A research article on the verification of the Significance of Temperament types in Homoeopathy

Abstract

Temperament is the Psychological and biological organization peculiar to the individual including one’s character or personality predispositions which influence the manner of thought and action and general views of life. Temperamental tendencies are biological, but has a strong responsiveness to one’s situations, circumstances and environment and to the external world at large. This again quotes the importance of understanding one’s temperamental base in order to pasteurize the possible behaviorism and reactivity one would show to the people around.Homoeopathy is based on the concept of “Individualization” and temperament will aid the physician in constructing the complete portrait of the individual. This study is done to signify that on tracing the root, i.e., the temperament, the physician becomes efficient in the selection of similimum and also to prevent the tendencies and predispositions shown by the subject. The study was done in a group of 100 individuals and questionnaires were used to analyse the temperament.