A 65 yr old male with hypothyroidism came with complaint of cough for last 15 days. He was not able to describe the cough in any manner. No modality, no character was described. He had covid 20 days back for which he took allopathic treatment. After lot of questioning, he mentioned that that phlegm flew out of his mouth every time he coughed. On this limited detail Badiaga 30/ 3 doses /od were given, with instruction to stop medicine as soon as amelioration sets in. He was asked to come after 3 days for follow. After 3 days he reported that he took all the 3 doses but felt much better after the first day itself. He was given placebo for another week with complete resolution of cough.
Explanation
The prescription in this case was done on very limited information provided by patient. That information however was very characteristic of the medicine (mucus flying from mouth and nose on coughing). The patient should have stopped the medicine after 1st dose as it gave relief, but sometimes this does not happen in practice and he took all the 3 doses. Luckily the later doses did not do much harm. (Repetition of dose when none is needed can spoil the case).
Aude Sapere
Shivangi Jain
BHMS, MD, PGDMLE, PGDHHM
drshivangijain79@gmail.com
https://drshivangihomoeopathy.com/
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