Dr Shiv Dua<\/b><\/p>\n
We get many patients of asthma. They are fed up with conventional inhalers.\u00a0 We have been helping them with out medicines but there is no homoeopathic inhaler that can give instant relief.\u00a0 This is the reason we allow them to continue with their allopathic inhalers and take our medicines as well.\u00a0 You must have noticed that such patients wish to discontinue the allopathic medicines and switch over to homoeopathic medicines. But they do not wish to discontinue the use of allopathic inhalers. Many patients are questioning as to why there are no homoeopathic inhalers. It must have struck many of us that we should have homoeopathic inhalers. No one in the fraternity is coming forward to think over making one. Nothing is impossible. The flight of imagination only becomes a reality. Inhalers have become very urgent tool for quick relief<\/strong>. Let us first understand its function. \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Conventional inhalers This is under strict vigil of the conventional doctor.\u00a0 We find that the medicines are inducted direct to lungs through inhalers and it is the air that forces medicine into the lungs. Without the media of air, no medicine can be inducted into lungs. This air is in the form of Aerosol. Aerosol is the solid or liquid particles of a substance suspended in the air. They are very minute and small, less than a micron (1\/1000 mm) in size. Aerosol inhalers are put in use with medicines like salbutamol and corticosteroids. Please note that we are not talking of Nebulisers which are used in hospitals. Nebulisers contain liquid form of medicine which turns in to fine mist like an aerosol. In severe attacks of asthma, it is useful.<\/p>\n Homoeopathic inhalers Making inhalers with single medicine We have to keep mother tinctures out of the inhalers as they cannot be utilized till taken orally. Their\u00a0\u00a0 vaporized form may not work. (My opinion)<\/p>\n Practically, it is not possible to make such a large number of inhalers separately for separate individual as per above symptoms.<\/p>\n Let us make the list short and think about Possible Separate<\/span> inhalers as follows:<\/p>\n Homeopathic manufacturers can think of making at least the above seven inhalers in the first instance.<\/span><\/b> This can be done only after lot of experiments and the method by which the drugs can be dissolved and converted into vaporized form.<\/p>\n In my opinion, following medicines may not be suitable for making inhalers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n 1. Cuprum met, Graphite, Grindelia rob, Ipecac, Moschus, Kali carb, Lachesis, Lobelia, Pulsatilla and Naja. They are having vague symptoms of spasmodic asthma and make a general category in symptoms.<\/p>\n 2. Use of Mother Tinctures like Grindelia and Blata or Aspidosperma in inhalers would need special technique to induct heavy dose which is not possible. In potentized form, they can be used while making mixed medicine inhalers. This possibility is left\u00a0 to the noble scholars of the companies.<\/p>\n Conclusion<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Either of the two options of manufacturing universal inhalers (mixed medicines or dilators like beriberi vulgaris) and seven separate inhalers for use of persons with particular symptoms explained above, can be thought over by companies. To examine the possibility of manufacturing homoeopathic inhalers, companies must consult senior homoeopaths without whom this dream can not be fulfilled.<\/p>\n Our professors supported by lecturers and students can also play a vital part in innovating the homoeopathic inhalers. The initiative has to start\u00a0 by the scholars of homoeopathy in colleges, doctors of drug companies and CCRH.<\/p>\n Invention of homoeopathic inhalers will revolutionize homoeopathy. It is my belief.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Bibliography:\u00a0<\/b>Boericke Materia Medica- B.Jain Publishers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n<\/b>MDI inhaler is Pressurized metered dose inhaler. It contains a pressurized inactive gas that propels a dose of drug in each ‘puff’. Each dose is released by pressing the top of the inhaler. This type of inhaler is quick to use, small, and convenient to carry. It needs good co-ordination to press the canister, and breathe in fully at the same time. Inhaler is a device holding a medicine that one can inhale and it is used for bringing relief in asthma.\u00a0 There are different types of inhalers. Each inhaler has a drug inside that goes to the airways when we breathe in. Some part of gets into the rest of body via bloodstream. There are almost no side effects of inhalers, as the doctor\u2019s claim. The drug has a generic name. For asthma, the drugs inside inhalers can be grouped into relievers (short-acting bronchodilators), preventers (steroid inhalers) and long-acting bronchodilators. Bronchodilators have two main drugs, salbutamol and terbutaline. These drugs are called bronchodilators as they dilate (widen) the bronchi (airways).<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/span><\/b>So far we have no homoeopathic inhalers in the market.<\/strong> The reason is that homoeopathy deals in individual -suited treatment according to individual-symptoms. Inhaler fitting symptoms of individuals can not be made. It is the simplest excuse for the drug companies. See the irony. Drug manufacturing companies are providing us all types of medicines, dilutions, mother tinctures, and biochemics with tons of literature but we are still to see homoeopathic inhalers in our clinics. Even if individual inhales can not be made, why not try mixtures of medicines as they are using in making patents. We know that use of aerosol inhaler is effective as preventive and not curative. Inhaler with mixed medicines will also serve the purpose of preventive, if made. Drug companies have two options:<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/span><\/b>We have many medicines at our disposal from which we can find out the symptoms. See the medicines below:<\/p>\n\n
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