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Homœopathic Links 2023; 36(01): 058-064
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721807
Case Report

A Case of Oligospermic Male Infertility Successfully Treated with Personalised Homoeopathic Medicine Phosphoricum acidum

Joy Kumar Dey
1   Documentation and Publication Section, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India
2   Homoeopathic Seva Niketan, New Delhi, India
,
Sanjay Kumar Dey   *
3   Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
,
Abhishek Pramanik
4   Clinical Verification Section, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

A 25-year-old Indian, male being married for two years presented with complaints of low sperm count for one year at Homoeopathic Seva Niketan, Durga Park, New Delhi, India. The patient came to the clinic with complaints of oligospermia or oligozoospermia, headache, weak memory, and constipation. The couple had undergone various medical tests and sought the help from various infertility specialists and were told that the wife had no medical condition preventing them from having a child. The patient was treated on the wholistic concept of homoeopathy with specific doses of Phosphoricum acidum resulting in fruitful conception within three years. These were evident from the time to time semen analysis reports of the patient and presence of a live foetus in his wife's diagnostic reports.

Keywords

oligospermia - sperm count - homoeopathy - Phosphoricum acidum - conception - male infertility

Declaration of Patient Consent

The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent forms. In the form, the patient(s) has/have given his/her/their consent for his/her/their images and other clinical information to be reported in the journal. The patients understand that their names and initial will not be published and due efforts will be made to conceal their identity, but anonymity cannot be guaranteed.


* Current address: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research (ACBR), University of Delhi, Delhi, India




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31. März 2023

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