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Materia Virosa is the
collection and homeopathic analysis of data related
to Genus Epidemicus of viral infections. The information
is based on recent findings about viral states and their
clinical manifestations. The data is presented in the
format of commonly used Materia Medicas for better understanding
of signs and symptoms of the infectious states.
Materia Virosa is the tool for understanding the infectious
states in a phenomenological way. As infectious diseases
are one of the important fundamental causes for chronic
diseases, an updated knowledge of Genus Epidemicus is
necessary for a sound analysis of chronic patients.
Understanding newly defined miasmatic patterns was one
of the interests of Samuel Hahnemann, too. For example,
what was called Sycosis by Hahnemann had been called
'Syphilitic warts' and in some cases 'Syphilitic gonorrhea'
by French doctors. Following careful observations, Hahnemann
traced an independent dynamic state beginning with a
distinct primary infection and a classical pattern of
latency, progression and secondary manifestations. We
now know that by Sycosis, Hahnemann was describing Condyloma
accuminatum, the dynamic state of Human Papilloma Virus
(or HPV) co-infected in some cases with Herpes Simplex
Virus type 2.
I am sure that with
the current epidemiological data, Hahnemann would continue
his effort to specify distinct chronic miasms. I believe
that what Hahnemann called Psora is mainly the overall
image of viral states capable of inducing latency and
secondary manifestations. The phenomenological study
of the mentioned viral states, their antimiasmatic remedies
and their relative similarities with Hahnemann's antipsorics
are some of the confirmatory evidence.
The miasmatic pictures of 60 viral states and their
related remedies are gathered in this book. The related
repertory, Repertorium virosum (pages 153-288), and
its software help us to trace the presence of latent
and secondary viral states in patients suffering from
chronic diseases. It is worth noting that these new
tools are not going to be used as substitutes for all
the current effective tools and techniques in case analysis.
They just help us to complete the picture of the disease
in cases with paucity of valuable symptoms and also
help us to understand the dynamic nature of chronic
miasms; especially in patients infected with multiple
miasms.
The main approach to understand the dynamic nature of
chronic patterns is finding the valuable fragments of
the primary altered state in the secondary picture of
the disease by thematic analysis, finding persisting
features which are analogous in quality with the original
state and also the knowledge of the primary unresolved
state by studying the patient's personal history, and
building the image, like puzzle pieces with his or her
acute-like flare-ups, family history and at last understanding
the miasmatic structure of the patient with finding
the related Genus Epidemicus. Materia Virosa helps us
to understand Genus Epidemicus in an updated style and
also paves the way for promotion of empiricism in the
study of miasms rather than mere rational speculations.
For a better understanding of the basic concepts related
to the study of Genus Epidemicus and its role in case
analysis you can find out my articles in the library
of my website
http://www.minutus.org
. Among the existing ones, recommended articles are
‘Basic Principles in Treatment of Chronic Diseases’
(Parts 1, 2, 3), ‘Chronic Diseases – The Effective Causal
Complex’, ’40 Points in Analysis of Chronic Patients’,
‘Sycosis & Gonorrhea’, ‘Syphilis – A Fresh Look’ and
‘Common Gonorrhea’.
The signs and symptoms are categorized in four degrees
according to their relative prevalence in each miasm.
The fourth degree (bold and underlined) shows the characteristic
symptoms present in above 85% of the patients in the
related infectious state, the third degree (bold) shows
the prevalence of 25-85% and the second degree (italic)
is used for the prevalence under 25%. 1st degree (normal)
symptoms are probable unapproved symptoms which may
be upgraded to higher degrees later. Some of the first
degree symptoms are chosen indirectly by an analytical
function.
The antimiasmatic remedies are carefully chosen according
to the dynamic feature of the miasm. The analysis by
repertory was done by Radar 9.0 (Synthesis Repertory
9.0) with CLR 66 (Confidence Level Rate) and ‘Related
remedies’ were analyzed by Boenninghausen’s Concordance
feature.
This first version will be followed by next ones with
added signs and symptoms and also next volumes about
other categories of infectious states (Prions, Bacteria,
Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, etc).
Dr
Ardavan Shahrdar
Feb, 2007
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