Law of minimum dose not used
in allopathy. It is used in Homoeopathy. Why it is used in Homeopathy? This is
because it is one of the main, important and cardinal principle of Homoeopathy.
But, what this law called "Law of minimum dose" states?
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It
states one of the important fundamental fact related to field of medicine.
According to this Law, Homoeopathic medicines should be prescribed. This law
states
that very
little quantity of medicine should be used when employing it for treatment of
human aliments. This is, what half statement of Law states and second half of
statement states that this little quantity should be that much quantity, which
is able to affect vital force dynamically a little but effectively.
That
means only little, that is, minimum quantity of medicine should be used for
treatment purposes of human disease and not excess. How to measure minimum
dose?
What is called minimum dose? Minimum dose is that
dose, which is that much quantity of medicine which is much smaller than crude
dose; but able to affect vital force on minimum scale, but effectively on
dynamic plane. If you want to cure human aliment with medicinal aid, then it
need to affect vital force a little bit; but in effective way, that is, little
bit dynamically.
So,
that was what law of minimum dose means. But, why Homoeopathic doctor needs to
follow it? Why can't Homeopathic doctor avoid it?
The reason for it why can't Homeopathic doctor avoid;
why Homoeopathic doctor need to follow it; is its advantages. Yes, it offers
wide number of advantages which large crude doses cannot offer. What are these
advantage that has been updated in previous Homoeopathic Blog articles.