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.