Authors

• Author Name : Janani .S Affiliation : Intern, Sarada Krishna Homoeopathic Medical College, (Affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai), Tamil Nadu-629161 Author
• Author Name : Sibin R.A Affiliation : Department of Organon of Medicine, Sarada Krishna Homoeopathic Medical College, (Affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai), Tamil Nadu-629161 Author
• Author Name : Sanjay Narayanan Affiliation : Intern, Sarada Krishna Homoeopathic Medical College, (Affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai), Tamil Nadu-629161 Author

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Abstract

The concept of the totality of symptoms remains the
basis of the selection of homoeopathic medicines. It is
considered as the pre-requisite for arriving at the indicated
medicine. The construction of totality varies according to the
philosophy that a physician follows. Kent’s totality emphasizes
the mental generals, physical generals, and the characteristic
particulars. Likewise, the concept of totality according to Boger
and Boenninghausen includes changes in personality and
temperament, peculiarities of disease, the seat of disease,
concomitants, the cause, modalities, and time. Whatever the
method of constructing the totality, the remedy selection must
be the same at the end, as the patient is same for all the
philosophical concepts. Dr. Hahnemann defined the totality of
symptoms in aphorism 18 as the total of all the symptoms in
each case. It is important to understand that the term ‘totality of
symptoms’ is the result of a peculiar internal mechanism, that
takes place inside the body. The explanation for the selection of
medicine cannot lie in the result (symptoms), but it should lie
in the process that caused such a result. This article emphasizes
the concept of the totality of symptoms, its evolution, its
components, and its interaction with the microenvironment of
the individual.