By Prof. Dr. Debasish Kundu M.D.H., F.F.Hom, F.I.H.M.S., Ph.D.(U.S.A.), D.Sc.(Colombo)
Revised & Foreworded by Lord Pandit Prof. Dr. Sir Anton Jayasuruya M.B.B.S.(Cey.), D. Phys. Med., C.P. (Lond.) & R.C.S. (Eng.), D.Sc., Ph.D., D.Litt.
Thoroughly Revised By Dr. M. Ahmed M.Sc. (Dhaka), M.Sc. (Peshawar), D.H.M.S. (Dhaka), R.C.E.P.T. (Japan), E.O.R.D. (India)
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Materia Medica for the New Age Man By Prof. Dr. Debasish Kundu M.D.H., F.F.Hom, F.I.H.M.S., Ph.D. (U.S.A.), D.Sc. (Colombo) Fellow of International Holistic Medical Society, CA, U.S.A. Fellow of Foundation of Homeopathy, MO, U.S.A. Fellow of World E.Homeopathy System of Medical Council, Hong Kong Faculty, International Holistic Medical Society,CA, U.S.A. Faculty, Association of Independent Natural Science Schools Colleges, Professions & Arts, MO, U.S.A. Vice-President, American Nutritional Medical Association, CA, U.S.A. Foreign Bureau Chief (India), Holistic Medical Hylite International, CA, U.S.A., Visiting Professor, Khulna Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Khulna, Bangladesh Ex-Director General, Mooreland University, U.S.A. Editorial Board Member, European Journal of Food Research & Review (EJFRR) Sciencedomain International, U.K. Member, Board of Editors, Medical Practice and Reviews, Academic Journals, Lagos Member, Board of Editors, Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, Academic Journals, Lagos Author, Diseases of Women, Natural Medicines(Part-One), A Clinical Treatise on Cancer Aids & Homeopathy, Pharmacodynamics, Aids & Your Sex Life, Aids & Homeopathy Essentials of Acupuncture, The Forgotten Children, etc. Recipient, Royal Assyrian Order of Merit Laureate, United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Award for Medicine (1995) Recipient, Special Achievement Award, International Conference on E. Omeopatia, Poretta Terme, Bologna, Italy (2008) Revised & Foreworded by Lord Pandit Prof.Dr.Sir Anton Jayasuruya M.B.B.S. (Cey.), D.Phys.Med., C.P. (Lond.) & R.C.S. (Eng.), D.Sc., Ph.D., D.Litt. Member of the International Institute of Homoeopathy Diploma of the Homoeopathy Research Institute of Canada Diploma of the New York Academy of Homoeopathic Medicine Visiting Professor, Acupuncture, Homoeopathy & Manipulative Medicines, Havana, Republic of Cuba, Honorary President, Atlantic College of Medical Homoeopathy, Republic of Columbia Laureate, United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Award for Medicine (1984) Chairman, Medicina Alternativa International, Dean, The Open International University Recipient, First International Hahnemann Gold Medal of B.Jain Foundation, New Delhi, India (1993) Thoroughly Revised By Dr. M. Ahmed M.Sc. (Dhaka), M.Sc. (Peshawar), D.H.M.S. (Dhaka), R.C.E.P.T. (Japan), E.O.R.D. (India) Vice-Chairman, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies in Homeopathy (BCASH) Senior Vice-President, Bangladesh DHMS Doctors Association Board Member (Former), Bangladesh Homeopathy Board, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh Country Representative, World Homeopathy Awareness Organization (WHAO), Germany Executive Director (Hony.), International Homeopathic Medical Society, CA, USA, & American Nutritional Medical Society, CA, USA, BD Chapter
Awaiting me you are, on the shore of my song My music and lyric find place at your altar Yet you remain beyond my reach Softly wafts the breeze, swaying me with it Linger no more, untie your boat, and set afloat Come into my heart, crossing over to this shore This playing with you through song, is but from afar Dawn to dusk, this flute plays on, revealing my ache O when will you come yourself, and play on my flute In silent secluded blissful darkness of night -Rabindranath Tagore
The Open International University for Complimentary Medicines CHARTER OF MEDICINA ALTERNATIVA (ALMA ATA DECLARATION 1962)
Ref.No. MA/01/96 Reply to: Date 26.01.1996 28, International Buddhist Centre Road Colombo 6, Srilanka PREFACE Dr. Debasish Kundu is a celebrated practitioner. Neither he nor his writings need any introduction to the medical profession. He has received the highest accolades from The Open International University for Complementary Medicines. Like acupuncture and acupressure, Homeopathy is a therapeutic science of stimulating specific regions on the soles which have a correspondence with the internal organs and other structures of the body. Acupuncture and Homeopathy cause their healing effects by stimulating the flow of energy. How Homeopathy works, is an enigma. The same questions are just as complex to answer when applied to widely used therapies like aspirin and anesthesia. Acupuncture and Homeopathy are also, therefore, used on a similar empirical basis as they are safe, simple, effective and economical. I have had the privilege of perusing this excellent text. Dr.Kundu has presented the quintessence of Homeopathy in simple language and in a clinically useful form. This classic is certainly a milestone in Complementary Medicines. This publication will serve as a veritable guide to the student and practitioner, no less to the initiated lay person.
Lord Pandit Prof.Dr.Sir Anton Jayasuriya Consultant Rheumatologist & Acupuncturist Colombo South Government General Hospital Kalubowila, Sri Lanka
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Foreword to the Second Edition Homeopathy is a culture that has been sustained by homeopathy books. That is the common view, and it contains a great deal of truth. But of course, books are carried along the current of peoples lives, and in the pages of a vital book we hear a living voice. Dr.Debasish Kundus book Materia Medica for the New Age Man is an act of reclamation and joyous rediscovery. He searches for the immediacy of living voices or truths of the healing art. Dr.Kundu is a wonderfully entertaining writer, this book is a well worth having and reading for anyone who cares about curing the ailing humanity in todays globalized health care marketplace. At the same time that health care spending is spiraling out of control, U.S. statistics regarding quality of health care are among the worst of any industrial country, and yet average Americans pay the most for that care in both absolute and per capita terms. In addition, many of our conventional interventions cause more problems than they help. In fact, most of us are in the unenviable position of paying more money for less health and longevity. In terms of resolving this health care crisis, patients are now more likely to see natural medicine practitioners. One of the tenets of natural health care is to treat the entire patient as a whole, not just the symptoms, and to involve patients in their own care. In terms of trigger points, practitioners have developed many methods of self-treatment that patients can easily learn and use. Finally, patients are becoming full participants in the delivery of their own care. Beyond lowering health care costs, this approach ultimately helps make people healthier by treating the patients as whole considering the totality of symptoms and addressing the root causes of symptoms. To the casual reader, this book will be impressive because of its sheer simplicity, but practitioners of classical Homeopathy will be delighted by the books depth of detail and complexity.
Dr. M. Ahmed Prince Tower (4th Floor) Apt. - D2 House 584, Road 6, Baitul Aman Housing Society, Adabar, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh 4/12/2012
Introduction Homeopathy is a natural and effective scientific system of body-mind-spirit integrative healing. The homeopathic approach recognizes the unique way each person reacts to illness as an expression of disharmony at the vital force level (energy level). Physical as well as mental and emotional signs and symptoms of disease, specific to each person, are recognized as attempts on the part of the body to heal itself. These signs and symptoms manifest themselves because the body has been unable to restore balance from its inner resources and needs help. Homeopathy works by enhancing the bodys natural ability to heal itself. A single, carefully chosen homeopathic remedy offers the help needed to restore a state of balance and well-being. Homeopaths believe that everyone has a healing mechanism that flows as an energy force around the body, mind and spirit to keep them in perfect order. Because homeopathy recognizes that man is not simply a physiological bundle of biochemical processes and that what we see of man, not only his body but also his esthetic, moral and scientific expressions, are signs of the relative health of his vitality, we may believe that homeopathy reaches as far as the soul of man and the Spirit of the Universe. But homeopathy is a transitional form of healing. It does not address or seek to eliminate physical signs and symptoms but understands them to be expressions of the vital force. All human beings share the same universal spirit, a spirit arising from the very heart of the sacred universe. In the light of this spirit, we understand that we are all brothers and sisters capable of living together in peace, harmony, mutual respect, even love, on this precious planet Earth, which is our home. This book contains all the essentials for understanding Homeopathy. It provides a blueprint for a rational healthcare. As such, this small book may be one of the most important you will ever read. You hold in your hand the key to good health, spiritual health, and mostly a family health.
Dr. Debasish Kundu Homeo Center 493/B/18 G.T.Rd(S), G# 2, March 7, 2013
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Dr.Debasish Kundu a Ph.D in Spagyric Homeopathy from an American University is a renowned authority on Complementary and Alternative Medicine(CAM) , he is a Visiting Professor of Khulna Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, affiliated to Ministry of Health, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, A Vice President of American Nutritional Medical Association, CA, U.S.A., and International Homeopathic Medical Society, U.S.A., and a Director General(Former)of Mooreland University, U.S.A. He has authored and edited numerous books and journals on CAM, Sexology and Homeotherapeutics.
Lord Pandit Prof.Dr.Sir Anton Jayasuriya (1930-2005) was the founder of Medicina Alternativa The Open International University,Colombo , the Whos Who in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Dr.Jayasuriya, the internationally renowned acupuncturist and Homeopath was the undisputed Guru of many so called pioneers of Complementary and Alternative Medicine(CAM).
Dr.M.Ahmed is a celebrated author in Homeotherapeutics. He is the Vice-Chairman,Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies in Homeopathy (BCASH), Senior Vice-President, Bangladesh DHMS Doctors Association, Board Member (Former),Bangladesh Homeopathy Board, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,Government of Bangladesh. Country Representative,World Homeopathy Awareness Organization , Germany, Executive Director (Hony.),International Homeopathic Medical Society., CA, USA, & American Nutritional Medical Society, CA, USA, BD Chapter.