This document provides an overview and summary of the sections on Aggravations and Ameliorations in the BTPB repertory. It describes the structure and contents of these sections. For Aggravations, it is organized by time, situations/circumstances, and position. It includes general modalities, ailments from causes, seasonal/weather influences, mind-related symptoms, foods/drinks, remedies for certain conditions, and important clinical rubrics. Ameliorations follows a similar organization but with fewer rubrics. The document explains how some rubrics in Allen use the contrary condition between Aggravations and Ameliorations.

1. P R E S E N T E D B Y : D R N I S H K A L A P S
M D P A R T 1
U G O : D R A N U S U Y A . M . A K A R E D D Y
D E P A R T M E N T O F C A S E T A K I N G &
R E P E R T O R Y
G O V E R N M E N T H O M O E O P A T H I C M E D I C A L
C O L L E G E & H O S P I T A L
B E N G A L U R U , K A R N A T A K A
BTPB – AGGRAVATIONS AND
AMELIORATIONS

2. PART 6
ALTERATIONS OF THE STATE OF HEALTH
 Aggravations according to time
 Aggravations according to situations and circumstances
 According by position and circumstances
 Allen has removed the headings of sub sections and has left but two,
Aggravations and Ameliorations. Aggravations cover a number of
conditions while section Ameliorations is comparatively smaller.
 We are often forced to make use of the contrary condition in selecting
our rubrics from the Allen edition. Eg : > heat to be taken as < cold

3. AGGRAVATIONS
 Starts with time rubrics: During the day, morning, forenoon, at noon,
afternoon, evening, night, forepart of night, after midnight and periodically.
 Followed by rubrics related to situations and circumstances given in
alphabetical order.
 Starts with “ ALONE, WHEN” and ends in “ YAWNING”

4. Some rubrics under AGGRAVATIONS
 GENERAL MODALITIES
 RUBRICS RELATED TO POSITION
 AILMENTS FROM
 SEASONAL AGGRAVATIONS
 WEATHER AGGRAVATIONS
 SYMPTOMS RELATED TO MIND
 FOOD AND DRINK
 REMEDY SUITED FOR
 CLINICAL/ IMPORTANT RUBRICS

5. GENERAL MODALITIES
 Bathing
 Breathing
 Change of position
 Change of temperature, of weather
 Cold , in general
 Cold air
 Drinking , when
 Eating , before
 Fasting
 Moon, new
 Motion etc

6. RUBRICS RELATED TO POSITION
 Ascending
 Bending , or turning
 Dancing
 Jar
 Kneeling
 Labor , manual
 Leaning
 Lifting
 Lying
 Rising up
 Sitting
 Standing
 Stooping etc

7. AILMENTS FROM
 Arsenic fumes
 China
 Coal gas
 Copper fumes of
 Eruption after suppression of
 Intoxication after
 Measles during , after
 Mercury abuse of
 Narcotics
 Scarlet fever during, after
 Onanism

8. SEASONAL AND WEATHER
 Autumn in
 Spring in
 Summer in
 Winter in
WEATHER:
 Clear weather
 Cloudy weather
 Dry weather
 Wet weather
 Windy (and stormy weather)

9. RELATED TO MIND
 EXCITEMENT, EMOTINAL – in general remedies are given and then many
sub-rubrics like - contradiction , fright , grief and sorrow, jealousy, joy,
unhappy love, mortification, reproaches , rudeness of others, vexation etc
 EXERTION, MENTAL
 WEEPING

10. FOOD AND DRINKS
 FOOD AND DRINK, ALCOHOLIC STIMULANTS IN GENERAL
 This rubric has many sub-rubrics:
a) Beans and peas
b) Beer
c) Brandy
d) Bread
e) Butter
f) Cabbage
g) Carrots
h) Coffee
i) Eggs
j) Fat
k) Fruit
l) Meat etc

11. REMEDIES SUITED FOR
 Children especially , remedies for
 Climacteric during
 Drinkers for hard
 Lying in women (the puerperal state)
 Nursing children
 Pregnancy
 Stone cutters for
 Women for

12. CLINICAL / IMPORTANT RUBRICS
 Bruises
 Burns
 Chicken pox
 Cuts for
 Glanders – infectious disease caused by bacterium Burkholderia mattei. Affecting horses,
can be contacted by other mammals like cats , dogs.
 Injuries
 Loss of fluids
 Menstruation
 Punctures
 Pustule, malignant
 Small pox
 Sprains
 Stings of insects
 Sun burn
 Vertigo
 worms

13. AMELIORATIONS
 No time rubrics
 Rubrics arranged in alphabetical order.
Starts with ALONE, WHEN and ends in YAWNING
1. GENERAL MODALITIES - bathing , biting, change of position, cold , in the,
darkness, drinking after , eating , on , motion , pressure external etc
2. RELATED TO POSITION : ascending , bending or turning, dancing , kneeling,
leaning, lying , motion , rising up, running etc
3. WEATHER : cloudy weather , damp weather
4. FOOD AND DRINK

14.  Rubric TWILIGHT is not given in the rubrics related to time, but in the end in
both Aggravations and Ameliorations
 Making use of the contrary conditions in selecting rubrics for amelioration :
a) DESCENDING - see Agg Ascending
b) DRY WEATHER – see Agg wet weather
c) HANG , DOWN , LETTING LIMBS – see Agg , Raising affected limb
d) HOUSE, IN THE – ssee Agg , open air
e) OPEN AIR – see Agg closing eyes
f) REST – see Agg Motion
g) SILENCE – see Agg noise
h) SOCIETY – see Agg , alone when

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