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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Materia Novum: The Journal of Homoeopathy</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Materia Novum</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2583-4398</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Materia Novum: The Journal of Homoeopathy</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">MNH170002</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>A Comparative Study for the Effectiveness of Alfalfa Mother Tincture over  Individualized Homoeopathic medicine in management of Anorexia</article-title>
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      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>ShreyaKoshti</surname>
            <given-names>Dr.</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>IshanNikam</surname>
            <given-names>Dr.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>SiddheshJoshi</surname>
            <given-names>Dr.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Yadav</surname>
            <given-names>Dr. Subhash</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Prasad</surname>
            <given-names>Dr. G.B</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Gharte</surname>
            <given-names>Dr. Mita</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Zodgekar</surname>
            <given-names>Dr. Vaishali</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Nair</surname>
            <given-names>Dr.Smitha</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Aher</surname>
            <given-names>Dr.Ashwini</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="aff1">MNH</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2026-04-04">
        <month>04</month>
        <day>04</day>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>7</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <elocation-id>7</elocation-id>
      <abstract>
        <p>Anorexia means loss of appetite. Patient feels fullness after just few 
mouthfuls.Appetizers are the conventional management prescribed by Allopathic physician. 
In Homoepathy, Dr. W. Boericke and S.R. Phatak have mentioned alfalfa mother tincture as 
an appetizer. Objective: 1)To evaluate effectiveness of Alfalfa mother tincture in patients 
suffering from anorexia 2) To determine effectiveness of Individualized homoeopathic 
medicine in patients suffering from anorexia.3) To assess the effectiveness of Alfalfa mother 
tincture over individualized homoeopathic medicine in patients suffering from 
anorexia.Materials andMethods:The study includes46cases of Anorexia; of which 23 cases 
were administered Alfalfa Mother Tincture and 23 patients were administered Individualized 
homoeopathic medicine.Result: t value for paired t-test for group A was 22 and for group B 
was13.4 and t-value for unpaired t-test were 5.The test result is statistically significant at 5% 
and 1% level. Conclusion:Alfalfa mother tincture is more effective than Individualized 
Homoeopathic Medicine in the management of Anorexia.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>Anorexia</kwd>
        <kwd>AlfalfaMother tincture</kwd>
        <kwd>Individualized Homoeopathic medicine</kwd>
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