 380
KALI BROMATUM -- 387
KALI CARBONICUM -- 393
- Dyspepsia Syndrome -- 399
- Pneumonia -- 401
KALI MURIATICUM -- 406
KALI PHOSPHORICUM -- 412
KREOSOTUM -- 418
LAC CANINUM -- 426
LAC DELPHINUM -- 434
- Lac-del can often be confused with Carc and Phos, as they share many common symptoms, a few of which are as follows: -- 437
LAC HUMANUM -- 438
LAC LEONINUM -- 442
LACHESIS MUTA -- 445
- Pneumonia -- 452
- Chronic Cardiac failure -- 453
- Septicemia -- 455
- Epilepsy -- 456
LYCOPODIUM -- 458
- Pneumonia (Resembles Kali–c) -- 467
- Epilepsy -- 469
MAGNESIUM CARBONICUM -- 471
- Common features between Mag-c and Cham -- 477
- Differentiating features between Mag-c and Cham -- 479
MEDORRHINUM -- 482
- Rheumatism -- 495
MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS -- 497
MOSCHUS -- 510
MYGALE LASIODORA -- 516
- Acute earache -- 517
- Chorea -- 519
NATRIUM MURIATICUM -- 520
NATRIUM SILICICUM -- 530
NATRIUM SULPHURICUM -- 536
NITRICUM ACIDUM -- 543
NUX VOMICA -- 552
OPIUM -- 563
PHOSPHORUS -- 572
PLATINUM METALLICUM -- 583
PLUMBUM METALLICUM -- 589
- Common symptoms between Plb, Bar-c and Alum. -- 589
PSORINUM -- 599
PULSATILLA PRATENSIS -- 608
- Common features between Puls, Cars and Phos. -- 608
RHEUM PALMATUM -- 621
SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM -- 626
SANICULA AQUA -- 633
- Common features between Sanic, Cina, Cham and Tub -- 633
- Common features between Sanic and Sil -- 633
SEPIA OFFICINALIS -- 640
SILICEA TERRA -- 650
STAPHYSAGRIA -- 664
STRAMONIUM -- 674
SULPHUR -- 684
SULPHUR IODATUM -- 697
SYPHILINUM -- 704
TARENTULA HISPANICA -- 713
- Common features between Tarent, Bell, Stram, Tub and Verat -- 721
- Observations in children who need a spider remedy -- 723
- Comparison of remedies related to the spiders group -- 725
THERIDION CURASSAVICUM -- 728
THUJA OCCIDENTALIS -- 733
TUBERCULINUM BOVINUM -- 744
- ABCs of Tuberculinum -- 744
- Neonates and Infants -- 746
VERATRUM ALBUM -- 754
- Attention Deficit Disorder -- 755
ZINCUM METALLICUM -- 763
- Clinical observations of a Mentally Retarded Zincum Child -- 764

Index -- 770

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