Essence means – The most important ingredient; with indispensable properties: the crucial element. This new book “Essence” contains an extract that has the fundamental properties of materia medica in concentrated form.

Dr. Pravin Jain, author of best-selling book Essentials of pediatrics, has gone a step further in describing the Pediatric Materia Medica. He has categorised symptoms according to different age groups – Infant, Toddlers and Preschool, so that it becomes easier to pin point the symptoms of Infants/Toddlers/Preschool while you are in search of the right similimum.

For the first time, any author has taken pains to clearly identify the thermals, thirst and sides of every remedy. This is a great USP of this book.

Dr. Pravin has introduced new sections in the book like

• Keywords– describing the remedies by a single keyword
• Entry points– which are  quick points making you think of a particular remedy and
• Rule out points– symptoms which if present rules out a remedy.

At the end Dr. Pravin has compared and differentiated seemingly close remedies so that the final choice is easy. All these points and a unique layout makes this book a must read for all those who want to master pediatric practice.