A Clinical Study on the Effectiveness of Homoeopathic Remedies Selected Based on Kent Repertory in Reducing the Severity of Chronic Insomnia

Insomnia is defined as difficulties initiating or maintaining sleep, or early morning awakening, associated with impaired daytime functioning, for example, reduced cognitive performance, fatigue or mood disturbances.  In India, 9% of people experience Insomnia, while up to 30% of people have sleeping difficulties at some point in their lives. The Neurological Society of India estimates that difficulty falling and staying asleep affects at least 28% of the population.Women has been noted to experience Insomnia at higher rates than men.  Compared to younger adults, older adults report more sleep difficulty and more frequent nocturnal awakenings. Subjects with chronic Insomnia have a poor quality of life, reduced work productivity including absenteeism, increased risk of accidents, higher healthcare utilization and increased mortality risk. Homoeopathy is a mode of treatment which is based on individualization and its holistic approach treats effectively without adverse effect. Homoeopathy removes the cause of the disease and restore the healthy state of the body. The Homoeopathic similimum is one of the fundamental therapeutic procedures to treat various diseases. The present study aims at effectiveness of homoeopathic medicines in reducing the severity of Insomnia patients using Kent repertory. Kent repertory contains physical and mental general symptoms along with particular symptoms and corresponding group of medicines. The remedy is selected on the basis of Generals (mental and physical) symptoms. It can be used for repertorization of cases rich in general symptoms either physical generals or mental generals or both along with few modalities and concomitants which gives the complete picture of individual.