Homoeopathy: Details Related To Eating and Drinking

Food habits play an important role in causing, aggravating and relieving your symptoms. Carefully observe your food habits and describe your symptoms by using these questions mentioned below.

1.      Have you a craving for any special article of food ? (Not merely a desire, but a feeling that you must have it.)

2.      Any aversion to any special article of food ?

3.      Name the article in either case.

4.      Are you hungry much of the time or at any special time ?

5.      Is the hunger or craving for food excessive ?

6.      Have you no desire for food ?

7.      Do you have hunger with aversion to eating ?

8.      Do you eat without hunger ?

9.      Does the food taste good ?

10.  Has the food a natural taste ?

11.  How do you feel before eating ?

12.  Have you any bad effect from eating much or little ?

13.  Do you desire little or much food at a time ?

14.  Is there any special food that disagrees ?

15.  Do you desire solid or liquid food ?

16.  Do you crave for something but you don't know for exactly what ?

17.  Do you crave substantial food or dainties, candy, cakes, sweet things, sour things, etc., etc.

18.  Is the appetite even or variable ?

19.  Does food satisfy you ?

20.  Any trouble that always comes on after eating all you want, or after a little food ?

21.  Do you eat hastily or slowly ?

22.  Do you have sick stomach or vomiting after eating ?

23.  Does eating aggravate other complaints ?

24.  Are you sleepy after eating ?

25.  Have you pain anywhere after eating ? (See HOMOEOPATHY AND PAIN)

26.  Do you suddenly lose your appetite for food while eating, or at any time ?

27.  Are you very thirsty or thirstless ?

28.  Do you wish to drink often or seldom ?

29.  Do you want to drink much at a time, or little ?

30.  What effect has drinking on you ?

31.  Any trouble that always comes on after drinking ?

32.  Do you crave any special drink ?

33.  Do you wish hot or cold, or ice cold drinks ?

34.  Do you feel badly after drinking ?

35.  Does drinking satisfy you ?

36.  Do you use tea or coffee ?

37.  How much ?

38.  Do you use alcoholic or other liquors ?

39.  Do you use much milk ?

40.  Does milk agree ?

41.  Do you have sick stomach or vomiting after drinking ?

42.  Does drinking aggravate other complaints ?

43.  How does water, or other drinks, taste ?

Reference: What the doctor needs to know in order to make a successful prescription by Dr. James Tyler Kent