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        <journal-title>Materia Novum: The Journal of Homoeopathy</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Materia Novum</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <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">MNH460004</article-id>
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        <article-title>A comparative study of individualized homoeopathic medicine  versus alfalfa tonic in management of under- nutrition in the age  group of 1-5 years–randomized control trial</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Yadav</surname>
            <given-names>Pooja</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Khutakar</surname>
            <given-names>Rashmi</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Shinde</surname>
            <given-names>Shraddha</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="aff1">MNH</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2026-04-06">
        <month>04</month>
        <day>06</day>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>6</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <elocation-id>8</elocation-id>
      <abstract>
        <p>Undernutrition among under five children in India is a major  public health 
problem. Despite India‟s growth in the economy, the child mortality rate due to under nutrition 
is still high in both urban and rural areas. Studies that focus on urban slums are scarce. Hence, 
the present study was carried out to assess the prevalence and determinants of under nutrition in 
children under five in Maharashtra, India. OBJECTIVES:-Primary objective-To study the 
effectiveness of Alfalfa tonic in BMI of children who suffering from Under nutrition. Secondary 
objective-To study the effectiveness so find individualized homoeopathic medicine in BMI of 
children who suffering from Under nutrition. Design:-This is a randomized control trial where a 
protocol is drawn and accordingly patients were selected. Materials and methods-Study 
design:-A randomized control trial. Study Setting:-M(N)HMC OPD and Village Camps. Study 
Duration:-6months Eligibility criteria:-a)Inclusion criteria:-1)patients of age group1
5years2)Sex–both 3)Children‟s parents giving consent to take medicine.4) Grade I and Grade II 
from Gomez classification b)Exclusion criteria:-1)Age below1year and above 5years. 2) Known 
case of any major illness.3) Grade III from Gomez classification. Result-As our first objective 
was-To study the effectiveness of homeopathic individualized medicine in BMI of children who 
suffering from under nutrition, so the result was 24 Patients were prescribed with Group-A in 
which12 patients showed improvement and12 patients were in grade-I. According to Gomez 
classification-50% (12) cases came under Grade-Normal and50% (12) Cases comes under 
Grade-I which was before in grade-I and grade-II. 
Second objective was-To study the effectiveness of Alfalfa tonic in BMI of children suffering 
from under nutrition, so the result was 24 Patients were prescribed with Group-B in which 23 
patients showed improvement and only 1patients were in grade-I. According to Gomez 
classification-91.66% (23) cases came under Grade-Normal and 8.33% (1) cases comes under 
Grade-I, which was before in grade-II. Conclusion-By comparing the result of both 
individualized homoeopathic medicine (group A) and Alfalfa tonic (group B). 
Hence, we concluded that both group are effective in the management of under nutrition in the 
age group of 1-5 years but according to our statistical analysis, alfalfa tonic (Group-B)is more 
effective than individualized homoeopathic medicine.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>Under-nutrition</kwd>
        <kwd>BMI</kwd>
        <kwd>Gomez classification</kwd>
        <kwd>Alfalfa tonic</kwd>
        <kwd>Homoeopathic 
individualized medicine.</kwd>
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