Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India (An Old and Rare Book)

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The first meeting of the Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Committee, was held in November, 1962, when all preliminary matters relating to preparation of the Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India were discussed. The Committee decided to circulate a questionnaire on the Pharmacopoeia, to all leading Homoeopathic Pharmacists and eminent Homoeopaths in India as well as abroad. A Sub- Committee was formed to draw up a list of drugs to be included in the Pharmacopoeia. Taking into consideration the various comments received and the decisions taken at different meetings, this list was finalised in March, 1967. As the list of the approved Homoeopathic drugs numbered more than two thousand, it was decided to include them into the Pharmacopoeia in stages. The Committee selected, for inclusion in first volume one hundred and eighty- important common drugs. Draft monographs on these drugs were prepared and were circulated to the members of the Committee and interested manufacturers. After taking into consideration the views expressed by the members and the manufacturers these monographs were finalised and approved by the Committee.
The general notices, general instructions and the appendices were prepared after discussions by the members at several meetings and were then finalised and approved by the Committee.
A number of indigenous drugs whose preparations are manufactured in the country have been included.
List of drugs included in First Volume of the Homoeopathic Pharmacopoein of India is annexed (Page 19). In Homoeopathy the drugs used are those mentioned in the original proving’s as far as possible. As standards for such drugs are not readily available in all cases and further laboratory work is essential for this purpose, this work has been taken up and the additional standards compiled will be duly incorporated in a supplement.
The general pattern of monographs is almost similar to that followed in other Pharmacopoeiac and the followings are the special features. The titles of the monographs have been given in the conventional latin name adopted by the Homoeopathic profession and other names have been included under 'synonyms'.
The names of the drugs in Indian language have been given in a separate appendix XIX (page 265).
Description, identification tests as well as method of assay, wherever purity is established, have been furnished for most of the drugs of chemical origin.