Repertorial approach of kent repertory in the treatment of childhood asthma

Abstract

Homeopathy involves the use, in dilution, of substances which cause symptoms in their undiluted form. It is one of the most widespread forms of complementary medicines and is also used to treat asthma. Asthma is a condition in which your airways narrow, swell and produce extra mucus leading to a difficulty in breathing. It can trigger cough, wheezing and shortness of breath. Kent’s Repertory is very useful in treatment of Asthma, easily search the rubric of Asthma. To diagnosis of Asthma in childhood, and analyze the Repertorial Approach of Kent’s Repertory in the treatment of Asthma. This was an observational study. 30 patients beginning homeopathic treatment in OPD and IPD were evaluated over 1 year using standardized case taking format. The data recorded included and current complaints, including their severity (numeric rating scale = 0–15), medical history, consultations, homeopathic and conventional treatments, after completion of study compare the before treatment and after treatment assessment score to know the approach of Kent’s treatment in childhood Asthma.

The result obtained from the study of Asthma in Childhood was found that 16.66% cases are Not Satisfactory, 10% are Satisfactory and 73.33% are improved. After entering t-table at 29 degree of freedom (n-1), we find a tabulated value of 2.05 at P= 0.05 going up to tabulated value. Our calculated t value (which is 12.72) Exceed value in t- table. So the difference in our mean is very highly significant, so we can reject the null hypothesis. Thus after the detail study I came to a conclusion that the Homoeopathic Medicines is efficacious in treating cases of Asthma in childhood with Kent’s Repertory. In our observational study, patients with Asthma showed marked and long-standing improvements under homeopathic treatment.