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FOSTER DEV.HOM
MEDICAL COLLEGE
SEMINAR PRESENTATION
TEMPERAMEN
T
DR.NABI MUBARAK MD PART 1 ST
MD part 1ST
HOMEOPATHIC PHILOSOPHY
TEMPERAMENT
• OWN SET OF INHERITED TRAITS
• REAL ME
• INBORN,GOD GIVEN NATURE.,
• TEMPERAMENT IS GIVEN TO US AT
CONCEPTION AND REMAIN
CONSTANT THROUGHOUT OUR LIFE
• CHARACTERISTIC COMBINATION OF
BODILY,MENTAL,AND MORAL
QUALITIES WHICH CONSTITUTE THE
CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION OF
AN INDIVIDUAL AND PREDISPOSE
HIM TO ACT AND BEHAVE IN
PERTICULAR MANNER
CONSTITUTION
MENTAL
TEMPERAMENT PERSONALITY
PHYSICAL
GENERALS DIATHESIS
• TEMPERAMENT TAKE FORM ACCORDING TO
OUR GENETIC MATERIAL
• PERSONALITY IS DRESS ONE PUTS ON OVER
ONESELF
• Eg PERSON IN BATHROOM IS THE REAL MR.X
AND NOT THE ONE PORTRAYED IN THE BOARD
ROOM
TEMPERAMENT IS
FITRAT(INBORN)
WHEREAS
PERSONALITY IS
AADAT(ACQUIRED)
TEMPERAMENT IS NOT
BEHAVIOUR
BEHAVIOUR RESULTS FROM COMBINATION OF
1)TEMPERAMENT
2)ENVIORNMENT
3)DECISION WE HAVE MADE
4)DECISION WE SHOULD HAVE MADE
5)THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED
6)EXPERIENCE WE HAD
• WE CAN BUILD STATUE OF DR.HAHNEMANN
FROM CLAY,PORCELIEN ,COPPER,SILVER ,GOLD
THEY MAKE LOOK IDENTICAL IN
SIE,SHAPE,PROPORTION BUT THRY ARE NOT
SAME
• THE QUALITY OF RAW MATERIAL ,THE BASIC
INGRADIANT IS REAL PERSON .THIS
INGRADIENT IS THE TEMPERAMENT.,STATUE IS
THE PERSONALITY
HAHNEMANNS VIEW ON
TEMPERAMENT
• IN APHO NO 81 USED TERM ANGEBORNEN KOERPER
CONSTITUTIONEN MEANS CONGENITAL BODYILY
CONSTITUTION
• SAMUEL HAHNEMANN USED HIPPOCRATIC
TEMPERAMENTAL PORTRAIT THAT INCLIUDE BOTH
POSITIVE NATURAL QUALITY AS WELL AS NEGATIVE
STATE
• USED SUCH CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION WITHIN
TOTALITY OF SYMPTOM
• Eg.ESSENTIAL CONSTITUTIONAL PORTRAIT OF PULS IN
MATERIA MEDICA PURA ,3RD EDITION 1833,PAGE NO
345
• HAHNEMANN WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE
OPENED THE FIELD OF CONSTITUTIONAL
INVESTIGATION .IN FACT HE INCLUDED
SEVERAL ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL
CONSTITUTION AND MENTAL
TEMPERAMENTS,INHERITANCE,DIATHESIS
AND PREDISPOSITION WHICH MOST MODERN
HOMEOPATHS HAVE NOT YET INTEGRATED IN
THEIR PRACTICE
NO TEMPERAMENT TYPE IS GOOD OR
BAD.
EACH TEMPERAMENT HAS ITS OWN
SET OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS
AND WITH THE PRESCREPTION OF
SIMILIMUM WEAKNESS CAN BE
DIMINISHED
TYPE OF TEMPERAMENT
SANGUINE
EXTROVERT
TALKER
OPTIMIST
SANGUINE TRAIT
• SELF COMPOSED
• EAGER TO EXPRESS HIMSELF
• PREFER GROUP ACTIVITY
• TENDS TO TAKE SUCCESS FOR GRANTED
• QUICK AND DECISSIVE
• EASILY ADJUST,WELCOME CHANGE
• KEENLY ALIVE TO ENVIORNMENT
• CAREFREE
• FRANK
• APPROACHABLE
• FREQUENT FLUCTUATION OF MOOD
• REMEDIES LIKE
FERRUM,PHOS,LACH,COFF,SULPH WOULD
PREDOMINANTLY INDICATE SANGUINE
TEMPERAMENT
CHOLERIC
EXTROVERT
DOER
OPTIMIST
CHOLERIC TRAIT
• SELF COMPOSED.,SELDOM SHOWS
EMBARRESMENT
• SELF CONFIDENT.,SELF RELIANT
• QUICK AND DECISSIVE IN MOVEMENT
• DOMINATING
• STONG WILL
• UNEMOTIONAL
• PERSEVERANCE
• MAKE BEST PERFORMANCE MAY USE
HYPOCRISY,DECEIT,DISGUISE
• REMEDIES LIKE LYCO,VERAT,NUX VOM,BRYO
PREDOMINATLY HAVE CHOLERIC
TEMPERAMENT
MELANCHOLIC
INTROVERT
THINKER
PESSIMISTIC
MELANCHOLIC TRAIT
• SELF CONSCIOUS
• EASILY EMBRASSED
• AVOID TALKING BEFORE GROUP
• RESERVED
• PREFER TO WORK AND PLAY ALONE
• LACKS CONFIDANCE
• TENDS TO DEPRESS EASILY
• WORRIES OVER MISFORTUNE
• SLOW IN MOVEMENTS
• REMEDIES LIKE NAT MUR,IGNATIA,AUR MET
HAVE PREDOMINANTLY MELANCHOLIC
TEMPERAMENT
PHLEGMATIC
INTROVERT
WTCHER
PESSIMIST
PHLEGMATIC TRAIT
• FRIENDLY,PATIENT,CONTENTED& PEACEFUL
• PASSIVE AND SLOW MOVING
• COUCH POTATO
• WELL BALANCED
• GOOD LISTENER
• ENJOY WATCHING PEOPLE
• LATE AT WORK,AVOID CONFLICT
• FIND ASY WAY OUT
• REMEDIES LIKE :CALC CARB,BARYTA
CARB,PULSATILLA,MOST CARBON WOULD
BELONG TO THIS TEMPERAMENT
NERVOUS
INTROVERT
ANXIOUS
PESSIMIST
NERVOUS TRAIT
• ANXIOUS,WORRIED,
• APPREHENSIVE,PESSIMISTIC
• WANTING CONTROLL
• FEARFUL,CAUTIOUS,CONFUSED
• WORRIES ABOUT SMALL MATTER
• PUNCTUAL
• RESTLESS,
• HEALTH AN IMPORTANT CRITERIA
• EMEDIES LIKE :ARG NIT,GELS,ARS,ACONITE
HAVE PREDOMINANTLY NERVOUS
TEMPERAMENT
Temperament