Paper 8

Question 1

Components of prescription
Etymology: frm Latin word pres-cripto para~before, scribo~i write

Answer 1

1) superscription
2) inscription
3) subscription
4) signature

Question 2

Superscription includes

Answer 2

1) name of patient with address -
~Always placed at top of prescription
~”For”should be written before name
2) age & sex -higher potencies given to children, lower to medium - aged ones
3) symbol Rx - stands for recipe to take physician remembers God before writing prescription just like a proverb

Question 3

Inscription includes (body of prescription)
# Subscription includes

Answer 3

1) name of the Remedy, it’s potency
2) name, quantity of vehicle
# directions to pharmacist how to dispense the remedy
Ex: M. Ft mist

Question 4

Signature includes

Answer 4

1) Directions to patient
- how to use medicine
- when to report
- some advices of diet, yoga
2) Signature of physician with date, registration number obtained from homoeopathic council

Question 5

Tannins
Ex : Rhus toxico-dendron
Hamamelis virgin-ica
Mille-folium, Acacia germanica

Answer 5

1) heterogeneous grp of compounds found in 🌱plant’s especially in leafs, bark these are phenolic matters
2) they are non nitrogenous
3) soluble in water, alcohol
4) bitter in taste
5) precipitated by heavy metals, albumin, alkaloids

Question 6

Animal proving disadvantages 5

Answer 6

1) subjective, mental symptoms can’t be studied as they can’t express
2) effect of same drug on animal, human is different
3) individualisation of knowledge of drugs is never possible
4) susceptibility, idiosyncrasy is difficult to judge
5) modalities &finer sensations are lacking to make symptom

Question 7

Animal proving advantages 5

Answer 7

1) drug proved in any quantity but not possible in humans due to toxic effect
2) proved for any length of time
3) we may to ultimate pathology, dare to loose prover
4) to assay physiological action of drug 5) proving with unknown substances give 1st hand information of action