The book provides practical application of homeopathy in skin diseases. It includes an in-depth yet easy to read description of all the common skin diseases well supported with more than 200 colored clinical photographs. The pictures shall help to illustrate the text which includes Hereditary disorders, Naevi, Metabolic disorders, Leprosy, Fungal infections, Viral infections, Diseases of the Hair, Sebaceous and Sweat glands, Nails, Auto-immune disorders, tumours and miscellaneous disorders. It also suggests specific homeopathic remedies for each of the diseases along with general instructions for their management.
This is an improved edition with newer and better photographs. The general principles of homeopathic treatment, details of skin structure, its functions and the approach of history taking in skin diseases will prove extremely useful to both the undergraduate students as well as practitioners. An appendix at the end of the text gives details of some selected homeopathic medicines with their indications, miasmatic analysis, will be useful to the practitioners at large.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.K. Manchanda
Dr. R.K. Manchanda is Deputy Director in Directorate of Indian System of Medicine and Homoeopathy with Government of Delhi and a promising, young, enthusiastic worker. He has scientific attitude towards homoeopathy. He has published many research papers in national and international journals. He has special interest in therapeutics of skin diseases, which he teaches at Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College and Dr. B.R. Sur Homoeopathic Medical College, New Delhi.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ramji Gupta
Dr. Ramji Gupta is honorary professor of dermatology at Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College, and consultant dermatologist at Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi. Earlier he had been at AIIMS and Holy Family Hospital. Textbook of Dermatology authored by him is very popular among the undergraduate medical students and practitioners. Three other co-authored books are Multiple Choice Questions in Dermatology and Venereology (3rd edition), Illustrated Textbook of Dermatology (3rd edition) and 'Skin and Hair' in health and disease, some truth, some myth. The last one is a masterpiece for educating general public. He has published more than 50 research papers in various journals. His publications in homoeopathy have won him wide acclaim. His contribution to modern medicine in the form of dexamethasone-cyclophos-phamide pulse therapy for pemphigus has proved extremely effective. This has been recognized at national and international levels and many centres have adopted this regimen for the treatment of pemphigus and other diseases.
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