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Abstract
The gradual development of Materia Medica involves gathering information on the therapeutic properties of substances (drugs) used for healing, including their sources, preparations, dosages, and uses. Materia Medica, a term from Latin, literally translates to "Medical matters or Materials of Medicine / Drug or Therapeutic Properties of Drug." Hahnemann considered healthy human proving as the only pure source of material medica which can form True Materia medica. Though there are other sources also from which we can obtain the knowledge of the pathogenetic power of medicines namely animal proving, plant experiment, empirical knowledge, doctrine of signature, chemistry, biochemistry, poisoning & clinical experience. Hereby we tried to focus previous studies of those aspects.
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