This is a case of a boy who completed age of 20yrs and wanted to gain some more height. He was 5 feet 4 inches. The boy went to the gym, where his instructor advised him to take homoeopathy. He had an inverted triangular face, long fingers and fine skin (tubercular features). There were no other complaints and he confessed to having stopped growing 2 yrs back.
He was counselled and given a small lesson in growth in males during puberty. He was assured that I would nevertheless give him the medicine, and do what can be done from my side. He was given a dose of tuberculinum 1M and asked to come a month later. Lo and behold, the patient stretched 2cm above Earth. Wait another month and the patient gained another centimetre. In total a gain of 3cm (more than an inch), in 2 months. I had learnt my lesson as well.
Explanation
The growth of males during puberty usually stops around the age of 18 yrs (when the growth plates fuse), it may sometimes be a little later but that is the tail end of the curve. This patient had stopped growing 2 yrs back. The chances were bleak that he would gain any more height. However, my medical wisdom was to be proven wrong. Tuberculinum was chosen based on the physical features of the patient as a guide (as there was no overt disease in the patient, just a latent miasm). It helped the patient gain another inch and a little farther beyond the age one would expect a boy to gain more height. It helped the boy fulfil a part of what his potential was. Maybe if he was to come earlier, he would have benefitted more! But there is no way to know, for there are no parallel universes when it comes to medicine.
Aude Sapere
Dr Shivangi Jain
BHMS, MD, PGDMLE, PGDHHM
drshivangijain79@gmail.com
https://drshivangihomoeopathy.com/
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