Abstract
Repertories and proving’s contain many references to dreams, yet there are many questions about their importance as a part of totality of symptoms, role in understanding the predominant miasm and effective use in the selection of simillimum. Therefore, dreams, their miasmatic analysis and role in homoeopathic prescription, have remained a point of great research warranting this study. An open label prospective study was planned and conducted in the college taking dreams as an eliminating rubric for the purpose of selection of simillimum. Total 34 OPD/ IPD patients with any dream which was constant, recurrent and unexplained by daily affairs, were selected. They were randomised to receive the individualised homoeopathic medicine in 30 or 200C potency or placebo, selected by repertorisation following eliminating rubric method. Follow up treatment was given to patients at an interval of 3-4 weeks for a period of 6 months. For patients’ health assessment, Clinical Global Impression (CGI-S) and Quality of Life (QOL) Scales were used. Paired ‘t’ test was applied to assess the significance of outcome. The results of the study indicated that critical value of ‘t’ (at 5% level of significance) was 2.0345 whereas the calculated ‘t’ value was significantly higher as per CGI-S (11.07) and QOL (9.45) scale. On Clinical Global Impression-Improvement Scale (CGI-IS), 41% of the patients (n= 14) showed marked improvement, 29% (n= 10) moderate and 18% (n= 6) mild improvement in their clinical conditions. From the results of the study, it can be concluded that in comparison to null hypothesis (H0) that the dreams have no role in the selection of simillimum, the alternative hypothesis (H1) is proved true i.e. dreams form an important part of totality of symptoms for the purpose of selection of simillimum.
