About Book
What connects a coral, a jellyfish, a lobster, a horseshoe crab, a clam, a scallop, a man-of-war, a weever fish, and cod liver oil? Each is a homoeopathic remedy drawn from the sea — and each, this book argues, carries a psychological signature written into the very way it lives.
A book like this has been much needed for a long time. This volume is an effort to simplify Homoeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory, so that the reader can prescribe these remedies more easily in daily OPD practice. It walks through nine sea-derived remedies rubric by rubric, joining classical Materia Medica sources (Allen, Hering, Clarke, Boericke, Phatak) with real marine biology and behavior — how each creature defends itself, feeds, moves, hides, or endures — to show why its mental and physical symptom picture takes the shape it does. Along the way, the book grounds each remedy in doctrine-of-signature reasoning built from documented biology, not speculation.
Written for homoeopathy students and practitioners who want prescribing to feel intuitive rather than mechanical, this book is a working companion for the case-taking desk — a bridge between the classical texts and the felt, recognizable personality of each remedy.
About Author
About the Author — Dr. Avishkar Arvind Zagday
Dr. Avishkar Arvind Zagday, M.D. (Hom.), is Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology (including Biochemistry) at Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Homoeopathic Medical College, Mumbai, with over 12 years of academic experience. He is also Visiting Faculty at SVKM's NMIMS School of Physiotherapy, and serves as Sports Performance Physician at Sporko Sports Academy LLP and the Community Football Club of India (CFCI). He is the founder of Roots to Recovery Clinics, and is recognized as one of the leading doctors working at the intersection of sports injuries and homeopathy, treating many budding athletes and sportspersons free of cost.
A Scopus-indexed author, his research spans neurology, antibiotic resistance and homeopathy, and pathbreaking preclinical studies on epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease — work addressing some of the most pressing and genuinely under-served questions at the intersection of homoeopathy and modern medicine. Alongside numerous other academic publications, his research bridges homoeopathy, experimental pharmacology, and translational biological sciences, contributing much-needed scientific grounding to the field.
About the Author — Dr. Vinay Rameshchandra Upadhyay
Dr. Vinay Rameshchandra Upadhyay, BHMS, PGDEMS, DNHE, is Consultant and Founder of Shweta Clinic and Research Center, Ulhasnagar. He is also associated with Swami Sarwanand Hospital, Shri Sathya Sai Health Center, and Baba Gursahani Health Center.
A Scopus-indexed author, his published research includes pathbreaking collaborative work with Dr. Zagday spanning neurology, antibiotic resistance and homeopathy, and preclinical studies on epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease a much-needed contribution to the evidence base for homoeopathic practice alongside numerous other academic publications.
