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VOL. VII, 1990

Lead me from Untruth to Truth

Lead me from Darkness to Light

Lead me from Death to Immortality

Adyaya I Brahmana 3 Mantra 28

(This service is only for private circulation. Part I of the journal lists the

Current literature in Homeopathy drawn from the well-known

homeopathic journals published world-over - India, England, Germany,

France, Belgium, Brazil, USA, etc., discipline-wise, with brief

abstracts/extracts. Readers may refer to the original articles for detailed

study. The full names and addresses of the journals covered by this

compilation are given at the end.)

Compilation, translation, publication by

Dr.K.S.Srinivasan,

1253, 66th Street,

Korattur,

Chennai - 600 080, India.

QUARTERLY HOMOEOPATHIC IGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

INDEX

S.No Topic Page. No.

1. QHD, Vol. VII, 1, 1990 3

2. QHD, Vol. VII, 2, 1990 23

3. QHD, Vol. VII, 3, 1990 49

4. QHD, Vol. VII, 4, 1990 74

QUARTERLY HOMOEPATHIC DIGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

1. QHD, Vol VII, 1, 1990

PART I CURRENT LITERATURE LISTING

A list of current homoeopathy literature, subject all the others are from the

British, American, German journals, not readily accessible to every homoeopathy.

Some of the articles may appear in PART II of this Quarterly Homoeopathic DIGEST

later as abstract/summary / condensation / full etc. We are trying access of French,

Dutch, Swiss etc. journals also, excerpts from which will find place in our DIGEST in

due course.

I. MATERIA MEDICA:

1. Hypernergetic Graphites: Case

analysis by the Kali car-bonicum

study by Edward H.CHAPMAN,

MD (JAIH, Vol. 82, 1/89)

2. A study of lris versicolor 3c

by A.E. VAKIL, Y.E. VAKIL

and A.S. NANABHAI (BHJ,

Vol. 78, 1/89)

3. Tarentula hispanica – a reproving

by V.M. NAGPAUL, L.M.

DHAWAN, A.K. VICHITRA, D.P.

RASTOGI (BHJ, Vol. 78, 1/89)

4. Cajeputum melaleuca

leucadendron linn - a proving of

Cajuputum ny GEBHAR) DT,

K.H. (AHZ, Band 234, Heft 1/89)

5. Fabiana imbricate by H.

MEHUERT (AHZ, Band 234, Heft

1/89)

6. Borax veneta by Miranda

CASTRO (The Homoeopath, Vol,

9, 1/89)

7. Gentiana lutea by Matthew

WOOD (The Homoeopath, Vol. 9,

1/89)

8. Lllustrating a certain Syndrome of

Bellis perennis by Royal E.S.

HAYES (Resonance, Jan/Feb.89)

9. Teucrium marum verum by

Prakash VAKIL (CCRH Qly,

Bulletin Vol, II (1&2)’89)

II. THERAPEUTICS:

1. Thoughts on the management of

Myalgic encephalomyelitis

The problem of ? ME’ by Michael

JENKINS (BHL, Vol. 78, 1/89)

2. Therapy of Allergies by

MOEHRKE (AHZ, Band 234, Heft

1/89)

3. Allergy to bee and wasp stings:

Two Apis cases by B. HASS

(ZKH, Band 234, Heft 1/89)

4. Umbilical hernia – Aethusa

cynapium by K.S. SRINIVASAN

(ZKN, Band 33, Heft 1/89)

5. Case study by Teresa

SALVADORE (Resonance,

Jan/Feb. 89)

III. PHILOSOPHY

1. Homoeopathy prescribing and

oppressing the child within by

Libby de MARTELLY (JAIH, Vol.

82, 1/89)

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2. Anatomical resonance of

homoeopathic potencies by M.M.

van BENSCHOTEN, OMD (JAIH,

Vol, 82, 1/89)

3. More on Similia Simillbus

Curentur, by Richard

MOSKOWITZ (JAIH, Vol. 82,

1/89)

4. Miasms by H. LEERS (AHZ, Band

33, Heft 1/89)

5. On the imaging of Disease picture

by G.V. KELLER (ZKH, Band 33,

Heft 1/89)

6. How to study Materia medica by

Eugenio CANDEGABE (The

Homoeopath, Vol.9, 1/89)

7. The Alchemist and the Goddess by

Misha MOSKOWITZ (The

Homoeopath, Vol.9, 1/89)

8. Could there be more than one

‘correct’ remedy by Dick

MOSKOWITZ (Resonance,

Jan/Feb 89)

9. Homoeopathic methodology –

practical guides to the correct

interval between doses by Robert

M. SCHORE, Jennifer JACOBS

(Resonance, Jan/Feb 89)

IV. VERIFICATIONS AND

CLINICAL SYMPTOMS

(ZKH, Band 33, Heft 1/89)

V. RESEARCH:

1. Study of Heart Rate in Swiss

Albino mice treated with potentised

Sodium pentobarbitone during

anaesthesia by A.S. PARANJPE et

al (CCRH Qly. Bulletin Vol. II,

(1&2) 89)

2. Effect of homoeopathic drugs in

controlling multiplication of

Hepatitis B virus by Hari SINGH et

all (CCRH Qly. Bulletin Vol. II,

(1&2) 89)

3. Investigations for the development

of scientific basis for homoeopathy

by G.D. JINDAL, A.S. PARANJPE

(CCRH Qly. Bulletin Vol. II, (1&2)

89)

4. Efficacy of homoeopathic drugs in

gall bladder diseases by Girish

GUPTA (CCRH Qly. Bulletin Vol.

II, (1&2) 89)

5. Pharmacognostic studies of

Anagallis arvensis by Padma RAO

et all (CCRH Qly. Bulletin Vol. II,

(1&2) 89)

VI. PHARMACOPAEIA:

1. Homoeopathic Flora of India, I

Violaceae by M.S. DAWRE et all

(CCRH Qly. Bulletin Vol. II, (1&2)

89)

VII. VETERINARY HOMOEOPATHY

:

1. Veterinary homoeopathy by Ed

SHEAFFER (The Hahnemannian,

Mar, 89)

2. An alternative to vaccinations –

Protecting the dog by Richard

PITCAIRN (Resonance, Jan/Feb,

89)

VIII. HISTORY

1. The final decade of Dr.

HAHNEMANN’s glories in life

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and death by S.R. WADIA (BHJ,

Vol, 78, 1/89)

2. Historical column – 2 by Bernard

LEARY (BHJ, Vol.78, 1/89)

3. A look at BOENNINGHAUSEN’s

practice by A. WEGENER (ZKH,

Band 33, Heft 1/89)

4. A study of the source of KENT’s

Repertory by G.V. KELLER (ZKH,

Band 33, Heft 1/89)

5. Annotations to the transcription of

HANNEMANN’s Case Record

No.5 by T. GENNEPER (ZKH,

Band 33, Heft 1/89)

6. The Foundations of homoeopathic

literature, Part I, by Jullian

WINSTON (The Hahnemannian,

Mar. 89)

IX. GENERAL

1. A growing involvement in

homoeopathy by Dorothy

J.COOPER (BHJ, Vol.78, 1/89)

2. In the light of experience – The

Polio saga by R.A.F. JACK (BHJ,

Vol.78, 1/89) JAIH, Journal

Homoeopathic Journal, BHJ,

British Homoeopathic Journal;

AZH Allgemine Homoeopathische

Zeitung. ZKH, Zetischrift fur

Klassische Homoeoapthy)

Vol. VII

PART II ABSTRACTS /

SUMMARIES / CONDENSATIONS

/ FULL ARTICLES

From American, British, German

etc. journals.

Willmar SCHWABE learnt of the

plant Luffa operculata during his tour

of Columbia and the adjacent Central

American countries and presented his

experiments before the LIGA Congress

in Bad Godesberg in 1962. SCHWABE

gave a colleague in NELSONS,

London, a preparation of Luffa

operculata (Espargilla) and the

English faculty carried out a proving I

1962-63.

SCHWABE conducted provings

with 11 members of his fir, with D5,

D3 and D2; these were published in

1963. 50 doctors out of whom 22

recorded their results carried out

therapeutic provings by Willmar

SCHWABE. These were homoeopathic

physicians and specialists of ENT

diseases.

Out of 90 patients with frontal

sinusitis and maxillary sinusitis, 15

acute and 75 sub-acute and chronic, 9

out of the 15 responded very well to

the medicine, the rest 6 to a lesser

degree. The chronic sinusitis patients

reacted much better. In 80% of the

cases a bland secretion from the nasal

mucous membrane set in after which

the subjective ailments passed off.

Of the 9 asthmatics 4 had a

remarkable amelioration. 3 had no

change and the remaining 2 had an

PROVINGS OF LUFFA OPERCULATA

UPTO 1986 C, Bottcher Hasse, H. Lido

and M. Stubler AHZ, 233, 3, 1986)

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initial aggravation and the medicine

was therefore stopped.

Of 8 chronic rhinitis patients 6

became completely well soon. The

potencies used most were D6 and D12.

Of 6 with vasomotor rhinitis 5 showed

a very good relief. These began with

Luffa D6 and went to D12 as soon as

the nasal secretion set in.

Of 7 hay fever patients some were

treated before the blooming of the

grass. They showed an essentially

milder attack of the otherwise severe

allergic symptoms. 3 of the patients

treated after the illness manifested,

showed clear alleviation after taking

Luffa D6, and in one case the ailments

were completely removed.

Of 6 patients with pharyngitis 4

became free from the disease. Luffa D6

was used.

Dr.J.R. RAESIDE of the London

faculty carried out three successive in

1962-63 with 10 provers, in each

proving, in Nov.1962 with Luffa C6, in

Feb 1963 with C12 and in May 1963

with C30. The C30 brought to light

most of the symptoms. The provers

responded better during the 2

nd

and 3

rd

provings.

Luffa was again proved during an

Intensive Course in Homoeopathic

Medicine in Nov. 1986. in D6 and D30

potencies. After eliminating the

placebo controlled provers, there were

31 provers with D6 and 36 with D30.

This proving was carried out under

M.STUBLER and evaluated by the

Niedersachsisch Academy for Natural

Medicine. The proving medicine was

supplied by the DHU, Karlsruhe.

M.STUBLER observed about 50

cases in which Luffa was used in sinus

diseases according to South American

folk medicine. The Luffa pulp was

steeped overnight the nostrils carefully;

A drastic flow of mucus, pus and blood

through the nose followed. In some

cases there was increase of temperature

with general changes and grippe-like

disease. The medicine was from South

America.

The proving by Willmar

SCHWABE with colleagues in his firm

were carried out with D5, D3 and D2

and later partly with D12 and

symptoms in some parts were

experienced. Severe headache,

substantial pains, sensation of

vibrations in the heart, over sensitively

to light, stress feeling in eyes and

inflated feeling in head and stomach.

Asthmatics observed that sometimes

there was increased thin mucus with at

the same time frequent attacks of

asthma. Nasal mucous membrane

inching and sneezing, yellowish

secretions in mornings, and colorless in

daytime, were observed. Dry sensation

in mouth and throat, much pressing at

the back of the tongue and feeling of

pressure in the palate.

Further gastro-intestinal symptoms

were observed; 2 female provers spoke

of severe dysmenorrhoea.

The more than 120 provers of

RAESIDE confirmed the symptoms

observed by Willmar SCHWABE as

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also the side effects observed from

therapeutic proving. Prominent were

the nasal symptoms mentioned above.

In addition to the head-aches there was

also vertigo. The face was hot and red,

the mouth was dry. Thickly coated

tongue, painful gums, cracks in the

corners of the mouth.

Regarding stomach, nausea with

thirst, increased appetite, as also

flatulence of the stomach and

abdomen.

In the uro-genital region there was

frequent micturition with pains in the

right kidney region and delayed

appearance of menses.

Sharp, stabbing pains in the chest

together with palpitation.

In the extremities pains in muscles

and joints with numbness or cramps, as

also general perspiration.

The proving of 1986 confirmed

number of symptoms recorded by

RAESIDE. Number of new,

particularly clear symptoms;

Mind: Irritable and unbalanced,

without confidence; angry; flying into

rage over trifles, every noise

aggravations (D6, D30)

Anxiety, wringing, fear of cancer,

thoughts of a colon tumor (D30)

Dreams: Prover (female) was shot at

but she escaped.

Very restless dreams of music and

noise (D30)

She dreamt of rescuing her

children from a burning house.

Eye: Distinct Exophthalmus (right)

reverses (in association with euthyreot

Struma) (D6)

Mouth: Herpes simplex on the chin

below the left corner of the mouth

(D30)

Metallic, bitter taste (D6)

Bleeding of gums under D6 and

D30

Throat: Two hours after taking the

medicine felt as it tried up; as if very

narrow, obstructing breathing; about

2300 hrs it is all suddenly clear again,

especially the it, nose (D30)

Swallowing difficulties as if the throat

pressed from without (D30).

Tonsillitis (D30)

Heart: Extrasystole which was there

since long disappeared under D6.

Desires/Aversions: Peculiar desire for

sour; a prover ate a slice of lemon

(D6); a female prover drank pure

vinegar with water (D6). Aversion to

fatty foods (3 provers – D6/D30)

Back: Pain in the ileo-sacral region,

both sides, as if broken, worse while

sitting, better from motion and rubbing.

Skin: Paraesthesia as if burning, in

hands and also legs (D6/D30)

A picture of Luffa operculata

Mind: Lack of concentration, absent-

minded: disinterested in studies.

Feels much estranged.

Irritated and unbalanced, without

confidence; angry at trifles.

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Anxiety, wringing, after loss of

sleep (unable to sleep well) the

pervious night; fear of cancer; on the

following day, thoughts of having a

tumor in colon.

Sleep/Dreams: Was shot at, but

escaped.

She resued her children from a

burning house.

Head: Pains in forehead stuffy room,

particularly mornings, better in

evening; Headache with over

sensitivity to light.

Eye: Eyes heavy, dry, tearful, with

sensitivity to light; hazy vision.

Exophthalmus (rt) recedes.

Nose: Obstructed, with frequent

sneezing; cold reappeared after yeas.

Colds with sinus involvement.

Dryness of nose (inner); light

epistaxis.

Face: Disposed to Herpes simplex

Face red and hot

Mouth: Dryness; metallic of bitter

taste.

Ulcers, corners cracked.

Tongue thickly coated with ulcers.

Throat: Dryness; inflammation;

coated.

Pains worse talking; swallowing.

Constriction; as if too narrow to

breathe properly, in the evenings;

clears up in an hour.

Complaints while swallowing, as if

the throat being pressed from outside,

morning to early afternoon.

Heart: An extrasystole of 2 Yrs’ no

oppression, no extrasytoles.

Stomach: Increased appetite, aversion

to spicy food Nausea with thirst.

Fullness in stomach and abdomen

after eating, worse from eating.

Desires lemon slices, vinegar with

water.

Aversion to fatty foods.

Abdomen: Flatulence with

constipation and colic

Diarrhoea with disturbing flatus

Colicky pain in abdomen with

diarrhoea

Sharp pains with flatulence and

liver pains.

Urogenital system: Frequent urging to

urination, especially on cold days.

Menses two weeks delayed,

copious menses.

Back: Stitching pains in back and

neck; severe lumbar pains, worse from

bending.

Distrinct pains in the region of

ileo-sacral joints, both sides as if

broken, worse in siting and while at

rest; pressure, motion and rubbing

ameliorate.

Extremities: Muscular pains in

evening; weakness of hands.

Sharp pains in the rt.shoulder,

rheumatic pains in the it shoulder joint.

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Numbness of hands, numbness and

coldness of middle finger of the it, had,

burning of fingertips.

Pains in the it, thumb and it, knee

Pains in the muscles of leg with

heaviness and weariness.

Cramps in the calf and leg

muscles.

CLINICAL SYMPTOMS FOR

PRACTICAL TRIALS:

Chronic rhinitis with involvement of

the sinuses:

Obstructed nose, sneezing spells, dry

nose with epistaxis.

The secretion of sinuses is brought

out.

Forehead pains, worse morning,

better evening evening with

involvement of the eyes: Headaches

with irritability and oversensitivity

tolight; Nervous, excitable mood

Chronic conjunctivitis, Exophthalmus:

The eyes are heavy and burning,

sensitive to light.

Vision hazy

Affinity to struma; the rt. eye

protrudes (exophthalmus)

Virus infection with Herpes: Herpes

on the mouth.

Dry mouth with metallic or bitter

taste.

Fissure of corners of mouth

Thickly coated tongue.

Pharyngitis, Tonsillitis: Throat pains

it. With globus sensation.

Throat as if constricted.

Soreness in the tract with cough

and whitish expectoration.

After the discovery

of Mycobacterium

leper in by Gerhard

Armauer HANSEN,

views about Leprosy

have become

clearer: Though not

hereditary, the off

spring remains susceptible. Incidence

of conjugal leprosy is surprisingly low

(2-5%)

Following the line of evolution of

Tuberculinum, Carcinosin etc., a

clinical study of Leprominium was

conducted.

Preparation of nosode: (i) from leprous

nodule from the ear of a patient where

the presence of lepra bacilli was

microscopically demonstrated.

Leprominium A, and (ii) Lepromin,

which is used for ascertaining the

reactivity of the patient (prepared

from), leprabacillin cultured on the foot

web of the armadilio) – Leprominium

H. Preparations were made up to 30c

ad 30x according to homoeopathic

pharmacopoeia: Leprosy M (Nelsons’

origin unknown) also was obtained.

Sings and symptoms were

collected from 100 patients suffering

from various types of leprosy, carefully

eliminating symptoms of despone,

filampicin etc.

LEPROMINIUM

A NEW

NOSODE

Clinical Study

By Prakesh

VAKIL

(The

Homoeopath

Vol.8, 2/89)

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Sings and symptoms observed in

25 or more patients are given in

BLACK TYPE: those found in 15 or

more patients are given in small caps:

those observed in 5 or more patients

are given in ordinary type: 6 new cases

not on despone or other drugs were

also taken.

Leprominium A, Leprominium

H and Leprosy (Nelsons) were used in

the clinical trial on non-leprous

patients manifesting symptoms similar

to those obtained from leprous patents.

Symptoms which disappeared in

response to Leprominium are marked

with two vertical sidelines.

Sings and symptoms reported by

physicians in leprosy hospitals and

authors like DHARMENDRA and

others were also considered.

Patients with some pathology like

psoriasis, joint pains etc. were given

Leprominium. But cases with only

mental symptoms were not taken up; in

cases using mental among others and

the patients improved overall, these

have been sidelined, though the mental

themselves may take a long time to go.

The remedy was administered

whom symptoms were collected, about

60 had either a F/H leprosy or

prolonged contact with leprosy

patients.

Mind: Brooding

Likes company

ATTRIBUTES THE DISEASE

TO FATE

Fearless

It can make an individual MIND or

irritable

 Hopeful of recovery

 LOCATING OF LIFE WOULD

NOT LIKE TO COMMIT

 Meticulous

FEELS NO ONE SHOULD

SUFFER FROM SUCH A DISEASE.

 Is sympathetic and desires

sympathy yet in the initial stage

secludes himself as he does not want

others to know about his diseases.

DESIRE TO PUT ON WHITE

COLOURED CLOTHES. Aversion to

black colored clothes.

Weeping, WOULD NOT LIKE TO

BEG; would prefer to die than beg.

Vertigo: Vertigo with nausea, worse

opening eyes; sun.

Head: Alopecia

Hair gray prematurely

 Hemicrania

Weak feeling and blackout

Eyes: Cataract, left to right

Cannot close the eyes completely

Sleeps with eyes half-open

Corneal opacity

Painless redness

DRYNESS, with lachrymation

Ectropion

Eruptions: Herpes simplex, cornea

Eyelashes fall out

Heat, sensation of

Interstital keratitis

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 Iritis, iridocyclitis

Itching and agglutination

Legophthalmus

PHOTOPHOBIA: lachrymation,

bland or acrid; light agg; sun agg.

 Squint

Swelling, puffy; baggy under eyes

Trachoma

Xerophthamia

Ears: Appearance as if bitten by rat

Chronic otorrhoea

Nodules on the ear: thickening and

nodulation of the ear.

Nose: Atrophy: anterior and inferior

turbinate

Clinkers and scabs

Collapse of the nose

DEPRESSED NOSE

Expistaxis: Worse: cold wetting

head; washing face; sneezing; change

of weather.

FLATTENED TIP.

 obstruction

Perforation of septum

Rhinitis, atrophic

Sense of smell affected; offensive

scabs from nose but patient cannot

smell

WAXY NOSE

Face: ALOPECIA REATA

ANAESTHESIA OF THE FACE,

ANAESTHETIC PATCHES

APPEARANCE: APE-LIKE,

DEFORMED AND UGLY,

LEONINE, prematurely old

EYEBROWS: OUTER ONE

THIRD LOST

Nodules on the face, nodulation

and ulceration of nose and lips.

Numbness and cobweb sensation

Moustache: hair falls out in the

middle

Angioneurotic oedema.

Palsy: infra nuclear type

Paralysis

Thickned skin: with permanent

transverse and vertical wrinkling.

Trigenminal neuralgia

WAXY OR OILY LOOK

Mouth: Adherent uvula to soft palate.

Gums bleed easily

Uvula ulcerated and destroyed.

Deep fissure on tongue.

Gingivitis

Infiltraction and nodules on uvula

and soft palate.

Nodules: flat topped, on lips, on

antherior tongue especially.

Decreased sensitivity to pain.

Perforation of hard palate.

Pulpitis glossitis

Lips swollen.

Gums turgid and swollen, shiny

purplish (MIRANDA & MIRANADA)

Small ulcers.

Throat: Cicatrices; laryngial

constriction; pharyngeal constriction.

Difficult breathing (true vocal

cords not involved)

Hoarseness of voice.

Complete aphonia

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As if something stuck in throat

Stomach: Appetite normal

Sour things agg.

Aversion to milk; sweets

Desires: Green chillies, MEAT,

FISH, spicy, sour, sweets, ICE COLD

WATER.

Thirst increased or normal

Abdomen: Flatulence; lower abdomen,

passing flatus agg. (may be due to

Rifampicin)

Rectum: Normal bowel movements;

occasional constipation.

 3-4 semi-solid stools with mucus;

without abdominal pain

Urine: Glomerulonephritis

Intermittent flow

Nephritic syndrome; in

lepromatous cases after recurrent lepra

reactions with normal cholesterol

level.

Urination frequent in some

patients, painful from walking in the

sun.

Genitalia Male: Sexual desire absent.

Desire increased in some, with

nocturnal emissions

Testes enlarged in some patients,

with repeated lepra reaction, Bilateral

involvement of testes.

Gynaecomasita.

Aspernatogenesis Oligospernia.

Later impotence, 50% of the cases

with lepra reaction between the ages of

21-30.

Genitalia Female: Early menopause.

Sexual desire absent.

Respiratory: Tendency to catch cold.

Cough: Chronic cough in some

smokers with emphysematous changes.

Chest: Pulmonary tuberculosis in some

patients (Leprosy patients can suffer

from tuberculosis but tuberculosis

seems to confer some soft of immunity

against leprosy – CHAUSSINAND)

Back: Joint pains

Extremities: Anaesthesia of hands;

feet.

Ice-cold sensation in extremities,

warm clothes agg.

Wrist drop; foot drop

Gangrene

Heat of palms and soles

TOES and FINGERS LOST

Maggots

Nodules: like neurofibromatosis

Numbness: ascending, hands and

feet icy cold.

Numbness and tingling,

simultaneous onset in arms and legs,

worse at noon, continued motion. In

some cases it started on the rt. side.

Oedema of feet: Worse: evening;

walking; hanging feet down

Osteoarthritic changes.

Pain: extremities; massaging agg; calf-

muscles, exertion agg; initial motion;

continued motion. Joints, especially

knees.

Paralysis: one-sided; paraparesis

or paraplegia.

Patches: hypopigmented, well

defined, thickned, raised.

Peripheral neuritis

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SHORTENING and

DEFORMITIES of limbs

THICKENED: popliteal and

UNLAR NERVES

Ulcers: non-healing.

Sleep: Dreams: dead people: dead

relatives, frightful; unremembered.

Eyes remain half-open during

sleep

Normal sleep: refreshed on

waking.

Fever: Malaria giving rise to lepra

reaction.

Perspiration scanty

Remittent or intermittent fever

with infections

Rigoros with fever.

Skin: Alopecia areata

ANAESTHESIA or

HYPOAESTHESIA or THICKENED

ERYTHEMATOUS ANAESTHETIC

PATCHES.

Deep cracks in palms and soles

 Dark pigmentation

 Dryness with scanty perspiration

Erythema multiforme

Eruptions: bullous; MACULE:

FLAT, HYPOPIGMENTED or

ERYTHEMIATOUS (depending on

the type of leprosy), VARYING IN

SIZE, NUMBER

AND LOCATION.

 LUPUS

VULGARIS

Noudles:

disseminated, small,

pedunculated.

 Scabs, dark brown, small.

Scaling, resembling exfoliative

dermatitis, ichthyosis,

 psoriasis.

 Itching all over

Neurofibromatosis

Ringworm: lesions resembling

Scabies: tendency to

Sinuses, discharging

Sticking: skin sticking to the bones

giving a shiny appearance like

scleroderma.

Ulcerous lesions

 Urticaria

General: H/O tendency to catch cold.

Cardiovascular system:

hypertension.

H/O haemorrhagic tendency.

Radiating heat agg; sun agg.

LEPROSY: F/H; no f/h

Rest agg.

H/O Scabies, smallpox, tendency

to suppuration, worms, pulmonary

tuberculosis (also f/h); REPEATED

VACCINATIONS

Results: Leprosy M (Nelsons) 10

patients – 7 with initial relief (2 of

them subsequently relapsed) 3 could

not be observed. Leprominium H 30c

– 7 patients – 3 relieved, 4 could not

be observed; Leprominium A 30x – 9

patients 6 – relieved, 3 could not be

observed.

Cajuptum is a growing up to 21 meter

height and grows wildly in Australia,

Burma,

Cambodia, Thailand,

Malaysia

and also islands of the Indian

CAJEPUTUM

MELALEUCA

LEUCADENDR

ON

LINN

- a proving by

K.H. Gebhardrt

AHZ, Band 234,

1/89

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archipelago. An oil – Oleum Cajuput –

is distilled. It contains approx. 2/3

Cineol, Terpene, Azulene,

Benzaldehyde and Valerianaldelhyz. It

is used internally in folk medicine and

also externally, also as drops in ear

aches and deafness.

A proving was done in 1985/86.

Cajuputum D2 was taken internally

5x5 drops per day. 5 men and 8

women were the proves, in age group

23-65 years. Highest evaluated

symptoms came from 2 women of 46

and 49 yrs. Very sparse symptoms

were verified.

Remedy picture:

General: Sudden weakness, unusual

weakness, slight vertigo as if confused

despite 10 hrs sleep, peculiarly more

sleepy in forenoon.

Mind: More or less a euphoric mood,

fully energetic to do work, must hold

himself from, “gossipy hang-over type

mood” was much better after taking the

drops.

AtBAM on waking up, as if tens,

restlessness, excitable like a caged lion

Had more energy in forenoon

An otherwise depressive person

reported that his depression was better

from Cajuputum and after stopping

taking the proving material, the

depression worsened.

Head: Stitching pains for seconds,

sometimes in the right parietal,

sometimes in the left, sometimes

drawing in the neck above the below

(1)

Light headache from waking up for a

short time (2)

Pain forehead from rising, better lying

down (2)

On waking up dull headache which

cannot be localized, during the course

of forenoon in the neck and occipital

region: throbbing, pulse-synchronous,

worse while lying (4)

Pressure on head and vertigo after

lunch (2)

Dull pain under and behind the It. eye,

worse stooping (4)

Red spot in the region of It.check (8)

Nose: Unpleasant odor long time after

taking the medicine (1)

Sudden Sensation of unpleasant odor

(1)

Nasal mucous membrane totally dry

(1)

Stopped, alternate sides (4), It. nose

stopped at 2000hrs (8) 1445 hrs

creeping in the nose, must sneeze 2-3

times in the course of afternoons and

evenings (9)

Flowing coryza more in left than right,

worse in cold, creeping in the nose like

ascending coryza at 1730 hrs (9)

Eye: Sensation of a foreign body in the

it.eye which is red, at 16 hrs;

movement of the eyeballs painful.

Towards evening the whole eyeball is

red, also upper and lower lids red. (B)

Sensation of foreign body in the rt.

lower lid (9)

Rt. Lower lid and lachrymal sac

swollen and red with some itching (9)

Lachrymation both eyes (8)

Slight burning, tired eyes (9), at 16hrs

sensation of foreign body in rt. eye (9)

Mouth: As if tongue sharp, 30 min

after taking medicine (1)

Throat: Repeated sensation of globus,

mornings (1)

Sensation of a lump behind upper

sternum, at least the size of a fist (1)

Pain, shortly before 1700 hrs (7)

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Thirst: Strikingly increased (1),

increased (10), much thirst in morning

with dry tongue (12) -5 days after

taking the medicine.

Stomach: Desires sweet (1), much

desire for sweet (11), after that

increasing nausea (11)

Slight nausea after the first mouthful of

the lunch (8), slight nausea after every

meal (1)

Transient nausea afternoon (2)

Nausea before breakfast (2), nausea

night (2), nausea at 2000 and 2130 hrs

(7)

On the 7

th

day midday severe nausea

and diarrhea thrice (1)

Eructation and feeling of fullness

worse eating (4)

Increased flatulence (1), during the day

much flatulence (2)

Flatulence in evening (5)

Slight cramps in gastro-intestinal

region (5), at 1100 hrs slight cramps in

stomach (5)

During the lunch cramp-like pains in

the whole abdomen, soom passing off

(2)

Flatulence the entire afternoon (2)

Dull pain in rt. upper abdomen (1)

After every meal approx. ½ hour long

pressure in the rt. upper abdomen (2)

Feels as if the belt is constricting (6)

The gall bladder region sensitive, belt

is inconvenient (1), forenoon a

transient drawing in the rt. upper

abdomen

No appetite, better eating (11)

Intestines: Morning at 0800 hrs

abdominal pain which continued for

about ½ hr. (8)

Stool hard, scanty (9), flatulence (11),

constipation (8)

Difficult passage of stool (2)

Morning somewhat diarrhea (2)

Stool less spastic than usual, almost

normal-formed, larger evacuation (3)

Urinary tract: With normal filling of

bladder almost every hour urging for

urination (11), must urinate strongly

often (2), frequent urination,

particularly afternoon and evening (3),

must urinate every ¾ hour (5).

Urine smells like cat’s (1)

Heart and Circulation: Stitching in

the apex, passing off in the evening (1)

Sensation of pressure over the heart,

alternating with stitching which

alternate between the apex and scapula

(1)

Sensation of pressure and constriction

in the heart. The heart beats upto the

throat, worse 15-17hrs. the complaints

are in the scapula also (1)

Sensation of constriction in the entire

It. thorax, worse in rest, passing off

lying (1)

Disagreeable pressure in thorax from

walking in steep path and is better

walking on even plane (6)

Heavy and as-if-a stone feeling behind

the sternum and between scapulae (6)

On awaking pressure on the heart

radiating to the It. arm and the finger

served by the ulnar It. (6)

Frequent extrasystoles while sitting,

lying and standing (4)

Respiratory organs: Constantly ‘out

of breath’ with even slight household

work (1)

Sensation that she cannot any more

breathe well, more often during the day

(5)

Oppression in a warm room (6)

Oppression of breath immediately on

taking the medicine (8), two or three

times tickling causing cough as if from

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dust, after short dry cough, better

without expectoration

Locomotive organs: Atrocious itching

of coccyx (1), the otherwise usual

backache disappeared during the night.

Severe pain in the It. groin after

waking up; drawing pains which

radiate to the innerside of the It. thigh

(2)

On the sixth day after taking the

medicine, almost unbearable irritating

pain in the It. thigh since 4o’clock

night. Analgesics were not effective (2)

At about 0330 hrs night awakened

from severe pain, cold relieves it

somewhat, during day, light bearable

suffering.

The pain localizes at the lateral border

of the symphysis and is ameliorated

from application of an ice bag and

becomes worse while at rest and in

warmth.

The character of the pain ultimately is

least irritating, it becomes dull and

burning, amelioration after passing

stool

After 7 days of slight drawing in the It.

groin, a general weakness, unwell, sick

feeling (2)

Back aches in the region of the lower

lumbar vertebrae about 1900 hrs

continuing the whole evening (8), back

as if broken in afternoon (9), pains in

the entire back radiating upto the

lumbar, from suddenly bending the

head forward, violent pain in the neck

as if a nerve between the vertebrae

constricted (12)

Spontaneous twitching of the muscle

fibres of the upper arm (1)

At 1800 hrs, dull drawing pains in the

rt. shoulder, top, irregular pulsating

pains in the rt. axilla for about 2 ½ hrs

(1)

Stitching pains, at times in the rt. hip,

at times in the finger joints, in the

middle of foot and tarsal bone, always

quite brief and elsewhere (1)

Tightness in cervical region (5)

Heavy feeling in the extremities,

ascending stairs cost more energy than

otherwise (7)

Severe myalgia of the legs (9)

Dull tension in the legs wors in the

evenings and from warmth, better lying

and ferm cold douching (11)

Male genitalia: About 1200 hrs

stitching pain in the It. tests for about

15 mts. from walking, better while

sitting (4)

Drawing, stitching pain in the It. testes

while sitting, also for about 10 mts. (4)

Female genitalia: Libido slightly

increased (1)

Viscous bleeding (8)

Menstrual blood dark and lumpy (11)

Severe pains of lower abdomen, more

on It, than rt. with pressure downward

towards ovulation time, did not come

in this form since many years, had

undergone hysterectomy, better from

movement. (9)

Hours before the menses, dull drawing,

slightly cramping pains with radiation

to thing. Otherwise it came one day

before the period, now surprisingly

scanty (11)

Stitches above the It. groin for an hour

alternating with stitches elsewhere in

the body (1)

Thermoregulation: The whole day

felt pleasantly warm, later

uncomfortably warm with cold feet,

sensation of warmth in the arm which

at the same time was painful, about

2000 hrs sudden chill with ice-cold

nose. Chill alternating with

uncomfortable warmth which was felt

as glowing with at the same time cold

sensation of parts least covered by skin

like nose, chin, fingers, toes etc. (1)

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Very cold feet with chilling about 1800

hrs (5)

Chill and shuddering as if would

become ill (7)

Freezing around 2100 hrs (8)

Afternoon pronounced cold sensation,

better from warm clothes and a blanket

(11)

Sensitive to drafts (1)

Six days after proving he required

almost thrice the time to perspire in the

Sauna.

Leading symptoms: Parasympathetic,

Smooth muscles, Mucous membranes,

Connective tissue.

Tendency to spasms: these manifest

in the digestive tract as globus

sensation, obstruction in swallowing,

nausea, pressure in the rt. upper

abdomen, constipation alternating with

diarrhea;

In the thoracic organs as pressure on

heart and dyspnoea;

In the urogenital system as frequent

urging to urination and dysmenorrhoea.

Modalities: Worse: 16-18 hrs,

evening, after midnight; warmth.

Better: cold local applications;

movement

Peculiar symptoms: Sensation of

pointed tongue

Fuzzy feeling in perioral deltoid

As if foreign body in eye

Stitching and tearing above the It.

groin

Uncomfortably warm feeling despite

cold feet

Urine smells like cat’s

Certain interesting features exist in the

current material medica, which have

not been brought out in the proving:

General feeling of enlargement (JH

CLARKE)

Effects of checked perspiration (JH

CLARKE)

Hiccough on slightest provocation

(BOERICKE)

Alae-nasi and earlobes suddenly turn

red (TF ALLEN)

A thorough study of the provings with

the various current Material medica

will be rewarding.

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A proving of

Dioscorea (D4) and

its major alkaloid

Diosgenin (D6) was

undertaken during

the spring course in

1979, in Baden,

Vienna. The proves were, 5 women/4

men for Dioscorea; 3 women/7 men

for Diosgenin; 7 women/3 men as

placebo group, taking daily 3-5 drops

of the proving substance, over a 3 week

period; the provings were not double-

blind Outline.

1. the current remedy picture of

Dioscorea according to ALLAN and

HUGHES;

2. the results of the re-proving of

Discorea compared with the existing

picture;

3. the emerging picture of Diosgenin,

attributed with a Cortisone-like action,

compared with the existing picture of

Dioscorea:

4. the symptoms of the placebo group.

1. Current picture of Dioscorea

according to ALLEN and HUGHES:

General state: Unusual lassitude,

nevertheless desires to go for a walk;

Weakness, sometimes faint-like.

Vertigo/Head: Dizziness while

walking.

DIOSCOREA

D4 AND

DIOSGENIN

D6- A proving

by L. Wecker

AHZ, 5, 1981

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Headache of various locations; dull,

cutting; partly radiating to ear; worse

cold air; with heaviness.

Mouth/Stomach: Taste: Bad,

sweetish; salivation

Tongue: coated, thick yellowish-hite;

pricking like needles in tip; as if burnt.

Eructations like spoiled eggs.

Frequent nausea.

Burning in stomach

Abdomen: Burning pain worse

pressure in umbilical region; cutting,

tearing, spastic pains, radiating, worse:

Lying; Bending forward; pressure.

Better; Bending backward; Movement;

Standing erect.

Rumbling in abdomen

Stool: Black, hard, dry, painful,

changing to whitish, white and

yellowish; Diarrhoea, with cutting

pains.

Genitalia: Genitals cold

Heart: Palpitation; Pains, stitching

with vertigo.

Back/Extremities: Pain: Dull achive;

Cervival; Between shoulder-blade;

Lumbar; worse bending; along

vertebrae, worse pressure.

Walking, movement – cutting pains.

Sleep: Restless sleep

Dreams: Anxious; Of women;

peculiarly vivid on 1

st

day. (3)

2. THE RESULTS OF RE-

PROVING OF DIOSCOREA (D4):

The protocol number of individual

prover recording each symptom given

in brackets after the symptom.

Mind: Unstable during the provings

(2)

Internally much calm and equable,

tense otherwise; urge to be

venturesome during the provings. (3)

Pecuriarly vivid dreams on the first day

(3)

Well-disposed and enterprising (8)

Head: Rusting noise ‘as from fainting’

(2) 1-2

nd

day

Headaches: Light to severe, mornings

(4) 7, 9, 18

th

day

Migraine : Nightly, originating in the

nape of neck (9) 12

th

day

Ears: Buzzing, with rushing noise in

head (2) 1-2

nd

day

Pain: Cutting, both sides; worse

Evenings; Lying (7)

Hearing poor; ‘ears as if stopped up’,

worse morning and evening. Cracking

while swallowing 3-16

th

day

Face: Skin looks unclean, many

pimples (7) 19-26

th

day (19

th

day was

the last proving day)

Eruptions: Forehead and cheeks; small,

pustulous, dry, not red eczema (9) 5-

10

th

day

Mouth: Aphthae-like ulcers inside

cheeks (3) 8-13

th

day

Gums: Violent pains, worse least

touch, no bleeding, in spots previously

injured by dentist; so severe, proving

was almost discontinued (6) 5-17

th

day

Abdomen: Violent pains from alcohol

(1/4 glass red wine + ½ glass spirits)

(2) worse: Pressure; Skirt-band; Deep

breathing.

Severe nausea 15

th

day

Genitalia-Female: Drawing in lower

abdomen, as if menses would appear;

drawing and tension in mammae

Smear of bleeding on 15-18

th

day of

proving. Conception during the

proving, after fruitless wait for 2 yrs

after thorough gynaecologcla findings

(3)

Leucorrhoea increased 4-26

th

days;

Menses delayed by 2 weeks, beginning

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on 26

th

day of proving, no leucorrhoea

at end (7)

Heart: Pains almost during the entire

proving period; “stitching when

proving medicine was first taken,

severe, but better immediately when

pressed; later, pressing with some

burning, lighter pains of longer

duration, not better from external

pressure”. She suffered otherwise from

palpitations with irregular heart pains,

partially extending to left arm. (2).

Back: Shorts, frequent cramps in

cervical region 3

rd

day; Stiffness in hip,

originating from uterus – 15

th

day (3)

Extremities: Formication in upper

extremities (2) 2

nd

day

Pain: Drawing in rt. shoulder,

radiating in the arm, with sensation of

paralysis; could not carry weights as

before; better warmth (3) 8

th

day

Complaints in I. forearm flexors, as

from inflammation of sheaths of

tendon. Pains hot, stitching, appearing

in intervals of minutes, at times for

seconds only (9) 8-10

th

days

Renewed increased appearance on 21

st

day, the flexors and extensors of the I.

forearm and I. hand were affected.

Height of complaints on 25

th

day, then

rapidly easing.

Modalities: Worse REst and warmth;

Not agg. from work. Better Nights.

Skin: Blister, lentil-sized, on shoulder,

non-itching (1) 6-18

th

days

Pustule, suppurating, on I.throat (3)

Stitching of back of hard ‘as if a gnat

had stung’, without visible alteration of

skin (9) 2-4

th

days

Generals: Heart flushes with blushing

(2)

Briskness x worn-out feelong (1-4

th

days); Then very tired, with almost

uninterrupted sleep (6-8

th

days) (2)

Lively, ‘exceptional state’. (8)

Discussion: Compared to the existing

Materia medica of ALLAN and

HUGHES where abdominal symptoms

find prominence, only one prover has

reported abdominal symptoms.

Whereas skin/mucous membrane

symptoms reported by 4 provers in this

proving hav not been found in existing

Materia medica; The tendo-vaginitis

like pains expressed by prover 9 are

interesting; this symptom which

appeared twice makes it a truly genuine

proving symptom (BREYER)

3. PROVING OF DIOSGENIN (D6):

It has the reputation of a Cortisone-

like action.

Head/Vertigo: Very giddy (14) 18, 19,

21

st

days

Head: Pain: Aching behind eyes (11)

4

th

day

Pain: Forehead, evening, with

throbbing in ear (12) 23

rd

day

Headache always starts about 13-14 hrs

– 1,3,4,6, 11

th

days; begin as cramp in

neck, drawing, boring and throbbing in

occiput;

Worse Gong for a walk; Better Rest in

dark; with ‘spastic rumbing’ and

‘colic’ in abdomen during the headache

(13) 1,6, 11

th

days.

Pain: Nape of neck, evenings, I.side,

sensitivity to noise (14) 8

th

day

Pain: Temples and forehead, worse

pressure (15) 4,5,7, 11, 17

th

days; on

the 17the day, worse Looking down;

Hunger.

Pressure in temple region (16) 19

th

day

Pain: Forehead, worse Pressure (20)

1,2,3,5

th

days

Eyes: Pain from moving eyes, ‘burning

like cold wind’ with headache (11) 3,

4

th

days

Burning from reading in artificial light

(16) 3

rd

day

As if swollen (20) 6

th

day

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Ears: Ache in rt.ear on awaking; both

side in evening, after a walk and worse

in the open air, better in a room, ‘as if

from a cold’ (12) buzzing, 7

th

day 17

th

days; pounding sensation (12) 8, 23-

25

th

days

Itching in canal (15) 5

th

day

Mouth: Gums: Swelling of, molar 7

rt.lower (13) 11

th

day; bleeding while

brushing teeth (15) 13, 14

th

days

Unusually dry mouth (17) 2, 4-7

th

days

Throat: Soreness (15) 4

th

day

Abdomen : The sensitivity of right

epigastrium for fat and alcohol is better

during the proving; in connection with

the proving ‘a light icterus was noted

by me (Billi. 2mg.%) the cause of

which could not be explained

(transaminase in upper range);

Hepatitis B is ruled out (Hbs. Ag. neg)

(11)

Nausea in rt. upper abdomen,

‘everything blocked’ and ‘remains

below the rt.costal arch’, lying on

rt.side impossible, spastic rumbling;

comes together with headache (13) 1,

6

th

days.

Almost daily nausea after taking the

medicine (14)

Pain, stitching, both sides (15) 4

th

day

Flautulence, metorism (16) 2, 5-7, 13

th

days

Nausea, pressure in stomach (17)

Stool: Dark and lumpy, obstipation

(12) 12-17

th

days

Diarrhoea 6, 11, 13

th

days; gray stools

13

th

day (6)

Bladder: Burning while urinating ‘as

if fissure in fossa’ (14) 8-11

th

days

Sexual organs: During the day easily

excitable (12) 1

st

day

Female: The usual ailments and

mental upsets were absent and menses

appeared in time (19

th

day of proving)

(12)

Heart: Prickling sensation with

sensation as if bound from physical

exertion (15) 5

th

day

Back: Sudden painful cramps of

muscle, worse right, lumbago like, for

a week (17) 1-6

th

days

Extremities: Heaviness (13) 1st day

Pain rt.calf ‘like cramp’ (17) 3, 4

th

days

Repeated light trembling of hands,

evenings (18) 2

nd

day

Sleep: Restless sleep (17)

Chill: Chilly, room is not sufficiently

warm (12) 14-17

th

day

Perspiration: Disposed to perspire

(15) 5

th

day

Skin: Itching of torso, without

eruption, worse evening extending

slowly to extremities (11) 7

th

day to

end of proving. Prover clarified later

than ‘it has healed since 5 months’.

Itching of legs (13, 1400 hrs) (12) 19,

20

th

days

Severely itching efflorescences of the

whole torso, despite taking calcium

tables (20) 21-22

nd

days

General: Internal restlessness with

desire to move (13)

For about ½ an hour vibration of hands

(15) 4

th

day

Motor unrest with desire to be

occupied which ameliorates the

internal unrest; particularly for

movement of hands (17) 3, 4, 9, 20

th

days

Discussion: The results of the

Diosgenin proving are similar more

clearly to the remedy pictures of

ALLEN and HUGHES than in the case

of Dioscorea. The motor restlessness

comes to light clearly in this. The

intensity of headaches agrees

somewhat with ALLEN’S. Above all

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the intestinal tract symptoms come to

the forefront clearly in 7 provers. In

conformity with Dioscorea the skin

symptoms manifest only to some

extent, in itching without eruptions.

The Cortisone-like effects of

Diosgenin – there is nothing more to

be affirmed after this proving.

4. THE SYMPTOMS OF THE

PLACEBO GROUP:

Mind: Irritable (21) 11

th

day

Capactiy to bear mental strain

diminished (24)

Head: Pain: Aching: (21) 11

th

day;

(28) 1, 2

nd

days (30) 1

st

day

Face: Unclean, oily, pimply face (26)

7-21

st

days

Mouth: Pains in maxilla with aphthae

(23) 18-22 days

Dryness of throat

Abdomen: On the left side pains with

flatulence in evenings (21) 3

rd

day;

Pyrosis (21) 6

th

day

Sudden brief attacks of pain, griping

(25) 6

th

day

Presistent hunger despite eating (26)

16

th

day

Stools bright coloured (26) 7, 8

th

days

Bladder: Nightly urge for urination

(21) 2, 3, 6th days

Genitalia-Female: Severe pain in the

vagina, drawing inwards, ‘as if stick in

anus and vagina’. Severe pain,

soreness, worse swimming (26) 7, 8

th

days

Heat: The usual daily palpitation

disappeared completely during the

proving (25)

Back/Extremities: Cramping pains –

lumbar/sacral, severe, 8-20

th

day,

interrupting proving, which was re-

commenced on the 25

th

day, back pain

returned, better warmth. About 1600

hrs severe pains in rt.kidney region

(21) 5

th

day

Unsteadiness while walking; 5, 13, 17,

21

st

days, therefore tumbled on stairs

on 5

th

day (21)

Skin: Reddish, vesicles on the back of

hands and tibia, severe itching (23) 19-

22

nd

days

Discussion: Two symptoms should be

picked out:

(1) The headache – came only for a

brief time and in two provers only at

the commencement of the proving,

indicating suggestive action; (2) The

skin symptoms reported by two provers

taking placebo. Did the atmospheric

Sulphur of Baden induce this? To

clarify this, these provers were asked;

Did you stay in Baden during the

proving? if yes, did you not any

influence of the climate on the skin?

Have you been in Baden before, and

suffered any skin irritation? The

answers were that the provers had been

in Baden only during the ‘course’

week, and the provings were later

pursued in their houses. None of them

had found the climate of Baden

irritating to the skin, nor on earlier

visits. Therefore simply no explanation

can be given.

The new skin manifestations brought

out in the provings of Dioscorea need

clinical verification and these should

be communicated.

BOOK SHELF

1. SEPIA and LACHESIS: A

DIALOGUE WITH A DIFFERENCE

by Drs. Sarla SONAWALA and

Vishpala PARTHASARATHY,

published by Milan Polyclinic Pvt Ltd.,

71-B, Saraswati Road, Santa Cruz (W),

Bombay – 400054, pp. 43, Rs. 35/-

QUARTERLY HOMOEOPATHIC IGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

The authors- mother and daughter –

presented a dialogue as between Sepia

and Lachesis, in the 1983 HMAI

Congress and later in the

Int.Hom.Congres, Lyon, France in

1985.

With the aid of cartoons, drawings and

verses the ‘drug pictures’ of Sepia and

Lachesis have been well brought out.

Two cases of Sepia (both females) and

three cases (one male, one female and

one child) of Lachesis have been

given, highlighting the essential

features of these remedies.

In both the Sepia cases the patients

were childless but conceived

immediately after administration of

Sepia.

The major ‘mental’ symptoms of the

remedies haves been well brought out

in all the five cases.

The ‘evolution in the time and space’.-

childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old

age, in respect of both the remedies

have been very well and briefly

sketched. The authors have gone

through almost all the hitherto

available literature on these two

remedies before presenting these.

Very good printing, paper, get-up.

Recommended.

2. PROBING THE MIND AND

OTHER GUIDING SYMPTOMS- a

blueprint for success – by Sri S. M.

GUNAWANTE, published by Sri S.

M. GUNAWANTE, Moraya Villa, 12

th

Road, Khar, Bombay-400052, pp. 32,

Rs. 15/-

The author contributed, in 2 parts

an article “Probing the Mind of the

Patients” in the Indian Journal of

Homeopathic Medicine, 1989. This

article received such good appreciation

that Sri GUNAWANTE went ahead to

improve the article further and publish

it in a handy booklet. The result, I am

glad to say, has been quite good and

worthy.

There has been, in recent past two

decades, a growing interest and enquiry

into the ‘Mind’ of the patient as a key

to his/her curative homeopathic remedy

further aided by the physical Generals.

The significant aid to this diagnosis

was ushered in with publication of the

Synthetic Repertory (I Edn.) (Tri-

lingual) by Horst BARTHEL and Will

KLUNKER, in 1973. An entire volume

is devoted to the ‘Mind’ and the

remaining two to ‘Generals’,

‘Sleep/Sex’. The importance of the

‘mental’ symptoms in the selection of

the remedy is evident and needs no

further stress.

Sri GUNAWANTE has ‘classified’

the major ‘groups’ of mental traits e.g.,

‘Domineering,’ ‘Mild’ ‘Restlessness’

‘Sad’ etc. Practical illustrations have

been given as to how to proceed in this

manner and obtain a full image of the

patient.

In subsequent sections hints for

case taking, evaluation, repertorisatin

have been explained. What is the

‘Minimum syndrome of maximum

value’ is told in section 5.

Section 6 contains 12 steps for

success.

Section 7, the last, contains a list

(drawn from SR) of’

Personality Groups’ and the relevant

rubrics as quick aid for repertorisation.

The booklet is a brief ‘lesson

written for ‘practice’ day-to-day

Paper, printing, get-up are all very

good. Recommended.

QUARTERLY HOMOEPATHIC DIGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

2. QHD, Vol. VII, 2, 1990

PART I CURRENT LITERATURE LISTING

A list of some current homoeopathy

literature, subject-wise, is given below.

Some of these articles may appear later

in PART II of this Quarterly

Homoeopathic DIGEST, as

abstract/summary/condensation/full.

1. MATERIA MEDICA:

1. Apis mellifica

THOMPSEN, Michael (The

Homoeopathy, Vol.

6, No. 1/86)

2. Darkness aggravates

MICKELM, Bob (The Homoeopath,

Vol.6,No1/86)

3. Buto-the remedy

GUESS, George, MD (Resonance,

May/Jun-89)

4. Aconite

ELMORE, Durr, DC,ND. (Resonance,

May/Jun-89)

5. Granite-a proving

The making of a new remedy,

EISING,Nuala (Resonance, May/Jun-

89)

6.Tamarindus Indicus

(pulp of Tamarind fruit)

VAKIL,Prakash (CCRH Qly, Bulletin,

Vol. 10 (3&4)/88)

II THERAPEUTICS:

1. Bronchial Asthma-Three cases

ILLING,K.H. (AHZ, Band

234,Heft2/89)

2. Acute Exogenous Depression,

EICHLER, R (AHZ, Band 234,Heft

3/89)

3. Anxiety neurosis,

MULLER, H.V. (AHZ, Band 234,Heft

3/89)

4. Migraine with Mental Confusion and

Amnesia,

WEGENER, A (ZKH, Band 33, Heft

2/89)

5. Homoceopathy in proiapse of

vertebral discs,

GYPSER, K.H. (ZKH, Band 33, Heft

2/89)

6. Pyelonephritis and Cystitis-

Lycopodium,

WALDECKER, A (ZKH, Band 33,

Heft3/89)

7. The treatment of warts,

ROMER, D (ZKH,Band 33,Heft 3/89)

8. Treating the common cold in

paediatric patients,

ZAND, Janet, ND(JAIH,

Vol.82,No.2/89)

9. Temperament and behaviour

assessment of children in classical

homoeopathy,

NEUSTAEDTER, Randall, OMD, CA

(JAIH,Vol.82, No.2/89)

10. A Phobia dissolved using the law

of similars without homoeopathic

medicines.

ROBINSON, Kari, MD

(JAIH,Vol.82,No. 2/89)

11. Stopping drug therapy,

LEE, Felicity (The Homoeopath,

Vol.6,No.1/86)

12. Meningitis,

ADAMS, Peter (The Homoeopath,

Vol.6, No.1/86)

13. The Weihe Points,

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URQUHART,Ian (The Homoeopath,

Vol.6,No.1/86)

14. Homoeopathy at altitude.

THOMOS, Emelyn, (The Homoeopath,

Vol.6, No.1/86)

15. Indian oddities: a Traveller’s Tale,

TRUHERZ, Francis, (The

Homoeopath, Vol.6, No.1/86)

16. Sciatica: A Case Study and

Different,

KIPNIS, Sheryl, ND (Resonance, Mar-

Apr/89)

17. Viscum album (ISCADOR),

KASAD, K.N, MBBS, MF Hom

(Lond)

CCRH Qly. Bulletin, Vol/10 (3&4)/88)

18. Homoeopathy influences modern

trends in management of colo-rectal

malignancies,

PAREEK, Alok, B.S .,DHMS, PGR

(CCRH Qly. Bulletin, Vol.

10,(3&4)88)

III.Phillosophy:

1.Experimental proofs of Action of the

Homoeopathic Single Remedy,

KRETSCHMER, M.,HARISCH, G.

(AHZ, Band 234, Heft 3/89)

2. On a quotation of HERING,

KLUNKER,W. (ZKH.Band 33, Heft

2/89)

3. The application of Medicine by

Offaction by HAHNEMANN and

BOENNINGHAUSEN,

WALDECKER, A. (ZKH, Band 33,

Heft 3/89)

4. Local and General Sensations,

KELLER, G. v. (ZKH, Band 33, Heft

3/89)

5.How to use the repertory,

GUNAWANTE, S. M. (JAIH,

Vol.82,No2/89)

6. A possible mechanism of

homoeopathic prophylazis,

GOLDEN, Isaac (JAIH, Vol.82,

No.2/89)

7. Potentization and the peripheral

forces of nature,

ADAMS, George, M.A. (Cantab)

(BHJ, Vol.78,No.2/89)

8.Choice o potency in homoeopathic

prescribing,

VOEGELI,Adolf, M.D. (

BHJ,Vol.78,No.2/89)

9. The Similar Medicine,

COULTER, Harris (The

Hahnemannian, June 89)

10. On Generais and Particulars,

SANKARAN, Rajan (The

Homoeopath, Vol.6, No. 1/86)

11. One Comp,

TYLER, Margaret, (The Homoeopath,

Vol.6,No.2/86)

12. The Second Prescription,

KELLER, G.V.(The Homoeopath,

Vol.6,No.2/86)

13. Is Cancer Incurable?

CROTHERS, Dean, M.D.(Resonance,

Mar-Apr/89)

IV. Verifications:

1. Errors in KENT’s Repertory, Part7:

Chimaphilaumbellata and china

officinalis.

EPPENICH,H.(ZKH. Band 33,

Heft2/89)

2. Errors in KENT’s

Repertory,Part8:Zincum and Zingiber,

EPPENICH, H. (ZKH.Band 33,

Heft2/89)

V. Research:

1. Chronic Poisoning by

Formaldehyde,

QUARTERLY HOMOEPATHIC DIGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

MATTHIESEN, C. (AHZ, Band 234,

Heft 3/89)

2. Causticum: Medicine or a Product

of Fantasy,

GRIMM, A. (ZKH, Band 33, Heft

2/89)

3. Report on the status of research on

homoeopathy with recommendations

for future research,

RUBIK, Beverley, PH.D,

(BHJ,Vol.78,No.2/89)

4. Elevation of serum globulin levels in

Chelidonium majus 6c provers,

VAKIL, A.E.VAKIL,

Y.E.,NANABHAI, A.S.

(bhj,Vol.78,NO.2/89)

5. Biologic properties of Iscador: a

Viscum album preparation,

RENTEA, Razvan, MD.,LYON,

Edward, MD, and

HUNTER, Robert, MD. (CCRH Qly

Bullein, Vol.10,(3&4)/88)

6. Concept of homoeopathic research

and some of its practical hints,

PRAMANIK, M.S.(CCRH Qly.

Bulletin, Vol.10, (3&4)/88)

7. Action of homoeopathic medicines:

a physicist’s view,

PARANJPE, A.S. (CCRH Qly.

Bulletin, Vol.10, (3&4)/88)

8. Methodology of research in

homoeopathy with special emphasis

regarding the effect of homoeopathic

medicine upon plant chromosome,

CHAKRAVARTHI, B.N.,B.Sc.,

DMS(hom)etc.

(CCRH Qly.Bulletin, Vol.10(3&4)/88)

VI. History:

1. HAHNEMANN and the writers,

SAUERBERK, K.O.(AHZ, Band 234,

Heft 2/89)

2. Bibliography of HAHNEMANN’S

Writings,

SCHMEER, E.H. (AHZ, Band 234,

Heft3/89)

3. History of medicine, Trascription

from HAHNEMANN letters (1),

GENNEPER,T. (AHZ, Band 234, Heft

2/89)

4. Rediscovered: a basic manuscript of

HAHNEMANN, KAISER, D. (ZKH,

Band 33, Heft3/89)

5. Publication of

BOENNINGHAUSEN’S writings,

KUNZLI von FIMMELSBERG (ZKH,

Band 33, heft 3/89)

6. A brief history of potentizing

machines,

WINSTON, Julian (BHJ, Vol.78,

No.2/89)

7. Twenty years ago,

PRATT, Noel, MRCS, LRCP, FF

Hom. (BHJ,Vol. 78,No. 2/89)

8. The Foundation of Homoeopathic

Literature, Part II

WINSTON, Julian (The

Hahnemannian, June 1989)

9. Homoeopathy in Canada,

KLEIN, Louis (The Homoeopath, Vol.

6,No.1/86)

VII. General:

1. On the search of symptoms with the

help of Computer,

KELLER, G.V. (AHZ,Band 234, Heft

2/89)

2. Homoeopathy in the Family,

PFEIFFER, H. (AHZ, Band 234, Heft

3/89)

3. Cholesterol Confusion,

GABY, Alan R.,MD.(JAIH,

Vol.82,No.2/89)

5. the man who fell out of bed,

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SACKS,Oliver, (The Homoeopath,

Vol.6,No.2/86)

6. Pinkroot conversion,

WINSTON, Julian (Resonance May-

June/89)

7. Mortar and Pestle.

BORNEMANN, P.Jay (Resonance,

May-June/89)

VIII Reports:

1.Annual Day 1989 of the Central

Union of Homoeopathic Physicians of

Germany, Official Report (AHZ,Band

234, Heft2/89)

2. Report on the second meeting of the

Working Group of Homoeopathic

History on 5-6 Nov. 1988 in the

Institute of History of medicine,

Report-Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart,

(ZKH,Band 33, Heft 2/89)

3. Blackie Foundation Trust

Symposium and Blackie Memorial

Lecture-Bristol Student’s Day

EEC initiative on Homoeopathy-

Hufeland society discusses Natural

Medicine in the EEC

Avisitor’s view on homoeopathy in

Leningrad, USSR

(BHJ,Vol.78,No.2/89)

4. Clinica Homoeopathica of Oxaca-A

major homoeopathic teaching center in

Mexico,

JACONS, Jennifer, MD. (Resoonance,

Mar-Apr/89)

IX. Veterinary Homoeopathy:

1. Protecting the cat from the most

common diseases,

PITCAIRN, Richard,

DVM(Resonsnce, May-Jun/89)

X. Seminars/Conferences:

1. AIDS update,

CROTHERS, Dean, MD(Resonance

Mar-Apr/89)

XI. Others:

1. Cancer immunology,

KASAD, K.N., MBBS, MF Hom (Lon)

(CCRH Qly. Bulletin, Vol.10

(3&4)/88)

Vol. VII.

PART II ABSTRACTS / SUMMARIES /

CONDENSATIONS/FULL ARTICLES

Review Article

[Both carkiologists

and psychiatrists have

observed that the

onset of myocardial

infarction is often

preceded by feelings

of decreasing energy,

general malaise, and

minor depression.

This paper describes

these observations and tries to integrate

the findings. It is proposed that the

mental state preceding myocardial

infarction can be best described as

‘vital exhaustion’.]

The recognition of an impending

heart attack is one of the major

diagnostic challenges to medicine.

Both cardiologists and psychiatrists

have therefore investigated the

premonitory or prodromal symptoms of

myocardial infarction and sudden

death. However, few attempts have

been made to integrate the observations

made by the two disciplines.

Cardiological studies suggest that

the premonitory symptoms of

myocardial infarction and sudden

cardiac death are divisible into three

major categories: chest pain, dyspnoea,

and fatigue. Estimates of the

prevalence of these symptoms are

rather crude because it has not uet been

established want questions should be

asked or what kind of feelings should

be grouped into one or more

categories. The labels used in most

cardiological studies are ‘excess

MENTAL

PRECURSORS

OF

MYOCARDIAL

INFARCTION

APPELS, A.

British Journal of

Psychiatry,(1990)

156

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fatigue’, ‘general malaise’, and ‘lack of

energy’. The estimated prevalence

ranges from30% to 60% and is equal to

or greater than the prevalence of any

other premonitory symptom (Stoers &

Short, 1970;Rome, 1973;Alonzo etal,

1975;Fenleib et al,1975;Kuller, 1978;

Rissanen at al, 1978; Fraser, 1978;

Klaeboe et al;1987).

Psychiatrists who looked into the

mental state of coronary patients

observed similar symptoms. Their

descriptions contain many similar

elements, but they use different terms,

such as “hidden withdrawal and

masked depression” (Fischer et al,

1964), “ a combination of depression

and arousal affects” (Greene et al,

1972), “pseudoneurasthenic

syndrome”(Poizien & Walfer,1971),

and “emotional drain” (Bruhn et al,

1968). Most cardiologists avoid further

interpretation of excess fatigue.Some

authors suggest that it is a side-effect

of medication or reflects subclinical

levels of atherosclerosis. Some

psychiatrists are inclined to interpret

this state as a breakdown of defence

mechanisms before the onset of

myocardial infarction. Others explain

the depressive symptoms as a reaction

to the life-threatening event or as a

‘home-going’ depression (Billing et al,

1980; Hacket, 1985).

Because of the retrospective nature

of these studies, a number of questions

remain unanswered. Which feelings

exactly precede myocardial infarction?

How long had these feelings existed?

What is their origin? Prospective

studies of feelings are called for,

controlling the classic risk factors. Two

such studies are considered;thereafter

the remaining questions are discussed.

Quantitative studies of mental

precursors to coronary heart

disease:

The first prospective psychiatric

study of the mental precursors to

myocardial infarction was published by

Crisp et al (1984). The Database of this

study was formed by patients, aged 40-

65, who were registered with a group

general practice in south-west England.

This group was screened in 1969,

1971, and 1973. Nearly all subjects

completed the Crown-Crisp Experintial

Index (CCE) on each occasion. During

the five-year observation period, 26

men were admitted to hospital with a

confirmed diagnosis of severe

myocardial infarction. Their scores on

the CCEI were compared with those of

the remainder of the male study

population.

Future coronary patients were

found to have significantly more

somatic experiences (especially of

sweating, heart flutter, and loss of

libldo) and were significantly more

depressed (In particular, feeling sad).

Differences between the groups were

sought in their scores on the individual

items on the CCEI and in a

discriminant analysis seeking a linear

combination of the variables that

discriminate most between individuals

destined and those not destined for

early infarction. A set of 12 items was

found that reflected a states of sadness,

coupled with loss of libido and

exhaustion. These results should be

interpreted cautiously, because change

fluctuations may strongly influence the

results of discriminant analysis

(Thompson, 1984). No attempt was

made to control for confounding

factors or for a time dependent

association.

In a new analysis of the same

database, Haines et at (1987) observed

that the scales ‘obsessional neurosis’,

‘depression’, and ‘hysteria’ were

predictive of all cases o f ischaemic

heart disease. However, these scales

lost their predictive power when they

were controlled for phobic anxiety.

This rather surprising result, surprising

because an association between phobic

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anxiety and coronary heart disease had

never been mentioned before in the

literature, may indicate that only those

symptoms of depression, which are

also experienced by phobics, are

predictive of myocardial infarction.

The second prospective study of

the mental precursors of coronary heart

disease was conducted by Appels &

Mulder(1988). This study was done

among 3877 male civil sevants of the

city of Rotterdam (the Rotterdam Civil

Servants Study (RCSS)). The cohort

was screened for cardiovascular risk

factors between 1979 and 1980 and

was followed up for an average of 4.2

years. During the screening, all

subjects completed a questionnaire

asking about different manifestations

of exhaustion, emotional drain,

irritation, depression, and sleep

problems. This questionnaire, called

the Maastricht Questionnaire (MQ),

was composed of two parts: Form A,

consisting of 37 items, developed in an

earlier study; and 21 additional

questions, derived from clinical

interviews. it was hypothesized that

future cases of muocardial infarction

would have elevated scores on Form A

of the MQ at screening. Furthmore it

was expected that an exploration of the

prodictive power of the added set of

questions would reveals some risk

indicatiors not yet included in Form A

of the MQ.

Among those free of past or present

coronary heart disease at the time of

screening, there were 59 subjects who

experienced myocardial infarction

during the follow-up. Form A of the

MQ was found to be significantly

associated with an increased risk of

future myocardial infarction when

controlling for age, smoking,

cholesterol, and blood pressure. An

analysis of the observed association

against length of time interval showed

a strong decrease in the relative risk of

events occurring during the first,

second, third, or fourth year of the

follow-up. The age-adjusted relative

risk associated with a score above the

median of the MQ was found to be

10.05 in the first year of the follow-up,

while fisks for the following years

were 2.23, 3.04, and 0.68, respectively

(relative risk is defined as the ratio of

the proportion of respondents

experiencing myocardial infarction to

that of those who did not). These data

indicate that exhaustion is a strong

short-term risk factor risk factor

Appels &Mulder, 1988).

Separate analyses of each single

item showed that 24 of the 57 items

were predictive of future myocardial

infarction when adjusted for age:

often tired

have trouble falling asleep

often wakeup during the night

feel weak

feel as though I am not

accomplishing much

gave difficulties coping with

everyday problems

believe to have come to a ‘dead

end’

feel listless

sexual interest lessened

feel hopeless

have difficulty in grasping a new

problem

easily irritated

wanted to give up trying

feel fine(no)

body is lide a battery that is losing

its power

want to be dead at times

just don’t have what it takes

anymore

feel dejected

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feel like crying

wake up exhausted

have difficulty in concentrating

have strange bodily sensations

shrink from regular work

have spells of shaking and

tremhling all over

The item analysis was completed

by an analysis of the age-adjusted

relative risk for each year of the

follow-up. Most of these 24 items were

found to have quite stable relative

risks, averaging around 2.00. However,

some items had remarkably decreasing

risk rations (TableI). These items

reflect a loss of vitality and strong

feelings of irritation or demoralization.

If DSM-III criteria were applied to the

set of predictive items listed above, it

should probably be concluded that the

RCSS has provided some evidence that

the onset of myocardial infarction is

preceded by depressive feelings. This

corresponds with the findings of the

other studies, which observed that

especially patients dying of myocardial

infarction passed through one or more

perids of distress, exhaustion, or

depression in their lives (Sheklle &

Ostfeld, 1965; Brozek et at, 1966;

Paffenbarger et al, 1966; Lebowitz et

al, 1967; Greene et al, 1972; Klatsky et

al,1976; Talbot, 1977; Lloyd &

Cawley, 1983; Murphy et al, 1988).

TABLE I

Age-adjusted relative risk of

myocardial infarction associated with

five mental complaints during four

years of follow-up:

Items

Year of follow-up

1 2 3 4

Not accomplishing

much

4.53** 2.80** 1.89* 1.37

Easily irritated 5.88** 1.90* 1.53 1.40

Want to be dead 7.65** 4.32** 3.60** 2.90**

Strange bodily

sensations

3.30** 1.04 0.91 1.04

Shrink from work 3.01** 1.49 1.39 1.33

*P 0.05, **P0.01.

Data from the RCSS (Appels &

Mulder, 1988).

A statement like “depression

increases the risk of myocardial

infarction” would be a parsimonious

formulation for summarizing the crude.

Important elements of the mental

precursors of myocardial infarction

might go unnoticed or could be

misinterpreted if the most economical

formulation is chosen.

The set of predictive items includes

some known characteristics of

depression, such as a sad, apathetic

mood, loss of sleep and sexual desire,

fatigue, and tiredness. Two other major

elements of depression, a negative self-

concept and feelings of guilt, do not

belong to the precursors of myocardial

infarction. None of the items about

lowered self-esteem or feelings of guilt

were found to be predictive in the

RCSS. Self-reproach is rare among

coronary victims. Typically, coronary

patients blame others for the

occurrence of negative events (Byrne,

1980).

The item with the strongest

predictive power in the RCSS was ‘Do

you want to be dead at times?’ When

we formulated this item, we believed

that it related to depression; in fact

discussions with coronary patients who

had endorsed that item showed that a

positive answer was often chosen to

express very strong feeling of

annoyance or irritation. Increased

irritability is a major component of the

precursors of myocardial infarction.

Next to symptoms of lack of energy

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(such as decreased participation in

social activities like birthdays or

celebrations), increased irritability is

often mentioned by relatives of

coronary victims when asked which

behavioral changes they noticed in the

months preceding the coronary event.

Because lowered self-esteem and

feelings of guilt are not among the

precursors of myocardial infarction,

and in order to fit the description of

this state into the description given by

cardiologists, we have chosen the label

‘vital exhaustion’ for describing the

construct measured by the MQ. Labels

should communicate something, and

this label fits well into the self-

descriptions of coronary patients, who

seldom use words like ‘sad’ or

‘depressed’ to describe their condition,

but often prefer metaphors like ‘my

battery lost its power’ or ‘the well was

drying up’.

The origins of vital exhaustion:

Cardiological views: Many patients

feel much better and lose their feelings

of fatigue after bypass surgery or

angioplasty. Therefore, many

cardiologists are inclined to attribute

the feeling of tiredness to the impaired

oxygen supply to the myocardium or to

side-effects of medication, especially

diuretics and beta-blockers. Few, if

any, cardiological studies have directly

addressed the question of the origin of

excessive tiredness before myocardial

infarction.

Freeman & Nixon (1987) observed

an association between some

symptoms of exhaustion (especially

‘waking up unrefreshed from sleep’

and ‘poor energy levels’) and the

number of symptomatic episodes of

ischaemia during ambulatory

monitoring. These authors note:

‘Even the shorter periods of

ischaemia which do nto cause

infarction are still highly undesirable,

because they can impair myocellular

function and cause what Branuwald

has termed the stunned myocardium.

This depresses left ventricular

functions and may be the main reason

why many patients report a poor

energy level when due inquiring is

made.”

This finding is important. However, the

observed association can be explained

in two ways; ischaemic periods cause

poor energy levels or vice versa.

Sleep problems form part of the

syndrome of vital exhaustion, and may

be understood as a cause, an effect, or

as a reinforcing element. Sleep

problems and sleep apnoea have been

reported as a risk factor for coronary

heart disease by several authors

(Siegrist, 1987). sleep apnoea has a

prevalence of 5-15% in middle-aged

male populations. It facilitates the

development of arterial hypertension

and of left ventricular hypertrophy

independent of volume load. Sleep

apnoea increases the vulnerability of

the myocardium to ischaemic attacks

and, subsequently, to angina and acute

myocardial infarction. It is therefore

possibly a confounding factor in the

association between vital exhaustion

and future coronary heart disease.

Given this possibility and the

possibility that early unrecognized

ischaemia may result in poor energy

levels, there is no suggestion that vital

exhaustion is a cause of coronary heart

disease.

Pschodynamic views: One of the

earliest psychiatric studies of the

personality characteristics of

myocardial infarction patients was

conducted by Kemple (1945). His

description is quoted at some length

because it contains many elements that

have been studied during the past two

decades.

“The subject is extremely ambitious, he

generalizes compulsively, has good

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organizing ability. He is active and

aggressive but productivity is

inhibited by anxiety. Inner

creativity is extremely limited, the

inner life being dominated by

infantile instinctive drives. Strong

hostile aggressive impulses

associated particularly with sex

arouse feelings of guilt and of inner

tension as he attempts to repress

them. Emotional responses to the

outer world are limited and when

given are violent, uncontrolled and

diffuse. he lacks subtle adaptive

responses, and sensitivity to

nuances in his environment. Moods

and feelings are not stable,

however, He is highly reactive,

displaying infantile aggressiveness,

oral dependence, guilt, depression

and anxiety regarding his

adjustment… (He) strives

compulsively to achieve goals

incorporating power and prestige.

Limitation of the introversive

experiences of creative thought and

imaginative reflection increases the

dependence upon achievements in

the external world for satisfaction

and security… although they try to

keep their strong aggressive

impulses under control, they

manage to justify to themselves a

good deal of outwardly expressed

hostility.”

Kemple’s description influenced

Friedman in his description of the

aggressive, ambitious, and impatient

‘type A’. Friedman et al (1987)

speculated that persistent struggle

resulted in a chronic state of

hyperarousal, both physiological and

behavioural, which manifested itself in

the way in which individuals acted

(e.g. rapid, abrupt speech), what they

said (e.g. perceiving others as

challenging their control of situations),

Furthermore, he reasoned that

underlying such behaviours was a basic

profound feeling of insecurity, a

pervasive doubt about the level of their

value in certain contexts, such as at

home or at work. This insecurity

seemed to be linked to a fear that the

person was not genuinely respected

and admired by others, and heightened

arousal was associated with a constant

striving to seek the symbols of

recognition was reward as a way of

allaying what appeared to be basic

fears of inadequacy and insecurity.

Hence, the type-A behaviour pattern

served to diminish feelings of

insecurity or self-doubt and was

strongly reinforcing (Thoresen et al,

1985).

The type-A behaviour pattern has

been found to double the risk of

myocardial infarction, while attempts

to change this behaviour pattern have

resulted in a decreased risk of recurrent

myocardial infarction (Rosenman etal,

1976; Friedman et al, 1987). The

predictive power of the type-A

behaviour pattern was confirmed in the

Framingham study and in numerous

case-control studies (Haynes &

Feinleib, 1982; Matthews & Haynes,

1986). However a prospective study,

which used a structured interview to

assess type-A behaviour, could not

replicate the original findings (Shekelle

et al, 1985). Furthermore, Ragland &

Brand (1988) observed that type-A

behaviour is inversely related to

survival after myocardial infarction.

It is hard to integrate the old

findings with the recent ones. Any

attempt to do so would be beyond the

scope of this paper. Suffice it to say

that in recent years several scientists

have directed their attention to one of

the behavioural components leading to

susceptibility to coronary problems

mentioned by Kemple, namely

hostility. This factor was found to be

the strongest predictive component of

type-A behaviour in the Western

Collaboration Group Study and was

also found to be associated with future

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coronary heart disease in other studies.

(Matthews et al, 1977; Shekelle et al,

1983).

Limitation of creative thought and

imaginative reflection was found to be

predictive of future coronary heart

disease in a study by Bonami & Rime

(1972). They observed that future

coronary patients responses to Van

Lennep’s four-picture test were less

rich in fantasy and imagination, and

reflected more ambivalent conflicts in

relations with other males than the

responses of a control group who

remained free of coronary heart disease

during a ten-year follow-up. High

reactivity is now mainly studied by

psychophysiologists who assume that

‘hyperactivity’ forms the link between

type-A behaviour and coronary heart

disease (Matthews & Hynes, 1986).

Other elements of Kemple’s

description, such as the lack of subtle

adaptive responses, deserve detailed

investigation, but this has yet to be

carried out.

Arlow (1945) interpreted coronary

patients’ compulsive striving as a result

of an unsuccessful identification with

their father. According to Arlow the

usual story of the patient with coronary

artery disease is that of a stubborn,

self-willed child who enters a

competitive relationship with a much-

feared and envied parent at an early

age. The conflict is then repressed and

identification with the parent takes

place. Through working hard, self-

discipline, and compulsive devotion to

the completion of tasks which he

assigns himself, the patient keeps

driving himself to success. However,

he is constantly drawn into new

situations in which he repeatedly

recreates the original competitive

situation, a situation which he attempts

to master by identifying with his

superiors. The adaptive mechanism of

compulsive striving for achievement

and mastery starts to fail in the period

before the onset of myocardial

infarction.

The first quantitative psychiatric

study of the short-term precursors of

myocardial infarction was published by

Hahn (1971), who observed that

coronary patients were significantly

more compulsive, involuntary counters

of trivial things, like houses or trees,

than controls were. He interpreted this

compulsive behaviour as a defence

mechanism directed against a

depressive ambivalence conflict. Upon

decompensation of this defence

through conflicts or stress, the

underlying anxieties and depressive

way of coping with conflicts

manifested themselves. By means of a

questionnaire, Hahn looked into the

ways in which the decompensation was

experienced increasing irrtablilty,

strong mood changes, increasing

sweating, and the general feeling of not

being well (Hahn, 1971).

Psychological views: On the basis of

the type-A theory, Glass (1972)

developed a psychological model in

which type-A individuals, who

suffered from coronary heart disease,

passed a state of frustration and

exhaustion preceding myocardial

infarction:

“If the type A individual concludes

that little can be done to rectify the

situation, we may expect him to

experience more intense feelings of

helplessness than are experienced by a

type Bin similar circumstances. This

prediction is derived from the

assumption that type A’s probably try

harder than type B’s to avoid losing

their jobs when that possibility first

become convinced that nothing can be

done about being fired.

The precise role of initial

hyperresponsiveness and subsequent

hyporesponsiveness (helplessness) in

the development of cardiovascular

pathology remains unclear …. we

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should first determine whether the

interaction of pattern A and

helplessness is indeed prodromal to

clinical coronary heart disease.”

Some evidence supporting the model

of Glass is provide in study by Falger

(1989),who compared 133

neighbourhood controls,matched for

age.This study included an assessment

of vital exhaustion,as experienced in

the months preceding the coronary

events,by the MQ,an assessment of

type-A behaviour by means of a

structured interview,and an interview

about major life events.To test the

hypothesis that exhausted type-A

persons are at increased risk compared

with vital type-Asubjects,Falger

divided cases and controls into vital or

exhausted type A’s and type

B’s.Seventy-five coronary cases (56%)

were classified as exhaysed type-A

persons, compared with 32% of the

hospital controls and 24% of the

neighbourhood controls.These

differences are highly

significant.compared with vital type-B

persons, exhausted type-A persons had

a fivefold greater estimared risk in the

hospital series and an elevenfold

greater estimated risk in the

neighbourhood series.when exhausted

type-A people were compared with

vital type-Apersons,the estimated

related risk was 2.67 in the hospital

series and 5.52 in the neighbourhood

series.

Feelings of vital exhaustion were

found to be poitively associated with a

number of life events or more chronic

aversive conditions,such as ‘serious

conflicts at work with

subordinates’,’serious conflicts at work

with supervisor(s)’,and ‘prolonged

overtime work’;’serious educational

problems with children’,’serious

marital conflicts’,and ‘prolonged

financial problems’.The strongest

association was between vital

exhaustion and ‘prolonged overtime

work’,which discriminated

significantly between cases and

controls, but lost its discriminating

power when vital exhaustion was

controlled for.Thus, overwork is a risk

factor for coronary heart disease when

it leads to exhaustion.This finding also

indicates that feelings of exhaustion are

not only caused by uncontrollable

events or other forms of mental

stress,but may also be caused by more

physical factors like double jobs or too

many working hours,which deprive

people of sufficient time spent

relaxing.

Some unresolved

questions:Falger’s(1989) data suggest

that vital exhaustion results from

distressing experiences or work

overload.such an interpretation of the

origins of vital exhaustion corresponds

with the attribution of the causes of

these feelings by coronary

patients.However, it could also be

argued that negative experiences are

especially distressing to those who

already felt weak and tired.Therefore

the direction of the association between

life events and vital exhaustion still is

unclear.

Little is known about whether vital

exhaustion reflects a more or less

permanent personality feature or a

more transient state of stress.The RCSS

data indicate that vital exhaustion is not

a stable personality characteristic.The

test-retest stability of the MQ was

found to be 0.30 when retesting was

done after four years among a random

subsample of 92 participants. Another

finding of the RCSS indicated that

memories of earlier periods of mental

and physical exhaustion are reactived

before myocardialinfarction. During

the clinical interviews designed for

developing the MQ,many coronary

patients reported that they had been

‘overwrought’ once or several times in

their lives. They reported that their

mental state before admission was

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almost similar to that earlier condition.

For that reason the item ‘Have you

ever been overwrought?’was added to

the MQ.A positive answer was found

to be associated with an increased risk

of myocardial infarction,the age –

adjusted relative risk being 1.81 (95%

CI 1.10-2.99).A positive reply was also

strongly correlated with the predictive

items,suggesting that an earlier period

of breakdown in adaption was

associated with the current condition.

Hardly anything is known about

mechanisms which could explain the

association between vital exhaustion

and coronary heart disease. Van

Doornen (1988) observed that

exhausted subjects reacted to mental

stress with increased levels of

cholesterol and noradrenaline.This

reaction might be especially harmful in

people with a somatic predisposition to

myocardial infarction. We do not

believe that vital exhaustion is a

necessary or a sufficient cause of

coronary heart disease,but we do

believe that this state is like a powerful

wind which may stir up an already

existing fire.

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As convinced homoeopathic

physicians we hold the view

that Homoeopathy has not

got the regards due to it.

If we want

Homoeopathy to make

triumphant progress through

the world, we must then do

our part in bringing up our

Materia medica to such a

state as to attract the

attention of the scientific

world. A basic scientific

requirement

is that the Materia medica is

replenished constantly by provings of

medicines. We must also give clear

information about the source from

which the individual symptoms were

taken into the Materia medica.

If it would be possible to give a

clear and distinct answer regarding the

source of our homoeopathic literature

especially our Materia medica then my

discourse would be superfluous.

Unfortunately this is not the case to a

large extent. Most of these Materia

medica furnish insufficient information

on this point and project proving

symptoms as also clinical indications

haphazardly and at random so that a

differentiation and disentangling is not

at all possible. Physicians who make

use of these works will not at all be

able to discriminate and everything

contained in these Materia medicas

will be considered as standard.

Likewise there is a completely

wrong statement from a large number

of homoeopathic physicians as to how

much of the symptoms in the Materia

medica are founded on the provings

and how much on toxicological

observations and clinical observations.

Every homoeopathy knows, and it

actually is so, that our Materia medica

is based on the provings of remedies

upon healthy persons. Much less is it

known how many numerous elements

in this Materia medica have been taken

from the toxicology and that already

HAHNEMANN had taken in all the

accounts available to him on

poisonings and overdosings. There

are surely many symptoms in the

Materia medicas which contain almost

exclusively these toxicologic

observations and which have not yet

been confirmed by thorough provings

on the healthy.

As a student of HAHNEMANN

one has learnt the value and

significance of the energy of potentized

medicine and perhaps may think that

application of such toxicological

observations in theraeutics is improper.

However, such an attitude is contrary

to practical experience. We actually

have Materia medicas whose sources

are exclusively from observations and

which, as one could imagine, do nto

THE SOURCE

OF THE

SYMPTOMS OF

OUR MATERIA

MEDICA,

Julies MEZGER

‘The Scientific

Structure of

Homoeopathy’

XXII Int,

Congress for

Homoeopathic

medicine,

Salzburg, 1958

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suffer from proverty of characteristic

symptoms and therefore have been

trusted for their practical use; I have

here in mind Plumbum and Secale.

The symptoms of Idoum have been

predominantly drawn by

HAHNEMANN and his followers from

poisonings and overdosages.

It can even be said that a number of

symptoms with grater clarity may be

obtained from toxicological

experiments than in fine toxicologic

experiments by planned medicinal

provings, Organic changes occur from

poisoning and overdosages

particularly; for example emaciation

and weakness as the main features in

Arsenicum and Iodum, the dryness of

mucous membranes in Belladonna, the

soporous state in Opium, the

disposition to gangrene in Arsenicum

and Secale. On the other hand in the

fine toxicological provings the peculiar

symptoms come up. In the poisonings

this does not occur. In the fine

medicinal provings it is entirely in our

hands to show the action as STIEGELE

has shown.

Since the provers do not have

absolutely sound health but produce

certain ailments during the medicinal

provings, it is not at all rarely observed

that in the course of the provings these

ailments are removed, even

permanently, so that we can speak of

curative action by the medicine

proving. Such symptoms, when they

are clearly defined again, will be

equated with direct action of the

proving material. HAHNEMANN has

applied it-and rightly so- already. He

has not also refrained from indicating

these symptoms as curative action.

Further-already in the first decades

of homoeopathy-symptoms which were

relieved in the course of the treatment

by a particular remedy were already

included in the Materia medica. These

were symptoms whose relationship to

the remedy were not known before,

and whose causal connection with the

remedy were determined in this

manner only. These ‘clinical

symptoms’ required that they were

linked rationally to other symptoms

and further that they were established

in the Materia medica without a direct

relationship.

Some caution is called for in

respect of such symptoms which bring

out new symptoms when they are

employed on sick people and all

reckoned as secondary effects. Since

the disease itself may on its own

thrown up new symptoms an error is

possible here. Therefore

HAHNEMANN has (paragraph 142 of

VI Edn. Organon) allowed such

discernment to only “master observers

of high caliber of judgement”. Holding

fast such symptoms and incorporating

them in the Materia medica only in

respect of such diseases which do not

involve unexpected changes in their

course and therefore mostly in many

chronic diseases.

There are five sources from which

our Materia medica has been

composed:

1. Planned provings on healthy persons

with medicines in nontoxic doses.

2. Toxicological observations from

deliberate or accidental poisonings.

3. Symptoms which the medicine

prover was suffering from and which

were removed by the proving

4. New symptoms which appeared

during the therapeutic use of a

medicine.

5. Symptoms which disappeared during

the therapeutic use of a medicine

(clinical symptoms).

In the case of the first three groups

the causal relationship with the

medicine is clearly perceptible,

presumably the observations were

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right. With the groups 4 and 5 definite

relationship of the medicine with the

particular symptom is poor because of

the unassessability of the sick

organism. Nevertheless, as important

knowledge obtained from practical

experience they are not to be discarded.

Since our Materia medica with its

small number of symptoms given by

provers for the most part cannot be

made complete otherwise, the value of

our Materia medica is all the more

enhanced by complementing it with the

specific remedies which were observed

to have cured diseases. Is it not

consistent with the claim of

thoroughness if we desire that these

clinical symptoms are indicated as

such? This has already been made early

and carried out by some authors and

however disregarded by many.

These must be, in my opinion,

complete agreement on one thing:

disease diagnosis does not belong to

our Materia medica. The

homoeopathic process is that the

physician, armed with the knowledge

of a large number of remedy pictures

meets the patient with a diseases state.

Disease diagnosis may be set against

remedy picture but they can in no way

be adopted in the symptom list. How

can both these be lumped into one? Of

course, it may be and should be

explained as to in which diseases the

symptoms of a remedy may recur and

it is important to know in which

diseases a remedy has been proved

effective. It may then be concluded that

the similie is not just only the

superficial symptoms of the organism,

namely the subjective ones, but

includes the deeper pathological

processes of the disease. Further the

symptoms in the Materia medica are –

with reference to the basc pathological

processes – usually ambiguous. But it

must be marked out so with clarity and

such finings should not be mixed up

with the remedy symptoms. A peculiar

problem is that we are obliged to

evaluate the symptoms as they directly

come up in the proving records. These

make the large volume of symptom

series and the further essential

highlighting of the singular and

characteristic symptoms differentiating

with the other remedies are to be made.

When a definite symptom other than

forfuitous ones occurs in a prover it

should essentially belong to the

medicine. And if it especially occurs

frequently it should belong to the

matrix of the medicine. These

symptoms produced by a medicine has

been indicated by HAHNEMANN as

specially reliable. HAHNEMANN has

also clearly recognized the statistical

valuation (para 154 – Organon, VI

Edn.)

It has been learnt much early to

pick out symptoms which are singular

and peculiar and not met with in any

other medicine and which clearly

differentiates one medicine from

another. Similarly we have already

learnt how to attach value to the

symptoms of the patient as

recommended by HAHNEMANN and

not the symptoms typical of a disease

which arise always with certain

regularity but to bear in mind for the

choice of the remedy only the peculiar

symptoms which indicate the particular

case (paragraph 153, Organon, VI Ed.)

The symptoms which are peculiar

to the remedy can indeed be many as

for example the amel. from continued

motion of Rhus tox; they may appear

only once or only on a solitary

occasion. These are, for example, the

amel, from bending backwards which

appears only twice among the 2544

symptoms in ALLEN, or the haughty

character of Platina, which appeared

only twice, perhaps both in the same

prover even. The same holds good with

regard to the thirstlessness of

Pulsatilla which appeared only thrice

(once simply thirstlessness and twice

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“thirstlessness with sensation of heat”)

as against which the sensation of

absolute thirst under which thirst for

beer and alcoholic drinks have been

referred to nine times. When such

symptoms have been produced only

once in the medicine provings, the

possibility of other influences which

could have aroused these symptoms

should be considered. Those of you

who have conducted medicinal

provings and evaluated the results

know the danger of fortuitous

infections clouding the provings or that

the symptoms which the prover

otherwise normally had in him was

now reckoned as a proving symptom-to

cite only two major sources of error. If

such symptoms which were observed

only once, have, however, been

verified in practice then there should be

no objection to emphasize these

symptoms as valuable and

characteristic and indeed as key

symptoms. it is wrong, however that

for the sake of these symptoms an

anamolous functional disorder

particularly when it is observed

frequently, like in the case of feeling of

thirst of Pulsatilla, is discarded as is

the case with most of the Materia

medicas.

Similarly wrong is it when the

haughty character of Platina is

emphasized and the silent depression

or weepy melancholy or the feeling of

being abandoned which decidedly

frequently occur and in my view, is

important for therapeutic use, are

completely missing.

Especially difficult are the psychic

symptoms. It is often stressed rightly

that they are especially adapted to strik

a good choice of remedy. Nothing is to

be said against it, the experienced

therapist can corroborate this. But what

should be said against it is, for example

the medicine proving of Sepia unfolds

before us an entire stretch of psychic

symptoms; but exactly that one

symptom which is particularly of value

for choice of Sepia, namely the

indifference to one’s own family and

against the otherwise favorite

occupation does not appear in any way

in this precise form. Indifference has

been referred to only under other

mental symptoms, just as met with in

many other medicines which arouse a

mental depression, but without any

particular stress and characterization.

The same can be cited about

Pulsatilla; here one searches in vain

for the weepy depression and the

disposition of need for consolation.

The weepiness of Pulsatilla is found

with a sullen, discontented mood, a

quite different kind of depression.

One must be happy if a psychic

symptom like the jealousy of Lachesis

was observed twice. In this there is a

state of mistrust, so that the feeling

arises as if everyone would offend him

and an ill will is at the bottom of

everything. In a (male) prover even

such a condition as “of a mad jealousy,

so foolish and overpowering”, has been

mentioned. And the loquacity has been

mentioned more than once in Lachesis.

On the whole it can be said that the

frequency of psychic symptoms

obtained from provings cannot be

statistically validated as well as the

somatic symptoms. This is because of

the diversity of psychic symptoms

which can possibly arise as against the

physical symptoms. The question now

arises whether we can have at least one

prover who is predisposed to reflect the

medicina power of the proving stuff in

all its fineness. It can, however, easily

be and not seldom emt with, that we do

not, amongst the provers, have one

person who can befit this in a complete

manner and disposition to bring out

fully such a sharply defined psychic

constitution like the typical Pulsatilla

or Sepia. It can therefore be explained

that much of the psychi symptoms

considered valuable for remedy choice

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decisively are known as clinical

symptoms.

For characterization of our

medicine in psychic respect we have to

rely upon single observations in the

provings and observations upon the

sick. To make matters worse, in the

latter provings the psychic symptoms

were substantially poorer than from

HAHNEMANN and his students. Is it

indeed because many provers are

accustomed to assume a psychic cause

related to the psychic alteration and

exclude perhaps not consciously – the

proving medicine as the cause, so that a

psychic symptom is not at all

registered? In the days of scientific era

following HAHNEMANN such a view

was more frequent than by

HAHNEMANN who had lived with

the awareness of the indivisibility of

body and soul.

One can also rightly say that such a

striking symptom like the jealousy of

Lachesis or the pride of Platina is

sufficiently substantiated if it appears

even only once. It, however, is

different if the anxiety is featured as

characteristic which is a symptom of

general nature and observed in many

remedies. The same in the case of

Anger, Excitability, Depression or

Melancholy, Because of their

appearances more often they are least

suited to be differentiated if they are

not emphasized by rigorous proving.

In future it should be demanded

that every Materia medica puts foreard

a claim for completeness and integrity,

a clear demarcation between symptoms

which arise from the medicine

provings and toxicological

observations and the symptoms

observed upon the sick in the course of

the therapy.

It is self evident that the disease

diagnosis is to be excluded from the

Materia medicas. The accountability of

derivation of a symptom must be

demanded. A childish faith against

such a good work is out of place and

cannot befit a scientific attitude.

Homoeopathic physicians have

worked out repertories. But since the

separation of symptoms in the

repertories are not thoroughly

enforced, perhaps due to technical

reasons it cannot be thorough, it may

be clear that by this working method

the ignorance about the origin of the

symptoms is furthered and false

presentations are aroused.

Repertorisation is to be viewed as a

logical sequence in work according to

homoeopathic principle but the

requirement of scientificity should, in

my opinion, not suffer thereby. For

example the otherwise valuable

KENT’s Repertory has nowhere the

indication as to the sources from which

the symptoms have been drawn. Only

by laborious verifications with the

provings can it be said-toexclude- with

certainty that much of the highest grade

remedies therein are of clinical origin.

The action for purifying our Materia

medica began even as early as during

HAHNEMANN’s time. JAHR had, for

example, in his early work mixed up

proving symptoms with clinical

symptoms but later on realizing his

mistake indicated in his later work the

clinical symptoms separately so.

similarly he has categorically said that

disease diagnosis should be absolutely

excluded. Our times demand the same,

anew, now. Will we be right in doing

so? It will certainly do no harm but on

the contrary only be gain for

Homoeopathy.

Introduction: From the

beginning of

homoeopathic practice,

the first obstacle the

physician encounters is

the impossibility of

applying knowledge

acquired in Materia

medica to each specific

clinical case.

HOW TO

STUDY

MATERIA

MEDICA,

Eugenio

CANDEGABE

The Homoeopath,

Vol.9, No.1, 1989

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What actually happens is that

studying each medicine according to

allopathic clinical criteria learnt at the

orthdox school of medicine, each

pathogenesis in pure Materia medica,

and even in known clinical Materia

medica, produces a profuse catalogue

of symptoms which it is impossible to

remember or learn by heart and much

less to understand in essence.

This is the reason why the

fundamental condition for undertaking

the study of Materia medica is that of

being clearly informed of the

fundamental concepts of the doctrine.

Concepts of Pathogenesis: Pathogenic

illness is no more than the surfacing of

a symptomatology latent in a human

being, caused by a medicine to which a

certain person is particularly sensitive,

which implies an individual, personal

manner of falling ill,conditioned by a

dynamic pathological constitutional

disposition.

The detailed study of the Organon

reveals this fact to us: though in

aphorisms 32 and 33 HAHNEMANN

states that the medicine administered in

the pathogenesis “at any time and in

any circumstance” had an absolute and

unrestricted power to modify the

physiological balance of a healthy

person, in 36 he adds that “no medicine

proved in a person can show in one and

the same subject all the subjective and

functional alterations which it is

capable of evincing in other subject

having a different constitution and

temperament” and “although the

symptoms made manifest depend on

the medicinal substance used, it is

necessary for the subject to have a

special pre-disposition to make such

symptoms appear”.

This is the only reason

symptomatology revealed in

pathogeneses is curiously similat to

individual symptoms preceding and

accompanying illness. Homoeopathy is

possible precisely thanks to this

similarity, which thus reveals the

universal harmony existing between a

human being, his natural illness, and its

medicine or pathogenic illness.

KENT:KENT in his fourth lecture

states: “A physician is supposed to be

an expert in an illness as a result of

having seen the symptoms of many

different cases and, therefore, he is in a

position to call forth the image of the

illness. When he is perfectly familiar

with the image of those illnesses of the

human race, he will be in a position to

study the Materia medica and all the

imitations of the miasms found in the

medicines. There is no miasm in the

human race which does not have its

own imitation in a medicine. The

animal kingdom contains within itself

the image of illnesses and the plant and

mineral kingdoms likewise, and if man

were familiar with the substances of

these three kingdoms, he could treat

the entire human race”.

That is to say that for KENT it is

not sufficient to know the medicines

even in their simallest detail; it is

necessary to be familiar with humanity,

in the deepest interior, that is, in the

affective and emotional values, there

where the most exquisite individuality

resides, and only then will it be

possible to recognize in the

pathogeneses the sick person. Because,

for KENT,“Science is knowledge. The

application of knowledge is the Art”.

The patho-biography: In spite of the

organic roots of our medical genesis,

any homoeopath must be now far from

considering illness purely as a material

process of organic alteration. The

integration of this ‘illness’ in its

anatomo-clinical aspect in the patient

as a person enables us to discover the

morbid dynamics underlying the

pathological process. The ‘patho-

biographical’ case history assumes

particular interest as it involves the

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entire psychic, emotional, affective life

of the patient, his cravings, frustrations,

achievements, anxiety to succeed, his

perspectives. His patho-biographical

past is no more than the process of

psycho-physical adaptation of the

individual to his circumstances and

where physiopathological alterations

are no more than the objective

expression and the ultimate result of

such adaptation.

Like many other aphorisms, 153,

seems to be the key to the secret of an

accurate prescription: “the most

noticeable, singular, extraordinary and

peculiar symptoms. Because it is

precisely these symptoms which must

correspond to the very similar

symptoms in the list of the medicine

selected”.

It is important to remember that in the

preface to the Repertory, KENT gives

us precise instruction on its use. These

instructions recommend that “after

having completed the repertorizing, the

resulting medicines must be compared

with the Materia medica to assess

which one our patient seems most

similar to”. This is what

HAHNEMANN had in mind when he

referred to one of the fundamental

premises of the true physician, in his

paragraph3: “ If (a physician) also

knows how to adapt in convenient

manner the most appropriate medicine,

according to its modus operandi, to the

case before him”. And it is quite clear

that the similarity referred to by

KENT, the modus operandi of

HAHNEMANN, lies in the genius of

the medicine which must be

homoeopathically similar to the genius

or psycoho-biological attitude of the

patient. Now, just what is this

similarity between patient and his

remedy or more explicity, what is this

genius of the medicine which,

notwithstanding the many times it is

used, is still not fully understood? The

‘genius’ is the way of being, the way of

the living, the attitude which arises

from a medication at any moment, it is

the vital reactivity of the ideal being

which survives in the medication

confronted by the circumstances in

which each ideal subject in paragraph 5

of the Organon. “The most important

points of the case history of chronic

illness are useful to the physician as

they place him in a capacity in which

he can discover the fundamental cause,

which generally is due to a chronic

miasm. Moral and intellectual

character, occupation, way of living,

etc. must be taken into account”.

The value of symptoms: In other

words, HAHNEMANN and KENT

Inform us – and we fully agree –that

symptoms have no value in themselves

but a mere relative value in that they

make-up a part of the characteristic,

evident, and particular entirety. Like

any vital phenomenon, each symptom

has a meaning, an intention and an aim.

It has meaning, as an expression, a

personal and singular meaning of a

personal experience, the way of being

of a person; an intention-inner tension-

which translates a peculiar mode of

action for the achievement of an aim or

a singular solution to an existential

conflict. But the symptom as a literary

expression of written word in the

repertory, has no more value than a

dead letter unless it stands for the idea

of an attitude, a special mode of living

and acting. It is a grave mistake to

expect the symptom or algebraic sum

of symptoms to be a sufficient and

indispensable condition for a correct

prescription. KENT pointed this out

when in a similar similar situation he

told a disciple: “You have registered a

whole series of symptoms, that is true,

but you do not have a case”. And to

have a case, it is necessary for the

series of symptoms for which a remedy

is chosen to function in the same

manner in which the remedy functions.

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“The sum of all symptoms and

conditions of each individual case of

illness must be the only indication, the

sole guide, to lead us to the selection of

the remedy”, HAHNEMANN stated in

paragraph 18.

It is these “conditions of each

individual case” which must prevail in

the selection of the medicine according

to its mode of action, following the

words of HAHNEMANN. This way of

acting, that is, the ‘genius of the

remedy’, is certainly expressed in the

symptoms, but it is above them,

conferring a particular value and

meaning which is different for each

remedy and which is what in the last

instance we must investigate and

understand in each patient individually,

in order to attempt a correct diagnosis.

This fundamental premise, the

genius of the remedy, is the basis of the

clinical contributions of the great

masters of homoeopathy. The reason

for the symptoms is given by the

human being who lives with them. No

doubt this experience gathered on the

innumerable cases of Pulsatilla trated

by the great masters is what has

contributed to the ‘genius’ of

Pulsatilla.

HAHNEMANN confirms this

affirmation in section 122 of paragraph

213 of the Organon: Thus, Aconite

rarely or never produces a quick and

permanent cure when the patient’s

humour is quiet, even-tempered and

smooth, neither does Nux vomica

when the character is soft or

phlegmatic, nor Pulsatilla when it is

happy, gay and obstinate, etc. “In other

words, it is experience, based on

concrete observation, that has allowed

homoeopathic physicians, living

alongside their patients, and ‘feeling as

they do, to become familiar with the

lauded ‘genius of the remedy’.

The minimum symptom of

maximum value: If we leave aside this

dynamic meaning of individual

entirety, it may be dangerous to study a

medicine through the repertory. The

temptation of believing that two

remedies are similar because they have

a practically identical group of

characteristic symptoms can lead us to

confusion. For example, the

resentment, aversion to company and

consolation, anger with moral grief,

affection and constant return to the past

of Natrum muriaticum do not have

the same ‘genius’ as in Lycopodium.

If frustration and consequent repression

constitute the clue to resentment, a

definitive symptom of Natrum

muriaticum, want of sel-confidence

constitutes the essence of the

personality of Lycopodium. Natrum

muriaticum is resentful because he is

not loved, Lycopodium because he is

not taken into consideration. Natrum

muriaticum keeps away from people

out of vengeance, out of spitefulness,

Lycopodium so that his weakness is

not discovered. Natrum muriaticum

feels aggravated by consolation in view

of untimely gratification of the love

asked for and denied. For Lycopodium

consolation is offensive to his pride.

the anger with moral grief of Natrum

muriaticum suffered in silence, like

his pain, explain his emotional

blockage, fixed in the past in constant

ruminating and a song to a long-lost

love; in Lycopodium these three

symptoms reflect the aggression to his

self worship and genuflectory

personality in open competitive battle.

The tone of Natrum muriaticum is

discovered in the bitterness which

abounds in the depth of his vital

attitude; the tone of Lycopodium is

discovered in the shade of impotence

which lies in the depth of his ego and

which makes him cry when prasied.

There is no similarity between the

resentment of Natrum muriaticum

and the resentment of Lycopodium as

neither is there similarity between the

desire for solitude of Natrum

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muriaticum and that of Lycopodium.

We can never state that two remedies

have a similar personality because their

symptoms are similar, just as we could

not say that two paths lead to the same

port only because they cross at some

point.

The minimum symptom with a

maximum value of Calcarea

carbonica for example, ‘fear, apathy

and obstinacy’ assumes a value when

one perceives in such a symptom the

calculating, paused, slow though

process which calcarea uses to solve

his conflict faced by vital frustrations,

as soon as we are in a position to see

that his metaphysical fears are his

answer to the reasoned manipulation of

aggression. Everything in Calcarea

falls under the scrutiny of his thought

process, for there he feels secure and

self-assured; his fears are magical;

solitude, darkness, ghosts, fear

something will happen, fear of the

future and of illness, consequences of

the horror felt of his own aggression

which is projected into the outside

world. Upset by horrible things, bad

news, cruelty, sad stories, he talks only

of criminals, fire and rats.

it is these ‘conditions of the

symptoms which inform us of the

modus operandi of the remedies and

which give the physician a ‘capability

of discovering the fundamental cause,

which is generally due to a chronic

miasm’. this redundancy in paragraphs

3, 5 and 18 protects us from dangerous

abstract speculations regarding

symptoms. “The examination of an

individual case of illness”, says

HAHNEMANN in his paragraph 83,

“merely requires of the physician

absence of prejudice, and perfect

senses, attention paid to observation

and accuracy in tracing the case history

of the illness”. But it is also true, on the

other hand”, paragraph 98 adds, “that

in all illness, especially in those of

chronic nature, the investigation of the

complete and true case, with its

peculiarities, requires special earnest

attention, tact, knowledge of human

nature, caution in completing the

investigation and patience to an

unending degree.” It is this knowledge

of human nature which we must

achieve as we stated at the beginning,

through our own caring personality.

The miasmatic meaning of

symptoms: We referred earlier to the

relative value of symptoms subject to a

considerable extent to the conditions or

modalities under which the symptom

or group of symptoms appear. The

fundamental cause which is discovered

in the patho-biographical case history

of the patient who consults us defines a

singular attitude which determines the

selection of a remedy as close as

possible in its way of acting. This

relative value is conditioned as we

have seen by its meaning, its intention

and its alm. Being the expression of a

vital phenomenon, a symptom is as

variable, dynamic and three-

dimensional as the space in which we

live. If any patient is tri-miasmatic in

substance, the label of psoric, sycotic

or syphilitic merely expresses a certain

vital tendency. The group of symptoms

of a patient will converge on that some

tendency with an equally relative,

dynamic and variable meaning.

Aversion to company in a

Lycopodium patient can be

predominantly psoric when fear of

competition prevails; sycotic when it is

in the means of hiding the weakness in

order to reassure himself of his strength

for the achievement of success; or

decidedly syphilitic when invaded by

weariness of life, total failure or

indifference to everything.

The ‘sympathetic’symptom,

extreme compassion and affection for

others, is predominantly psoric in

Phosphorus as a manifestation of his

love with a universal meaning and

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hypersensitivity to all outside

manifestations. It is psoro-syphilitic in

Nitric acid laden with tremendous

bitterness, vengeance, hate, which does

not admit apologies, with a tremendous

destructive feeling which feeds his

anxiety of con-science. The ulcer with

sharply cut edges with outbreak of

granular tissue structure is a clear

somatic image of this miasmatic

colouring. But above all, the affliction

of Lycopodium for others is sycotic

when his overprotection for others is

laden with a hidden desire for personal

satisfaction and varity.

From a miasmatic point of view, it

is also ‘the idea of a vital activity’, of a

way of living or of acting, the vital life

meaning which is discovered by means

of the patho-biographic case history of

the patient, the meaning of his present

attitude, the search for a particular

achievement. In short, what our patient

wants from life is that which in the last

instance will give meaning and value to

his symptoms, by underlining some,

discarding others, according to whether

or not they point to the idea, meaning,

intention and objective proposed. This

is what makes for the sense of

variability, what breaks all frames of

reference, what qualifies the human

soul or psyche.

It is only in this manner that we

will understand, for example, that

conscientiousness about trifles,

improvement through occupation, and

intolerance to contradiction-symptoms

which seem strictly sycotic –are not

enough to offer us the image of a

remedy. They must be referred to the

fundamental cause, its substantial

genesis, which will qualify its

homoeopathicity according to its

‘mood’, its way of acting. And we will

see in this way that indifference

towards everything will be in the

pseudo-psoric substance of this sycotic

Sepia. Or that the tremendous want of

self confidence, with timidity, fear of

failure, modesty, will offer the

tubercular base of this sycotic Silica or

that hypertrophy of the Id, the

irritability, the anxiety of conscience

with its obsessive ritualistic behaviour

will be the ‘genes’ of the sycosis of

Thuja. And we will understand,

finally, that confronted by the first

three present sycotic symptoms, the

differential diagnosis will be

determined by the patient’s patho-

biographical case history where we

will find the fundamental cause and the

way of acting of the syphilitic

indifference of Sepia, the timidity ad

psoric fear of Silica and the sycotic

emotional perversion of Thuja.

In other words, it is the ides, the

meaning, the intention, the search,

which will give the psoric, syphilitic

nuance to a given case. The psycho-

patho-biographical case history

including hereditary and family

background, previous illnesses,

vaccinations, therapeutic suppressions

etc., will inform us of the miasmatic

predominance in the patient from past

diseases up to the present. But ir will

be, above all, his vital psychological

attitude, his programme and intentions

in life, which will give us the

information we require regarding

prevalence of one or another miasm at

present.

Attending only to the miasmatic

conception, the criteria according to

which a symptom, is in itself psoric,

sycotic or syphilitic without taking into

consideration the entire symptomatic

context, and above all that of human

being suffering from such symptoms, is

what leads to erroneous conc eptions

and, in the last instance, to therapeutic

failures. The secret lies in the fact that

any frame of reference is in itself rigid,

but in application must be elastic,

variable, conditioned to the dynamics

of the symptom, in vital function.

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It is not sufficient, therefore, to

study the symptoms of the miasm in

activity, to ensure a correct diagnosis,

if these symptoms and signs are not

referred to the fundamental caued in

the patho-biographical case history.

Therefore, I believe that the study of

each medicine by means of the pure

Materia medica, of clinical Materia

medica and of repertories according to

an analytic or miasmatic criteria

constitutes frames of reference which

are too rigid and unreal, being

convinced that the more perfect

instrument has its limitations where the

art begins, according to KENT- that is,

grasping the essentials. And the

essentials of a human being, the

paramount work of life, are like life

itself: dynamic, variable, with an

important quota of mystey and wonder.

Materia medica: On a certain

occasion a patient said to me: “I adore

homoeopathy, doctor, because it is the

medicine closest to life. And it I had to

give ‘E.T.’ something as a keepsake of

his stay in this world, I would give him

a book of homoeopathic Materia

medica. because in it all of humanity is

described in its pains, its happiness, its

failures, its ambitions, its anxieties,

illnesses, miseries and qualities; that is

to say the drama and mystery of life

itself”.

Each remedy may be studied as an

ideal being. Symptoms are not

information to be analytically

memorized, but an expression of the

personal and specific manner in which

the ideal personality which is the core

of each remedy suffers existential

anxiety, takes pleasure in achievements

and lives the plentifulness of existence.

But each remedy is not ‘the

being’in itself, but rather each human

being suffers and carries the cross of

his remedy like a sign, like a particular

mode of pathology, and like a mistaken

way of claiming his existential

suffering which prevents him from

achieving the transcendental aims in

life as HAHNEMANN wished in his

paragraph 9.

Will and understanding: KENT

explains in his third lecture o

philosophy that “From a more internal

point of view, Will and Understanding

form a unity inside man secondly the

vital force which is immaterial and

lastly the body which is Material. In

this manner the will directs from the

most intimate part through the vital

force towards the outside, the Material

substance, which is in any and all cells,

directing them. There is no cell which

lacks its own will and understanding,

its soul substance, the vital force, and

its Material substance.”

Therefore, when we study a remedy

we must do so considering that each of

the symptoms which constitute its

pathogenesis, are not isolated,

accidental facts, which must be

memorized but, on the contrary, must

be understood within the indivisible

entirety of that ideal being which they

represent.

KENT continues in his first lecture:

“Therefore, the sole obligation of a

physician is to place the interior

economy in order, that is, Will and

Understanding jointly. “The changes in

the tissues refer to the body and are the

effects of the illness, strictly speaking.

Therefore, when we study a remedy

we must do so as if it were a person,

discovering firstly, through the mental

symptoms, its way of being, and of

acting out its addictions, its feelings, in

short all that which constitutes its

temperament and character, all that I

mentioned earlier as the ‘genius’ of the

remedy. We must study its mental

symptoms, thinking just what they

represent, what they mean for this

individual, understanding the meaning

of a symptom as a function of others,

and under what inter-relation one same

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symptom acquires a different meaning

for each remedy. After this we will

study the general symptoms, those

referred to the individual in his entirety

as a function of the environment. But

we will try to remember only those that

are most noticeable as a result of his

desires and aversions regarding food,

climatic variables, position, hour,

schedule etc. Thirdly we will fix our

attention on localized symptoms, not

only as an expression of the pathology,

which is important, but above all with

its most singular modalities, as these

give the peculiar nature to the

symptom.

The remedy must thus be

considered as the truest imitation of the

illness which disturbs the entire self

and therefore must be studied as a sick

person. Of these three groups of

symptoms, mental symptoms revealing

the disturbance of ‘will and

understanding’ are those most

characteristic of each remedy, and

effectively represent what is most

substantial and effective in the human

being. We must always follow this

order pointed out by KENT in his

prologue to the Repertory: mentals,

generals and particulars.

The first great difficulty a

physician runs into, on starting his

homoeopathic practice, as I have said,

is the incapacity of applying

knowledge acquired in Materia medica

to each particular case. The study of

pathogenesis becomes hard work

which, although it offer us, as a result

of a considerable effort a catalogue of

symptoms which is more or less

complete, is insufficient to allow us to

understand its essence, that is that

which we refer to as the genius of the

remedy.

Nevertheless, after sometime,

orderly and conscientious practice of

repertorizing has revealed to me an

unsuspected volume of information.

Indeed, it is there that one discovers

symptoms of remedies which one was

not aware of before. One finds that

frequently several cover a group of

symptoms; one finds the similarities

and difference in the presence or

absence of other symptoms; In short,

the repertorizing allows us to compare

and perform the diagnosis supported by

sound and accurate knowledge.

In 1963 I had in mind studying

remedies by means of KENT’s

Repertory. Just in an ideal sick person,

the four hundred and sixty symptoms

of Lycopodium appear from A to Z,

appearing necessarily in alphabetical

order. Many of them confirm what is

learnt in Materia medica, some are

absolutely novel and others remind one

of symptoms found in Lycopodium

patients which were not related to the

remedy simply because they did not

appear in the texts within one’s reach.

Nevertheless, thaken into

consideration in isolation, they

extended my knowledge objectively,

but nothing more. Whereas, on

observing thim in full, as delicate notes

of a strange symphony I was able to

perceive the main theme, around which

all the symptoms added up obediently,

in logical sequence. I was then in a

position to understand in its full

breadth, the words of my teacher, when

he states almost literally: “The mental

symptom is an antechamber of the

clinical case history. The individual

attitude reveals the singular solution

given by a human being to the conflict

between the biological psychophysical

wealth and its circumstance. It is here

that mental symptoms acquire greater

relevance, surfacing beyond the

individual’s singular way of handling

himself when confronted with his

psycho-biological and patho-

biographical conflict”

This new, recreated Materia medica

makes possible a comparative study of

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symptoms, inter-relating them with a

true logical and homoeopathic meaning

which offers a clear understanding of

the mental picture of the remedy

instead of difficult, and almost ‘dead’

memorization, with no understanding,

In this way I learnt, as I will repeat

further on, that each symptom has a

meaning, an intention, and a purpose,

but what these suppositions are only

personally experienced when taken in

their entirety and that, from a

homoeopathic point of view, what is

referred to as the attitude or genius of

the remedy is expressed, not by the

symptom, buy by its inter-relational

dynamics.

Conclusion: In this way, for the first

time, the image of the remedy appears

through KENT’s Repertory. In a

second step, in a summary which is no

doubt quite extensive, he tries to

synthesize as much as possible the

symptomatology revealed, to facilitate

its understanding and essential

knowledge. A third stage consists of

the drafting of a frame of reference, an

abstract of abstracts where the

symptoms are coded in numerical form

to express the fundamental dynamics

of the remedy. This stage is the one

which has proved the most difficult

without any doubt, and running the risk

of not innovating and sometimes with a

strict literality verging on plagiarism. I

have been guided by the accurate

concepts of Dr. PASCHERO in works

on the same subject. Lastly, as a forth

stage, I have undertaken the study of

comparative Materia medica which

justifies the title of this work. By

repertorizing, as if dealing with an

ideal sick person, the 30 or 40

symptoms established in the frame of

reference, the remedies make their

appearance, thus allowing a

comparative study. Previously,

however, 5 or 10 symptoms have been

extracted from those 30 or 40

symptoms according to each case, and

have been grouped under the subtitle

Minimum Characteristic Syndrome. I

have initiated the repertorization only

with medicines which cover at least

50% and have set aside the rest. In

some cases, as an exception, I have

included some remedies I have thought

o interest, with a lower percentage than

that established.

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Myrica cerifera and Myristica

sebifera

Myristica (instead of Myrica)

MIND, indifference, business affairs,

to p.54

Myristica: “He is indifferent and

careless about his business….”

(EN.p.445, No. 1)

THROAT, swallowing, difficulty,

saliva, p.468

Myristica: “Difficulty in swallowing

the saliva…”

(EN.p.443, No. 18)

EXTREMITIES, Pain, finger-nails,

p.1061

Myristica: “Pinching pain in the right

calf…”

(EN.p.443, No. 34)

EN: ALLEN, T.F.: The Encyclopaedia

of Pure Materia Medica.

(H. Eppenich, Zeitschrift fur

KLASSISCHE HOMOOPATHIE,

Band. 30, No. 1/1990).

1. REDISCOVERY OF

HOMOEOPATHY-HIT THE RIGHT

Corrections to KENT’s Repertory:

BOOK SHELF

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TARGET Vol. III - (A Group Study of

10 Remedies), by Dr. M.L. SEHGAL,

Indian Books and Periodicals

Syndicate, New Delhi – 110005, pp.30,

price not stated.

This is the third in the series of Dr.

SEHGAL’s “Hit the right target”. The

earlier one was reviewed in the QHD

Vol. V No. 3/88.

Dr. M.L. SEHGAL is the discoverer of

a unique technique for finding the

homoeopathic remedy by using the

MIND section only of the Repertory

Followers of this technique have

spoken very enthusiastically about the

advantages of this technique. Simply

stated, this method takes into

consideration only the EXPRESSIONS

of the patient which come

spontaneously through speech and

actions, whatever he/she/says/ does

during the case taking interview; these

‘expressions’ are converted into

appropriate ‘Mind’ rubrics by inference

mostly. However, these expressions

must be ‘present, persistent and

predominant’, Dr. SEHGAL has

explained how the expressions can be

inferred in actual practice.

In the Study the rubrics ‘SHRIEKING,

Aid, for’ is discussed mainly around

the following ten remedies; Camphor,

Ignatia, Kali carbonicum,

Levomepromazinum, Laurocerasus,

Platina, Hepar sulphuris calcareum,

Rhus toxicodendron, Cantharis,

Stramonium. Certainly the study

illumines and stimulates. Careful study

will be rewarding.

Printing errors persist in these series. In

the cover itself instead of

‘REDISCOVERY OF

HOMOEOPATHY’ it has been

(wrongly) printed ‘DISCOVERY OF’.

Few errors are observed in the

subsequent pages. Under

Laurocerasus the rubric should be

‘ANXIETY, air, in open, amel’.

Similarly “SADNESS, house, driving

out of’. Such errors may be rectified in

the next edition or when perhaps a

combined edition of the series is

brought out. These apart, the booklet

deserves close and attentive study.

II. DENTAL CARIES AND

PYORRHOEA with their

homoeopathic treatment, by Dr. Hari

Singh, Indian Books and Periodicals

Syndicate, New Delhi – 110 005,

pp.94, price not mentioned.

Although the title would indicate that it

deals with only Pyorrhoea and Caries,

there is a good section on the Structure,

effect of deficient nutrition on teeth,

Dentition, also. Etiology, Clinical

management, Preventive measures and

homoeopathic treatment of the

dentalgingival diseases are well

discussed. Illustrations and drawings

also are given.

Each section is rounded up with brief

therapeutics. At the end a Repertory

drawn from KENT and BOERICKE

(limiting to the first and second grade

remedies) is given. A useful Glossary

is also given.

The book will be useful for day-to-day

practice. However, a word about the

photographs: in most of such books

these are in black and white and even

that poorly printed. How can we

understand, unless in color, the

photograph showing ‘hereditary

dentinogensis imperfecta – Hereditary

brown dentine of the mandibular

incisors’? Efforts taken in this regard

would serve the purpose only if given

in colour and on good art paper.

III. COLIBACILLOSIS (B.COLI

INFECTION) AND ITS

HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT,

compiled, translated from the original

French and written by Dr. Rajkumar

MUKHERJI, Indian Books and

Periodicals Syndicate, New Delhi –

110 005, pp. 107, price not stated.

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As the author claims, this seems to be

the only book of its kind in

homoeopathic literature on

Colibacillosis. It is therefore welcome

and would perhaps also help us

understand better the ideas of

PATERSON and BACH regarding

bowel bacteriae and chronic miasms.

The mental symptoms due to the

B.Coli intoxication are described and

then the homoeopathic treatment is

given.

The next chapter deals with treatment

of Colibacilliuria by Dr. KOLLITSCH.

This is followed by a chapter on

therapeutics of Colibacillosis by Dr.

Fortier BERNOVILLE.

There are brief appendices on

therapeutics of Colibacillosis by Dr.

Aversenq, Dr. Lea de Mettos, Dr.

Michael Guermonprez, Dr. Henri

Vannier, Dr. Desmichelle, Dr. Desjars,

Dr. Goiffon, Prof. Chauvin and Prof. J.

Pierro.

Except for 2 or 3 in the appendices all

the articles are from the French

journals of the first half of this

Century, mostly the 1930s.

Nevertheless they are as much relevant

today to recognize symptoms of B.Coli

intoxication and treatment.

Printing erros are numerous. The book

is however, warmly recommended.

It would be proper if the publishers

indicate the prices of these books as

also the year of publication. These, I

believe, are essential information.

- K.S.SRINIVASAN.

QUARTERLY HOMOEPATHIC DIGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

3.

QHD, Vol VII, 3, 1990

Part I Current Literature Listing

A list of some current homoeopathy literature,

subjects wise, is given below. Except the

CCRH Bulletin, viz, the British, American and

German journals, are not readily accessible to

every homoeopath. Some of these articles may

therefore appear later in PART II of this

Quarterly Homoeopathic DIGEST, as

abstract/summary / condensation / full, etc.,

I. MATERIA MEDICA

1. A Causticum case – The symptoms of

Cajetan Nenning WEGENER. A. (AHZ,

Band 234, Heft 4/89)

2. Indifference, COULTER Catherine, R.

(The Hahnemannian, Sep.’89)

3. Advanced study – Arsenicum album.

HUGHES-GAMES, John (BHJ, Vol.78,

No.3/89)

4. Therapeutic abortion induced by

Pulsatilla. ROBINSON, Karl (JAIH,

Vol.82, No.3/89)

5. Teucrium marum verum VAKIL,

Prakash (CCRH Qly. Bulletin. Vol.11,

(1&2)/89)

6. Rhus toxicodendron, a proving? A cure?

DELANEY, Susan R. (Similimum, Vol.1,

No.5/88)

7. Roger MORRISON Seminar. COLIN,

Nancy (Homoeopathy Today, Vol.8, No.8,

’88)

8. One remedy at a time – Belladonnia.

ELMORE, Durr (Reasonance, Vol.11,

No.4, ’88)

9. One remedy at a time Apis mellifica –

honey bee ELMORE, Durr (Resonance,

Vol.11, No.4, ’88)

10. Salicyclic acid in Meniere’s Syndrome

and similar conditions, ROMER, Robert

(The Homoeopath, Vol.7, No.2/87)

11. Helleborus niger, GIBSON, Douglas

(The Homoeopath, Vol.7, No. 2/87)

12. Trials and tribulations of the

homoeopathic Materia medica, CURE,

Nicole (BHJ, Vol.78, No.3/89)

13. A case of Hura Brazilensis JOHNSTON,

Linda (JAIH, Vol.82, No.3/89)

14. Anthracinum, BAKER, Jeff

(Transactions of the HANP, Portland,

Oregon, USA, April/87)

15. Stramonium, ROTHENBERG, Amy

(Translations of the HANP, Portland,

Oregon, USA, April’87)

16. The Carbon remedies, LAMB, Ronald

(Transactions of the HANP, Portland,

Oregon, USA, April’87)

17. Natrum muriaticum, DEV, Prem

(Transactions of the HANP, Portland,

Oregon, USA, April’87)

II. THERAPEUTICS:

1. Homoeopatheraphy of environment mental

illnesses, MULLER, H.V., (AHZ, Band

234, Heft 4/89)

2. Psychogenic vomiting, FLORANCE, U

(AHZ, Band 234, Heft 4/89)

3. Solution of the problem case: Anxiety

neurosis, MULLER, H.V., (AHZ, Band

234, Heft 4/89, from Heft 3/89)

4. Preliminary introduction and therapeutic

hints in C.V. BOENNINGHAUSES’s

annotations to HIPPOKARTES,

KLUNKER, W., (ZKH, Band 33, Heft

4/89)

5. Colitis, Secale cornutum, JACK, R.A.F.

(ZKH, Band 33, Heft 4/89)

6. Treatment of warts, ROMER.R. (ZKH,

Band 33, Heft 4/89) (Continuation of KH

3/89)

7. Homoeopathic Dentistry, PARSONS,

Philip DDS (The Hahnemannian, Sep

1989)

8. Understanding Homoeopathy, Acupunture

and Electrodiagnosis, Cilincal applications

of Quantum Mechanics, ROYAL, Fuller F.

(JAIH, Vol.82, No.3/89)

9. Dermoid cyst cured with repeated high

potencies, WADIA, S.R. (JAIH, Vol.82,

No.3/89)

10. Myofascial pain syndrome, MESSER,

Stephen (Similimum, Vol.I, No.4/88)

11. Ophthalmic Herpes Zoster, ELMORE,

Durr (Similimum, Vol.I, No.4/88)

12. Pleasant surprise for patient and doctor,

ROTHENBERG, Army (Similimum,

Vol.I, No.5/88)

13. A strange, rare and peculiar case SWOPE,

Harry (Similimum, Vol.I, No.5/88)

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14. The little things that mean so much,

HERSCU, Paul (Similimum, Vol.I,

No.5/88)

15. Childhood depression, SANDBERS-

LEWIS, Steven (Similimum, Vol.I,

No.5/88)

16. Intermittent fever, ELMORE, Durr

(Similimum, Vol.I, No.5/88)

17. The homoeopathic treatment of patients

receiving ongoing Pregnisone Therapy,

LEVATIN, Janet (Homoeopathy Today,

Vol.8, No.8/88)

18. The homoeopathic treatment of allergies,

SCOTT, Joan (Homoeopathy Today,

Vol.8, No.8/88)

19. Non-Routine Skin prescriptions,

WHITMONT, Edward (The homoeopathy

Today, Vol.7, No.8/87)

20. Grease and Herpes Simplex, MULLER,

H.V., (The homoeopath, Vol.7, No.1/87)

21. Homoeopathy can be suppressive,

ADAMS, Peter (The Homoeopathy, Vol.7,

No.2/87)

22. The Absolute Similimum, COTTER,

Edward (The Homoeopath, Vol.7,

No.2/87)

23. Acute Bipolar Affective Disorder,

MESSER, Stephen A (Transactions of the

HANP, Portland, Oregon, USA, April 87)

24. Limitations to cure, HERSCU, Paul

(Transactions of HANP, Portland, Oregon,

USA, April 87)

25. Multiple Sclerosis, SAINE, Andre

(Transactions of HANP, Portland, Oregon,

USA, April 87)

26. Acute Prescriptions cure chronic

complaint, ALBIN, Stephen (Transactions

of HANP, Portland, Oregon, USA, April

87)

27. Case Presentation, TRAUB, Michael

(Transactions of HANP, Portland, Oregon,

USA, April 87)

III. PHILOSOPHY:

1. The Love-confict-the Psora of

PASCHERO, Thoughts on an open letter

of PASCHERO to the homoeopathic

physicians, BUCHMANN, W (AHZ Band

234, Heft 4/89)

2. Against tendentious interpretations of

HAHNEMANN’s writings, JOUANNY,

Jacques (BHJ, Vol.78, No.3/89)

3. When to repeat a remedy, JACOBS,

Jennifer (Homoeopathy Today, Vol.8,

No.8/88)

4. Homoeopathy Archaeology – Deciphering

a multi-layered case, KING, Stephen

(Resonance, Vol.11, No.4/89)

5. Vaccinations revisited, HILTNER,

Richard (Resonance, Vol.11, NO.5/89)

6. Dr. HERING’s Preface (to

HAHNEMANN’s Chronic Diseases).

HERING, Constantine (The Homoeopathy,

Vol.7, No.1/87)

7. Perspectives on Classical Homoeopathy,

NEUSTAEDTER, Randall (The

Homoeopathy, Vol.7, No.1/87)

8. HAHNEMANN’s Three Rules concerning

Rank of Symptoms, HERING, Constantine

(The Homoeopath, Vol.7, No.1/87)

IV. REPERTORY:

1. Analysis of rubrics of KENT’s Repertory

Part-I, Salivation in sleep, WALDECKER,

A (ZKH Band 33, Heft 4/89)

2. On the order of arrangement of the mind

symptoms, KUNZLI von Fimmelsberg,

(ZKH, Band 33, Heft 4/89)

3. Eczema Rubrics, TRAUB, Michael

(Similimum, Vol.11, NO.4/89)

4. RADAR and the VITHOULKAS expert

system, JOHNSTON, Linda (Resonance,

Vol.11, No.4/89)

5. Mac Repertory – a cure of Cyperphobia,

LWEIS, BLAIR L. (Resonance, Vol.11,

No.4/89)

6. Why not to buy a computer – in support of

the book method of study, LEVINE, Alan

(Resonance, Vol.11, No.4/89)

V. VERIFICATION AND CLINICAL

SYMPTOMS (ZKH Band 33,

Heft 4/89)

VI. RESEARCH:

1. Homoeopathy and Homoeostasis in the

vascular system, CROJJY, Thomas P

(BHJ, Vol.78, No.3/89)

2. Integration of approach to Cancer care,

Conference and discussion FORD, Joan M

(BHJ, Vol.78, No.3/89)

3. Study of heart rate in Swiss Albino mice

treated with potentised Sodium

Pentobarditone during anaesthesia,

PARANJPE, AS., NENE, SP.,

VIDYASAGER, PB., and JINDAL, GA.

(CCRH Qly Bulletin, Vol.11 (1&2)/89)

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4. Effect of homoeopathic drugs in

controlling multiplication of hepatitis

Bvirus, HARISINGH, GANDHI, BM.,

IRSHAD, M. (CCRH Qly. Bulletin.,

Vol.11 (1&2)/89)

5. Investigations for the development of

scientific basis of homoeopathy. JINDAL,

GS., PARANJPE, AS (CCRH Qly

Bulletin, Vol.11, (1&2)/89)

6. Efficacy of homoepathic drugs in gall

bladder diseases GIRISH GUPTA (CCRH

Qly, Bulletin, Vol.11, (1&2)/89)

7. The debate over dilutions. COLLINS,

John (Similimim, Vol.1, NO.4/89)

8. The NCH annual meeting: Four Reports –

An update on Homoeopathy. DAVEY,

Ronald (The Homoeopathy Today, Vol.8,

No.1/88)

VII. PHARMACOLOGY

1. Pharmacognostic studies of Anagallis

arvensis L. PADMA RAO P. RAMESH

D., and RAJAGOPAL, T. (CCRH Qly.

Bulletin, Vol.11 (1&2)/89)

2. Homoeopathic flora of India. 1. Violaceae.

DAWRE, MS., BARURAJ, SURESH, D.,

NAIN, S.S., RAJAN, S. (CCRH Qly.

Bulletin, Vol.11 (1&2)/89)

3. Mortar & Pestle, our next crisis.

BORNEMAN, Jay (Resonance, Vol.11.

No.4, July-Aug’89)

VIII. VETERINARY:

1. Irish, Arsenicum and Phosphorus,

SHEAFFER, C.Edgar, VMD (The

Hahnemannian, Sep89)

2. A case of Cat-alepsy, SALTER, Christine

(The Homoeopath, Vol.7, No.1/87)

IX. HISTORY

1. The expulsion of HAHNEMANN from

Leipiz, a sensational trash and its

correction. SCHMEER, E.H. (AHZ Band

234, Heft 4/89)

2. Transcription of HAHNEMANN letters

(2) GENNEPER, T. (ZKH, Band 33, Heft

4/89)

3. Historical column, LEARY Bernard (BHJ,

Vol.78, No.3/89)

4. Homoeopathy in Nigeria, FISHER, Peter,

(BHJ, Vol.78, No.3/89)

5. International Scene, A visit to India,

BRESLOW, Jonathan (Resonance, Vol.11,

No.4, July-Aug’89)

X. BIOGRAPHY:

1. The noble and beloved Carroll DUNHAM,

SAINE, Andre (Similimim, Vol.I,

No.4/88)

2. Robert Thomas COOPER, an introduction

to his work, WATSON, Ian (Resonance,

Vol.11, No.5/89)

XI. GENERAL

1. The Soap Box – Rice, BEREZ Natali (The

Hahnemannian, Sep’89)

2. Homoeopathy and the media, JOHNSON,

Linda (Homoeopathy Today, Vol.8,

No.1/88)

3. IFH Professional Course starts its 9

th

year,

LEVATIN, Janet (Resonance, Vol.11,

No.5/89)

4. That gut-satisfying feeling: A review of

the 1989 IFH Professional Case

Conference, POBER, Kenneth, A.

(Resonance, Vol.11, No.5/89)

5. NCH Conference Reports – Tips on Case

Taking, CHIPKIN, Peggy (Resonance,

Vol.11, No.5/89)

6. Study groups flourishing in the United

States (Resonance Vol.11, NO.5/89)

Vol. VII

Part II

ABSTRACTS/SUMMARIES/

CONDENSATIONS/FULL ARTICLES)

On 17.1.1981 a blood,

small young boy was

brought to me by his

mother. The 12 year

old appeared to be reserved and timid but

intelligent. He was indifferent and seemed to

be oblivious of both of us in the room.

Suddenly he knocked his head on the right

side, the eyes began to close, the lids began to

shut and open and the right angle or mouth

twitched.

The mother came to me since was Neurologists and

Psychiatrists could not bring about any improvement.

The EEG was normal. He is not acceptable in the

school and his learning is affected. Domestic

happiness is also hindered particularly because of the

altered relationship with his mother who drove him

much. The previously cheerful, quiet and happy child

now had emotional and anger outbursts. He

developed wishy-washy and loud speech, serious

sleep disturbances and sudden ups and downs in

school performance. The whole strain ultimately

became too much. I observed while taking the

anamnesis that the tics occurred almost every 5

minutes.

STAPHISAGRIA IN TIC

A. Kammrad-KEMPEL

ahz. No. 5, 1985

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We understand tics as localized twitching and

recurring in irregular intervals involuntarily in one or

more parts of the body as a result of disturbance of

extra pyramidal system. Tics can occur as a result of

infection of eyes, nose, and mouth regions. In the

course of the anamnesis. I heard suddenly, somewhat

briefly, that the knocking of the head began after a

surgery for removal of polyps. For quite sometime it

seemed to have become better after a long holiday.

After a disappointment in school training programme

and mortification in the new secondary school it

began to recur from the beginning of 1980 and has

been continuing till now. With pleasure I put my

hand into the medicine chest and gave a few globules

of Staphisagria D30, because the definite symptoms

were:

1. The tics began after an operation (MEZGER)

2. The aggravation from mortification and insult

(MEZGER)

3. Oversensitive to what others say about him (KENT’s

Repertory)

4. Violent outbursts of rage which came because his

agglomerated anger could not be compensated by

indifference and so he tried to demonstrate it

(MEZGER)

5. His speech has been boxed up by this; he spoke

without clarify and brokenly (KENT’s Repertory)

6. Ultimately the sleep disturbances from anger

(WITTE) (MEZGER)

After 3 days the boy slept peacefully. After 6 weeks

the aggressiveness and tics also had gone off.

66 year-old lady: In 1962, a total

hysterectomy because of a

Myoma, but the ovaries were

spared. When she came to me her

present complaints had begun an

year ago. Slowly a pain in the hip region began to

develop which extended to both sides anteriorly. She

could not say whether it was at the same time or after

a short while the pain in the entire abdomen

developed which could be best described as

downward and drawing. She could not say exactly

whether it was the pain radiating from back to front

or it was the downward pressing in the abdomen,

which radiating into thing. She could only explain the

downward pressure as such and felt as if the internal

organs would come out.

As the pains were bad she went to her family

physician and thus began her life of suffering. In the

course of this one year she had gone through totally

10 physicians and I was the eleventh she sought.

I did not consider it necessary nor do I have the time

in my clinic to take up details of the measures taken

by the other physicians. However, a patient with so

many physician’s earlier treatment in such a short

time does not come to me relatively frequently and so

my assistant took up the details as follows:

1. The family physician to whom she went first didn’t

know much about the pains to begin the treatment

because there was no uterus actually bearing down.

So he told he patient that evidently it could be due

to the healing process after her operation 20 years

ago that these pains occurred and prescribed pain

killers and suppository to relieve cramps. As this

did not relieve he referred her to the internist.

2. The internist carried out a series of laboratory tests

and also an ECG, an Endoscopy and a Lung X-ray.

Since these did not reveal anything he sent the

patient to the Urologist.

3. The Urologist carried out an Endoscopy of he

Bladder, and X-ray of KUB. He declared that the

right kidney was encysted and that there was a

small polyp in the urethra. An operation was in no

way considered necessary because if could not be

said that the pains came from the encysted kidney

and the polyp was too small to be operated. If it

developed, it could then be removed. He prescribed

painkillers. The patient went to her internist back.

4. He treated her for sometime with pain killing

injections and x-rayed the vertebrae. Since this

showed wear and tear she was referred to an

Orthopaedician.

5. The Orthopaedician decided that a pressure on

nerves caused this and gave a series of injections

including in the gluteus and nerve roots. Since this

did not produce any result he referred her to an

Orthopaedic University Clinic.

6. Here the pains were diagnosed as phantom pains

due to the operation 20 yrs earlier. Acupressure

treatment eight sittings done. The patient felt worse

still and so she was referred by the Ortho to Medical

department of the University hospital.

7. Here she was again thoroughly examined with

many x-rays including x-ray abdomen. Nothing

could be detected and so she was referred to the

Neurologist.

8. Here spinal region was again x-rayed, a

Myelography, an ECG were done but no useful

results out except that because of the reappearance

of her haemorrholds she was referred to a skin

specialist.

9. This specialist prescribed for the haemorrholds only

an ointment. This increased the pains more. In

desperation now the patient consulted two young

lay practitioners in her locality, instead of her

family physician. These two lay practitioners had

already a reputation and so she consulted them.

10. The practitioners listened to her entire history and

decided that only homoeopathy would help such a

case. Since they did not have any knowledge of

homoeopathy, they sent her to me.

11. The younger generation of physicians are more

tolerant and not prejudiced against us unlike the

order. I took up homoeopathic anamnesis

thoroughly and came to the following:

“Holding the abdomen with hand”

“Agg. from standing”

“Agg. from sitting bent forward”

“Amel. lying”

“Stitching in urethra without urination”

Repertorisation Bell Lit.t Murx. Sep.

1. Holding

abdomen with

the hand

2 2 2 2

2. Standing

agg.

2 3

3. Agg. Sitting

bent

1

4. Amel. lying 2

5. Urethra

pains while not

urinating

1 1

6. Pain hips,

things

2

7. Pain

abdomen,

genitals

2

8. 2

BEARING DOWN

SENSATION

H.V. MULLER

AHZ., No.1, 1985

QUARTERLY HOMOEPATHIC DIGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

Haemorrhoids

hard

3 2 4 15

Sepia C200 – one dose

Within 4 weeks patient was completely free from

sufferings.

The literature of the official

medicine on Allergy says: “The only

causal therapy is to find out the

allergen and leave it out”. We

homoeopaths must disagree with this.

Restriction or forbidding is not

therapy but only confession of

helplessness!

The allergies are increasing alarmingly, the age

at which they manifest become lower constantly, the

methods, allergic reactions, are more exactly

determined, but two important questions remain till

date unanswered.

1. How is the increase of allergies explained?

2. How does a really successful treatment seem?

We homoeopaths think that we can answer at

least the second question. The allergen is not to be

discarded away but the preparedness to meet the

allergic reaction must be improved. The person must

be changed in this totally. Then it will not as in the

case of an year long hyposensitization after which the

allergy for wheat and hazelnut is got over but in the

meantime allergy for the weeping willow and rye

comes on.

We are of the view that it is not the hay fever or

contact allergy that should be treated but the human

being in his totality of mind, intellect and body. This

man must be made to adapt, to react in a rational

way. And how does it happen?

We must find a signal, a signal which this

person understands about the natural self-healing

power lying within him and to mobilize. When I

speak of a signal, I can perhaps make it better

understood by an example: a garage door would open

automatically only if the remote control passes on the

appropriate signal. I do not have any success with my

control on the neighbor’s garage doors, not even my

call “open sesame!”

People have to course, many external features

which are same but behind the screen every person

has a complete, unmistakable, individually. The

object of the homoeopathic anamnesis is to find this

individuality.

An anamnesis which results in bringing out the

facts that the person had a cholelithiasis, later

recurring cysts and now has asthma does not help

homoeopathic treatment any way. But if after

drawing the anamnesis it is known that the patient as

a child had recurring dreams, that his right foot was

older than his left, that he is very sensitive to cold

and is aggressive to consolation, then I know four

apparently disconnected, but for him typical,

individuality. To me he is a unique person. I must be

able to recognize him again among thousands even

though I would have forgotten his name.

In paragraph 153 of the Organon,

HAHNEMANN wrote: “the striking, rare, unusual

and peculiar (characteristic) signs and symptoms of

the case are to be kept in view especially and almost

solely; because it is these above all which must be

similar to the symptoms list of the medicine

sought for, it if should be the most appropriate one

for cure. The general and undefined lack of appetite,

headache, tiredness, restless sleep, discomfort etc.,

belong to the common symptoms and if they are not

more precisely qualified deserve little attention since

such common symptoms are found in almost every

disease and every medicine”.

The next step for finding out the unmistakable

symptoms, from the anamnesis is the search and

hopeful finding of these symptoms in the Materia

medica; which medicine was in the position to have

produced such symptoms in healthy people or which

medicine has cured diseases with similar

peculiarities? That medicine will again be in a

position to cure such symptoms in a person now. To

the beginner it may appear understandable and

incomprehensible that symptoms, which have

nothing to do with the disease, are important for the

remedy choice. The difficulty in learning

homoeopathy is in this. It takes time to demolish

entrenched ideas. Treatment on the basis of the

diagnosis has been there since to long. But if

homoeopathy would cure Allergies it is worthwhile

to learn it perfectly.

Pollinosis: Nux vomica: Dirk, P., 17 yrs: The

young lad had since years a chronic catarrh. The

wastebasket was full of tissue papers. Every summer

from April to August he suffered from severe hay

fever.

In this case Nux vomica was the curative

remedy on the following symptoms: (KENT’s

Repertory)

Morning, difficult walking up

Sulky in the morning, must be woken

repeatedly; he will be better wake up afternoon,

‘opening up’ at nights.

Home works would be better done between 20

to 2400 hrs.

He could then concentrate, he is alive then.

Throughout day is sullen.

Irriable

At nights, cheerful and relaxed:

Sleep, position on back, hands over the head

Much sleep agg.

Coryza agg. after cutting the hair

Fluent coryza whole day, dry coryza at nights.

During the first year one dose of 2 globules of

Nux vomica XM. In the second and third years this

was repeated once as and when needed. With the

first does itself positive results could be got. The

repetition was due to residual and mild hayfever.

Since three years the patient remains totally free from

the chronic catarrh.

Neurodermatitis, Asthma, Pollinosis: Natrum

muriaticum:Pamela M., 10 yrs: From the first year

life she suffered from Neurodermatitis in the typical

parts – on the throat, retroaurictes, elbows, knee. At 5

yrs, age came the first attack of authma in summer

and it recurred more often. Besides, the child suffered

from a severe hay fever with spastic bronchial

inflmmation. Unfortunately an allergy test was not

done in the clinic.

The curative remedy was Natrum muriaticum.

The following outstanding symptoms were obtained:

(KENT’s Repertory)

Late learning to talk at 2½ yrs. of age only.

Sucking thumb up to 10 yrs of age only.

Sympathetic.

THERAPY OF

ALLERGIC

DISEASES

MOEHRKE. B.

AHZ No.1, 1989

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The teacher noticed sympathy to weak or sick

classmates. Pamela visited the teacher, took the

homework to her and learnt from her. When a

physically severely handicapped girl in the

neighborhood died she spoke of it the whole year. She

cannot see any handicapped person in the TV; then

either she wept or went out of the room quickly. She

has birds and fish in her room and nurtured them with

much love. When an animal died she was sad for a

whole week; a highly sensitive and sentimental

person. Homesickness, Although all the relations

lived in the same area, she has not slept anywhere

else. If it was attempted she had to be brought back to

the house again because of the homesickness.

Pronounced jealousy towards her sister.

Loss of taste with coryza

Treatment: During the first year, in April, June

and November one does each of two globules of

Natrum muriaticum XM, in the second year one

dose Natrum muriaticum CM in the June. Since the

commencement of the homoeopathic treatment

asthuma attacks did not come. The skin is much

better. The hay fever is prevented by a single dose of

Natrum muriaticum in summer.

Allergic Eczema: Lachesis: Gertrude F., 82

yrs. Very vigorous enterprising lady, files often to her

sistern in Florida during summer. She is my patient

since many years for different small complaints but

basically healthy.

In July 1986 left sided conjunctives with

swelling of the eyelids, lachrymation and copious,

watery running coryza began. The Opthalmalogist

prescribed eyedrops. As a result a dry, red, very

itching eczema developed on the left ear and throat

which spread rapidly on the whole body. The patient

suffered much from the itching and said that the

eczema “burnt like fire”.

The test revealed allergy to phenyl mercurial

borax which is used in the eye remedies as a

preservative.

Treatment by a Dermatologist for 5 months was

not successful. Only then did she come to her family

physician.

The curative medicine in this case was Lachesis

for the following symptoms: (KENT’s Repertory)

Loquacious

Jumps rapidly from one thought to another.

Left sided symptoms

All her ailments during the years began on the

left side; a wart on the left forehead, shoulder-arm-

syndrome, conjunctivitis, his pains.

Pressure of clothes agg.

Small wounds bleed much

Must have the windows open even in severe

cold.

A dose of 2 globules of Lachesis M brought an

aggravation initially and then within 14 days, relief.

After six weeks the conjunctivitis with watery coryza

appeared. A dose of Lachesis M was given again.

The patient remains completely well since 22

months.

Allergic Eczema: Acidum nitricum: Renate B.,

21 yrs. assistant to a Denlist. Just an year before she

developed an eczema on ears after boring her ears for

putting on ear-rings. The plercing with surgical steel

needle leads to nickel allergy. Later ecazma

developed on and around the ear-ring hole. It further

extended, after a few weeks, on the back of hands

and between the fingers with severe itching. As a

result her work in the dental surgery as also at her

home were severely handicapped. She had to break

the apprenticeship. The eczema however remained.

The allergy tests indicated a nicket-cobalt

allergy.

Repertorisation indicated Acidum nitricum. The

following symptoms were taken for remedy selection.

Night blindness

Sadness before menses

Urine smells like ammonia

Wounds heal slowly

Ulcers of external genitalla

Leucorrhoea, itching genitalia

Inching vagina after coition

Itching increased after menses

Skin eruptions between fingers

With Acikum nitricum LM6, two drops thrice a

day with weekly interval the skin eruptions went

away in a few weeks and did not recur till now. The

chronic vulvitis also went off simultaneously.

After three months the patient came for chronic

coryza of years. The diagnosis of the ENT surgeons

was; Adenoids or retronasal tumour. Surgical

removal had been suggested. Medorrhinum D200,

two globules for 3 days cleared the coryza and the

speech has also been now normalized.

Allergic eczema: Lycopodium, 52 yrs, active

energicetic, nun of social status. From early in the

day of late evening she visited sick people. Since 5

months as eczema with severe itching developing in

the forearm and on the hands, first right and later

also. Much therapy by Dermatologists were

unsuccessful. Weeks of rest also did not help.

Allergic tests revealed polyvalent allergy to

Procain (contained in local anaesthetic ointments and

powders). Neomycin sulphate (in many local

therapeutics), Perubalsam (a medicine for healing

wounds contained in many medicaments used

externally), Chloramphenicol (for skin infections

amongst many other uses) and Parabene (a

preservative used in many pharmaceutical salves

used frequently). So, she was allergic to many of the

things she was handling daily in her work. Protection

by wearing rubber gloves was not possible because

she was allergic to Tetramethyithiuram disulphide

which is predominant in rubber gloves. She was thus,

indeed, incapacitated in her work.

The remedy was Lycopodium. The leading

symptoms were:

Answers hurriedly.

Weeps when she is thanked (Only remedy in

repertory)

Chronic hepatitis

Recurrent pain in the rt.upper abdomen

radiating to back.

Sweet agg., although from 16 to 20 hrs. there is

severe hunger.

Obstipation from sedentary life.

Right foot is colder

Ailments or right side.

Ailments first right, then left.

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Lycopodium LM6, twice a day 2 drops

completely healed the skin eruptions within 14 days.

Follow up for 3 years.

Six days after playing with

another dog, our six months-old

Golden retriever became acutely

ill. At first had constipation with

hard, dry, light-colored stools.

After a few days she became

very ill with fever, excessive salicvation, watery

runny nose, and marked lethargy. She appeared

glassy-eyed. Much heat radiated from her hind

quarters, and there was mucous discharge from right

eye. She rapidly deteriorated over the next hour, and I

thanked God that it was my day off work and I could

observe the dog closely. She manifested rapidly

progressing lameness of the right rear extremity. Her

gums were pale but appeared to have a blue streak.

The heart shlowed to forty beats per minute and

irregular. She was limp with shallow respiration’s

while several remedies crossed my mind, only one

remedy fit all the sumptoms. I gave her Plumbum

metallicum 200, one dose at 0912 hours on July 16,

1980.

0916 hrs She began biting her hind legs

vigorously.

0920 hrs She retched, then vomited saliva. The

bowel sounds were louder and the

eyes were less glassy.

0925 hrs Heat radiation increased from the

hind quarters.

0940 hrs She became more alert and the fever

left.

0950 hrs The heat beat increased and she

became more alter. There was no

further heat radiation, runny nose, or

salivation. She felt quietly asleep.

1420 hrs She ate some rice cereal and played

more actively but with a slight limp

from the right up.

1700 hrs Her gums were still bluish but she

was normally active and hungry. The

slight limp, and the heat rate was

normal. She was normally active but

still biting herself at times.

July 17 She was completely normal except

for an occasional limp during the

day.

August 10 The limp had dimished and a diffuse,

dry, red, scaly, itching eruption

appeared over the lower back,

abdomen, and rear legs.

August 26 The limp was worse. The itch

became quite marked with hair loss.

She was attracting fleas to her hind

quarters and lower back. The skin

was more oily with an odor, and she

was more restless in the evening. She

also developed an aversion to her

usual dog food. I gave her Sulphur

200, one dose at 1915 hrs.

September7 After an initial aggravation of the

rash it was now almost gone. The

limp disappeared and she resumed

her normal diet.

I discussed this case with a local veterinarian who

informed me that the symptoms were those of the

current epidemic of Parvovirus, which was killing

many young dogs in Scan Diego. Many animals were

so acutely ill that hospitalization was necessary for

three to five days to receive life-supporting treatment

directed at the cardiovascular or gastro-intestinal

systems.

I present this case report, not only because people

love animal stories, but to illustrate how

Homoeopathy can work in the gravest ailments. Let

us pray that one day we will again have pure

homoeopathic hospitals where well-trained

homoeopaths and paramedical personnel closely

observe gravely ill patient and prescribe curative

remedies. This will take education, time, money and

legistation, but first let us all humble ourselves and

understand true healing.

On November 12, 1974, a 31

year old man consulted me for

the treatment of diarrhea

developed several days earlier

after swimming in stagnant

volcanic lake in Costa Rica.

Youghut temporarily relieved

the symptoms, but he

developed rectal bleeding with the passage of stool.

Simultaneous with the appearance of the diarrhea he noted

increased susceptibility to all external impressions, especially

noise and light. He reported that everything seemed more

vivid, and that his dreams changed to being more vivid,

occasionally insuperable obstacles.

Since the onset of this problem he noted a weight loss 5 to 10

pounds, lethargy, occasional abdominal, cramps, occasional

blurring of vision, and pain in the left hypogastric region

during coition. He suffered nightly from a fever of 99 to 100

degrees F. He was fearful wondering if he was afflicted with

cancer. (His mother had died of cancer).

On the basis of these symptoms a diagnosis of possible

amebiasis was considered. A stool examination was ordered.

He was given no medicine.

Repertorization included the following rubric (KENT):

p.44, FEAR of death: Many remedies

p.44, FEAR of disease: Many remedies

p.78, Senses acute: Anac., Arn., ARS., bar-c., BELL.,

cann-l., caps., Chin., clem., COFF

hydr-ac., lgn., Lyss., NUX V., OP.,

PHOS., thea

p.619 HEMORRAGE during stool: Alum., alumn.,

Ambr., AM-C., am-m., aur., aur-m., bufo., Calc-p.,

Carb-an., Carb-v., HAM., Hep., ign., Kall-c., lyc.,

NAT-M., Nit-ac., nux-v., plan., PHOS., Puls., rheum.,

Tub.

November 13, 1974: More blood was passed per retum;

stool examined.

November 15, 1974: Nightly temperature now 102 to

104 degree F., complained of itching all over; stool

examination demonstrated E.histolytica.

November 20, 1974: Nightly fever of 102 F continued.

I consulted Dr. William Gutman of New York City,

who agreed that Phosphorus was the indicated remedy;

he suggested the 200

th

potency, one dose.

November 21, 1974: The patent took Phosphorus 200.

He stated that he felt an immediate ‘cleaning’ sensation

from his head down to his toes.

A CANINE CURE,

Robert M. Schore. M.D.,

Homoeopathy

Vol.6, No.6, 1980

AMEBIASIS

A CASE REPORT

William F.M.McCopy,

Homoeopatherapy,

Vol.8, No.1, 1982

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November 22, 1974: Temperature 100 to 101F., and the

patient complained of itching all over; a rash appeared

on his buttocks; stool profuse, changing in color to

greenish black.

November 27, 1974: Skin itching less; stools normal;

now experiencing swelling in the right side of the throat

and neck; Tuberculinum 10M, one dose (if the patient

were readily available and responsible I would

probably prescribe differently now.)

December 17, 1974: Letter received from patient

stating that repeat stool culture was negative for

amebas.

December 29, 1974: Letter from patient with the

following report-night fever gone; itching of the skin

gone; things were still vivid; fewer obstacles in dreams;

no abdominal cramps; no blurred vision; not lethargic;

no blood bowel movements; no swollen throat; repeat

stool examinations negative for amebas.

I have spoken to the patient recently (1981). He has

had only one follow-up stool culture which was

negative for amebas. He is currently free of

symptoms.

A peasant, 58 yrs old, has experienced much

difficulty in cutting the grass for the

last few years. He can no longer lift

his right arm more than 45º because

when he dose so there is sharp pain in

the anterior deltoid region. It often

happens that he cannot even bring his

arm to back to back to fasten the

buttons of his suspenders.

These pains with his finger the most

sensitive spot which is in the middle of the ‘caput

longum’ tendon of the biceps – when he moves the

arm one hears a cracking noise in this spot.

When he sleeps on his arms at night they become

numb.

Since he has suffered this way his personality and

nature have undergone a district distance change. He

has becomes haughty, and imagines that nobody else

can do anything as well as he can, and has become

really selfish. He is even cruel to the animals in his

care, something which never happened in the past.

One can hardly say anything to him without his

thinking that he is being criticized; he has become

excessively touchy and suspicious.

But the most striking thing about him is that he has

become very talkative indeed. It is true that he has

become very talkative indeed. It is true that he was

always rather talkative, but now this has taken on

truly pathological proportions. He seeks every

opportunity to accost and converse with everybody

who passes in front of his house, even people who are

completely strangers to him! And when this happen

he dose all the taking!

Lately he wastes all his time when trying to work,

because he has hardly started

something when he puts it aside

to start something else.

Everything he starts has to be

finished by some other member

of his family; he never finishers

anything himself.

For the last two years he has

lived in dred of having an attack

of apoplexy, something which

he never thought in the past. Perhaps some

explanation is necessary at this point. For the last few

winters he has been subject to asthma attacks when

he carries heavy weights.

He thinks that he can no longer stand the climate of

the place he has lived in all his life, and so he goes

down to a farm, which is 1800 feet lower-the place he

always lived in is at 2700 feet. Already in the past he

found it difficult to breathe freely at low altitudes,

especially when there was the dust of hay in the air,

but when he was at high altitude he could tolerate the

dust much better. At this point we should explain that

in the winter when he suffered his first asthma attack

he felt a very painful point in the right shoulder of the

sub scapular region. An allopath rapidly suppressed

this pain with an injection of Novocain; and it is after

this that the asthma came upon him.

He is always drinking black coffee.

He never wears a collar, like his shirt unbuttoned at

the bottom, and doesn’t even like to button the top

the top of his trousers!

When he was in the army he was vaccinated in the

right arm and he felt had the ‘flu in 1918.

His mother died at the age of 70 of breast cancer, and

a brother of 40 died of a heart attack.

Rhus tox 200 (22

nd

of May, 1947) seemed to bring

some improvement, but we did what every

homoeopath should do after that; we studied the

symptoms and classified them as follows:

1. For the past two years he has a great fear of an

attack of apoplexy, something which he never

thought at about before.

2. He has become very talkative.

3. Now he wasters time when he works, because as

soon as he has started something he puts it aside

to start something else.

4. One can hardly speak to him without feeling that

he is being criticized; he has become exceedingly

touchy and suspicious.

5. He has even become cruel towards the farm

animals in his care, something which never

happened in the past.

6. He believes that no one can do anything as well

as he can, and has become very selfish.

7. He never wears a collar, likes to have his shirt

unbuttoned on top and at the bottom, and even

leaves the top buttons of his trousers unbuttoned!

8. At night there is numbness in his arms when he

lies on them.

Lachesis M (4

th

July, 1947): Lachesis 10M (25

th

of

August, 1947); Lachesis CM (25

th

of September

1947)

Since them the pains in the arm have completely

disappeared, his nature has become very much better,

and he had no more asthma attacks in winter! He can

once again carry heavy loads without pain and can

cut the grass with a smile.

This cure has been verified and sustained for the last

three years!

Abstract: The infectively of the CPD vital infection

in humans and sheep is reviewed over the period

1837. Attention is drawn to the prevalence of

invasive, systemic, complicated oft in humans, and

consistent symptomatology is described. A simple

CASE OF HUMERO

SCAPULAR

PERIARTHRITIS

CURED WITH

LACHESIS

Jost Kunzil,

Homoeopatharapy,

Vol.8, No.2, 1982

SYSTEMIC

CONTAGIOUS

PUSTULAR DERMATITIS

OR ORF

Hemoeopathic treatment

Of humans, goats and sheep

V.S.SHUTTLEWORTH,

BHJ, Vol.77. No.1/88

Review Article

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system of treating humans, sheep and goats

homoeopathically is outlined. This system was

successfully used on the first 100 patients in

continuing series, and also several hundred sheep.

In ALFICS’ Preface to Genesis, dated roughly 995-

1005 AD, the word ‘orf’ refers to cattle or livestock:

Man offrode eac fela cynna ort Gode to lacc binnan

tham getelde-translates to-The servant offered also

many kinds of livestock to God in his tabernacle.

Alternatively, the supplement of the OED,

1982, suggests that orf is derived from the old

Norse word for crust or scab, i.e., hurt or hurfa.

The very antiquity of the word ‘orf’ raises the

intriguing possibility that the disease has

persisted for centuries. YOUATT, 1837, under

‘Aphthae’ writes There is a disease know to

shepherds in some parts of this country, and

more especially on the Continent, by the name

of ‘black muzzie’. It is a pimpled or scabbed

eruption about the name of the sheep,

sometimes extending up to the eyes and ears,

encircling the former, and covering later. It

more often attacks the lamb than the fully

grown sheep, and sucking lambs more

frequency than those that are weaned. It is

attributed to feeding among the stubble, or no

stony ground, or the teats of the mother being

chapped and filthy’.

1

He recommended diluted

mercury ointment as a local application. A

medicament that has remained in use for more

than a hundred years.

In 1890, Professor WALLEY of Royal

Veterinary College, Edinburgh, prefaced a

clinical article on ‘Contagious dermatitis - orf

in sheep ‘with the following ‘The term Orf as

applied to a disease affecting the foot and leg

of the sheep is unfamiliar to all except those

who live in the localities in which it is

employed, and particualry so to the English

veterinary surgeons’,

2

The main thrust of his

article was the demonstration that discharge

from lesions on an infected animal when

applied to the interdigital skin of a healthy

animal, reproduced the original lesions in four

days. Thus proving the disease was contagious.

WALLEY’s experiment was a simple

application of the vaccination principle,

developed by Dr.JENNER, 1789-1798, with

cow-pox. Despite his tilt at the Sassenach

veterinarians, WALLEY admitted that he

personally has only met the disease in Ross-

shire and the Lothians.

Among the number of pioneering

experiments to determine the infectivity of

CPD crusts on lambs, GLOVER records the

following: The subcutaneous or intravenous

inoculation of relatively large doses of the

virus does not set up the disease, but appears to

confer a considerable degree of immunity.

Thus, two lambs which received 5 cc of 1/106

dilution of dried virus subcutaneously and

intravenously, respectively, failed to react.

They showed no raise in temperature, and no

sign of local lesion. Re-tested on the skin a

month later both lambs were immune to a

1/1000 dulution of virus…Since a naturally

immune animal had never been found among

the experimental stock it was reasonable to

suppose that immunity resulted from these

inoculations.’

3

Assuming this particular

experiment could be repeated and confirmed,

there is the surprising possibility that sheep,

and by inference humans, can be infected with

the virus without developing the outward signs

of infection at the point of entry. GLOVER

supported M.AYNAUD’s contention that there

is a benign and severe form of orf cuased by

the same virus. AYNAUD produced definite

proof that CPD was due to a vaccinia-type

virus which always passed through the

characteristic stages of macule, papule, pustule

and scab. He vaccinated a total of 10000 sheep

with complete success and without causing any

general reactions.

4

Our knowledge of the infectivity of orf was

taken a stage further in 1933 by NEWSON and

Floyed CROSS, in America.

5

They collected

fluid from vesicles on the hands of a shepherd

who had been treating a flock for ‘sore mouth’.

Vesicle fluid was applied to a scratch made on

the inside of the thigh of a healthy lamb

belonging to their experimental station. In the

six days the scratch mark was entirely covered

in vesicles which developed in size for another

five days, and then a large scab formed, and

fell off in due time. By using the established

vaccination principle, NEWSON and Floyd

CROSS had neatly shown that orf from sheep

could produce typical lesions in man, and vice

versa. They correctly surmised that the

shepherd, who had nine blisters on his right

hand and a small number on the left hand, had

been infected through numerous scratches

made by cockle burrs in the wool. He had

handled sheep previously for fifteen years

without being infected.

PASK and MACKERRAS, 1951, in the

course of technically more sophisticated

experiments with a bacteria free orf virus

suspension, attempted to vaccinate eighteen

human volunteers. Only twenty-three of forty-

six attempts were successful. In this instance

the infectivity was low. Bearing in mind the

method used. ‘the area was vigorously scarified

with a sterile prong (formed by breaking the

eye of a darning needle), sufficient force being

used to draw blood from at least some of the

scratches.’

6

The lesions were almost painless,

sometimes itchy, and there was only occasional

axillary tenderness.

By contrast, FASTER7 records accidental

infection in five laboratory workers who were

drying and grinding crusts obtained from sheep

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deliberately infected with CPD virus. In three

cases, the lesion was on the outer side of the

little finger, presumably due to abrasions of

which they were unaware, occurring during the

grinding process. No local irritation or regional

adentitis was associated with the sores.

The fifth individuals cut the skin of the

knuckle of the first finger with the inoculating

needle whilst vaccinating sheep. Nearly six

weeks later, when the original lesion was

resolving a crop of vesicle developed round it,

and in the space of eighteen hours spread on to

both hands. The pooled fluid from several

vesicles was used to back challenge for CPD

virus on a susceptible sheep. No lesions

resulted. So the rash was presumed to be an

erythema multiform, and probably an rash was

presumed to be an erythema multiforme, and

probably an allergy. One similar case had been

described in 1948 by BLACKMORE.

8

For the first half of this century,

orf in humans was uncommon, and

the degree of infectivity low; but

there were occasional hints that the

virus varied in virulence, as it does in

sheep.

Virulence of CPD in sheep: Virulent

outbreaks are not uncommon, possibly 6%.

Many observers equate extensive lesions on the

udder, coronet, under surface of the tail, things

and axillae, and most particularly buccal

ulceration, and signs of toxicity such as fever,

with the virulent from of CPD. Whereas the

common dry crusted sores on the lips, mouth,

nose and coronet are benign and self limiting,

healing usually occurs in about 3/52. The

boundaries are not defined, and vary according

to individual interpretation. However,

experienced shepherds and veterinarians agree

that CPD in the last twenty-five years has

become more widespread, and travels with

greater rapidly through a flock, leading to

economic loss. This process seems to have

accelerated during the last 6-10 years. One

factor may be that the wild virus, or even a

cultivated virus used in vaccination, has

increased in virulence.

Benign CPD in humans: Notwithstanding

variability in the infectivity of the virus, the

clinical picture of human orf has been

consistent for fifty years. PETERKIN collected

five cases between 1934-1936. His description,

with little variation, covers the commonest type

of benign lesion seen today. The first lesion to

appear is a dark red papule which grows to any

size from threepence to half-crown. This is

quite hard and, as a rule, painless. Gradually

the papule begins to resemble a huge red

molluscum contagiosum (i.e. dome shaped),

with marked umbilication. The depressed

center is covered with white skin, and contains

clear exudates. The exudates gradually

becomes purulent, probably due to secondary

infection, and granulations heap up. This stage

is often painful.’

9

A good illustration of the umbilicated dome-

shaped lesion is to be found in a paper of

PURDY, who observed ‘Few medical

practitioners, but most veterinarians, are aware

that the disease is transmissible to humans, and

only one previous case has been recorded in

the New Zealand literature.’

10

Invasive or systemic CPD in humans: In the

main the disease does not cause complications

or constitutional illness, and there are few

reports, globally, that suggest complicated orf

have been sufficiently rare the each individual

was regarded as idiosyncratic, ‘a one-off’, and

assumed tobe suffering from hypersensitivity,

allergy, or secondary infection. A reasonable

supposition in a disease that is normally

uncomplicated, not only exists, but is very

prevalent and becoming more common. The

figures in Table 1 probably do not represent the

natural incidence because the patients were

self-selected. The majorities were treated

homoeopathically in the second or third week

of their illness, when orthodox therapy, mainly

antibiotics, had manifestly failed.

Table 1 Series of 100 patients:

Acute benign 39%

Invasive and complicated orf 35%

Chronic (sequelae of invasive orf)

26%

Average age of patients in years

38%

Recurrency rate 12%

Over all sex ratio Males 51%

Females 49%

Lesions due to bottle feeding 34%

Lesions due to scratches, cuts,

grazes, bites and splinter wounds 25%

Lesions as the result of using

medical capsules and drenching guns

12%

Commonest site for an orf lesion:

Right index finger 24%

Hands and fingers 70%

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Foot 1%

Leg 1%

The main clinical features of

invasive orf, in its first three weeks,

in order of appearance, are;

-Rapidly enlarging hemorrhagic blister at the

site of energy.

-Axillary adenitis;

-Swellings and itching of the affected hand;

-Red irregular blotchy rash on the hands,

feet, knees, arms, face, and neck. All areas

swollen, and the limbs symmetrically affected

as a rule. Not infrequently a crop of clear

‘blisters,’ ‘septic spots,’ or ‘pocks’, appear;

-Intolerable itching, particularly the areas

with the rash;

-A ‘flu-like’ feeling. Aching limbs and

joints, Malaise.

Without exception, all patients complained

of aching limbs involving the muscles and

joints, and physical fatigue and exhaustion. A

small minority had additional miscellaneous

complaints. Acute abdominal plain requiring

hospital admission – final diagnosis ‘a virus

infection’. Chest pains, enlarged lymph glands,

inguinal and cervical, and headches,

depression, irritability and change of

temperament.

Chronic orf: A sequel to complicated orf in

twenty-six cases. The average duration of

symptoms prior to treatment was 10 months,

with a range of 2 to 30 months. Chronicity was

to a change in the symptom priorities. Most

patients complained of joint pain and aching

muscles, extreme tiredness, which, although

variable and unpredictable, figured as high on

their distress scale as the original itching.

Actually, itching continued intermittently, but

was tolerated.

Several patients observed that a firm plaque

of skin persisted in the base of the original

lesion. When this area was seen to change

color and itch or throb, or feel ‘busy’, there

was an exacerbation of symptoms.

CPD and allergy: Only one patient of 100

was constitutionally allergic.

Mrs.H.W., aged 29, allergic in

childhood, eczema age 8-12.

Hypersensitive to stings and

inoculations as an adult. Had

three orf blisters on the right

hand in February 1986.

Suffered all the symptoms

listed above with unusual

intensity, e.g. the itching was

‘from head to foot and

actually hurt’. Hospitalized in

March and treated with

steroids for aching in all

joints., especially in the wrists

and ankles, with relief; but

within a week of stopping

steroid treatment she

invariably relapsed Dec 1986:

Continued to have recurrent

attacks of aching and itching,

but complained the most about

lack of energy. She had

progressed though the

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established pattern of invasive

orf to the chronic stage.

Steroids did not contribute to her

recovery, and may have retarded it.

The clinical picture was intensified

but not altered by her allergic

constitution.

Human CPD and secondary

infection: Antibiotics had been

prescribed for 43 patients out of 100,

but no evidence of secondary

infection was offered to any patient in

the series of 100. The general

impression gained was that

antibiotics had been given as a form

of insurance, and not for any strictly

scientific reason, which was

unfortunate because in many cases

the antibiotic seemed to trigger the

onset of the rash, or a crop of ‘septic

spots’ or ‘clear blisters’ which were

‘sterile’. Penicillin’s were particularly

suspect. However, one patient

accurately described lymphangitis, a

red line advancing up the arm to the

axilla, from the original blister. The

lymphangitis was checked by

antibiotics, but the course of the

disease was not influenced materially.

Toxoplasma gondil and CPD

virus: There is experimental

evidence that Toxoplama gondii

many impar the immune response of

lambs. H.W.REID et alia

demonstrated that lambs infected

with controlled doses of louping ill

virus and toxoplasma had a greater

moritality than lambs given the virus

only.12 It is noteworthy that all

receipts of donor hearts at Papworth

Hospital are now routinely treated for

Toxoplasma gondii after operation.

Prior to this regime, several of the

immunosuppressed after patients had

died from Toxoplasma. On

investigation, 36% of donor hearts

were found to be infected with

Toxoplasma. It seems possible that

the potential of Toxoplasma infection

to harm animals and humans is

underestimated because it is so

common.

Illustrative case: A farmer’s

wife, shepherdess, handled infected

material during a Toxoplasma

outbreak in their flock in 1983. In

April 1986, during a virulent

epidemic of orf in the flock, she

developed a small blister on the right

index finger, which healed in about

three weaks. Later, she had

lymphadenitis, aches and pains in the

limbs and joints, extreme fatigue,

muscle weakness, and difficulty in

breathing. She felt ill all summer and

spent the month of June in bed,

‘hardlyable to task or breathe’.

Investigations of the district hospital

for brucellosis, etc., were negative.

Diagnosis ‘systemic orf’. She

gradually recovered, and by October

1986 could cope with most of her

work, althought subject to bouts of

extreme fatigue. An apparently

benign orf had advanced into an

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extremely severe chronic type

without any apparent reason. Maybe

her immune system had been

depressed? Or the infections acted

synergistically. Similar patterns of

disease may have been observed by

veterinarians in the course of their

work, and the implications not

considered. Such cases are too easily

dismissed as ‘postal viral fatigue’.

Second case: A farmer’s wife,

age 33, had orf in May 1984, was

unwell for two months with stiff

joints and enlaged lymph glands. In

October 1984, their flock has a

Toxoplasma outbreak, which was

attributed to the bedding straw, which

had been contaminated, by their pens.

During October/November, 1984, she

had chest pains, very fast heart rate

insomina and exhaustion. She was

barely able to do her housework, and

quite unable to work on the farm.

Eventually, she was thoroughly

investigated at the University

Hospital and told she had ‘a virus in

the heart’. After homoeopathic

treatment in January 1986, she was

able to cope with the spring lambing,

but did not feel more than 70% fit. In

May 1986, she had one dose only of

homoeopathic Toxoplasma Nosode

30c, which caused an alarming

aggravation. All her old (October

1984) symptoms returned for two

days. Thereafter, she steadily

improved and was fully fit by July

1986, and has remained so (March

1987)

Homoeopathic treatment of orf

in goats and sheep: Preliminary

studies on a small group of infected

lambs, using Thuja occidentals 30c,

one dose a day for three days,

established that the treatment was

effective. Scabs dropped off in about

eight days, accompanied by an

observable improvement in condition.

However, as a lamb with bengin orf

can be expected, on average, to

recover in about three weeks, the

result, although satisfactory, were not

outstanding.

Goats proved to be a convenient

experimental animal, usually having a

name, a personality and a devoted

owner who was able to observe and

asses the treatment in detail, e.g. one

valued nanny with extensive sores

and scabs on the muzzle and under

was losing condition rapidly, and the

milk yield dropping. She was given

Thuja 10M, three doses. On the third

day the scabs began to fall, and on the

sixth day she bounced out of her

shed, anxious to be milked, and haver

her nuts.

With more experience, it was

decided to avoid high potency, and

standardize the treatment to Thuja

30c one dose daily for three days for

humans, goats and sheep, in order to

establish basic comparisons.

Further experiments in the field

the orf-infected sheep revealed (as

might be anticipated) that the results

of therapy depend on good

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husbandry, the inbred vitality of the

animal, nutritional state, and

immediate environment. Animals,

which are in good condition,

sheltered, unstressed, and well fed

can respond quite dramatically. For

example, an ewe with orf on the

udder, which was swollen and red,

scabs on the upper lip, extending to

the nostrils. The ewe was given the

routine three does of Thuja 30c. The

lambs were not treated. Within six

days, the three animals were 80%

healed, and the scabs detaching

naturally, the interest in this

experiment lies in the fact that Thuja

30c does not contain a molecule of

the original extract; but something

passed to the lambs either in the milk,

by the ewes’ saliva, or by direct

contact.

Homoeopathic treatment in

humans: The visible effect of

treatment in acute benign human orf

was an acceleration of the cycle

papule, pustule, scab, which was

foreshortened to eight days on

average, the criterion of recovery

being the natural peeling of the scab

to reveal new pink skin underneath.

Complicated human orf was

cured in an average time of three

weeks. Only three patients required a

single additional dose of Thuja 30c

one month after the initial three

doses. Chronic cases required five

weeks, on average, to be resorted to

normal health and vitality.

The unselected 100 patients in

this series (March 1986-September

1987) were all cured, with one

exception in the acute phase. Two

cases of ‘postal-vital fatigue’ proved

resistant although relieved to some

extent by the routine Thuja.

Method of administration of

homoeopathy to animals: Providing

the animals housed and under control,

the most convenient form of

medication is the one-gram veterinary

phial containing Thuja 30c. The

contents, lactose granules, can be

tipped on to the tongue, or into the

dewlap to be absorbed through the

buccal lining. One dose daily for

three days is generally sufficient.

If the work has to be done outside

in driving rain and wind, etc., it is

more convenient to use a solution of

the granules, in cold boiled water, in

a 50 cc plastic squeezable bottle that

ejects a fine spray into the mouth.

It is also possible to dissolve the

granules in the drinking, providing

the supply is controlled and limited

and can be conveniently changed

each day for three days. This method

is so obviously open to abuse that its

use should be restricted to

exceptional circumstances, and

controlled by the veterinarian.

Unbelievably, it is effective. The dose

and dilution are not critical because

the Thuja is already diluted to 1 over

10

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Conclusion: The homoeopathic

drug Thuja occidentials has a

specific antiviral action in CPD in

three different species.

Invasive complicated and chronic

orf in humans is a definte clinical

syndrome with consistent features

accounting for 61% of

the cases. It is not the

result of allergy, etc., as

was previously supposed.

Reference:

1) YOUATT AW.

Sheep, Their Bread, Management

and Disease, Library of Useful

Knowledge 1837.

2) WALLEY, T. Contagious

Dermatitis ‘Orf’ in sheep. J Comp

path Ther 1890; 3: 337-60/

3) GLOVER RE. Contagious

Pustular Dermatitis of the Sheep. J

Comp Path Ther 1928: 41: 318-40

4) AYNAUD M. La stomatite

pustuleuse contagieuse des ovines.

Ann Inst Past 1923: 37:498

5) NEWSONIE, CROSS F. Sore

Mouth in Sheep Transmissible to

Man. J Am Vet Med Asso 1934;

84: 799-802

6) PASK VM, MACKERAS IM.

Ecthyma from Sheep to Man.

7) FASTER LB. Human Infections

with the Virus of Ovine CPD

(Scabby Mouth), NZ Med J 1957;

56: 121-3.

8) BLACKMOREF,

ABDUSSALAMMM,

GOLDSMITHWN, Br J Dermatol

Suph 1948; 60:404

9) PETERKIN GCC., Br J Dermatol

Syph 1937; 49:492

10) PURDY MU NZ. Med J 1955;

54:572-5.

11) ROBINSON AJ, BALASSU TC.

CPD (Orf). Veterinary Bulietin

1981; 51:771-81.

12) REID HW et al. J Comp Pathol

1982; 92: 181-9.

An eleven-year-old white female

patient was whimpering and crying in

a mild way prior to initiating dental

work. The pretty, blond haired child

was given one dose of Pulsatilla 30c

and the crying stopped insanity. I was

able to give her the

lidocaine/adrenalie injection and

place fillings in six teeth with no

problem. I noted that she had a Class

II division I closed bite and thus

advised the patient’s mother to take

the child to an Orthodontist.

Later that year, the patient was seen

for prophylaxis and a vitamin C test.

On that visit her mother asked if her

daughter should still see an

Orthodontist they had been unable to

afford it previously. I had forgotten

that I had referred her six months

earlier. I checked her bite and found

the occlusion to be perfect. This

would have been hard for me to

believe had I not charted the Class II,

Division I closed bite noted on her

previous visit. I can only conclude

that Pulsatilla 30c was the child’s

similimum and did the correction.

The philosophy at work here is that is

very hard to antidote the similimum

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or the most correct dose even with

dental procedures.

I have continued to see this patient

regularly and the only prescription

required was Pulsatilla 3x for fear

prior to dental procedures.

A 65 years old male, merchant

seaman and man of the world

presented with advanced periodontal

disease and gum line decay. I

measured 7 mm pockets with pus,

severe bone loss with interradicular

pockets, and the bifurcations of the

molar roots were severely exposed. In

the homoeopathic repertory under

gum line decay I found Thuja,

Calcarea, Syphillnum, and Sillica

should be added from KENT’s

Materia Medica. When I asked him

when he had gonorrhoea, he smiled

and said, “that damn Spanish woman

didn’t tell me she had gonorrhea. “I

prescribed Thuja M and within a

month the periodontal condition had

improved considerably and the gum

line decay was hardening.

Dental pain is,

above all, an attention

getter. The best laid

plans come to a

sudden halt. The

patient himself becomes remorseful

and berets for not getting to the

dentist last month when a slight

twinge were felt. As he spends the

night walking the floor two little

words that can make Superman a

Wimp flash in and out of his mind –

root canal! !!

This acute situation can happen to

any of us, but there are certain

methods to stack the cards in favour

of the patient. The most obvious is to

be a regular patient and have small

problems taken care of before they

become emergency situations. If you

become a partner with your caring

dentists in the total care of the health

of your mouth, most problems can be

prevented or reduced to minor

therapy. Treatment expenses can also

be kept to a minimum.

Each our tooth has a hollow

center that is filled with blood, nerve

and lymph tissue. This is called the

pulp of the tooth. This tissue can be

damaged by trauma such as being hit

the mouth. Deep decay will cause a

bacterial infection inside the tooth.

Sometimes placing a deep filling or a

crown is enough of an insult to cause

the pulp to degenerate in a tooth that

has been previously weakened.

A root canal treatment simply

cleans and shapes the hollow center

of the tooth so that a special type of

filling can be placed to prevent

further infection. This can usually be

accomplished with comfort to the

patient and it is only the horror stories

that are the ones we hear about.

The concept of raising the

resistance of the individual to combat

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the infection and the resulting pain

and discomfort is a worthy objective

and brings us to the valuable role that

homoeopathy can play in dentistry.

Root canal therapy normally calls for

the utilization of heavy pain

medication and antibiotics. I find

that-selected remedy will provide

comfort and support without the need

for drugs.

The patient plays an important

role, as he must describe in detail

what it is feeling. Just saying that the

tooth hurts is not enough. The quality

of the pain and all associated

prolebms, as well as the

characteristics of the patient himself,

is needed to select the proper remedy.

A current difficulty is to find a

dentist who is familiar with

homoeopathy. A possible solution is

to demand, as the patient who is

playing for the care, that your dentist

confer with your homoeopath. This

concept serves multiple functions as

it provides the patient with superior

care, causes the physician and the

dentist to communicate, and places

homoeopathy on display for the

dentist to view.

A patient whom I had not seen

for four years called my office. There

was swelling above a tooth on the

upper left eyetooth. This tooth had

several deep fillings to restore the

damage from extensive decay. Over

the years, the pulp had degenerated.

There was the peculiar symptom of a

thick yellow discharge down the back

of her throat coming from the

abscessed tooth. The tooth was

opened and cleaned and drained with

no anaesthetic needed and the patient

was completely comfortable.

Fig.1 shows the rubrics which

were used in KENT’s Repertory to

select Calcera sulphurica 1 M.

1. Teeth; Abscess of roots: Merc.

(2), Calc (1), Sil.(3) Pho.(1)

Sul.(1)

2. Face; Swelling; toothache: Merc

(3), Calc(2) Calc-s(2), Sil(3),

Sep(3)

3. Nose; Discharge; posterior nares

Merc, (2), Cacl.(2) Cacl-a(2)

Sep.(1), Kali-bi(3), Pho(2) Hydr

(1), Sul(1)

4. Nose; Discharge; thick Merc.(2),

Calc (2) Calc-s(3) Sli(3) Sep(2),

Kali-bi(3), Pho(2) Hydr(3),

Sul(2).

5. Nose; Discharge; yellow posterior

nares from: Calc-a(2), Kali-bi(3)

Hydr(3)

Numbers in brackets show the grade

of the remedy in the repertory.

This particular analysis chart

emphasizes the small and the strange,

rare, and peculiar remedies in the

chosen rubrics.

A single dose of Calcarea

sulphurica M was given. It is a very

valuable remedy after thick yellow

pus has found a vent. It functions as a

deep-acting Hepar sulphur. It is a

possible addition to the rubric: “teeth,

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abscess of roots,” which already

contains Calcera and Sulphur.

The patient felt a dramatic

reduction in symptoms. Fifty percent

of the swelling was gone by the next

day. The balance of the swelling had

disappeared by the second day. Using

dental instruments to open the hollow

part of the tooth for drainage was

necessary, but the action of the

remedy was the perfect complement,

and it kept the patient comfortable.

Once the pulp reaches the point of

degeneration it becomes a condition

similar to gangrene; no remedy can

restore the healthy tissue. If caught

early enough a remedy can help to

reverse the beginning of

inflammation. In the case mentioned

above, the root canal therapy was

completed uneventfully with no need

to repeat the remedy or to use any

other medication.

Every doctor

can remember

cases that bring to

the heart. Two of

my cases are very

short, yet the gravity of the illness

was severe – both time a life and

death situation - so the recovery was

very joyous indeed.

The first case started, as these

cases often do with a telephone call at

eleven at night. My secretary called

to inform me that one of my patient’s

mother was miscarrying. I called the

woman who described the case as

follows;

She is 33 years old and is pregnant

for the third time. She has a seven-

year-old girl and a two-year-old boy.

This is second month of her

pregnancy. She stopped for the first

month, on and off averaging twice a

week. There was a very little bit of

blood that she would notice staining

her undersear. This then stopped. The

doctor never recommended bed rest

or restricted exertion. Earlier on this

particular day she went for her

checkup and had a rough internal

exam but otherwise there was nothing

remarkable. When she got home later

that evening, hours after the pelvic

exam, she started to prepare for bed.

She went to the bathroom to wash her

face, and as soon as the water

touched her face she begin to bleed

profusely, hemorrhaging from the

uterus. She said the blood just ran out

bright red, watery, profuse, worse if

she coughed, not coagulated and no

tissue passed. She reported that she

called her not obstetrician and he told

her she was miscarrying and to go

about her usual business. Again he

did not recommend bed rest or limit

her exertion. At this point she begin

to cry and she was slightly

incoherent. She bled two or three

cups worth of blood but no more. She

had a first aid kit that contained a few

homoeopathic remedies. The case

seemed like a clear Arnica case,

having the two major keynotes of

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etiology from injuries and the other

key-note of washing the face causing

a haemorrhage, though usually the

haemorrhage is of the nose. I told her

to take Arnica and to call me in one

hour. She stated taking Arnica 12x

every twenty minutes. I repertorised

the case and was injuries, after;

Metrorrhagia, active, Metrorrhagia,

bright red; Metrorrhagia,

concussions; Metrorrhagia,

continuous; Metrorrhagia, profuse).

In one hour she called tell me that the

bleeding stopped with the first dose

and had not returned. I told her to

continue and to call me in the

morning.

Invariably what happens in

situations such as this is that the

patient sleeps well and I am up the

rest of the night. Morning finally

arrived and so did her phone call

telling me she was well. I advised her

to get some Helonias root tincture,

which she started taking two, weeks

later. I also prescribed deadest and no

exertion whatsoever. She took the

Helonias root but not the advice.

(Helonias tincture has the same

indication as the herb and as a

homeopathically prepared remedy.

Women that tend to abort may be

given a certain amount of the herb,

which tends to prevent the abortion. I

should add that there are no proven

‘safe’ medicines during pregnancy,

natural or otherwise. For that reason I

would only attempt botanical

treatment under the supervision of a

trained medical herbalist);

Last week she delivered her

second daughter, six pounds nine

ounces with a very healthy, quick

delivery and recovery. It is interesting

to note that in all the women that I

have seen and treated constitutionally

with homoeopathy, either before or

during their pregnancies, only one

has had a labor over four hours.

And now the second case. A friend

of a patient called our office to ask it

we could help her daughter. The

mother reported the case as follows;

Her daughter was ten days old.

She weighed nine pounds nine ounces

and was twenty-two inches in length.

She was the third child, born at eight

in the morning with nine and ten

APGARs. (An APGAR is an

evaluation of the infant at one and

five minutes to determine if any

emergency treatment should be

initiated. The evaluation includes the

color, heart rate, and respiration,

reflex response muscle tone. The top

score is 10. The lower the number of

more at risk is the child). The three-

hour labor was uneventful, no forceps

were used. At one in the afternoon,

she was given a bath and put under a

heat lamp. She turned blue twice. She

was rushed to Children’s Hospital

where many tests were run. By

lumbar puncture they found blood in

the spinal fluid. They ventilator her

turning color as a result of seizures

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and put her on a had a left lateral

ventricular bleed presumably due to

the birthing process. The left

ventricle was normal sized and due to

the location of the bleed, was very

unlikely to block the flow of

cerebrospinal fluid.

(Note: the ventricles are the

connecting cavities of the brain that

lead into the spinal cord, they are

usually filled with cerebrospinal fluid

but after a bleed, as in this child,

examination of the fluid shows gross

blood. The prognosis for children

with large bleeds is not very good.)

By the age of ten days she had

many CAT scans and EEG’s and at

the last repot the clot was still there.

The EEG showed seizure activity

though the mother was quite happy

by how placid and content the baby

appeared. The child was on

Phenobarbital, which to me explained

the placed nature. She was on a

portable monitor that tracked her

heart and breathing rate. She nursed

every three hours and she spit up

saliva after. She was not gassy and

her stool was yellow and seedy. She

extraversion around the left iris. Her

forehead was wrinkled. She had

stated that they were from all the

venapunctures done to her and from

the IV’s. Her hair was oily and wet

and her hands felt cold though the

rest of her was warm. She cried

normally it wet, hungry or bothered.

She slept better during the day with

much noise around than at night

when it was quiet. She loved baths

and having her washed. Her feet were

very dry.

Based on the essence of Arnica,

she was given Arnica M, one dose

and the mother was asked to report

back every few days. Arnica was

given because it is the main remedy

for reabsorbing extravasted blood,

especially if it causes a stroke. Also

she had extravasated blood in her eye

and the black and blues over her

body. The mother was also given

bioflavionoids and vitamin C to take

in the hope that it would help build

the infant’s capillary stability through

the breast milk.

The child did great. Over a period

of days the eye cleared up, as did the

skin. She did not have any other

periods of apnea or seizures and her

EEG became more and more normal.

By four weeks the pediatric

neurologist was so impressed by her

progress that he removed the monitor,

though before he said that she would

need it for 2 years. He also began t

reduce the Phenobarbital. The child,

by this time had no Arnica symptoms

left. Now she had sweating of the

head when nursing and during sleep.

She woke up screaming at night. She

is in the 98% for all her

measurements. She is the size of five

month old. Based on everything that I

just reported, since they are all

keynotes of the remedy, I gave

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Calceara carbonica 6c

to take four times daily.

Three weeks later the

mother reported that the

baby is doing very well.

She is still nursing on

demand and no solid foods have been

introduced. She still hiccoughs after

nursing. She has been perspiring less

since the Calcarea. The bowel

movements, which were twice daily,

have slowed down to once a day

since she had a cold. Her skin is dryer

on the forehead but behind her ears it

was scaly and rough. In the last few

days she had developed cold with all

the modalities of Calcares. I gave her

Calcarea 200c, one dose, and

discharged her. I was encouraged by

the fact that her disease has now

centered on the lungs, nose and skin.

I was sure that she will be seizure

free due to the shift of health.

I present these cases for two

reasons. First to show that

homoeopathy and naturopathy can

work reason is to again stress and

unify the Ida that we need a

homoeopathic hospital now. We need

to treat our patients in a safe

environment that will give us the

respect we need when we go home.

We started this discussion at the first

annual HANP convention and I

would like to see this discussion

carried on here. We need to treat, to

provide statistics and to train primary

health care providers to handle all

manner of diseases with the best

therapeutics known to us.

Two cases where little or no

information was forth coming from

normal casetaking; in the first case

the initial prescription was based on

the patient’s physical appearance and

general reluctance to give any

information, and in the second case

from clues obtained from Herbert A.

ROBERTS’ book ‘Sensations as if’.

Case 1: Male, born 31.10.63 in Iran.

Unemployed – attends adult learning

center in Birmingham.

31.1.86: I was asked by a patient

who teaches at the college which this

man attends, if I would try and treat

him as he had been told by hospital

consultants that he had only a few

weeks to live. Shortly after coming to

England 3 years ago he had rapidly

become weaker and weaker. After

numerous blood tests, scans, X-rays,

etc. it was decided he was suffering

from an undiagnosed blood disorder

producing hostile antibodies which

were destroying his immune system.

She warned me that it was almost

impossible to get any information

from him, as he did not seem

concerned about his illness or wish to

do anything to help himself. He only

attended the college because his

family forced him to and he spent

most of the time sitting alone doing

nothing, although he is obviously

intelligent as since coming to

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England he has taught himself to

speak, read and write English with

virtually no assistance.

He came in for the appointment and

sat nervously on the edge of the chair

fidgeting with his fingers, morose and

uncommunicative. Very

underdeveloped, small, thin-looked

more like a fourteen year old.

Bridge of nose very sunken, teeth

very distorted and growing at various

angles.

Complained of feeling weak all the

time. Said he was never ill before he

came here. Said nobody in his family

has ever been ill. Didn’t care what he

ate or drunk. Unconcerned about

temperature or weather conditions.

Indifferent about his recovery.

After over an hour taken up mostly

with sullen silences in response to my

questions I prescribed Syphilinum

10M, and assumed he would not

bother to make another appointment.

7.3.86: More energy eyes more

alive, enthusiastic at college and has

been joining in with other students,

never did at all before. Feels weak

and tried in hot rooms and very hot in

bed at night. Much less chilly.

Pain in left shoulder - deltoid region

- lifting agg.

Says he used to get headaches every

few days but has not had any since he

came last time. The head pain was

across his forehead and going back

over the middle of his head.

Eating better-Meat, fish, sweets anf

puddings, chips, bacon and fried

foods. Likes fat on meat. Fairly

thirsty.

Had pitchy rash on the body past 2

weeks.

Rx Sulphur 200.

18.4.86: Looks and feels better then

has ever before. Looks forward to

college and have started helping his

uncle in kitchen of his retaurant.

Analysis: His facial appearance –

tremendously sunken nose, distorted

teeth, etc., suggested a very strong

suphilitic miasm which also showed

up in the destructive processes in his

body and his own destructive attitude

and total disinterest in getting well so

with nothing more positive on which

to base the prescription I standard the

case with Syphilium.

At his second visit his attitude

had changed tremendously and he

genuinely wanted, and was trying, to

help me. The cure of his headaches,

which are typical of Syphillinum, was

a nice confirmation of the first

prescription. The significant increase

in his temperature, especially at night

in bed, left side shoulder pain,

improved appetite, particularly for

sweets, fat and friend foods and the

itchy rash all pointed to Sulphur,

which is complementary to

Syphilinum.

His improvement has continued

with only one repeat of Sulphur in

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1M potency in August 1987 and he

now works fulltime with his uncle. In

November 1987 his female cousin

came for treatment and the told me

that just before, and the reason, he

came to England to live with his

uncle, his father had attacked and

severely injured his mother before

committing suicide.

Case 2: Male born 6.6.59 Single.

Occupation: a designer; the case was

referred to me by a hypotherapist.

29.5.85: In October 1984 had a

car crash, hitting a tree at 60 kmph.

Only sustained one broken tooth and

slight injuries. The car was written

off. Had various previous accidents.

Felt very depressed after and a

feeling that something terrible would

happen to him. A few weeks later he

slept with his new girlfriend next day

he was convinced he had contracted

venereal disease and went to special

clinic but all tests proved negative.

He had no physical symptoms but

became obsessed about having VD.

He kept going back to that and other

clinics and saw three different

specialties to have further tests done

but all were negative. He has become

totally withdrawn from social

contacts and increasingly depressed,

worse mornings and evenings with a

general feeling of loss of energy.

Nausea from anxiety

Occasional colds

Sleeps very badly at night, could

sleep during day.

Not affected by weather

conditions.

Good visual memory but forgets

what has just done or is about to do.

Concentration very poor.

Frequent headaches across

forehead, extending to occiput when

severe.

No food cravings or aversions,

sweet, appetite varies

Hates team sports, also discos etc.

because has always been physically

ungainly.

Loves water but hates ‘man

controlled water’ such as dams, locks,

fitter plants, etc.

Parents very fit. No information

about grandparents.

Early childhood was happen until

to boarding school. Hated being away

and particularly hated some of the

boys – could happily have killed

them – could even seek them out now

and kill them.

Tonsillectomy age 5

Cartilage operation left knee age

14

Nasal resection after football

accident

Metal splinter removed eye.

Further operation left knee after

accident.

Describes VD symptoms as a

feeling that his penis blocked just

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inside and a sore raw feeling as if had

sex non-stop for hours.

Rx Syphillinum 10M

Analysis: Based on his history of

accidents, loss of memory for recent

things, sleeplessness, pronounced

weakness, headache characteristics.

ROBERTS’ ‘Sensations are if’

under Genitalia Male: sensation as if

penis clogged about one inch from

orifice.

Syphillinum: is in George

VITHOULKAS’ Additions under

‘Desire to kill’.

I considered Thuja and

Medorrhinum because he was so

obsession in spite of being assured he

did not have veneral disease, but they

did no cover the case.

21.6.85: Lots more energy,

depression much less, sleeping better

than has ever been but still convinced

has VD. Has also had a constant

bursting headache.

Rx S.L.

12.7.85: No real change from last

month, energy still good headache

been really bed, feels head will blow

up, much agg. from heat. Has twice

been back to the special clinic

because of sore worm out feeling of

penis – though no physical signs of

any soreness.

Rx Glonoine 30 – bursting

constant headache, plus, again with

thanks to ROBERTS, sensation as if

‘coition has been oft repeated’.

16.8.85: Feels fantastic – all

symptoms cleared and stayed clear.

1. WORD INDEX OF

EXPANDED REPERTORY OF

MIND SYMPTOMS, Complied and

edited by Dr.H.L.Chitkara, B.Jain

Publishers (P) Ltd., New Delhi.

pp.224, Rs.100/-

Repertory is the index to the Materia

medica and is the most essential reference

literature to very homoeopathy practitioner. It

is a treasure house containing vast clinical

material collected from different textbooks of

meteria medica and clinical reports. The most

used Repertory is the one by Dr. J.T. KENT.

Dr. BARTHEL & KLUNER published in 1973

a 3 volume ‘Synthetic Repertory’ covering

only the ‘Mind’, ‘Generals’, ‘Sex’ and ‘Sleep’,

leaving out the ‘Particulars’; the ‘Mind’ section

is the largest of the 3 volumes.

With the rejuvenation of homoeopathy all

over the world, new techniques have been

found to select the remedy. Dr.M.L.SEHGAL

of New Delhi has developed a technique of

prescribing on the basis of ‘Menta’ symptoms

alone, and this technique has already spread

amongst homoeopaths and they affirms the

effectiveness of this technique.

Dr.H.L. Chitkara therefore rightly decided

to prepare an index to the ‘Mind’ section of the

Synthetic Repertory. The result is certainly

gratifying.

Unlike some ‘new’ books on

homoeopathy, this work is of great practical

use everyday in the clinic. It will also help to

‘familiarize’ oneself with the Repertory and of

course the Meteria Medica. It will also help us

to ‘look’ for specific ‘mentals’ that accompany

many ailments and thus help us to find as

closely a similar remedy as possible. For e.g. a

rubric ‘Coryza’ Dullness during has

Arsenicum album as the only remedy. A man

of about 45 years complained or much

weakness and other ailments and the on point

he was repeatedly mentioning in the first and

BOOK

QUARTERLY HOMOEPATHIC DIGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

subsequent interviews was that he felt that all

his troubles might be because he had

masturbated much in his youth. Seemed to be

feeling guilty of this. The word index under

review indicated the rubric ‘Masturbation,

Culpability’ and the rubric in Synthetic

Repertory ‘Culpability after masturbation,

distressed by’ was found. Only one remedy and

that in the highest grade was found, viz.

Phosphoricum acidum. The remedy helped

the case.

Printing, binding, general get-up etc. are

all excellent and justifies the price.

This word-index is certainly a very useful

addition to the busy homeopath’s

armamentarium. Warmly recommended.

K.S. SRINIVASAN

1. Homoeopathic Convention Committee,

Bombay inform as follows: “FACETS OF

HOMOEOPATHY”. A Seminar with Jeremy

SHERR and Ananda ZAREN on 24

th

to 27

th

December 1990 at Patkar Hall. New Marine

Lines. Bombay 400020, organized by the

Homoeopathic Convention Committee

Eligibility Medical Doctors, Interns and

Medical Student. Rs. 600/- if received on or

before 10-12-90 (Rs.700/- if received after 10-

12-90) For Interns and Students Rs.400/- if

before 10-12-90 and Rs.450/- if after 10-12-90.

Please send remittances in favour of

HOMOEOPATHIC CONVENTION

COMMITTEE to Mr. S.M.Gunavante, Moraya

Villa, 12

th

Road, Khar, Bombay – 400 052

(Tel. 649 8146) Jeremy SHERR and Ananda

brings ZAREN are both popular teachers in the

UK and Europe. Jeremy interprets gestures and

explains remedies in terms of polarities.

Ananda brings Video pictures of cases cured

with rare remedies, of which she has an

impressive knowledge. They will demonstrate

their case taking and prescribing techniques

and also present unique viewpoints of

remedies.”

2. VII ALL HOMOEOPATHIC

CONGRESS organized by the Delhi State

Branch of the Homoeopathic Medical

Assocation of India is to be held on 28-30

th

December 1990 at Shah Auditorium. (Gujarati

Samaj), 2, Raj Niwas Marg, Delhi – 110 054.

Delegate free up to 31.10.90 Rs. 300/- and

Rs.350/- after 1.11.90: Accompanying person

Rs.250/- Bonafide Student Rs.250/-Receiption

Committee members Rs.1000/- and Patron

Rs.5000/- There will a medical exhibition

besides stals. Rly concession also available @

25% There will be scientific sessions (a)

Tuberculosis: (b) Practical aspects of

prescribing (c) Efficacy of homoeopathy in

chronic and incurable cases (d) Free subjects.

Those desirous to present papers contact Dr.

RK Desai, 4A Vasant Rajb Park, SM Road,

Ahedabad – 380 015. For further information

contact: Dr. M.L.Agarwal 37, South Anarkali

Extension, Delhi – 110 051.

3. The Hahnemannian Society of

Homoeopathicians of India (HASH), is holding

a Seminar on Standardisation in Homoeopathy

and Reliability of Homoeopathic Medicines

and Training Programme on Repertorisation

through Expert System for Homoeopathy, on

9-11 December 1990 at Mavalankar

Auditorium, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg,

New Delhi – 110 001. Fees: Rs.200/- for

members of HASHI: Rs. 250/- for non-

members with benefit of membership for 1991;

Rs.150/- for student delegates. For further

information contact: The Secreatry General

HASHI Seminar Camp Office, 476, Gautam

Nagar, New Delhi – 110 049.

NEW

S

QUARTERLY HOMOEOPATHIC IGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

4.QHD, Vol VII, 4, 1990

Part I CURRENT LITERATURE LISTING

A list of current homoeopathic literature,

subject wise is given be low. Except for the

CCRH Quarterly Bulletin all the others are

from the British, American, German, etc.

journals not readily accessible to every

homoeopath. Some of the articles may appear

in PART II in later numbers of the Quarterly

Homoeopathic DIGEST, as abstract / summary

/ condesation / full, etc.

I. PHILOSOPHY

1. The patient’s words

G.V. KELLER (ZKH, Band 33,

5/89)

2. Smelling of the potenlized remedy

A.VOEGELI (ZKH, Band 33, 6/89)

3. The meteria medica from miasmatic view

FISCHER, U.D. (AHZ, Band 234,

5/89)

4. Scientific homoeopathy – part I

-Part II – HAHNEMANN’s letter

on KANT -Part III – KANT and

HAHEMANN

JUST, C. (AHZ, Band 234, 5/89 and

5/89)

5. Chronic diseases of HAHNEMANN in the

light of Microecology LINDER, Reinhold

(BHJ, Vol. 78, 4/89)

6. Is there a bridge between homoeopahy

and conventional medicine? Blackie Memorial

Lecture TURNER, Paul (BHJ, Vol. 78,

4/89)

7. The harmony of homoeopathy and

acupunture

PARIS, Laura (The Hahnemnnian, Dec.

89)

8. The vital force and adaptation

STUART-MACADAM, Party (The

Homoeopathy, Vol.6, 4/87)

9. AIDS, An open letter

LIVINGSTRONE, Ronald and

THOMSON Christopher

10. Flower essences and homoeopathy

KATZ, Richard and KAMINISKI,

Patrisia (The Homoeopath, Vol. 6,

3/87)

11. Percelving what is to be cured

BURROWS, Susan (The Homoeopath,

Vol.6, 3/87)

12. The chronic miasms

WHITMONT, Edward (The

Homoeopath, 6, 4/87)

13. Homoeopathy in contemporary allopathic

medicine COULTER, Haris

(The

Homoeopathy, 6, 4/87)

14. At war with his skin

HOTTON, Donald

(Homoeopathy Today,

Vol.10, 6/90)

15. Ideas about potency in homoeoaphy

ALBIN, Stene (Simillimum,

Vol.3, 4/90)

16. What in the word is

homoeopathy? The Queen’s

physician addresses he IFH

public conference (Resonance,

Vol. 11, No.6/89)

II. MATERIA MEDICA

1. Homoeopathy in psychiatric diseases –

Lyssin – Natrum muriaticum,

G.KOKELENBERG

(ZKH, Band 33, 5/89)

2. Bouts of sneezing – Stachya betonica

KRISHNAMURTHY, P.S. (ZKH, Band

33,5/89)

3. Two observation on China officinsia

KLUNKER, W (ZKH, Band 33,

5/89)

4. Argentum nitricum

GYSPER, K.H. (ZKH, Band 33,

6/89)

5. Pyelonephritis threatening failure, China

WEGENER, A. (ZKH, Band 33,

6/89)

6. Causticum as a medicine of old age in a

dog

and the symptomatic differential

diagnosis

ANDRESSEN, E.P. (AHZ, Band

234, 6/89)

7. Carcinosinum: an overview with case

studies

SHORE, Jonathan (JAIN, Vol. 82, 4/89)

8. Carclnosinum: analysis of 17 cured

cases

SMITS, Tinus (JAIN, Vol. 82, 4/89)

9. Homoeopathy according to Peanuts

EGGINES, Evelyne (The Homoeopathy,

Vol.6, 4/87)

10. Provindg of Paorinum by

HAHNEMANN

QUARTERLY HOMOEPATHIC DIGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

CROOK, Allen (The Homoeopathy

Today Vol.6, 4/87)

11. A case in point

HERSCU, Paul (Homoeopathy Today

Vol.10, 4/90)

12. Arnica experience

GUMBERISH, Katina M., FERRARI,

Leo (Homoeopathy Today, Vol.10, 4/90)

13. The little things that mean so much

HERSCU, Paul

(Homoeopathy Today Vol.10, 6/90)

14. The emerging clinical picture of

Carcinosin, an underprescribed remedy

SHORE, Jonathan (Proc. 1989 IFH

Professional Case Conference)

15. A case of sinus headache

CROTHERS, Dean (Proc.

1989 IFH

Professional Case Conference)

16. A medley of Aurum cases

HERRICK, Nancy (Proc. 1989

IFH

Professional Case Conference)

17. A clinical study of Calcarea fluorica

MORRISON, Rober (Proc.

1989 IFH

Professional Case Conference)

18. Two Bufo cases

REICHNBERG-ULLMAN,

Judyth

(Simillimum, Vol.3, 4/89)

19. A deep acting Cantharis case

FINE, Howard (Simillimum,

vol.3, 4/89)

20. Small remedy comes through

SHILON, Jana (Simillimum,

vol. 3, 4/90)

21. Opium: in memorium of a great remedy

SHILON, Jana (Similimum,

vol.3, 4/90)

22. The potential relatioship of the vegetable

remedies Staphisagaria

CHINDEMI, Wayne, J,

(Simillimum, Vol.3, 4/90)

23. Staphisagaria materia

medica

ELMORE, Durr

(Similimum, Vol.3, 4/90)

24. HANP lectures at 1990

AANP Convention

SWOPE, Harry

(Similimum, Vol.3, 4/90)

25. Gelsemium

sempervirens

ELLMORE, Durr

(Reasonance, vol.11, 6/89)

26. Doctor’s child needs a

remedy

BAKER, Jeff (Resonance, Vol.11, 6/89)

III. THERAPEUTICS:

1. Liverpool annual clinical meeting

in homoeopathic medicine 1988.

2. Indifference, COULTER,

Catherine R. (The Hahnemannian,

Dec. 89)

3. AIDS: What homoeopathy can

offer, STRANCE, Milke (The

Homoeopath, Vol.6, 3/87)

4. Homoeopathy at its worst – by a

patient, CASTRO, Miranda (The

Homoeopath, Vol. 6, 3/87)

5. A suppression of grief,

SHAPIRO, Nancy (Homoeopathy

Today, Vol.10, 6/90)

6. The treatment of poison ivy,

WILSON, Jacquelyn

(Homoeopathy Today, Vol.10,

6/90)

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7. Homoeopathy and asthma,

KRAMER, Carol (Homoeopathy

Today, Vol.10, 6/90)

8. A case of pulmonary sarcoidosis,

KIPNIS, Sheryl (Proc. 1989 IFH

Professional Case Conference)

9. Two cases of cervical dysplasia

and a case of craniopharyngioma,

KLEIN, Louis (Proc. 1989 IFH

Professional Case Conference)

10. A case of compulsive yawning

and rapid onset of amnesia and

clumsiness in a 39 year old

woman ROBINSON, Karl (Proc.

1989 IFH Professional case

conference)

11. A case of failure to thrive,

MURANE, Sara Coner (Proc.

1989 IFH Professional Case

Conference)

12. A consultant management

problem, GRAY, Bill (Proc. 1989

IFH Professional Case

Conference)

13. A case of acute bipolar affective

disorder, MESSER, Stephen A.

(Proc. 1989 IFH Professional

Case Conference)

14. A case of Metrorrhagia, SHEVIN,

William (Proc. 1989 IFH

Professional Case Conference)

15. Dental emergencies during

homoeopathic treatment

JACOBS, Jennifer (Proc. 1989

IFH Professional Case

Conference)

16. Homoeopathic archaeology:

desiphering a multilayered case,

KING, Stephen (Proc. 1989 IFH

Professional Case Conference)

17. A very painful cystics, BURKE,

Jack (Simillimum, Vol.3, 4/90)

18. A case of non-bacterial urethritis,

TESSLER, Neil (Similimum, Neil

Vol.3, 4/90)

19. A case of acute bronchitis,

JAMISON, Neil (Similimum,

Vol.3, 4/90)

20. A case of lapses of conscience,

TESSLER, Neil (Simillimum,

Vol.3, 4/90)

21. A case to make your day, ALBIN,

Steve (Simillimum Vol.3, 4/90)

22. A case of tuberculosis of the

spine, BARNI, Stephen

(Simillimum, Vol.3, 4/90)

23. Psoriasis after grief, CHINDEMI,

Wayne, J. (Simillimum, Vol.3,

4/90)

24. A child’s world, HERSCU, Paul

(Simillimum, Vol.3, 4/90)

IV. REPERTORY

1. Errors in KENT’s Repertory –

Cuprum and Cypripedium;

Phallus impedigus and

Phallandrium, Further

corrections – Chimaphilla

umbelleta – China offcinalls

EPPENICH.H. (ZKH, Band 33,

5/89, and 6/89)

2. Analysis of rubrics in KENT’s

repertory, Part2: Salivation,

nights, WALDECKER, A. (ZKH,

Band 33, 6/89. Part I appeared in

ZKH, 33, 4/89)

3. Carcinosinum: Additions to

KENT’s Repertory (JAIH, Vol.82,

4/89)

4. The repertories in general,

KISHORE, Jugal (The

Homoeopath, Vol.6, 3 & 4/87)

5. Is a revision of KENT’s repertory

necessary? KLUNKER, Will (The

Homoeopathy, Vol.6, 4/87)

V. RESEARCH

QUARTERLY HOMOEPATHIC DIGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

1. Research reviews,

(Oscillococlnum in influenza-

type illnesses and Rhus

toxiconderon in Fibrosltis)

FISHER, Peter (BHJ, Vol.78,

4/98)

2. Aspects of information storage

and structures in water: report on

symposium ENDLER, P. (BHJ,

Vol,78 4/89)

3. Methodology in Oxford, April 89

– a report FISHER, Peter (BHJ,

Vol.78, 4/89)

VI. PHARMACOLOGY

1. European homoeopathic

pharmacies and manufactures

meet the regularly authorities in

Strasbourg, May 1989 – a report.

ULBRICHT, Audery; JOLLIFER,

Georgina (BHJ, Vol. 78, 4/89)

2. The henshaw flocculation test,

HOAGLAND, Guy (The

Hahnemannian, Dec.89)

VII. VETERINARY

1. Veterinary expericnes,

SHAFFER, Homoeopathy Today,

Vol.10, 4/90)

VIII. BIOGRAPHY

1. Adolph Graf zur LIPPE Bisterfeld

– Weissenfold GYPSER, K.H.

(ZKH, Band 33, 5/89)

2. Fredric QUIN, the founder of the

hospital LEARY, Berrnard (BHJ,

Vol,78, 4/89)

3. Samuel HAHNEMANN: A

personal observation – from

BRADFORD’s life of

HAHEMANN (Homoeopathy

Today, Vol.10, 6/90)

4. In search of James tyler KENT’s

ancestors, MICHOT –

DIETRICH, Hela (Homoeopathy

Today, Vol.10, 6/90)

IX. HISTORY

1. Development of 50 millerimal

potencies; Was HAHNEMANN

inspired by HERING? J.KUNZLI

v FIMMELSBERG (ZKH, Band

33, 6/89)

2. Transcription of HAHEMANN –

letters (3) GENNEPER, T. (ZKH,

Band 33, 6/89)

3. Membership of the DzhA as

reflection of medical history

BRAUN, A. (AHZ Band 234,

5/89)

4. A memorial for HAHNEMANN

obvious or superfluous? WOLF,

H-G. (AHZ, Band 234, 6/89)

5. A history of the Royal London

Homoeopathic Hospital

JENKINS: Hilary: The future of

the Royal Homoeopathic Hospital

JENKINS, M.D. (BHJ, Vol.78,

4/89)

6. Homoeopathy in the Soviet

Union, TOLEDO, David Flores

(Resonance, Vol.II, 6/89)

X. GENERAL

1. Verifications and clinical

symptoms (ZKH, Band 33, 5/89

and 6/89)

2. What academic strategy? Report

from the academic working party

TYLOR-REILLY, David

(BHJ,Vol.78, 4/89)

3. The expectations, health beliefts

and behaviour of patients seeking

homoeopathic and conventional

medicine. HARRISON, Clare;

HEWISON, Jenny; DAVIES,

Peter; PIETRONI; Patrick (BHJ,

Vol.78, 4/89)

4. A comparison of GP and

homoeopathic patients SMITH,

Chris (BHJ, Vol.78, 4/89)

QUARTERLY HOMOEOPATHIC IGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

5. Council meeting of the LMHA –

Report of the meeting April 1989

at Valence, France HOLCOMBE,

Roderick, D. (BHJ, Vol.78, 4/89)

6. A plain type among the bold –

Report of the 2

nd

congress of

homoeopathic intemationalis in

Valence, France MINOR, Lemna

(BHJ, Vol.78, 4/89)

7. Reflections on the Eizayaga

seminar, CHAPPELL, Peter (The

Homoeopath, Vol.6, 3/87)

8. The perils of dieting JOFFE, Peter

(The Homoeopath, Vol.6, 3/87)

9. An interview with Rogar

Morrison and Nancy Herrick

(Simillimum, Vol.3, 4/90)

10. International homoeopathic

teacher’s conference: A Report

(Simillimum, Vol.3, 6/89)

11. Notes from the IFH professional

case conference POBEF, Ken

(Reasonance, Vol.II, 6/89)

12. The tower of homoeopathic babel

BORNEMANN, Jay P.

(Resonance, Vol.II, 6/89)

Vol. VII

Part II

ABSTRACT/SUMMARY/

CONDENSATION/FULL

ARTICLES

In the “Herbarium Ambrionense”

of the mid 17

th

century by the geman

scholar and trader George Eberhard

RUMPFF and another well-known

Phytotherapist of our won times now,

R.F. WEISS, the most valuable and

most reliable indications for

Rauwoilfia is ‘Contra anxietetem”.

Indeed the main action of Raulwolfia

is sedation, in the modern sense.

Between these conformable

findings Rauwolfia was lying for

around 300 years and neither the

European nor the American medical

world had the knowledge of its full

powers. Only after the last War these

two, Europe and America, clearly

recognized this new medicinal plant

after the modern chemistry and

pharmacology which developed after

1940 the qualities of a whole lot of

over 30 Rauwolfia alkaloids. It will

be interesting to note that in the early

years since the platn was recognized

in Europe and America it was

prescribed as anti-hyper-tensive with

much expectations and greatest hopes

and even now it plays such a role in

special cases. The more important

knowledge that the whole extract of

the plant or specific alkaloids give a

specific sedative effect of a particular

kind is recent finding. It is exactly

this attribute, which elevates the

thousand years old Indian folk

medicine specially and with it, as

EISFELODER said, the Indian

homoeopathic physician, since about

100 years.

In the book “Drugs of India”

which was published in 1943 a well-

known Indian physician

HOMOEOPATHIC OBSERVATIONS

ON THE MEDICINAL PLANT

RAUWOLFIA

XXII Int. Cong. 1958

Hippokrates Vertag

QUARTERLY HOMOEPATHIC DIGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

CHATTERJEE wrote about 45 plant

drugs used in Indian folk medicines

and also in modern medicine, in

which for almost every plant the gave

one or more case reports

CHATTERJEE said that for most of

those plants medicinal provings were

not available and he thought that once

theses are proved under strict

organization and with well-equipped

clinical laboratories, a new era of

Homoeopathy would down.

Rauwolfia serpentina is found

under the small number of medicines

in this book-let. The directions for the

preparation of this root drug has been

given according to Class 3 of the

American Homoeopathic

Phamacopaeia. In the description

under Folk Medicine Rauwolfa is

given an antidole to snake bites and

insect stings and especially

recommended for use as sedative for

children and is customary in certain

provinces of India. As further uses

recently, CHATTERJEE considers it

as holding first place in cases with

mild and severe out-breaks of

insanity and subsequently for

hypertension. In the following case

he reported prompt healing of a

woman who suffered high-grade

delirium two days after a suspected

snakebite.

It must be further said here that at

the time this book was published

(1934) it was not known in the

clinical practice in the West that

Rauwolfa was useful as anti-

hypertensive and as sedative. In the

laborarities of the industries also no

chemical pharmacological researches

of the drug were carried out.

10 years later Reuwolfla was

clinically established as a medicine

for depression, again by an Indian

doctor, VAKIL, and again 10 years

later Rauwolfia was known all over

the West as a medicine for

hypertension and after some more

years now, used a sedative.

Rightly therefore EISFLDER

wrote in the Journal of the American

Institute of Homoeopathy, in 1955:

“presently the drug appears to have

taken its place in the homoeopathic

use appropriately which is in the

range of mental illnesses”.

Further: “The physicians from

West have taken interest in Rauwolfia

within the last decade and many of

our enthusiastic homoeopathy

collegues would like to claim this as a

discovery of homoeopathy, clearly on

the basis of the fact of its use in India

as sedative by both the schools”.

Significantly EISFELDER

proceeds in his address to his

collegues! “When our Indian

homoeopathic collegues use this

remedy, we must confess that we

have again let another opportunity

alip by in that the we have not taken

it into Materia Medica. That is

another example of our lagging

behind etc.” In the 50s when

QUARTERLY HOMOEOPATHIC IGEST Year 1990, Vol.VII

Rauwolfia was known to the

European homoeopathy the aspect of

hypotensive effect of the drug was

much less experienced as the

following shows:

The often-mentioned occurrence

of psychosis in the treatment of

patients with circulatory ailments

with Resepin or with the unprepared

drug mentioned in the literature is

because of insufficient individual

dosage. SCHWARZHAUPT, the

editor “Deutschen Homoeopathischen

Monatsschrift” in No.8, 1956 referred

the report of I.C. MULLER and

coworkers SCHRODER and PERRY

from two American University clinics

in the regard and concluded with the

following remarks:

“It is interesting to observe in this

connection that the homoeopathic

indications for the plant remedy

Rauwolfia is not the arterial high

pressure but paranoic psychosis. It is

applied in this sense in the Indian

medicine”.

In the meantime – speaking of the

contemporary important of the actual

plant later – homoeopathic medical

provings had been undertaken in

different countries and

1. The President of the Indian

Homoeopathic Research society gave

an annual report in the International

Homoeopathic Congress held in The

Hague in 1952 in which he briefly

outlined the results of the drug

provins with 8 Indian drugs and

Rauwolfia serpentina was one among

them. The brief reference said merely

that the action of Rauwolfia mother

tincture and 1-3 decimal potencies

was observed only in the excitement

of the brain nerves and some psychic

symptoms.

2. In 1955 LEESER with

SCHRENK publihshed in Vol.II of

the “Archivs fur Homoeopathie”, a

very thorough medical proving with

Rauwolfia serpentina:

3. In the 1956 the University

Faculty, London did a medical

proving of the same kind of

Rauwolfia by TEMPLETON:

4. An year later JULIAN wrote in

the March number of “Archiv. Hom.

de Normandie” about the results of

proving. He brought together the

symptoms and further a short case.

Lastly GUTMAN in 1957, collected

the results of LEESER and

TEMPLETON and supplemented

with his own proving symptoms.

Interestingly the main symptoms

amongst persons in 5 different

countries of different races and

climate agreed mostly with each

other. Especially with regard to the

mental symptoms: increased

excliability, often in alteration with

depressive states, irritability,

tiredness, lack of concertration,

weakness of memory and loss of

interest. As modalities; better being

alone, after severe excitement and

after movement in fresh air. After

heavy sleep often awakes briefly after

midnight or in the early morning

hours. Agonizing dreams are

frequent.

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Further the generally observed

restlessness in vascular system is

further stressed particularly in high

blood pressure and heat ailments,

severe congestions in head, and

headaches often with ‘band

sensation’. The conditions became

am. In fresh air:

These symptoms which are

indications for the allopathic

medicine does not in any way,

naturally, make up the total

symptoms observed in the proving

and recorded. A series of such further

symptoms not unexpected for the

homoeopaths however, are found

interestingly in an article published in

1956 in the House journal of a well-

known German Industrial house. This

work by a not well-known author

titled ‘Side effects from Reserpin

treatment gives first of al the

unspecificity of points of applications

and also an isolated medicine, an

explanation for the side effect

generally which in clinical sense is

only a thoroughly strained attempt.

The observations of side effects from

the literature in German and other

countries in neuropsvchiatirc diseases

may be summarized as follows:

Initially severe feeling of

exhaustion

A turbulent phase quickly passing

over

Suicidal tendency

Erotic dreams

Moderate respiratory obstruction

Bradycardia, increased secretions

of the

stomach and

Intentional motility

In 65% of cases increased

appetite with increase

in weight.

Nose obstructed

Not even a single symptom out of

the above observed in the clinic and

noted as side reactions of the drug is

missing in the larger Complete

Symptom Register complied from out

of the fine medicine proving

mentioned above. Strikingly however

one group of symptoms is missing

totally from the medicine proving. It

is side reaction observed in the clinic

10-15% oftener in the above cited

clinical reports found in a more or

less developed Parkinson-syndrome.

What are meant are: rigor,

hypomimie, increased salivation,

mask face, tremor, hard and stressed

speech of accent syllables, etc. It

should not be overlooked here that

one is material from psychophysical

experiment on healthy persons while

the other is from neuropsychopaths

For the homoeopathic physician

the side reactions registered and the

supplementary symptoms are very

exciting because in the reports of

JULIAN some cases of cured patients

have been given which in their

conditions are like the side reactions

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of Rauwolfia. Thus JULLIAN

reported the successful employment

of Rauwolfia and placebo in a case

which till then was a therapy-resistant

chronic nasal obstruction, about

different treatment of incontinence of

urine, about the relief of pains in the

shoulder and check region, of flushes

of heat, etc.

These remarkable confirmation of

the correctness of the Similie induced

EISFELDER to comment,

analogously, as follows:

It is regratable that some

clinicians who treated schizophrenics

with Rauwolfia spoke of a

‘homoeopathic’ treatment merely

because of the requisite smallness of

the doses, and the fact of

‘reversibility’ of all the observed side

reactions are to be valued as genuine

proof for the ‘homoeopathically’ so

to say, of the medicine.

If in the above mentioned

industry report the suppression of the

side effects generally is suggested to

have been due to other medicine

given symptomatically, then the

special hint of the turbulent phase has

to be taken of by the homoeopaths.

Here it is in exact words:

“In no case should the therapy be

dropped, then the turbulence phase –

although it appears only in isolated

cases generally and indicates

differential makes clearly –is a

biological reply to the suitability of

Reserpin to the patient. But even so

would it be incorrect, to increase the

dose, namely beginning from the

introduction, through larger doses to

achieve a sedative effect” … After

the setting in of turbulence phase one

should immediately go down in the

dose *… After few days the so-called

turbulence phase wears off by itself.

Only then will the therapeutic effect

of psychic integration become clearly

visible. …

A classical confirmation of

primary aggravation and progressive

medicinal reactions could not be

given from homoeopathic clinical

angle.

Finally the arguments whether the

therapy should be with isolated

Rauwolfia alkaloids or the whole

plant juice seems to have been

decided in favour of the whole plant

juice. It also seem that the tendency

to consider the sick organism as a

whole and treat it so which has been

self-evident to the homoeopaths since

long, is logically confirmed.

Bibliography

1. CHATTERJEE, D.N.; Drugs of

India, Calcutta, 1934

2. EISFELDER, H.: JL. Of the

Am.Inst. of Hom. 48, 339

3. GUTMAN, W.: Jl. Of the Am.

Inst. Of Hom. 50, 140 (1957)

4. JULIAN, O: Arch, Hom., de

Normandie, Nr.5, p.205 (1957)

5. KESSERM I,M SCGRENK, R,:

Arch.f.Hom., Hipprokrates,

Stuttgart? 1955, Bd. II, p.7.

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6. TEMPLETON, W.L.: The

Br.Hom.Jl., April 1956.

7. VAKIL, R.J,: Lacnet 1954, II,

726

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316 (1956)

9. “DIE Therapie des Monats “H2,

p.22 (1956) C.F.

BOEHRINGER and SOHNE

Gumbh, Mannheim

I’m going to read the case and then

get thoughts from you at what comes

to mind. This is a case that I took on

Dec.29 from a 26-year-old lady who

had never been to a homoeopath. She

was complaining of a skin condition.

The case is follows:

Eczema (2) Dorsum of fingers (2):

cracks and itches (2); Fluid filled

vesicles, worse from pinching the

vesicles and making the watery fluid

exude(1).

History of past illness: Only since

marriage on her hands (6 years) but

on other areas since birth. As an

infant had eruptions behind knees

which after waking from sleep would

exude on extension of legs. Little

circular patches (2) on arms and legs

(1) which itch but les then the fingers,

can be somewhat reddened. Itching

worse at night (2). It wakes her at

night from a sound reddened. Itching

worse at night (2). It weeks her at

night from a sound sleep (2), better

summer (3), from sun; as soon as sun

comes up she’s out in it because it is

healing. Worse winter (2); with wind

and dryness and dry inside heat (2).

The eruption on the face is above the

eyebrows. Hay fever which comes

and goes thought not every year.

When younger she had it 4 years in a

row once. Sneezing (2) and watery

eye “a little” comprised the

symptoms. Presumptive diagnosis of

GC at age 17 because of boyfriend’s

case. Two yeast infections around the

same age. May have been due to BCP

which she took for 2-3 years at that

time, “Messed me up by having

menstrual cycle every 2-3 weeks”.

“Pinched nerve: right (1). Worse

bending or carrying. Better

immediately with reflexology. Finally

problem which her mother and

maternal grandmother have. Some of

these symptoms are on direct

probing. I asked some questions here.

I asked about motion sickness and

she and had it up to age 7. Nausea is

present but no vomiting.

I asked about cysts. She said has

them all the time. One on the left

cheek went away and left a palpable

indurations from years ago, another

on right forehead at age 17-18, one o

the left temple 1 year ago went away.

Two different cysts on external

vagina in the last year which came up

ANTHRACINUM

Jeff BAKER

(Transaction of the first

session of the Homoeopathic

Academy of Naturopathic

Physicians,

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premenstrually and abated

themselves.

“Tense and impatient” about 12

weeks before menses lasting until

onset (1). Better with onset of menses

(2). “the day it starts.” Tenderness of

breasts (1) during same time frame as

above. Sore to touch to bump. Yells

at kids, because irritable (1). One

time last spring had it really bad;

“thought she was going crazy.” Only

in last 1-2 years had she had this.

Menses regular. She has had two

pregnancies and two deliveries; no

abortions. She has two children, boys;

aged 5 and 3.

Desires: sweets (3), seasoned (2),

Mexican food, chicken (1), orange

juice (1), chocolate (3), butter:

Averse: “fishy taste” (2), fat of

meat (3) even skin of chicken, wipes

excess salt off chips, butter (1), “Eggs

must be cooked just right or they

sicken me”. Indifferent to fruit (1).

Normal thirst for cold (1). Eyes

sun-sensitive (1) in last year. Averse

to warm stuffy (2), windows shut at

night in summer and winter, only

opened in the summer if it’s really

hot.

Fear to be alone in the house at

night with kids. Scared to be alone at

night (2), was there before she had

kids.

Strong fear of her husband dying a

car accident (3). Only if he’s a long

way from home, “if he’s 15 minutes

late I have him dead and buried in my

mind with a funeral”.

Nervous if husband is driving

family in foggy and wet conditions or

lots of traffic (2). “Not if I’m driving

because then I’m in control”.

Sensitive (2), sympathetic (1).

Mostly even tempered, good mood.

Occasionally sad, depressed feelings,

usually around menses; if more

moody if goes to feeling sorry for

herself.

Good sleeper, gets right to sleep.

Difficult to wake (1); just first 5

minutes. Sleeps on back or left side

(1) mostly; right side not as

comfortable (1). Before kids slept on

abdomen only.

Hands and feet always cold (3),

Chilly in generally (1).

Eczema better with something cold

on it (1); i.e. itching better from cold.

She puts her hands on cool sheets or

putting cold hands on face or putting

feet out of covers. Perspires from

nervousness (1) in axillae.

Digestion good, elimination good

daily BMs. Rare of have Headaches.

Averse to being along (1), likes to be

with people (2). Likes consolation,

though doesn’t seek it out. Doesn’t

cry often but can, by herself. (1).

Feels her very best after the menses

is over, though doesn’t feel badly

during, in the sense that she has no

cramps, etc.,

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Sex drive normal, twice a week is

good for her. Married 7 years good

marriage.

Father died at age 7 in a car

accident “I didn’t let it affect me”.

Forgot everything about him shortly.

Six months ago began crying on

thinking about him for 1 month. Need

for control (1). Grandfather died 8

months ago and cried a bit though she

does try to hold it in until by herself.

Always afraid to show emotions

because of not wanting to be hurt (2).

She always felt vulnerable so avoided

showing emotions. She was very hurt

with mother’s drinking all through

high school years.

I’d like to hear a few ideas.

Audience: Natrum muriaticum

because she is closed emotionally,

doesn’t cry easily.

Jeff BAKER: Much better from the

sun which is strongly a counter-

indicator.

A: Possibly Calcarea because of

the psoric nature.

For now, let’s go on to another

case.

Case 2: This is a case of a woman

who I brought to see George

VITHOULKAS at the last seminar

that was given at Berkeley in 1986.

George was seeing an acute case

prior to the chronic cases that he was

taking and following up on from the

previous years. I thought this was an

interesting case and was able to get

her to see George.

She had a very large boil on the

back of the right clavicle: 3x6 cm

across and very deep, about 2 inches

depth; extremely inflamed. All these

symptoms are underlined 3 times; the

inflammation is underlined 4 times.

She described a burning heat. She

said the word burning doesn’t to

justice to the amount of pain she was

experiencing. There was a deep

reddish discoloration; constant

unremitting excruciating pain; very

hot to the touch. She hadn’t been able

to sleep for the past two nights.

This was previously a cyst of golf

ball size. One week earlier it had

begun to discharge. If had done that

only briefly about five years earlier.

This particular woman is pregnant

and just at the conclusion of her 2

nd

trimester. At the time of discharge her

husband manually expressed it. Over

the next 2-3 days there was a

discharge of 2-3 table spoonfuls of

thick, while cheese-like smelly

exudates came out. During this same

period of time her mental/emotional

state was breaking down gradually to

that by the 4

th

day of discharge at that

point, based on certain strong

characteristics and the fact that she

had reacted well in the past, I gave a

dose of Pulsatilla 1M as she was

crying a great deal, extremely

emotional, drained energy wise; she

wanted to be outside without any

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clothes on and it was fairly chilly and

she was quite thirstless. Within an

hour she was much better, felt

remarkably well. Her physical energy

came back and the boil completely

stopped discharging. From that point

on she did emotionally much better,

her energy was much better, but the

boil quickly became a malignant type

of an ulcer; this became like this over

a period of 4 days. It was very

infected. I should describe it more

like a carbuncle.

A: I would prescribed

Anthracinum because of the

cracking on the fingers and because it

is a big remedy for boils. CLARKE

talked about it a little bit; he

emphasizes that it is mainly a remedy

for boils.

JB: Any other thoughts?

A: Tarentula cubensis.

JB: George said it couldn’t be; that

Tarentula would be more superficial

and wouldn’t invade so deeply into

the underlying tissue. That was the

main differentiating symptom. There

was a suggestion of Hepar

sulphuris. Because of the cheesy

smell. But she wasn’t really sensitive

to touch and she was hot.

Yes, Anthracinum. In

BOERICKE” In boils and boil-like

eruptions; terrible drainage;

carbuncles; malignant ulcers;

indurations of tissue and

inflammation of connective tissue in

which there is this purulent focus.

Intolerable burning”.

George did not want really to treat.

Because she had done so well from

the Pulsatilla. He would have

preferred to have surgery intervene

but some of the surgeons in the room

did not agree and she already didn’t

sleep. Reluctantly he said give a 30c

but there was only a 200c in the room

so a single dose was given. What

happened? Initially she went and sat

in a park and felt relaxed for the first

time in days although the pain was

still there; but she felt OK about it.

Over the first couple of days she

noticed that the pain definitely

decreased very much but that the

carbuncle became larger and became

enormous. George’s prediction was

that it would drain for a month and

maybe a year; but is was only a local

remedy and not a deep one. So it got

worse in terms of its size but she felt

better. It got worse by the 4

th

day but

the pain was not as bad. After about a

week it began to drain; she said that

every time water got on it, it would

open and drain. It ended up draining

for about 6 weeks.

What is interesting is the 2

nd

week

after the remedy she wept almost

continuously and it was all around a

grief she had experienced 18 years

earlier when her marriage with her

first husband had broken up. It was a

tremendous purging of emotion that

had never emerged. This woman had

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had Natrum muriaticum before, with

very minimal effects about 6 years

earlier, when the case looked much

more. As the grief resolved, she

opened up a way; I will read in her

own words. It is almost like she went

into a romantic state when she felt in

love with her husband in a way that

she never had experience.

“I don’t even know if you can

imagine what it is like to have your

whole life turned upside down. The

biggest thing is that I no longer have

to be the one controlling. What it is

like is being in the passenger seat and

not the driver’s seat. An enormous

weight is off my shoulders, which is

funny because now the bump is off

my shoulders. I have a lot of

thoughts; (1) I was always a happen

person. Now I am exuberant, I am

more outgoing with strangers. I take

care of things which I would have

dragged my feet about before. I am

more outgoing definitely. I am more

spontaneous without even thinking.

I’ve stopped procrastinating. Now I

ask”.

This was written 5 weeks after the

remedy.

“I’m more loving and open on all

levels. With my 8-year-old daughter

whom I have always loved but not

expressively, since my last child

came 4 years ago. I am now more

open and loving. She knows even

unconsciously, because she

reciprocates whereas before she was

an aloof as I was. Sexually I am as

excited and interested and active as

before the grief happened 18 years

ago; a state I haven’t experienced

since the grief…” Now I am able to

say no and feel fine whereas before I

was indecisive and wishy-washy. I

have experienced tow emotional,

heart-rending crying episodes one at

4 AM and one at 1 AM. My first

episode lasted 2½ hours and the

second one only an hour. The first

hurt so much that I cried and prayed

the whole time. It was a relief to go to

sleep. The second one was feelings of

jealousy and suspicion about my

husband, but after crying I lost those

and didn’t have them anymore. There

is no more attachment to my second

husband.. as if nothing was ever

there”.

George was astounded by hearing

about he deep reaction of the remedy.

My feeling when she was in these

crying episodes was that perhaps

Pulsatila was going to be needed

because she was in terrible shape, but

he said don’t do anything. This

remedy is going to go extremely

deeply. George said that he thought

that there was some malabsorption in

this person and that after she went

through the pregnancy she would be

in an entirely different state and

wouldn’t go back to that. She had

been 95 lbs before the pregnancy;

small eating became much more

balanced. She was just eating meals

strong; no more eating before going

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to bed in order to make it through the

night. She developed some cracking

on her fingers after the she had had

Petroleum – about 2½ yrs earlier. She

had never had any kinds of derrnatitis

and she developed this severe,

cracking, bleeding derrnatalities on

her figures. It didn’t remain.

Some of the other things which

have happened. A cough which she

has had all her life and which her

mother and maternal grandmother

have suffered with; a kind of dry,

ticking cough which would send her

into spasmodic coughing went away.

That to her was very impressive. She

rather amazed by it. She didn’t need

to wake and urinate during the night

through the rest of the pregnancy.

She had never had that before with

her other pregnancies.

What I would like to say in

summation about this case is that she

has continued to do incredibly well.

Now I guess we are over 5 months

past that single dose of Anthracinum.

Her appetite, her food desires are in

balance. Her health has been

extraordinary. She has maintained

this interest in her sexually that she

didn’t have before. She still feels very

much open.

Back to our first case, which you

know I gave Anthracinum to a 200c

potency. Why did I give it? Why did I

ask about the cysts? I was thinking

about Anthracinum. This woman

remained me very much of the other

women; body type, soft sweetish and

unassertiveness, a sweet sensitivity. I

wasn’t satisfied with the idea of

giving Petroleum in this case. There

was an element of grief in this case.

This was the only remedy that

seemed to have a chance of

addressing the underlying grief. I felt

like it would be a good place to start

the case. Maybe it would to nothing

or maybe a miracle. I prescribe 95%

of the time when patients are in the

office at this point. But I couldn’t do

it. I locked at it every couple of days

for about a week and then said I may

as well try it.

A: Why didn’t you give Graphites?

JB: She seemed too much refined

for Graphies.

So, on the follow-up she tells me “I

am fine. Itching is much less. The

bumps with fluid in it are almost

gone. The eruptions have subsided

70%. I am not going up in the night”.

This was on 2/24; the remedy had

been given on 1/5. This was most

unusal. The worst time is during that

time of the year. She was only on

edge right before the menses, with no

cravings for chocolate. Her appetite is

increased but only for one day instead

of the 2 weeks. She told me she

grinds her teeth at night especially

when things are worse. She had

forgotten to tell me that. She also said

that she itching from handling cat fur

(2). She said her hip had been better.

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Her carving for chocolate was better;

only a 1 now.

She said “I had a terrible flu after

taking the remedy.” She was

exhausted for 7 days and slept

constantly. When I asked her what

her symptoms were if found out it

was not a flu at all. She had this state

for a week. VITHOULKAS said this

is the best response that you can get

after a remedy. All the portals are

closed off so that al the energy goes

into healing. I pointed out this really

wasn’t the flu; no fever, chills,

muscle aches, and she agreed. It’s

essential that we tell our patients that

they must abide by what their

organism is telling them because if

they fight against it, they will blunt

the action of the remedy. She said

here hands and feet were less cold.

Her feet are cold at 2-5 AM which

wakes her. When I asked her about

any emotional changes she said that

she tells her husband things that she

wouldn’t have told him before

because she would have been afraid

of being hurt. Very soon after the

remedy she went for a period of time

that she cried about her father. She

wished she had him which was

strange because she never had that

before. She thought about him

persistently. Talking about this with

her husband had forged a much

stronger bond. Sex is more enjoyable;

her drive is increased; she feels much

more open and free.

Case 3: I have another case which

is a bit of cosmic grace. This is a lady

who been treating for the last 3 years;

first with Aurum metallicum with

beautiful results for the suicidal

tendencies. Then she developed a

similar dermatitis on her hands. It

first manifested on April 21

st

of last

year with a rash on her right palm and

forefinger of left hand. Previously the

same on her left foot-about ¾ in. on

her palm; very itching; worse

scratching and rubbing. She had

taken a topical salve with no results.

Her depression is minor at this point

in comparison to what it had been. I

was loathe to treat her but she a little

pushy, so I gave her a dose of

Sulphur 30c and it really didn’t do

anything. She had cravings for sweet,

thirst for cold; uncovering and

covering in bed, fear of heights. She

said after the Sulphur it got much

better but then it got worse again and

things began to spread. She got

bubbles. Fluid-filled and watery. I

wouldn’t treat her after that. I just

lectured her on homoeopathy and told

her what I thought was going on. I

gave her a dose of Rhus

toxicodendron 30c many months

later. It helped her a little but then

gradually got worse again. Then I

saw her on April 4

th

. She said “you

have to treat me or I will take

cortisone. This thing is driving me

crazy. I just want to give it a last shot.

I want a high potency; no fooling

around”. I looked at it. She is very

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big had any sebaceous cysts. She

showed me this one on the right side;

it is hard and big. I gave her

Anthracinum 200c and the letter

arrived yesterday.” …The results of

the remedy have been so dramatic

that I am still reeling. I took the

medication at 7 AM Thursday on

April 9

th

. During that afternoon it

seemed to me my hand was improved

…On Friday evening the opening

cracks were healed over. I could open

and close it without discomfort.” This

was bad dermatitis; much worse than

in the other case. It was mostly in her

fingers. She was in school and she

couldn’t even write.

“On Saturday, dull headache on

waking. In the afternoon a close look

at my hand showed that the fluid

sacks beneath the skin were

disappearing in reverse order the

eruptions on my feet were undergoing

withdrawing… a definite sense of

calm, BLISS. There is no heat, no

cracking, no opening of the skin, no

swelling, no bleeding, just the

presence of dead skin. There is only

one small amount or activity… Ever

since the skin on the hand got much

better but then it got worse again and

things began to spread. There remain

two small areas. Today there was a

spot on the hand. There is such a

feeling of bile’s. I hope that the other

two spots give up and go the way of

the rest of their brothers. As an aside

I perceived no mental/emotional

alternations at this time but I am in

state of intense serenity. I have been

so tickled about the physician that

they may have blocked away the

mental/emotional symptoms, but

seriously I do not believe that there

were any mental/emotional

symptoms.”

I think by the next time I see her

she should have resolved even more

issues without even realizing it.

Summation: I believe definitely

that Anthracinum is a grief remedy

and perhaps a polycrest. There was a

tremendous amount of anthrax

poleoning during the 1800s. I have

every reason to believe that there is a

miasm having to do with anthrax.

For soft, sweet women, unassertive,

very sensitive; they don’t have a

strong sense of themselves. They

somewhat lack in self-confidence.

They have that charactertics of

grieving silently which Naturm

muriaticum, Phosphorcum acidum

and pulsatilla also have. They have

that deeper control. The sexual

dysfunction after grief. The fear to be

alone is interesting. The craving for

sweets is very much a part of this

remedy; all 3 cases had it. The

physical types are interesting;

delicate features; very thin; small

individuals (first two cases). I want to

give credit to George. If it were my

case I doubt very seriously I would

not have interceded and given

Pulsatilla.

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A: I am curious if you have boils to

prescribe this remedy or not?

JB: I wouldn’t say that.

A: Do you think you can make a

correlation for people who spend a lot

of time near cattle?

JB: I don’t think you can make that

correlation … Paragraph 162 of the

Organon describe the situation:

“Because there are still cisely known,

it sometimes happens that only some

of the symptoms of the disease binge

treated can be found in the symptoms

list of medicine that is as yet the most

appropriate. Such a less perfect agent

must be used for want of a more

perfect one”. Which is to say that if in

the longer case I had, given

Petroleum it might have done some

good work and later Natrum

muriatinum may have completed the

case, but I am sure that Anthracinum

was the best simillimum.

From Otto LEESER’s Text Book

of Homoeopathy I learnt thorothly the

remedy Platina, years ago, despite

which I have not prescribed it as

often. Evidently except gynecological

Platina cases are rare. Of course

HAHNEMANN has mentioned

Platina in the “Chronic Diseases” as

an antiphonic and it works up to the

Mental regions, but nevertheless as a

relatively rare metal and which does

not exhibit physiological action, has a

limited range of action.

A Trigeminal Neuralgla: The first

is about a trigeminus neuralgis of the

second branch, in a 51 year old lady.

She complained of pain, since few

months, in the right check. She also

of stiffness of the face (not in

KENT). The pain was mostly

burning. Sometimes the pains came

suddenly, but sometimes it began

slowly and went slowly. Occasionally

the pains were so intense as to make

her feel sick. At the same time there

were pains in the right eye,

sometimes as if the eye would burst.

The menses was always dark and

lumpy. Neither the menses nor

temperature had any influence over

the pains. Mentally she was not

peculiar, not at all arrogant, rarely

unfriendly and understandable.

The selection of the medicine was

easy because KENT gives only one

medicine for numbness in the check

region in the 3 grades: Platina. Since

the other symptoms agreed I gave

Platina D30, one dose.

The patient came a month later on

11-9-1970. The facial pain had gone

after the remedy and remained so,

and the fullness of the upper

abdomen and the flatulence also were

better. The neuralgia remained cured.

I have seen the patient again often

because of serious complications in

PLATINA

K.H.ILLING

AHZ,

4/1982

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her married life and problems in the

office and she needed the help of

homoeopathy often. Ignatia could

give her substantial relief.

A Migraine: A 42 years old lady,

complained of a migraine since 5

years. The pains came in paroxysms

and remained for 2 to 3 days; the

location alternated. The pains began

almost in the afternoon became worse

in evening and came often after the

menses, but not every time so. The

headache was felt as hammering.

Agg. in crowded room as also in

warm room e.g. hairdressers. General

symptoms; no therrnic modalities, felt

equally well in the cold, thirst, little

perspiration, sleep, menses too early,

obstipation. Mentally nothing

peculiar, a sort of condescending

behavier. Clinically nothing peculiar;

Bl.pressure 110/70.

She was given, on the above

symptoms, a dose of Platina C30, on

30-4-1980. The dose was repeated

after 4 weeks. End of June she

reported that the migraine was rare

and less intensive. Platina has worked

but not thoroughly, therefore it was

repeated as C200. In August 1980 the

patient reported of substantial relief.

Platina D200 was repeated. Till end

of the year the migraine attacks were

very rare, brief and loss intensive.

Pruritus Vulva Senills: In

November 1979 and 81 year old

female patient consulted me for a

Pruritis Vulva Senillis of one-year

duration. The gynaeologocial

findings did not indicate anything

unusual. Sugar with 125 mg% was

above the normal range;

Gynaecological examination did not

reveal anything.

In the anamnesis the patient told of

an amputation of the left mamma for

a carcinoma in 1975 and also surgical

removal of a small Basalicm of the

right check in 1976. As is generally

the case with elderly patients like the

one, the symptoms were few. The

pruritus Vulvae was severe and very

disturbing and without any

modalities. There was no secretion.

The patient was otherwise, forgetful;

at the age of 81 years this depressive

like disposition is not an unusual

symptom. I found a brusque and

arrogant tendency in an otherwise

simple woman. She also complained

meteorism and loud eructations. The

erutations arose when she had not

eaten for long. The last two

symptoms decided the choice of

Platina. For loud erutations while

fasting KENT has given only Platina

and in 3

rd

grade.

On 30-11-1979 she received

Platina C30, 3 globules. On 17-12-79

she reported that the pruritus was

clearly better. Platina C30 was

repeated. On 25-4-1980 I saw the

lady again. The purities had

completely gone and the eructations

were substantially very losing.

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A case of jealousy: The is a

husband-wife problem. In summer

1968 a man of 50 years ago

approached with the request. “Doctor,

help me to get over my jealousy!” He

knew his problem and despite

psychotherapy did not improve. His

first wife had died 4 years ago and an

year ago he remarried. His present

wife had lost her husband in the

second war after being married for

short period only and her second

husband died after serious disease. A

subsequent marriage ended in

disappointment. My patient

complained now of a severe jealousy

which was found upon this many

years earlier experience. He himself

said that his jealousy was totally

baseless, but he could not overcome it

with that knowledge.

I prescribed for him Lachesis,

which I gave up to D30 but without

result. His constitutional medicine

Sulphur too did not help. A lucky

observation occurred during the

discussion. The man said: ‘you know,

I am not at case with my wife, she

treats me with great haughtiness”.

I then met the 40 years old wife.

Weak menses, libido quickly

increased, headache particularly

during menses, nervousness, pruritus

Vulvae, slight flushes, particularly

the hughty, arrogant attitude to her

husband made me think of Platina

which I gave her on 4-9-1969 in D30

potency. On 3-4-1970 she said that

she felt very much better in “nerves”

and had no more pruritus vulvae.

There was no opportunity to observe

her further.

After some weeks the husband

came again. His jealousy had already

gone, and the thanked, without

knowing what for. The ground for

jealousy was in the attitude of his

wife. She had treated her husband

arrogantly and haughitily. After

Platina she again began to once

again take interest in him and his

profession. The marriage could

remain. Whenever she became

“nervous” she would visit me every 1

to 2 years and take a globule.

It has been mostly the rare

symptoms which hinted at thr remedy

choice. This not-so-often indicated

medicine has, in the patients

mentioned above, been the right and

essential medicine, which was also

capable of curing chronic diseases of

psoric base as HAHNEMANN

directs us to in para 1 of the Oganon.

The 13 years old boy came on 6-3-

81 with his mother. Since over an

year he has almost every day a

peculiar vertigo. Peculiar strange

sensation as if everything moved far

back, as if everything was small and

far away. Mostly this occurs while

lying in bed in the evenings with eyes

PLATINA

R. ROMER

KH.3/1982

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open; when he closed the lids he sees

“everything in checks” (a kind of

diamond-shaped patterns). He

becomes afraid then, a feeling of

anxiety, does not want to be along.

Otherwise he had vertigo particularly

before change of weather to rainy. He

has headaches often in the parietals.

While eating he suddenly gets

nausea, cannot eat further and gets

easily satiated. The mother said that

altogether he ate poorly, in the

momings and after the school no

appetite. The boy was very nervous,

excited especially before the school

and for example before visiting the

doctor. Sometimes he spoke in his

sleep. He gets angry easily, choleric,

that is, he bursts into rage, as if

hysterical, anxious. He was disposed

to inflammation of the sinuses and

tonsils. The left tonsil became

inflamed more often the right. The

pharynx was always reddish.

He took milk only cold, preferred

sweets, had stools daily moming after

breakfast and afternoon. Preferred to

lie on his back or left side. He did not

have flow of saliva at nights.

Small, thin boy, 34kg., 156cm,

brown-eyed, tongue moist, slimy

coated. Tonsils large, somewhat red,

more left. Lungs n.a.d. Liver not

tender, abdomen and kidneys n.a.d.

By repertorisation and the

indication from the symptom “every

thing was smaller”, from out of the

three remedies in KENT Platina was

close and in second grade. The large

rubric “everything is strange” was

taken for the symptom “everything

moved behind, as if far, peculiarly

strange”. For ‘fear’ or ‘anxiety’ “agg.

evening” Platina is only in lowest

grade in KENT.

As the following table would show

clearly Platina was at the top.

Interestingly in this case as in the

rubrics in KENT the relationship of

Platina with the two concurrent

remedies Aurum and Stramonium

was say 2:1:1.

Strange

every

thing is

Small

objects

appear

Fear

(also

anxiety)

Verti

go

Head-

ache.

Pariet

al

Rest-

less

ness

Hys-

teria

Sati

ety

easy

Aru. 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 - 7/13

Bar-C 1 - - 2 1 2 3 - 4/6

Carb-an 1 - 1 2 1 1 - 2 5/6

Clc. 1 - 3 2 1 - - 2 5-9

Graph 2 - 3 2 1 2 2 - 6/12

Nux-m. 2 - - 2 3 1 - - 4/8

Plat. 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 8/20

Staph - - 1 1 1 3 1 - 5/7

Stram. 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 - 7/12

As the repertorisation and study of

BOERICKE’s Materia Medica

showed Platina as the simillimum to

the present symptoms of the boy I

prescribed for him Platina 30 two

doses (the first in the evening while

going to sleep and the other in the

morning, 5 globules each, to be

sucked).

On 23-4-81 the mother and son

came again: the vertigo the

diminutions in size and the check

patterns, the anxiety feelings had all

vanished abruptly. The headaches

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also did not recur and if at all it came,

then it was much weaker than before.

The boy remained much quest; not

easily excited and ate better. He did

not catch cold during these 6 weeks.

The lymphnode remained unchanged

in size but was not any more painful.

Platina has of course made an entry

into this case but one has to wait to

see when it has to be repeated so as to

cure the patient thoroughly or to give

another anti-syphilis or antipsric

medicine suited to the case. The boy

got a placebo.

The peculiar symptom “on closing

the lids everything appeared

checkered”, i.e. a check before the

vision, was found neither in KENT

nor in drug nor in drug picture of

Platina. Since the symptom was

cured clearly by the medicine it has to

be reckoned as belonging to the

medicinal action of Platina. I

recommend that this may be added

under the rubric ‘sports’ in KENT.

Platina is indicated as woman’s

medicine because of its dramatic

symptoms relating to the lower

abdomen. The attention of the

prescribe is not therefore on the other

regions. The above case shows the

Platina is useful in appropriate cases

of men also. This is further confirmed

by another case of man of 42 years,

who came about an year ago with

complaint of numbness of the right

half of he face and right hand. This

began about 8 months before, after an

abtiblotic treatment for throat

inflammation. The symptom ‘when

he felt bed the people appeared

smaller’ indicated to me Platina,

which was given in C30 potency,

which promptly helped.

Some further observations: A 30

years old housewife complained of

faintness mostly after intercourse.

Because of the symptom ‘numb and

cold zone in face’ I gave a dose of

Platina 30 with rapid and permanent

relief.

A 50 years old widow suffered

from a corroding discharge, which

was suppressed by a gynecologist

with suffered preparation and shots,

with the result of severe flushes and

constant lasciviouis thoughts. On the

symptoms ‘at nights always she lies

on back with wide spread legs’, I

prescribed Platina 30 (one dose)

which relieved immediately the

suffering of 10 months, after which

Platina 200 was given and again

after 2-3 days initial aggravation

cured completely, including the sleep

position.

Finally I recall the case reported by

me in 1959 in the Zt.Klass.

Hom.3:192 (“Urge to kill her grand

child”)

Such observations underscore the

indication in the Materia Medica;

physical symptoms are relieved when

mental symptoms develop.

CHELIDONIUM

AND

ORGAN

THERAPY

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[The author first of all quotes from

RADEMACHIER’s

Erfahrungshelliehre der alten

scheldekunstigen Geheimazte and

Rudolph STEINER’s 1920 Lectures

to Doctors and Medical Students, to

show that considerate differences

exists within homoeopathy and

similar schools of medicine regarding

the method of finding the remedy.

PARACELSUS, RADEMACHER,

Rudolph STEINER and others hold

me view that the physician must first

diagnose the organ in which the

disease takes its origin before he can

prescribe the appropriate

organotropic medicine.

HAHNEMANN on the other hand is

against such a theoretical approach

and depends entirely on the

predominantly subjective symptoms

of the individual, to find a remedy for

this particular person and not for an

abstract disease.

Only those who follow

RADEMACHER’s line of thought

will therefore be content with seeing

a remedy such as Chelldonium as a

specific for the liver. The

HAHNEMANNS need all the

symptoms of the remedy for their

method, down to the smallest and

most subjective details.

With the aid of tape recordings

made in his surgery, the author

therefore goes into the details of three

indications for Chelidonium –

abdominal plain, pain in the back,

and headache. This establishes the

fact that, as with all remedies, the

action of Chelidonium is in no way

limited to a single organ, but etends

to the whole human being, and to all

his organ.

In conclusion it is stated that the

remedy may be frequently indicated

if there is hepatic involvement, but

that a closer study of the more

detailed actions of Chelidonium will

enable the practioner to recognize it

far more frequently in the patients he

sees day by day, and become more

certain in his choice of the remedy].

In homoeopathy and associated

fields, the views we hold the origin of

disease and on the method of finding

the namely differ profoundly from

those of other schools. My intention

today is to demonstrate these far-

reaching differences to you, using

brief characterizations of the remedy

Chelldonium as an example.

On the one hand we have

HAHNEMANN, proponent of

homoeopathy in the more specific

sense, particularly as he was against

prescribing the remedy according to

the name of the disease, and called

for strict individualization.

On the other hand we have

RADEMACHER, a men greatly

influenced by the teaching of

PARACELSUS, whose

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Erfahrungshelliehere (Empirical

Medicine) I was held in considerable

regard. Emil SCHLEGEL’s Doctrine

of Signatures and hence the competes

developed by Rudolf STEINER in the

field of medicine show themselves

related to this, and the group also

includes those of HAHEMANN’s

followers who wished to hold on to

the old concepts and felt unable to

take the step into individualization.

In my opinion, understanding these

differences will be a help to you

particularly when we consider the

remedy Chelldonium for the view

generally held with this remedy is

that it is, in the first instance, organ-

specific, and a liver remedy. Permit

me, therefore, to go into these

differences in some details.

The view that the action of a

remedy is specific, i.e. exclusively

directed at one particular organ, or

that such a remedy will always cure a

particular disease or stage of a

diseases, is held in common by those

in the second group described above,

the non-HAHEMANNs.

RADENACGER reveals this very

clearly in his discussion of

Chellidonium where he defines the

organ-specificity of Chellodonium

even more closely.

‘To begin with, I must confess, to

my shame, that until 12827’ I

disdained to use this remedy famous

as a liver remedy from early times,

thinking that I had long since found a

better one to replace it. The reason

why I held it in such low esteem was

that in my young days I had

repeatedly it used in cases of jaundice

without seeing any evidence that the

jaundice went away with it.

‘In 1827 finally I was punished for

my disbelief in the experience of the

old masters, being put to much

trouble care and racking of brains.

During the late summer of that year, a

very strange fever began to show

itself. After long and careful

consideration – during which I had to

play the role of man irresolute and of

the cautious experimenter for much

longer that I should have like – I

recognized it as a condition

originating in the inner part of the

liver, as district from affections

involving the convex and concave

aspects of the liver’.

Let me remind you that in those

days physicians dealt almost

exclusively with acute conditions,

often epidemic, that put the patient’s

life at risk.

‘Before the fever I have described,

another one had prevailed for a whole

year. This I had seen as a condition

originating in the pancreas and soon

cured with lodine. The onset being

practically the same with both fevers,

I first became aware of the unknown

nature of the one described above

when, lodine did not produce a cure.

In my examination, then, I knew in

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advance that I was not dealing with

the pancreas”.

Please note the way the conclusion

is drawn here – lodine proving of no

use, RADEMACHER excludes

disease of the pancreas.

“Having tried Nux vomica,

Quassla, Calomel and others in vain,

a vague memory came to me that

Ettmuller had formerly cured

malignant pestilential fevers with the

greater celandine.” (p.163)

RADEMACHER thus got the

notion to try Chelidonium as well,

and did so with success. With this,

Chelidonium had become a specific

for the inner parts of the liver.

With any new epidemic

RADEMACHER had to rely almost

entirely on institution and

experimentation to find his remedies.

Symptoms, or the “incidents for

disease” as he called them, were not

to him a suitable means for finding

the remedy. In the chapter entitled

“The Triviality and Inadequacy of

Incidentals as a Means of

Identifications”, (page 584 in vol.2),

he says the following:

“Even pathology leads us to

suspect that we shall find it very hard

to identify the primary organ

involved with the aid of the

incidentals of the disease. Not

infrequently it is the originally

affected organ that is least disturbed

in its functions, but is primary disease

causes sympathetic disease in other

organs and theses usually attract the

greatest attention.

“By attaching too much value to

incidentals as a means of

identification, we may therefore get

incredibly misled. A primary disease

of one and the same organ can

produce a sympathology of quite

different organs in different

organisms. If one wished to mention

all sym-pathological incidentals of

such a diseases, one would in each

case have to list a whole host of

incidentals. Such a host of incidentals

with however merge to such an extent

into the hosts of incidentals for other

primary organic disease that it

becomes totality useless for practical

purposes”.

He saw, quite rightly, that every

illness may have ‘a whole host’ of

symptoms in different individuals and

in all organs of an individual, and he

did not think it possible to relate the

endless variety of individual illness to

the wide variety of drug symptoms in

such a way that an ordered picture

emerged. He therefore preferred to

identify the cause of a disease more

or less intuitively, and prescribe a

remedy known to be effective in

treating such a cause. If he did not yet

know the cause, he found the remedy

by trial and error, basing his

conclusions as to the cause on this.

You will now see what must have

been impact of revolutionary

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approach put forward in the Organon.

Clearly and logically,

HAHNEMANN demonstrated that

we cannot base medical practice on

such a method for finding the cause

of disease”, but that the remedy can

only be found from those despised

incidentals of a disease, and what is

more, not the objective symptoms,

but rather the subjective symptoms of

the individual patient.

To HAHNEMANN, the aim of

medical practice was not to gain a

deeper in slight into the inner

connexions, and even to discover the

causes of disease, the organ that is the

site of the primary illness, but society

and entirely to achieve a cure, to find

the right remedy for the individual

patient.

RADEMACHER, his predecessors

and successors held the view that in

principle, only ONE remedy should

be the right one for one disease. They

were all looking for THE specific

remedy for one disease, one stage in a

disease, or one particular organ that

was the site of the primary disease.

They believed that once one had

IDENTIFIED the nature of the

diseases, it should be possible to

reduce the remedy for that disease

from that identification.

Surely this was also the natural

approach to therapy for Rudolf

STEINER who, in 1920, said the

following in the last of his lectures to

the medical profession:

“I can’t say that I always get

satisfaction when I look at

homoeopathy and assess it. It does

have the merit, compared to

allopathic medicine, of considering

the whole man, always looking at the

picture produced by the totally of

actions, and furthermore that it aims

to establish links with the remedies.

But there is also another feature of

homoeopathic medical literature. If

one takes that literature, one might

indeed despair, to begin with because,

for example, the remedies are listed

one after other, particularly in the

clinical literature, and each of them

always is the cure of a whole host of

diseases. It is never possible to arrive

at the specific element easily, on the

basis of the literature; everything is

good for so and so many things. The

only way to improve the situation is

to take our way of looking at the

nature of man and of the world

outside him, and move on to narrow

down the actions of a remedy, to

delimit the remedy”.

Rudolf STEINER has a different

aim from ours. Wanting to achieve

the purely practical aim of curing the

one particular patient who is sitting in

front of us, we are prepared to forego

the full knowledge of the deeper

context. Rudolf STEINER on the

other hand was concerned to covey

this very knowledge. His intention

was not to deal with the more

technical details of finding the

homoeopathic remedy, which he

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assumed his listeners were already

familiar with.

With us, however, it is the details

that matter. To find the remedy in the

individual case, we must exactly

consider the similarities in great

detail. The more the distinguishing

details of symptoms agree, down to

the actual words used to describe

them, the more can we be sure of

having chosen the right remedy.

I now come to my actual theme,

presenting to you some of the

symptoms of Chelldonium. I am

going to pay particular attention to

the details. It may seem at times these

are minor points of small importance,

and you will find that individual

provers and patents are constantly

using different expressions to

describe a sensation or modality, but

if you take the trouble and try to feel

the sensations described, however

inadequately, by prover of patient,

you will, in due course, when the next

Chelldonium patient sits before you,

find the remedy all the more quickly

and surely.

During the middle of the last

century, physicians found it easier to

follow RADEMACHER’s way of

thinking then HAHNEMMANN’s.

They had to deal with acute, often

epidemic, diseases that did not allow

much time for going into the finer

points of individual case. it is not

surprising, therefore, that a slightly

yellowy face, light-colored stools, or

a hard liver sensitive to pressure, was

the sole reason for diagnosing occult

liver disease and prescribe

Chelldonium.

More incidental discoveries then

led to the addition of further, rather

general indications such as the one

for right-sided pneumonia given by

TESTE in Paris.

Those we of course discoveries

made more or less by the methods of

RADEMACHER, by trial and error.

No comparison was made, as a rule,

between the more detailed symptoms

of patient and remedy, despite the

fact that the proving of Chelldonium

published by HAHNEMANN 30

years earlier, in 1825 did on the

wholes contain the leading symptoms

we know today. Let me read you the

introduction to this proving.

“The ancients believed the yellow

color of the sap of the plant to be a

sing (signature) that it was of use of

billary complaints. More recently, it

use has been extended to liver

diseases, and although there have

been cases where the plant was of

obvious use, diseases of the part

differ so much among each other, and

at the same time of cases where

Chelldonium is said to have been

helpful have been described in so

little detail by the physicians, that

their descriptions cannot possibly be

taken to predict in advance the cases

where this remedy should henceforth

be of certain use”.

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BUCHMANN published a further

proving in 1866, demonstrating that

the actions of Chelldonium are in no

way limited to the liver. He also

listed individual cases of other

diseases where a cure had been

achieved, to prove that this was not

merely a liver remedy, but a

polychrest. Yet it was to be many

years before clinical cases were to be

reported in the literature where the

remedy was prescribed with success,

on the basis of its leading symptoms,

to treat diseases other then those of

the liver.

Below, a small selection of

Chelldonium symptoms is presented.

You will not that it is no way possible

to maintain that the action of this

remedy is limited to the liver. Like

every other remedy, Chelldonium

acts on the human being a whole and

on all his organs. To establish this,

we merely need to consider the

remedy in its details and use it

frequently to trite out patients. If we

stick entirely to tradition, we shall

have no idea of its true range

Let met start with the most widely

known indication for Chellodonium,

abdominal pain, frequently extending

to the back, and particularly the

inferior angle of the right scapula,

better from eating, and frequently

burning or paroxysmal, contracting in

nature. Sensitivity to pressure or

touch is also frequently found. First,

the contracting paroxysmal pain.

HAHNEMANN, symptoms No.58:

“Paroxysmal of the navel,

accompanied by passing nausea”.

HARTLAUB and TRINKS, vol.1,

symptom No.60.

“Contracting sensation in the

stomach, with qualmishness” and

No.61: “Contracting sensation in the

region below the stomach.

BUCHMANN, symptom No.767:

“Violent pain in the pit of the

stomach, as though the stomach were

being constricted” and No.804:

“Constrictive sensation right across

the navel as if a rope were pulled

tight around the body.”

KISSEL case (1904): “The

contracting pain was passing through

both hypochohdra and upwards along

the chest.”

Mr. M., on 29 July and I September

1975; “it is my stomach that gives

trouble. I get paroxysmal pains, more

recently when my stomach is empty,

and especially in the afternoons and

evenings. The pain is mostly in the

region of the duodenum. It extends

through to the back, and is quite

paroxysmal. I get the pain on an

empty stomach, and when I eat

anything it does me good, when I

have something in my stomach if

feels better. You can’t call the pain

piercing, it is a drawing pain,

contacting.

Miss. K, on 4 April 1978; “It’s my

stomach. It contacts convulsively.

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Yesterday it started as early as half

past three and then went on the night.

Today I drowned that pain in milk, it

was all right then. Drowning it in

milk was good for the stomach.

Before, I sometimes had to eat

something at ten O’clock at night. If I

ate then I’d have no spasm at night.

When it hurts it hurts to up in the

back, not on the right side, but it

radiates upwards exactly in the

middle”.

Improvement from milk is another

good characteristic of Chelldonium

that may sometimes lead one to think

of this particular remedy. The

proving symptoms are:

HAHNEMANN symptom No.4:

“Great thirst for milk and afterwards

feeling good in the whole body,

however much of it he would feel no

discomfort when otherwise it caused

a lot of flatus for him.”

HARTLAUB and TRANKS, vol.1,

symptoms No.59: “Milk soup which

she normally did not tolerate well,

was quite beneficial today.”

BUCHAMANN, symptom No.690:

“Milk testes lovely to her, better then

ever.”

To continue with abdominal pain,

sensitivity to touch, and burning

sensation.

HERING, Guiding symptoms;

“Griping, pressing pain in and below

scrobiculum agg. from touch”, and

“Aching, gnawing pain in stomach,

with a sense of constriction, agg.

from pressure, am. From eating.”

HAHNEMANN symptom No.52;

“Burning sensation on the left, below

the ribs, vertical to the pit of the

stomach.”

HARTLAUB and TRINKS, Vol.3:

symptoms No.9, “Burning in the

stomach, with eructation’s.”

Mr. Sch., on 22 April 1975: “And

most of all here, in the liver, light

touch will be enough for me to get a

pain there, like burning, as soon as

one pressure on it lightly/”

Mrs. B., on 12 December 1977,

“Kaolin always helps, too, when I get

a burning sensation in the stomach,

often also in the mornings and I have

that burning, and when l’ve had my

breakfast it will be better. It is really

mostly better from eating. And when

it comes after a meal, then it is many

hours afterwards, not right away. And

I also get those billary colics

nowadays, and that is always

something like 3 or 4 hours after a

meal; I don’t notice anything right

away.”

For Mrs. Sch., I noted down on 28

July 1967, “Sensitive to pressure in

the region of the gallbladder, pain

extending to back. Drawing pain

from left to right in epigastrium and

into right shoulder blade.”

Sensitivity to pressure in the costal

margin with Chelldonium, at the

border between epigastrium and the

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right hypochondrium, made WEIHE

in his day consider it similar points

might not be fund also for other

remedies.

Now the abdominal pain radiating

to the back.

HARTLAUB and TRINKS, Vol.1,

symptom No.68: “A sharpish, painful

stitch right into the pit of the

stomach, passing through the body

and into the back.”

BUCHMANN, symptom No.763:

“Ache in the pit of the stomach and at

the same level in the back.

If one considers how frequently

these abdominal pains radiating to the

back are mentioned in the reports of

cases cured – in my own case

records, the symptom has also come

up a number of times – it seems

surprising that these are the only two

symptoms to give a hint of it in the

provings. That is also why

NEIDHARD, “when mentioning the

following details from a case in 1885

– “Pains shooting from the liver

region in the direction of the back” –

added: “This symptom is not to be

found among the pathological

symptoms of Chelldonium, yet like

the other symptoms it was cured by

Chelldonium.

WISSILY case (1939): A 51-year-

old man was suffering from right-

sided supraobial neuralgia. Palpation

revealed tenderness of the liver and

gallbladder. Sclera slightly yellow. I

intended to start treatment with

Aconite, but as he added, quite

spontaneously, that he was almost all

the consclus of a pain below the right

shoulder blade, I prescribed

Chelldonium 30.

Mr. B. 14 October 1974: “ A slight

pain is always there, going to the

right from the navel, it is more or less

better when I have eaten. Sometimes

it is a kind of piercing pain or also an

ordinary pain, but always going more

to the back”.

Miss. R., 6 February 1976: “It is a

pressure, a pressure inside, it always

goes across there and around, when it

is really bad it goes up to the shoulder

blade. It comes on about 2 or 3 hours

after a meal, sometimes it may wake

me during the right, a 2 or 3 a.m.

When it is very bad, it contracts in the

epigastrium like a large lump, it

radiates out to the back then, into the

shoulder blade”.

And now the improvement from

eating. You will see that it is a

general symptom, with not only the

gastric pain but also the headache and

nausea better from eating.

HARTALUB and TRINKS, Vol.3,

symptom No.8: “Particular sensation

in the stomach, like a gnawing or

burrowing, goes away after a meal”.

LEDBECK, in a small proving

done in 1853.

Sensation of well-being

immediately after a meal.

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BUCHMANN, symptom No.684:

“He has to take a bit of white bread,

to get rid of the nausea.

Mrs. Sch., 2 December 1974:

“During the night I always feel so

sick. It comes up all the way from

below, into the head. Perhaps if I

were to get up and eat something it be

might better, but I can’t get myself

out of bed. It is always around three

or four in the morning. I really wake

up with it then.”

A feeling of nausea from abdomen

up into the head is also to be found in

the provings.

SCHONKE, a small proving done

in 1827: “Nausea rising up from the

stomach, with a gently nipping

sensation and warmth in the region of

the stomach”.

Aggravation at three or four in the

morning is mentioned by

BUCHAMANN, Symptom No.112.

“Unusual waking towards four in the

morning, due to various discomforts.”

Pain in the back, at the inferior

angel of the right scapula, does of

course also occur in isolation, when

the patient does not feel it arising

from the stomach or the liver. This

pain, too, is often paroxysmal, or it is

described as a kind of contraction,

similar to the epigastric pain.

HAHEMANN, symptom No.75:

“Pinching, cramp-like pain at the

inner margin of the right shoulder

blade; stopped him moving his arms”.

Mrs. K., 1 April 1977: “I feel a bit

there as if there were a lump in the

back, by the right shoulder blade. It

stops the moment I have got up again.

Mrs. A, 18 August 1975: “It is

somehow as if something has got

caught there, at the right shoulder

blade. It is worst when sitting.

But the pain in the back I am going

to present to you now is somewhat

different in nature – a stabbing pain,

as if with a knife, frequently between

the shoulder blades, and often

aggravated by moving the arm, just

like the symptom just mentioned

from HAHNEMANN’s proving.

HAHNEMANN, Symptom No.72:

“Lancinating pain next to the

vertebrae, in the middle of the back”.

BUCHMANN, Symptom No.1168:

“Stitches between the shoulder

bladders and No.1193. “She wakes

with pain in the right scapulas, worse

when breathing in and no moving the

right arm.”

Mrs. L, 16 December 1974: “Here

in the middle, on my stomach, I’ve

had a slight burning pain. A times I

also have these hard stools, like heaps

droppings. Because I did some heavy

work with a hoe, for perhaps ten

minutes, it has got into me and from

that time it has been in there between

the shoulder blades. It is a feeling as

if one were brushing in a knife, and I

can’t turn round any move then.”

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Another patient had it suddenly

enter at the right lower shoulder blade

when painting the ceiling and yet

another complained of a stabbing

pain between the shoulder blades

when he picked anything up off the

floor.

Mrs. Sch., 28 June 1976: “When I

turn onto my right side at night I

wake from the pain, or if I simply

make a movement with my right arm.

It shoots in there, then, there is a stab

at the moment at the inferior of the

right scapula.”

Now we come to headache. The

action of the remedy in supraobital

neuralgia was discovered at a

relatively early stage. It is interesting

to note that the pain certainly was not

always on the right side, but could

nevertheless be related to the hepatic

action of the remedy. NEIDHARD”

said the following in 1855:

“More recently, physiological

experiments have been shown that in

case where the right side of the spine

or any other organ on that side is

affected, the left side of the head

becomes involved”.

21 proving symptoms in the region

of the eyes were left-sided, and only

9 right sided.

The supraobital neuralgia, a well-

known condition, is characterized by

sharp pain, lacrimation, sensitivity to

light, and initial improvement from

pressure of the hand, with increasing

sensitivity to touch following:

But Chelldonium also has other

types of headache. I am going to try

present one of them to you.

A striking sensation is the frequent

occurrence of a sensation of swelling

or pressure from within outwards. In

the region of the trunk, contracting

pain is the predominant

characteristics, but here in the region

of the head, the direction of the pain

is reversed. The modalities are

aggravation on bending down;

amelioration from eating and from

warmth, with local heat giving

improvement, in contradistinction to

the general sensitivity to warm and

bad air that is also frequently seen

with Chelldonium. Affected sites are

the ear, the forehead and the back of

the head. A rushing noise in the ears

or in the head is also present on the

occasion.

HAHNEMANN, Symptom No.3:

“Outward pressing oppressive

headache, predominantly towards the

forehead greatly increased in the open

air, by coughing, blowing one’s nose,

and bending down, but not felt during

meals, persisting throughout the day,”

and Symptom No.4: “Pressure in the

cerebrum, as if there was not enough

room for it in the brain and it wanted

to push through the ear, with a noise

as of a distant weir in the latter”.

HARTLAUB and TRINKS, Vol.3,

Symptom No.4: “Pain in the forehead

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as though the brain would fall out, in

the afternoon, on bending down”, and

Symptom No.6: “Painful outward

pressure in the right ear.”

Mrs. K, 14 October 1976: “I did

already notice that there was a pain

there on the left, below the ear, it

hurts as if there were a rushing sound

in the ear’.

Mr. Sch., 31 October 1975: I have

a headache, a thick head: it is there,

above the eyes, as if it were pressing

outwards, especially when I bend

down it presses outwards: especially

when I bend down it presses outward

in front. It is sometimes a problem to

think. It is not really an out and out

headache, more a thick skull, my

head is altogether no ring”.

Mrs. H. 22, August 1977: “I felt so

dizzy with the headache. The pain

went from the forehead from above

the eyes, to the back. There was such

pressure on the head, as if someone

inside were pushing pressure from

inside”.

Mr.D., 9 May 1977: “I also get a

headache, up the back of the head and

nape, or pressure on both sides up to

the forehead. Sometimes I have the

impression that it gets better when I

have some food. The pain is only in

the right shoulder during the night,

then I wake with it, but I have found

one thing – if I lie the right, so that it

gets warm, it goes away again”.

I do not want to tire you; so let me

just mentioned a few symptoms I

have confirmed in my own cases,

without going into details with

provings symptoms and the

symptoms of my patients.

First there is an interesting

location: two fingers below the

patella, on one side.

Then a certain kind of constipation,

with stools in balls like sheep’s

during and ineffective urging.

Also an unusual sleepiness at night.

One-woman patient I had always

slept for a few minutes in her chair

before going to bed.

A symptom relating to memory:

She easily forgets what she intended

to do or what she has been doing.

The skin, particularly at the front of

the thorax, shows small patches or

there is acute burning pain, like from

nettles, frequently showing

herpetiform changes.

At the beginning of this lecture, I

described the enormous difference,

which existed between the approach

to therapy used by those thinking in

terms of specifics like

RADEMACHER, on the one hand,

and HAHNEMANN on the other.

I have also shown that the former

tried to narrow the action of

Chelldonium down, limiting it to the

liver, whilst HAHNEMANN used

another method, i.e. proving on

healthy subjects and individualization

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in the selection of the remedy, to

show that this remedy too, acts on the

whole human being, on all his organs,

and may be used as a remedy for

diseases of all organs.

However great the differences may

have been in the medical thinking of

HAHNEMANN and

RADEMANCHER, in practice we

are the heirs of both. It is relatively

rarely, though with increasing

experience more and more often, that

we actually hear a patient repeat a

single proving symptom of

Chelldonium, sometimes even using

exactly the same words, and then find

we that all his other symptoms also fit

Chelldonium. On the other hand,

there will still be many cases today

where we shall think of Chelldonium

only because we notice that the liver

appears to be involved in a particular

case, or that all the symptoms of a

patient are right-sided.

We are of course aware that this is

a mere expedient, and shall endeavor,

as often as we can, to compare these

cases too.

With the proving symptoms in

order to deepen and extend our

knowledge of the remedies. I hope I

have been able to contribute to this

today.

REFERENCE:

1. RADEMACHER JG.

Rechtfertigung der von den

Gelehrten misskannten

verstandesrechten

Erfarungsheillehere der alter

scheidekunstigen Geheimarzte.

3

rd

edn. 1848.

2. HAHNEMANN S. Organon der

Helkunst Paras 6 and 7

3. STEINER R. Vortags –

ZYKLUS fur arzte and

Medizinstudiarende, gehatten in

Dornach vom 21, Marz bis 9

April 1920. 20. Vortrag.

English edition: Spiritual

Science and Medicine p. 265.

4. TESTE. Allg. Hom., Ztg. 1861;

63:81

5. HAHNEMANN S. Reine

Arzneimimitellehre (Materia

Media Pura) 2

nd

edn. 1825.

German vol.4, p.263 and

HARTLAUB CGC and

TRAINKS CF: Reine

Arzneimitellehre German Vol.1,

p.327 and Vol. 3 p. 331 1828

and 1831.

6. BUCHMANN O.

Symptomenregistor zu dor in

der Allgemeninen

Homoopathischen Zeitung

(AHZ) Band 70 and 71

enthallenen Prufung des

Chelodonium majus L

Monstabatt z. 71. Band der

Allg. Hom. Zig 1865: p. 21

7. KISSEL Allg. Hom. Zig. 1904:

149:14

8. HERING C. The Guiding

Symptoms of our Materia

Meidca. Vol.4. p,13. 1884.

9. WASSILY P. Deutsche

Zeiscrift fur Homoeopathie

1930: p. 182.

10. NEIDHARO C. Allg. Hom Zig.

1855. 49:22

11. LIEDBECK C. Aoog. Hom.

Ztg. 1853; 45:27

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12. SCHONIKE Praktische

Milterllungen der

correspondiereden Gesellscharft

homoeopathischer Arzte 1827:

p.5

I Homoeopathic Convention

Committee, Bombay writes:

A SEMINAR WITH DR. RAJAN

SANKARAN on Classical

Homoeoapthy.

We are glad to announce this

seminar with Dr. Rajan Sankaran on

17

th

and 18

th

March 1991 at Biria

Krida Kendra, Chowpatty, Bombay

400 007 Eligibility: Medical Doctors,

Interns and Students Particiaption.

Fee: Rs.350/- if paid on or before 5

th

March 1991 (Rs.400/- thereafter).

Students and interns (without lunch):

Rs.200/- payable before 5-3-91

Rs.230/- thereafter) Remittance by

Bank Draft / Cheque on Bombay A/c

or M.O. in favour of “Dr. Rajan’s

Seminar”, to be sent to Mr. S.M.

Gunavante, Moraya villa, 12

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Road,

Khar, Bombay 400 052. Tel 6498146.

During the Seminar Dr. Rajan will

give a deeper perception of what

disease is; he will demonstrate

several techniques of Caste-taking;

understanding and using the

Repertory and the Rubrics; Use of

Dreams in selecting the remedy,

Understanding Materia Medica in a

new light (Situationa Materia

Medica) a deeper understanding of

Delusions (one step further than his

last Seminar); also a new method of

Psycho-therapy called “Homoeo-

Psycho-Therapy.” Cases on Video.

The Hahnemannian Society of

Homoeopathicians of India (HASH),

New Delhi, writes that the National

Seminar on “Standardisian in

Homoeopathy and Reliability of

Homeopathic Medicine” earlier

proposed to be held in December 90

was postoperted and would now be

held on 23-25 Feb. 1991. For further

information contact: Dr. R. Dhingra,

476, Goutam Nagar, New Delhi –

110 049.

I BAYR, Georg: Hahnemanns

Selbnstversuch mit der chinarinde

im Jahre 1790, die Konziplerung

der Homoeopathie, Karl F. Haug

Verlag, Heldelberg, 1989: S.145:

In 1990 the World of

Homoeopathy celebrates the 200

th

year of the conception of

Homoeopathy. The Saxon Physician,

Chemist and Medical Research

proved on himself the effects of

Cinchona bark in 1790. Geog BAYR

has made a detailed historical and

scientific study of this experiment of

HAHNEMANN, which brought

about a great revolutionary new

concept of Health, Disease,

Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

After his graduation and obtaining

his M.D. degree HAHNEMANN

NEWS

BOOK SHELF

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went to set about his practice and

earn reasonable money. In this quest

HAHNEMANN went from place to

place and by 1790 he has already

lived in six places: 1780 Hettstedt;

1781 Hettstdet; 1781 Dessau and later

same year Gommern; 1784 Dresden;

1784 Lockwitz and 1789-90 Leipzig

and Stotteriz.

By this time HAHNEMANN had

five children. In July 1790 he left

Leipzig for Stotteritz, a village a few

kilometers near Leipzig, since he

found life in Leipzig very costly.

HAHEMANN had given up his

medical practice since he was totally

disillusioned with the medicine of his

days and had taken up to writing –

translations and original works. In

1790 he was translating William

CULLEN’s (1710-1790) Materia

medica, which had been published in

1789, from English to German;

almost at the same time when

CULLEN died (5-2-1790) almost 80

years age. At the same time i.e. 1790,

CONSBRUCH had also translated

CULLEN’s Materia medica but while

CONSBRUCH was content with

merely translating. HAHNEMANN

did a critical study and gave copious

footnotes. Every statement of

CULLEN was verified and

commended upon by

HAHNEMANN. In this process he

took upon himself the famous

proving of the effects of Cinchona

bark and thus “Cinchona was to

HAHNEMANN what the failing

apple was to NEWTON and the

swinging lamp to GALILEO”. To be

certain HAHNEMANN repeated the

experiment of least six times and

reproduced the symptoms. This

experiment was probably while he

was in Leipzig.

There have, of course, been others

before HAHEMANN who did

experiment upon themselves with

drugs, mostly to ascertain their

toxicity with works of his

predecessors. Anton von STORCK

(1731 – 1803) in the Vienna hospital

proved, while in good health, at least

siz medicines upon himself; Conium

masculatum, Stramonlum,

Hyoecyamus niger, Aconltum

napellus, Colchicum automnale and

Pulsatilla nigicans. HAHNEMANN

had thus learnt during his student

days in Vienna of the self-

experiments of STORCK. STORCK

wrote that while everyone mentioned

about the mental derangement that is

caused by Stramonium in healthy

persons it should be investigated

whether by this is will not remove

spasms in those persons suffering

from it by exciting spasms? Another

person who would have influenced

HAHNEMANN in experiment of

individual, single medicines was

Albrecht von HALLER (1708 –

1777)

The word ‘Homoeopathy’ was used

for the first time by HAHNEMANN

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in 1807 in his essay ‘indication of the

Homoeopathic Employment of

Medicines in Ordinary Practice’

(‘Fingerzeige auf der

homoeopathisichen Gebrauch der

Arznenion in dor bisherigen Praxis”)

in Hufelands Journal, Vol.26

(Christoph Wilhelm HUFELAND

founded his journal in Jena in 1795)

HAHNEMANN, while about his

self-experiments with Cinchona, said

that the idea that medicines cure

disease with symptom similar to what

they produce in a healthy human

‘dawned’ upon him. This ‘dawning’

was not a sudden ‘intuition’ or

‘Inspiration without effect. Intuition

arises from ‘careful study’, practical

experience and good memory. It is

not a heaven-sent gift”.

HAHNEMANN’s pre Cinchona-

experiments and works reveal how

much these qualities he had and the

brilliant ‘dawning’ of the ‘similar’

idea was the result of that.

HAHNEMANN should have

known the importance of the dosage,

perhaps even at the time of Cinchona

experiment. He knew that an

imprudent dose of Mercury worsened

a similar disease and a very small

dose was preferable and sufficient to

cure (‘Instructions for Surgeons

Respecting Veneral Disease together

with a New Mercurial Preparation’

1798”). Similarly that while chest and

lung diseases was caused by carefully

employed by the physician” (Treatise

on the Prejudices Existing Against

Coal Fires, On the modes of

improving this combustibe, and in its

employment heating in Bakers

‘Ovens’ 1787)

We speak of homoeopathic ‘drug

pictures’. How come this expression

of a remedy “Picture”? In ‘Arsenic

Poisoning, the remedies for it, and its

Forensic Investigation’-1786, he

writes of the arsenic poisoning effects

leading to fatal end as “picture”

(Gemalde) of a the drug. Similarly in

Para 290 of ‘Treatment of Simple

Chancre’ in his ‘Instructions for

Surgeons … Veneral Diseases 1789,

he describes the ‘mercurial fever’ and

calls in the “picture” of mercurial

action, of the action of Cinchona.

Most probably the term so well used,

viz. “Remedy pictures” began with

HAHNEMANN’s first mentioning it

in 1786.

HAHNEMANN thought that the

‘fever’ symptoms he experienced on

taking the Cinchona tincture was

similar to be the malarial fever which

he had suffered while he was in

Siebenburgen (1777) and later at

Ertangen (1779) when he took

Quinine in the light of later

knowledge we have of ‘malaria’ and

Quinine we know that what was

actually experienced were the

symptoms similar to ‘intermittent

fevers’ and not malaria. He had

become ‘sensitive’ to Cinchona and

therefore it produced the symptoms

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when he took it for his self

experiment in 1790. however, the fact

remains that this proved to be a

blessing since the correct scientific

theory – Similar Similibus Curentur –

was born out of it and has withstood

clinical tests for 200 years now.

The book contains the following

chapters (1) HAHNEMANN in

Leipzig and Stotteriz (2) The

formulation of the question (3) The

self experiment (4) The initial and

anticipated results of the experiment

(5) The second and unanticipated

results (6) The China fever (7) The

emergence of the new theory (8)

Intuition (9) HAHNEMANN’s

intuitive ideas (10) A

misunderstanding which was fruitful

(11) The Role of chances (12) The

critical investigation (13) Appendix

(14) Bibliography.

An exhaustive Appendix citing the

references for every thing written in

the main text which is a mark of

scientific books and in true German

form and a Bibliography – all make

the book fascinating and interesting.

II. Review and Revision of Kent’s

Repertory in Relation to Other

Works – Chapter MOUTH –

Addition from Boericke’s

Repertory: Central Council for

Research in Homoeopathy, New

Delhi, 1990: pp.53, Rs.13/-

The Monograph under review is

the second in the on-going work of

the CCRH of updating the KENT’s

Repertory with additions from

BOERICKE’s chapter by chapter.

The earlier was on “TEETH”

reviewed in the DEGEST – Vol.V.,

No.4, 1988.

As the Foreword by Dr. D.P.

Rastogl, Director, CCRH, said the

additions have been proposed by

Experts Working Group after careful

study of BOERICKE’s Repertory and

the various source books life Guiding

Symptoms, Encyclopaedia etc.

besides, the members of the Working

Group proposed certain additions of

their own in the light of their clinical

experience. Certainly all these make

this paper, printing, wrapper and

general get-up all good and the price

reasonable. Warmly recommended to

every Practitioner.

A few suggestions are ventured

which may perhaps be considered for

the next monograph in the series:

The purpose of these series is to

enlarge and augment the KENT,

KUNZLI has, in his Repertorium

Generale which is nothing but KENT

with additions and corrections, made

many additions from BOERICKE. It

may therefore more useful if the

CCRH evaluates the ‘additions’ given

by but have not so far beeen included

in complete repertorises so far

published. I have in mind the works

of no less masters that Cyrus

M.BOGER, and Pierre SCHMIDT.

(i) The ‘additions’ given by BOGER

and published as a booklet long age

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have not been included in the

KUNZLI’s Repertorium Generate.

Similiarly some of the rubrics and

remedies in the Synoptic Key and the

Supplement’ to the Repertory section

of the Synoptic Key (Memorial

Edition – A.B. Publishers, Calcutta)

which are very valuable.

(ii) Many additions have been given

by Pierre SCHMIDT in his article

published under the title ‘Defective

illness’ (vide Hahnemannian

Gleanings, Vol. XLVI, 1979). These

too are yet to be added to the

available KENT: there are many

addition to ‘Mouth’.

(iii) The authors of the Synthetic

Repertory adopted certain numbers

to indicate the sources from which

the rubric/remedies were drawn. Dr.

KUNZLI to adopted same numbers in

respect of these sources; of example

it 16, it meant HAHNEMANN, if 7

Pierre SCHMIDT – whether in

Synthetic Repertory or in the

Repertorium Generate. I think that

this numbering may be adopted

universally, in so far as homoeopathic

literature is concerned so that

bibliographical references are

standardized and help computerized

searches.

K.S.S.