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Dr (Mrs) KALIKA AoHIKRAO DevAKATE MD [Homoeopathic Materia Medica]
'OM SAi CLINIC', Gala No.9, Bhaskar Residensy', Varsoli Road,
Ramnath, Alibag. Tai Alibag, Dist.Raigad,
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aja is prepared from the poison or the without sepsis, Lachesis all the nervousness with a
deadly Cobra of India. Cobra poison tendency to hemorrhage and sepsis; black blood,
has always found an important place in like charred straw; dark clotted blood.
the therapeutics of ancient India. In the There is trembling of the muscles, rheumatic
Ayurvedic system, even now, this drug is extensively diathesis and tendency of the complaints to settle
used. It was introduced into homoeopathy by about the heart. It is used in valvular troubles of the
Russell and Stokes. Naja has got strong affinity for heart, in young persons who grow up with cardiac
the heart. All its complaints have tendency to settle valvular diseases. The whole trouble settled about
about the heart. Other than heart it also affects the heart. This suggests Naja, and Naja has often
Nervous system, such as medulla oblongata, cured. If the valvular trouble is congenital it cannot
cerebellum, respiratory nerves, pneumogastric and be cured; but if not, it shows that all the disturbing

gloss pharyngeal nerves. forces have settled about the heart; Naja has this.
Like other ophidians it does not have action over In school boys and girls who have no symptoms
the blood but unlike them it strongly affects nervous this is the generic remedy for this kind of complaint.
system and thereby produces bulbar paralysis and Always prescribe Naja unless guided away from it
feelings of intoxication, followed by loss of power by some specific symptom.
over the lower limbs, aphasia, and loss of control Unlike other ophidians it has strong affinity for the
over swallowing and movement of lips, loss of cardiac region, often Naja patients have affections of
sense of constriction, gradual loss of respiratory the heart valve, it produces all sorts of pathological
power and its ultimate cessation. conditions as Angina pectoris, Simple hypertrophy
There is only a shadow of the septic in Naja, but it of heart and valvular diseases of heart, Cardiac
is extensive in Lachesis and extremely marked in asthma. For restoration a heart damaged by acute
Crotalus. Naja is not as subject to hemorrhage as inflammation or from relief of suffering of Chronic
either Lachesis or Crotalus. Naja has more nervous, hypertrophy and valvular lesions.' According to
Lach more septic symptoms. Naja marked agitation book 'You Can Heal Your Life' by Louisf Hay, Heart
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represents the centre of love and security and parents. Excessive parental control since childhood
heart problem represents long standing emotional so there life become like barren land. They become
problems. Lack of joy. Heardening of heart. Belief such vulnerable that anyone can come and bully
in strain and stress. Naja is emotional vulnerable. Naja.
RUBRICS RUBRICS

• Mind - sentimental • Mind - Ailments From - domination - children; in

• Mind - sensitive .: parental control; long history of excessive
• Mind - morose • Mind -Ailments From - domination - children; in
• Mind - grief • Mind - Delusions - superhuman; is - control; is
• Mind - ailments from - grief under superhuman
• Mind-emotions- suppressed RUBRICS

Naja has some qualities uncommon to other snake • Mind-Delusions-starve- being starved
remedies ... - .. Its unique feature is its feeling of duty - They feel starved because they are not getting
consciousness. Naja people have a certain quality warmth of love. They starve for love.
of nobility, morality and a sense of responsibility. • Mind - Delusions - wasting away.
RUBRICS - Wasting is general reduction in vitality and
• Mind - benevolence
,, strength of body and mind resulting from ~a
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• Mind - duty - too much sense of duty - children; debilitating chronic disease. Wasting due to lack
1n of nutrition, in case of Naja nutrition of love from
Naja lack negative emotions like: family. For Naja his/her family
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itself becomes a
(. bullying factor.
• Anger
• Hatred RUBRIC J. -···

• Jealousy • Mind-Delusions, neglected he or she is neglected

• Revengefulness - A patient said, "I have a feeling that as a child ·' _.....

• Malicious ·1 did not get the support of my parents who

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• Cruelty · remained busy in their own life and I did not get
• But has persecution Mania (very strong ) their love, affection, and attention I needed from
He thinks deeply and become irritable but lacks in them as a child and even after 12 years nothing
courage to retaliate. has changed."
RUBRICS RUBRIC

• Mind - irritability • Mind -Aliments from -abused ; after being-

• Mind - timidity - children; in marriage in.
• Mind - timidity - What is marriage? Marriage is when two people
• Mind - mildness (husband and wife) join together through a legal
• Mind - confidence - want of self-confidence - contract, and a religious ceremony, this life
children; in time commitment relationship based on mutual
• Mind - confidence - want of self-confidence rights and obligations among the spouses. Naja
• Mind - helplessness; feeling of doesn't cross her/ his marital limits but when
• Mind- anguish his partner crosses it, he or she doesn't even
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RUBRIC brother, sister how good they are and Naja keep
• Mind - Kill; desire to - husband; impulse to kill on talking about them, where physician will feel
her beloved that where you are in all this. Naja don't think that
- Naja is placed with one of the angriest remedies they did for other people even though they did by
like Mere!! Nux!!! Plat!!!!. On general level Naja his responsible nature. Naja himself feel that they
gets anger, normally how we get ang.ry even are good for nothing. So these people become
Naja gets angry but not to a heightened level a household property for the family who cannot
of morbidity; like how Nux gets angry. But Naja decide for their own. It is not easy to self depreciate;
feels she should divorce her husband and never it doesn't happen in a day, it takes long years of
marry again thus "killing" the relationsnip domination and when people keeps on telling you
- Because of all this, coldness increases in their ,that you are good for nothing people around Naja
life so they want to warm up. make aware of how bad and incompetent he/she
RUBRIC is. Here Naja feels he is a failure, and one day
• Mind - Fire - near the fire; desire to be. Naja actually starts believing it. But if you believe
- For them occupation brings about the. warmth in yourself you will not go into seil-depreciation.
they need. To get rid of all those torturing, These peoples are timid and get easily dominated
tormenting thoughts they involve themselves by others. Only rains of love can bring them back to
in occupation to forget all injuries and wrong life, but they fear rain.
sufferings. He wishes to remain occupied and RUBRIC

do some activities to keep him away from these • Mind - delusions - noise - hearing noise
thoughts. • Mind - delusions - people - behind him; someone
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RUBRIC IS

• Mind - Occupation - desire to. • Mind - delusions - rainstorm; she is in a

- But people around Naja do not stop here, they • Mind - delusions - rain - it is raining . .
continue provoking her, as Naja personalities are When Naja gets dominated by parents, get abused
so mild they try to tolerate beyond the capacity by others, they feel it is not only raining but this
without retaliating. situation is rainstorm for Naja.
They get abused. Because Naja is in. following The cobra in. India is revered and respected as a
Rubrics: God, as well as feared and killed as. a poisonous
• Mind - Self Deprecation (Complete Repertory) snake. Naja people often threaten to strike, but
• Mind - Confidence - want of self-confidence - don't do it unless provoked to the extreme. This is
self-depreciation - children; in (single Naja) rather like the behavior of a Cobra who raises its
• Mind - Confidence - want of self-confidence - hood when. approached, but doesn't do anything if
self-depreciation only passed by, without being disturbed.
• Mind - Confidence - want of self-contidence - Another feature in Naja people is a brooding and
failure, feels himself a. suicide state, a feeling as if everything had been
What is self depreciation? Self depreciation is to done wrong and could not be rectified. This could
consider yourself less than others. How one can say happen in many situations, where there is a split
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I am less than other, either directly by comparing between the feeling of duty and the feelinq of having
other who is really good or else talk about the other suffered wrong. An example of such a situation
people who are doing good in their life. Eg parents, could be that of a daughter-in-law and a tyrannical
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mother-in-law, or even of a woman whose husband RUBRIC:

is having an extra martial affair. In both situations • Mind - sadness - wrong way, as if having done
the feeling is often one of being neglected and everything in (single Naja)
wronged, with much irritable and malice, but at the That's why when Naja feels if I does anything
same time she may feel dutiful and responsible, it always results in wrong. Naja goes in
Here
and there is a constant conflict about this. contradiction, that· his own consciences tell that
RUBRIC you should not do this but people around him
• Mind - delusions - identity - errors of personal compel him to do it. This is domination. He will do
identity. it because of sense of responsibility and duty. He
• Mind - irresolution starts doing for people as he is benevolent. He
Strongest and weakest part of Cobra is his head. keeps on giving it even if it comes on his life; to
Naja is not egoistic but, he fears injured in the head. prove other side of his mind wrong. He thinks that
RUBRIC he cannot do anything proper even though he did it
• Mind - delusions - injury - being iniured: is - well. Suicidal state by thinking that they go wrong
surroundings; by his and never succeed.
• Mind - delusions - injury - being injured; is -heac: RUBRICS

at • Mind - delusions - wrong - everything goes·

• Mind - delusions - injury - being injured; is. wrong
People are targeting his head so he thinks, 'I will put • Mind - delusions - wrong - done wrong; he has
axe on my head and I will split head in to two with an • Mind - delusions - succeed, he does everything
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axe. He will not want to give that chance to others. wrens: he cannot
He wants to end his life by committing suicide with • Mind - will - two wills; sensation as if he had
an axe. • Mind - delusions - neglected - duty; he has
RUBRIC neglected his - headache, during
• Mind - suicidal disposition - axe, with an. • . Mind - delusions - neglected - duty; he has
• Mind - insanity - suicidal disposition, with neglected his
• Mind - insanity - split his head in two with an axe; So he broods and goes in sadness.
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suddenly wants to R'UBRICS

Such sadness, depression rolling in his mind, They • Mind - sadness - wrong way, as if having done
go in such depression, grief and sadness which are everything in
equal to brooding. They become completely aloof • Mind - wrong, everything seems
from the world. They are now completely convinced Naja thinks, whatever he is doing, is going in
that they can't do anything. Now no confidence left. wrong way. Here Naja starts reproaching oneself
Lots of confusion, duality sense of identity. There and himself. He criticizes oneself for not being
state is like completely given up or no movement at successful and not doing what is expected.
all but they are conscious about what is happening RUBRIC:

around. • Mind - reproaching oneself

RUBRIC So when new things are coming up there is lots
• Mind- consciousness - paralysis; with of anticipation. They get aware, that their simple
They conserve there energy by keeping still but they rrtistakes are going be fined on them in the form of
are conscious about what is happening around. punishments so anticipation sets in with people who

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have that kind of abusive history. nothing wrong which could lead to such a be
RUBRIC effect on his body. What he or she has suffere
• Mind - ailments from - anticipation. is only due to the wrong done by others f,
RUBRIC example:
• Mind - sadness - superfluous, feeling- single • He remains on the bed for so many days becaus
Naja of the operation which w·as not ·done properl
What is superfluous- Due to this he could not look after his busine:
- More than is need, desired, or required. and he has suffered a great loses.
- Serving no useful purpose, having no excuse for • He was forced to accept what his father
being. mother wanted him to do which has caused a I
Naja feels sadness because he thinks that he is of damage to his future.
serving no useful purpose. Whatever I am doing is • Because the doctor lied about my problem. ~
not useful for others. prescribed me strong antibiotics telling me th
RUBRIC my problem is very serious and I have to tal
• Mind - anxiety - others, for such drugs. After taking the medicine I could n
Often this feeling is in conflict with the feeling of eat or sleep for a few days.
having suffered wrong and neglect. • My parents did not bother to take me to ti
RUBRICS specialist instead they took me to a local doct
• Mind - delusions - wrong - suffered wrong; he who could not diagnose my problem and ga•
has me medicine for something· I did- not have. Aft
• Mind - delusions - wrong - suffered wrong; he consuming medicine I had rashes all over r
has - children; in body.
A patient gets a feeling or starts believing that he It leaves a bitter feeling inside the person who h.
has: to suffer due to another's fault. The feeling is tr
• Under gone an unpleasant and painful he has to pay penalty for the other's fault. Possit
experience reasons in the mind of a patient due to which he h.
• Endured injury suffered wrong could be any of the following:
Or • Negligence
• He is at disadvantage due to improper or in • Bad intention
accurate handling of things in his life. • Poor circumstances
WHAT WRONG CAN OCCUR
• Improper knowledge
• Treatment • Carelessness of parents or others
• Given bad food, direction, advice, diagnosis, • Bad decision or choice
medicine, or judgment etc. • Unskilled I Unprofessionai handling·
• Not being properly taken care of. Neglected by • Medicine, food or stress etc
others. • Not getting due respect
• There could be so many other"things or reasons,
Medicines: Adam, Bae, Ber-c, Care, Chin, Hyo:
which can leave its bad effects on a person. A
Lach, Lyss, Naja, Positr, Sal-fr.
patient's feeling is that those factors responsible
They all share the same feeling but react different
for his sickness were all due to other's fault. He
A person who has suffered wrong:
will clarify that in his life he himself has done
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state with suicidal thoughts and impulses.

• How he will react?
RUBRICS
• What he will do?
• · Mind - sadness - wrong way, as if having done
• What he will say?
What could be the initial feeling/action a person will everything in
• Mind - will - loss of will power
show/do?
• Anger • Mind - despair
Degree or level of anger varies from medicine like: • Mind - delusions - wrong - everything goes

- Naja 0 (Not angry at all) wrong

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1 (Little angry) • Mind - sadness - suicidal disposition, with
- Hyoscyamus
2 (Much angry) • Mind - suicidal disposition - axe, with an
- Lachesis
3 (Highly angry) • Mind - suicidal disposition - sadness, from
Lyssin
What are the other feel!Pgs? • Mind - suicidal disposition
• Mind - brooding - suicidal disposition; with
Feeling of:
Role played by Bol/ywood actress Sridevi of Anju
• Curse
in film 'Chalbaz' is good example to study rubrics of
• Hate '
Naja. Anju lives in her big Mansion with her an evil
Or
uncle Tribhuvan ·and Aunty Amba, who killed her
• Revenge
Next possible action is to show rage, becoming parents in a car accident and took over all their her
property and bank balance. They dominated Anju
abusive and violent
If we match delusion wrong suffered has with: so much so she is dependent on them all the time.
Cursing + hatred + hatred, revenge and + rage fury Anju is forced to do all the housework and they treat
her as like a slave. They start using her for their own
+ violence + abusive
good. Anju is constantly terrorized and bullied by
- Naja = 0
- Lyssin = 4 (cursing+ hatred +rage +abusive) them. They abuse Anju physically and verbally. This
- Hyoscyamus = 4 (cursing + rage + violence + is happening with Anju routinely every day since
many years and often ends in tears. But she lacks
abusive)
- Lachesis = 5 (hatred + hatred, revenge + rage + in courage to retaliate.
REFERENCE . ·
violent + abusive)
1. HC ALLEN, Allen's Key Notes, Reprint 1998 edition, B
Due to this he puts himself into a great trouble. In Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd. New Delhi.
his impression the fault is in him due to which he did 2. KENT JT, Lectures on Materia Medica, Reprint 1998
edition, B Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd. New Delhi.
not get what he needed. 3. W1LUAM BoERICKES, Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic
RUBRICS Materia Medica & Repertory., Reprint 1998 edition, B
• Mind - sadness - brooding; with Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd. New Delhi.
4 .. NMCHouoHURI, A Study on Materia Medica, Reprint
• Mind - brooding 1995 edition, B Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd. New Delhi.
• Mind - brooding - troubles - imaginary troubles; 5. Dr SANJAY SEHGAL & Dr YoGESH SEHGAL, Rediscovery
Of Homoeopathy Books Series 11, Feelings, Second
over
Reprint Edition, February 2013,lndian Books &
Ru BRIC Periodicals Publishers.
• Mind - weary of life - unworthy of the gift of life 6. RAJAN SANKARAN, The Soul Of Remedies, First Print
Edition 2014, Homoeopathic Medical Publishers.
Such a depressed sad state Naja feels and goes
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7. Synthesis Repertory, Computer Software.
in. This can eventually lead her into a depressive-
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