A RESEARCH STUDY INDICATING HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE WITH BILIOUS TEMPERAMENT ACTS WELL ON GENERAL ANXIETY DISORDER

Abstract

Background : General anxiety disorder is the most commonly mental health disease. It affects nearly 3.6% of the Indian population. It is a chronic health concerns and the patient suffers throughout their life. These patients have a constant , uncontrollable worrying and thoughts.The general anxiety disorder is categorized as the anxious temperamental types by many previous studies. When patients are treated with homoeopathic potencies it is based on distinctive mental and physical signs and symptoms. Every drug has a particular affinity for certain type of mental and physical disposition. In this research the homoeopathic medicines that had bilious temperamental disposition showed better results in general anxiety disorder in patients.

Methods and Methodolgy: In this prospective clinical research study 100 subjects were randomly selected with general anxiety disorder diagnosed with GAD -7 SCALE under the DSM-5 classification. Out of 100 patients 53 were men and rest women. Based on totality of symptoms and individualization of the case these cases where given selected similum.

Results: In the study majority of the patients (54%) with general anxiety disorder showed improvement with homoeopathic medicines with bilious temperament 44% were given homoeopathic medicines with melancholic/nervous mental disposition and 2% results were seen with prescribed homoeopathic medicine of sanguinous mental disposition.

Conclusion: Homoeopathic medicine with bilious temperamental disposition works more effectively in patients with general anxiety disorder.