Shivangi Jain Homeopathy

A 37 yr old male had a bout of viral fever. His fever subsided in 3 days, but a constant cough with pain in the chest was left. He also developed joint pains more marked in the lower extremities. A chest x-ray was advised which revealed a minimal pleural effusion on both sides. He was given ABROTANUM 6/ 3 doses/ once in 10 days. A month later, his cough vanished and he no more complaint of joint pains.

Explanation

Abrotanum is an excellent remedy for sequele of influenza or influenza-like illness (Phatak Repertory). This patient developed a cough with pleural effusion (Boericke Materia Medica), pain in the lower extremities more than upper which pointed towards the abrotanum.

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Shivangi Jain
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 A 65 yr old male presented with DOE (dysponea on exertion). He had difficulty performing daily activities of life. He was compelled to take inhalers a few times a day to carry on with any kind of activity. He was from a coastal town and noted that whenever he went to his hometown, his asthma would aggravate. Sometimes he would eat to get relief from the attack of asthma. He also had a slight salty expectoration in the morning. These modalities led to a prescription of SEPIA 10M, one dose. He was also given ARS ALB 30 as SOS. He felt much better for some time but the symptoms started returning. 3 months after the first dose, he was given SEPIA 50M in one dose. This time the improvement progressed beautifully till he was completely off inhalers and was able to carry out his activities without any difficulty in a follow up 6 months later. He had stopped taking ARS ALB also as SOS medicine.

Explanation

The strong modalities which were elicited in this case led to the prescription of sepia (generality; air; seashore agg. Generality; eating >. Kent Repertory). There was a salty taste of expectoration which supported the choice of remedy. The potency 10m helped initially but failed to carry forward the improvement, hence it was decided to go to a higher potency instead of repeating the same.

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Shivangi Jain
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This is a case of a mother and daughter who came with severe itching all over the body. They had lesions predominantly on the hands and legs. There was severe burning following scratching with bleeding from here and there. The complaint started after they visited someplace. Scabies was suspected and was confirmed by dermatologic consult.

The child was given SULPH 200/ 2 doses, the second to be repeated only if the first fail to show improvement within 3 days. The child took the second dose as well and felt much better. 15 days after 1st prescription another 2 doses were given with similar instructions. This time only 1 dose was needed and eruptions subsided completely at the end of 1^st month. (3 doses- 1^st day, 4^th day, 16^th day).

The mother was given SULPH 30/ 3 doses every 5 days as she had more severe lesions with instruction to repeat only if improvement stops. She took all the 3 doses and felt much better at the end of 15 days. She was given just one dose of SULPH 30 on the second follow up. At the end of 1st month, only occasional itching was left and all lesions had disappeared. She was given SULPH 200 to complete the case.

Both of them were also given AZADIRACHTA INDICA Q 5 drops / to be put in a bucket of water and bath with it.

They were also advised to wash their clothes separately, after being soaked in hot soapy water for some time.

The husband was given SULPH 200 prophylactically to prevent infection and was also asked to sleep separately from the affected family members.

Explanation

Scabies is highly contagious to close contacts. The fact that both mother and daughter showed symptoms indicated a contagious diagnosis. It, therefore, is of paramount importance that not only is the patient treated but care also be taken, so that it does not spread to other members. Thus, the knowledge and importance of diagnosis help a homoeopath take pre-emptive steps not only in treatment but also in prevention.   

They did not show any constitutional symptoms. The itching of the body with burning that follows is pathognomic of SULPH, hence sulphur was prescribed. Azadirachta was given (in very high dilution of bathing) to locally cleanse the lesion and prevent any secondary infection.

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Shivangi Jain
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A mother aged 26 yrs came with a pregnancy of 31 weeks. She had recently undergone a routine ultrasound for her foetus where it was found that the foetus has a space-occupying fluid-filled lesion in the brain. She was told that the outcome of this lesion could not be predicted and that the foetus could be severely neurologically impaired. However, given the advancement of pregnancy nothing could be done except wait and watch. It was under these circumstances that the parents hoped that homoeopathy could help them. The history of the mother was unremarkable. So was the pregnancy. She had not fallen, had not taken any medicines or suffered from any illness. She was given CAL PHOS 200/ 2 doses to be taken and consecutive days followed by ARNICA 30/bd/ 10days. A scan was asked to be repeated every 5 days to see progress if any.

After the second scan (i.e., 10 days) the lesion resolved completely.

Explanation

There was no indication of any medicine in this case. The mother was thin tall dark-complexioned. Keeping this physical makeup of the mother in mind with a fluid-filled lesion in the foetus (which was not a hydrocephalous but a localized collection of fluid), tubercular miasm was thought to be lurking in the background, which led to the prescription of CAL PHOS. ARNICA was followed assuming that mother might have slipped/ had a jerk, something which she must have forgotten, hence was not able to report. This was done to cover any common factor that could have caused it (this is a not advisable way of prescription, nevertheless was done, given the lack of information and the direness of the situation).

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Shivangi Jain
BHMS, MD, PGDMLE, PGDHHM
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A 57 yr old female came for the treatment of GERD (gastric oesophageal reflux disease). She complained of severe acidity and heartburn throughout the day. It would get aggravated further when she did not eat. She had a cough at night which prevented sleep (pharyngeal irritation from acid reflux producing cough). On enquiring about her history, it was found that she was extremely stressed. Her husband did not participate in any of the day-to-day affairs of running the family from the day she got married. Mother to a girl 27yr old, she had to look after an extended family, make decisions, look after everyone but no one to ask her about herself. The daughter reported her being highly irritable and snapping easily. She was thin, tall had freckles over her face. She was given SEPIA 10M and 6 months later SEPIA 50M. After that, she was kept on a placebo for almost 1 and a half yr. Regular follow up showed improvement in her condition steadily. Then, an interesting thing happened almost after 2 yr of treatment. She reported that she had a big swelling almost 3 inches in size in her popliteal fossa, for almost 10 yr now, which she was intending to get operated on but somehow was not able to. After this treatment, she noticed that it has started reducing in size. Now, this was something that the patient never revealed to the physician until now. She was kept on a placebo for another year. After 3 yrs and 2 doses of medicine (sepia 10m and sepia 50m), one dose each) not only did her reflux settle, but her popliteal synovial cyst also disappeared completely.

Explanation

This case shows that when the medicine chosen is the specific remedy for the patient and is correct, then not only does it take care of what the patient complains of but also what the patient fails to reveal. The medicine administered not only helped her GERD (it did not go away completely though till the last follow up, which was attributed to her circumstances being the maintaining cause of her disease) but also helped her baker’s cyst (complete resolution), as it was given for the patient (individual) and not for the disease.

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Shivangi Jain
BHMS, MD, PGDMLE, PGDHHM
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This is a case of 33 yr old female who presented with diarrhoea for 3 days standing. She went 4-5 times every day. It was gushing in nature and she had to run to the bathroom every time she felt the urge to pass motion. She had travelled previously, so a GIT infection was suspected and Ars Alb was given without relief. 3 days later she came with no amelioration in her complaints. Her appetite, thirst and other generals were unchanged. At this juncture, it was noticed that her eyes were slightly red. On questioning it was found that also developed eye itching and some coryza along with GIT upset which she failed to reveal in the previous visit. She was given a dose of GAMBOGIA 200. She was given another dose to keep, to be taken only if another watery stool is passed. A follow up 3 days later showed that the need for a second dose did not arise.

Explanation

There are many medicines that can be used in cases of acute diarrhoea with, similar nature of complaints. It is here that the concomitants help us to differentiate one remedy from another. GAMBOGIA has diarrhoea with similar nature to many other medicines (Gratiola, Croton Tig etc, to name a few) but none have an accompanying eye itching (Boger Synoptic Key).

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Shivangi Jain
BHMS, MD, PGDMLE, PGDHHM
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