The approach is a well-knit integration of the Homeopathic Principles laid down by    Boenninghausen-Boger-Kent with the disciplines of Modern Medicine and Psychiatry.

   The approach is holistic. This is absolutely necessary, because Homoeopathy always treats the    whole – the Man: the Man in relation to his Environment, that is, the Family, Society, Work.    Understanding his/her suffering (as expressed by signs and symptoms or other vague
   discomforts) is essentially an evaluation of his/her stresses and strains as faced by him/her 'in
   the Environment'.

   Hence, homoeopathic case-taking is an elaborate process of data collection, not only of the
   signs and symptoms as experienced by the suffering Man (the patient) but also various aspects
   of him, that is, his nature, temperament, thoughts and feelings, etc., plus the details of his
   Environment, plus a careful study of the manner in which various signs and symptoms have
   evolved in the patient 'in the Environment'.

   
• Except for habits and addictions which are normally considered to be inadvisable, Homoeopathic treatment does not ban any specific food or activity.


• If something needs to be avoided, you will be so advised.


• Please do not take any other medicines – not even headache pills
or sore-throat lozenges or antacids – without my knowledge and consent, because you may inadvertently be taking a medicine which may merely suppress a condition or negate a specific Homoeopathic remedy.

• Regular reporting by e-mail is important.

  1.
   Full Name
   Address
   Phone (Res)
   Phone (Office)
   Fax
   E-Mail
   Date of birth
   Age
   Sex
   Physical description: height, weight
   Qualifications, year-wise (Mention the names of institutions attended and the purpose of
   acquiring these qualifications).
   Marital Status: Single/Married (year of marriage)
   Whether Widow/Widower/Divorcee (year and reasons)
   Religion/Community/Sect
   Vegetarian/Non-vegetarian/Vegetarian who takes eggs
   Addictions: Tobacco-chewing/smoking/Tea/Coffee/Beer/Whisky/Liquors/Drugs (Mention the
   quantity, the year when it started and reasons for the same)

  2.
   Occupation: Current and previous. Give the relevant dates and mention reasons for discontinuing
   previous jobs or continuing or persisting with the same job.

  3.
   Emotional nature Intellectual attainments and aspirations. Indicate to what extent you have been
   able to realise them. Give a full idea of your responsibilities in life and what you feel about them.

  4. Your Father
   Name
   Age
   Education
   Occupation
   Health (Mention the year when ill-health, if any, started. Also give reasons).
   How is your relationship with him

  5. Your Mother
   Name
   Age
   Education
   Occupation
   Health (Mention the year when ill-health, if any, started. Also give reasons).
   How is your relationship with her

  6. Your Brothers/Sisters
   (Give the following details for each brother and sister)
   Name
   Age
   Education
   Occupation
   Health (Mention the year when ill-health, if any, started. Also give reasons).
   How is your relationship with him/her

  7. Your Marriage
   Date of your Marriage
   Love Marriage or Arranged Marriage

  8. Your Wife/Husband
   Name
   Age
   Education
   Occupation
   Health (Mention the year when ill-health, if any, started. Also give reasons).
   How is your relationship with her/him
   Her/his relationship with your family members
   Your relationship with her/his family members

  9. Your Daily Routine
   Give a description of your daily routine from getting up in the morning to retiring at night.
   Include in this your dietary schedule, furnishing full details of the quantities consumed.

  10. Your Reactions To Surroundings
   Food: Desires, aversions, foods that do not suit, etc.
   General Environment: Weather, temperature, bath, recreation, addictions, etc.
   Sleep and Dreams
   Sex (including menstrual and obstetric history)

  11. Your Complaints/Symptoms
   DESCRIBE YOUR COMPLAINTS OR SYMPTOMS IN A CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE
   (WRITE THE MAIN COMPLAINTS IN BLOCK LETTERS).
   ALSO MENTION BRIEFLY THE EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EXISTED DURING EACH
   COMPLAINT OR SYMPTOM.
   YOU SHOULD GIVE A FULL IDEA OF:

   
1. Areas affected: Location, extension, direction of spread, the march of events.


2. Sensations experienced in the area of trouble.


3. The physical and emotional factors which according to you bring on the complaints/symptoms and/or the conditions which according to you accompany the complaints/symptoms.


4. The other complaints/symptoms (such as perspiration, nausea, vomiting, gas, pain).


5. The physical and emotional factors which according to you increase the complaints/symptoms and those factors which according to you bring relief.

   For example, here is how a Gujarati businessman (age 35) from a very wealthy family
    in construction business described his complaints/symptoms in a chronological sequence:

1. Early childhood: Health good. I was fat and often teased for that.


2. Age 9 (1971): Severe attack of measles followed by recurrent attacks of pneumonia. Reasons not known. I was in a boarding school at Mt. Abu. Taken plenty of antibiotics.


3. Recurrent colds since then. I suffered a lot throughout the year. Affected studies. Plenty of Antibiotics.


4. Headache later diagnosed as sinusitis. Again antibiotics. Started some time in 1982? Was not happy because could not get admission in Electronics. I had to take Civil Engineering.


5. Malaria: 3 attacks in a year, 1987. Establishing myself in Business. Tensions.


6. ACIDITY: 1990. Business Tensions. May be some tensions at home.


7. Hypertension 150/100: 1992. Severe headache – I don't know whether this headache was because of sinusitis or high BP. Tension because I was looking for a new house; also, wife's health was poor.


8. Burning in soles: 1996? Got myself checked for diabetes under doctor's advice but it was normal. Well established in business.


9. Poor sleep: 1996? Reasons not known. Same circumstances as above.

   The above chronological sequence of complaints/symptoms of about 35 years of his life-span is
   far from the Totality which a homoeopathic physician would like to have, but the information is
   adequate as a starting point on the basis of which he can chalk out a telephonic (or e-mail)
   interview session.