Pothos Foetidus


Dr. S.R. Phatak describes the clinically confirmed symptoms of the homeopathic remedy Pothos Foetidus in his Concise Materia Medica, published in 1977….


Generalities

      A remedy for asthmatic complaints worse by inhalation of dust and relieved by stools. Absence of mind. Headache in small spots, with throbbing in temporal arteries. Red swelling across the nose. Pain in throat while sneezing. Tongue numb. Abdomen distended. Erratic spasmodic pains.

Better

      Open air.

S.R. Phatak
A pioneer of Homoeopathy in Maharashtra, Dr Shankar Raghunath Phatak was born on 6th September, 1896. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, in 1924. Started his practice but somehow not satisfied with Allopathic Treatment.

He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.

He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.