BEHAVIOURAL

MATERIA MEDICA:
TUBERCULINUM
Dr. Subrata K. Banerjea, GOLD MEDALIST
B.H.M.S. (Honours In Nine Subjects Of Calcutta University)
Fellow: Society of Homoeopaths, U.K.
Fellow: Homoeopathic Medical Association of the United Kingdom
Fellow: Association of Natural Medicine, U.K
Fellow: Akademie Homoopathischer Deutscher Zentralverein (Germany)
Director: Bengal Allen Medical Institute
Principal: Allen College of Homoeopathy, Essex, England
“SAPIENS”, 382, BADDOW ROAD, GREAT BADDOW,
CHELMSFORD, ESSEX CM2 9RA, ENGLAND
Tel & Fax No. 44 (0) 1245 505859

E. Mail: allencollege@btconnect.com Web: www.homoeopathy-course.com

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HAIR

• Silky,
downy

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EYES

• Blue eyes.
• Blondes.

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FACE
• Irritable.
• Stubborn
look.

• Destructive.
• Critical.
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VOICE

• Sharp.
• Impatient.

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SKIN

• Light
complexion,
tall, slim,
flat, narrow
chest.

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SPEECH VARIATIONS

• Hurls word
as well as
objects –
foul
language.

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TONGUE
• Red papillaes.
• Red strips down
the centre.
• Ulcers – from
amoebiasis;
Creamish coating
in the posterior
side (full) and
one side of the
anterior aspect.
• Wave like
movement.
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DRESS

• Stimulating.
• Stylish.

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SIT & BEHAVE

• Ritualistic.
• Easily
bored.

• Restless &
discontent
ed.

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GESTRURE
• Alternating moods.
• Excessive stubborn.
• Disobedient, exhibiting violent fits
of temper that upsets the whole
family.
• Kicking, howling and screams.
• If scolded, even though they are
very small, they threaten back.
• Violent towards pets.
• Whining, fretful children, who are
fearful and timid esp. of dogs.
• No child.
• Stubborn and complaining.
• Self-destructive (strike themselves
especially on the head, or head
thumping is very characteristic).
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GESTRURE (Contd …..)
• Child is negative, critical and selfish.
• Breaks things, rushes around to relieve
nervous tension.
• Unfulfilled yearnings.
• If he cannot afford to travel physically, he
travels in his mind via books.
• Good behaviour alternates with
disruptiveness.
• Coldly and deliberately destructive and
maliciouis.
• Flat narrow chest (`pigeon-breasted’), tall,
slim, active, nervous and precocious but
physically weak (like Phos.).
• Low recuperative power. Susceptible to
weather changes; martyrs to respiratory
catarrhs; takes cold easily without knowing
how or where.
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LOOK AND DIAGNOSE
• Persons of light
complexion.
• Tall, slim, flat,
narrow chest.
• Low recuperative
powers.
• Very susceptible to
weather changes.
• Lax fibre.
• Blue eyes, blondes.
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Persons of light
complexion

Blue Tall,
eyed, slim, flat,
blondes Look and narrow
chest
Diagnose

Low
Lax recupe-
fibre rative
powers

Very susceptible to
weather changes
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IRRITABILITY, IMPATIENCE
• Desire to travel – lethargic and sick,
jumps from the sickbed to go to the
cinema!
• At the root of this restlessness, desire
for change, alternating moods likes a
primal conflict between our two opposed
modes of being – on one hand civilized,
conotrolled and cultivated behaviour and
on the other, atavistic sexual and other
passions and energies (primitive).
• Conflict occurs at the subsonscious level
and when thwarted is expressed in
tantrums on the slightest provocation.
• Irascible and headstrong; desire to break
things.
• `Slap-happy’, `bad-tempermite’, who uses
foul languages, but extrovert and of
precocious mentality: can have sweet
disposition (sweat and lovely) with
alternating moods (becomes mean and
malicious).
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PERSONALITY
• Discontented.
• Needs:
o Travel.
o Stimulating
experience.
o Change.
• Impatient,
independent.
• Stubborn.
• Industrious.
• Malicious.
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MAKING APPOINTMENT
• Have booked and
cancelled the
appointment
several times
because of his
changeability!
• Also complaining
about your
Secretary was rude!
• Will appear on time
on the day of
appointment.
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CRY
• Awakes in horrors  cry
out in dreams.
• Temper tantrums.
• Nervous irritation with
trembling of hands.
• Nasal tone in crying.
• Constant whining &
complaining (a
plaintive cry & constant
complaining.
• Breaks things
(destructiveness) and
cry.
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BEHAVIOURAL
• Interests are a mile wide and an inch
deep!
• Boredom with daily routine of life.
• Every possible outlet for
excitement – dangerous sports, etc.
• Frequent job changes, relationship
moves, change of home, all part of
this same tendency.
• Risk taking – never reach the end
and never quite get fulfilled.
• Needs excitement (drugs, crime).
• Romantic (though never finds inner
contentment).
• Travel (Stimulating experiences).
• Changeable (wants to try
everything).
• Stubborn:- (a) Irritable; (b) Malicioius
& violent; (c) Impatient.
• Superstitious.
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NAILS

• Glossy+++,
white spots
on the
nails –
spotted
(Tubercular
nail).

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SLEEP & SLEEP POSITION
• Overpowering sleepiness
in daytime.
• Shrieking in children
during sleep.
• Position during sleep, on
abdomen.
• Position during sleep –
genupectoral.
• Position during sleep –
Knees & face forced into
pillow.
• Child flops over on its bed,
sleeps better that way.
• Child sleeps on knees &
elbows.
• Child moans and dozes in
`knee-chest’ position.
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REACTION TO EMOTIONS
• Grieving or sad mood:
Whining and groaning
• Anxious mood: Fear of
animals, cats and
dogs.
• Aggressive mood:
Cursing and swearing.
• Personality:
Discontented.
• Envious mood:
Sensitive: Malicious.
• Miserable nature:
Impulsive to run
(dromomania).
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• Chilly but
ameliorated
in open air

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MENTAL AETIOLOGIES PSYCHIC MANIFESTATIONS

Excitement Industrious

Malicious & Unfulfilled

destructive
Emotional Dissatisfaction
stress
Needs excite-
Obstinate &
Unful- ment (travel,
Boredom Impatient
fillment crime etc.)

Dissatisfaction

Restless

Changeable
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Needs excitement
(drugs, crime)

Romantic
(though
Superstitious never finds
inner
Discon- content-
Irritable tented & ment
Unful-
filled
Stubborn Travel
(Stimu-
Mali- Impa- lating
cious tient experi-
& ences)
violent

Very susceptible to
weather changes

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Industrious

Restless &
Hyperactive
(Physically
& Mentally
Intellectual Tantrums
curiousity

Intellectual
curiousity

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• Temper-
tantrum:
Postural

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Sensitive

Dissa- Obstinate
tisfied (dis-
obedient)
Nature

Changeable
Mali- (un-
cious predictable

Restless

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Haughty

Nature

Optimistic Malicious

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Anger

Frus- Bored
tration
Stubborn

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• Anger 
Cursing

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Compulsive
behaviour

Child: Bizzare
Behaviours

“No” child Destructive

Cursing Ritualistic

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• Needs
excitement

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• Destructive,
malicious

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• Changeable

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• Outdoor
activities

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• Violence

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• Unfulfilled

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