For successful treatment a homeopath should strive to identify the intricacies of:-

 

(a) Plant & Animal Biology

 

(b) Chemistry

 

(c) Physics

 

(d) Anatomy & Physiology

 

(e) Herbs, Alkaline & Acidic Foods (know optimum pH levels of stomach juice = 1.5, urine=7.0, saliva=7.1, and blood=7.43.)

 

(f) Acupressure, acupuncture, electronic & ultrasound frequency treatments (Rife)

 

(g) Other alternate & localized systems of medicine (Tibetan, Chinese, Ayurveda, Unani etc)

 

(h) Toxicology

 

(i) Pharmaceuticals & medical research techniques

 

(j) Immunology, Lymphatics & Endocrinology

 

(k) Anaesthesiology, cardiology, dentistry, dermatology, epidemiology, gastroenterology, hepatology, nephrology, neurology, nutritional medicine, obstetrics, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, pulmonology, radiology, surgery    

 

(l) Rare diseases - over 200 listed below

 

(m) Homoeopathic history, provings & materia medica - over 5000 remedies now - In India formal training includes 353 remedies only - rest is self study

 

(n) Homoeopathic repertories, Synthesis, Complete, Boger, Boenninghausen, Kent, Boericke, Phatak, Murphy

 

(o) Case taking & management - identify & eliminate maintaining causes - identify remedy to match the case as it progresses while watching for any maintaining causes

 

(p) Constantly learn new skills, information technology & internet learning are important but verify the information carefully

 

(q) Some particularly important fields for homeopaths, not that others can be discarded

    1. Endocrinology: treating disorders of the endocrine system, such as diabetes, metabolic disorders, disorders of various endocrine glands

    2. Gastroenterology: diseases of digestive system

    3. Hepatology: diseases of liver, gallbladder, biliary tree and exocrene pancreas

    4. Nephrology: kidney diseases including electrolyte disturbances and hypertension

    5. Cardiology: diseases of Heart & blood vessels

    6. Otolaryngology: Ear, nose, throat and head & neck disorders

    7. Pulmonology: Lungs & respiratory tract diseases

    8. Dermatology: diseases of Skin & its appendages

    9. Neurology: diseases of Brain, spinal cord & peripheral nervous system