Case taking is an integral part of the Homoeo treatment. Here the physician acts as a close confidant of the patient and enquires his whereabouts. The following details are taken into account while taking a case in homeopathy .
1. Present complaints in detail with diagnosis if any.
2. History of present complaints
a) Started when ? How?
3. What were you doing when the complaints started?
4. How is the patient’s nature?
a) Describe one or two examples – some incidents that has happened during his life
5. What about your family?
a) Any discords in the family
b) Between husband and wife and children
c) Relations with family members – Brothers, sisters and others
d) Relationship with public
6. Any worries / any tensions
7. What is that you can’t tolerate in life?
8. Any fears ?
9. Tell something about your childhood.
10. Achievements / loss in life or business
11. Any sad incident ?
12. What about education ?
13. Any love failure ?
14. What are your likings / hobbies ?
15. When do you become disturbed ?
16. When do you quarrel with others?
17. When do you get excited / happy ?
18. What makes you sad?
19. What makes you tense ?
20. What is your ambitions?
21. Any specific reason for changes in life ?
22. What do you think about your life?
23. Are you afraid of anything ?
24. What do you think about your illness?
25. Do you face any problems ?
26. What about your married life ?
27. How was your school / college days ?
28. What did you do after your education ?
29. How did you start your life / carrier?
30. What are your hobbies ?
31. Tell me what make you sad?
32. How is the atmosphere at home ?
33. Anything that worried your recently ?
34. How do you behave with strangers?
35. Any particular habit / trait
36. What do you think when you are alone ?
37. What are your thoughts ?
38. What about your friends ?
39. Was there any events in your life that disturbed you before these complaints started?
40. Any insult the man has suffered ?
41. Any sad things that occurred in the past and still disturb you?
Personal history
1. Habits if any
2. Appetite
a) What type of food desires
b) What food aggravates / ameliorate
c) Aversion to what food?
d) Favourite to what food
e) Thirst
3. Tongue discoloration / mappings if any
4. Urine
5. Menses
6. Perspiration
7. Stool
8. Sleep
9. Thermal condition
10. Relationship with Sun/Moon/Cold/Rain
11. Weather change
12. Bath
13. Sleep
14. Dreams
15. Skin
2. Appetite
a) What type of food desires
b) What food aggravates / ameliorate
c) Aversion to what food?
d) Favourite to what food
e) Thirst
3. Tongue discoloration / mappings if any
4. Urine
5. Menses
6. Perspiration
7. Stool
8. Sleep
9. Thermal condition
10. Relationship with Sun/Moon/Cold/Rain
11. Weather change
12. Bath
13. Sleep
14. Dreams
15. Skin
When considering all these factors altogether , the real man emerges out, which will set the field for the invasion of the bacteria’s or physiological disturbances which eventually will lead to pathological changes. Now select the exact medicine for the real man who has emerged out. It is rather difficult to bring all the people under one questionnaire because man differs from man- to man and context also differs. So it is better to tell the patients feelings thoughts dreams and desires without any hesitation or concealing anything . This will help the doctor to prescribe the appropriate remedy.
