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Dr J D Daryani MD (Hom.) Principal & Medical Superintendent Dr. MPK Homoeopathic Medical College, Hospital & Re

Dr J D Daryani MD (Hom.) Principal & Medical Superintendent Dr. MPK Homoeopathic Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, JAIPUR (India). What Homoeopathy Can Offer For Geriatrics ?. Old age does not necessarily mean any earmark demarcation of chronological age,

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Dr J D Daryani MD (Hom.) Principal & Medical Superintendent Dr. MPK Homoeopathic Medical College, Hospital & Re

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  1. Dr J D DaryaniMD (Hom.) Principal & Medical Superintendent Dr. MPK Homoeopathic Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, JAIPUR (India) What Homoeopathy Can Offer For Geriatrics ?

  2. Old age does not necessarily mean any earmark demarcation of chronological age, but an age from where the actual retrogressive changes both in body and mind commence

  3. ….“While the ageing of the population is essentially a simple phenomenon, its consequences are multiple and not always well recognized”…. – WHO report 548, 1974

  4. There are mainly following complaints, where aged people need medical aid : • Anxiety • Forgetfulness • Depression • Insomnia • General debility • Nervous disorders • Vertigo & Meniere`s disease • Arteriosclerosis

  5. Eye : visual problems, cataract • Osteoarthritis • BPH • Menopausal syndrome • Senile pruritis Common complaints contd…

  6. HOMOEOPATHY ENSURES THE COMPLETE CARE FOR GERIATRICS

  7. BARYTA CARB. • A remedy indicated, when degenerative changes occur in the old people begins in the brain and vascular system

  8. Bartya Carb. Contd… • There is a significant regression in the personality and behavior due to degenerative process

  9. Bartya Carb. Contd… • Dejected feeling • Mental & physical weakness • Forgetfulness • Anxiety • Lack of self confidence • Childish behavior • Depression

  10. AURUM MET. • Useful in cases of sclerosis of the arteries especially of the brain in people who are low spirited & weak memory

  11. Aurum met contd… • Hence, it is indicated in • Dementia - vascular & Alzheimer`s. • Precipited due to bad effects of • grief, fright, anger or contradiction

  12. Aurum met.contd… • It is also useful in depressive state of mind with reserved displeasure prolonged anxiety disgust of life.

  13. G E N E R A L D E B I L I T Y

  14. General debility contd… ALFALFA stimulates sympathetic system improves appetite and digestion resulting - improvement in mental and physical status

  15. General debility contd… Alfalfa also corrects tissue waste

  16. General debility contd… GINKGO BILOBA works as a circulatory stimulant causes relaxation of blood vessels & improves the contractile action of the abnormally relaxed vessels by increasing their tone

  17. General debility contd… Ginkgo Biloba - • improves circulation • improves memory • useful in cases of senile dementia • vascular dementia and • Alzheimer`s disease etc.,

  18. General debility contd… KALI PHOS. • A nervine tonic, useful in neurasthenia, extreme lassitude & depression, anxiety, sleeplessness, weak memory

  19. General debility contd… ACID PHOS. • A remedy for nervous exhaustion mental debility appears first followed by physical debility resulting from : - Acute illness - Grief - Loss of vital fluids

  20. MUSCULO – SKELETAL SYSTEM

  21. Musculo – skeletal system contd… CALCARIA PHOS. • Increasing Bone density • Helps in callus formation or unification of bones

  22. Musculo – skeletal system contd… CALCAREA FLOUR. • It reduces osseous growths and enlargement of bone with or without caries, • Therefore, a wonderful medicine for osteoarthritis reduces the pain and osteophytes

  23. V E R T I G O

  24. Vertigocontd… CONIUM MAC. Vertigo - postural • Especially on lying down • turning head sidewise

  25. Vertigocontd… PHOSPHORUS Vertigo - postural • especially after rising

  26. MENIERE`S DISEASE

  27. Meniere`s disease contd… Commonly used medicines: • Phosphorus • Chininum Sulph. • Natrum Salicylicum • Salicylicum Acidum

  28. PROSTATIC TROUBLES / BPH

  29. Prostatic Troubles / BPH contd… • Frequent urination • Difficult urination – interrupt flow • Dribbling • Cystitis from prostate hypertrophy • Sub-acute and chronic prostatitis

  30. Prostatic Troubles / BPH contd… Commonly used medicines : • Conium Meculatum • Sabal Serrulata

  31. E Y E C O M P L A I N T S

  32. CINERARIA MARITIMA Effective in prevention and treatment of cataract

  33. S E N I L E P R U R I T I S

  34. Senile Pruritis contd… Commonly used medicines : • Dolichos Puriens • Fagopyrum Esculentum

  35. MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME

  36. Menopausal syndrome contd… • Hot flushes • Night sweats • Palpitations • Emotional instability • Sadness • Depressed • Irritability • Pigmentation of skin

  37. Menopausal syndrome contd… Commonly used medicines : • Lachesis • Sepia • Sulphur

  38. THANKS

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