Presented here is a very short case of urticaria, in a male patient, of recent onset,
with no other comorbidity.
The patient got wet in the rain and developed urticaria consequently. Rhus tox
10M one dose was given initially. The patient was much better in the follow-up
after a month where both frequency and intensity of urticaria was reduced, but
with stagnation beyond a point. Therefore, another dose was repeated. The
patient required one more dose after this (total 3 doses) and the urticaria was
completely gone as was found in a follow-up a few months later.
Explanation
This is a simple case of clear-cut cause (exciting cause, aph 3/ getting wet in the rain
in this case) and effect (development of urticaria). However, the patient would have required a deeper/ anti-miasmatic remedy later on.
It was these acute cases that brought Hahnemann his fame in the initial days of
his practice. (Had the patient not gotten well after this, a deeper cause would
have been addressed to). Only after did he notice the recurrence of symptoms
not responding to earlier effective medicines, did he search for obstacles and
developed the idea of miasm.
Aude Sapre
Shivangi Jain
BHMS, MD, PGDMLE, PGDHHM
drshivangijain79@gmail.com
https://drshivangihomoeopathy.com/
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