Magic of Dals or Pulses in Homoeopathy

Abstract

Objective: When we say staple food, cereals & pulses come to our mind. The concept of food security that encompasses 3As & 1U is not to be thought of without cereals & pulses. These are Availability, Accessibility, Affordability and Utilization. This holds good for pulses as well. The current article deals with homoeopathic medicines made from pulses [1, 17]. Before going to therapeutics, the production, consumption & export of pulses in India has also been discussed from the past till date. The role of green revolution in decreasing the production & consumption has also been discussed. All these processes are essential part of the process of nutrition [14]. As pulses are a part of our life, some of the basics on pulses have also been discussed in a paragraph. Since eating pulses is an integral part of our life, Homoeopathy also has made pulses an integral part of its therapeutics. The medicines prepared from pulses have been used by Homoeopathic practitioners since the advent of 19th century after it was introduced to the world by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann in 1790 [18].