Symptomatic nucleus of homeopathic remedies: remedies derived from carbon as case-study. Nucleo sintom tico de los medicamentos homeopaticos derivados de carbono N ocleo sintom tico dos medicamentos homeop ticos derivados do Carbono

Homeopathic clinical practice requires both accuracy and agility in diagnosis and prescription of treatment during real-time consultations. Several approaches have been attempted to facilitate this process including different criteria to group homeopathic remedies. This study sought to establish whether classification according to the chemical composition of substances used as basis of homeopathic remedies have correspondence in the experimental homeopathic materia medica. Methods: The homeopathic remedies derived from carbon were selected as case-study. The experimental symptoms of these remedies were compared and a nucleus of symptoms common to all could be found. This nucleus was then compared to similarly obtained nuclei of experimental symptoms of homeopathic remedies derived from sulfur and phosphor to test qualitative specificity and finally to the traditionally described clinical picture of the so-called homeopathic carbonic constitution to establish whether the latter has homeopathic experimental grounds. Results: a nucleus of experimental symptoms common to homeopathic remedies derived from carbon was found, qualitatively different from the symptomatic nuclei of homeopathic remedies derived from sulfur and phosphor; no correlation was found, however, with the clinical image of so-called carbonic constitution. Keywords: Homeopathy; Materia Medica; Remedies; Classes; Carbon. a N ocleo sintom tico dos medicamentos homeop ticos derivados do Carbono Resumo A pr tica homeop tica exige simultaneamente, rapidez e exatid ￡o no diagn 3stico e a prescri § ￡o do tratamento nas consultas, em tempo real. Para isso, diversas estrat gias tem sido implementadas para facilitar tal processo, incluindo crit rios para agrupar os medicamentos homeop ticos. Este estudo se prop ′s a verificar se classifica § μes baseadas na composi § ￡o qu -mica das subst ￠ncias utilizadas nos medicamentos homeop ticos tem correla § ￡o com a materia m dica homeop tica experimental. M todos: Como estudo de caso, foram selecionados os medicamentos homeop ticos derivados de carbono. Os sintomas experimentais destes medicamentos foram comparados de maneira a definir um n ocleo de s -ntomas comuns ao grupo. Este n ocleo foi comparado aos outros n ocleos correspondentes a sintomas experimentais de medicamentos homeop ticos derivados de Enxofre e F 3sforo, com o prop 3sito de