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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,

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S.No Topic Page. No.

1. QHD, Vol. IX, 1, 1992 3

2. QHD, Vol. IX, 2, 1992 55

3. QHD, Vol. IX, 3, 1992 88

4. QHD, Vol. IX, 4, 1992 147

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Dear Reader,

The Quarterly Homoeopathic Digest (QHD) has completed eight years and has, with this issue,

entered into the ninth.

2. As you know the QHD is a one-man venture; it is only for Private circulation within a limited

number. The number of members of QHD has been around 100 only all these years. What I had in

mind when I began this venture was to have a small but discerning readership who would inter-act.

The number has been ‘small’, but the ideal of inter-action’ has been totally wanting.

3. The QHD has been putting out a ‘Current Literature Listing’. This ‘listing’ contains the titles

and authors of articles, from the more important literature in Homoeopathy from all over the world, to

the extent that they are available to me. This list is drawn subject wise. Thus the readers have a window

through which they can look into the homoeopathic world.

4. From this year I have improved this ‘listing’ i.e. it will not just ‘list but an abstract or summary

or a ‘brief’ of what that article is about will be given. This would help those interested in ‘research’.

5. In this ‘list’ I will include from this year the more important Indian Journals also. The ‘list’ will

not, obviously, contain ‘reprints’ of old articles.

6. The Part II of the QHD would continue to carry full or condensed articles – as far as possible

thematically.

7. I have also proposed to include a Part III which would contain selected original articles/Case

Reports, from Readers. I WELCOME CASE REPORTS. This is one way of interaction. The Case

Reports and articles should be ORIGINAL and not just run-of-the mill type.

8. Lastly: Foreign Journals have now become prohibitively costly. Stationery etc., and allround

costs have also gone up. It is therefore against heavy odds that the QHD is being produced. The sole

interest is – improving oneself in homoeo-therapeutics. Some feel that the print is too small and strains

eyes. The print is deliberately kept small so as to accommodate maximum reading material. If larger

print is made the number of pages. printing costs, postage, etc., would go higher in which care the so-

called ‘subscription’ will have to be hiked or the reading matter reduced. I do not want to do either.

This issue carries an Index to QHD 1991. A glance would reveal the wealth of material the last

volume contained.

Fraternal Greetings,

Yours sincerely,

K.S.SRINIVASAN

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PART I CURRENT LITERATURE LISTING

A list of current homoeopathic literature, subject wise, is given below:

I PHILOSOPHY

1. Observations on paragraph 143

-GHPSER,K.H. (ZKH,35, 1991)

Praragraph 142 of the Organon VI Edition says

that recognizing some symptoms which arise

after administering a homoeopathic medicine

from the symptoms of the disease, especially a

chronic disease for which that particular

medicine was given, is higher art of judgement

and left only to masters in observation.

However, even if not reckoned as ‘masters’,

there have been here and there opportunities to

observe in practice symptoms of the medicine

during the course of treatment. The author

narrates instances to corroborate his above-

cited statement; even the millesimal potencies

which HAHNEMANN called the ‘mildest’

have been able to bring out symptoms.

The old provers were very observant. We too

may ponder how to distinguish between the

side effects of the allopathic drugs and the

symptoms arising out of a homoeopathic

remedy during the course of its curative action.

2. HAHNEMANN and HEGEL or the

medicament is the disease picture

-BOTTNER, S. (ZKH,35, 3,5/1992)

This very interesting essay is in three parts.

Part I ‘Homoeopathy as an alternative therapy

concept’, Part II ‘HAHNEMANN’s ideas on

the healing process and the structure of the

Law of Similars’ and Part III ‘The Law of

Similars in the light of HEGEL’s Natural

Philosophy’.

The author attempts to give an interpretation of

Homoeopathy of HAHNEMANN (1755-1843)

in the light of the Natural Philosophy of

HEGEL (1770-1831).

HAHNEMANN’s concept of Life and his

ideas of healing are translated unto HEGEL’s

terms thus overcoming the insufficiencies in

HAHNEMANN’s plan with the help of

HEGEL’s. The crux of the problem is the

question; Why does the “Homoion” heal?

The author demonstrates with the aid of

HEGEL’s concepts that the homoeopathic

medicine may be understood as the “truth” of

the disease. The homoeopathic medicine heals

because it describes to the sick organism its

disease in an outward, similar object.

Only the idea that Homoeopathy is a

descriptive therapy makes HAHNEMANN’s

attempts conceptually consistent.

3. Ideas about potency in Homoeopathy

- ALBIN, Steve (Similimum, 3, 4/1990)

Discusses potency choice in prescribing. Some

of the considerations involved are:

1. The nature of the disease being treated.

2. The intensity of the symptoms of the patient.

3. The clarity of the symptom pattern.

4. The sensitivity of the patient.

5. More caution should be used with patients

with multiple miasms.

6. The intent of the prescription

7. Atidoting factors.

8. Nosodes tend to work better when given in

higher potencies.

4. Critical observations on the miasms

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-WOUTERS, Maarten- Part 2

(NTKH,2,/1991)

5. The Iayers theory-interview with Rajan

ASNKARAN (NTKH, 2,2/1991)

In December 1989 Dr.Rajan ASNKARAN

held a Seminar in Netherlands. This interview

was over the Layers theory of George

VITHOULKAS. Dr. Rajan SANKARAN also

explains ‘Delusions’.

6. Supperssions

-DEMANGEAT, George (CGH,28,2/1991)

7. The hahnemannian concept of vital force

-DEMANGEAT,Georges (CGH,28,2/1991)

II. MATERIA MEDICA

1. An interesting case-Thuja

-SCHÜTTE, M. (AHZ, 236, 1/1991)

Male 35 years. Some of the leading

indications: imagines that he is double; that he

is divided; that persons by him and who do

what he does; agg. from onion and fat; as if his

legs were made of glass. Thuja 30x; 200x and

then 10M.

After the last dose an eczema developed on the

elbow.

2. Homoeo-quiz

-H.V.MǛLLER (AHZ, 236, 1/1991)

Solution to Homoeo-quiz in AHZ, 6/ 1990)

-SCHÜTTY, Marta (AHZ,236, 1/1991)

3. Scilla maritime

-SERET, M. (AHZ,236, 1/1991)

Scilla maritime was recognized well as a

medicine in olden days for Hydropsy,Epilepsy,

severe coughs, nausea; also against bites of

Viper. In the 18

th

century it was used as a

diuretic and heart tonic. At the end of a severe

cough sneezing and involuntary urination

(HERING). The main symptoms are in mucous

membranes, urinary passages, heart and

spleen. High fever may be accompaniment.

Movement agg., rest amel.

Case: 68 years old female; Cough, since quite

some days; intense stiches in the region of

larynx which caused cough. The cough was

agonizing-agg. mornings and in the latter half

of night; dry; Concomitants: Iachrymation and

watery, irritating nasal discharge. The

peculiarity was that after every fifth cough

sneezing followed; cold drinks amel., while

warm agg., (Cahiers du groupement

Hahnemannien, 27, 7/1990)

4. Eczema-Manganum aceticum

-ILLING, K.H.(ZKH,35,1/1991)

On the indication of aggravation by

perspiration, two women patients 55years and

85 years of age with eczema and pruritis

senilis respectively, were cured with

Manganum aceticum. In both cases a single

dose of 30 potency was given.

5. A peculiar symptom “Violent cough with

spasmodic jerking of head forward and knees

upward” led to the prescription of Theridion

curassavicum to a nine year old boy.

6. Rue even for Ruth………

-HOTTON, Donald (Homoeopathy Today, 11,

1/1991)

A small case by a ‘lay’ homoeopath. The little

finger and ring finger were collapsed,

immobile, her thumb was stiff, wrist painful

just above the pulse, since 6 months. Her

doctor prescribed a $9000 operation. Ruta 6x

restored completely, rapidy in about 10 days.

7. Henoch-Schonlein Purpura and Phosphorus-

Case report

-P.N. PAI (Similie, 1,1/1991, a supplement to

BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

Boys aged 12 and 8, both with Henoch-

Schontein Purpura were successfully treated

with Phosphorus. In the first case the disease

was of over 6 months duration and had been on

conventional treatment and Phosphorus 30 was

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given b.d. for a week and in the second it was

only of 16 days duration and Phosphrous 200

was given for two weeks!

8. Case of Lyssin in a ten year old girl

-MORTELMANS, Guoido (JAIN,83,

1/1990)

Cases presented in the Small Remedies

Seminar in Hechtel, Belgium, February 5-9,

1990)

The patient was a 10 year old girl with many

fears. Fear of being alone, fear of dogs, fear of

narrow places. Her mother had been bitten by a

dog when she was 6 years of age. The patient

had a younger sister who too was afraid of

being alone and who was also given Lyssin

200 and reacted beautifully. Perhaps a Lyssin

layer was grafted on to the children via their

mother, who was improving nicty on Lac

canicnum.

9. Conium in a case of Multiple Sclerosis

–– JOHNSTON, Linda. (JAIH, 83, 1/1991)

32 year old woman with Multiple Sclerosis.

Symptoms; Fatigue, mental dullness, visual

blurring (right eye), joint pain (agg. after

exposure to cold), weakness of legs and knees,

neurological symptoms and sensations. (acute

hearing, difficulty swallowing water, urinary

hesitancy in the morning, awareness of the

blood flowing through her) sexual thoughts all

the time. Conium repeated after 4 moths cured.

10. Product review – R.A..D.A.R. version 3.2

d-H

––MESIELLO, Domenick J. (JAIH, 83,

1 & 2/1990)

11. Case (1) Ranunculus bulbosus in a 68 year

old man; (2) Selenium in a 49 year old man;

and (3) Anacardium in a 33 year old woman.

Case 1: Severe pain in the right lower

chest near the abdomen; stitching, agg.

coughing, agg. deep respiration, amel, lying on

the painful side or pressing on the painful spot.

Bryonia and Kali carbonicum were given but

no amel.

Repertorisation:

GENERALITIES, Pain, Small spots;

CHEST, Pain, stitching;

CHEST, Pain, Stitching, deep respiration

Prescription: Ranunculus bulbosus

Case 2: Tremendous fatigue and severe joint

pains worse after sleeping. Had suffered severe

influenza followed by kidney infection with

high fevers; while in the hospital he became

septic, went into a shock; was given i.v.

antibiotics. Subsequently felt so tired and worn

out and he described himself as “ an old man”.

Warm weather extremely debilitating, pains

between scapulae involving the cervical;

“stitching” pains, Pains agg. after sleep; agg.

after coition. Bald.

GENERALITIES, Weakness, following

prolonged fever

from heat

from heat of summer

from slight exertion

after coition

Sleep, after agg.

Sun, agg.

HEAD, Hair falling

Prescription: Selenium

Case 3: Married woman with 2 children;

depression, diminished libido and ear pain’

depression after each child birth. The

depression after the second child birth was

persistent. Thoughts of jumping out of a

window; concentration difficult; very irritable

with her children, decision making difficult;

would doubt about her decision; even thinking

about when and how to clear her house had

become a major issue. Whatever was

happening she wanted it to be different. In 10

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years of married life she had fallen in love with

as many as 10 different men. Didn’t know if

she wanted to remain with her husband or

some other man. As if there were two

conflicting wills in her. She had very low self

esteem. In every situation she felt inert. Her

father was harsh and domineering. During

teens she liked to dress like a hippie and a

punk but dressed very conservatively for her

parents. Parents wanted her to dress nicely and

to speak well but she enjoyed using swear

words and curse. Felt time was short. She

would start reading an article and leave it and

begin another. For about a year she felt that

there was a foreign body in her ear “like a

plug”. At

Prescription: Anacardium orientale

12. Homoeopathy and computers.

––MESIELLO, Domenick J. (JAIH, 83,

2/1990)

13. Sewer gas-a 20the century obstacle to cure.

––ROULEAU, Patricia, (JAIH, 83,

2/1990)

James tyler KENT has already mentioned

sewer gas toxins. (Lecture V. Lectures on

Homoeopathic Philosophy)

References to sewer gas in BOERICKE’s

Repertory:

p. 794 ABDOMEN, Diarrhoea, cause

occurrence from noxious effluvia.

p. 957 Charcoal fumes, illuminating gas, ill

effects.

p. 959 Ptomaine poisoning. Sewer gas or

noxious effluvia, ill effects.

KENT’s Repertory:

p. 611 RECTUM, Diarrhoea, bad drainage

p. 612 RECTUM, Diarrhoea, effluvia, noxious,

from

p. 1270 CHILL, Sewer gas

p. 1348 Coal gas, from

E.B. NASH refers to Sewer gas in his leaders,

on Pyrogen. CLARKE refers to sewer gas in

his Materia medica on Am.c., Bapt., Bov.,

Crot-h., Kreos., Op., Phyt., Pyrog., Sulph-

hydrogenisatum.

The first two cases of acute exposure to sewer

gas presented typical picture of Baptisia. The

third case is typical of long term effects of

chronic exposure.

Case 1: Male, 38 years, Chief complaint:

unable to concentrate for the last 24 hours.

Head feels full and in spite of great effort he

cannot concentrate. Thoughts cloudy; whole

body aches; feels exhausted. He noticed that

his face looked dark red and somewhat

swollen.

Prescription: Baptisia 200 cured in 24 hours.

Case 2: Male 9 years. Chief complaint: sore

throat, headache and stomach ache. He asked

the same question again and again and couldn’t

remember the answer. Felt has an ‘extra toe’

coming out of the side of each foot. They

annoy him and he would like to get rid of

them. Fever 100ºF. Moans from ache. He spent

the last two days in a house with a ‘bad smell’.

In that house that commodes were loose and

the drains had all been dry.

Prescription: Baptisia 30 Repeated next day. In

3 days all symptoms had gone.

Case 3: Female 55 years. Chief complaint:

fatigue, depression, nausea, abdominal cramps,

heaviness and numbness of the right leg which

felt as if it dragged. Concentration difficult.

These symptoms began after moving into a

newly built home. Sewer gas leek was

repaired; Nux vomica 30 cured.

Case 4: Dog 61/2 years. This dog lived in the

same home as the above patient (Case 3). She

became listless; pace slowed while walking

and she could no longer jump onto chairs.

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Unable to control her front and back on the

rightside. Unable to place her front paw where

she intended. Right side of her face was tightly

drawn back. This dog was described as very

shy and sensitive, very aware of the moods of

people. She slept in the room where the broken

sewer pipe was located.

Prescription: Causticum 200, several times

during the year. Became energetic and able to

jump onto chairs and go for walks. A slight

tension was still there on the right side of her

face.

Sewer gas can be a toxic concomitant of

indoor air. Sewer gases, Methane and

Hydrogen sulphide are produced in waste

disposal systems. Hydrogen sulphide is a toxic

asphyxiant and even low concentrations are

harmful. Odors are not always reliable

indicators of the presence of sewer gas. There

may or may not be a “sewer smell” or a “rotten

egg smell”. Feeling worse inside the home and

better in the open could indicate a problem

with the quality of indoor air.

14. Folliculinum: Mist or Miasm?

––ASSILEM, Melissa (The Homoeopath, 11,

1/1991)

“Folliculinum is made from Oestrone, a

synthetic form of oestrogen. The source we are

using today comes from Dr. D.M.

FOUBISTER. Although there have been no

organized provings, millions of women have

been proving it since the discovery of the

synthetic hormone in the 1940s.

The author has used it in both boys and girls,

in their teenage years, drained, slow, unable to

identify with their selfhood.

‘Inherited disorders’ due to the Pill and

Diesthylstilbestrol (DES) have been discussed

which include chromosomal disorders, vaginal

cancer.

Folliculinum is a remedy which expresses so

much of what is out of order in our world

today. With the interference of man into

woman’s rhythm began this bad health of

women. The ‘hormones’ discovered were

found to interfere and control the fecundity and

the very delicate and complex pattern between

pituitary, ovary, hypothalamus and uterus is

deceived and jangled.

The Pill’ which came 30 years ago makes the

woman sexually accessible at all times and

without fear of fertilization, in fact it often

ends the periods altogether. When therefore

not fertile enough, hormones in the form of

fertility drugs are given to produce more eggs;

thus babies are injected with hormones before

they come into the world. Abortion by

hormone pills; the horrible adverse effects of

all these and now hormone replacement

therapy! Hormones are given to animals to

fatten them and female animals are regulated.

Hormones are used in pesticides to spray the

grains and vegetables. The tyranny of hormone

abuse is complete and the rise in cancer of the

reproductive systems of young women is a

sign of what is to come more. Thus the picture

of Folliculinum:

She feels she is controlled by another

She is out of sorts with her rhythm

She is living out someone else’s

expectations

She feels she is being fed off emotionally

or psychologically

She loses her will

She over estimates her energy reserves

She is full of self-denial

She becomes a rescuer, addicted to

rescuing people

She becomes drained

She has become a doormat

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She has forgotten who she is

She has no individuality

She loses sense of herself

She may totally lose herself in her

relationships.

There is strong link with Carcinosin.

Folliculinum comes up over and over again in

cases where women have been abused

sexually, physically or psychically.

Specific symptoms:

All symptoms agg. ovulation to menses

All symptoms amel, menses, except

specific menstrual symptoms

Worse from heat, noise, touch, resting

Drawing, burning, gripping pains

Spotting

Ovarian cysts

Polycystic ovaries.

There are many pre-menstrual symptoms,

menstrual problems, menopause symptoms,

clinical situations which have all been listed.

An enlightening study. (The complete article

would be published later in the QHD)

15. Prescribed drugs and the alternative

practitioner

––GASCOIGNE, Stephen (The

Homoeopathy, 11, 1/1991)

The use of drugs and chemicals is widespread

in our society. There are large sections of the

population who rely on such agents to alter

their mental, emotional o physical state.

Most patients are taking drugs prescribed by

medical practitioners. Many are taking drugs

‘socially’. Cases are therefore complicated as

drugs alter symptoms and lead to deterioration

of health.

It is generally considered that the

responsibility for regaining health lost due to

drugs is that of the medical profession.

However, it is the medical profession which is

primarily responsible for the drugs taken.

Alternative practitioners have to take the

responsibility for health matters involving their

patients.

This article initiates discussion about the best

way to do this.

16. Vaccination and Sociopathy

––COULTER, Harris L. (The

Homoeopath, 11, 1/1991)

Harris COULTER and Barbora Lore FISHER

authored ‘DPT-A shot in the dark’ in 1985. In

1990 LIGA Congress, COULTER stated that

he believed that ‘Cot-death’ of infants (SIDS)

were caused by DPT and MMR vaccinations.

The US Congress was sufficiently impressed

by the ‘DPT-A shot in the dark’ to adopt the

National Vaccination Compensation Act in the

end of 1986. The compensation system has

already given several dozen awards for vaccine

damage; about half of them are for death from

vaccination (almost always classified by the

physician or coroner as ‘Sudden infant Death

of Unknown Origin”). Before this book was

written, the American medical authorities had

rejected the possibility that a baby could die

from vaccination. Now they are revising their

position.

COULTER’s new book, ‘Vaccination, social

violence and criminality’ was motivated by the

awareness that since biological phenomena

occur along a spectrum, if childhood

vaccinations cause death and other disabilities

mentioned, they must also of necessity

provoke a host of ‘milder’ disorders. This area

has never been investigated by the medical or

public health authorities.

This article states in brief the findings of these

investigations.

17. AIDS in recent Literature

––CLOGSTOUN-WILLMOTT, Jonathan

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This is a ‘review article’ of Literature on AIDS

so far appeared. Homoeopathy does not figure

largely in any of these books which have come

the way of the author.

18. Two Bufo cases

––REICHENBERG-ULLMAN,

(Simillimum, 3, 4/1990)

Two excellent cases of foster children treated

with Bufo, leading to physical and mental

development.

19. A very painful cystitis

––BURKE, Jack (Simillimum, 3, 4/1990)

Mercurius corrosivus cured cystitis and

endometrial infection in a young lady.

20. A deep-acting Cantharis case

––FINE, Howard. (Simillimum, 3, 4/1990)

According to George VITHOULKAS in

Cantharis, the case revolves around sex and

dissatisfaction. In this case of interstitial

cystitis this appears to have been confirmed.

21. A case of non-bacterial Urethritis.

––TESSLER, Neil (Simillimum, 3, 4/1990)

Cactus grandiflorus cured a non-bacterial

urethritis of a 22 year old female. The

symptoms ‘clenching sensation of her uterus’

drew attention to Cactus grandiflorus.

22. Small remedy comes through

––IMMEL, Mark (Simillimum, 3, 4/1990)

A 29 year old male with a swelling in the left

axilla (a ‘lymphy node’?); he also suffered

from anxiety, pain in the heart region, sudden

and lasting few seconds, extending to the left

axilla, left side of the neck and sometimes

down the arm to the fingers.

Latrodectus mactans 30 cured.

23. A case of acute bronchitis

––JAMISON, Scott (Simillimum, 3,

4/1990)

A Stannum metallicum case. The patient was a

3 year old boy, deal and unable to

communicate verbally. Observation by the

physician led to choose the remedy, Lesson: be

a careful observer.

24. Opium –In memorium of a great remedy

––SHILOH, Jana, (Simillimum, 3, 4/1990)

25. A case of lapses of consciousness

––TESSLER, Neil (Simillimum, 3, 4/1990)

A case of Nux moschata because of spaciness;

lapses of consciousness and drowsiness.

26. A case to make your day.

––ALBIN, Steve. (Simillimum, 3, 4/1990)

An ‘acute’ case of headache in a 8 year old girl

in which Glonoine was the remedy. “At the

instant that the pellets touched her tongue the

crying and restlessness stopped. After 5

minutes she said the pain was much less. After

10 minutes she was sound asleep (this is a

common reaction in children to a correct

remedy). An hour later the mother and

daughter went to a carnival. The headache

didn’t return”.

27. A Case of Tuberculosis of the spine.

––BARNI, Stephano (Simillimum, 3,

4/1990)

A very interesting case of Silicea, in a 25 years

old young African.

28. The botanical relationship of the vegetable

remedies – Staphysagria

––CHINDEMI, Wayne (Simillimum, 3,

4/1990)

29. Staphysagria

––ELLMORE, Dutt (Simillimum, 3,

4/1990)

Psychological picture and essence based on

lectures of George VITHOULKAS and Roger

MORRISON.

Confirming symptoms:

Remorse after anger, Worse after for

themselves

Anger suppressed easily

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Can’t speak up or stand up for themselves

Accept blame for things. Feel guilt

Ailments after romatic griefs

Talk to themselves. Write poetry

Headaches frontal and occipital. Dullness

of mind with headache

Block of wood sensation in head

Recurrent styes, or history of styes

Urinary infections. Honeymoon cystitis.

Condylomata

Crava tobacco

High sexual desire

Masturbation (they don’t have to

masturbate to give Staph.)

30. Psoriasis after grief

––CHINDEMI, Wayne (Simillimum, 3,

4/1990)

A dose of Staphysagria 200 to a married

female of 33 years age for Psoriasis which

began after a ‘grief’ (a miscarriage), cured.

Calcarea carbonica M cleared the asthma that

followed.

31. A child’s world

––HERSCU, Paul. (Simillimum 3, 4/1990)

The author proposed a regular column on

Paediatrics.

In this article he details a 9 year old boy who

needed Medorrhinum. Repetition and follow-

up is also discussed.

32. Report on ANANDA ZAREN Seminar

––VAN DEN BORN (NTKH, 2, 2/1991)

This article gives an over-all picture of Kali

arsenicosum. It is a combination of Ananda

ZAREN’s study with differential diagnosis and

personal experiences (An extract of the rubrics

has already been given in the OQHD, 8,

4/1991)

33. A case of Anacardium orientale

––BREUKER, Bert (NTKH, 2, 2/1991)

A 11 year old boy with extreme fear of AIDS

and Cancer. The totality led to prescription of

Anacardium orientae 10M one dose which

cured rapidly.

34. The small remedies.

––ESMENJAUD (CGH, 28, 1/1991)

35. Homage to Dr. Georges DEMANGEAT

––Group Mercurius (CGH, 28, 1/1991)

1. Sanare necesse est.

––PETZINGER, K.v. (AHZ, 236, 1/1991)

The author shows the difference as to what is

meant by ‘healing’ in Homoeopathy and the

Orthodox medicine and shows it with

examples of homoeopathic cure of Fever,

Hyperacidity, rhinitis, Pain and infectious

diseases.

2. Local symptoms in the ENT practice

––FRIESE, K.H. (AHZ, 236, 1/1991)

It is possible to quickly find the homoeopathic

remedy by the local symptoms in ENT

practice.

Many of

these diseases considered as treatable only by

the Orthodox method can be treated more

quickly by Homoeopathy.

For quick work the author has laid down a rule

of thumb; upto 6x potency thrice a day, upto

12x, twice a day, 30x once a week, 200x one

single dose only 5 globules, 50 millesimal

potencies thrice day 3 globules before

breakfast.

The author has drawn a list of various

conditions and their medicines, both acute and

chronic.

3. Homoeopathy in skin diseases.

––OSTERMAYR, B. (AHZ, 236, 1/1991)

Most of the skin diseases are the

impressions of inner ailments, and

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constitutional remedies like Sulphur,

Arsenicum, Calcarea, Graphites, are called for

according to individuals. However, in practice,

special indications of some remedies are given:

Agaricus muscarius

Chronic ailment

from cold

Anagalis arvensis In eczeymas of hand,

finger and auditory

canal

Apis mellifica Has localized

oedema

Berberis vulgaris Litic acid diathesis

Croton tiglium Shingles

Cantharis Main remedy in

reddening, blisters

and pustules on skin

and concomitantly

inflammation of

urinary system

Dolichos puriens General itching

Dulcamara

Urticaria from wet

and cold

Fagopyrum sagittatum

Eczema caused by

sun and such as from

venous obstruction

Jaborandi Hyperthidrosa

Kreosotum

Pruritis diabeticus

and senills

Mezereum

Herpes zoster with

neuralgia

Paeonia

Ha

emorrhoids

Petroleum Chronic eruptions,

rhagades, bleeding

fissures and agg.

from wet cold

Pix liquida Eczema of the back

of hand

Rhus toxicodendron Allergic skin

affections with

vesicular

efflorescence and

clod and wet

aggravation

(Natura-med. 4, 4 (1989) abstracted in AHZ,

236, 1/1991)

4. Pregnancy and mis-carryings

––HERSUC, Paul, (Homoeopathy Today,

11, 1/1991)

5. Confidence in Homoeopathy

––NEUSTAEDTER Randall

(Homoeopathy Today, 11, 1/1991)

6. When to prescribe: a study of labor, or the

effect of Homoeopathy on the labor

movement.

––HERSUC, Paul, (Homoeopathy Today,

11, 1/1991)

For eruptions from Poison Ivy Lycopodium

was prescribed; Rhus toxicodendron given

produced contractions and helped deliver

quickly – both on the basis of totality of

symptoms. “Every remedy that cures a

syndrome has certain main symptoms within

the condition. If these symptoms are NOT

present this ‘negative’ finding raises a flag in

my mind and makes me examine the case more

closely. Perhaps the remedy is not called after

all. This is just one of many oriteria one may

use in analyzing a case”.

7. Lycopodium and Natrum muriaticum – their

use in two cases of identical pathology from

hormonal imbalance – Case report

––C.K. ELIOT (Similie, 1, 1/1991 – a

supplement to BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

8. Ranunculus scleratus in pemphigoid

–– P. BAILEY (Similie, 1. 1/1991 – a

supplement to BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

In this case the patient’s (a 73 year old lady)

knee pain was very much improved through

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‘Pemphigus’. “Uncommon symptoms and

signs should be properly repertorised

ratherthan setting for familiar remedies which

fit the picture only very approximately and

which are thus less likely to act”.

9. HANP Lectures at 1990 HANP Convention

––SWOPE, Harry F. (Simillimum, 3,

4/1990)

The article ‘highlights’ the lectures of Dr.

Michael TRAUB on hyperactive children and

Dr. Stephen MESSER on Acute Urinary Tract

Infections.

10. Family dynamics and Homoeopathy

––MORRISON, Roger and HERRICK,

Nancy. (NTKH, 2, 2/1991)

The third part of a three part article on “Family

Dynamics Concept” developed by Roger

MORRISON and Nancy HERRICK which

deals with relationship within a family.

In this issue the situation occurs in a family

with a father who is remote, a mother who is

very sweet but weak emotionally and two

children, both boys. The dynamics in this

situation is very complicated, but can be

loosely described as a lugging triangle. The

oldest child feels jealous of the second child

and tries hard to regain the mother’s attention,

which is necessarily focused more often on the

younger child. After a while, the older child

discovers that he will at least receive some

attention from the mother if he behaves badly.

Before long, this acting-out behaviour will

become truly aggressive, especially, toward the

younger child. The older child becomes a

‘bully’ and the younger child becomes a

‘professional victim’. The mother reacts to this

situation by becoming more and more

depressed and withdrawn.

The elder ‘jealous’ boy with behavioural

disorders received Hyoscyamus and later

Anacardium orientale, the younger ‘victim’

brother, Staphysagria and the ‘depressed’

mother, Sepia, Natrum carbonicum and

Natrum muriaticum.

1. Remedy mistakes in KENT’s repertory

––EPPENICH, H. (ZKH. 35, 1/1991)

EXTREMITIES, Pain lower limbs, sciatica,

suddenly come and go; p. 1065; Kali bi. (not

Kali br.)

MIND, Death, sensation of p. 17: Kali br. (not

Kali br)

MIND, timidity, bashful; p. 89: Kali br. (not

Kali br)

GENERALITIES, Pulse, irritable and rapid; p.

1396: Kali br (not Kali br)

1. The problem of proving the therapeutic

success of Homoeopathy, Part I & II.

RICHTER, A (AHZ, 236, 1/1991)

Although Homoeotherapy has been in

existence for nearly 200 years it is still

disputed with regard to its theory and its

practical relevance by the Allopathic medicine:

i) The law of similars as the basis is

rejected.

ii) Homoeopathic remedy provings are

rejected as Placebo effects.

iii) The small doses employed in

Homoeopathy is denied of any

pharmacological action.

iv) Another criticism is the inability of

Homoeopathy to prove scientifically its

therapeutic efficacy.

Placebos are capable of causing universal

effects. The general nature of placebo effects

are discussed. When general nature of placebo

effects are discussed. When ‘proof’ of the

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action of the homoeopathic medicinal action is

demanded what is generally wanted is the

double blind trail. Since Homoeopathy

considers disease as an individual phenomenon

and consequently specific medicine for the

individual is called for, it is difficult to give

statistics collectively. According to

GEBHARDT the following points must be

there if statistical process were to be

employed:

i) The disease under research must occur

frequently and possibly in similar manner and

must run its course similarly in many persons.

ii) The individual peculiarities must be

classified into a syndrome by pervious studies

so that a most possible curative remedy can be

found.

However, recently controlled double-blind

trials effectively prove the success of

homoeotherapy. These have been listed

beginning in 1966 to TEILER REILLY et al in

1987 which clearly showed the difference

between Placedo and medicinal effects.

2. Recent French papers on Homoeopathy

––HARIVEAU, E. (ZKH, 35, 1 &

2/1991)

Lists out recent French papers published in

‘Medecine’, ‘Pharmacie’, ‘Dentaite’. ‘Diploma

Homoeopathie’. A fairly long list.

1. Homoeopathy in Veterinary practice.

––SHEFFER, Edgar C. (Homoeopathy

Today, 11, 2/1991)

1. A series of nine letters of HAHNEMANN

––SCHWEITZER, W (AHZ, 236, 1/1991)

The Central Library of the German Central

Association of Homoeopathic Physicians

recently acquired 9 original letters of

HAHNEMANN written to a female patient in

1833-1835. These letters show that

HAHNEMANN still used in 1830s double

medicinal agents and that he gave detailed

dietetic and dress advices and also concern

HAHNEMANN had for the individual patient.

Also the fee demanded was relatively low.

2. Awakening of Homoeopathy in Thuringen

––KEYSER, G and SCHREIBER, B.

(AHZ, 236, 1/1991)

3. Transcription of HAHNEMANN Letters

––GENNEPER, T. (ZKH, 35, 1/1991)

The original of the letter is with Jeanet

BOIRON, Lyon. The letter deals with the

Guild of Pharmacists which was condemned

by HAHNEMANN. This dispute with the

pharmacists is critically examined in the light

of this letter.

4. Recent French papers on Homoeopathy

––HARIVEAU, E. (ZKH, 35, 1 &

2/1991)

Lists out recent papers published in

‘Medicine’, ‘Pharmacie’, ‘Dentaite’, ‘Diplome

Homoeopathie’ ‘in French. A fairly long list.

5. The experiments at HAHNEMANN’s home

––DEMANGEAT, Georges (CGH, 28,

1/1991)

1. Activated own blood as Biomodulator

––HOVELER, Victor (AHZ, 236, 1/1991)

Activated own blood as Immuno-stimulator

was well known in the old Chinese medicine.

Nature has given us a medicine in our blood

which stimulates the immune system which is

without any risk since it is a biological

substance and has optional action. The

beginning of own blood therapy was in 1898

when the Swedish ELFSTROM and

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GRFSTROM took venous blood and after

diluting with physiological solution of salt,

reinjected. No unwanted reaction has occurred

in anyone. The author has 30 years experience.

2. On the reliability of the translations of the

original symptoms and some practical

consequences.

––SCHINDLER, M. (ZKH, 35, 1/1991)

Serious errors in the English translations of the

original German provings in the literature of

HEMPEL, C.J., ALLEN, T.F., and TAFEL,

L.H. have been observed. Such errors would

mislead. The author has studied Platina and

detailed these errors. A thorough, careful study

and comparison of the original provings with

the English text books does not need further

stressing.

3. The methodology of computerized medical

case study.

––SWAYNE, Jeremy. (BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

The title is self-explanatory. The author has

discussed the symptoms of two patients

suffering from Multiple sclerosis (MS). The

author shows that computerized case study

helps our ability to record and analyse the

phenomena of illness so that we may come to

understand it better and influence it more

effectively. “One of the most interesting

contributions to the epidemiology of MS was

the observation of clustering of minor

respiratory ailments in the past history of

patients”. All these are done by retrospective

examination of written case records a

laboriours and dedicated task; computerized

method facilitates such studies.

4. The Global knowledge revolution and

medicine.

––BRITTAIN, R.D. (BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

Computer technology and techniques have

improved in ways which are directly relevant

to medical practice. Before long patients will

have portable health data cards or discs. Such

record systems will enable communications

among health authorities, and others related to

health care. The advantages are that the whole

of medical knowledge base will be available to

the doctor. It is also possible to reduce the

prescribing costs.

5. The Read clinical classification (Read

codes)

––READ, James, (BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

There are six key criteria which a standard

computerized medical language must satisfy. It

must be: Comprehensive, Hierarchical,

Computerized, Cross-referenced, Dynamic. In

medical care, teaching, research,

administration etc., medical terms are the

primary information carriers.

Computers can store, analyse, aggregate,

manipulate, retrieve and transfer enormous

amounts of data for which however the

computer must have the data, the medical

‘terms’. The Read clinical classification claims

to solve this need.

6. Minimal Effective Data Sets (MEDS): The

case for standardization at the level of clinical

protocols.

––NEAME, Roderick, (BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

Computerisation of health care information

and records, properly developed and

implemented, has substantial advantages for

clinical care, administration, data security and

integrity, as well as for research and education.

The need to develop semantic data sets have

been argued. Three different sets of MEDS are

under development: ‘Screening’ protocols,

‘Searching’ MEDS and ‘Monitoring’ MEDS.

7. Computer-aided Homoeopathy

––FICHEFET, J. (BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

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Homoeopathy has now come to a turning

point. Thanks to Knowledge Base Expert

Systems, which appeared recently and are

oriented towards drug diagnosis, homoeopaths

have been made aware of the enormous

possibilities that computers can offer them.

This applies particularly to the gathering of

clinical data and analysis of a collection of

clinical files. This paper summarizes what has

already been done and suggests what can be

done in the future.

8. Hidden paradigms in Homoeopathy

–RUTTEN, Lex. (BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

The ‘similie’ principle meets three major

difficulties in its practical application:

What is most important in the patient’s

story

The use of language to present this story

Techniques to find the matching drug

pictures.

In the Repertory the polychrests occur in 400-

450 ‘Mind’ symptoms, more than 120 have 5-

10 ‘Mind’ and about 180 remedies have no

‘Mind’ rubrics.

To rely too much on ‘Mind’ symptoms is

hazardous when searching for a remedy.

The first paradigm: Mind symptoms may be

used to confirm choice.

The second paradigm: The essence of a drug

can be used for differential diagnosis. A single

rubric has more ‘depth’ using these essence.

The third paradigm: Local symptoms can have

more value in certain situations.

These paradigms must be considered while

designing a Knowledge Retrieval System.

9. Asking the right questions.

–DAVIES, Peter, R.T. (BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

Two very important objectives: The first is to

bring the wealth of information technology

that exists to bear on improving the patients’

medical notes stored and structured. The

second objective is to use this structure to

conduct research which will then improve how

medicine is practiced. The author talks about

the research objective, in particular to some of

the questions which we should be addressing.

10. Data collection at the Royal London

Homoeopathic Hospital.

––FISHER, Peter, (BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

11. Datamatrix requirements for inductive

analysis

––VAN HASELEN, Robbert A. (BHJ,

80, 1/1991)

12. The simple homoeopath

––FORSYTH, Charles. (BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

The author has developed a chart in which all

the patient’s problems, subjective

measurements, symptom frequency, objective

measurements, abnormal laboratory results,

life style factors, symptoms or features of

special interest, e.g., brittle nails, white finger

nail spots, strange, rare or peculiar symptoms,

etc., are listed. Symbols are used to indicate

degrees of agg./am., severity, improvement,

etc.

Computerization of data in this manner has

potential benefits.

13. Patient characteristics, conditions and visit

data in a homoeopathic family practice.

–JACOBS, Jennifer; CROTHERS, Dean

(BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

Homoeopathic practice by physicians is

becoming more common in the US as well as

in Europe, Latin America and parts of Asia.

While studies have been done to document the

efficacy of homoeopathic medicines and

treatment, no information exists about the

characteristics of patients seeking

homoeopathic treatment, The conditions for

which they seek, the number of visits, fee.

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Information about all patient visits in a two-

physician homoeopathic family practice was

collected for the 5 year period from January

1984 to December 1988. Data will be analysed

using the University of Michigan IBM

mainframe computer. Data collected have been

grouped as: Demographic, Diagnostic, Visit-

data, Therapeutic, Efficacy.

14. Who sees homoeopaths? A study of patient

characteristics in a homoeopathic family

practice.

––JACOBS, Jennifer; CROTHERS, Dean

(BHJ, 80, 1/1991)

Information in approximately 2,500 patients

seen over the 5 years period from January

1984 to December 1988 in a homoeopathic

family practice in Seattle, Washington, USA,

was collected and compared with result from

the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

(NAMCS)

The homoeopathic patient population was seen

to be considerably younger than that of the

NAMCS physicians. The homoeopaths saw

more children and young adults between the

ages of 25-44 years. The most common

diagnoses and proportion of patients seen have

been compared. The study suggests that in the

US the current role of homoeopathic treatment

in the health care system may be for chronic

and ill-defined disorders that are not easily

managed by existing standard medical

treatment.

15. The homoeopathic telephone consultation

––LAKSHY, Philip S. (JAIH, 83,

2/1990)

New technologies in making physical

examination over the phone-the video

telephone, the electronic stethoscope and the

disposable ‘stick-on’ thermometers – the

economic aspects of telephonic prescriptions

have been discussed.

16. An interview the Eugenio CANDEGABE

–SULLIVAN, Edward (NTKH, 2,

2/1991)

This interview was held after a Seminar at

Baden Baden. The approaches of EIZAYAGA,

PASCHERO are discussed.

17. Why I become a homoeopath

––DEMANGEAT, Georges (CGH, 28,

1.1991)

This issue is dedicated to Dr. DEMANGEAT

(1913-1990)

The author explains briefly how and why he

became a homoeopath.

18. Dr. Georges DEMANGEAT: A life in the

service of others.

––BOURGARIT, Robert, CASEZ Rene

(CGH, 28, 1/1991)

19. Evidence

––ZISSU, R. (CGH, 28, 1/1991)

20. My dear Master

––DIEUDONNE, Andre (CGH, 28,

1/1991)

21.Georges DEMANGEAT: the head and

heart

––THIBAUT, Paul (CGH, 28, 1/1991)

22. Souvenirs

––MABILLON, Jean-Lue (CGH, 28,

1/1991)

23. The labour left for us’

––GRAND GEORGE, Didiar (CGH, 28,

1/1991)

24. Homage to Dr. G. DEMANGEAT

––JOBERT, Jacques (CGH, 28, 1/1991)

25. Future perspectives

––BAUR, J. (CGH, 28, 1/1991)

1. JAIH: Journal of the American Institute of

Homoeopathy, 1500, Massachusetts Avenue,

N.W. Suite, 42,

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Washington D.C. 20005, U.S.A.

2. The Homoeopath: The Journal of the

Society of Homoeopaths, 2, Artizan Road,

Northampton NN1 4 HU, U.K.

3. Homoeopathy Today: National Center for

Homoeopathy, 500, Massachusetts Avenue,

N.W. Suite 42, Washington D.C. 20005,

U.S.A.

4. Simillimum: The Journal of the

Homoeopathic Academy of Naturopathic

Physicians, 11231 SE Market Street, Portland,

OR 97216, U.S.A.

5. BHJ: The British Homoeopathic Journal,

Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, Great

Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3 HR, U.K.

6. ZKH: Zeitschrift für Klassische

Homöopathic Karl F. Haug Verlag, 6900

Heidelberg 1, GERMANY.

7. AHZ: Allgemeine Homöopathische

Zeitung, Karl F. Haug Verlag, 6900

Heidelberg 1, GERMANY.

8. NTKH: Netherlands Tijdschrift voor

Klassieke Homoopathie, Uitgeverij la Riviere

& Voorhoeve, Postbus 130, 8260 AC Kampen,

NETHERLANDS.

9. CGH: Cahiers du Groupement

Hahnemannien du Docteur P. Schmidt,

MEDICINE ET HYGIENE 78, Avenue de la

Roserale, Case 456 CH-1211 Geneve 4,

Switzerland.

PART II ARTICLES

THE RULE OF SIDES

HERINGS, Constantine

The Hahnemannian monthly, Vol. I, No.2

September, 1865.

[In QHD, 8, 4/1991, ‘HAHNEMANN’s Three

Rules concerning the Rank of symptoms was

published. The subsequent article is now

reprinted – K.S.S.]

The following is an abridged statement of

a number of researches, which occupied my

mind during more than forty years of my life,

and which may be better understood if given in

historical order.

My principal objection to Homoeopathy,

and the main argument in a treatise which I

was writing against it (1822), was the question

addressed to HAHNEMANN and his

adherents; What is to be understood by your

term “similar?” This is too vague an

expression to be allowed to pass in science!

What is your definition of your similarity? The

mathematicians term what is of the same

quantity, alike (equale); and what has the same

conditions of form, similar (simile). But what

is your difference between alike and similar?

You cannot tell! Further, you say the effects of

medicines, even in the smallest doses, are

much stronger than the diseases. What gives

them such a peculiar power? We daily see

common diseases, as gout, leprosy, etc., go on

through life unchecked, and the effects of

drugs, medicines or poisons, pass away

without leaving a trace. Finally, you explain

the cure through a remedy chosen on account

of its similarity, by its later on secondary

effect, which you say is directly contrary to

this first or primary effect. At the same time it

must be admitted that such a thing can only

happen, when there exists such a directly

contrary state; and (Organon, para 64)” if there

exists no state in nature, that is directly

contrary to this primitive effect, “it appears” “

the vital power then seeks to gain the

ascendancy by destroying the change (suchen

sich zu indifferenzieren)”. We may well say “it

appears” HAHNEMANN “seeks” to explain

his law of cure without succeeding. The vital

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produce something directly contrary, if there is

such; but if there is none, they must be

satisfied with bringing it to the point of

indifference, and several such actions all at the

same time as if dictated. How many things

nature has to do, if a drug produce a chill

followed by a fever-which latter is directly

contrary in temperature-and afterwards a

sweat-directly contrary to the dry skin during

the fever? It seems as if here all the absurd

contraries of GALEN were united, only they

are turned inside out. Thus I considered all

this, arbitrary assertions, and the similarity “a

bag of sheepskin” which might be stretched

one way or the other.

In order to crown my treatise-which I had

not the slightest doubt would kill

Homoeopathy right off- I had of course to

wind up with a series of cases and most careful

experiments. Alas! what became of all my

mathematical and philosophical objections?

They flew like chaff before the winds.

It is enough to say that after a hard

struggle, lasting more than a year, I was fully

enlightened and driven by a sufficient number

of clear facts to adopt the new art and all and

every practical rule of HAHNEMANN, and

my treatise remained, of course, unprinted.

During the following happy year, I was

already led to remark that there were two kinds

of similarity, if we may so express it: a true

and a false one, i.e. a curative one and another

not curative. Drugs very nearly related to each

other, and chemically very similar, produced

symptoms of course, very nearly the same.

Thus the symptoms of the one were similar to

the symptoms of the other. But

notwithstanding all this similarity, they were

not antidotes to each other! Here was a law of

nature, with its practical, unfailing

applicability, and there was not only an

exception, but a contradiction! For instance,

Nux vomica and Ignatia amara were

botanically nearly related, chemically nearly

the same-a discovery made in 1818, long after

HAHNEMANN had already collected his

provings of both. – Still they were not

antidotes to each other inspite of the greatest

similarity not only of one-half of their

symptoms, but especially of such as were the

strongest, most predominating and

pathologically most important. But Pulsatilla,

a plant which botanically and chemically stood

at a great distance, could be an antidote to Nux

vomica as well as to Ignatia; likewise

Chamomilla, eqully distant from all the

former, was an antidote to any of them. What

was here the case with antidotes, could of

curse also take place with regard to the

similarity of symptoms, between the symptoms

of the sick and the symptoms of the drug. And

as we had continually to look for similarity, as

the mariner to the needle o his compass, it was

of the highest importance for our art to

distinguish between the curative similarity and

the not curative, the right one and the

misleading one.

Holding fast as to an axiom, that

throughout nature all and every action required

a contrary action of at least equal strength to to

be annihilated, thus only something opposite

could make a cure-seeing daily that medicines

cured morbid affections, neutralized them, as it

were, by magic-the only temporary satisfaction

was to suppose an opposite action of the so-

called power of life, analogous to the

production of the complementary colors in the

eye. After looking at red, a green spectre

appears; after yellow, a violet, etc. etc.; but

alas, again! the appearance of these subjective

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colors allowed quite a different explanation! I

had to give up all such experiments and

atta,pts, on account of the accumulation of

impeding questions, leave them to the natural

philosophers, and return to the effects of drugs

on the healthy and on the sick. Soon after I was

obliged to drop HAHNEMANN’s doctrine of

using only the primary effects to cure the sick,

altogether, and declare myself against it; the

separation of of primary effects from the

secondary appeared more and more an

impossibility, and the use of the so-called

secondary symptoms proved to be by far the

most important. HAHNEMANN himself

silently adopted the same view, and in his

chronic diseases he made, in Conium for

instance, no such difference. But his theory,

that the contrary action of life extinguishes the

morbid symptoms fell to the ground as soon as

he admitted the use of the secondary

symptoms.

Where now was the counterbalance,

necessary according to the axiom, to restore

the equilibrium of health? Was not the true, the

curative similarity, such a one where the drug

had an indispensable opposite? and might not

the other, the not curative similarity, be one

without it?

Proving Sabadilla in 1824, and in deses

upto 30, 40, and 50 drops of the strongest

alcoholic tincture, I was struck by the singular

conformity of several symptoms going from

the right to the left side, or passing through

from right to left. It recalled to my mind the

old observation of a case of poisoning by

Aconite reported by MATHIOLUS, who in

1561, made an experiment with a robber

condemned to death, which was permitted in

order to try the bezoar as antidote. The

poisoned young man observed a torpor like

paralysis in the left arm and leg, which

suddenly disappeared and befell the right side.

(Symptoms 132 and 140 of the second edition

of HAHNEMANN’s Materia Medica, 1822).

This peculiar contrariety between the Sabadilla

and Aconite, I supposed might be a

characteristic of the natural families of

Colchicaceae and Ranunculaceae. Supposing it

a possibility that certain natural families of

p;ants, and of course also similar chemicals,

might have such general characteristics in their

effects, I remained on the lookout.

The yearly meeting of the natural

philosophers of Germany, took place in

Dresden, in the fall of 1826, while I prepared

myslf for my scientific mission as a traveller to

South America. Professor OKEN, the founder

of the Society, was the lion of the day, at least

in my eyes. A paper was read from a traveller

in Brazil, about the turning of some plants in

apiral to the right or the left. OKEN was loudly

and enthusiastically called upon the stand, to

explain the matter or give his philosophical

opinion upon it. He finally came forward and

said: “ Gentlemen, right and left in nature is on

of the greatest mysteries. I know nothing about

it”. With this impression on my mind I left my

fatherland a feq days afterwards, and went to

South America.

Having discovered during my exploring

trips (1827) that all lightning moves not in a

zigzag line, but always in spiral; and not only

that, but also in a spiral which turns to the

right, supposing this to be motion of all

positive electricity (1828), it explained the

turning to the right of the embryo of the snail,

swimming free in the egg, it being a positive

body, because it receives the negative oxygen

in breathing. Supposing it might even lead to

find a reason why all the planets turn to the

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right still I could not make much pratical

application of this to Homoeopathy, until I had

drawn the following conclusions:

After comparing all our drugs with regard

to the time of day, I found that alkalis or

positive electric substances had, as the acme of

their coughs, the hours after midnight, during

morning and forenoon; while the acids or

negative electric substances had their more

violent coughs afternoon, during the evening

and before midnight; and further, that with the

active expulsive diarrhea it was exactly the

reverse, all the negative electric substances had

it in the morning hours, and all the positive

electric in the afternoon.

Thus in the cycle of the daily actions,

commencing after midnight, alkalis acted from

above downward, on the chest, or chest and

afterwards on the abdomen; acids, on the

contrary, acted in the morning first on the

abdomen, and afterwards on the chest, or from

below upward. Thus the first “with the sun”,

the others “against the sun”, as the common

people say. Here a general characteristic was

discovered of the two main divisions of

Elements, a characteristic where the symptoms

of the drug and of the case ought to be alike.

After ten years of continued careful

observations with regard to the hours of the

day and the electric nature of the drugs, I

published a short report of it, calling the

attention of all observers to this remarkable

rule. N.A. Hom.Journal, Vol. I, page 41, 1851.

Every drug thus might also have a

prevailing tendency to move, if not in all, at

least in some of its symptoms, either from right

to left or from left to right; and it was very

likely that drugs being positive electric

substances, or containing predominating

alkalis, ciz., narcotics, would be inclined to

move from the right side to the left; and

negative electric substances, acids or acrids,

from left to right; and if so, they ought only to

be given in such cases of sickness as had

moved or were moving in the opposite

direction.

According to this Aconite would not cure

a case of torpor or apoplectic lameness, which

occurs first on the left and afterwards on the

right side, in the same way in which it

occurred in the criminal as reported by

MATHIOLUS; but would only be the true

curative agent in otherwise corresponding

affections going from the right towards the left

side. Sabadilla, acting from right to left, would

only be the curative agent in complaints

moving from left to right, etc., It was not until

lately that my particular attention was called to

the real agreement of this rule of sides with the

recently mentioned third rule of

HAHNEMANN, and this only induced me

now to lay it befor the public after I had

followed it in practice for more than a score of

years.

If older symptoms have always to be

attacked last, and the more recent ones first,

this is something opposite to be development

of the disease. Why might it not be applied

even to cases where an inflammation of the

eyes or of the tonsils attacks one eye or one

tonsil first, and the other afterwards; and why

should not a drug have the preference which

moves through the system in an opposite

direction? That is if the symptoms have moved

from right to left, to give a medicine which

acts from left to right, and vice versa.

As in all matters of this nature, we have to

appeal to experience in general, it would be of

the highest importance for our theory, and

oftern useful to the practitioner if this rule

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should be corroborated and sustained by other

observers.

Every practitioner is urgently requested to

communicate such cases where in acute or

chronic diseases, headaches, eye complaints,

erysipelas in the face, inflammation of the

tonsils, of the pleura, or the lungs, rheumatism,

especially the acute cases, or gout or

spasmodic affections, etc;l the symptoms had

commenced on one side of the body, and gone

or commenced to go to the other side, cases

where one drug, but of course only one, given

alone, neither mixed nor in alternation with

others,-cured a case nearly or altogether. Only

such cases as had been put on paper at once,

ought to be referred to, not cases from

recollection, because the best memory cannot

be trusted in such matters,-also not cases

reported only by other persons, as people are

very apt to change sides in repeating.

A collection of such cases, even a small

number of observations, made without any

regard to this or any other theoretical rule,

would be of much more importance than the

large collection made after this rule had been

adopted. The question has to be settled, not

only with regard to large classes of drugs, but

has to the decided with every single drug, with

symptoms produced as well as symptoms

cured; and not only this, it is very likely that

some drugs may act in both directions, or may

have some symptoms only in one direction,

and others in the opposite.

Our Materia Medica contains very little in

this respect, and it is not of much use to give

care than hitherto, the sides of the body. The

only prover who always has done this in all his

provings is Dr. JEANES.

TREATING THE COMMON COLD IN

PEDIATRIC PATIENTS

ZAND Janet

JAIH, 83, 2,1989

Head colds in children can be divided into

two broad categories: (1) dry with congested

nose and (2) wet with runny nose.

DRY WITH CONGESTED NOSE

Sambucus nigra is an effective remedy for

a wide variety of respiratory complaints. The

head cold is dry. Because of congested nasal

passage, the child drinks and eats poorly. “He

constantly interrupts his feeding for air,”

reported one nursing mother. “He nurses,

gasps for air, sits up and finally feels, better”.

The infant can awaken from sleep gasping for

air. These suffocative attacks are reminiscent

of other remedies such as Aconite, Antimonium

tartaricum, Arsenicum album, and China.

Sambucus coughs are worse in bed with

the head low and the child sleeps better with

several pillows.

Many Sambucus symptoms are stuck

symptoms. Obstruction. Obstructive catarrh,

tenacious gelatinous mucous; trapped gas

resulting in colic; stuck respiration resulting in

wheezing. The Sambucus child, lie the

Ipecacuanha child, will turn blue attempting to

each a breath. Sambucus has an idiosyncrasy:

profuse sweat occurring during the day with

dry heat at night. Also profuse sweat

accompanies and more often follows many

infections. Copious urination. In laryngeal

spasm the Sambucus child will be able to

inspire but not expire. This is to be contrasted

with Bromium where inspiration is very

difficult and expiration easier.

Ammonium carbonicum: Usually when

one thinks of Ammonium carbonicum, a

picture of a stout, plethoric woman scarfing

cadies and growing tired switching TV

channels by remote control comes to mind.

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Cancel all that when thinking of the

Ammonium carbonicum child with a head cold.

He is noticeably nervous, chills easily and, like

Sulphur, has an aversion to bathing. Both

remedies produce red skin patches after

bathing.

The Ammonium carbonicum fluid

discharges are acrid. Mothers will report that

the child’s stool is irritating and creates a rash.

The breathing tends to be congested in the

early morning hours. At night the child gasps

for air. Like Sambucus, the sleeping child will

quickly sit up short of breath.

Teucrium: Thoughts of Teucrium bring to

mind nasal polyps and intestinal worms. But

Teucrium has other uses; the child with a cold

needing this remedy will suffer with stuffed

nasal passage and will have compromised

breathing in any heated room. The eyes appear

red and look as if the child has been crying.

The upper lids in particular are puffy and red.

The right eye will sometimes tear. Sneezing in

frequent and the child can develop hiccoughs,

sometimes while visiting the doctor. Appetite

is often increased in the evening and the child

must be fed or he will not go to sleep.

ACUTE HEAD COLD WITH RUNNY

NOSE

Arsenicum album: The nose can be red

and hot to the touch with a watery, somewhat

irritating discharge. Arsenicum album

feathures include a pale face, cold sweat and a

marked periodicity of complaints. The peculiar

symptoms so well described by James Tyler

KENT of not wanting to be left alone and

demanding company appear exaggerated in

Arsenicum children Paradoxically, they are

worse in the cold but prefer cold drinks. When

they are not feeling well, the stomach area can

be warm to the touch. When suffering from

any form of congestion, ice cream or cold fruit

can easily bring on gastritis. The combination

of cold things, sweets and fat is a particularly

dangerous combination for the Arsenicum

album child’s stomach. They can be decisive

children together with the usual fearfulness

and restlessness. High strung and sensitive,

they react to being bullied by developing

nervous habits such a picking at their nails or a

facial tic. If not gently handled, they can

develop periodic (often weekly) headaches

which may even correspond to a scheduled

school event. The headaches can last 24 to 48

hours.

They enjoy being kept busy by many

projects. When ill they become exaggeratedly

afraid of being left alone in the dark, perhaps

because of their fear of ghosts. When

comforted or cuddled they will quiet down and

go to sleep.

These children do not like to take

medicine because, like the ailing adult

Arsenicum, they think the medicine won’t

really help them. But because they are so

afraid they might not recover, they finally do

take the remedy.

Allium cepa: The nose will run after

exposure to cold, wet, windy weather. The

secretion is ample and irritating and will often

inflame the nose (Euphrasia has a mild nasal

discharge) Allium cepa will feel better out

doors. Sometimes the runny nose will be

accompanied by diarrhea, especially after

eating sour food or lettuce.

Calcarea carbonica: The phlegmatic,

well-behaved Calcarea carbonic child can

have two physical presentations.

1. Thick, flaccid tissue, large head with

open fontanelles. Distended abdomen. Chalky

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face with a coarse expression. Thick upper lip.

Dilated pupils.

2. Emaciated, especially about the neck

(Natrum muriaticum). In spite of emaciation

the abdomen is distended. The skin is soft.

There is a tendency to diarrhea. Exquisite,

silky, long eyelashes.

In general, Calcarea carbonica children

are late in talking, walking and feething. They

lack initative. They perspire on the hairy part

of their head, edpecially the occiput and nape

of the neck. The hands and feet sweat and feel

cold to the touch. Mothers sometimes report

the children will sweat on the face as they

nurse. Easily chilled, They have a tendency to

catch clod with every weather change and

draft. They can appear robust, yet while

playing, will tire before the other children do.

The appetite can be erratic- strong one day,

nonexistent the next. They can have an

intolerance to milk, even mother’s milk, and

when not feeling well they should avoid milk.

Like Argentum nitricum they have an

intolerance to sugar.

The nasal secretion can be offensive,

purulent, thick and yellow. They suffer from

car sickness and travel sickness and prefer to

stay home. They can sit peacefully playing as

long as they know there is someone around.

They tend to be afraid of going to sleep in a

room without a light and when not feeling

well, they can develop nightmares and wake

screaming. A common nightmare is seeing

horrible faces in the dark.

The dream life of a child can sometimes

reveal his inner workings. For example,

Bryonia, Lycopodium, Nux vomica and

Lachesis children often dream of school-

performance at school, events on the

playground, one-up-manship, jealousies and

rivalries, and various programmes at school.

Phosphorus and Pulsatilla children may

dream of animals. One woman told me when

she was young, she had a recurring dream of

dancing bears and being a buoyant

Phosphorus, she was, of course, always

dancing with them. The Sulphur and Thuja

child may dream of people dying or those that

have dies. Apis mellifica dreams of being able

to fly or of air-planes and feeling free in the

sky.

One point about repetition of the

remedy.Earlier in my practice, I would give a

single dose of Calcarea carbonica high and

not repeat for 3 to 6 months as long as there

was improvement. But I now believe the

remedy should increase the rate of

improvement so I repeat much more frequently

and the child usually improve more rapidly.

Eupatorium perfoliatum: The child

needing Eupatorium perfoliatum will sneeze

often and have much dripping from the nose.

Be sure to ask about bone pains, especially

shin splint type pains as these may be present.

If there is a fever, it will be higher in the

morning or around noon than at night. Like

Natrum muriaticum, the Eupatorium

perfoliatum patient will have a chill, then a

fever, and then a high thirst. Like Bromium,

inspiration is more difficult than expiration. If

the Eupatorium child is very sick, she will

vomit easily even after a small amount of

water. She will complain of feeling sore all

over. There is a hacking cough similar to

Causticum. To relieve the cough, the child will

sometimes crawl about on all fours. ( In

KENT’s Repertory, see “COUGH”,Lying,

hands and knees on, amel”).A mother of two

children reported, “When Justin, my 6 year

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old, got sick and his cough got bad, he began

to crawl around like Anna, his 8 month old

sister. I was as concerned about the crawlings

as I was about his hacking cough”.

Euphrasia: In Euphrasia look to the eyes.

Expect to find copious acrid tearing. Like

Arsenicum, this child will complain of burning

eyes. The child winks frequently and, like

Pulsatilla will wipe his eyes. He will prefer to

be indoors and away from the sunlight or any

bright lights. The mucus will be worse in the

morning. Look for runny nose, tearing eyes

and yawning. It is hard to understand how they

manage to yawn so frequently amidst all the

discomfort.

Natrum sulphuricum: Thinl of Natrum

sulphuricum in head colds in infants with dark

green or yellow thick secretions.The child will

be chilled, even after being tucked into bed.

Worse with dampness and near the ocean;

better in dry, warm weather. These children

love guns and the Natrum sulphuricum boy

may come in dripping green yellow mucous

from his nostrils and packing a hoister with

two pistols. He may “shoot” the doctor or want

to show off his pistois.

Similar to Aconitum, Natrum carbonicum,

Kreosotum and Graphites, these children do

not like music. I once treated an 8 year old

with Natrum sulphuricum. Her mother told me

that when she was 6 she had her tonsils

removed. After the surgery, her mother

brought her a bundle of toys and then left for a

lunch break. On her return she found with a

scarf around her head and ears on top of which

were Mickey Mouse ears. She asked what she

was doing and Allison answered, “Well, I’m

hoping Mickey will listen to the music so I

don’t have to”. The mother hadn’t even notices

the piped music coming into the room!

Sticta pulmonaria: With Sticta we observe

the head cold descends. From nasal congestion

to a sore throat to a cough. The cough is worse

at night. Sticta pulmonaria is an excellent

remedy in the spasmodic stage of pertussis. In

Los Angeles we now have a paediatrician who

used Sticta in a recent whooping cough

epidemic. Hospitalized children who received

Sticta had their intense coughing resolve much

faster than those untreated and left the hospital

earlier, reported the paediatrician.

ACUTE SORE THROAT

A sore throat is rarely an isolated event in

small children. More often it occurs in

combination with runny nose, otitis, laryngitis,

bronchitis, etc., It is difficult to extract specific

symptoms from a child and simply examining

the throat, while valuable, is usually not

sufficient.

Apis mellifica: The throat, uvula, and

tonsils appear oedematous, fiery red and shiny

in Apis throat. The inflamed, sore throat

usually comes on suddenly. Despite dry

mucous membranes thirst is slight or absent.

The tongue can be red, swollen, sore and raw-

sometimes with vesicles. Bruxism (teeth

grinding) and restless sleep are common.

Definitely worse from warmth, they feel better

in a cooler place. They like cold applications (

like a cold towel and fresh, cool air, they

prefer to be interviewed outside. I have noticed

how they enter the office and go directly

outside.

The behaviour of children is endlessly

fascinating. I think of Belladonna kids racing

around on my patio, the Lycopodium boy

figuring out how the door opens and how the

doorstop works. And then the Pulsatilla girl

waiting demurely for her mother before

entering onto my patio. Homoeopathy is such a

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unique form of medicine in that everything the

patient does or sys or exhibits (signs) becomes

a diagnostic tool.

Belladonna: With Belladonna we see

tonsils, uvula, and pharynx extremely red and

the temperature high (usually above 103 F).

Like Apis, the mucous membranes are dry but

the skin can be moist. The pupils are often

dilated. These children are intelligent and

sensitive. I suggest a new rubric: “Belladonna

is never effective for idiots!” These children

are generally healthy looking. They can be

light-complected with a large head and a

somewhat dainty body. During play the head

perspires more than the rest of the body. Like

Apis there is a sudden onset symptoms. The

Belladonna child will experience the pain that

accompanies his sore throat suddenly and it

will recur periodically. Like the adult, the child

is worse from noise, light, touch, and jarring.

The child does not like the sun and is worse if

has head is low and from motion. He improves

with rest and prefers to sleep with several

pillows.

Cantharis: Great pain and great thirst

characterize Cantharis throats. The child will

ask for liquids but cry after only a small sip

due to the excruciating pain. Cantharis is a

sure bet if the sore throat is accompanied by

intolerable urinary urging and burning on

micturition.

Hepar Sulphuris calcareum: Look for

mucus. Mucus of the nose, ears, throat, larynx

and chest. At first a watery nasal discharge

appears which is soon followed by thick,

yellow, offensive discharge. Much, much

worse from the cold. He goes out into the cold

air and sneezes. Soon the nose runs a watery

discharge and then the thick stuff comes on

which can smell like old cheese. The child

does better with moist heat and topical hot

moist washcloths on the throat. Skin tends to

be pale. Sweat increases during sleep at night.

Mothers report having to change their

children’s night shirt several times during the

night because Hepar sulph sweats so profusely

in the chest area.

Should the sore throat develop into

bronchitis the cough will be painful. In the

worst stage the child will gasp for air, perspire

profusely and make rattling breath sounds

similar to Antimonium tartaricum. More

respiratory difficulty in the early morning

hours.

Kali bichromicum: The tonsils tend to

suppurate in Kali bichromicum. On

examination, the tonsils can look large but not

red. Pain is slight, often localized to one spot.

The child can have a pale, sickly appearance,

often chubby and flaccid. The sore throat

accompanies a head cold. The uvula, as with

Apis, can be oedematous. This child does well

with a humidifier. Worse cold, dry, and at

night. The cough is worse from eating (Nux

vomica) unlike Euphrasia and Spongia where

eating lessens the cough.

Kali chloricum: An overlooked remedy

excellent in ulcerative stomatitis. Mucous

membranes of the mouth are red with grayish

ulcers. The child may pull on one ear as the

throat pain radiates to the ear.

Lycopodium: Lycopodium is a good

remedy to consider for tonsillitis where the

pain localizes on the right side or moves from

fight to left. This child will be worse in the

afternoon and worse from warmth. Like

Beliadonna, th Lycopodium child is always

intelligent. I remember one 7 year old

Lycopodium boy who wrote his symptoms of

for me!

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With any infection feel the feet. The right

foot will often feel cooler to the touch and the

left warmer. When ill, the infant will take the

bottle or breast feed for only a few sips. It is

important not to force feed a Lycopodium

child. If he happens to eat a rather large supper

his general condition will be worse the

following morning. Lycopodium children do

not like to wake early and can be quite

irritable. Also, they may be more reluctant than

usual to rise if they have eaten too much or too

late the night before.

With any illness the Lycopodium child, in

spite of her superior intelligence, can be

difficult to reason with. They will tolerate no

contradiction and obsess over details.

I remember one patient, Jay, who was a

Lycopodium. His mother told him not to color

in a certain book nor to cut the book or use

cellophane tape on it. When she returned she

found this large, expensive book-pages glued

together-totally ruined.

“Jay! What have you done?” said the

mother exasperated.

“Well, Mom, you didn’t tell me not to

glue it, “was his very Lycopodium reply.

Lachesis: In this popular snake venom

remedy, the throat and tonsils show dark red.

The gingival can have red, bluish red, or

purple patches. The tongue can look like a

strawberry and be dry. Naturally, you expect

the Lachesis patient to be worse after sleep and

worse from touch.

“Worse from touch” here translates into

difficulty examining this child as she does not

want her throat or pharynx touched. Also

Lachesis types tend to be suspicious and may

tell you they are being followed by their

enemies. These are animated children who

gesticulate with their hands as they tell you of

strange people that may enter your office.

They warn you may have to jump off your

terrace to escape these people.

One little girl told me she had to jump out

of her bedroom window to escape these awful

people who came into her house. I later asked

her mother about her story and she said

nothing of the sort had ever occurred.

They are as talkative as Stramonium, as

jealous as Ignatia.

Mercurius cyanatus: Severe pus

formation, especially in the mouth. Cervical

glands will be swollen. sore throat Putrid sore

throat with chronic Iaryngitis. Green mucus

from nose and/or throat.

Phytolacca: Throat dark red. Pustular dots

which emerge slowly. Like kali chloricum the

pain radiates to the ear. Much pain on

swallowing. A keynote; on protruding the

tongue, great pain felt at the base of the

tongue.

ACUTE SORE THROAT WITH

COMPLICATIONS

Phosphorus: I have seen Phosphorus cure

where there was a sore throat and albuminuria.

Also, sore throat with elevated liver enzymes

or a history of liver disorder. At the risk of

being roved wrong, I will generalize; Babies

born jaundiced will often respond to

Phosphorus with their first sore throat.

These are talkative children. A little

Phosphorus girl will simultaneously report her

symptoms and play with her dress, twirling it,

lifting it, etc. They tend to be light complected,

bodies long and on the weak side. The face

tends to be smallish. Often they have reddish

hair and shiny eyes. Like the adult, there is a

tendency to bruise and bleed easily. Expect to

hear about nosebleeds, bleeding from the

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mouth, throat and lungs. Hot hands with cold

feet.

Though intelligent, they become tired of

doing their homework after only a few

minutes. Fearful, they do not like to be left

alone. Much better after sleep in general,

headaches always so.

If the sore throat turns into hoarseness and

a cough, the cough will be barking and painful

and worse from cold. Like Carbo vegetabilis,

it will be worse at night and worse with

speaking. Inflammations will start in the throat

and descend into the trachea and bronchi. This

is different from Sticta which begins as a head

cold and then descends.

Phosphorus children sometimes report a

burning in the upper back between the

scapulae.

Silicea: Whereas Aconitum has a thin

watery mucus and Pulsatilla a thick, yellow

mucus, the Silicea patient will exhibit purulent

mucus. When you hear a history of recurrent

sore throat accompanied by tonsillar abscesses,

a dose of Silicea is often an appropriate

remedy to follow the acute episode.

The Silicea child can have deep set eyes.

These children do not have the coarse curly

hair associated with the Calcareas but rather a

very fine hair without the reddish glow of the

Phosphorus hair. It is often a sandy color. They

dislike anyone touching their scalp. Unlike

Pulsatilla, the Silicea patient dislikes to have

anyone comb her hair. Homework unduly

fatigues him.

(Though a number of the symptoms

reported by the author are not to be found in

KENT’s Repertory or the usual Materia

medicas, the author has verified every

symptom reported at least five times).

[Modified from a talk given at the Annual

Conference of the National Center for

Homoeopathy in Baltimore, April 22, 1989].

VOMITING IN INFANCY AND

CHLDHOOD

FOUBISTER, D.M.

BHJ, 77, 2/1988

INFANCY: SHAKESPEARE described

infancy as the age of ‘mewling and puling in

the nurse’s arms’. It is indeed true that

vomiting is more common in infancy than in

any of the other ‘seven ages’ of man. It is often

a protective act. THOMSON and FINDLAY

writes ‘nature has sought to make up to the

baby for his lack of judgement in feeding and

his dependence on others for the choice of his

food by giving him great facility in rejecting

from his stomach any meal that is unsuitable in

quantity or quality’. Vomiting is so easily

induced in infancy that there is a wide variety

of occasional causes of vomiting such as

teething, worms, excitement or fatigue.

Sometimes vomiting becomes habitual, the

newly-born infant vomits meconium or blood

swallowed during parturition and a habit is set

up which may persist in spite of all attemts to

alter the diet. Not infrequently no cause at all

can be found for vomiting, and in such cases

so long as the infant continues to thrive and

gain weight satisfactorily the vomiting can be

disregarded.

Onset of infection

The onset of an acute infection in infancy

and early childhood may be ushered in by

vomiting, diarrhea and convulsions. Vomiting

is typically present in some febrile conditions

such as pyelitis or tonsillitis but can occur with

any infection.

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In looking for the cause of a fever in

infancy and early childhood it should not be

forgotten that otitis media and pyelitis may be

without any localizing symptoms, and unless

the ears and urine are examined routinely the

diagnosis may be missed. In one series of a

hundred cases of pyelitis admitted to a

children’s hospital, 60 percent had no

localizing symptoms and only four were

correctly diagnosed prior to admission. The

finding of over six pus cells per low power

field of the microscope clinches the diagnosis.

When there are signs of meningeal irritation

along with vomiting, ir should be remembered

that meningismus is a fairly common condition

in children and the apices of the lungs and the

ears should be examined. It may be quite

impossible to be sure of the diagnosis without

a lumbar puncture.

Intracranial conditions

Tuberculous meningitis with its insidious

on set and progressive deterioration presents a

very different picture, but a history of vomiting

at the onset is highly characteristic. Head

injury and tumour have to be considered with

such a history. Although both subdural

haematoma and cerebral tumours are rare thay

must be remembered. One-fifth of all cerebral

tumours occur in childhood.

Abnormalities of the alimentary tract

Congenital abnormalities of the alimentary

tract give rise to persistent vomiting from the

first day of life if there is atresia or

considerable stenosis, but may not in the case

of stenosis give rise to trouble till solid food is

added to the diet. Of other surgical conditions,

appendicitis which is common in childhood is

rare in infancy. Obstruction due to

intussusception occurs usually between six and

eighteen months but can occur at any age.

Feeding mismanagement

Of the causes of chronic vomiting in

infancy, feeding management is by far the

most important. It has been estimated that two-

thirds of such cases fall into this category. It is

now realized that it is excessively rare for a

mother’s milk to disagree with her child except

when she is grossly underfed. Very

occasionally the mother may take too much

milk-stimulating foods, for instance, malted

milk, or milk in very large quantities and the

infant is being overfed. It is still, however,

very common to find that an infant has been

weaned on the grounds that the mother’s milk

was ‘windy’ or disagreed in some way.

Underfeeding is much more often met with

than overfeeding. The infant is then

excessively hungry and gulps down large

amounts of air with the milk, and either has

colic and insomnia, or loses much of the milk

which comes up with the forcible eructations.

The colic or vomiting is unfortunately often

regarded as an indication of overfeeding and

the infant is made worse by having his diet

reduced instead of increased. The exact

position can readily be ascertained by test

feeding for a day in the case of breast-fed

infants who require 21/4-21/2 oz. of milk per

pound of expected body weight per day. The

technique of feeding must also be checked.

Holding the baby wrongly so that the nose is

buried in the breast, or omitting to bring up the

wind properly may be all that is wrong. It is

often some trivial fault which is the cause of

trouble.

The regurgitation of one or two

teaspoonfuls of milk after a feed which occurs

in breast-fed infants known as posseting is

normal, and should be disregarded if the baby

is thriving and putting on weight normally.

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A similar procedure is adopted with

bottle-fed babies. The technique of feeding

here also must be checked. Not infrequently

the hole in the teat is too small or too big.

(When the bottle is tipped over the milk should

run out rapidly in drops, not as a continuous

stream.) A hot needle will be found useful in

making a wider hold when another teat is not

available.

The quantity and quality of the milk

mixture is noted and checked against the

infant’s expected weight. Occasionally an

infant is kept hungry by feeding him on the

basis of actual weight instead of his expected

weight.

Sometimes allowance must be made for

babies with an unusually large appetite who

really require more than average. It is

customary to feed babies under 8 lb at three

hourly and above 8 lb at four-hourly intervals.

Sometimes it is necessary to revert to three-

hourly feeding till the baby is a heavier weight.

The longer interval may make the difference

between satisfactory and unsatisfactory

progress. Feeding mismanagement has to be

taken seriously because if it persists serious

harm may be done and even death may result.

Regular hours of feeding, though on the

whole perhaps the best method of infant

feeding, is by no means universally practiced.

In Turkey and elsewhere, the infant is allowed

to feed at any time and it is said that very soon

quite regular hours of feeding are adopted. A

fairly common problem is that the infant is

ravenously hungry in the middle of the night.

As a rule it is best to give in and feed the infant

at this times. Once the technique of feeding

and quantity and quality of the feeds have been

overhauled, the infant usually sleeps sound if

not interfered with for long. Occasionally

trouble is caused by feeding with whole milk

instead of half-cream dried milk during the

first three months. Sometimes regurgitation of

milk with eructations occurs when diet and

management of feeding are correct.

Thickening the feeds with one or two

teaspoonsful of Bengers of Sister Laura’s Food

often corrects this.

The use of Carbo veg., Lycopodium and

other remedies may be invaluable, but

whatever homoepathic treatment is given the

diet and technique of feeding must be put right.

On the other hand there are cases when

nothing but constitutional treatment will enable

the infant to digest his food.

Rapid changing of food is greatly to be

deprecated.

Because of the excellent work done in

welfare centers problems of feeding

mismanagement are now relatively few in

hospital practice, but they do occasionally

arise. A breast-fed baby of three months was

admitted to Barton Ward suffering from

diarrhoea and vomiting. It is very rare indeed

to have non-specific diarrhoea (the old summer

diarrhoea) in breast-fed babies. Out of a series

of over 200 cases admitted to Great Ormond

Street Hospital only one was breastfed. Breast-

feeding was continued while the infant was in

the ward. No pathogenic organisms were found

in the stools.Testweighing showed that the

baby was receiving the proper amount of

breast milk, but on observing the technique of

feeding it was discovered that the mother was

not bringing up the wind properly. No other

treatment was given than to demonstrate the

right way to do this. This baby was discharged

within four days and there has been no further

trouble. A bottle-fed infant of lour months was

brought to the out-patients’ department with

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the complaint that he had been vomiting after

nearly every feed for two months and had

offensive diarrhoea and sleeplessness for one

month. The cause was readily ascertained by

tipping up the feeding bottle that the hole in

the teat was far too small. Secondly, the young

mother was not expert at bringing up the wind.

The infant’s expected weight and actual weight

coincided. He was being fed with a correctly

balanced milk mixture but was getting 48 oz in

the day instead of 34 oz. In other words he was

being considerably overfed. The strain of

mismanagement was beginning to tell. The

hole in the teat was altered and the mother

shown how to bring the wind up, and the feeds

were reduced to 34 oz in the day. He was given

Lycopodium 30, t.d. 3 days, b.d. 4 days, on the

following grounds: wrinkled forehead;

aggravation in the evening; objection to any

feeds which were the least bit cool and a

tendency to sweat about the face. There was

also excessive flatus but this might not be a

high-ranking symptom under the

circumstances. Finally, his grandfather who

was an old out-patient of mine, was a typical

Lycopodium subject, Occasionaly useful clues

may be obtained in selection of a young child’s

remedy by finding out, (if it is not apparent)

which member of the family the infant takes

after and then taking their constitutional

remedy in to consideration. This baby gained

twelve ounces during the next week and

diarrhoea, vomiting and insomnia disappeared.

Pyloric stenosis

The projectile vomiting of pyloric stenosis

nearly always starts during the second or third

weeks of life, not at birth. To begin with it

occurs after every meal, but later when the

stomach has become dilated there may be one

or two large vomits in the day. This condition

is usually found in first-born male children.

There is some evidence that it is an inherited

disease, but the precise nature of the

inheritance in not clear. The mortality rate in

untreated cases is 50 percent. Infants who

survive the condition undergo spontaneous

cure at the age of about twelve weeks. The

projectile type of vomiting following a

greedily taken meal is characteristic along with

constipation and failure to thrive or less of

weight. Unless gastritis develops the infant is

ready immediately after vomiting for another

feed which indicates the purely mechanical

nature of the disorder. Diagnosis is confirmed

by the presence of visible peristalsis and by the

palpation of a tumour between the umbilicus

and the right costal margin which feels exactly

like a knuckle. Repeated examinations at the

beginning of a feed may be necessary.

Pylorospasm begins earlier than the second

week, is more often found in females; it my be

exactly similar, event to the presence of visible

peristalsis, but the tumour is absent. More

rarely difficulty is experienced in eliminating

congenital stenosis of the duodenum, which if

situated below the ampulla of Vater may be

distinguished by the presence of bile in the

vomit. Surgical treatment is generally held to

be best for pyloric stenosis. In the hands of an

experienced surgeon with suitable provision

for pre and post operative care the mortality

rate is in the region of 1 percent. In unskilled

hands the mortality may be about 20 percent.

A minority advocates medical treatment or at

least a trial of medical treatment in all cases. It

is generally agreed that the more severely ill

the baby is, the more the indication for

surgery. In infants who have almost come to

the end of the natural course of the diseases

having not been greatly disturbed by it, who

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have made a fairly satisfactory weight gain,

medical treatment is obviously the treatment of

choice. Dysentery Co. has a specific effect on

the pylorus and claims have been made that it

is effective in pyloric stenosis. I have not used

it in this condition, but it seems to be highly

efficacious in cases of pylorospasm in 200

th

potency.

Rumination

A more rare cause of persistent vomiting

is the condition of rumination which beings

after the age at which pyloric stenosis has run

its course. Rumination usually occurs in bottle

fed infants, and rapid changes in diet are said

to be a predisposing factors. It beings at four to

six months. the infant acquires a knack of

regurgitating milk into his mouth by moving

the jawback and forth. As a rule they do not

perform this when kept amused or if anyone is

present, and the diagnosis may have to be

made by watching the infant when he thinks he

is unobserved. Treatment is by thickening the

feeds, keeping the infant amused – in hospital

by other children – to stop the habit. Strapping

the jaw is also advocated, but is not without

danger. These babies are characteristically

bright and cheerful, but if untreated the

mortality rate is about 25 percent.

Very occasionally an older infant gets into

the habit of putting his finger in his mouth to

cause vomiting. This can be stopped by a

mechanical restraint of the elbows.

Nervous vomiting

Infants and young children are

extraordinarily sensitive to the emotional

atmosphere around them. This is an accepted

fact in paediatric practice and it is a valuable

key to the management of nervous children

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is a well-known fact that the infants of nervous

mothers vomit. This usually occurs during the

second half of the first year of life. Having

excluded other causes a change of environment

such as taking the infant into hospital, or

putting the infant in the care of a trained and

capable nurse, is usually followed by rapid

improvement.

Vomiting in older children

The protective function of vomiting which

is so well marked a feature of infancy only

gradually diminishes as the child gets older.

Vomiting is still readily induced by unsuitable

diet such as an excess of fatty food or the

eating of unripe fruit. The diagnosis of dietetic

indiscretion is often apparent when the child

has been to a party and stuffed itself with fatty

food. Pulsatilla is nearly specific for this sort

of upset.

Vomiting may also be comparatively

easily induced reflexly from causes outside the

stomach or alimentary tract that are either

physical or mental. Fatigue or fright or the

onset of an acute infection, especially pyelitis,

scarlet fever or lobar pneumonia, may cause a

single vomit. Rarely the whoop of whooping

cough is replaced by vomiting – the cough

center and the vomiting center are close

together and this is presumed to be the

differential diagnosis when vomiting occurs in

a healthy child. Sometimes after an emotional

upset or fatigue or injury, vomiting does not

occur till after the child has slept for some

hours. In diseases of the central nervous

system or in surgical conditions of the

abdomen, of which appendicitis is relatively

common, other symptoms and signs usually

make the diagnosis apparent.

The problem of recurrent bilious attacks

will be dealt with shortly. Nephrocalcinosis

which is accompanied by albumin in the urine

is a rare cause of persistent vomiting.

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Chronic indigestion in childhood

Although indigestion is a very common

condition in childhood it is not so frequently

associated with vomiting as it is in infancy.

The clinical picture of chronic indigestion in

children is, however, such a valuable

conception in the practical management of the

various aspects o this disorder that it may be

worth while to briefly review it. SHELGON

states that chronic indigestion in one form or

another is one of the most common ailments of

childhood. There is great activity of the

alimentary tract during the period of growth.

Add to this first dentition, with the almost

complete change in diet at weaning, together

with a period of four years between the age of

six and ten when the child is partly edentulous

while the second teeth are coming through plus

mismanagement of weaning, plus bad habits in

feeding later on, and it is no wonder that

indigestion may be traced to the debilitating

influence of whooping cough and measles.

Sepsis of the upper respiratory tract, or of

tonsils and adenoids, (and sometimes carious

teeth) is a very frequent finding in such cases.

Mental stress, worry about examinations, are

also factors in causing a digestive breakdown,

just as later on these factors can precipitate a

duodenal ulcer.

The clinical picture is one of great variety,

and the main symptoms may be related to

systems other than the alimentary. When

digestion and assimilation are impaired the

whole body suffers. Quite often the child is

brought because he is not thriving. A very

common complaint is that he suddenly turns

deathly pale, or tends to have dark circle under

the eyes. He may have slight oedema below

the eyes suggesting nephritis. Vasomotor

instability may be expressed in other ways

such as by constantly cold extremities.

Disorders of sleep such as restlessness, jerking

in sleep, insomnia, nightmares, sleep-walking

may be present. At all ages sleep may be

disturbed in one way or another by indigestion

whether digestive symptoms are themselves

prominent or not. Sometimes there are pains in

the limbs, which occur in any debilitating

condition, bronchiectasis, severe chronic

indigestion, etc., as well as in rheumatic fever,

postural defect, and from emotional causes.

Postural defect is common in this condition.

Persistent or recurrent fever of one or two

degrees is a frequent finding in children and

very often no cause can be found. The mother

can be reassured when it is an isolated finding.

It is common in chronic indigestion and

tonsillitis which very frequently accompanies

it.

Sympotms referable to the alimentary tract

are naturally often found. Appetite may be

deflicient, and made worse by bribes given to

encourage the child to eat. Abdominal pains

are often present but characteristically not at

all severe. The bowelsmay be constipated or

loose with excessive mucus or undigested

food. Threadworms thrive in the unhealthy gut.

Enuresis is a common complaint in such

children. The reason why threadworms and

enuresis are sometimes difficult to cure is that

it takes time as well as special measures in the

way of general management and diet along

with constitutional homoeopathic treatment to

cure the underlying condition of indigestion. It

is only occasionally that the attack falls mainly

on the stomach. Then there may be frequent

erutations, sometimes vomiting of mucus,

especially first thing in the morning – an atonic

gastritis. There is fullness of the upper

abdomen.

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The diagnosis is often suggested by the

history of sudden pallor, feeding

mismanagement, too much starchy food at the

time of weaning, rushing to school with

inadequate time for breakfast and evacuation

of the bowels later on. The child is usually

underweight and suffers from postural defect

from lax muscles, usually a lumbar lordosis.

The tongue is furred, and sometimes the

irregular patches of fur and redness give the

appearance known as geographical tongue.

Tonsils are usually pitted and the lymph glands

enlarged. The liver is often slightly enlarged.

Except in the cause of atonic gastritis there is

no enlargement of the abdomen and no

tenderness.

The prognosis with regard to life is good,

even without treatment it is rare for death

to occur. When postmortems have been done

nothing special has been found, as this is a

functional, not an organic disorder.

Treatment can usually be carried out while

the child is at school, but often takes several

months before there is appreciable benefit. In

severe cases a few weeks off school with rest

in bed till after breakfast ¼ to ½ hour rest

before and after lunch and tea, and early, to

bed, combined with moderate exercise in the

open air makes a useful start. Holidays by the

sea, or in good surroundings, play a part in the

general management of these cases. The wrong

habit of rushed breakfast, etc., are corrected

when the child returns to school.

Dietetic treatment consists mainly in the

cutting down of starchy foods and root

vegetables with a high cellulose content,

allowing two tablespoonfuls of potato in the

day. Secondly, roughage such as nuts, jam

with pips in it, is cut out. Brown bread is

replaced by toasted white bread till there are

signs of improvement. Homoeopathic

constitutional treatment is of great value.

Cyclical vomiting

It is well known that acetone bodies are

more frequently found in breath and urine of

children suffering from febrile conditions than

in adults. Any feverish condition may be

associated with ketosis in childhood. Some

children are more prone to it than others for

reasons which are not known, but the factor

generally responsible for this tendency is

believed to be that the child’s store of liver

glycogen is easily depleted. The raised output

of adrenalin associated with fever calls forth

and exhausts the stored glycogen. Normal fat

metabolism which can take palace only in the

presence of an adequate amount of

carbohydrate, breaks down and ketone bodies

are formed. In some children in health

excessive exercise or going without a meal is

sufficient to allow depletion of carbohydrates

to such an extent that acetone is formed.

Sometimes the balance may be tipped by

giving extra nourishment in the form of eggs

or creams especially in cases of cyclical

vomiting which may be regarded as the

extreme expression of this natural tendency to

ketosis in children. Traces of acetone in the

urine of children, especially when detected by

Rothera’s test which is very delicate, should be

treated with reserve. It is a very common

finding. and its significance must be judged in

conjunction with the whole clinical picture.

FREW analysed the incidence of acidosis in

children admitted to hospital and found that it

varied from 15 percent under one year to 84

percent 3 to 4 years, going down to 50 percent

at eleven years.

Against this background of a general

tendency to ketosis in children the condition of

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cyclical vomiting may be considered. It has

been estimated that 30 percent of all children

attending out-patients suffer from the group of

condition known as periodic vomiting, cyclical

vomiting or bilious attacks. The average age of

onset is three to seven years, and there is a

tendency to spontaneous cure at puberty. Some

writers recognize a periodic syndrome which

may manifest itself as periodic vomiting or

headache, or abdominal pain, or fever, or

diarrhoea with pale stools.

The classical type of cyclical vomiting

occurs at very regular intervals, and is

accompanied by severe ketosis. Most writers,

though not all, include irregular attacks under

this heading, and include recurrent attacks of

ketosis associated with upper respiratory

infection. There are two main clinical types

with many variations and combinations. First

there is the child who has regular or irregular

attacks every few weeks or at longer intervals

of feeling off-color for a day or two followed

by vomiting, upper abdominal pain, headache,

furred tongue and constipation. The breath and

urine smell strongly of acetone. There is a

temperature of 101 or so, occasionally it goes

up to 105. Tonsillitis is often present. The

condition passes off after two or three days.

The other type is the highly strung nervous

child, often an only child, thin, stooping,

intelligent, but lacking in concentration. He

also has vasomotor instability and becomes

suddenly pale. He gets an attack of excitement

such as anticipation on going to a party. Eggs

and cream given as extra nourishment

aggravates matters. Cream is a special

offender, and such children should be given

skimmed milk.

Cyclical vomiting is not infrequently met

with in families with a history of migraine. In

some cases at puberty instead of clearing yp,

the attacks of acidosis merge into attacks of

migraine. The pathology of cyclical vomiting

is by no means clearly understood. Sometimes

vomiting precedes ketosis and sometimes

ketosis preceeds vomiting. PAYENE states: “

In the past these children were spoken of as

suffering from bilious attacks and being

liverish. Recent investigation tends to support

this view. Thus jaundice is an occasional

symptom and in many cases function tests

show some deficiency of the liver to deal with

carbohydrates. However, this seems

insufficient fully to account for the

concurrence of symptoms. It is generally

agreed that in these children the nervous

system is unstable.

During an attack of cyclical vomiting, or

in the case of severe ketosis during any febrile

condition the child should be in bed, and given

as much water or lemonade sweetened with

two teaspoonfuls of glucose and a teaspoonful

of bi-carbonate of soda to the tumblerful as the

child will take. If vomiting prevents this the

stomach should be washed out with

bicarbonate of soda, a drachm to the pint of

water, and then sips of sweetened water or

lemonade started, gradually working up to

large quantities. In older children, If that fails a

rectal drip of 10 percent glucose to which

sodium bicarbonate, one drachm to the pint,

has been added, may be given after a cleansing

enema. Suncutaneous infusion of 21/2 percent

glucose in various strengths of saline

(depending on an assessment of the electrolyte

balance) is useful in younger children in febrile

conditions. Large quantities of fluid can now

be given subcutaneously by means of

hyalouronidase. Sometimes resort has to be

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made to intravenous infusion of 10 percent

glucose.

The homoeopathic treatment of cyclical

vomiting and allied conditions resolves itself

into two parts, treatment during the attacks

which is the less important and constitutional

treatment in-between attacks to alter the

patient so that he does not tend to have them.

During an attack a number of remedies

including Phosphorus, Pulsatilla and

Dusentery co may be indicated. Constitutional

treatment embraces a wide range of remedies

and it is highly effective in reducing the

number and severity of attacks, and in most

cases eventually wiping them out altogether;

Phosphorus, Calc, phos., Tuberculinum and

Dusentery co have been frequently indicated in

such children, but the treatment depends, as

constitutional treatment does, on the individual

patient’s mental and physical make-up. In one

case, the child was so prone to car sickness

that the mother stated he could not ride in a

bus or car more than ten minutes without being

violently sick. There were other constitutional

indications for Cocculus and it was given as a

preliminary medicine. Not only did the car

sickness clear up, nut the cyclical vomiting did

too.

There is one remedy, however, which is

invaluable in many cases of cyclical vomiting,

and that is Dysentery co. My attention was

drawn to it by a boy who had pyloric stenosis

for which Rammstedt’s operation had been

performed with success, but be later developed

cyclical vomiting which was rapidly cured by

giving Dysentery co 30 to CM; Usually the

200

th

potency is so useful both in attacks and

between attacks that I almost came to regard it

as a specific. ‘Nervous tension’, which Dr.

PATERSON stresses as the characteristic

mental state of Dysentery co, is frequently

found among these highly-strung children who

get an attack on excitement. Fortunately it is

not a specific. Specifics and homoeopathy

could not co-exist I usually prescribe

Dysentery co 200 three doses two-hourly,

followed by three doses four-hourly at the

commencement of an attack.

Thus use of Dysentery co was, I found, no

new discovery. In an old paper by it is noted as

having a clinical record in recurrent bilious

vomiting. The use of Dysentery co in

abolishing, so to speak, overaction of the

sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous

system led to its use in a much rarer kind of

recurrent vomiting. A girl of four years was

seen in the outpatients’ department, sent up

because she had been having attacks of pain in

the left side of the abdomen followed by

vomiting nearly every week-end for the

previous six months. There was abundance of

acetone in the breath and urine during these

attacks. Pain of a severe nature preceding

vomiting and in the left side of the abdomen

strongly suggested that this was not simply a

case of cyclical vomiting. During the two or

three days while the pain was severe, there was

an oliguria, and polyuria ensued as the attacks

passed off. Examination revealed an enlarged

left kidney, and an intravenous pyelogram

showed dilation of the calyces. Dysentery co

200 given two-hourly at the commencement of

an attack aborted it, and after a few attacks

were aborted in the same way they stopped

altogether. This child has had no attacks for

over two years. She is now seven. Blood

pressure readings were made periodically in

case a hypertension might develop, but the

pressure has remained normal. The left kidney

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is now no longer palpable, and the child seems

very well.

REFERENCES

1. Thomson J. Findlay L. Clinical Study

and Treatment of Sick Children 5

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148. Publ. 1993.

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3. Cameron. The Nervous Child. Oxford

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4. Payene, Garrod, Batten, Thursfield.

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6. Dishington. The Pathogenesis of

Dysentery co. Br. Hom J. 1929; 19: 171.

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DPT VACCINE: THE DPT SHOT AND PUBLIC HEALTH

COULTER, Harris L

Transactions of the 42

nd

LIGA; Arlington, Washington, USA., 29

th

March – 2

nd

April 1987.

‘DPT : A shot in the Dark’, co-authored by myself and Barbara FISHER, was published last year in the

United States by a major publisher and reprinted this past spring by Warner Books (H.L. COULTER

and Barbara FISHER, DPT: A SHOT IN THEDARK. New York: Warner Books, 1986. Paper back:

$4.50). It has now sold me than 40,000 copies in the two editions. Copies of the book were distributed

to U.S. Congressman and Senators, and the outcome was passage last year of a vaccine-damage

compensation law by the U.S. Congress. This is the first such law in the history of the United States.

This book is essentially an investigation of reactions to the perfussis vaccine, which is given as one

of the components of the DPT (Diptheria-pertussis-tetanus) shot. We concluded that this shot is doing

much more damage to the health of the American public than is recognized. Since the vaccine is

compulsory in most parts of the United States, this conclusion means that American babies and

children are being legally required to receive a vaccine which is harmful to their health. This thesis has

provoked controversy.

We found the following acute reactions. First, there is a series of short-term physical

manifestations, such as swelling at the point of injection, rash, fever of up to 104 or 105 degrees, and

unconsolable crying by the baby which may go on even for several days. The baby may turn blue and

have difficulty in breathing; he may faint and remain unconscious for a period of 5 to 10 hours, and he

may start a particular type of crying, called “high – pitched screaming” in the literature and which

seems to have an encephalitic origin. Or he may have a convulsion or epileptic seizure.

The most serious of these short-term reactions, however, is sudden death. Within a few hours or a

day of the shot the baby is found dead in its cradle. This seems very closely linked to the breathing

difficulties I have mentioned. Some lucky parents, who have been in the baby’s room when it

experienced these breathing problems, have told us that the baby stopped drawing a breath and resumed

only after being shaken vigorously; in fact, this can happen more than once.

These deaths are classified in our medical statistics as “crib death” or “sudden infant death” of

unknown origin. There are about 8000 cases of SIDS in the United States every year, and we have

estimated that probably at least a quarter or a half of these are caused by the vaccine. This has never

ben admitted by the public health authorities, but it is being accepted as fact by journalists, medical

writers and the public.

Of course, most babies do not die but seemingly recover and may be apparently normal for a

month or two. But then the long-term effects of the vaccine start to appear. One of the most prominent

is earache. Parents note that the child seems to have an unending series of them – otitis media. This is

called in the United States “glue ear”, and it is a kind of buildup of water in the ear, often requiring the

installation of little tubes for drainage.

At least half of all U.S. Children have had one episode of otitis media by their first birthday. By

age 6, 90% have had them. They account for 26 million visits to physicians every year. In addition,

about 1 million children have tubes inserted in their ears every year, at a cost of 1000 $ per operation.

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This means that a billion dollars are spent each year on this operation (or what they call in England a

thousand million; see The New York Times, April 23, 1986, p.c-1). Just imagine what it means if this is

all, or mostly all, caused by the pertussis vaccine. I do know this - that this particular “glue ear” type of

otitis was not known in American medical practice before that late 1940’s or early 1950’s – in other

words, the time when th pertussis vaccine was being introduced.

This example gives you an idea of some of the economic dimensions of this pertussis-vaccine

problem. Homoeopathic physicians should know about these vaccine reactions because, in my opinion,

they underline a great part of the typical disease of infants and children tody in those countries where

the pertussis vaccine is widely used. Earaches of children, for instance, are far more common today

than they were in the past. But this is only the beginning.

Another long-term effect of this vaccine is a tendency to allergies, especially allergy to milk.

Needless to say, a large proportion of the population in all of the industrialized countries of the world

today suffer from allergies. By the way, we have found that newborn infants with colic – which means

an allergy to milk – tend to react more strongly to the vaccine. Undoubtedly colic should be considered

a counterindication to vaccination.

Another long-term effect is disturbance of sleep rhythm; the child turns night into day and day into

night.

Also the breathing difficulties mentioned earlier continue to persist, and the child may start to

develop asthma.

But these are the minor long-term effects. Much more serious are such disorders as seizures and

epilepsy, blindness or loss of speech, and mental retardation. These are all possible effects of the

vaccine.

An interesting point is that the medical literature contains documented cases of nearly all the

adverse reactions to vaccination we have mentioned. even sudden death. Thus it is generally admitted

that the pertussis vaccine can cause all of these conditions, and the only dispute Barbara FISHER and I

had with the medical authorities was over the extent of the damage. We have maintained that the extent

of this damage is very great, while our public health authorities claim that it is very limited. And there

are no very good statistics on one side or the other.

The case o f “crib death” is very typical. The vaccine cases are buried in a category of “death from

unknown causes”. This is not necessarily done deliberately. It is just one of those area which the

medical authorities do not explore. This summer, by the way, the head of the official committee on

U.S. vaccine policy (The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice) admitted that the committee

did not have any way to distinguish death from vaccination from “sudden infant death” from unknown

causes.

When we come to such conditions as mental retardation or epilepsy, the situation is much the

same. In the US 125,000 childern are diagnosed every year as “mentally retarded from birth”, and

another 25,000 as “epileptic from birth”. But in the overwhelming majority of cases it cannot be proven

that this condition was present at birth. Mental retardation, except in the case of mongoloid (Down’s

Syndrome) children, can rarely if ever be determined at birth. And the same is true for seizure

disorders. Both are diagnosed much later-perhaps at the end of the first year of life. Then it is said to be

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congenital because no other possible cause can be discerned. But by this time the child will have had

three pertussis vaccinations. Who can say that the child was not perfectly normal at birth and became

mentally retarded or epileptic as a result of the shot? Nobody knows. My own suspicion, however, is

that a substantial proportion of both of these conditions is due to the shot.

But all biological phenomena appear on a spectrum, and if there are such severe conditions as

mental retardation and epilepsy, there must be many other less serious conditions as well. Here we

were struck by the rise in what are called “learning disabilities” in the United States starting in the

1950’s – i.e. just a decade or so after the vaccine started being used broadly in my country. It is thought

that 15 to 20% of the U.S. school children – or about 3 million children at any given time – have these:

variously called dyslexia (reading difficulty), dysgraphia (difficulty with writing and spelling), auditory

processing deficit (difficulty hearing), visual processing deficit, etc.

Needless to say, these claims have not yet been publicly accepted by any medical authority.

However, their acknowledgement is just a matter of time. I am certain that time is on the side of those

who have questioned the wisdom of mass vaccination against pertussis in the US and other countries

today, and that in due course this vaccine will be recognized for what it is – namely, a major threat to

the health of children and adults.

The question then arises: why didn’t we know about this before? The short answer is that no one

knew a problem existed, and hence no effort was made to appreciate its magnitude. From the beginning

the pertussis vaccine was just assumed to be innocuous. It was up to the critics to prove that the

contrary was true. Hence no systematic investigation of vaccination reactions was conducted. Only in

1979 did the federal government make a first attempt to survey an infant population and determine the

extent of vaccine damage there.

What was necessary was an ongoing institutionalized system for gathering information on the

vaccine’s side effects. But no one was much interested in such a system, since they assumed that there

were no side effects. Nor did any definition of the vaccine’s side effects even exist – this is still the

case today. Our book is the only complete discussion of these side effects. There were a series of

vicious circles. Since the vaccine was thought to be innocuous, no one collected data to prove that it

was harmful. Since no one collected data, no one knew what the true side effects were; and ignorance

of these side effects meant that often, when they occurred, no one recognized them as related to the

vaccine.

A very big factor contributing to all this ignorance was that the compulsory vaccination program

has been in full swing in the United States for more than a decade, and discovering today that it had all

along been harmful would undermine public support for vaccination programmes generally. It might

reflect badly on the medical judgment of those who advocated the pertussis vaccine in the first place.

So, to get back to the question of why vaccine reactions took so long to be discovered: (1)

everyone thought the vaccine was innocuous, (2) because of this no systematic collection of adverse

reactions was ever undertaken, and (3) the mass compulsory vaccination programme was an even

stronger inducement not to seek further for such reactions – in simple words, to sweep the whole thing

under the rug.

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But this raises a lot more questions, For instance, why was the vaccine assumed to be innocuous in

the first place? MADSEN in Denmark published an account as far back as 1933 of two babies who die

shortly after being vaccinated, and in 1948 two U.S. physicians published a horrifying account of 15

cases of encephalitis from pertussis vaccine.These children experienced; (1) hemiparesis (partial

paralysis) together with seizures, (2) recurrent convulsions (3) petit mal seizures with mental

retardation, (4) petit mal seizures, mental retardation and muteness. (5) convulsions, hemiparesis, and

muteness, (6) at 16 months was “blind, deaf, spastic and helpless”. (7) hemiplegia, convulsions, and a

learning disability, (8) death, (9) death (10) convulsions, learning disorders and speech difficulties, (11)

spasticity and convulsions, (12) seizures and learning disabilities, (13) recurrent convulsions, (14)

severe convulsions, (15) convulsions. But despite this horrifying warning, no systematic effort was

made to collect data, and for decades after the article appeared, physicians kept assuring the public and

reassuring themselves that there were only one or two cases of severe reactions every year in the

United States.

This underestimation of vaccine risks is clearly part and parcel of the allopathic profession’s

attitude toward drugs and medicines generally – that they are harmless until the contrary is prove. But

all historical experience demonstrates the contrary, One can hardly think of a single allopathic

medicine that is devoid of side effects and adverse reactions.

But all this time evidence was filtering through to suggest that the vaccine is not entirely

innocuous, and since the late 1970’s fitful attempts have been made to find out something about

pertussis vaccine damage. However, the obstacles were very great.

The first puzzle facing physicians who were trying to estimate the magnitude and extent of the

acute reactions to the vaccine was that they resemble many other conditions which affect small infants,

and it was thought to be impossible to separate vaccine reactions from others. Even on autopsy this is

apparently very difficult, as no pathological marker of DPT vaccine damage has yet been discovered.

The same problem confronted Barbara FISHER and myself when we set out to write our book.

The normal first step in trying to distinguish vaccine reactions from other kinds of pathology

would have been to interview parents whose children had been vaccinated and had been permanently

damaged. Then their stories could be compared with one another and with the accounts of vaccine

damage which have appeared in the literature since 1933. In this way a profile could be developed

against which other cases could be measured. Something, like this, in fact, was suggested by Gordon

STEWART, M.D. of Edinburgh, one of a handful of physicians in the world who for a decade or two

have been conducting a lonely fight against the DPT vaccine. He called it “shoe-leather epidemiology.”

He claimed to be able to detect a “pertussis vaccine syndrome” but was roundly criticize for this by

other physicians, and no one took up his challenge to develop the profile of a “pertussis vaccine

syndrome”.

Another source of information would have been to investigate the serious long-term effects of

whooping cough itself, on the assumption that the effects of the disease must parallel the effects of the

vaccine since both are caused by the Bordetella pertussis. Many allopathic medical authorities,

however, have objected to the idea that the effect of the vaccine is similar to the effect of whooping

cough.

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I do not know why there was such a reluctance to admit a similarity between the effects of the

vaccine and the effects of whooping cough. Perhaps admitting that would mean admitting that the

vaccine has a potential for inflicting damage, i.e., a toxic effect on the body. And this, in turn, might

mean the necessity of rethinking all of vaccination policy.

Anyone with a little acquaintance with homoeopathy would, of course, understand immediately

that a pertusis vaccine syndrome not only can exist but must exist. The vaccination program is nothing

other than a gigantic proving of the pertussis vaccine on all of the country’s children. It should be

possible to single out and define adverse reactions to the vaccine just as the homoeopathic provers

defined the symptoms caused by the substance being proved.

Thus, distinguishing the effects of vaccination from various other adventitious effects was the

same problem as that faced by the early homoeopathic provers – how to determine which symptoms

occurring in provers were “caused” by the medicine being proved and which were not. This problem

cannot be solved by adopting some fancy method, or technique of statistical analysis, but only through

careful observation – as was stated by Constantine HERING himself (see, H. COULTER, Divided

Legacy, Vol. III, 490).

This is what Barbara FISHER and I did, and it had apparently never been done before. We sat

down with the parents of these children and recorded what they had to say, leaving nothing out, not

asking leading questions, not interrupting, but permitting them to do into as much detail as they

wanted.

This detail was usually overwhelming. Not only because these were parents talking about their

own children, not only because parents – especially mothers – can observe an infinite amount of detail

about their children and retain these details in their memories forever, but also because no one had ever

listened to them before. We would have accumulated ten times as much information as we did.

We compared the cases with one another to find out which reactions seemed more frequent – thus

definitely associated with the vaccine, and which were less frequent – thus raising some doubt over the

association. In the latter cases we could only attempt to check the information for verisimilitude,

comparing other details of the case with the profile we had established and with the literature.

An important source of information for our vaccine-damage profile was literature on the long-term

damage from whooping cough, specifically as it relates to learning disabilities and to various disorders

of sense-perception (blindness and disorderes of vision, deafnes and disorders of hearing, muteness and

voice disorders, etc.)

An instance of a rarely reported phenomenon which we decided was related to the pertussis

vaccine, was autism. Three or four parents told us that their children, who had severe reactions to the

vaccine, had later been diagoned as autistic. After comparing our findings with the literature on autism,

we concluded that this vaccine is causing autism. It appears to affect the cranial nerves and thereby

cause problems of sense perception, impairing the ability to process information through the senses. It

seemed to us that the autistic child is one in whom several senses, have been affected. Of interest also

is the fact that autism came into prominence in the United States in the 1940’s, a few years after the use

of the pertussis vaccine became widespread.

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This raises the question of the vaccine’s involvement in what are called “developmental

disabilities” and which are the leading sickness of American children today. This is the subject of the

next book which Barbara FISHER and I are writing. Perhaps I will be able to report on our research at

the next meeting of the LIGA. In the meantime, I would request all colleagues who know of a case of

severe pertussis vaccine reaction followed by autism or any other kind of developmental disability to

get in touch with me, as we are anxious to gather cases from as many countries as possible.

AN IMAGE OF DPT THE DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS

WARKENTIN David Kent

DPT – THE SYMPTOMS

Local skin symptoms (near site of injection)

Pain (50%)

Redness (37%)

“A giant hive 1/16

th

of an inch by 3 inches”.

Red, purple, hot, swollen, walnut-size lump.

Induration

Abscess.

Other skin symptoms:

Swelling of face, hands, and feet

Hives

Fever:

Over 100° (50%)

Over 102° (6%)

Occuring rapidly.

With hallucinations.

With convulsions.

Gastrointestinal:

Diarrhoea (chronic)

Yellow, curdy, “strange smelling,” offensive.

“Greenish and curdish?”

“Violent dark green, almost black diarrhoea.”

“Clumps of mucus.”

“Violent explosive gas every few minutes.”

“Yellow, looks like attic foam insulation.”

Projectile vomiting.

Anorexia and weight loss (chronic)

Respiratory:

“Constant runny nose” (chronic)

Clear discharge

Nasal congestion

“Allergies” (chronic)

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Worse spring and fall.

Ear infection (chronic)

Sore throat.

Cough.

Protracted coughing – up to 30 minutes, croup, hard, with vomiting, must sit up.

Spasmodic, “pertussis-like.”

“Cough day and night.”

Pnuemonia.

Bronchial asthma (chronic)

“Allergies to milk.”

Neurological:

“Strange high pitched cry.”

“Terrible screams,” rigid with head bent back, eyes open.

High-pitched piercing screaming.

Walking at night with high-pitched screaming (chronic). Brief period of sleep interrupted by long

bouts of screaming (chronic).

“Persistent inconsolable crying continues for hours or days”.

Cri encephalique, “a thin high-pitched eerie wailing sound.”

Collapse with white or ashen skin, and deathlike unconsciousness (more than 1 in 1750).

“She’d turn blue and didn’t appear to be breathing. She’d start breathing on being shaken” with

white skin and blue or purple blue around the mouth – going to death.

Periods of unconsciousness (chronic).

Hallucinations.

Hemiplegia (chronic)

Paresis.

Loss of muscle control.

Flaccid paralysis.

“Nonresponsive, limp, flaccid, with screaming, eyes rolled back in his head”.

Seizures (chronic)

“Sitting, staring ahead with eyes dilated and mouth open.

Her lips were blue and her body stiff. The right side of the body would tremble and she’d

occasionally make sucking sounds”.

Extremely brief “generalized bending” or “Jack knife” spasms with sudden forward dropping of

the head with adduction and flexion of the arms (with hypsarrhythmia, an electroencephalographic

abnormality).

“After a short period of stating, dropping head to chest and falling asleep with eyes open;

progressed to starting and sudden violent jerking of upper body forward.”

“Her hands would go straight up in the air, her feet would go straight out, she would clench her

fists and hold her breath for 2 to 3 seconds, and then cry a high shrill cry”.

“Tremor of intensity” in the hands and feet,

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“Opens eyes and mouth and utters a brief shout shortly after falling asleep”.

With or without fever.

“Generally tonic-clonic, resistant to routine anticonvulsant therapy, and with poor intellectual

prognosis”.

Difficult or impossible to control with medication.

Grand mal, patit mal, and localized.

Of lower limbs.

Eyes twitching.

Dyslexia, visual perception problems, auditory processing deficit, fine motor delay, and an

attention span deficit. (Chronic)

Learning disabilities (Chronic)

Brain damage (Chronic)

Cerebral palsy.

Viral meningitis.

Emotional

“ Screaming as if afraid of being dropped”.

“Timid, nervous, trembling, fearful child, screams in terror at the sight of balloons or the idea of

leaving the house. He wouldn’t enter the room if someone was chewing gum. He wouldn’t leave the

doorstep when we went out. He’d just stand there and scream and shake until we picked him up”.

(chronic)

“Ran around the house and hid as if was frightened to death”.

“Sudden fear while playing, with desire to be held (a great feeling of anxiety and doom)”(chronic).

“Restless, hyperactive”(chronic)

“Hyperactive, to the point of being out of control”.

“Explosive, emotional dynamics”.

“Unable to sit still for more than a few minutes, cries easily without warning”. (chronic).

“Doesn’t want to be held, rocked or fed, Pushes the food away. Would arch his back when crying,

especially if being held”(chronic)

“Screaming temper”(chronic).

“Passive, in a daze as if sleep walking”.

Sleep

Excessive sleepiness.

Deep stuporous sleep, “unable to be awakened”.

Other

Infantile spasms.

Thrombocytopenia.

Hemolytic anatemia.

Yellow skin, colourless lips (Hgb. 3, Hct. 10 )

Hypoglycemia.

Diahetes.

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SIDS

Colic.

Increased susceptibility in premature babies (especially if there is a family history of milk

allergies).

Readers will notice that DPT may prove to be a valuable addition to or Materia media for fevers,

febrie convulsions, seizures, SIDS and diarrhoeas, especially when these are found with the classic

high-pitched inconsolable crying.

[It has been observed in practice that many children are brought with symptoms cited in this

article. Experience with homoeopathic remedies in these cases should be documented particularly with

enquiry for DPT vaccination. Readers are requested to communicate with full details. =

K.S.SRINIVASAN]

BOOK SHELF

MYSCIENTIFIC PAPERS by Dr. M.L. AGRAWAL, Pankaj Publications, 37, South Anarkali

Extensions, New Delhi -110051. pp.173, Rs.50/-

Dr. AHARWAL’s two earlier books- Materia Medica of the Human Mind and Key to the Rubrics

of Mind- have been well received, particularly the first one.

The book under review is a collection of the papers presented by Dr. AGARWAL at various

Seminars, Meetings, Conferences etc. as also papers ‘not presented’, all in one volume.

These ‘papers’ cover Philosophy, Materia Medica, Repertory and Clinical works. In fact it is a

jumble of all these, Some of them seem to have been addressed to students. There is no chronology of

the papers. No efforts seem to have been made in ‘editing’ the papers and all the papers have been

simply collected and printed.

The author says (p.28): “ In Aphorism 213 of the Organon, it has been emphasized by Dr.

HAHNEMANN that “symptoms of mind are above all others in any given totality of a sick man”. This

‘quote’ is wrong. Paragraph 213 only says that the physician must take into consideration “the mental

and emotional changes along with the other symptoms in all cases of diseases” and the medicine

chosen must be “similar to the mental state of the disease as well as other symptoms”.

Certain paragraphs are repeated in different essays word for word. Similarly some ‘cases’ too have

been repeated in following essays.

In p. 32 the author says that “the first phase has been completed in the form of a book entitled

‘Meteria Medica of the Human Mind’ …………… the second phase is still to be worked out. This

would give explanations of all the rubrics of the Mind chapter ……….”. This ‘second phase’ has

already been published by the author over an year ago as ‘Key to the Rubrics of the Mind’.

Chapter on ‘Nervos Diseases including Cardiac Problems’, ‘Diseases of the Nasal Cavity Rhinits’,

‘Epistaxis’, ‘Tonsillitis’, ‘Mental symptoms associated with Menstrual Disorders’, ‘Common

Diarrhoeo’, ‘Intestinal Worms’, ‘Urticarias’, ‘Jaundice’, ‘How to Prescribe for a Child’, all have brief

repertory and are quite useful for quick and easy reference. Evidently these have been culled from the

‘KENT’.

A similar list (p.53) of certain remedies and the symptoms cured by them in author’s experience

but not found in any Materia Medica bas been offered to the readers for verification.

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Printing, binding, etc. are good.

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SUBJECT INDEX Page

1.

(The Anxiogenic Effects of Clffeine

Bruce, MALCOLM, (Post Grad

Med. Jour.)

19

2. Book Shelf 32

3. ( The Causticum Child

LAMOTHE, J. (L’Homoeopathic

Francaise)

68

4.

Chronic fatigue, viruses and

depression R.E. KENDELL (The

Lancet)

29

5.

Current Literature Listing

1,18

,33,

49

6. Depression in a case of Gastritis-

Podophlium A.WEGENER (Z K

H)

28

7. Doing better feeling worse (The

Lancel)

31

8.

Extract of the Rubrics:

a) Calcarea silicate

ALINEKE Van Den BORN (N T

K H )

62

b)Kali arsenicosum

ALINEKE Van Den BORN

(NTKH)

61

c) Stramonium

Dr. CREPIN DENIS (Cahiers du

Groupement Hahnemannien)

56

9.

Good News about your heart

John PEKKANEN (Readers’Digest)

44

10.

HAHNEMANN’s

Three Rules

concerning the rank of symptoms

Constantine HERING(The

Hahnemannian Monthly)

50

11. Homoeopathic remedies for Asthma

Dr. Pierre SCHMIDT

66

(L’Homoeopathic Francaise)

12. Homoeopathy and Mind

E.BAUER (ZKH)

25

13.

Homoeopathy and Psychoanalysis

Juan S.SHÄFER (Acta

Homoeopathica)

67

14.

Indifference

Catherine R.COULTER (The

Hahnemannian)

21

15. Inside Madness

Steven HUGHES (Br. Med. Jour.)

46

16.

Mentals of

Tuberculinum

Gregoire JOELLE (Cahiers du

Groupement Hahnemannian)

67

17. News 48,6

8

18.

NOEL’s

resurrection

Charles SMITH (Br.med. Jour.)

47

19. Press Note 32

20.

Provings of

Psorinum

Samuel HAHNEMAAN (The

Homoeopath)

6

21. PSORINUM

Morell PETER (The Homoeopath)

14

22.

Psorinum,

Psora and t

he Miasms

G.v. KELLER (AHZ)

3

23. Remedies with Opposite modalities

J.KÜNZLI (ZKH)

43

24. Rubrics in

BOENNINGHAUSEN

not to be found in KENT Elizabeth

Wright HUBBARD (The

Homoeopath)

52

25.

Sciatica

-

Additions to

KENT’s

rubrics

SCHINDLER, M (ZKH)

56

26. Staogtsagria- a medicine for active

persons

38

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BOTTGER, H.E.(AHZ)

27.

Staphysagria

-

Correlation of

anatomic clinic

Alexandre MACHADO

(Trasactions of the 42

nd

LIGA, 1987)

40

28. Staphysagria in Psychiatry

Jacquelyn BARBANCY (BHJ)

39

29. Staphysagria- Materia medica

Durr ELMORE (Similimum)

34

30.

Staphysagria

and the ranking

sysmptoms

G.v. KELLER (AHZ)

36

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AUTHOR-INDEX

1.

ALEXANDRE

MACHADO

40

2. ALINEKE Van Den BORN 61,62

3. E. BAUER 25

4. H.E. BOTTGER 38

5.

CATHE

RINE R.

COULTER

21

6. CHARLES SMITH 47

7.

CREPIN DENIS

56

8. DURR ELMORE 34

9.

ELIZABETH WRIGHT

HUBBARD

52

10. GREGOIRE JOELLE 67

11.

S. HAHNEMANN

6

12. C. HERING 50

13. JACQUELYN

BARBANCY

39

14. JOHN PEKKANEN 44

15.

JUAN S. SHAFER

67

16. G.v. KELLER 3,36

17. R.E. KENDELL 29

18.

J. KUNZLI

43

19. J. LAMOTHE 68

20.

MALCOLM S. BRUCE

19

21. PETER MORELL 14

22. M. SCHINDLER 56

23. P. SCHMIDT 66

24.

K.S. SRINIVASAN

1,18,33,

49

25. STEVEN HUGHES 46

26. A. WEGENER 28

SOURCE INDEX

Sources & Volume Number

1. ALLGEMEINE

HOMOOPATHISCHE

ZEITUNG (A H Z)

Vol. 228, 4/1983

Vol. 229, 1/1984

Vol. 231, 6/1986

38

3

36

2.

ACTA HOMOEOPATHICA,

Vol. XIV, 6/1970

67

3. BRITSH HOMOEOPATHIC

JOURNAL (B H J)

Vol. 79, January, 1/1990

39

4.

BRITISH MEDICAL JO

URNAL

(B M J)

Vol. 301, 1990

46,

47

5.

CAHIERS DU GROUPEMENT

HAHNEMANNIEN DU DR. P.

SCHMIDT (C G H)

Vol. 26, 1989

Vol. 28, 2/1991

67

51

6. HAHNEMANNIAN (THE)

September & December 1989

21

7. HAHNEMANNIAN MONTHLY

(THE), I, 1/1865

50

8.

HOMOEOPATH (

THE)

Vol. 6, 4/1986

Vol. 10, 3/1990

6,14

52

9.

LANCET (THE)

Vol. 336, October 27, 1990

Vol. 337, January 19, 1991

31

29

10. L’HOMOEOPATHIC

FRANCAISE

QUARTERLY HOMOE

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May 1929

77/1989

66

68

11. NETHERLANDS TIJDSCHRIFY

VOOR KLASSIEKE

HOMOEOPATHIE (N T K H)

Vol. II, 2/1991

Vol. II, 3/1991

61

62

12.

POST GRAGUATE MEDICAL

JOURNAL, 66/1990

19

13.

READERS’ DIGEST, August

1991

44

14. SIMILLIMUM, Vol. III, 4/1990 34

15.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE 42

nd

LIGA, 1987

40

16. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR

KLASSISCHE HOMOOPATHIE

(ZKH)

Vol. 27, 5/1983

Vol. 30, 2&4/1986

Vol. 32, 3/1988

Vol. 34, 1/1990

43

25

28

56

REMEDY INDEX

ABROTANUM 29

ACETANILIDUM (Anti

-

febrinum)

66

ACONITUM NAPELLUS 22,36

ADRENALINUM 66

AEGLE MARMELOS

1

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM 43

AETHUSA CYNAPIUM

67

AGARICUS MUSCARIUS 6

AILANTHUS GLANDULOSA 66

ALCOHOLUS

66

ALLIUM CEPA 43, 67

ALDEHYDUM 66

ALUMEN

66

AMBRA GRISEA 66

AMBROSIA ARTEMISIAEFOLIA

66

AMMONIACUM GUMMI 66

AMMONIUM CARBONICUM

43

AMMONIUM MURIATICUM 56, 67

AMYGDALAE AMARAE AQUA 66

AMYLENUM NITROSUM

6

ANACARDIUM ORIENTALE 18, 49

ANGUSTURA VERA 67

ANTHOXANTHYM ODORATUM

66

ANTIMONIUM ARSENICOSUM 66

ANTIMONIUM ARSENICOSUM

66

ANTIMONIUM SULPHURATUM

AURATUM

66

APIS MELLIFICA 26,26,28

ARALIA RACEMOSA 67

ARANEA SCINENCIA

1

ARGENTUM CYANATUM 66

ARGENTUM NITRICUM 14,15,56,67

ARMORACEA SATIVA

66

ARNICA MONTANA 18,36,40,49

,52

ARUM DRACONITUM 66

ARUM MACULATUM 66

ASARUM EUROPAEUM

18,56

ASCLEPIAS CORNUTI 66

ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA

66

ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS 66

ASPIRIN 66

ATHISTA INDICA

1

ATROPIN SULPHATE 66

AURANTII CORTEX 56

AURUM METALLICUM

23,49,66,67

BACILLINUM 1,66

BAPTISIA TINCTORIA

18,66

BADIAGA 67

BARYTA CARBONICA 43,50

BARYTA MURIATICA

50

BELLADONNA ATROPA 43,56,67

BENZOICUM ACIDUM 67

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BERBERIS VULGARIS

56

BLATTA AMERICANA 66

BO

RAX VENETA

33,66

BROMIUM 1

BRYONIA ALBA 43

BUFO RANA

39

CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS 49

CALADIUM SEGUNIUM 43

CALCAREA ACETICA

66

CALCAREA ARSENICOSA 67

CALCAREA CARBONICA

14,15,24,27

,36,

56

CALCAREA FLOURATA 67

CALCAREA HYPOPHOSPHOROSA

43,67

CALCAREA SILICATA 62

CALCAREA SULPHURICA 1,26,56

CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA

32

CAMPHOR 41,51

CAMPHOROSOMA 66

CANNABIS INDICA

43,51,66

CANTHARIS 56

CARBONEUM SULPHURATUM 43,56

CAPSICUM ANNUUM

66

CARBO VEGETABILIS 21,22,23,28

,43

CARCINOSIN 17,25,49

CARDIOSPERMUM

HALICACABUM

18,33

CASSIA FISTULA

1

CASTOREUM CANADENSE 49,66

CAULOPHYLLUM 66

CAUSTICUM

18,34,36,41

,43,68

CEDRON

67

CENCHRIS CONTORTRIX 26

CEPHALANDRA INDICA 19

CHAMOMILLA MATRICARIA

1,43,56,57

CHELIDONIUM MAJUS 43

CHENOPODIUM

66

CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA 56

CHINA OFFICINALIS

21,34

CHININUM SULPHURICUM 66

CHLOROFORMIUM 52,56,66

CHLORUM

66

CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA 43,56

CINA MARITIMA 67

CINCHONA BOLIVIANA

52

CLEMATIS ERECTA 43

COCA

66

COCAINUM HYDRO CHLORICUM 66

COCCULUS INDICUS 18,56

COCCUS CACTI

18,43

COCHLEARIA ARMORACIA 66

COFFEA 17,43

COLOCYNTHIS

23,28,36,41

,

43,56

CONIUM MACULATUM 1

CORALLIUM RUBRUM

66

CUPRUM ACETICUM 66

CURARE 41,66

CYCLAMEN EUROPAEUM

25,43,49,66

DERRIS PINNATA 66

DIGITALINUM

66

DOLICHOS 66

DROSERA ROTUNIDFOLIA 32,56

EGG VACCINE

66

ELECTRICITAS 66

ERIODYCTION CALIFORNICUM 66

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS

66

EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM 56

EUPHORBIA PILULIFERA

66

EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS 43,67

FEL TAURI 66

FERRUM METALLICUM

43,56

FERRUM PHOSPHORICUM 43

FOLLICULINUM 18

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CUM ACIDUM

66

FORMICUM ACIDUM 66

GADUS MORRHUA

66

GALLICUM ACIDUM 66

GAL VANISMUS 66

GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS

66

GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS 21,49,56

GENTIANA LUTEA 33

GINSENG

66

GLAND SUP SIC 66

GLONOINE

43,67

GNAPHALIUM 33

GRAPHITES 14,15,27,33

,56

GRATIOLA OFFICINALIS 43

GRIND SQUARE

66

GUAIACUM OFFICINALE 43,66

HELLEBORUS NIGER 51

HEPAR SULPHURIS CALCAREUM

1,51

HIRUDO MEDICINALIS 49

HYOSCYAMUS NIGER 26,27,52,67

HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS 66,67

HYPERICUM PERFORATTUM 23,67

IBERIS AMARA

1,66

ICTODES FOETIDA 67

IGNATIA AMARA 5,22,23,25,

28

35,36,43,56

ILLECEBRUM VERTICILLATUM 66

IODIUM 44,51

IPECACUANHA

28

IRIS VERSICOLOR 56

JUNCUS EFFUSUS 66

KALI GROUP

36

KALI ARSENICOSUM 61

KALI BICHROMICUM

56,67

KALI CARBONICUM 51,56

KALI CYANATUM 66

KALI IODATUM

44,51,66

KALI MURIATICUM

66,67

KALI NITRICUM 5,33

KALI PHOSPHORICUM

67

KALI SULPHURICUM 25,56,67

KALMIA LATIFOLIA 57

KREOSOTUM

37,56,66

LAC CANINUM 66

LACHESIS 21,26,27,56

LACTUCA SATIVA

66

LACTUCA VIROSA 66

LAC VACCINUM DEFLORATUM

44

LAMIUM ALBUM 66

LEDUM PALUSTRE 36,49,56

LEMNA MINOR

66

LEPIDIUM BONARIENSE 49

LEPROMINIUM 1

LILIUM TIGRINUM

21

LIN UXIG 66

LOBELIA INFLATA

66

LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM 14,15,21,24

,27

28,33,39,44

,49,

51,56,67,68

LYCOPUS EUROPAEUS

49

LYSSIN 1

MAGNESIA CARBONICA 67

MAGNESIA PHOSPHORICA

67

MAGNESIA MURIATICA 44

MAGNETIS POLUS ARCTICUS

66

MAGNETIS POLUS AUSTRALIS 66

MAGNOLIA GLAUCA 67

MEDORRHINUM

16,35,44,49

,67

MEL CUM SEL

67

MELILOTUS ALBA 18

MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS 1,41,

44,56,

67

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KALI IODATA

67

MERCURIUS CORROSIVUS

67

MERCURIUS DULCIS 67

MERCURIUS PRECIPITATUS

RUMBER

67

MEZEREUM DAPHNE

29,44

MUREX PURPUREUS 33

MURIATICUM ACIDUM 67

MORPHINUM ACETICUM

67

MYRICA CERIFERA 1

MYRISTICA SEBIFERA 1

MILLEFOLIUM

67

NAPHTHA 67

NATRUM ARSENICOSUM

44

NATRUM CARBONICUM 44

NATRUM MURIATICUM 14,15,21,

22,23

25,35,36,

44,52,

56,67

NATRUM PHOSPHORICUM 67

NATRUM SULPHURATUM 35,56,67

NICCOLUM CARBONICUM AUT

METALLICUM

67

NITRICUM ACIDUM

3,18,44,

28, 51

NUX MOSCHATA

56

NUX VOMICA 5,17,26,

27,28,33,36

,44,49,

51,56,68

OLEUM JECORIS ASELLI 67

ONISCUS ASELLUS

67

OPIUM 22,28

ORIGANUM 35

OSMIUM METALLICUM 67

OXALICUM ACIDUM 44

OVARIN

67

PASSIFLORA INCARNATA

67

PALLADIUM METALLICUM 67

PECTEN JACOBAEUS

67

PETROLUMEM 14,15

PHOSPHORICUM ACIDUM 22,21,23,

36,56,67

PHOSPHORICUM MURIATICUM 67

PHOSPHORUS

1,14,15,

21,22,23

25,34,44,

68

PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA 56

PICRICUM ACIDUM 22

PILOCARPINUM

67

PIMPINELLA SAXIFRAGA 67

PLATINA 21,27,

28,35

PLUMBUM ACETICUM 67

PLUMBUM META

LLICUM

56

PODOPHYLLUM PELATATUM 29,56

POPULUS TREMULODIES 67

POTHOS FOETIDUS 67

PRUNUS SPINOSA 67

PSORINUM

3

-

7,

14-17,

21,27,

28,44,

56

PTELEA TRIFOLIATA 67

PULMO VULPIS

67

PULSATILLA 5,25,

26,27,

34,35,

36,38,

44,51,

56,67,

68

PYROGENIUM 44

QUIN

INE

51

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QUEER (ASPIDIOSPERMA)

67

RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS 18,41,44,

67

RHEUM PALMATUM 67

RHODODENDRON

CHRYSANTHUM

44,56

RHUS TOXICODENDRON

23,33,52

56,57

RUTA GRAVEOLENS 44,56

SABADILL 67

SABAL SERRULATA 25,67

SABINA JUNIPERUS

44,56

SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS 67

SANGUINARINUM NITRICUM 67

SANICULA AQUA

67

SCROPHULARIA 67

SECALE CORNUTUM 18,44

SELENIUM 18

SEPIA 14,15,21,

24,33,34,

56,67

SILICEA TERRA 14,15,36,67

,68

SILPHIUM LACINIATUM

67

SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA 67

SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA

44,56

SPONGIA TOSTA 67

STAPHY SAGRIA 1,21-24,

27, 28, 34-

40,67

STERCULA 67

STICTA PULMONARIA 67

STRAMONIUM

1,26,27,

56,67

STRYCHNOS GAULTHERIANA

67

SUCCINUM 67

SULPHUR 4,14,15,

21,24,

25,27,

28,56,

68

SULPHUR HYDROGENISATUM

67

SUMBULUS MOSCHATUS 67

SYMPHYTUM OFFICINATE 36

SYPHILINUM 36

TELA ARANEA 4,16,

25,67

TELA ARACH 1

TELLURIUM METALLICUM

67

TEREBENUM 56

TEREBENUM 67

THALLIUM METALLICUM AUT

ACETICUM

56

THEA CHINENSIS

1

THERIDION CURASSAVICUM 44

THUJA OCCIDENTALIS 3,5,35,

36,41,

44,51

THYMUS SERPHYLLUM 67

THYREOIDINUM 67

TABACUM 1,67

TRACHINUS DRACO 67

TRIOSTIUM PERFOLIATUM

67

TUBERCULINUM 1,4,26

27,36,

67

TUBERCULINUM BOVINUM

17,67

TUBERCULLINUM KOCH 67

VALERIANA OFFICINALIS 56,67

VARIOLINUM

67

VERATRUM ALBUM 44,56,

67

VERBASCUM 56,67

VIPERA BERUS 32

VISCUM ALBUM

1,56,67

WYETHIA HELENOIDS 67

ZANTHOXYLUM AMERICANUM

67

ZINCUM METALLICUM 14,15,

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ZINCUM VALERIANICUM 67

ZIZEA AUREA

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CONTENTS

PAGE

PART I

Current Literature Listing 24

PART II – ARTICLES 36

LYSSINUM

GuidoMortelmanns

Kokelenberg, G

Gypser, K.-H

Müller, H.V.

A compilation of some of the more important articles from the British,

American, German etc. Homoeopathic journals, Also articles of general

medical and scientific interest with particular reference to Homoeopathy.

(Compilation by Dr. K.S. Srinivasan, 1253, 66

th

Street, Korattur,

Madras – 600 080.)

(For Private Circulation only)

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PART I CURRENT LITERATURE

LISTING

I. PHILOSOPHY

1. Observations in practice

GYPSER, K.H. (ZKH, 35, 2/1991)

The author recapitulates at the end of every

year his cases in the year gone by. He

discusses ‘homoeopathic aggravation’,

‘frequency of certain remediers’; Observations

out of one’s out of one’s own practice and the

lessons learnt would influence therapeutics. It

would be useful if every practitioner

undertakes such an analysis.

2. The homoeopathic concept of suppression

KLUNKER, W. (ZKH, 35, 3/1991)

What did HAHNEMANN means by

suppression? The concept of suppression was a

central point in the Chronic Diseases of

HAHNEMANN. It also set Homoeopathy

apart from the other medical systems. Today

too it plays the same role. However, this

concept is now causing problems and it

requires to be looked into afresh in the light of

experience. The author calls for a critical re-

examination of the concept of suppression in

the homoeopathic sense.

3. Method of case analysis

MORRISON, Roger (JAIH, 83, 3&4/1990)

The article gives as systematic overview and

hierarchy of the methods of case analysis

taught by George VITHOULKAS, explained

through case reports. The author says that out

of 17 distinct types of analysis he was

describing in this section only the first 5 steps;

others would follow.

For a successful case analysis we must have an

accurate and in-depth case to work with.

Always ask the question: “what clear

information do I have in this?”

In any given case there are three types of

information available: (1) Essence (2) Totality

(3) Key note.

A characteristic, three dimensional, living

image type of a patient, distinct, is ‘Essence’.

It is not merely mental or mental alone; it may

be on the physical level too. A Gestalt.

‘Totality’ means a mathematical evaluation

from the Repertory. ‘Key note’ means a

symptom which when told by a patient

emphatically would make us consider a

particular remedy or sometimes two different

remedies. In any given case there may or may

not be clear information. In any of these areas.

Many cases are given to illustrate this .

4. Infection or miasm?

WHITMONT, Edward (The Homoeopath,

11, 2/1991)

This is a ‘reprint’ of the article which first

appeared in the Journal of the American

Institute of Homoeopathy, 1948.

It is difficult to ‘summarise’ or give a ‘brief’ of

this article. The author concludes, “when a

case presents clear cut indications for a

remedy, it is certainly the best to prescribe on

these symptoms, without any prejudice to the

miasmatic factor. Faced with a paucity of

symptoms, however, the understanding of the

miasmatic factor may provide the missing link

in the scanty evidence upon which we have to

base our prescription.”

5. Classical Homeopathy and the Canadian

Academy of Homeopathy: setting the record

straight.

SAINE, Andre (Simillimum, 4, 2/1991)

In the ‘Similimun; ,4. 1/1991 Wayne J.

CHINDEMI made an unintentional remark

about Classical Homoeopathy and the

Canadian Academy of Homoeopathy (CAH).

This article of Dr. Andre SAINE is to clear

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certain misunderstandings. This essay

spanning all the important area of

homoeotherapeutics is of great importance.

Some abstracts: “Finding the similimum is a

constant work of individualizing. This

Individualising must also apply to the choice of

potency. The hahnemannian, for us, does not

limit his/her capacity to individualise the

potency but aims at mastering the whole range

of potencies for the maximum benefit of the

patient. NASH, a true hahnemannian, wrote at

the end of his career; ‘I used to tell my classes

in the college that he who confined himself to

either the high or low preparations of remedies

crippled himself from doing the best possible

for his patients. We do not have to restrict

ourselves in the matter of posology to the

demonstrable divisibility of matter, but can and

should avail ourselves of the whole scald, from

the crude drug to the highest of FINCKE, and

abide the result according to the finest of all

tests, the physiological.”

“The hahnemannian is supple and can

constantly individualise the potency… Good

training in Homoepathy should prepare the

student to also treat successfully the old and

weak areas, the intoxicated ones, the

hypersensitive ones, the hysterical ones, the

ones skeptical or ignorant of our method, the

ones constantly exposed to antidotal factors,

the ones suffering with serious organic

changes, the ones with grave infections

(pneumonia, pyelonephritis, meningitis…) and

the ones for whom the needed similimum is

not available in a wide rang of potencies.

Notwithstanding all these difficulties, the

master homoeopath will individualise without

limiting the range of potencies and still bring

the patient to a cure. Careful observation and

sound principles, not dogmas, guide the

hahnemannian.”

“For over 50 years HAHNEMANN constantly

experimented with potencies. He used the

clinical results as his only guide.

HAHNEMANN was not an advocate of high

potencies only, or usually. At the same time he

never intended to dogmatically limit the

potency range one way or the other.”

What is the ideal potency according to

HAHNEMANN?

See paragraph 278 of the Organon.

“As for the repetition of the dose we

recommend that it must be repeated as needed,

no more, no less the minimum repetition to

cure the patient rapidly, gently and

permanently, Ad. LIPPE wrote in 1878: “It has

been often asked by beginners of the practice

of Homoeopathy, as well as by students, how

often a dose of medicine should be repeated. A

priori, no rules for the repetition can be laid

down. In very acute diseases, one single dose

may suffice, or it may be necessary to repeat

the dose at very short intervals; In chronic

diseases one dose may act for days, weeks, or

months, or it may become necessary to repeat

the dose daily or oftener, for a day, a week, or

even for months. In all this the practitioner

must be guided by his individual judgement.

Individual judgment should not be mistaken

for, or confounded with, individual opinion,

whim or caprice.”

“By individualizing the potency and the

repetition we aim at optimal posology for

noting less than optimal result – which is to

restore health rapidly, gently, permanently

(Paragraph 2 of the Organon). The posology is

individulaised by assessing the sensitivity of

the patient, the evolution of the disease

process, the acuteness or chronicity of the

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disease, the undesirability of an aggravation,

the undesirability of a relapse, the vitality of

the patient, the clarity of the case, the

availability of potencies of the remedy

selected, etc. The practice of Homoeopathy as

a whole is a complex process of

individualizing that strategies.”

We must eschew too frequent and unnecessary

repetition as well as too delayed repetition.

NASH said, “There has been so much

bungling in too frequent repetition or change

of remedy with a certain class of prescribers,

that another class, hoping to remedy that state

of things, have gone to the other extreme and

made WAIT their watchword. Now there is no

more sense in waiting for the wrong remedy to

do what it never can do, than there is in

repeating the right one when it is doing all it

can, and thereby hindering a reaction already

established. Many fatal errors have been

committed both ways. Many cures have been

attributed to waiting on remedies, that were

nothing more or less than recoveries and the

remedy had nothing to do with it… So long as

different degrees of susceptibility, natural or

morbid, remaih, so long must the proper dose

to rightly influence the patient be recognized.

The right remedy must be given, waited upon

or repeated, according to the rules laid down

in the Organon; and no amount of giving,

waiting upon or repeating the wrong one will

make it right, or do anything but harm.”

Attention is drawn to paragraphs 246, 247 and

258 of the Organon; and no amount of giving,

waiting upon or repeating the wrong one will

make it right, or do anything but harm”.

Attention is drawn to paragraphs 246,247 and

258 of the Organon. The author quotes cases

from HAHNEMANN, BOENNINGHAUSEN,

HERING, LIPPE, GUERNSEY, DUNHAM,

BERRIDGE, SKINNNER, NASH, H.C.

ALLEN.

“It (Organon) is a book that requires years of

serious study: after all it took HAHNEMANN

over 50 years to write it. LIPPE was absolutely

right in recommending that one should read the

Organon one hundred times. In 1883 he said,

“It is now over 50 years since I first read the

Organon. I just begin to comprehend it”.

“Homoeopathy is not a religion but a science

and an art. Our laws and principles are not

dogmas but rather the fruit of pure observation

that can be verified by any careful and honest

observer. Hahnemannians do not base their

prescriptions on faith, belief, opinion,

prejudices, fantasies, or whims, but purely on

knowledge from experience, careful and

meticulous experience…John H. CLARKE

once wrote, “Homoeopathy is not a matter of

belief, it is one of knowledge. Either a man

knows a certain fact or a series of facts, or a

certain law and how to use it, or he does not

know and there’s an end”.

HAHNEMANN wanted a system of medicine

based on facts, on pure facts only. Therefore

he called his materia medica Materia Medica

Pura, pure from interpretations, conjectures,

fabrications, quick generalizations etc. Now

what would HAHNEMANN say if he saw

some of the “modern” material medica

inventions of today? Probably he would say

not less than… (paragraph 144)”. “Again let us

not forget what HERING had written in his

last address to the profession in 1880: “If our

school ever gives up the strict inductive

method of HAHNEMANN, we are lost and

deserve to be mentioned only as a caricature in

the history of medicine”.

“Classical Homoeopathy encompasses not

only the entire Organon on Medicine but

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HAHNEMANN’s Chronic Diseases and all

his other works as well as ones of the

hahnemannians’ that have advanced our art

and science. Homoeopathy demands many

years of study to master, with many sacrifices

to be made and obstacles to be overcome”.

6. Proving homoeopathic medicine

ROYAL, F Fuller (BHJ,80,2/1992)

A brief review of proving protocol and

records.

7. The spirit of Homoeopathy

DAM, C,(NTKH, 2,4/1991)

This is a critical review of Dr. Rajan

SANKARAN’s book ‘The spirit of

Homoeopathy’. The motto of the spirit of

Homoeopathy is: ‘Disease is delusion,

Awareness is cure’.

8. Sameul HAHNEMANN- critic of the

regular Medicine.

KUITENBROUWER N. (NTKH,2,4/1991)

HAHNEMANN’s criticism of Allopahy is

vauluable in many ways: it can serve as a

guide for Allopathy itself; it places

Homoeopathy in such wider context; and it

helps us see how HAHNEMANN’s mind

worked-which is important since it follows that

the medical science that he developed had to

be free of the criticisms he directed at the

prevailing medical technique.

As a student HAHNEMANN studied

DESCARTED, SPINOZA and LEIBNITZ

among others and latter, SCHELLING and

HEGEL. Inspired by what he read and his

times, he developed a penchant for scientific

exactness and empirical certainly. “Nothing,”

he wrote, “is more deserving of critical

examination than Medicine, the science

responsible for our most valuable earthly

possession”.

For HAHNEMANN, disease symptoms were

an expression of a disturbed vital force. The

allopathic view (a la DESCARTES and

VIRCHOW) was and still is that material

changes in the organism are the cause rather

than the result of illness; Allopathy’s professed

aim is to eradicate the cause. This ignorance of

the dynamic force of illness has resulted in

inconsistent methodologies and theories;

unlike Homoeopathy as mapped out by

HAHNEMANN in his Organon.

HAHNEMANN’s critique is also important

when evaluating the modernization of

orthodox medicine (and it is remarkable that

criticsm from the beginning of the 18

th

century

should still be applicable). The proliferation of

specialization is a logical consequence of a

materialistic, unsympathetic and

‘kaleidoscopic’ medical philosophy and

despite the fact that the costs, the number of

jobs and the allopath’s power and technical

know-how have increased, there is no real

proof that patients are better off.

9. Some excerpts from Dr. T.K. MOORE’s

article written in 1939 containing some

aphorisms:

(Homoeopathy Today,11, 3/1991)

On the selection of the remedy:

1. Homoeopathy is absolutely

inconceivable without the most precise

individualisation.

2. The outstanding symptom is the key to

follow, no matter how remote this symptom

may be from the pathology.

3. Symptoms indicating the curative

remedy lie often outside those that make up the

pathology of the case.

4. The constitutional remedy is found by a

series of symptoms absolutely new to that

patient. (BOGER)

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5. Prescribe for the last symptom to open

the case.

Follow with the related remedy, if any.

6. In any complicated chronic case, the

recent symptoms are the deciding ones. Cure

your case in layers, the last layer first

(WOODBURY)

7. Keep on a symptom. Don’t follow a

remedy (ROBERTS)

On the question of repetition of the

remedy:

8. After a remedy has acted, repeating the

remedy too soon is one of the greatest mistakes

that can be made (BOGER)

9. After a prescription giving relief, do not

give a remedy for any new symptom appearing

in a less vital part (LIPPE)

10. In a chronic case do not repeat or

change a remedy too soon. This statement

needs to be repeated a thousand times

(SLOAN)

11. Minutes or hours in acute, weeks or

months in chronic. Never repeat while

amelioration holds (TYLER)

12. In treating a chronic case, if an acute

condition appears, unless it becomes

dangerous or throws upon the screen some

individualistic indication, it should generally

not be interfered with (JAHR)

13. If the symptoms for which a remedy is

given are removed and a new symptom

appears, withhold the hand if you wish the case

to go on to recovery (LIPPE).

14. The potency must be changed if a

given remedy is to be repeated (LIPPE).

15. BOENNINGHAUSEN usually

repeated the 200

th

daily for two weeks.

16. Repeat the dose until an effect is

produced, better or worse, then stop (CASE)

On the principles of prescribing in chronic

cases:

17. Do not dip into the chronic state when

dealing with an acute condition and vice versa

(ROBERTS)

18. Do not commence treatment of any

chronic disease during an acute exacerbation.

Prescribe for the acute symptoms.

19. If an acute disease appears on top of a

chronic, you must let the remedy work its way

out (BOGER)

Miscellaneous:

20. It is impossible to learn Homoeopathy

except from a master (R.GIBSON MILLER)

21. In acute conditions it is often advisable

to yield to the food cravings, but in chronics

they must not be indulged (R.GIBSON

MILLER)

22. Vegetable diet will increase

susceptibility to our remedies (BOGER).

23. We all know that proving in a remedy

is evidence that it is not the similimum

(BOGER).

24. A new remedy should sustain a

complementary relation to a former one, i.e.

Causticum and Phosphorus do not like to work

after each other. Calcarea is the natural

chronic of Belladonna and Rhus; Natrum mur

of Ignatia and Apis; and Silica of Pulsatilla.

Apis will not of well after Rhus.

25. To prescribe for an aggravation is to

fix the chronic condition on the patient

(ROBERTS). said MICHAEL.

“This is a very strong statement”.

26. The initial aggravation may occur in

chronics during the first eight or ten days.

27. Look for a clear picture of the chronic

following recovery from an acute condition

(ROBERTS).

10. Homoeopathy in politics

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As the British Govt. was changing hands the

following appeared on the HomoeoNet:

Politics is a dirty business

gn. F.TREUHERZ tidbits 3:57 pm, Nov 26,

1990

Mind; HAUGHTY

Mind; HONOUR; effects of wounded

Mind; BSTINATE, headstrong

Mind; DICTATORIAL, domineering

Mind; CENSORIOUS, critical

Mind; DELUSIONS; great person, is

Mind; DELUSIONS; god; communication

with, that he is in

Mind; DELUSIONS; Persecuted,that he is

Mind; LIE, never speaks the truth, does not

know what he is saying.

11. Extract from the Ohio meeting report:

DR. EIZAYAGA’s Algorithm for PMS: ref.

KENT’s Repertory (Homoeopathy Today, 11,

3/1991)

ABDOMEN: Distensin, before menses

Pain, aching, dull, liver, before menses

BACK: Pain, backache, lumbar region, before

menses

CHEST: Induration, mammae before menses

Pain, sore, mammae, before menses

FACE: Eruptions, pimples, before menses

agg.

FEMALE GENITALIA:

Desire increased

Pain, bearing down, uterus, before menses

Pain, uterus, extending to, back and groin

Pain, uterus, extending to breasts

Pain, uterus, extending down te thighs

Pain, uterus, extending, downward

Pain, uterus, extending, upward

Pain, uterus, menses, at beginning

Pain, uterus, before menses

GENERALITIES:

Convulsions

Heat, flushes of

Weakness, before menses

MIND: Anger, before menses

Anxiety, before menses

Sadness, before menses

Weeping, before menses

HEAD: Pain, before menses

NOSE: Coryza, before menses

RECTUM: Haemorrhage from anus, before

menses

RESPIRATION:

Asthmatic, before menses

Difficult, before menses

STOMACH: Appetite increased, before

menses

Nausea, before menses

Vomiting, before menses

12. The Law of Similars

KOPPIKAR, S.P. (The H.H.,16, 2/1991)

What exactly should the remedy be similar to?

The pathology, the mental symptoms, the

constitution, the causative factors, etc? In this

very brief (and incomplete) essay the author

seems to argue for ‘objective’ similarity.

II. MATERIA MEDICA

1. Aggressive, restless child-Tarentula

hispanica

KONIG, P (AHZ,236,2/1991)

Four years old child Anna was very restless

and aggressive, an extremely difficult child.

She was destructive, chaotic, uncontrollable.

However, when music was played she would

begin to dance and her aggressiveness would

lesson. Tarentula hispanica M cured.

2. Discus proalpse verified by CT scan-

Causticum

EBERT, J (AHZ, 236,2/1991)

51 years old female with massive prolapse of

discs L4/L5. Causticum XM given on the basis

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of Mental and General symptoms and

sensation’ as if her leg was short by 2 cm.

when she stood up’ cured restored the prolapse

and subsequent normalizations were recorded

by CT scans. The homoeopathic remedy

worked effectively although the patient was

taking Cortisone regularly for Autoimmune

Thyroiditis.

3. An interesting case-optic atrophy

LEERS, H. (AHZ,236,3/1991)

Eight years old boy suffered from optic

atrophy. Prescription on the basis of General

and Particular sysmptoms: Calcarea carbonica

D200, cured.

4. Kreosote and the homoeopathic material

medica

G.v. KELLER (ZKH,35,2.1991)

The Homoeopathy practitioner has three aids

for selection of the curative remedy: The

Materia medica, the Repertory and the

collection of characteristics. Each of these has

its practical use and none can replace the other.

It is only the mere theoretician who does not

actually practice Homoeopathy, who would

speak of one being superior to the other. The

author illustrates this by a few of his cases in

which Kreosote was the remedy.

5. A case of Lahnanthes tinctoria

KLUNKER, W (ZKH,35,2/1991)

A four year old child suffered from fever,

delirium which was cured by Lachnanthes

tinctoria M rapidly. The child had ‘delusion of

snakes’ (SR 1/351),’sleeplessness during

heat’(SR,III/158), ‘delirium during heat’

(Guiding symptoms).

6. Bryonia

SCHOBER, U. (ZLH,35,2/1991)

The pharmaceutical preparation of Bryonia as

given in the modern pharmacopoeia is

different from what is given by

HAHNEMANN. Whereas HAHNEMANN’s

Materia Medica Pura and his earlier work

Apotheker-Lexikon mentioned Bryonia alba,

the current Pharmacopoeia mentions Bryonia

dioica.. In the course of events

HAHNEMANN’s Bryonia has been

substituted by a different Bryonia. This may be

due to many factors including carelessness.

HAHNEMANN’s has said (Paragraph 122,

Organon)… “In such experiments-on which

the certainly of the entire art of healing and the

well-being of all future generations of mankind

depend no medicines should be taken but those

that one knows thoroughly, those whose

purity, authenticity, and full potency one is

completely certain of”. Homoeopaths should

interest themselves in the origin of their

remedies and take up fresh provings of the

correct remedy as introduced by

HAHNEMANN.

7. An unintentional remedy proving Mercurius

solubilis

WEGENER, A. (AKH, 35, 2/1991)

A 40 year old female patient suffered from an

infection of throat and other symptoms for

which she sought homoeopathic treatment. The

symptoms were all very clearly similar to those

of Mercury. She has suffered a melanoma and

after surgery she had been given injections

which contained Mercury. Her present

sufferings were Mercury ‘proving’. She was

quickly cured with a dose of Mercurius

solubilis M.

8. Pertussis-Mezereum

WALDECKER, A (ZKH, 35, 3/1991)

Girl child-3 years of age, suffered from

whooping cough; agg. evening to midnight;

anxiety. sadness, weepy; white coated tongue;

loss of appetite, with constant thirst. Mezereum

200 single dose cured rapidly (vide Repertory

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section of BOENNINGHAUSEN’s monograph

‘the homoeopathic treatment of different forms

of whooping cough’,)

9. Hypericum perforatum-one remefy at a time

ELMORE, Durr (Resonance, 13, 1/1991)

10. A case of warts, hyperactivity and

regression of speech

FASSLER Kristy (Resonance, 13, 1/1991)

4 year old child; hyperactive, regressed speech

and warts, mumbles and slurs words.

Medorrhinum cured. Medorrhinum has:

hurried speech, walk, etc., overactive or

turbulent mind; mental confusion; forgetful of

facts, figures, what was read and what one was

about to say’, mistakes in speech and writing.

11. An unusual case of environmentally

induced chronic headaches

REICHENBERG-ULLMAN Judyth

(Resonance, 13, 1/1991)

Lady 73 years old; headaches for about 20

years after exposure to fumes of chlorox and

ammonia, Glonoine cured.

12. Carbo Vegetabilis-one remedy at a time

ELMORE, Durr (Resonance, 13, 2/1991)

13. Mentrual discomfort and abnormal

bleeding

REICHENBERG-ULLMAN, Judyth

(Resonance, 13, 2/1991)

Two cases of abnormal bleeding relieved by

Belladonna.

14. Two child birth remedies

MOSKOWITZ, Richard (JAIH, 83, 3/1990)

Caulophyllum and Cimicifuga are discussed

including differential diagnosis. Cases are

presented.

15. Some thoughts on the psychology of Nux

vomica with special reference to children.

SHORE, Jonathan (JAIH, 83, 4/1990)

Nux vomicais a broad spectrum polychrest.

The psychological ‘essence’delineated by

VITHOULKAS is: ambitious, driving,

competitive, with a great emphasis on

efficiency and fastidiousness. A remedy may

be thought of as a pattern, a pattern of

symptoms, a pattern of events. What are the

patterns we come across in children? The

Repertory gives some indications;

Jealousy, between children

Obstinate, headstrong children

Sensitive, oversensitive children

Shrieking, screaming, shouting

Aversion, persons, to certain; to all

Sulky; Morose, cross

Discontented, displeased, dissatisfied

Hatred; suspicious, mistrustful

Repulsive mood

Delusions, persecuted, he is Pursued, he

was, by enemies

Dreams, pursued, of being

The author has observed one ‘fear’ in Nux

vomica children which is not found in the

related rubrics of the Repertory. It is ‘fear, or

at least a dislike of the dark’. The author

speculates that it is rather ‘a feeling of

presences or of other energies in the room

when it gets dark’. Some cases are reported to

depict the Nux vomica child. A very interesting

study.

16. Kali carbonicum

WATSON, Ian (The Homoeopath, 11, 2/1991)

An ‘image’ of a remedy is taught and it is

fixed it is fixed in our mind and if that fits a

case certainly the results are satisfactory.

However remedies have different facets not

appreciated as the well-known ones taught to

us. The author discusses such aspects of Kali

carbonicum.

Kali carbonicum is a major remedy for fluid

retention; suited to dropsical states.

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There is a generalized sensation of dryness

which runs through the remedy picture-dry

cough, dry stools, dry skin, dry hair, dry eyes,

dry throat, dry tongue, etc.

Perspiration scanty or suppressed; urine flows

slowly.

Tendency to weep; with headache, during

chill, in sleep, without knowing why, when

telling symptoms, etc.

Also continual gushing of water in the mouth,

excessive lachrymation, dimunition of sight

after working in water,

regurgitation of water from the stomach and a

tendency to profuse sweat or night sweat.

Sensation as if stomach is full of water;

and even dreams of water;

dreams of weeping.

So, this polarity; dryness and excess water.

Emotions felt in the stomach area, particularly

anxiety, fear, or sudden shocks like the

slamming of a door.

Nausea from emotions or after vexation.

Never well since childbirth, abortion, back or

pelvic injury and overstraining the back.

Key theme of all this is: physical misalignment.

Never well since hysterectomy.

PMS: general aggravation

Before menses; sleepless, ovarian soreness,

backache, or pains in the legs; vaginal itching;

constipation; uterine pain before or during

menses.

General characteristics:

Sensation as if the back, hip, knees or legs

would give way.

aggravation between 2-5 am.

Pain in back amel. lying on hard surfaces;

agg. walking, standing and sitting upright.

Oversensitive to noise, touch, draught, pain.

Hypersensitive soles

Sharp, stitching pains.

Puffy, bag-like swelling above the upper

eyelids.

Mental picture:

emotional instability, ‘terrible mood

swings’

Irritability or touchiness

Quarrelsome

Fear: presence of something unknown in

the house; of evil; of ghosts.

17. Treating strep throat

DELANEY Susan (Similimum, 4, 2/1991)

Two cases: A girl, 11, years of age and a man,

33 years of age; both suffering from strep

throat with left-sided tonsillar enlargement and

cervical glands were rapidly cured with

Mercurius iodatus ruber 30 after Lachesis

failed.

18. A case of acute dizziness

BARRETT Rich (Similimum, 4, 2/1991)

Cocculus indicus 200 cleared a 30 year old

woman’s dizziness and nausea; dizziness ‘like

being drunk’. Diagnosis: Vertigo secondary to

peripheral vestibular dysfunction.

19. Two musculoskeletal cases

MORSTEIN Mona (Similimum, 4, 2/1991)

It is not always Bryonia, Arnica, Rhus

toxicondendron or Ruta which are needed in

all musculoskeletal cases.

Sometimes ‘small’ remedies come in.

Case 1: 64 years old woman. Pain in shinbone

worse on the medial aspect of the foot. Pain

deep “like it’s in the bone” No history of

injury, no swelling; physiotherapy didn’t help.

Repertorial rubries;

Extremities, pain, burning, foot

“ “ sore, foot; agg. walking

“ , swoolen, foot and heel

“ , shooting, heel

Cyclamen 6 t.i.d. for 4 days and then Cyclamen

30 for 3 days cured.

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Case 2: 52 years old man. Acute flareup of

sciatica. Pain right leg, agg. any pressure, agg.

walking. Pain burning and dull which went up

and down the leg.

“It seems to be in my bone”.

Extremities, pain, leg

“ “ “bone

“ “ “ tibia

“ “ “ aching, tibia

“ “ “ burning, leg and tibia, walking

Mezereum 6 t.i.d. cured

20. Computer radiation and other

imponderables

WEISS Shandor (Similimum, 4, 2/1991)

Computers emit many types of electromagnetic

fields (EMF) including X-Rays, Gamma rays,

Static electric fields and extremely low

frequency radiation (ELF). Also a constant

stream of positive ions is emitted from the

screen. The author’s eys burned, itched, were

injected and felt tired or fatigued, The skin

around the eyes, on the lids, eyebrows, below

the eyes, and at the outer and inner canthi. was

dusky, red, dry, and itchy. Working before the

computer made the eyes and skin feel hot and

itchy.

The author made a potency of the emissions of

the computer screen. He filled a one ounce

dropper bottle with alcohol and water and

taped it to the computer screen and left the

computer on overnight with the bottle in place.

The next day a 6c potency was prepared from

the irradiated solution, of which he took 10

drops t.i.d. for a day. The next day all the skin

around the eyes peeled, flaked off and became

normal. Itching etc, were relieved. Now-a-days

electromagnetic field (EMF), stress and

pollution are ubiquitous.

The author has used Computer rad. 6c in

appropriate cases with satisfactory results.

However, no provings have been done.

27. A case of measles with delirium

MEISSNER Julek (Similimum, 4, 2/1991)

A ten year old boy suffered a severe viral

infection at 3 years of age and since then

predisposed to much illness. Yearly bronchitis,

sinusitis, severe food and environmental

sensitivities, headaches, frequent leg cramps,

irritability and nightmares. He was doing well

on homoeopathic remedies. Then he suddenly

developed measles; fever 106°F. Cold baths

etc. did not bring down the temperature. The

face became swollen, eyes blood-shot, extreme

photophobia, often delirious, at times in stupor,

at others fearful. Swearing angrily or speaking

nonsense such as “Don’t put any more rocks

on me” or frantically asking for his dad. After

stupor when consciousness returned he kept

repeating that he was going to die.

The mother had already tried Belladonna,

Gelsemium, Bryonia, Rhus toxicodendron,

Phosphorus, Sulphur and Ferrum

phosphoricum.

Rubrics selected;

Fever, exanthematic, measles

continued, stupid form

intense heat

Mind, delirium, foolish

nonsense, with eyes open

raging,

Skin, eruptions, measles

Cough, measles, during

Stramonium 200, cured.

22. The hotanical relationship of the vegetable

remedies-Part 4

CHINDEMI, Wayne J.(Similimum, 4, 2/1991)

Aconitum napellus

23. A chronic Aconite case

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CHINDEMI, Wayne J. (Similimum, 4, 2/1991)

20 year old female (a ‘synchronised’

swimmer) developed intense fear and anxiety

following a car accident. Subsequently, while

flying the airplane hit a turbulence for a few

minutes, and she became panicky; she didn’t

do well in her swimming then on.

Aconitum napellus 10M made her calmer and

relaxed, both at home and at the swimming

pool.

24. Two cases

MILROY Pamela (Similimum, 4, 2/1991)

Case 1: A 20 year old female with pain in her

left arm which had progressed to the left

thoracic region. Diagnosed as a sprained rib.

Pain had gradually worsened to a shooting pain

causing dyspnoea.s

Admitted to emergency with dyspnoea and

soreness of chest, given anti-coaguulants for

suspected pulmonary embolism, then anti-

inflammatory medication for suspected

pleuritis.

Bryonia relieved the pain but the dyspnoea

remained, Ranunculus bulbosus cured.

Case 2: 36 year old female dental assistant

with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. This

appeared to have been precipitated by a blow

to the spine by a golf ball, two years ago. Also

numbness of left leg and arm. She had had

Acupuncture, Massage, Chiropractic and

Physiotherapy, which all helped but not

entirely.

She used a cane because of imbalance and

weakness. Periodic dizziness, trouble

verbalizing certain objects, she was given

Hyperricum based on the aetiology (No

remedy covered her whole case).

In three days she said, “everything has

changed.” She had never felt so well for a long

time before.

Letter she needed Ignatia because she was

emotionally upset since her boss suffered

leukaemia. Interstingly, she did not have flare-

ups of the MS symptoms under emotional

stress.

25.Mercurius case

NORLAND, Misha (Similimum, 4,

2/1991)

The ‘Mind’ of Saddam Hussain is analysed

and it fits the remedy Mercurius.

26. Case Report: “To prepare a sermon and

hold a sermon.”

LASSAUWY (NTKH,2, 4/1991)

A 37 year old man, a vicar, with many

symptoms which did not clearly point to a

remedy. When asked “what ameliorates you

most?”, he replied immediately, “To prepare a

sermon and hold a sermon.” He was asked to

deliver “a piece of sermon” over the telephone.

He holds a sermon for a few minutes and

immediately the therapist is under its spell.

This gives a clear hint for Lachesis who can

fascinate people with his hypnotic way of

speaking. Though he was not at all loquacious

Lachesis fits the rest of the picture very well

and it indeed worked well in the case.

27. Calendula to the rescue

ROGERS, Michael V. (Homoepathy

Today, 11, 3/1991)

In a communication Michael ROGERS

informs that a diabetic patient who had a lesion

on her foot about a 50 Cent size which the

doctors had been trying to heal without success

for over six months, was completely healed by

Calendula tincture application. An amputation

was thus saved.

28. A cure by Graphites

DEVIPRIYAN (HH, 16, 2/1991)

A simple case of Graphites eczema

29. Allium cepa-onion (HH, 16, 2/1991)

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The author refers to a new item in a Tamil

journal referring to onion extract as a remedy

(external application?) for baldness.

30. A case of gangrene of the left foot

WADIA, S.R. (HMM, 2, 4/1991)

A 75 year old lady with gangrene of the little

toe (left)-foot of purple hue; pain as if tightly

bandaged; left leg cold to touch; on anti-

coagulant drugs and had been advised

amputation from hip-was given Lachesis 200

and later 1000 and cured in a fortnight after the

toe burst and discharged foul blood.

Amputation was averted.

31. Ignatia in advanced pathology

KHAN, LM., JAIN, J.S. (HMM,2,4/1991)

Lady of 72 years with a diagnosis of

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of cervix and

vagina (diagnosis made a year before

homoeopathic consultations), on radiotherapy.

P/H duodenal ulcers, hysterectomy,

oophorectomy; all her troubles began after a

close relative passed away (40 years ago).

Many grievous events; lost 3 babies out of 6;

one son alcoholic; a beloved grand daughter

married a christian boy against her wish.

Contradictory symptoms; good appetite in

spite of cancer; boldness in facing life (though

constant shocks made her sensitive). Constant

desire to swallow. Ignatia in ascending LM

potencies gradually improved her condition;

(observed for 3 months after initial

prescription at the time of reporting the case).

32. Alcoholism – case report

RASTOGI, D.P. (HMM,3, 1/1991)

A 44 year old man was helped to leave off

alcohol with Pulsatilla M, selected on the basis

of Weakness, mornings; Concentration,

difficult; Hide, desire to (he did not want

others to know of his drinking habit and drank

alone); Glaucoma.

33. Case report

Falguni K KHARIWALA (HMM, 3,

1/1991)

Recurrent cough and fever in a 59 year old

man cured with Cistus Canadensis 30 within a

few days, while antibiotics gave only a partial

palliation. The guiding rubrics were; As if

worm moving in throat, causing cough; Amel.

sipping water.

34. Case report

SHARMA, M.L. (HMM.3. 1/1991)

Violent behaviour in a 26 year old lady

relieved with Nux vomica 30 using Dr.

Sehgal’s ‘mentals alone’. Later for cystitis she

received Cantharis.

35. Case report – rain secondaries

MUTHUKANNAN, S. (HMM, 3, 1/1991)

58 year old lady with history of

Adenocarcinoma of ovary (1978); Anaplastic

Carcinoma of breast (1986); Brain secondaries

(1988). Had undergone pan-hysterectomy,

salpingo-oophorectomy, mastectomy; on

radiation therapy. Her various symptoms were

treated by Condurango 200, Carcinosin 200,

Veratrum album 200 and Apis mellifica. She

could come back to a somewhat normal living

and a later CAT scan showed plain scan.

36. Habit, expression and mannerism

FAYAZUDDIN, M. (HMM, 3, 1/1991)

The author has collected various demeanours

of people as mentioned in our literature and

used as basis for prescription;

Some examples; ‘covers the nose to keep out

cool air’ Rumex Crispus;

Kleptomania Stannum, Staphysagaria;

‘shrugging shoulders’ (Constriction of chest

and obstructed breathing amel. thereby –

Calcarea carbonica;

Averse to social gatherings, avoids going

outSepia

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37. A case of hypothyroidism

VEERABHADRA RAO, S. (HMM, 3,

2/1991)

Lady of 25 years with rough skin, hoarse

voice, diminished sweat, darkened

complexion, weight gain. Had had

Progesterone injections. Normal T3;

subnormal T4 (gynaecologist prescribed

thyroid supplementation). Based only on her

characteristic symptoms-late menses, preceded

by diarrhoea; desire for sour food; desires open

air; generalized itching; sleeplessness-she was

prescribed Lachesis in LM potencies. Clinical

symptoms improved and T4 level came to

normal. Diagnoses do not guide, but

characteristic symptoms do!

38. Adnexal endometrioma

NAGPAUL, Sudesh (HMM 3, 2/1991)

Lady of 30 years with menorrhagia, rt.

hypogastric pain and flatulence; pelvic

ultrasound showed endometrioma.

Lycopodium 30 (4 times a day for over an

year) cured, confirmed by later pelvic

ultrasound.

39. Clinical confirmation

RASTOGI, Lina (HMM, 3, 3/1991)

Gun powder 6x cured septic arthritis and

osteomyelitis (traumatic) in a 38 year old man,

after surgery and curettage had failed to arrest

bone damage and suppuration.

Radium bromatum 200 relieved eczema in 3

cases with itching amel. cool air.

Source: Dictionary of Materia Medica,

CLARKE J.H.

40. Thromboanglitis obliterans

VEERABHADRA ROA, S. (HMM, 3,

3/1991)

Man of 40 years with history of gangrene and

amputation of rt. big toe developed incipient

gangrene of it. little toe; Chain smoker.

Pulsatilla 6 to M (Pains spread upwards;

coldness of affected part) in repeated doses

cured in 2 months.

Lachesis, Arsenicum, Pyrogen and the like

need not be the only gangrene remedies: seek

the guiding symptoms!

41. Insomnia

RASTOGI, D.P. (HMM, 3, 3/1991)

A lady physician, after a fractured wrist,

developed anxiety, sleeplessness and a feeling

of guilt that she could not look after her

children. Arsenicum 30 relieved.

42. Vipera

VEKATACHALAM, A. (HMM, 3,

3/1991)

Lady aged 72 years; diagnosis; Filaria. Rt. foot

swollen, ulcerated, bloody oozing Vipera M

cured.

43. Egg and the baby

GURNANI, Bhavna (MFH, 1, 3/1991)

Allergic rashes after egg in a 5 month old male

baby relieved by Ferrum metallicum.

44. Asphyxia

LAKSHMINARAYANAN, D. (MFH, 1,

3/1991)

Hydrocyanic acid 30 relieved asphyxia and

pains in a 35 year old lady from consuming

hydrochloric acid fumes while cleaning her

bath floor with the acid; remnant weakness

was relieved by Opium M.

45. Are there aggressive and benign remedies

in Homoeopathy?

SRINIVASAN, K.S. (MFH, 1, 3/1991)

65 years old obese, hypertensive lady with

difficult respiration, pedal oedema etc, was

given Pulsatilla XM (weepy, emotional;

forsaken feeling). A severe initial aggravation:

generalized oedema, weight gain, pains –

suggested that Pulsatilla was not such a benign

remedy as we believe. Later however, the

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aggravation subsided and a few eruptions

appeared (Sulphur)

46. Our experiences in Homoeopathy

PARVATI DEVI., DAYAL PRASAD.

(MFH, 1, 3/1991)

The authors are allopathic physicians who

apply Homoeopathy in cases they deem suited

for such application. They have reported two

cases:

Case 1: A female child found floating in flood

water was rescued, and found to be: cold, pale,

cyanotic; congested lungs, shallow breathing,

irregular heart action. Ipecacuanha 6 produced

instant vomiting of swallowed water; Carbo

vegetabilis 30 improved cyanosis and

breathing. The life threatening situation was

tackled quickly.

Case 2: Incipient abortion in a lady of 30 years

with metrorhagia and lumbo-abdominal pain.

Sabina 200 induced a natural abortion averting

hospital procedures.

The authors’ view is that allopathic physicians

are better placed to treat homoeopathically as

they could decide when to switch over to it!

They do not entirely stop allopathic drugs, use

antibiotics to combat infection along with

homoeopathic remedies.

1. A brief report on the importance of choice

of colour in finding the homoeopathic remedy

KÖNIG, P. (AHZ, 236, 3/1991)

Dr. H.V. MÜLLER has been narrating his

experiences with the integration of patients’

choice of colour into his homoeopathic remedy

choice. Following these this author has also

experimented and found that it was indeed

helpful in practice. The author also cautions

against errors and the advantages of using the

patient’s colour choice for finding the correct

homoeopathic remedy. He ahs also given a few

cases.

2. Sisters – two girls with gastro-oesophageal

reflux

NEUSTAEDTER, Randall (Resonance, 13,

2/1991)

Baby girl seen first at 19 months age with

gastro-oesophageal reflux (GER). Remedy:

Veratrum album given thrice over an year.

There was repeated antidoting of the remedy

by allopathic intervention for acute Otitis etc.

Girl of 31/2 years age with GER since infancy.

First Sepia M and later Veratrum album M

were given which cured.

3. Homoeopathic antidotes

SCHOONOVER, Candace (JAIH, 83,

4/1990)

Discusses agents of antidotes – chemical

substances and dynamic processes – which

have been seen to interfere with curative

process. Coffee appeared to be the most

common agent. It was also concluded that it is

difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of a

remedy during the first month after

administration. It was observed that remedies

were most likely to be antiodoted during the

first three months after the prescription. A very

interesting study supported by many cases,

tables.

4. Mental discomfort and abnormal bleeding

REICHENBERG-ULLMAN, Judyth

(Resonance, 13, 2/1991)

Two cases of abnormal bleeding relieved with

Belladonna.

5. A case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,

Osteoporosis.

Arthritis, Bell’s Palsy and Diverticulitis.

FLAGLER Lila (Similimum, 4, 2/1991)

A 68 year old woman with multiple

pathologies was treated with homoeopathic

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medicines along with allopathic remedies

during the period 1988 to 1990 and kept

improving.

Dramatic improvement was noticed with

Natrum arsenicosum.

Although the patient was taking Steroids she

responded well to the homoeopathic

medicines. Of course the prognosis is guarded.

With correct prescribing and enough strength

left in the vital force of the patient

homoeopathy can be extremely beneficial to

such a patient. Homoeopathy can stimulate a

healing response in even very ill patients.

6. Homoepathic treatment of Eczema: a

retrospective survey of 130 cases:

SPENCE. D.S.(BHJ, 80, 2/1991)

This is based on the Richard HUGHES

Memorial Lecture on May 17, 1990.

In the Preface to his ‘Manual of Therapeutics’

HUGHES speaks of the need for the

practitioner of standing to seek more accurate

adaptation of the medicines he has already

learnt to use in order to make his practice more

effectual. Dr. SPENCE has chosen to analyse

130 eczema cases to ascertain:

What medicines are used?

What therapeutic methods are being used?

Are there any commonly recurring

factors? etc.

The cases are divided as:

Provoking or precipitating factors;

aggravating factors identified; homoeopathic

avenues of approach used: i.e., Constituational,

Miasmatic, etc; Number of cases in which

multiple strategies were used; homoeopathic

medicines prescribed; Potencies used; outcome

of homoeopathic treatment; significant past

medical history; family history.

Calcarea, Kali sulphuricum and Pulsatilla

have been predominantly used in children and

Lycopodium and Nux vomica in adults.

Arsenicum, Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus,

Silicea, Staphysagria and Sulphur have been

fairly evenly used in both groups. a total of 49

different homoeopathic medicines were

employed in the management of the 130

patients.

The statistics showed substantial improvement

in both the groups.

7. Homoeopathy in the treatment of

Haemophilia

HUNTON Mollie (BHJ, 80, 2/1991)

Six patients with Haemophilia were treated

with homoeopathic medicines. A rational

attempt has been made to improve their

general health, cope with the side effects of

Factor VIII, cut down the bleeding episodes

and reduce the amount of Factor VIII needed.

Each patient treated had aspects of his health

improved and the overall impression is that

less Factor VIII was needed.

The author’s interest in this subject was

aroused when a mother brought her

haemophiliac son for homoeopathic treatment

of epistaxis. He had a rapid response with

complete amelioration of the nosebleeds that

he had had for a long time. His mother was

very impressed and asked if Homoeopathy

could help his other problems. Also what about

helping other children with similar problems?

Haemophilia is a disease with variable

bleeding rates. Haemophilia results from a

congenital deficiency of Factor VIII. It is an X-

linked recessive disorder, usually affecting

only males. Females are carriers. Because of

deficiency of Factor VIII haemophiliacs have

frequent spontaneous bleeds. They need

transfusions of Factor VIII antibodies for some

people.

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Repertories consulted: KENT, BOERICKE,

LILIENTHAL, BOENNINGHAUSEN,

RADAR.

This study is very interesting. Certainly

haemophiliacs would benefit much from

Homoeotherapy.

The author concludes: “If all the

haemophiliacs in the country could use

“Ipecac. for epistaxis, Arnica for bruising,

Hamamelis for muscle bleeds and Apis for

joint bleeds, considerably less Factor VIII

would be needed.”

8. Seven successful clinical cases

JACK, R.A.F. (BHJ, 80, 2/1991)

Case 1: Recurrent Otitis media in a 5 ½ year

old boy for past 2 years; ‘never free from

cold’; ‘always having coughs and colds’

followed by pyrexia and severe earache and

then discharge from ear. Attacks recur monthly

– has had 20 courses of antibiotics. Has

developed hearing loss.

old Tuberculinum M;

Aconite 30 and Belladonna 30 for febrile

attacks;

Sycotic co. 30: (Ears and hearing fine, no

further attacks of earache.)

Subsequently, Natrum muriaticum 30 (‘It

stops his colds at the onset’)

Then Lycopodium (‘It stops all his worries

about school’)

Since starting homoeopathic medicines he has

had only one mild attack of Otitis during the

first month and none during next 12 months.

Case 2: Paroxysmal Tachyardia: 72 year old

widow: has been on Digoxin, Diazepam,

Oxprenolol. Still having 3-4 paroxysmal

tachycardias per day and on some days as

much as 12 attacks.

Lycopus virginicus 12 and then 30 brought

very good response. When relapse occurred

Spigelia was given, which was very effective.

Patient was, however, taking her routine

conventional medicines also.

Case 3: Cardiac dysrhythmia: 78 year old

male. Attacks of palpitation mostly when in

bed at night Aconite 30 at 5 minute intervals at

onset of attack unitl improvement; Iberis q.i.d.

as long as he was having attacks. Over 4

months later – only two attacks during this

period.

Case 4: Rheumatoid Arthritis: 65 year old

male. Painful it. hallux dur to arthritis of

metatarsophalangeal joint following an injury

to her toe. Pain had increased steadily over the

last 2 ½ years, which have not been

adequately alleviated by non-steroidal anti-

inflammatory drugs. Was to undergo surgery.

Actea spicata gave very good improvement.

In treating arthritis two rubrics are well worth

remembering:

‘Unaffected by change of weather’ excludes

Dulc., Nux-m., Phos., Ran-b., Rhod., Rhus-t.,

Sil., Tub.

‘Not affected by wet’ excludes Calc., Merc.,

Nat-s., Ruta.

Case 6: Severe headaches; 50 year old male;

frequent intermitting headaches during the last

26 years. Pain came on suddenly and

disappeared equally suddenly. When the pain

lifted he felt perfectly well with no aftermath

of symptoms. Only relief he could obtain was

from placing a bag of frozen peas on his

forehead, the intense cold gave him some

relief, and in sniffing strong smelling salts.

Sulphur 6.q.i.d. and to continue with

Metoprolol. improved. Mot a single headache

in months. Sulphur 200 alternating with

Sulphur 30 at weekly intervals. Tuberculinum

bovinum 10M and Sulphur 200 every 14 days;

continues to be well.

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Case 7: Hyperhidrosis and constipation colic;

62 year old female; Excessive sweating and

abdominal distension for last 3 year and life-

long constipation. Intermittent attacks of

abdominal colic. Chilly person, perspired

freely, could hands and feet. Is on allopathic

medication.

Calcarea phosphorica 200 b.d. at weekly

intervals and Colocynth 30 for colic. After

about a month; sweats reduced by 75%,

constipation 50% better, no attacks of colic

and hence did not need Colocynth.

Tuberculinum 10M (her mother died of

Tubercular Meningitis at the age of 29 years.)

9. Homoeopathy in the treatment of warts.

GUPTA Ramji BHARDWAJ. O.P.,

MANCHANDA, R.K. (BHJ, 80, 2/1991)

66 Patients with warts over various parts were

taken up for the study. Homoeopathic remedies

were selected on the basis of characteristic

history and totality of symptoms. Out of 66

cases, 14 defaulted and out of the 52, warts

disappeared completely in 47 cases. No change

in 3 and in 2 cases, increased.

10. A new look at old remedies

WEMBER, David (Homoepathy Today,

11, 3/1991)

Dr. David WEMBER presented this paper in

the Ohio Conference (1990).

The paper was full of remedy tidbits which

was as a result of noting unusual remedies for

various conditions over a period of several

years in his practice.

Nausea of pregnancy: Symphoricarpus

racemosus and Amygdalus persica (in addition

to lpec., Cocc., Colch., Nux.v., Sep.)

Hay fever remedies: Wyethia (lot of itching,

especially palate), Arundo (much itching),

Succinic acid., Chromico kali sulphuricum

(sneezing, watery eyes and nose, itching).

ENT: Verbascum helpful for enuresis and a

teasing cough when lying down;

Arum draconitum, constant drip in larynx with

a sensation of choking and constant need to

clear the throat;

Kali chloricum (nasal discharge milky white;

also in proteinuria seen in young boys or in

toxaemia of pregnancy);

Serum anguillar ichthyotoxin is also useful in

nephritic syndrome.

Antimonium sulphuratum auratum: constant,

chronic post nasal discharge.

Sanguinaria nitrica and Lemna minor for

chronic obstruction; the former may have nasal

polyps.

For influenza, in addition to Gelsemium,

Eupatorium and Anas barbariae hepatic et

cordis he found Sarcolactic acid especially

useful when there is great prostration with

muscle aching. Sarcolactic acid is also use in

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also Phosphroic

acid and Picric acid.

For stomach-type flu, he mentions Cuprum,

Cuprum arsenitum, Veratrum album.

For repetitive queasiness, diarrhoea, achiness,

headache (i.e., not a full blown prostration)

Triosteum perfoliatum.

Two unusual remedies for cough are:

Antimonium iodatum (when the illness goes

straight to the chest and the cough is hard to

get rid of ) and Populus candicans for

hoarseness, aphonia, roughness, in throat.

Gnaphalium for pain and neuralgia with

numbness.

11. Chronic fatigue syndrome

RAO, B.P. (H.H., 16. 2/1991)

The author has listed the common symptoms

observed in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

also called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, (ME)

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and their homoeopathic remedies. 34 remedies

come through.

12. Post mortem

ZAHID, Salam (HMM, 3, 2/1991)

Reports 3 cases which after a time of

homoeotherapy with apparently well-suited

remedies, developed coronary infarction. “why

did the remedies relieve from time to time but

did not produce total cure?” “Was it only

palliation or suppression?” The author’s such

introspective questions are difficult to answer.

The best one could say is that an intervening

prescription is not warranted every time a

patient presents some symptoms.

1. Remedy alternations in KENT’s Repertory

Crotalus horridus and Croton tiglium

EPPENICH, H. (ZKH, 35, 2/1991)

Empty eructations, stomach p. 493-Crot.t.

(not.Crot.h)

2. The origin, structure and practical use of

BOGER’s “BOENNINGHAUSEN’s

Characteristics and Repertory”. parts I, II, &

III

GYPSER, K.H. (ZKH, 35, 3,4, &5/1991)

A lecture delivered by the author to the Swiss

Association of Homoeopathy, in Luceme, in

September 1990. It deals in details, with

BOGER’s BOENNINGHAUSEN’s Repertory

and its practical application.

3. The VITHOULKAS Expert system

Defended

VITHOULKAS, George (Similimum, 4,

2/1991)

VITHOULKAS defends his creation of the

Expert system Respertory.

4. Respertorisation of acute cases with

BOGER-BOENNINGHAUSEN’s Repertory

Roy, S.P. (H.H., 16, 2/1991)

A small paper regarding ‘advantages of

repertorising acute cases.’ The author also

argues that the ‘common symptoms’ are as

much and sometimes even more valuable for

selecting the remedy! He also says that

objective symptoms cannot lie while a

diseased ‘patient’s mind is not a reliable source

of accurate information!

5. Geriatrics – Remedies indicated

RAO B.P. (H.H., 16, 2/1991)

The author has drawn 19 rubrics related to ‘old

age’ old people’ from DR. CHITKARA’s

‘Word Index’ and BARTHEL’s Synthetic

Repertory.

Ammonium carbonicum, Ambra grisea, Baryta

carbonica, Conium maculatum and

Lycopodium are the most repeatedly occurring

remedies.

1. Homoeopathy between the Art of Medicine

and Science Parts I & II

MÜLLER, A. K. (AHZ, 236, 2&3/1991)

The relationship of Homoeopathy and Natural

Science, which is still unsolved, raises the

questionof relationship between Medicine as

an Art and Science. Science is the art to give

form to a creation so that one can argue. It will

be evident from the philosophies of the

relevant times that the Art of Medicine is the

comprehensible field out of which the Medical

Science actually develops. The Natural

Science itself has in its bases unexplained

secrets. Presently, it is an open question

whether the homoeopathic phenomenon allow

objectivity of the Natural Science. As far as the

strategy of research is concerned, the

hypothesis that Homoeopathy deals with

phenomenon which can be comprehended by

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IV. REPERTORY

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Natural Science objectivity, must have high

priority.

The second part explains how this hypothesis

must be intensified, whether homoeopathic

(high potency) action in substances can be

observed objectively. As against the

LOSCHMIDT- objected the quantum concept

of the photons (light particles) as an object

with highly variable number of particles must

be emphasised. It is appropriate to radically

enhance our present biochemical ideas about

living organisms. This change does not appear

to exclude that the intuition of a

‘homoeopathic information’ might be brought

together with the concepts of Natural Sciences,

in its future progress. In the present situation it

is necessary to have an unpolemical openness

across established positions.

2. Clinical trials of Homoeopathy

TREUHERZ, Francis and ULLMAN, Dana

(The Homoeopath, 11, 2/1991)

The authors briefly review the clinical trials of

Homoeopathy made in the past. In spite of

positive results the skepticism may not change

as we have seen so long.

3. How homoeopathic remedies affect

streptococcus fecalis

HOZIER, Timothy (Similimum, 4, 2/1991)

The author is a student in a High school and

conducted this experiment.

By applying homoeopathic remedies to

Streptococcus facalis grown in tryptic soy

agar in a sterile laboratory and comparing its

growth to that of untreated ones, an increased

growth in the treated bacteria after a 24 hour

incubation period could be seen. In most cases

the size of the treated colony tripled the size of

the untreated colony. Based on the Laws of

Homoeopathy, the accelerated growth of

Strepcoccus fecalis suggests that the

homoeopathic remedies would be effective in

destroying, slowing, or reversing the growth of

Streptococcus in humans.

Penicillin, Calendula and Echinacea, each in

6, 30,1M and 10M potencies were applied.

4. BOENNINGHAUSEN’s research on the

comparative value of low & high potencies.

KOPPIKAR, S.P. (H.H., 16,2/1991)

An appreciation of BOENINGHAUSEN’s

Clinical researches.

5. Research on anti-viral efficacy of

homoeopathic drugs against animal viruses

SINGH, L.M., GUPTA, Girish. (H.H., 16,

2/1991)

10 homoeopathic remedies in 33 potencies

were tried for their anti-viral action aginst

Chicken Embryo Virus and Simliki Forest

Virus. Five, namely Typhoidinum 200.

Hydrophobinum 1000, Tuberculinum 1000,

Nux vomica 200 and Malandrinum 1000

showed 100٪ effect.

6. CCRH. “An overview”

RASTIGI, D.P. (H.H.16, 2/1991)

A brief ‘overview’ of the aims, objects,

management, activities, and achievements, etc,

of the Central Council for Research in

Homoeopathy, New Delhi.

7. Cancer and Arsenicum album- an

experimental study

THOBIAS, M. P. (H.H. 16, 2/1991)

Dalton’s Lymphoma Ascites (DLA) tumor

cells were used to induce cancer in Swiss

Albino mice and the homoeopathic Arsenicum

album 30x was given via drinking water. The

homoeopathic drug could produce 33٪

increase of life span in the experimental

animals.

8. Perspectives in homoeopathic treatment of

malaria

RAMAYYA, N. (The H.H., 16, 2/1991)

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A review of the clinical work on malaria in the

past and present works and the author’s own

clinical experiences. Since malarial parasites

are much variable the drugs once effective are

not so now; hence the need for researches at

different regional centers and evolve drugs

needed in that region.

The CCRH with its regional branches is the

fittest for this research.

9. The Homoeopathic Triple Vaccine for the

prevention of Measles, Mumps and Chicken

pox

PATEL, R.P. (The H.H. 16, 2/1991)

The author has recommended on the basis of

his decades long experience Pulsatilla 1000

one dose a day for 3 days as preventive for

measles, mumps and chicken pox. To be

repeated every six months (for how long?) and

during the epidemic every three months. He

has also solicited feedback.

10. Application of preservatives in

homoeopathic pharmaceutical preparations and

their limitations.

VAID, Indu., JOSHI, Varma, P.N. (HMM, 3,

3/1991)

Review article stressing the need for

preservatives in homoeopathic preparations

like mother tinctures, external

application/ointments, dusting powders, etc., to

prevent contamination. Also cautions on their

limitations.

11. Radiation induced skin lesions and hair

loss in mice and oral Arnica Montana

Khuda BUKHSH, A.R.,BANIK, (HMM, 2,

4/1991)

Lethal doses of X-Radiation (at which mice die

within 30 days) were given to Swiss albino

mice and were also asministered Arnica

Montana (200 and 1000) whereas lesser degree

of radiation skin lesions and hair loss was

noted in the Arnica fed group.

12. Tuberculosis- perspectives in

homoeopathic treatment-parts I & II

RAMAYYA, N. (HMM, 3, 1`&2/1991)

The author stresses the need for organised

homoeotherapy for Tuberculosis. The number

of TB cases has been increasing in spite of

mass allopathic therapy under National

Propgramme of TB contral (NTP), BCG

vaccination, etc., though WHO stated that

incidence of TB was declining and that the

absolute number of increased cases of TB was

only due to population rise; Tuberculosis is

growing refractory and could be rampant any

time.

The author has presented his views from a

study of 1230 cases (30 cases were treated

used by himself over 3 years).

The usual diagnostic methods were used and

the various Tuberculins were the mainstay of

treatment, and the various lodates, Stannum,

Silica, Hepar sulphuris etc. were also used.

From the author’s experience, homoeotherapy

is effective in TB. The author has also scanned

homoeopathic literature on the therapeutics of

TB and argues in favour of standard diagnosis

and the use of Tuberculins rather than

individualization and symptomatic approach.

VI. PHARMACOLOGY

1.Homoeopathy and placebo- a redundant

hypothesis?

REILLY, Davis Tyler (JAIH, 83, 3/1990)

This is a vexatious subject. Dr. Tyler REILLY

is one more who has attempted to show that

homoeopathic therapeutics is not just a

‘placebo’ effect. These attempts are to

convince the dominant school. Of course

researches into the modus operandi of

homoeopathic medicines should continue with

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greater interest, mainly for our own

understanding.

2. The variety of placebo response

CHAPMAN, Edward (JAIH,83, 3/1990)

This is a study of the ‘placebo response’. 50٪

or greater improvement without any

aggravation were noted. Several of these

placebo responses were especially interesting

when these patterns were viewed from the

perspective of the homoeopathic theories of

the healing process. Three of these more

interesting cases (Women) are presented.

3. Therapeutic intent, suggestion and placebo

SHORE, Jonathan (JAIH, 83, 3/1990)

This is an editorial comment.

4. HAHNEMANN’s Iegacy-the Q (LM)

potencies

BARTHEL, P. (BHJ,80, 2/1992).

The evolution of the Q (LM) potencies (50

millesimal) are delineated. It is clearly pointed

out that it was evolved over the years 1801-42

and HAHNEMANN assumed on the basis of

clinical experience that these potencies offer

the shortest, most reliable and most harmless

way to rapid, gentle and permanent restoration

of health. The author describes

HAHNEMANN’s directions for the

preparation of these potencies.

Attentive study of the source material, i.e.,

HAHNEMANN’s directions, helps us to

manufacture and prescribe the LM potencies

correctly and obtain expected results.

VII. VETERINARY

1. Wolfhound walks again with help from

Homoeopathy

BLAKE Jr., Stephen R. (RESONANCE, 13,

1/1991)

A 7 year old irish wolfhound suffering from

Degenerative Myelopathy was very much

improved with Pulsatilla.

VIII. HISTORY

1. Report on a visit to HAHNEMANN’s house

in October 1990

Dr. BÖTTGER located in Koethen the house

in which HAHNEMANN had lived during the

years 1821-1835; a pharmacist lives in it now.

The house badly needs repairs to keep it in

good shape. Although some portions are still

as they were during HAHNEMANN’s time,

usless extensive repairs are taken up, the house

will not stand long. In view of the costs

involved the State should help.

2. Homoeopathy-a report from Pakistan

REHMANN, A (ZKH, 35, 2/1991)

Traces the history of Homoeopathy in

Pakisthan from the days when Raja Ranjit

Singh of Lahore was treated by J.M.

HONIGBERGER to the present and the future

plans.

3. Homoeopathic domestic medicine literature

of the 19

th

century as influencing self-

medication, Parts I & II

WILLFAHRT, J (ZKH, 35, 3 &4/1991)

Right from HAHNEMANN’s time almost

every reputed homoeopath has authored a

‘domestic physician’-type book for use by the

comman man. HAHNEMANN himself had

begun this. This literature covered not just the

rural population ‘where there is no doctor’ but

even the urban society. Homoeopathic self

medication was thus encouraged. The article

analyses this in detail.

4. Homoeopathy in the Soviet Union

FISHER, Peter (Homoeopathy Today, 11,

2/1991)

Dr. Peter FISHER attended the VII

International Conference on the Properties of

Liquids in this Congress hosted by the

Ukrainian Institute of Theoretical Physics in

Oct. 1990. Therein was the first ever top-level

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international physics meeting to have included

Homoeopathy in its session.

The Kiev conference featured a collaborative

paper from Dr. Tatyana POPOVA, Chairman

of the Ukranian Homoeopathic Centre and

Prof. V ya Antoncheko, Director of the

Ukranian Institute of Theoretical Physics as

well as contributions from Dr.Jacques

BENVENISTE of France, Dr. Beverley

RUBIK of Philadelphia, Prof. Vikor

GUTMANN of Vienna, Dr. Cyril SMITH of

England and others from the USSR.

Homoeopathy in Kiev owes a lot to the

POPOV family. Dr. Damian POPOV, father of

Dr. Tatyana who died in 1990 at 91 years age

was the self-taught founder of the Kiev school.

The Kiev Center is in an newly built clinic

employing 28 doctors who give close to

50,000 consultations per year.

Dr. Nikolai MASHKIN gave an analysis of

816 patients seen over three years. The

predominant age group was 60+ (37٪ of the

total), 67٪ were women and the most common

diseases were high blood pressure, colitis,

chronic bronchitis, cholecystitis, and asthma.

Improvement rates varied from 25-80%,

depending on the disease. The top three

medicines were Arsenicum album, Silicea and

Pulsatilla mostly in high potencies generally

prescreibed on constitutional grounds. There

are a couple of homoeopathic pharmacies in

Kiev.

5. Interview with Dr.V.G.GLAZ in Moscow

(Now 1990)

KRISHNSMURTHY, P.S.(HMM 3, 2/1991)

Homoeopathy has been in Russia since 1825

and has done good work during the cholera

epidemics at that time. It faced prohibition a

few times, but is well developed at present.

There are about 2000 homoeopaths who

studied Homoeopathy themselves or under

senior homoeopaths, after medical graduation.

Two congresses were held in 1916 and 1989.

IX. BIOGRAPHY

1. In search of KENT’s ancestors

MICHOT-DIETRICH, Hela (The

Homoeopath, 11, 2/1991)

Traces the roots of Dr.J.T.KENT. Very

interesting revelations.

X. GENERAL

1. The ‘Munich model’-a study for the

integration of Natural Therapy in theory and

practice in the Ludwing-Maximilain Institute,

Munich Univeristy.

BRAUN, A. (AHZ,236, 2/1991)

2. Homoeo-quiz, Psoriasis

GEBHARDT, K.H. (AHZ, 236,2/1991)

3. The cost factor in Medicine

TROST, J. (AHZ, 236, 3/1991)

The cost of health care under the conventional

or ‘official’ Medicine has been rising. It is

therefore relevant that Natural Therapies and

Homoeopathy are considered since they

involve much less cost to Government.

The author found from comparing three

medical practices in Breisgan that there was a

saving of 60-90% in drug costs (!) in

comparison with other groups of physicians.

The author has cited case examples, Besides

the cost factor which is striking the long term,

welfare of the patients treated by

Homoeopathy and Natural Therapies should be

documented: the number and duration of

subsequent illnesses are presumably far lower

than in patients treated with Allopathy.

Evidently the patients’ general state of health

improves under Homoeopathy and Natural

Thereapies. Proper study and documentation of

these must be taken up.

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4. Homoeopathy in the high school science

class

GEDDES, Elizabeth (Resonance, 13, 1/1991)

The author, a 15 year old student, had

witnessed the benefits of Homoeopathy when

her parents got treated. She therefore decided

to do a term project for her high school science

class. Ultimately it won the approval of the

science department. The entire report was

researched by her. She had read the Organon

and other relevant material for a thorough

understanding of Homoeopathy. This article is

a brief introduction to Homoeopathy.

5. Is there poison in your mouth?

STEPHENSON David. L (Resonance, 13,

2/1991)

This small article discusses the adverse effects

of mercury filling by dentists.

6. Sex in the consulting room

CASTRO, Miranda (The Homoeopath, 11,

2/1991)

This is a brief study of a facet of the

patient/practitioner relationship. The patient

feels very vulnerable when in the consulting

room and the doctor wields an enormous

amount of power. No doubt the doctor is in a

position of authority but he should uphold and

respect this position, The patient ‘look up’ to

the doctor to get cured. The author discussed

some areas in the doctor’s daily work when he

can abuse his patient. The practitioner should

not unnecessarily question the patient as if

intruding upon ‘forbiden’ area, the very

personal area. If at all one had to know about

the sexuality or sexual life of the patient, one

should carefully proceed, first ascertaining the

patient’s wishes, emotions; “would you like to

say something about your sexual life?” , “Can I

ask you a few questions about your sexual

life?”.

Be careful not to least injure the patients’s

feelings and emotions.

7. The ’91 HANP Case conference

WINSTON, Julian and ELMORE, Durr

(Similimum, 4, 2/1991)

This is a report on the ‘1991’ Case

conference’; some extracts.

F.TREUHERZ presented two cases:

Case 1: 33 year old man, obese, dirty and

balding, with complaints of low energy and

peripheral neuritis, He complained that his

sweat made his tools rust. All his symptoms

were amel. by darkness, but he was averse to

dark. The patient said, “I was born a woman”.

He has undergone a double mastectomy and a

hysterectomy; was taking testosterone daily

and still had female genitalia. Based on the

modality of better from dark, the fishy

smelling vaginal discharge and the persistent

nightmares: Medorrhinum, which cleared all

symptoms presented.

Case 2: 50 year old woman: “I an menopausal

and can’t stand it.” had had her left overy

removed and also had filter fitted in her vena

cava; was on many allopathic medications. She

was able to be cleared to some extent.

Steve ALBIN presented a case of 26 year old

man with a severe personality disorder. His

mother who brought him complained that he

was violent, had no job, no interest in women

and behaved strangely. He did not remember

his violent outbursts. A recurrent theme of his

ramblings was a fear that he was poisoned by

his environment. Even trees were ‘antennas’

sending messages.

Hyoscyamus 200 was given and he became

less violent and more coherent.

Another does of Hyoscyamus 200. One year

later the patient came in by himself. Had been

better but felt was relapsing. Sulphur

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prescribed after retaking the case and on the

symptoms presented. Was feeling well, had a

steady job and a girl friend.

Pam CROOKER presented two similar cases.

Both were women, married, in their mid-

thirties; both were physicans; had chronic

diarrhoeal problems, constipation preceding

menses and a history of depression. Infertility

for more than a year. The similarities in the

cases were realized in hindsight. Both became

pregnant within a few months of beginning

homoeopathic treatment.

Steve OLSON presented a case: 54 year old

man who had been a carpenter, then a real

estate agent and then a lay pastor in a church.

Major complaint: ‘burn out’ and chronic low

bock ache. He had an over-developed sense of

duty-his identity was defined solely by his

work.

Silicea 200 did not seem to work curatively for

a few months, Since the over-developed sense

of responsibility suggested Kali carbonicum

and fatigue Silicea, he was given Kali Slicatum

30 and he began to improve. The remedy was

repeated twice over the past year. The major

keynote of Kali silicatum is a lack of vitality.

“Just want to lie down”; there is no excitement

or joy in life. There is a loss of concentration

from a weak memory. while Calcarea

carbonica has a loss of memory in the end

stage of illness Kali silicatum has it at the

beginning; it is a very slow acting remedy and

one should wait a few months before

evaluating progress with Kali silicatum.

Matilda FLORES, a homoeopath and

acupuncture specialist spoke on how well

homoeopathy and Chinese medicine work

together in some cases. Both Homoeopathy

and Chinese medicine work on the Vital Force

or Chi.

Case: A girl of 8 year with chronic asthma.

The child had leukaemia at 2 years of age and

underwent chemotherapy and a bone marrow

transplant. Had been on many

immumosuppressive drugs. She had no tears or

sweat since chemotherapy. Desires meat and

salt, fears death, has diarrhoea, is very weak

and very cold, desires warmth and is better

riding in a car. She was given repeated doses

of Arsenicum album 6 and she began to have a

running nose and tearing. Arsericum album 12:

she became warmer and began to sweat. She

was taken back t a regular MD who said there

was quite a bit of improvement. Eventually the

improvement stopped. At this stage a Chinese

herbal formula to improve the Chi in the lungs

was sent to the patient along with a dose of

Arsenicum 30. Now this child, who used to be

carried to school, is walking to her school on

her own.

Tim KREUZEL presented a case: 48 year old

man with asthma since childhood; has been on

large doses of prednisone for the past 15 years,

was last taking 40 mg, Prednisone and 800

mg. Theophylline. During asthmatic attacks he

became very irritable and impatient. Cold

water with ice breaks up the attack. The first

two prescriptions did not have any effect. The

patient then reported that chamomille tea

seemed to abort the attack. Respiration

asthmatic, after anger; cold, cold water amel –

all pointed to Chamomilla which was given in

the 200

th

once a day. By the 6

th

month he was

taking Chamomilla 200 once a week;

Prednisone only 10 mg every other day. By the

9

th

month he was off Prednisone but still on

Theophylline. A single dose of Chamomilla M

within a month developed many joint pains.

Natrum sulphuricm. During that winter he did

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He was completely off Prednisone and

inhalants.

Samuel FLAGLER presented a case of a 31

year old woman suffering from severe panic

attacks and agoraphobia. Agaricus muscarius

cured.

Paul HERSCU spoke of Medorrhinum used in

a Flu epidemic. Steve MESSER said he saw

about five cases of bronchitis in a year which

responded to Medorrhinum. He also said that

every child treated for Otitis media required

Medorrhinum or Tuberculinum at some point.

8. 16

th

Annual Symposium on homoeopathic

Medicine, November 1990, Faculty of

Medicine, Midlands Branch – A report

GOODYEAR, Goeffrey M. (BHJ, 80,

2/1991)

Dr. Anne CLOVER spoke about Cancer

treatment at the Royal London homoeopathic

hospital. Patients receive full homoeopathic,

Iscador, Acupunctue, relaxation therapy and

dietary advice. The number of new cancer

patients seen has increased five times over the

past six years, the commonest being breast

cancer. Apart from ‘Constitutional’ medicine,

Carcinosim and Scirrhinum and carcinogens

in potency, Radium bromatum, Arsenicum

album and Ignatia for the relations.

Dr. Joan FORD presented a case of a woman

with pemphigus vulgaris; she had three

different types of oral lesions as well as nasal

and vaginal lesions. Mercurius was the useful

medicine.

Hekla lava alternating with Manganum for a

lady with right hip and knee pain, Cina for a

boy with morning cough, worse in spring and

autumn, Magnnesia muriatica for a lady with

difficulty in emptying her bladder, were some

of the other presentations.

Dr. Noel PRATT said that Dr. Richard

HUGHES’s book ‘Principles and Practice of

Homoeopathy’ covered the length and breadth

of the subject. Dr. HUGHES had reported the

greatly reduced mortality in cholera.

cerebrospinal fever and childhood

bronchopneumonia achieved by Homoeopathy

in his day. There was always something that

we could learn from our illustrious

predecessors.

Dr. Shelagh GREENFIELD described the

setting up of the Cantharis trial-a multicentre

double-blind randomized trial of the efficacy

of Cantharis Vs. Placedo in cystitis.

Dr. Alistair JACK presented cases: Lady 64

years, with varicose veins benefited by

Calcarea fluorica; a lady with colitis helped

by Gambogia followed by Aloes as well as her

constitutional Pulsatilla; man of 19 years with

Crohn’s disease and a craving for cold milk

felt much better after Phosphoric acid; man of

67 years with prostatic symptoms was treated

with Sabal serrulata; lady of 63 years with

severe head injury given Equisetum for

enuresis and Causticum for painful knee;

Carduus marianus for pain right

hypochondrium and episodes of pale stools; a

lady with twitching legs from on old transverse

myelitis improved with Picric acid.

9. The Spiritual dimension of medical care –

Blackie Foundation Symposium, 15 November

1990-report.

A.E. DAVIES (BHJ, 80, 2/1991)

This was a one-day conference attended by

doctors and other health care professionals.

Dr. Margaret HODSON: The life expectancy

of people with Cystic fibrosis improved

considerably over the last 50 years. While all

of us face 100% mortality these patients are

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forced to consider the spiritual dimension at a

much earlier age than most.

Dr. Brendan MADDEN: Transplants in the

context of Ezekiel, ch.36, v.26 (“A new heart

also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put

within you; and I will take away the stony

heart out of your flesh and I will give you a

heart of flesh.”)

Dr. Peter NIXON: emphasized the stress-

related anxiety which led many patients to slip

down the slope of exhaustion into physical

illness. He diagnosed the disorder in terms of

acid-base imbalance brought about by

hyperventilation. Treatment was to ensure

sleep and teach patients to regain control of

their own autonomic responses.

Dr. Rob GEORGE spoke on the care of AIDS

patients from his experience. These patients

came from a background of rationalist and

monetarist values where the bank balance and

having a car represents their view of the world

and they feel sacrificed at the altar of social

custom. Treatment was only palliative. Time

was running out and these young people could

identify with a model where at the center was

meaning, surrounded by reason and on the

outside was action – or in other terms; being,

feeling and and doing. when the central pivot

was in agreement with their thoughts. the

patient felt little pain, but if there was conflict,

the pain increased and hospitalization was

needed. Dr. GEORGE and his team aimed at

resolving the patients’ inner conflicts so that

they could experience the peace of a clear

understanding of the meaning of their own

lives, and some would come to understand this

in terms of spiritual values.

10. Homoeo quit

(NTKH, 2, 4/1991)

11. Interview with JAYESH

KLUCK Tom and O’SULLIVAN ED.

(NTKH, 2, 4/1991)

This interview was held at Amsterdam in the

Spring of 1991 after a seminar. The ‘gist’ of

the answers of Dr. JAYESH; During case

taking concentrate on the patient and ge an

impression of the patient; gather all the

information and impressions. Look for the

remedy only after the complete information

and impressions are gathered. He (Dr.

JAYESH) does not apply the ‘Miasms’ theory.

Nosodes are not to be prescribed automatically

for the disease from which they originated but

only like any other homoeopathic remedy.

12. Gleanings: from the Philadelphia Inquirer,

Dec. 12, 1990

(Homoeopathy Today, 11, 3/1991)

Drug companies routinely woo doctors by

giving expensive gifts as inducements to

prescribe specific medicines for their patients.

Examples; an offer for 100 frequent flyer

bonus points on American Airlines for every

prescription the doctor wrote for a new version

of Inderal, a heart medication;

A $ 1200 ‘grant for prescribing the antibiotic,

Rocephin; bonus points redeemable as gifts to

doctors who prescribe vaccines made by

Connaught Laboratories;

$ 100 to use the drug Sandimmune for

Psoriasis even though the drug has not been

FDA approved for that ailment.

PART II ARTICLES

A Case of Lyssin in a ten-year-old-girl

GUIDO MORTELMANS, MD (JAIH, 83,

1/1990)

(This case was presented via video during the

Small remedies Seminar in Hechtel, Belgium,

Feb 5-9 1990)

In October 1988, a mother brought her 10

year old daughter to me. The girl was suffering

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from extreme anxiety whenever she was alone.

If the mother left the house, even for a short

while, the child’s anxiety would border on

sheer panic. If her mother said she was going

out the girl would often begin screaming. This

was accompanied by grabbing hold of her

mother and imploring her to stay. This

behaviour started three years earlier and had

become a central issue in the family.

The girl developed other fears. She said

things like “Mother, if I eat this food, will I

die?” and only after her mother reassured her

would whe swallow the food. Often she would

say. “If I make a mistake in my schoolwork

will I die then?

On asking the mother when these bizarre

fears began, the mother reported that, three

years earlier, they had been in a slight car

accident. Nobody was hurt but the mother left

this child and another daughter alone in the car

while she went looking for help. The fears

began after that. When asked about this

incident, the girl said that she thought that her

mother was never going to return to the car.

From then on she was tremendously fearful of

being left alone.

Her biggest fear, however, was of dogs,

This fear predated the fear of being alone. Her

mother had the identical fear, which had begun

when the mother, at the age of 6 years, was

bitten by a vicious dog. The wound was a bad

one requiring surgery. The daughter had never

been bitten by a dog.

The daughter was a tall girl with delicate

features. She had blond hair and she wore huge

glasses. Her neck was slender and a bit thin.

She was shy and she blushed easily. Her voice

was soft and she tended to look first to her

mother before replying to my questions. Not

only was she emotionally sensitive, she was

also sensitive to pain. She wept easily and she

liked consolation.

In school she was timid, but at home less

so. She was angered by small, insignificant

things. Sometimes she spoke rudely to her

parents and she could be obstinate. Fairly

open, she told her mother everything. She had

a lack of self confidence and a fear of failure,

especially regarding her school work. There

was another marked fear – of narrow places.

In general she was worse from cold, liked

and tolerated the sun, and perspired easily on

the head. She desired hamburgers chocolate,

icecream, and eggs. Sleep was unremarkable.

Physically she was healthy and had no

illnesses other than a few colds. Her first teeth

appeared a 11 months and she did not walk

until 20 months.

The center or gravity of the case was on

the mental-emotional planes. The car accident

had apparently triggered the extreme fear of

being left alone, the fear something terrible

would happen, the fear of being poisoned, the

fear of death, and the fear of failure. But the

accident could in no way account for her fear

of dogs, which was greater than I had observed

in any other patient.

An Interesting question is whether one

should use the rubric, “MIND, Fear of dogs”

since her mother had the same fear. Perhaps

her mother subconsciously inculcated that fear

into her daughter.

The child’s fear of dogs was much greater

than her mother’s and was so central to the

case that I decided it must be included.

Analysis:

Fear of dogs Lyssin (is an addition to the

Repertory)

Fear of being alone.

Ailments from fright Lysssin (addition)

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Fear of narrow places.

History of dog bite in mother

Prescription: Lyssin 200 Korsakoff.

Follow-up: Following a single dose of the

remedy, the child’s anxieties virtually

disappeared and she has remained well as of

the present moment. Curiously, she still has

her fear of dogs.

Discussion: How can we explain the

dramatic result of this remedy? The easiest

explanation would be that it was the placebo

effect. But this child had earlier been treated

by another homoeopathy who had given other

remedies to no effect. If, as it appears, Lyssin

acted deeply in this child we need an

explanation.

The description of Lyssin as it appears in

various material medicas including George

VITHOULKAS’s Essences did not apply to

this child and we cannot say Lyssin is her

essential remedy. It si experienced by

HERING when he proved Lyssin. He became

so apprehensive that he was forced to stop the

proving!

There is a footnote to the case. This girl

has a sister three years younger who also

developed a tremendous fear of being alone.

But it began a full year after the automobile

accident. How does one explain her fear?

Could it have come about from witnessing her

old sister’s relentless panic attacks? The

younger child was also given Lyssin 200 and

also reacted beautifully. Unlike her older

sister, she had a strong fear of water, a Lyssin

keynote.

Perhaps a Lyssin layer was grafted on to

these children via the mother who is improving

on Lac caninum a remedy which is related by

Lyssin. Perhaps the mother will eventually

need Lyssin should be Lac caninum cases to

help her.

The mother has no idea if the dog that bit

her years ago was infected by rabies and it is

highly unlikely. As the dog was quite violent,

it is likely that she received the anti-rabies

vaccinations. Perhaps that could explain “the

Lyssin layer” in the children.

Homoeopathy in psychiatric diseases –

Lyssinum – Natrum muriaticum

KOKELENBERG.G (ZKH 33, 5/1989)

On 3.12.1987 a 24 year old lady came for

treatment of a psychiatric ailment. She seemed

very depressive and suffered from

hallucinations and severe anxiety states.

Her ailments began one day when she

came back home from her work and found her

husband in bed. Thinking that he was asleep

she went to awaken him. She discovered that

he had shot himself. She showed no reaction

then an took heavy tranquillizer. She couldn’t

weep. After two weeks she kept off the

tranquillizers and went back to work. In 1987

physical ailments began. Her legs were heavy

with a pressing pain. Diagnosis of “venous

congestion” was made and her veins were

strapped. Within two weeks she gained 10 kg.

weight and felt that her whole body was

swollen. A thorough examination produced no

result and she was prescribed diuretics. Since

1987 she suffered from anxiety in darkness and

when alone as if a dark shadow fell on her. She

thought that she heard something being

dragged on the floor. She further thought that

her husband was sitting behind her in the car

when she glanced into the rearview mirror in

her car. She did not recognize herself when she

looked into a mirror. She threw out all mirrors

from her house out of anxiety that she may

loose her sanity.

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She said all these spontaneously. Further

inquiries about general and food brought

nothing relevant. She was a vegetarian and

wanted to stop smoking.

Repertorisation:

1. Ailments from fright: SR,I, p.18

bufo., camph., lyss., stram., etc.

2. Fear mirrors in rooms, of : KD.

I,p.46.K.p.46

bufo, camph., cann., i.,lyss., stram., etc.

3. Fear insanity, loosing his reason, of: SRI,

p.506

canni., lyss., stram., etc

4. Delusions, strange, familiar things seem:

KDI, p.125, K.p.33

Cann-I., lyss., stram., etc.

Cannabis indica, Lyssinum and

Stramonium came closer to choice. Remedy

choice: some pointed questions to differentiate

the remedies led to Lyssinum, among which

singular one was as follows: urge for urination

on hearing water running. She does not bear

sun (KD,I, p. 15, K.p.9);

desire for chocolate (KD,III,

p.485.K.p.484);

Salivation when in anxiety:

her sexual activity was very strong

2

Some confirmation for Lyssinum was

found in HERING

3

. The hallucinations of

sound are in the Repertory of BOERICKE in

p.693. Lyssinum is not in that. We, however,

know that Lyssinum has increased sensitivity,

especially of hearing

4

.

I therefore prescribed a dose of Lyssinum

XM (Homeoden)

In the second consultation on 10.12.1987

she said that she had forgotten to mention

about her menses which had not appeared

since about an year and which she did not now

consider significant. She has had spontaneous

menses during her life only four or five times.

Now the menses came on the samy day she

had taken Lyssinum. The hallucinations of

voice had gone. The fear when she looked into

the mirror came on only once and remained

only for a brief time; it did not cause fear. Felt

good, but has anxiety that she may again

become worse. At the end of her first

consultation I had asked her whether she had

recently been bitten by an animal and she

denied. Now she said that she had been bitten

more on the head by a cat which was injured in

an accident. Her wounds were not then

disinfected but only just washed. The cat was

put to sleep by a veterinarian.

Because of the following facts no further

medicine was prescribed:

1. Her mental state was better.

2. Instead of hallucinations she had

anxiety that these may recur. That is a normal

reaction which does not justify any

interference.

3. Her physical functions had normalized,

her menses came on for the first time over the

years, spontaneously.

4. No new symptom came up to indicate

the same remedy or another.

When she came to me on 29.12.87 I asked

her as to why she came before she was due for

a visit; she reported of weight increase and loss

of hair. She felt, from time to time, sad, weary

of life. She wouldn’t think of suicide but she

was fed up. These began after a mortification

in the office. (She was attending her office

after the second consultation). She wept and

unable to control it but never in the presence of

others. The anxieties and hallucinations had all

completely gone. She was afraid that people

would offend her. She was very sleepy and

wanted to remain in bed. Even in a crowded

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place she felt that she was alone like in an

island.

When I enquired about her appetite she

said that in this week although she was a sworn

vegetarian, had a sudden desire for meat.

Besides, she had aversion to smoking although

for many years she had been smoking. She

awoke every morning without any reason at

four o’clock. She chewed her nails. Sometimes

she could not speak further while conversing

with persons particularly when asked about her

health and recent experiences.

Repertorisation and remedy choice:

1. Mind, delusion, alone, she is, in the world;

KD,I,p.121;K.p.20.

2. Mind, weary of life; KD,I,p.69; K.p.92.

3. Mind, mortification, ailments after;

Kd.I,p.25; K.p.68.

4. Mind, weeps, alone, when: K.D.I, p.144;

K.p.93

5. Mind, fear, people, of : K.D.I, p. 45; K.p.46

6. Mind, bed, desires to remain in: KD,I, p.17;

K.p.9

7. Mind, forsaken feeling: KD. I.p.114; K.p.49

8. Stomach, desires meat: KD.III.p.483;

k.p.485

9. Stomach, aversion, tobacco, smoking his

accustomed cigar KD.III, P.419; K.p.482

10. Sleep, waking 4 am: KD.I. p.373; k.p.1255

11. Mouth, speech difficult; KD.III.p.208;

K.p.419

12. Mind, conversation agg;

KD.III.p110;K.p.16

13. Head hair falling; KD.I.p.185;K.p.120

She was given a dose of Natrum

muriaticum M (Homeoden)

Progress: After this a complete wellbeing

came. The depression and hallucinations did

not recur. The hair fall stopped and sleep was

refreshing. She did not begin to smoke again.

The desire for meat went off but she did not

return to vegetarian life. No problem in the

office. Menses became normal and regular.

Follow up after an year; she remained well

physically and psychologically and no further

medication was necessary.

Conclusion: Nothing more can be

expected from a patient cured by Natrum

muriaticum. As in the case of many other

remedies (Chelidonium, Nux, vomica) only a

part of the cure is reported. Further important

information can be obtained only from the

family members or close friends.

References:

1. GS. VII p.172

2. GS VII p.161

3. “Heavy felling in lower limbs as if a

weight was attached to the ankles.” (GS

VII,P.196)

4. ‘Hears voices in the night” (GS VII,

P.172)

5. “Conversation in the vicnity of the

patient may throw him in the most violent

agitation.” (GS. VII, P.171)

Bibliography:

BARTHEL, H. & KLUNKER, W: Synthetic

Repertory. vol. I-III; 2 edn. Heidelberg

1982(SR)

BOERICKE, W: Homoopathische ittel and

ihre Wirkungen 2 edn. Leer 1973

BOERICKE, W: Materia Medica with

Repertory, 9

th

edn. Indian reprint, New Delhi.

HERING, C: The Guiding Symptoms of our

Materia Medica: Vol I-X, Indian reprint, New

Delhi 1988 (GS)

KELLER, G.v. & KUNZLI v.

FIMMELSBERG: Kent’s Repertorium, bd. I-

III, Ulm 1960-62 (KD)

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KENT, J.T; Repertory of the Homoeopathic

Materia Medica, 6

th

Edn. Indian Reprint, New

Delhi (K).

Acute Sciatica

K-H. Gypser

AHZ, 231, 5/1986

A 34 years old female patient complained

of a severe growing sciatic pain since 4 days.

The acute pains from the right buttock travel

down the back of the thigh up to the bend of

the knee. The worst pain was in the back of the

thigh and it was described as a sensation as if

someone would tear off the leg. The pains

increased much from walking and she had no

more power in or control on the leg. Rising up

from sitting and stepping was unbearable.

Analysing the symptoms a striking one is

noted; sensation in the right thigh as if

someone would tear off the leg. This singular

sensation we find agrees with WARD’s

Sensations as if.

1

; “Twitching in the right

femur as if someone was pulling from below,

Lyssin.”

WARD has got this symptom from

ALLEN’s Nosodes

2

originally it came from

HERING

3

;

A comparison with other symptoms of

Lyssin showed further similarities

4

.

“Something runs around… in region of

hip, then down to leg to knee”.

“Tearing in left thing to knee”.

“Pain in legs very troublesome, not able to

walk.”

“Loss of power in limbs; gait unsteady…”

“Along I. sciatic nerve a dull pain…

aggravation when rising from sitting.”

The aggravation from stepping also

indicates Lyssian but however not referring to

thigh

5

. “Tearing, followed by pressing

downward, could not make a hard step during

catamenia.”

“Knees tremble at every stop.”

Prescription: Lyssin XM 1-globule.

On the next day the condition was much

better. Only while walking the pain was felt

but even that in lighter form. On the following

day all well, Follow-up: two months.

References:

1. WARD, n.d. 629

2. ALLEN 1910. 188

3. HERING 1888, 195

4. ibid p. 195-197

5. ibid p. 187 and 196

Bibliography

ALLEN, H.C: The Materia Medica of the

Nosodes, Philadelphia 1910.

HERING C. : The Guiding Symptoms of Our

Materia Medica. Volume VI, Philadelphia

1888.

WARD, J.W.: Unabridged Dictionary of the

Sensations ‘As if’ Part I. First Indian Reprint,

New Delhi n.d. (1939)

Angnia Pectoris

MÜller, H.V.

AHZ, 227, 5/1982

The patient was 60 years old, an energetic

and robust man, apparently overweight. He

complained of heart ailments.

The patient has been under my treatment

since long and I knew that he tooock to his

work as Editor of a well know journal with

extraordinary earnestness and

conscientiousness. From my talks with him I

knew him to be of quick reaction and precise

impressions and as expressed by him, he was

receiving a high salary.

Is it any wounder then that since some

months he has been suffering from heart

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complaints which till now has been increasing.

The heart troubles were like this:

It begins mostly when he sits and works.

The pain does not come slowly but begins

suddenly and increases. Below the nipple and

to the right side of the sternum he gets a severe

pain which compels him to get up and move

around which, however, does not relieve.

These pains are so constricting and crushing

that he felt he would die.

He obtained Nitrolingual from a colleague

who suffered from similar ailment and in the

meanwhile he purchased it also. He took two

sprays at brief intervals upto five times until

the attack passed off.

On days he had these attacks he awoke

mostly with headaches and he could not

concentrate on his work on these days.

A look into KENT did not help since heart

complaints are poorly represented in ti.

Luckily I had procured KNERR sometime ago

and found in it the following pointer:

Heart pain, constant in lower part:

Lyssinum.

Dull all day, with pinching about fourth

rib, right side; Lyssinum.

With head ache: Lyssinum

With corresponding pain in right side,

severe sticking and shooting, shortness of

breath and sighing: Lyssinum.

Not only the heart symptoms of the patient

agreed with the drug picture but also the

mental symptoms according to MEZGER:

“Mostly the mental functions will be

found to be in a state of increased excitement

which can be recognized from the quick

comprehension, astounding sharpness of the

understanding and quickness with which

question will be answered.”

The picture was rounded up further from

my inteerogation for other symptoms which

reflected the remedy picture of Lyssinum:

He could not stand heat of Sun.

The sound of running water produced in

him an urge for urination.

Therapy and progress: After i.v.

injection of Lyssinum (Hydrophobinum) 200

the patient had no heart problems since an

year.

Bibliography

KNERR, C.B.: Repertory of HERING’s

Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica, 1

Edition, Jain Publishing Co., New Delhi,

p.832.

MEZGER, J: Gesichtete homöopathische

Arzneimittellehre 1,3 Aufl., Karl F. Haug

Verlag. Ulm/Donau, 1966,p.706.

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3. QHD, Vol. IX, 3, 1992

PART – CURRENT LITERATURE LISTING

I. PHILOSOPHY

The Opus of Homoeopathy – an

alchemical perspective.

ALDEBERAN, Zachariah (Resonance,

13, 3/1991)

Alchemy had a deep affect on

Homoeopathy. The opus or work, of alchemy

was expected to be a dangerous and painful

process. The opus was more than an outward

process; there was also a corresponding inner

process; you could not have one without the

other.

There is always a mixture of movities

involved when one is moved towards self-

important and the inquisition of knowledge.

This is as true for the homoeopath as it is for

other knowledge-seekers. There is no such

thing as altruism. Our highest aspirations are

accompanied by a shadow component a desire

for power and recognition, a need to feel

loved, etc., there is strong moral responsibility

when one prescribes a homoeopathic remedy

to another person.

The problem here is that as one gains

power through self-knowledge and the

knowledge of others, the shadow side of

oneself grows eager to get its hands on this

power for its own purposes. The shadow is

infantile. Any aspect related to healing and

the enhancement of life brings with it the

danger of inflations (ego) – as we assist others

in their healing. This is especially true if we

have not done our own inner work and

healing. The less the inner work one has done,

the greater are the changes that the ego has of

interfering with the patient’s healing process.

The alchemist’s view that any progress is

due to a higher power and not to eh personal

excellence of the practitioner is a good advice

to any budding or practicing homoeopath.

Another feature of the opus is its extreme

unpredictability.

The homoeopath must trust the life force,

but the intrinsic nature of the life force is such

that it is not directly knowable, and therefore

it is difficult to trust it with absolute certainly.

From this one can see that it is crucial to

observe each patient as a unique expression of

life energy and not to get stuck in any habitual

thinking patterns or routine treatments. With

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out this flexibility and perspective, the

prescriber will be taken by surprise and will

see poor results from the prescriptions.

Whatever be the result of the prescription you

should not allow yourself to bathe in your

successes nor to wallow in you failures.

PARACELSUS said: The art of medicine is

rooted in the heart. It you heart is false, you

will be a false physician; if your heart is just

you will also be a true physician”.

2. The roots of suffering: Buddhism &

Miasms

NORLAND, Misha (The

Homoeopath, 11, 3/1991)

Restoration of health is alleviation of

suffering. The understanding of the nature of

suffering is not taught in the medical schools,

however. It is relegated to religion.

The ancient medicines of the great

cultures arise out of basic precepts, which

draw together science and religion.

The Buddha in his fire sermon said:

“Your house is on fire, burns with the three

fires”. Fire burns. It destroys, purifies,

cauterizes. It closely represents creative

energy.

The three fires, which Buddha spoke, are

aspects of this energy.

They are desire, anger and ignorance.

Healing the individual in essence means

reducing the heal with which the three fires

burn, reducing the miasmatic background,

enabling the individual to realize their

potential and their innate divinity. (The

reasoning spirit who inhabits the organism

can thus freely use this healthy living

instrument to reach the lofty goal of human

existence”. (Organon, Aphorism 9).

The Psora theory of HAHNAMANN

arises out of empirical evidence. For the

reasons that the chronic diseases were built

upon a substratum of constitutional weakness

or degeneration, this in turn due to

malediction to environmental stress and

suppression of the primary symptoms of the

original acute disease and to be strictly

factual, HAHNEMAN confines his

observations to physical phenomena. For him

miasmas are transmitted stigma. The

implication is that the organism is stuck in the

rut, which has been grooved into the present

time by the activity of the past. It is by

identifying miasmas as preformative

disturbances at the center of the being,

disturbances of love, as well as manifestations

of disease, that the profundity of

HAHNEMANN’s observations become

apparent.

In terms of Lord Buddha’s three fires –

desire, anger and ignorance out of which are

delusions (Psora), desire and aversion

(Sycosis) and hatred, perversions and

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destruction (Syphills) may be identified. All

miasms can manouvue the body into an

expression of any pathological state.

(Consider also ORTEGA’s) exposition of the

miasms).

3. The phenomenon of the medical

aggravation in Homoeopathy.

POPOVA, T. (NTKH, 3, 1/1992)

Medicinal aggravation proved the

efficiency of the remedy; it is one of the first

reactions to the medicine. The higher the

dilution, the more specific and more

individual the aggravation.

It is difficult to forecast the medicinal

aggravation. White the aggravation helps the

doctor of amend his treatment of the patient

they are an excellent model for making the

medical pathogenesis – the materia medica –

more accurate. Investigation of the medicinal

aggravation enriches the skill of every doctor

since these are the true symptom of the

remedy used.

The efficiency of the high dilutions is a

phenomenon where practice is more

developed then theory. This phenomenon of

Homoeopathy cannot be understood either by

the pharmacists or the chemists.

4. The miasms theory of MASI

ELISALDE.

DE WEIJER, E. (NTKH, 3, 1/1992)

This is a brief review of the miasms

theory of MASI.

II. MATERIA MEDICA

1. Pneumonia – Phosphorus

WALDECKER, A (ZKH, 35, 14/1991)

A one year old male infant suffered

from pneumonia.

Characteristic symptoms were:

- no perspiration despite fever;

- lies on right side, night, sleep;

- urine, orange coloured.

Phosphorus 30. Ten minutes after the

medicine was administered it appeared that

the fever rose and the face became red. Child

slept peacefully. Three hours after when the

child was examined in the Children’s Hospital

all the symptoms had subsided and

auscultation and precussion indicated

everything normal. The pediatrician was

astonished at the difference between this and

the x-ray he had taken the same day morning.

In spite of it he was put on Cephalosporin and

next morning examination revealed no

pathology, which the clinic attributed to

Cephalosporin (!)

During the Cephalosporin therapy the

child developed again pale face, which was

relieved by a dose of Phosphorus 200. The

parents took the child home and it did not

need any further medicine.

2. Sepia and Urinary tract infections

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LEVATIN. Janet (Resonance 13,

3/1991)

Sepia is usually associated with adult

women and usually not thought of in children.

July 1988: SR, 2½ years old girl had

urinary tract infection (UTI). A urine culture

and grown Proteus mirabilis. She had a new

café-au-lait spot on her abdomen. “Urination

painful, morning”, “urine odour strong”

“bladder, pain on urging to urinate”, “face

swelling, cheeks”.

Sepia 30, then 200 then 1000, and she

was free for nine months.

Again June 1989: UTI urine smelling

strong, foul and rotten “beyond ammonia”,

thick and sticky, dysuria, energy slump at 3 or

4 p.m. urine analysis: 3+ bacteria and Proteus

mirabilis. Sepia 1000 Well.

Another case: 4½ years girl: Aug. 1989:

UTI which began 18 months ago and

recurring UTI. Peanut and butter caused facial

swelling and crankiness and sugar caused a

“hyper” state during which she would become

giggly, very talkative and physically over-

active. Had several otitis media between the

ages of 8 months and 2½ years. Her

disposition was described as sweet, but she

could be cranky and very stubborn as well

“She’s like Jeky! and Hyde … it varies with

what she eats”, Mucous spotting on the

diaper. Earlier another homoeopath had given

her Pulsatilla and diaper. Earlier another

homoeopath had given her Pulsatilla and then

she developed persistent cold sores on and

around her lips.

Rubric: “Female genitalia, leucorrhoea,

little girls” was used. CLARKE’s Dictionary

described the restless sleep and the eruption

around the month. Sepia 200 Well.

3. Ruta graveolens – a natural medicine

which has stood the test of time.

ELMORE, Durr (Resonance, 13,

3/1991)

Ruta, has been used for over 3000

years. HIPPOCRATES writes of it as a

vulnerary.

Ruta for injuries to the bones especially

the periosteum, and for sprains and strains.

For microtrauma or occupational stresses.

Tennis elbow. Ruta and Rhus tox, share many

characteristics and there are definite

differences.

4. Sepiatilla – differentiating between

sepia and Pulsatilla.

ULLMAN, Judyth - Reichenberg

(Resonance, 13, 3/1991)

Sepia and Pulsatilla re probably the

most common remedies for women with

hormonal or gynecological complaints. They

seem to be different in many areas and clearly

so and there could, it would seem, be no

confusion. Yet there are close resemblances

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even among remedies which seem polar

opposites, like the tendency to weep easily,

thick greenish discharges, aversion to and

aggravation from fat, PMS, etc.

The author reports, at length, to case of

a 38 years old women who was given Sepia

unsuccessfully but later responded very well

to Pulsatilla.

We should discard out stereo-typing of

remedies, and must be ‘fresh’ and ‘open’ with

each new patient throughout the interview.

5. Ipecacuanha

ELMORE, Durr (resonance, 13,

14/1991)

Ipeacuanha is a remedy made from the

dried root of Cephaelis ipecacuanha, a

perennial shrub native to Brazil. Ipecac was

proved by Samuel HAHNEMANN. It is an

almost an everyday remedy. The author has

drawn from all the well-known authors.

6. Beware the frozen candy

STEPHENSON, David (Resonance,

13, 4/1991)

The cases of injured ‘dental nerves’ in

which Hypericum in high potency pain

rapidly after conventional anaesthetics failed.

7. Hyoscyamus niger

HEUDENS-MAST, Hennie (The

Homoeopath, 11, 3/1991)

We have stereo typed images of our

remedies, e.g. Hyoscyamus niger is

considered crazy, walks about naked an

loquacious, we do not get patients so often in

this state. Should we wait for this fully

developed state? Can’t we foresee or see

through at earlier stage of the disease? This is

possible by understanding the remedy.

The loquacity need not be verbal. The

author had patients who while non-

communicative during the interview what

home and wrote pages after pages of letters.

This is also loquacity because the letters ‘say’

so much.

Jealousy also may be convert and not

necessarily overt. One woman wrote that

when her husband hung the clothes outside on

the washing line and she saw her daughter’s

underwear hanging close to that of her

husband she could not bear it, she went

outside and changed it. What is that other

jealousy? Our patients do not talk in

symptoms like it is written in the Repertory.

They express the symptoms in their own way,

in the context of their own life style.

Hyoscyamus patients say I’am not ill.

It’s my husband’ or ‘it’s my nother you have

to treat. Or “I am O.K” Repertory rubric says,

“She is well when very ill”. Hyoscyamus also

“refuses to take remedies”. Says, “I don’t

want to be treated. I do not want to take

remedies”.

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All thee symptoms observed in the

“letter writers” and Hyoscyamus was their

remedy.

Five cases have been dealt with in

detail. A fascoinating and in-depth study of

hyoscyamus niger.

8. Premature labour and Sepia.

SUTRADHAR, S.C.

29 years old woman developed

premature painful contractions in her 29

th

week of pregnancy and was admitted to

hospital where she was given intravenous

drug to prevent premature contractions. Her

contractions reduced in 48 hrs. but she had

terrible breathlessness and a day later again

severe contraction. Again, i.v. drugs and

rushed to High Risk Hospital 200 Km. away

in Ottawa.

She was shivering had bronchitis, could

not eat or drink anything, could not either sit

up or lie down. Agg. lying on left side. Was in

tears while telling her condition.

Sepia 200 given (Reference CLARKE’s

The Prescriber, BOERICKE’s Materia

Medica). Rapid improvement followed.

Pregnancy carried through well and in

39

th

week delivered a healthy girl baby.

9. A child’s World

HERSCU, Paul (Simillimum, 4,

3/1991)

15-years old girl with Endometrisis.

Menarche at 11 years. She had been placed on

birth control pills at 11 years age because of

frequent, heavy and protracted bleeding. She

developed anaemia, became very weak;

hypotension. The other symptoms did not

lead. This paucity of symptoms made the

author to think that here was a case of

debility, of losing so much of blood.

Phosphorus 12X for a month and later 200

cured.

10. Christopher’s Warts

CHINDEMI, Wayne J (Simillimum 4,

3/1991)

6-years old boy came for warts, which

started an year ago. Wart on left index inger

and right left big toe; Raised firm, sensitive to

touch. Tendency to get ear infections 5-6

times a year, emotional sensitivity, easily

upset. Desires spaghetti, pizza, cheese, ice-

cream, bread and butter; aversion to eggs;

thirstless. Wants mother always desires hugs,

whiny. Shy, embarrassed easily, sulky.

Silica M

Had one ear infection subsequently 20

days after the remedy.

Some more warts came up and went.

Six months after Silica M his mental state

improved; he ‘come out of the shell’. In six

months from the date Silica M was given, the

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warts had gone and the emotional state of the

child was normal.

Although Pulsatilla also was indicated

Silica was chosen as the ‘constitutional’

remedy.

11. A mother becomes a believer

GUTOWSKI, Louise D. (Simillimum,

4, 3/1991)

2½ year boy allergic to olive trees

blooming. He was born 3 weeks prematurely

with Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDs)

Has had numerous colds plus twelve ear

infections (antibiotic treatment for most of his

life).

Coughing spells so severe that the

would vomit. Up most or the night coughing

and vomiting.

Right external ear canal was red, tonsils

enlarged, but not inflamed; lunge very

congested with wheezing, stertorus breathing;

Clear nasal discharge.

Ipecacuanha 6 q.i.d. cleared the

compliant in 3 days. For slight mucousy

breathing Antimonium tartaricum 30 given

and cured.

The rapidity with which Ipecacuanha

relieved made the mother of the child a

believer in Homoeopathy.

12. A case of infantile diarrhoea

BENNETT, Peter (Simillimum, 4,

3/1991)

A ‘straight’ case of a 9 month-old-girl

with diarrhoea, watery, yellow, painless,

cured with a single dose of Podophyllum 30.

13. A loquacious child

SMITH, Jennifer (Simillimum, 4,

3/1991)

5 year-old-boy who had been ‘talking,

talking’ since 5 days.

He had some chocolate of which he is

allergic to. He played in the sun all day and

became a little over-heated.

His obsessive chatter was driving the

parents crazy. He changed subject rapidly like

“I like Sesame street. No. I don’t like Sesame

street. We played at School. I like playing at

school. Where will I go when I die? He

couldn’t tolerate any clothing around his

neck. He often asked what would happen to

him when he died.

Loquacity, changing quickly from one

subject to another, ill effects to exposure to

sun, fear of religious salvation. Lachesis 200

one dose. Next day the boy became normal.

He also told his mother ‘Mummy, I feel

different inside’.

14. A case of reflex sympathetic dystrophy

syndrome

ELMORE, Durr (Simillimum, 4,

3/1991)

A 10 year-old-female suffered injury of

right ankle while she jumped form a truck

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(3feet) from which she had not recovered.

Despite taking a dose Amica her pain and

swelling progressively become worse.

After several referrals to hospitals she

was diagnosed as suffering from sympathetic

Reflex Dystrophy Syndrome (RSDS)

Prognosis was guarded and said that the

condition was incurable, RSDS is also called

Causalgia or Sudeck’s Atrophy.

The pain was described “like it’s being

crushed or it can change to a sharp pain or

burning or it feels like a heavy weight” The

pain worse as the day went on. The pain was

constant and excruciating. The nature of the

injury, and the severity of the symptoms.

Indicated the need for a remedy suited to

injuries to nerves. Hypericum 200 b.i.d. for

two days on 4 Jan. 1991.

20 Jan. 1991: steady improvement in

these two weeks, She can walk now.

Another dose of

Hypericum

200 was

given if the symptoms relapsed.

She took the Hyper/cum 200 on 22

Jan.1991. Felt better that she was running

and pla/ing. However, she twisted her

right wrist, The ankle pain was 90%

better.

Hypericum.

30 b.i.d. to remove the

susceptibility.

10 Feb. 1991: Right wrist is better.

Right ankle also is better but still some

residual soreness.

The diffuse joint pain is unusual for

10 year old child. Constitutional remedy

came out to be

Calcarea carbonica

which

was given in 200 potency. Cured.

15.

Anorexia nervosa - a case

LOGAN, Robin (Simillimum, 4,

3/1991)

18 yr. old girl who suffered Glandular

Fever 16 months previously has Anorexia

nervosa since. Was brought very

unwillingly for treatment by her mother.

Much of the information was given

by the mother as the patient was not at all

cooperative.

Very stoop-shouldered, pale, drawn

look. Dark rings under the eyes.

Grommets in ears twice and developed

abscesses. Tonsillectomy at 6 years,

adenoids out at 8 years age.

Appendectomy at 11 years age.

Mother: chronic depression;

Father: hypertension;

Maternal grandmother: "very anxious

person".

Extremely chilly. Likes heat and

stuffy rooms.

Constant nausea. All the time hungry

but aversion to eat. Averse to meat, fish

and warm food. Can go without any food

at all for weeks at a time and never eats a

square meal, just snacks. Marked desire

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for alcohol, esp. spirits. Drinks alcohol

most days.

Only 2 menstrual periods in last 12

months.

Recurring bleeding ulcers mouth.

Chews her knuckles which

are

badly gnarled. Depressed all the

time, agg. night. Suicidal.

Averse to company. Locks herself in

her room for hours and stares out of

windows.

Violent, shouts, throws things at

her family. Remorseful; hates

consolation. Very conscious of

feeling dirty.

Syphilinum XM

Cured fully,

16.

A case of Ovarian cysts.

NAGER, William D. (Simillimum,

4,3/1991)

32-year-old-married woman, mother

of two children with ovarian cysts.

Intermittent pain right ovary, worse

jarring. Sensation of heaviness, soreness,

bloating during ovulation. PMS

symptoms.

She was dressed in faded, worn

clothes; monotone voice and sits

motionless in the chair during the visit.

Father died of cancer of lungs (history of

T.B). In the last year three of her pets died,

on of which was her pet dog of 17 years.

Was sexually abused at 4 years old by her

grandfather. Mother is an alcoholic. She

was in the 7 th grade and was using drugs

at 16 years. Perfectionist, very hard at

herself. Had number of bad trips on LSD

from 16-20 yrs. age. Had genital herpes

for two years. Anxiety in closed rooms;

dreams of drowning. Chilly. Craves salt,

bread, margarine, fruit shakes. Averse to

meat.

Past history of patient; 2-3 head

injuries; two therapeutic abortions. Has

hypogiyycaemia. Menses bright red with

dark clots. Agg. from onions. Needs to eat

small meats to prevent indigestion.

Lycopodium

200 amel.

17.

Different side of a polycrest

GOLDMAN, Ellen

(Simillimum, 4,3/1991)

34 years old-woman: since 2 years:

frequent ear infections and colds; tired,

feeling of heaviness in chest and a

lingering cough.

Loquacious, goal oriented, sees things

in black and white, frank and honest in her

dealings. Worked hard, had relationships

with older men but because they were

more protective whereas she wanted to be

leader she has now relations with younger

men. Don't like others telling her what to

do. A morning person, getting to work at 7

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A.M. and fading around 3 P.M.

Constipation her whole life and she has

tried all laxatives and every diet; stools dry,

hard, like rabbit pellets; has a bowel

movement once a week; thirst less. Fear of

poverty; jealousy; desire for open air.

Menses regular; PMS includes

weepiness and irritability. Definitely likes

consolation.

Pulsatilla

200 cured. Although the

'essence' of the remedy did not shine

through in the interview,

Pulsatilla

came

high in the repertorization.

Pulsatilla

may be hard-working, tough

characters and may present like a

Nux

Vomica,

18.

A case of second degree

burns

MAGUIRE.Annie (Simillimum,

4, 3/1991)

38 year old-female grabbed a small

metal stove top espresso maker not

knowing that it has just come off the

burner on high heat. The palmar aspect of

her hand and fingers and especially the

thenar eminence were blistered, swollen

and reddened. Pain, burning severe and

she was holding ice in her hand.

Causticum

30 repeated doses (after

other homoeopathic remedies of general

first aid nature failed) relieved within 2

days completely. In one week the healing

was complete and a layer of new, pink,

soft, pliable skin without scarring, without

loss of function or discomfort, had come.

The author who has worked as a

registered nurse in the Burns unit of a

hospital was struck by this rapid and

gentle healing.

19.

The botanical relationship of the

vegetable remedies

CHINDEMI, Wayne (Simillimum,

4, 3/1991)

Study of Solonaceae and

Ranunculaceae families. A brief

study of

Capsicum.

20.

Three cases of gagging

PARSONS, Phil (Simillimum

4, 3/1991)

(Phil PARSONS is a dental surgeon

who practices homeopathy successfully

in dental cases. He has studied with

George VITHOULKAS. He has been

prosecuted for using Homoeopathy in

his denial practice! Such persecutions of

homoeopaths could occur in this century

only in the U.S.A. The following cases

would show how efficient Dr.PARSONS

is and how speedily and gently the

patients have been helped in getting rid of

their sufferings. Have the prosecutors

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anything better than Homoeopathy to

offer?)

1.11 September 198?:Male: It was not

possible to take X-ray because the patient

gagged violently and involuntarily stuck

his tongue out. He also had pain in the

right knee and pain upper teeth.

Agaricus

muscarius

30. In one minute the gagging

stopped and X-ray could be put into his

mouth.

2.

49 year old female: 24 November

1982: gags on having impressions taken

for dentures. Desires smoking cigarettes.

Carbo animalis

30 stopped the gagging,

She also quit the smoking.

18

January 1985: pain lower cheek

extending from a molar. Worse in evening

and better sleep; irritable,

touchy:Wuxvom/ca

12X

19

October 1988: gags from an

impression taken for dentures. Pain

knees; enjoys taking care of sick people.

Agaricus muscarius

200. Gagging

improved and patient regained her past

sense of humour.

3.

52 year old-female: gags on

putting X-ray film in her

mouth. History of

Rhus

poisoning as a

child. Has had three occurrences of

cancer. Has carpal-tunnel syndrome of her

right wrist and touching it causes shooting

pains, to her fingers. Chilly and cold agg.;

history of frost-bite; history of anaemia

and epilepsy. Had pain

in her right knee. Enjoys taking care of

sick people.

Agaricus muscarius

200.

Gagging ameliorated immediately and the

pain in wrist gone in one minute.

21.

A Case of PAT, PM3 and

dysmenorrhoea

KUNKLER, Karen

(Simillimum 4,3/1991)

This case illustrates both keynotes

and less common aspects of a well-

known remedy,

26 year-old-woman, married, who is a

partner in a court reporting agency,

whose treatment began an year ago. Chief

complaints were: heart complaints -

sudden tachycardia, always chilly, severe

PMS.

The totality of her symptoms after

detailed case taking,indicated

Aurum

metallicum.

It is interesting that

Aurum

not so

reputed in PMS and dysmenorrhoea has

relieved these in this patient. Full case

may appear in part II of the QHD

22.

A manic depressiva case

ALBIN, Steve (Simillimum, 4, 3/1991} A

case of

Lachesis.

Full case may appear in

part II of the QHD

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23.

Kali carbonicum

WATSON, Ian (Simillimum, 4, 3/1991)

The important points from this has

already been given in QHD, Vol.IX,

No.2/1991, p 27.

24.

Snakes in the homoeopathic grass

LYNN GARNER, Mary (Simillimum, 4,

3/1991) The Seattle Homoeopathic Study

Groups spent time in the latter part of

1990 studying the materia medica of the

snake venom remedies together. Full

article may appear in part II of the QHD.

25.

Argentum nitricun

VAN DER LUGT, M.M.C. (NTKH,

3,1/1992) This is an excerpi from the

Materia Medica by Dr.Tatyana POPOVA

and T.J. ZELIKMAN. A case report is

also appended.

26.

Cottea cruda

VAN DER LUGT, M.M.C. (NTKH, 3,

1/1992) This also is an extract from the

Materia Medica by Dr. Tatyana

POPOVA and T.J. ZELIKMAN. A case is

also appended.

27.

Tabacum

VAN DER LUGT, M.M.C.

This also is an extract from the

materia medica by Dr.

Tatyana POPOVA and T.J. ZELIKMAN.

28.

A Primary biliary Cirrhosis treated

with

Hedera helix

KONIG, P. (AHZ,

236, 4/1991)

A married woman with a child

suffered from chronic hepatitis. After

drawing the anamnesis

Hedera helix

5

twice daily was prescribed which brought

about normalisation; the liver enzyme

tests also confirmed the cure.

Hedera helix

is only poorly represented

in the earlier Materia Medicas. CLARKE

mentions R.T. COOPER in this regard.

However, Julius MEZGER indicates the

organ affinities clearly - glands, liver and

joints.

Chronic liver diseases are very

difficult to be cured. In this case report a

'small remedy's action is documented.

(See OAJULIAN's 'A materia medica of

new homeopathic remedies' which

includes MEZGER's indications = K.S.S.)

29.

Cystitis after dental amalgam

fillings treated with

Silicea

KLEBER, J.J. (AHZ 236,4/1991)

Cystitis in a 30 yr.-old-woman which

began after dental amalgam fillings was

cured by

Silicea.

The amalgam fillings

were removed and

only after that

could

silicea

effect the cure.

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30.

Vegetative dysregulation -

Hyperhidrois - Depressive

State.

GRIMME, H. (AHZ, 236, 4/1991)

A 67 yr.-old-man with profuse

perspiration of the whole body particularly

during the nights and from least exertion

or excitement. All therapies so far were

unsuccessful.

Because of this excessive perspiration

he had to get up at least thrice at night to

change his clothes; hence sleep disturbed.

Very sensitive to cold air. Melancholic,

Internally freezing with weakness.

Paroxysmal excessive hunger; overeating

ameliorated; chronic bronchial catarrh;

rheumatic joint pains.

He was given

Hepar sulphuris

30 and

an year later

Tuberculinum avis

30

Lastly

Petroleum

30, 200 cured.

The leading indicator for

Petroleum

was the peculiar symptom "perspiration

begins in the forearm", the only remedy

with two marks. All the other symptoms

matched

Petroleum.

31.

Combination remedies

MORRISON, Roger (JAIH.

84, 2/1991)

To some the title will be misleading.

This is not about mixing two or more

separate homoeopathic remedies as some

do. What is meant here is the salt of any

mineral e.g.

Natrum muriaticum, Kali

carbonicum,

etc. Apart from these

Polychrests, 'small' remedies like

Ferrum

iodatum, Kali nitricum

are discussed.

An example to show how

Dr.MORRISON has analysed the case and

considered the 'combination

1

remedy:

36 year-old-female: Complains of

asthma:

Natrum muriaticum

helped a little

but still using inhaler.

Kali carbonicum

200 helped a little for two days but then

symptoms returned full force.

Kali

carbonicum

M after which waking at 4

a.m.

Asthma. Coughing and asthmatic (3).

Sits up and uses inhaler, sips on water.

Amel. propped up in bed(2). Agg.

exertion during the day; agg.ascending,

must walk slowly. Hot and sweaty (new

symptom). Agg.dust. Too out of breath to

eat and drink(3). Tight chest. Recently

moved into San Francisco and left her

kids with the grandmother until she finds

work and they can rejoin her. Anxious

about the children. Generally, has been

sick since the move. Generally agg. cold,

damp weather but has usually been warm.

Waking 4 a.m. (2). Menses too early. Had

purplish clots during the flow. Craving

butter (2), roast pork(2), fat (3), starch.

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Headache on top of head "like a cap"(2).

Shivering feeling in legs.

Analysis: In this case we see all the

elements of a

Kali carbonicum

asthmatic.

However, her temperature iswarm where

we expect

Kali carbonicum

to be chilly

(and

Kali carbonicum

had only temporary

effect.) So we are justified to think that

perhaps she needs a different salt of

Kali.

We would like a warm-blooded remedy

which includes

Kali iodatum, Kali

nitricum

and

Kali sulphuricum.

By

thinking of these three remedies we can

see that the craving for fat, the headache

like a cap make us think of

Nitricums.

Further

confirmation came from the Kay-note:

too breathless to eat or drink. This case went on

to a beautiful reaction from Kali nitricum.

All these go to show that one should be

thorough with Materia Medica to quickly

compare the remedies.

Dr.MORRISON has classed the remedies

as 'Cations' (metals for the most part), 'Anions'

(which include the halogens for the most part)

and those elements which are 'ambivalent' and

can get in either group. Under each class

remedies are grouped and the characteristics of

each of these remedies are sketched.

A very interesting anc) practically

useful study. 32. Strychninum

SHORE, Jonathan (JAIH, 84,2/1991)

This paper was presented at the 1991 IFH

professional case conference.

It is an indepth discussion of the remedy

Strychninum covering both psychological and

physical characteristics supported by references

to existing information and the author's own

cases, two of which are given as illustrations.

3. Digitalis Case report

CARLSTON, Michael (JAIH, 84, 2/1991)

43-year-old male wilh headache as the main

complaint; bradycardia, overweight, loose stools,

rectal itching; fear of poverty, fear of heights,

aversion to fish, desires spicy food; mental:

remorse, as if guilty. Coloured aura precedes the

headache.

Digitalis 200.

The discussion and analysis gives a greater

understanding of the remedy Digitalis which is

rarely prescribed for migraine. But then

homoeopathic practice is an art.

III. THERAPEUTTICS

1. A space occupying lesion

GHOSH, Amitav (BHJ 80, 3/1991)

Mr.W.E.C, 60 years did, with a'space-

occupying lesion

1

. He became confused,

bewildered, drowsy, became slow in his

activities, apathetic, puzzled He gradually

became worse. Became incontinent of urine at

night. On admission to hospital he was drowsy,

had difficulty in standing and almost mute but

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would obey commands. He had increased

muscle tone and stiffness of neck and brisk

tendon reflexes. There was no focal neurological

sign. A CT Scan showed a right frontal

intrinsic tumour crossing the midline. He was

put on Dexemethasone 4mg. four times a day and

discharged home.

Nearly three months after this,

homoeopathic treatment was sought. He was

obese with moonshaped face, thin arms and

oedematous ankles. Weak and could hardly

walk. Physically and mentally slow. Was

indiffeient with no expression. Just sat and

hardly spoke.

A patient with neoplastic condition has all

three miasms and therefore can rarely be offered

a permanent cure.

Psorinum is bene'icial in clinical

conditions where symptoms are present but not

any permanent pathological change - such as

migraine, irritabla bowels and others.

Medorrhinum in sycosis with warts and

growths. Tuberculinum, Carcinosinum and

others may be added to the list of miasmatic

medicines.

Miasmatic background, constitution,

precipitating factors, underlying pathological

lesions, presenting features, then

repertorisation led to the prescription of Apis

mellifica 6 and Thuja 6 both three times a day

concurrently in September 1986 and are

continued still. Medorrhinum 30 was prescribed

at four monthly intervals. One dose of

Carcinosin 200 was given every four months.

Every night, intially Pred,iisone 30 from

September 1986 to February 1987 was also

given, followed by Arsenicum 30 from March

1987 to May 1987 and later Lycopodium 30

from June to September 1967.

Soon after starting homoeopathic medicine,

WEC gradually reduced and then stopped

Dexamethasone. He began to make all round

improvement. He stopped his diuretics not

taking any conventional drugs and is leading a

normal life, ACT Scan repeated in 1989 showed

an improvement.

Discussing the case the author says that while

the progress of cancer disease can be slowed by

homoeopathic medicines it is debatable if

carcinoma is curable. When a homoeopathic

medicine controls the progress of a chronic and

incurable disease it can be continued for a long

period. In pathological prescribing the use of

more than one medicine at a time is justified.

This patient had tremor from 1979 which has

now stopped. Homoeopathy treats the whole

person. Can this be the sole explanation of the

cure?

2. Homoeopathic treatment of ovarian cysts.

QUARALT GIMENO, Maria Lluisa (BHJ,

80,3/1991)

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The commonest cause of ovarian cysts is a

hormonal disorder suffered by women over

months or even years, which may have been

caused by many diverse and different situations

ranging from emotional instability to hormonal

contraceptive treatment or allopathic treatment

of a different nature which interfered with the

functioning of the ovaries. Examples are

psychiatric treatment or hypothalamus-

gynaecological treatments, antihistamines,

antiinflammatories and so on.

Forty women suffereing from ovarian cysts,

diagnosed and measured by ultrasound, were

treated with a single homoeopathic medicine

according to their specific mental, general and

local symptoms. The hormonal disorders

suffered by these patients lead to several

symptoms, some specifically gynaecological,

others general or mental, demonstrating how

the health deterioration process effects the

general state of the sick person. The ultrasound

examination was repeated after about nine

months. Results were positive.

After nine months treatment 36 patients had

"no cysts", 3 had cyst right side only, 1 had

cysts on both sides.

3. The application of symbolic factors in

Homoeopathy

SOLER-MEDINA, A.(BHJ., 80, 3/1991)

This work constitutes an endeavour to

present a method, based on the patient's

personal case history, capable of readily

providing the possible aetiology of the case

and a better understanding of how the patient

suffers and experiences problems. Likewise, a

method capable of facilitating a better ranking

of symptoms, of detecting the minimum

syndrome of maximum value and, in some cases,

of following up and monitoring the patient's 'here

and now'.

To this end, the author took into account

various observations made by several

psychosomatic schools regarding when

symbolic factors may provide an elaborate

support for effect or a mediating influence

between conflicts and the body.

"The different states of sickness are not a

result of coincidence but they correspond to an

expressive intentionalikty of the physical scene"

(George GRODDECK)

The symbolic factors from the

psychosomatic schools are borne in mind and

these are sought out in the patient's case history.

By studying various analogous pathologies the

associated symbolisms are apprehended.

Examples:

Breasts symbolize the mother, both the

patient's mother and the patient herself as a

mother. The lesions occurring in this sphere

would be due mainly to conflicts with the

mother, the seriousness and depth of the lesions

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being proportional to the symbolic factors

producing them.

Diseases and complaints in the

reproductive organs mainly symbolize

problems related to the family or to sex. Benign

tumors: fibromas, myomas, polyps, etc. They

generally occur in people who are Reserved (72)

Introspection (57) and Mortification, ailments

after (68); also Malicious (63) Hatred (51), etc.

Pregnancy - miscarriage: may be

interpreted as fear or anxiety about motherhood

as if the subject wished to unconsciously rid

herself of her contents.

Lilhiasis: All forms of lithiasis, whether

kidney or bile stones, in salivary glands

etc.symbolize introspection due to problems

usually in those who worry too much, both

about their family and others.

Eye disorders: Short sightedness would

symbolize not wishing to see a situation which

the subject has actually seen and which has

caused him or her suffering. In many cases the

symbolic factor is not a recent sight but manifests

itself long afterwards, even up to 40 or 50 years

after the crucial event. This differs from a

Corneal Ulcer, which would form in

consequence of a recent event.

Rheumatoid arthritis: This symbolizes

continued, life-long family problems of great

magnitude. It is as if the burden of these

problems weighed the subject down gradually,

deforming the bone structure.

Bed wetting (enuresis) symbolizes the

tension felt by a child in response to the

conflicts and aggressions of the outside world.

Consequently, when asleep, the child undergoes

a relaxation proportionate to the amount of day

time tension.

Asthmatic bronchitis symbolize a cry for

affection, born of the feeling that the subject is

unloved, in turn due to the fact that he or she is

not capable of facing situation of conflict which

arise.

Dr. SOLER-MEDINA has given model

cases for all the symbolisms and also the

relevant rubrics in the repertory.

This is a fascinating and useful study.

4. Seminar Report - Dr.Andre SAINE on

mental disorders and Dr.Robin MURPHY

on infectious diseases. DANCU, David A.

(Resonance, 13,3/1991)

In Oct. 1990, Dr.Andre SAINE of Ontario,

Canada gave a lecture on "mental disorders".

Dr. SAINE discussed several mental

"disharmonies", including alcoholism, drjg

addiction, dependant personality disorders and

mania and depression. He also discussed "old

and forgotten remedies"

Several rubrics in KENT'S Repertory were

cited,

1. Want of Self-con

:

idence (p. 13)

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2. Irresolution (p.57)

3. Forsaken feeling (p.49)

4.Helplessness, feeling of (p.51) Dr.SAINE

suggested the addition of Lycopodium, gr;*de 3

and Pulsatilla grade 2)

5.Company, desire for, alone while, agg.

(worse while being alone) (p. 12)

6. Offended easily (p.69)

7. Horrible things, sad stories, affect (p.52)

8.Dictatorial (p.36). Dr.SAINE Suggested

addition of Sepia grade 2 and Natrum

muriaticum, grade 2)

The primary remsdies to consider in

disorders of codependency, according to

Dr.SAINE are Lycopodium, Pulsatilta, Natrum

muriaticum, Staphysagria and Medorrhinum.

In January 1991 the PAHM held a

conference with Dr.Robin MURPHY, on

infectious diseases. The Seminar covered various

viral and bacterial infections, including

tonsillitis, fever, meningitis, croups, pertussis,

mastitis, AIDS, and herpes.

Dr.MURPHY presented his unique

philosophy. Using the Organon he proposed that

a gentle cure can be brought about through

remedies in low pctency thereby avoiding

aggravations; the higher potencies for acuie

illnesses than for chronic conditions.

Through his study o

f

the Materia Medica

Dr.MURPHY had determined the five main

remedies which may be indicated for a specific

condition; the remedy which is similar to the

chief complaint of the major pathology present

will relate to the entire organism. This

pathological approach to prescribing requires a

thorough knowledge of the signs and symptoms

of disease as well as an understanding of the

Materie. Medica.

5. Two remedies for the

confinement,

MOSKOWITZ, R (ZKH, 35,

4/1991)

While there are many remedies for painful

contractions ot the Uterus, only two resemble

in their pathogenesis the contractions. Both

these remedies were drawn from the Indian tribes

of the USA. These are Caulophyltum and

Cimicifuga.

The author has made detailed study.

Caulophyllum, in cases associated with

weakness and nervous excitement; and

Cimicifuga, in cases associated with

peevishness, dejection and weakness associated

with progressive negative mental states,

pessimism, etc. Cimicifuga is a deepacting

constitutional medicine. The author cites threee

cases.

6. Two cases by Ananda ZAREN - neonatal

jaundice and recurring tonsillitis

LEVATIN, Janet (Resonance, 13, 4/1991)

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Padeiatric portions from a Seminar held by

Ananda ZAREN in New England on March 15-

17, 1991.

A3V2- week-otd baby girl with jaundice.

The baby was born to anthroposophical parents.

Severe maternal bleeding was controlled by

Homoeopathy, Third day after birth the baby

had jaundice; serum bilirubin was 19.

Admitted to hospital for Phototherapy and the

bilirubin dropped to 12. The baby was breast-

fed exclusively. Baby had "violent flatulence"

which recurred when the mother drank tea.

Chelidonium 30, Natrum sulphuricum 30, Sepia

30, Aconite 30 and Myrica 30 all had already

been given by the homoeopaths who had treated

the baby before referring to Ananda ZAREN. It

was observed that the jaundice increased in the

afternoon. The baby became flatulent when the

mother drank fennel or cinquefoil tea. Stools

frequent, yellow-green liquid, passes with

cramping and straining. She preferred the left

breast. (Lycopodium preferesthe right).

Fingernails were weak and one had a white spot.

No prespiration. Yawned and stretched

normally (Calcarea Phosphorica babies stretch

excessively). The baby became gassy when the

mother ate millet. She seemed to be more

comfortable in sitting position. Alumina M was

prescribed.

Follow-up after one month, two months,

the baby had improved. She still had granular

eyes and spots on the genitalia. Put her fingers in

her mouth a lot, and according to her mother

loved to be served. Fear of the dark.

Medorrhinum 200.

Second case: 5 year old girl. Recurrent

tonsillitis; right-sided otitis media since one

year of age. Headache with the tonsillitic

episodes. Cough, had abdominal pain and

wanted to lie in bed. Tonsils became purulent

and the anterior cervical gland swollen. Had

been given lots of antibiotics. She did not want

to go to Kindergarten. Was very shy and would

not play with unfamiliar children but dictatorial

with her friends. The child had tendency to be

jealous. Feared storms, the dark, the ghosts and

being alone. Desired soup, fruits, vegetables

and eggs which did not agree. Perspired during

sleep. Had been treated with Lycopodium 30 and

200 but only minimum improvement.

Additional information: Generally fearful

especially at night (of insects, that her mother

would die, that the T.V. would explode, etc).

Sleep: difficult at night and restless. Food

desires included asparagus sausage, french fries

and ice cream. Averse to fat, chicken skin, and

cheese. Eggs she liked soft-boiled, but caused

nausea. Energy was best at 10-11 a.m. and worst

6-7 p.m.

Throughout the interview sat on the

mother's lap; refused to say a word or to look at

the camera, instead hiding her face in her

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mother's chest. Whimpered periodically and

appeared frightened of doctors and the video.

She was persistently shy.

Medorrhimum M was prescribed.

The central issue in this case was clearly the

pathological relationship between the mother and

child. This is a main feature of one of the many

types of Medorrhinum. This type is very

sensitive and weepy and they have strong

separation difficulties. The fears, the jealously

and the intolerance to eggs were the other

supporting symptoms.

Five-months foilow-up: no more tonsillitis.

Medorrhinum children cling to mother's lap.

Observe the child closely during the

interview.

7. Cat-Scratch fever - the return of old

symptoms REICHENBERG-ULLMAN,

Judyth (Resonance, 13, 4/1991)

In Aphorism 280 of the Organon

HAHNEMANN affirms that

the return of old symptoms indicates that cure is

imminent. James Tyler KENt said: "In

proportion as old symptoms that have long been

away return, just in that proportion the disease is

cureable .................................... "

49 years old female, artist and healer was

scratched on her right hand by her pet cat in late

December 1990. Hydrogen peroxide was applied

topically. Within two days the wound began to

swell. Area around the scratch became red and

hot resembling a boil. Shooting pains up her

arm extending to the shoulder. Severe bursting

headaches worse from stooping forwards.

Bilateral anterior cervical glands were swollen;

fever. Sulla was prescribed for 10 days.

Despite Sulfa the fever continued for 2

more months. Headache lasted 2 weeks. Felt

collapsed inside. No appetitie. Heartburn.

Developed a rash and intestinal bloating from

the Sulfa. She began to feel colder than usual

and night sweats. In 10 weeks since the cat-

scratch she felt terrible, shaky inside as from

exhaustion.

Before taking Sulfa her energy was only

two-thirds of its usual level. Tired easily, lost her

creative spark which was significant for her since

she was an artist. Still some shooting pain up the

arm. Absent-minded, past two months she had

been waking two or three times each night at 12,

2 and 4 a.m.

Rubric "Wounds, painful, penetrating and

stab wounds" (the closest rubric to catch-

scratch) was consulted.

Hypericum 200 prescribed.

Interestingly she had in the past fallen three

times on her coccyx, once resulting in a

fracture.

The day after Hypericum she had headache

lasting 2 hours. Exhaustion which she

(;xperienced following the wound

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reappeared. She was incapacitated for several

days.

The painful cervical glands, soreness of

shoulder muscles, joints pain, etc., all her earlier

symptoms after the cat-scratch replayed

themselves.

Soon she improved and felt great. She had

been an inveterate coffee drinker since 18 years

age but on the instructions of the physician she

gave it up and after Hypericum even the thought

of drinking coffee seemed terrible to her.

Some interesting aspects from this case:

i. The old symptom:; replayed themselves

precisely as she had originally experienced

them.

ii. Curiously she suffered a wound that

required a remedy which she required earlier

several times (injury to coccyx- -Hypericum)

iii. In the return of old symptoms she re-

experienced clay-colored stools of the hepatitis

and the generalized joint pain of an earlier

period of her life.

8. Ohio Conference (Homoeopathy Today,

11,4/1991)

Dr.Patricia KELLY spoke of the remedies

that can be used in the last trimester of

pregnancy. She presented three cases. The

prescriptions were not for the illnesse s of the

patients, but rather, for the dynamic state they

were in at the time. When prescribing for these

states she said she could see the result of the

remedy fairly quickly.

1.a woman with dermatitis of pregnancy - a

skin rash that had come only in the last months

of pregnancy. Pulsatilla and Natrum

muriaticum had already been given

unsuccessfully. Delving deeper it was found

that she had been abused sexually in her

childhood and was afraid tt> have the baby

because of what had happened to her. She had

rrany strong feelings, unexpressed; was

not angry. Staphisagria XM given and she went

into labor within 24 hours and delivered a 6

pound girl. Chronic skin rash with a history

of sexual abuse: more often Staphisagria.

2.Same woman 4 years later presented with

severe itching of the lower abdomen. She said, "I

must continue to work through

my child abuse for the rest of my life," and

confided that she did not want to go through the

itching again.

Repertory of pregnancy and child-birth by

Alberto SOLAR-MEDINA gives only remedy

and under bold type: Sepia. Sepia 200 cleared

the rash within 2 weeks.

3. a woman in the 9th month of pregnancy

with history of false labour for last 2 week;:.

Had been to hospital twice. Weepy,

irritable, and emotionally best when she was

having a contraction. Was thirsty for cold drinks,

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and was feeling hot. Pulsatilla 200. She

went straight into labour.

9. Treatment of thyroic disease by

Homoeopathy

POPOVA, Tatyana (Homoeopathy Today,

11,4/1991)

Dr.Tatyana POPOVA with over 35 years

experience is a

stalwart of Homoeopathy in Russia. Some

abstracts from her taik. "62 year old, female,

suffering from fourth degree thyroid disease

with marked toxicosis and exophthalmic

goitre; an endocrinologist had already

recommended for surgery. Patient somewhat

malnourished, with a marked tremor of the hands

and a heartbeat of 100-110 per minute. She

undressed fussily, making many useless

motions, and she talked about herself quickly

and disjointedly. Her thyroid was clearly visible

with a certain asymmetry due to the great

enlargement of the right lobe. She suffered from

colitis with urgent call to stool. She had been

registered with the endocrinologist for two

years and the gland had continued to become

enlarged but she categorically refused to be

operated on account of both fear of the surgery

and complicated family circumstances.

"Prescribed Aloe 30, Gelsernium 200 and

Argentum nitricum 200 in daily alternation. This

was a student's prescription. A month and half

later, the patient was much calmer, the tremor of

hands was less marked and tachycardia also

decreased. Size of the thyroid, however, had not

changed. After a little more than year she was

off the endocrinologist's list. The thyroid was of

normal size. She had no recurrence of the

disease and died of old age at 84 years.

"The more marked the toxicosis the

clearer the symptomatology of the disease and

the more successful the treatment. The first

shifts in the state of health may be seen within

two or three weeks from the beginning of the

treatment.

"The most often prescribed remedies are:

Apis, Ferrum phos., Ignatia, Belladonna,

Geiserninum and Argentum nit. We prefer to

prescribe frequent repetitions - sometimes up to

six times per day.

"Treatment of recurrent thyroid disease

is more complicated. In a case of a 32 year-old

woman with thyroid disease of the third degree

there was complete success with Mercurius

cyanatus 50c, because the woman had diphtheria

twice in the past.

"In cases that come to Homoeopathy after

repeated operations also there was success but

the treatment was long.

"Mixed and nodal forms of euthyroid goitre

are cured more easily than the diffuse forms.

"An instructor at an institute in a Siberian

city visited her doctor regularly for two years.

She was seen to have a euthyroid goitre of the

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third degree. It had developed slowly, over a

period of several years. She lived with her aged

mother who needed care, which was why she

did not agree to surgery aside from the fact that

she had no symptoms of the illness relating to the

goitre. The goitre was completely resolved.

Prescription: Ignatia M, Petroleum 200,

Phytolacca 1000 one dose per week each

remedy.

"A school girl with nodal euthyroid and

stuttering was cured of both the problems, with

Ignatia M twice a week.

"Alumina 50 in daily doses helped a

person with thyrotoxicosis, reduction of body

weight, constant tachycardia -upto 100-120

beats per minute, considerable exophthalmia

and painful dryness of the eyes.

"Treatment of thyroid disease requires a

great deal of patience and effort especially in

women who have been operated on previously

for overian cysts, cystic or fibrous mastopathy

or fibroma of the uterus.

"Enlargement of the thyroid occurs as a

compensatory phenomenon.

"In cases of endemic goitre, it is necessary

to pay attention to the constitutional features of

the patient rather than the current complaints

and if possible the constitutional features of the

entire family should be examined. Preparations

of Calcium and Iodine have proven most

helpful in these'cases.

"In Hashimoto's thyroid disease -auto-

immune thyroiditis she has found considerable

difficulty, especially if the patient is 50 years of

age or older. However, there have been

successful cases of treatment of this form of

disease. Two cases cited one with Ignatia M,

Calcarea fiuor 500 andiodum M in alternation

each week and another case with Hepar suiph.

in frequent repetition (several times a day). In

both the cases the glands was considerably

reduced.

"Our interest in the pathology of thyroid gland

increases after the Chernobyl accident During

the first months after the disaster our doctors

learned that enlargement of thyroid gland

was prevalent in 80% of cases especially

among women and children. We must take

into account the colossally acute stress

experienced by the population of the regions

near Chernobyl. The strumogenous

influence of stress is well known."

"Hypothyroidism is cured less easily than

hyperthyroidism." "According to the latest

information from endocrinologists, we may

expect in the near future, i.e. five years after

the disaster, an increase in thyroid disease.

There is a prediction of a rise in

hypothyroidism, auto-immune thyroiditis

and malignant tumors. According to

information from homoeopaths who have

been inhabitants of Slavutich, the city

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specially constructed for people serving in

Chernobyl, the most frequently prescribed

remedies are Fluoricum acidum 50c,

Calcium fluor 200c and Phosphorus M

regardless of whether or not changes in the

thyroid have been found or are conjectured

to occur. The remedies have been

prescribed solely on the 'law of similars' and

not as a routine prophylactic for possible

future changes n the thyroid.

"Diseases of the thyroid can be

successfully treated by Homoeopathy. Our

experience indicates that goitre with

thyrotoxicosis can be more successfully

treated than other forms of thyroid disease.

Among the most frequently used remedies

are: Ignatia, Phytolacca, Argentum

nitricum, Petroleum, Calcarea fluor, lodum,

Arsenicum iodatum., Calcarea iodata,

Aurum iodatum Fluoricum acidum,

Conium. Pulsatilla, Lapis alba, Hekla

Ikava, Petroleum, Lycopodium, Lycopus,

Silica, Gelsemium, Apis mellifica and Thuja,

although the most unexpected remedy may

also be effective.

10. Infectious diarrhoea

GUESS, George (Homoeopathy Today,

11.5/1991)

Some abstracts from George GUESS'S

discussion:

Podophyllum: diarrhoea with flatus; and

explosive noisy stool, which splatters the

toiiet bowl, followed by a feeling of

emptiness. Pains are better lying on the

abodomen, better when bending while lying

on the side. Fear of fainting from weakness.

Stool offensive. Elaps has abdominal pain

better lying on abdomen.

Rumex and Cuptirm are two remedies

that have a totally non-odorous stool.

Veratrum album, Arsenicum album and

Camphora have diarrhoea with vomiting,

coldness and cramps. Cuprum has

diarrhoea plus cramps which are

ameliorated by drinking cold water.

Diarrhoea from anger: Colocynthis,

Staphysagria and Chamomilla.

Diarrhoea which comes out all at once,

as from a gun: Croton tiglium; it has urging

immediately upon putting food or drink in

the mouth. The intestines feel and sound

full with water. Gambogia is closest to

C'Oton. Gratiola has gushing, yellow-green,

frothy stool and coldness- in the abdomen.

Jatropha and Elaterium are some more

remedies for this kind diarrhoea.

Diarrhoea with tenesmus: Mercurius,

Nux vomica, Mercurius corrosivaus.

Diarrhoea which drives the patient out

of bed: Sulphur, Bryonia, Natrum

sulphurhum, Rumex Podophyllum.

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Painless diarrhoea: China, Podophyllum

and Phosphoric acid. Aloe has rectal

insecurity.

Belladonna: infectious diarrhoea with

strong pains in the transverse colon that are

visible to the eye. Dioscorea has lots of

pain and violent twisting of the intestines

which are paroxysmal at regular times;

worse from bending forward.

(For full comparative study the best

reference is James B.BELL's book on

Diarrhoea = K.S.S.)]

11. The Henshaw Serum

flocculation test

KRUEEL, Tom (Similiimum,

4, 3/1991)

A brief review of ihe Henshaw

Flocculation Test which has rarely been

discussed over the years. The test is claimed

to aid in the correct remedy selection to the

individual patient. The author feel that the

test deserves to be considered.

12. The effects of hornoeopathyic

treatment of diabetes

GREEN, Julia (Similiimum, 4,

3/1991) This is a 'reprint' of Dr. Julia

GREEN's article in the Homoeopathic

Recorder, Vol. LVil, No.3

f

1941.

13. One woman's birth experience

HERRICK, Nancy (JAIH, 84, 1/1991)

Homoeopathy in obstetrics. The case is

very interesting pointing out the

"instantaneous" action of the correctly

selected homoeopathic remedy. The author

justifies each prescription, ably. The entire

case will appear in Part II of the QHD later.

14. Thuja ■ the great masquerader

GRAY, Bill (JAIH, 84, 1/19991)

Dr. Bill GRAY studied with George

VITHOULKAS. Thuja is graphically

described in this article. The entire article

will appear in Part II of QHD later.

15. Methods of Case analysis. Part II

MORRISON, Roger (JAIH, 84, 1/1991)

The first two parts appeared in the JAIH,

83,3 & 4/1990.

This third instalment of a comprehensive

overview of case analysis methods describes

three techniques which deal with the

matching of specific information to specific

(generally infrequently used) remedies.

Naturally, trying to identify the correct

remedy in such cases will stretch our

knowledge of materia medica to the

utmost. It is in these instances where our

efforts to master the materia medica are

rewarded by the resolution of an otherwise

insolvable case.

Remedy alternations in KENT'S

repertory - Part 18-Lachesis

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and Lachnanihes tinctoria

EPPENICH, H (2KH, 35 4/1991)

"Vision, colors, dark spots, reading

agg.: P.273. Lachesis not Lachn.'

(ALLEN'S Encyclopaedia, Vol.V)

"Head, Coldness, forehead": p. 108,

Lachnanthes not Lach. (Guiding

Symptoms, Vol.VII, p.1)

Head Enlarged, and as if split open by a

wedge from the outside, body icy cold, skin

moist and sticky; cannot get warm, even

under a feather bed, face yellow, whines

with the pain; head burns like fire, with

thirst": P.115: Lachnanthes not Lach.

(Guiding Symptoms, Vol. VII, P.2)

"Sleep, Dreams, spinning": P.1243:

Lachanthes not Lach. (ALLEN'S

Encyclopaedia Vol.V)

2. Repertory additions - edited and

introduced by Randall

NEUSTAEDTER

(The Homoeopath, 11, 3/1991)

HERING accepted every cured

symptom for his Guiding Symptoms. He is

accused by some of his contemporaries of

accepting even symptoms without validity,

tn the last century it was debated whether

the Materia Medica should be 'sifted'. Some

opposed this. Should we throw the wheat

with the chaff? The views of Constantine

HERING and Actolph LIPPE are quoted.

We cannot omit any symptom as

unimportant.

| V. RESEARCH

1. AsTudy using Sepia 200c given

prophylactically postpartum to prevent

anoestrus problems in the dairy cow,

WILLIAMSON, A.V., MACKIE, W.L,

CRAWFORD, W.J. and RENNIE, (BHJ,

80, 3/1991)

The results obtained from a study modei

using Sepia 200c in a herd of dairy cows

led to an extended study. Overall

reproductive performance was monitored

monthly by a farm action list and the

technique of palpation of the ovaries per

rectum was used to determine pregnancy and

cyclical status. Atotal of 101 cows were

randomly treated with Sepia 200c on day 14

or 21 post partum. Statistical analysis of the

results was based on the differences

between the untreated Control and Sep/a-

treated groups in periparturient disorders

and pre- and post-service periods, and

between the two Sep/a-treated groups.

In the pre-service period, a significant

difference was found between the Sep/a-

treated groups in the proportion of heifers

calved, the number of assisted calvings and

pre-service problems compared to Control.

A difference of 9.9 total mean days to

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oestrus post-treatment was found between

the Sepia- treated groups.

During the post-service period,

significant differences were found in the

conception rate to first service, the

percentage of cows in calf and total culled.

A reduction (non significant) was

found in the 21 day treatment group

compared to Control and 14 day treatment

in the mean day calving to conception

interval.

The results of this study appear to

demonstrate a difference in effect between

the Sepia treated groups and contorl group.

The study has been extended into a double

blind placebo trial to find the effect of

using a placebo and assess the use of Sepia

given earlier postpartum on herd

reproductive performance.

2, Scientific support for Electrodiagnosis

- relationship to

homoeopathy and acupunture,

ROYAL. F. Fuller; ROYAL, Daniel F,

(BHJ, 80, 3/1991) Western allopathic

medicine is founded and supported on the

reductionistic-mechanical scientific

paradigm that orginated in the seventeenth-

century. Unlike western medicine, science

is becoming holistic, based upon quantum

mechanics, new laws relating to Chaos

(turbulence), fractals and the discovery of

self-organized criticality. Unified theories

of nature incorporate non-linear science as

an interface between biology, physics,

mathematics, computing and form a

foundation for bio- energy medicine that

includes electrodiagnosis, acupuncture

and Homoeopathy.

The use of Acupuncture, Homoeopathy

and Bectrodermal instruments is increasing

among physicians. Federal and State

regulatory agencies have recently stepped

up their investigations into the use of

electro-diagnotic devices. A review of the

history of medicine, the advent of

electrodiagnosis and how it relates to

Acupuncture and Homoeopathy, past and

present research, scientific support and

future possibilities is presented. A new

medical paradigm, quantum

morphodynamics is provided. Along list of

references is appended.

3. The Homoeopathic medicine

provings of MARTINI

(1936-1939) - critical evaluation ol the

results - Parts I & II.

WALACH. H. (AHZ, 236, 4 & 5/1991)

P. MARTINI who was a well-

recognised clinician in the University Clinic,

Bonn carried out for the first time in

Germany some controlled medicinal

experiments of homoeopathic medicines.

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(Sulphur, Secale comutum, Bryonia, Sepia).

These experiments conducted during the

1930s did not share any evidence in favour

of homoeopathic medicinal effects; on the

contrary MARTINI came to the conclusions

that the homoeopathic medicinal effects

were only placebo effects. Dr. WALACH

analyses, in this two part article, the original

papers of MARTINI. Although the placebo

control employed has clearly been a step in

the right direction, design and procedure of

the studies are so different and

uncomparable with each other, that no

definite conclusion can be drawn. On the

contrary, different groupings of the

symptoms to clusters does show

differences between the placebo and

verum conditions, which proves

significant by the Chi-square test. This,

however, can only be of heuristic value to

show that the whole question of the effects

of homoeopathic remedies open to now and

has to be investigated anew. Some hints are

also given as to possible studies now. (See

also, in this connection, WALACH, articles

in the ZKH, 34, 6/1990 and AHZ, 235, 4 &

5, 1990)

VI. PHARMACY

1. Hahnemann’s 50,000 scale potencies and

the 22,700 scale potencies of the

Homoeopathic pharmacopaeia. GRIMM, A

(ZKH, 35,4/1991)

HAHNEMANN's 50 millesime!

potencies came out of his more than 40

years experience. Organon V edition came

in 1833 and the Chronic Diseases Vol.I, in

1835 and Vol.Ill in 1837. Although the gap

between the publications of the Organon V

edition and the proposed publication of the

VI edition was only 7 years, it took actually

88 years before the correct preparation of the

medicine according to HAHNEMANN. All

homoeopaths after HAHNEMANN were in

the dark about this new method. Except

JAHR and BOENNINGHAUSEN the other

famous homoeopaths like HERING, LIPPE,

FINCKE, BOGER and KENT didn't know

about it. Many persons misunderstood the

method and most ignored it. It is diffeicult

to break a habit and practice existing for

over 88 years.

What exactly are HAHNEMANN's

instructions regarding the preparation of

these ppotencies?

The author has carefully gone through

HAHNEMANN's manuscript. The German

Homoeopathic Pharmacopaeia has

mentioned a method which would only lead

to 1:22,700 potency instead of a 1:50,000

potency. The Indian Pharmacopaeia is also

wrong. The author explains the special

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method of preparation of the millesimal

potencies. It is also wrong to indicate the

millesimal potencies in Roman as LM. It

should be "Q" - potencies -

Quinquagintamillesimal. 70 years after the

publication of Organon VI it is time to

correct the mistakes.

VII. VETERINARY

1. Homoeopathy in veterinary practice

SCHNEIDER, Rudolph, H

(Homoeopathy Today, 11, 5/1991)

This is a 'reprint' from the

Homoeopathic Recorder, Sept. 1928 and

records cure of two dogs.

VIII. HISTORY

1. Homoeopathy around the world -

travels and tribulations TREUHERZ, Francis

(Resonance, 13, 4/1991) TREUHERZ

considers, with anecdotes, how

Homoeopathy blossomed in so many

cultures and countries and how these

cultures have contributed to Homoeopathy

for both good and evil. Our art can be abused

and led from its ostensibly positive direction

as a power for healing. Indeed, in the

fatherland of HAHNEMANN, Germany,

some abuse was done during the Nazi

regime while attempting the 'Final Solution

1

to the 'Jew problem'. It is revealed that Dr.

John Henry CLARKE was a strong anti-

semitic while being an anti- vivisectionist.

Wherever he went Benoit MURE (1809-

1858) studied and adapted the medical

possibilities of his surroundings to the

homoeopathic world.

John James GARTH WILKINSON

discovered Hekla lava in Iceland. He was

Swedenborgian. HERING, KENT and many

others were Swedenborgians. GARTH

WILKINSON translated from Latin to

English the works of SWEDENBORG.

Card repertories were prepared by

Marcos JIMINEZ, BOGER, FIELD,

FLURY, BROUSALLIAN and Jugal

KISHORE. The KISHORE cards are the

largest and most comprehensive.

Entry into and development of

Homoeopathy in India is sketched: a

Dr.MULLENS, HONIGBERGER,

Rutherford RUSSELL, TONNERESarat

Chandra GHOSE, Rajendra Lai DUTT,

Mahendralal Lai SIRCAR are mentioned.

2. HAHNEMANN's Portrait

(Homoeopathy Today, 11,

4/1991)

The'Homoeopathy Today Vol.11, No.4,

1991 carries in its front page a photograph

of HAHNEMANN which is a copy from an

engraving which seems to the best likeness

of the master. This photograph was taken in

the studio of Mr.Gilbert TEMPLE, Clinton,

Iowa. The original of the engraving

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belonged to John B.YOUNG, 529, Ninth

Avenue, Clinton, Iowa who gives the history

of this: This came into "my possession in

1838 when I was fifteen years old. "It was

given to me because I was a patient of

HAHNEMANN the circumstances being as

follows: I was born in Paisley, Scotland

December 4, 1823. When twelve years of age

I contracted a severe cold which proved to be

the beginning of serious pulmonary trouble.

After having been confined to bed for a

year, I was finally sent to Paris in 1836

when I was thirteen years old, that I might be

put under HAHNEMANN's treatment. There

had been much question whether it was

possible to make the trip, but it was

accomplished in easy stages, including a

rest of two weeks in London. These two

weeks were spent at the house of the

Queen's Physician, Sir Andrew CLARK,

who examined me carefully. I overheard

him to say to his wife that he doubted if they

ever got me to Paris, but if they did, they

would never get me out again.

"Upon my arrival in Paris,

HAHNEMANN subjected me to a very

thorough examination, lasting about an

hour and half at the end of which he

announced that I could be cured, but it

would take considerable time. This opinion

was fully justified by subsequent events, for

I was restored to health, but only after I had

been under his care for nine months.

" ..I was at his office frequently and

spent a good deal of

time there, sometimes remaining as long as

half a day. This unusual and prolonged

association with him and his work of

necessity made me familiar with his face

and his ways.

"Some two years after my return to

Scotland Dr.Geddes M.SCOTT, physician

of wealth and high standing in Glasgow,

who

had become a convert to Homoepathy went

to Paris to see HAHNEMANN. Upon his

return he showed me an engraving of

HAHNEMANN which he had brought with

him, and asked what I thought of it. I said

that the likeness could not be better and

Dr.SCOTT said that was his opinion also.

He gave me two copies and this photograph

is from a negative made from one of

them…"

IX. AGRICULAUTRE

1. An agricultural application of

Homoeopathy

KAYNE Steven (BHJ, 80, 3/1991)

Afield trial in which four homoeopathic

sprays were applied to rye grass is reported.

The aim of the trial was to determine

whether any significant effect on growth

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could be achieved when compared with

similar application of nitrogen fertilizer,

and a control. At the particular dosages and

strengths chosen no such effect was

perceived, however a method for testing

homoeopathic sprays were established. The

results are presented and analysed.

Suggestions are made for further work. 2.

Plants and Homoeopathy

MICHOT-DIETRICH, Hela

(Homoeopathy Today, 11,

5/1991)

This is a 'Letter to the Editor' in which

Dr.MICHOT-DIETRICH reports of

homoeopathic remedies helping plants.

Two Camelia plants, in her garden were

affected by 'mealy bugs' (white cottony

growths); Wiping these with alcohol did

not help.

Mercurius3Q, one pill into the ground

of each pot and well watered. The white

spots gradually vanished and the plants

brought out perfect blossoms. The plants

have become free of meaiy bugs.

I X BIOGRAPHY

Introduction of Dr.T.

POPOVAof Kiev KLUCK, T.

(NTKH, 3, 1/1992)

This issue of NTKH is 'Dr.POPOVA'

number. This article introduces Dr.Tatyana

POPOVAand her works.

Survey of a homoeopathic practice as

it compares to the

National Ambulatory Medical Care

Survey

JACOBS, Jennifer and CROTHERS,

Dean (Resonance, 13,

3/1991)

The practice of homoeopathic medicine

is becoming more common in the U.S.,

Europe, Latin America and Asia. In France,

25% of people have consulted a

homoeopathic physician, while 42% of all

doctors in Great Britain have referred

patients to a homoeopath. In the U.S.

homoeopathic medicine have undergone

1000% increase in sales in the past 10 years.

There are approximately 1000 physicians in

the U.S. currently using homoeopathic

medicines. Who consult the homeoepathic

physicians, for what conditions, what are

the fees involved etc. have not been

reported in any professional journal. A study

was conducted at the Evergeen Center for

Homoeopathic Medicines.

Information was collected for a 5 year

period, 1984-1988. This article details the

information. The findings suggest that

homoeopathic family physicians are

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consulted for a wide range of health

problems, they are often seen for chronic

and ill-defined disorders that are not easily

managed by existing standard medical

treatment.

2. A puzzle in the dark - organizational

growing pains.

BORNEMANN, J.P. (Resonance,13,

3/1991)

An interesting overview of

Homoeopathy in the USA.

There are many disparate elements.

Many organizations are forming and

taking a political position. People are in a

motion to do something.

A number of States in the process of

adding Homoeopathy to the scope of

practice of Chiropracters, Naturopaths and

Acupuncturists.

Numerous organizations have been

formed - the National Board of Examiners,

the American Society of Homoeopaths,

Atlantic Academy, Pacific Academy and the

like. A "coalition" is forming of many

national organizations to raise money and

fund projects.

Seminars are more numerous and with

better quality teachers. Attendance is all-

time high.

The Press on Homoeopathy is more

frequent - negative and positive.

What seems to be lacking is a national

agends acceptable to most and a plan to

implement it.

There seems to be a lay movement to

practice homoepathy similar to model in

England and a movement among alternative

physcians to band together for examining

and licensing purposes.

Although there is some confusion, what

is certain is that there is tremendous amount

of energy going into Homoeopathy right

now. Like wave forms, some of the pulses

are constructive to one another while some

are destructive.

3. Cows, Coalitions and Community

Councils

BORNEMAN, J.P. (Resonance,

13, 4/1991)

The FDA of the USA have said that

drugs approved for humans cannot be sold

for use in or used by animals. Since

homoeopathic remedies are considered

drugs under Federal Law, it means that

homoeopathic remedies cannot be used for

veterinary purposes.

The author calls for united social action

and political action to fight this.

4. Supervision and support in practice

PINTO, Gabrielle (The Homoeopath, 11,

3/1991) There is much lamentation over

the poor quality of homoeopathic practice

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especially the young graduates coming out

of the Institutions. These young graduates

themselves feel that they have not been

equipped properly to face 'practice' - day-

to-day realities which are not exactly those

that were taught in the Schools. It is upto the

experienced homoeopaths to help the

younger homoeopaths climb up. The

Supervisor should of course be competent

as otherwise the younger homoeopath would

be led up the wrong ladder. The article

discusses all the areas involved in this art.

5. Remedies for Earth day - Personal

health concerns for environmental

contaminants

BREAKEY, Robert (Homoeopathy

Today, 11,4/1991)

Worldwide problems such as global

warming, Ozone depletion, and Nuclear

accidents like the one at Chernobyl are

having an increasing impact on health.

The history of our concern for our

environment dates back to HAHNEMANN

who questioned such things as the effects of

drinking coffee and tea, excessive use of

sugar and salt, reading in bed, etc., and how

these impacted on health and our remedies.

In our practice of Homoeopathy, the

personal environment and its contaminants

must be a part of case-taking; we must have

an awareness of environmental factors that

could be contributing to the disease of the

patient.

We must all take personal responsibility

for the generation of toxic wastes and their

disposal.

People today suffer from tight building

syndrome in which they breath air

contaminated by chemicals which are

trapped inside. A common air contaminant

is formaldehyde from insulation used in

super-insulated homes, offices, hospitals

and shopping malls and also found in

permanent-press fabrics and biology

"Upon my arrival in Paris, HAHNEMANN

subjected me to a very thorough

examination, lasting about an hour and half

at the end of which he announced that I

could be cured, but it would take

considerable time. This opinion was fully

justified by subsequent events, for I was

restored to health, but only after I had been

under his care for nine months.

" ..I was at his office frequently and

spent a good deal of

time there, sometimes remaining as long as

half a day. This unusual and prolonged

association with him and his work of

necessity made me familiar with his face

and his ways.

"Some two years after my return to

Scotland Dr.Geddes M.SCOTT, physician

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of wealth and high standing in Glasgow,

who

had become a convert to Homoepathy went

to Paris to see HAHNEMANN. Upon his

return he showed me an engraving of

HAHNEMANN which he had brought with

him, and asked what I thought of it. I said

that the likeness could not be better and

Dr.SCOTT said that was his opinion also.

He gave me two copies and this photograph

is from a negative made from one of

them…"

IX. AGRICULAUTRE

1. An agricultural application of

Homoeopathy

KAYNE Steven (BHJ, 80, 3/1991)

Afield trial in which four homoeopathic

sprays were applied to rye grass is reported.

The aim of the trial was to determine

whether any significant effect on growth

could be achieved when compared with

similar application of nitrogen fertilizer,

and a control. At the particular dosages and

strengths chosen no such effect was

perceived, however a method for testing

homoeopathic sprays were established. The

results are presented and analysed.

Suggestions are made for further work. 2.

Plants and Homoeopathy

MICHOT-DIETRICH, Hela

(Homoeopathy Today, 11,

5/1991)

This is a 'Letter to the Editor' in which

Dr.MICHOT-DIETRICH reports of

homoeopathic remedies helping plants.

Two Camelia plants, in her garden were

affected by 'mealy bugs' (white cottony

growths); Wiping these with alcohol did

not help.

Mercurius3Q, one pill into the ground

of each pot and well watered. The white

spots gradually vanished and the plants

brought out perfect blossoms. The plants

have become free of meaiy bugs.

I X BIOGRAPHY

Introduction of Dr.T.

POPOVAof Kiev KLUCK, T.

(NTKH, 3, 1/1992)

This issue of NTKH is 'Dr.POPOVA'

number. This article introduces Dr.Tatyana

POPOVAand her works.

Survey of a homoeopathic practice as

it compares to the

National Ambulatory Medical Care

Survey

JACOBS, Jennifer and CROTHERS,

Dean (Resonance, 13,

3/1991)

The practice of homoeopathic medicine

is becoming more common in the U.S.,

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Europe, Latin America and Asia. In France,

25% of people have consulted a

homoeopathic physician, while 42% of all

doctors in Great Britain have referred

patients to a homoeopath. In the U.S.

homoeopathic medicine have undergone

1000% increase in sales in the past 10 years.

There are approximately 1000 physicians in

the U.S. currently using homoeopathic

medicines. Who consult the homeoepathic

physicians, for what conditions, what are

the fees involved etc. have not been

reported in any professional journal. A study

was conducted at the Evergeen Center for

Homoeopathic Medicines.

Information was collected for a 5 year

period, 1984-1988. This article details the

information. The findings suggest that

homoeopathic family physicians are

consulted for a wide range of health

problems, they are often seen for chronic

and ill-defined disorders that are not easily

managed by existing standard medical

treatment.

2. A puzzle in the dark - organizational

growing pains.

BORNEMANN, J.P. (Resonance,13,

3/1991)

An interesting overview of

Homoeopathy in the USA.

There are many disparate elements.

Many organizations are forming and

taking a political position. People are in a

motion to do something.

A number of States in the process of

adding Homoeopathy to the scope of

practice of Chiropracters, Naturopaths and

Acupuncturists.

Numerous organizations have been

formed - the National Board of Examiners,

the American Society of Homoeopaths,

Atlantic Academy, Pacific Academy and the

like. A "coalition" is forming of many

national organizations to raise money and

fund projects.

Seminars are more numerous and with

better quality teachers. Attendance is all-

time high.

The Press on Homoeopathy is more

frequent - negative and positive.

What seems to be lacking is a national

agends acceptable to most and a plan to

implement it.

There seems to be a lay movement to

practice homoepathy similar to model in

England and a movement among alternative

physcians to band together for examining

and licensing purposes.

Although there is some confusion, what

is certain is that there is tremendous amount

of energy going into Homoeopathy right

now. Like wave forms, some of the pulses

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are constructive to one another while some

are destructive.

3. Cows, Coalitions and Community

Councils

BORNEMAN, J.P. (Resonance,

13, 4/1991)

The FDA of the USA have said that

drugs approved for humans cannot be sold

for use in or used by animals. Since

homoeopathic remedies are considered

drugs under Federal Law, it means that

homoeopathic remedies cannot be used for

veterinary purposes.

The author calls for united social action

and political action to fight this.

4. Supervision and support in practice

PINTO, Gabrielle (The Homoeopath, 11,

3/1991) There is much lamentation over

the poor quality of homoeopathic practice

especially the young graduates coming out

of the Institutions. These young graduates

themselves feel that they have not been

equipped properly to face 'practice' - day-

to-day realities which are not exactly those

that were taught in the Schools. It is upto the

experienced homoeopaths to help the

younger homoeopaths climb up. The

Supervisor should of course be competent

as otherwise the younger homoeopath would

be led up the wrong ladder. The article

discusses all the areas involved in this art.

5. Remedies for Earth day - Personal

health concerns for environmental

contaminants

BREAKEY, Robert (Homoeopathy

Today, 11,4/1991)

Worldwide problems such as global

warming, Ozone depletion, and Nuclear

accidents like the one at Chernobyl are

having an increasing impact on health.

The history of our concern for our

environment dates back to HAHNEMANN

who questioned such things as the effects of

drinking coffee and tea, excessive use of

sugar and salt, reading in bed, etc., and how

these impacted on health and our remedies.

In our practice of Homoeopathy, the

personal environment and its contaminants

must be a part of case-taking; we must have

an awareness of environmental factors that

could be contributing to the disease of the

patient.

We must all take personal responsibility

for the generation of toxic wastes and their

disposal.

People today suffer from tight building

syndrome in which they breath air

contaminated by chemicals which are

trapped inside. A common air contaminant

is formaldehyde from insulation used in

super-insulated homes, offices, hospitals

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and shopping malls and also found in

permanent-press fabrics and biology

Magnesium Carbonicum: fire, lost in forest,

journeys going no place, unsuccessful

attempts to find one's own house.

Staphisagria: fighting

Helleborus: floating

Apis: thinks he is a girl

Cyclamen: money and terrors of

consciousness.

Septa: mice, rats, small vermin, insects

Natrum muriaticum: that he is taken as a

prisoner

Kalibichromicum, Iris, Arnica: being

poisoned, being raped

Ignatia: disappointments

Natrum muriaticum and Ignatia: teeth

breaking off or being pulled.

(Homoeopathy Today, 11, 4/1991)

7. Randall NEUSTAEDTER has announced

the formation of a new homoeopathic

association - Homoeopathic Paediatric

Association;

1.to promote the use of classical

homoeopathy in child health care.

2.to provide educational opportunities for its

members and the homoeopathic community in

the field of paediatrics.

3.to educate the public and medical

profession about the use of Homoeopathy in the

treatment of children.

4. to encourage clinical research in the

field of homoeopathic paediatrics.

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8. The house in which HAHNEMANN lived in

KOETHEN during the period 1821-1835 has

been located. It was while in this house that

HANEMANN wrote the Chronic Diseases. The

German Central Association of homoeopathic

Physicians was founded here in 1829 and

also the oldest homoeopathic journal the

Allgemeine homoopathische Zeitung in 1832.

The German Central Association of

homoeopathic Physicians has since purchased

this house. Extensive repairs have to be

carried out. It is proposed to make the house a

scientific centre for homoeopaths from all over

the world (AHZ, 236, 6/1992)

8. Curriculum for continuing education has been

organised in Germany. Regular provings also

are to be carried out. The centre is in Celle

(Germany) and Dr.BOETTGER will be the

Chief. The Provings are to be carried strictly in

accordance with HAHNEMANN'S

instructions. The Academy in Celle is also to

document cases. Under Dr.ElCHEL

BERGER the Society for Classical

Homoeopathy has begun a course for doctors

for distance education under University of

Witten-Herdicke. Studies of Homoeopathy in

Neurodermatitis in Hannover

and migraine in Munich, in the University

have been programmed.

PART II – KALI CARBONICUM

By Ian Watson, RSHom

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INTRODUCTION

At college I was taught that there were certain types of person that would most likely require the

remedy Kali carbonicum. They were regid, closed individuals with a strong sense of duty and an

excessive control over their emotions. They would have a great need for order and structure in their

lives, and would tend to understate their sufferings until they had progressed into a pathological

state. They were probably to be found working in middle management, or as bank managers or police

officers. They would be unlikely to come for homoeopathic treatment, except perhaps as a last resort,

and even then it would be difficult to find the remedy because of their closed, rigid nature....

I expect that this picture is familiar to many. The impression I carried for quite some time was that

Kali carbonicum would be needed in practice on rare occasions, and that only those types of persons

described above would require the remedy. Fortunately, however, a patient came along to teach me

otherwise.

THE PATIENT

A forty-six year-old woman presented with pre-menstrual syndrome of many years duration,

which acupuncture and previous homeopathic treatment had only palliated. Before each period for at

least one week she suffered with the following: aching pains in the legs, worse on lying down;

insomnia, waking around 3 a.m and unable to get back to sleep; great exhaustion; emotional

instability('like being on a tightrope

1

) with frequent changes of mood; menstruation at intervals of

three weeks. She had a tendency to recurrent backache in the lumbar region, since giving birth fifteen

years previously and a history of post-natal depression lasting many months. She had two children and

had difficulties during both pregnancies; the first birth was a forceps delivery.She was generally chilly.

She sweated easily, especially at night in bed.

Several times weekly she would have to rise to urinate at 3 or 4 a.m. A sore, bruised pain was felt

periodically in the region of the liver, with occasional sharp stitches. She had great sleepiness after her

evening meal, suffered a bit from flatulence, and her stools tended to be very pale.

She was very well dressed and during the interview she was extremely open, extrovert and quite

loquacious. She tended to worry about the family, about her children being ill, and about her own

health. She said she was a coward frightened of pain. When I had taken this case I was not sure what

remedy she needed. I could see aspects of Lycopodium, Arsenicum, and Phosphorus, but none of these

seemed quite right. I could also see a few 'keynotes' suggesting Kali carbonicum, but her openness and

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extroversion seemed to strongly contradict my image of the 'typical Kali carbonicum person. The

mental/emotional symptoms that I had elicited did not seem that strong or problematic to her anyway,

so I decided to find a remedy that matched the physical generals, which by contrast were clear and well

marked.

REPERTORIZAT1ON

I quickly repertorized the case using Phatak's Concise

Repertory, taking the following rubrics: Menses, before agg. (p.229), Menses, early(p.232), Pregnancy,

childbed, affections of, or since agg. (p.276), Liver (& right hypochondria) (p.217), Time, 3 a.m. agg.

(p.360), Changing moods {p.46).

Because so many of her sufferings were worse before the period, to save time I used the rubric

'Menses, before, agg.' as an eliminator, that is to say I only considered the remedies in that rubric. While

Coccutus and Calcarea carbonica featured strongly in the repertorization, Kali carbonicum was the

only remedy to be found in every subsequent rubric. Reading the materia medica, it seemed to match her

overall state very well, so I prescribed a single does of Kali carbonicum 30c (the only potency I had in

stock at the time).

RESULTS

The result was an aggravation of her symptoms lasting almost five weeks, during which time she

had a lot of pain in the liver region and she felt quite depressed. A number of old symptoms (some

from fifteen years previously) returned and subsequently disappeared. After this she suddenly started

to improve in every respect and her periods then established a four weekly cycle and she had none of

the pre-menstrual symptoms. All of the liver pains disappeared and she felt better than for years. The

improvement lasted for three months, after which a return of some of the cured symptoms called for a

repetition. Kali carbonicum 200c was given which produced another lengthy but less intense

aggravation and she then remained well for almost a year, when a further dose was needed. The

curative action of the remedy was very deep, and it was obviously a remedy that she had needed for

many years.

DISCUSSION

What this patient taught (or rather, reminded) me was that the psychological profiles of remedies

can be terribly limiting if we seek to fit all of our patients into the 'familiar image' we have of the

polychrests. These images provide wonderful confirmation when they are found, but I have learnt from

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experience that there are many other aspects of a person that a remedy may be 'similar' to, and that there

are many facets to a remedy other than those that we were taught.

I would like to share some of the experience I have gained with Kali carbonicum over the past

two years, emphasizing the physical aspects of the remedy which I have seen manifest in a wide

spectrum of personality-types. There are a number of key areas of disturbance that have featured

strongly in a majority of my cases, which form the general headings given below. WATER

BALANCE

Kali carbonicum is a major remedy for fluid retention-the materia medicas state that it is suited to

dropsical states, and ! have found this to be frequently the case. But the water issue goes further than

that. There is a generalized sensation of dryness which runs through the whole remedy picture and

which crops up here and there in a great many patients. Dry cough, dry stool, dry skin, dry hair, dry

eyes, dry throat, dry tongue, and so on. The urine flows too slowiy, and the perspiration is scanty or

suppressed.

As with many of our polychrests, there is a polarity within the picture of Kali carbonicum so that

symptoms of excess water are just as pronounced. There is a strong tendency to weep in the remedy

picture — weeping with headenche, during chill, in sleep, without knowing why, when telling

symptoms, etc. The remedy also has continual gathering of water in the mouth, excessive

lachrymation, diminution of sight after working in water, regurgitation of water from the stomach,

and a tendency to profuse sweats and night sweats. Even more strikingly, there is a sensation as if the

stomach is full of water, and even dreams of water and dreams of weeping. Wherever there is an issue

to do with water or the lack of it, Kali carbonicum ought to be considered along with Alumina,

Bryonia, Natrum muriaticum, and Nux moschata.

I have verified the water sensation in the stomach on several occasions — the strangest was a man

who described to me a feeling that he had a U-shaped tube in his stomatch partly filled with water.

Whichever way he turned, the water seemed to slosh over to that side of the tube. In this case I took the

rubric in Phatak's Repertory 'Splashing, swashing, as of water' where Kali carbonicum is to be

found, and the remedy helped him a great deal. My wife SALLY also prescribed Kali carbonicum

successfully for a woman had a 'sensation as if the eyes were full of water'. I have not seen this

symptom listed under Kali carbonicum, but it was cured in this case along with her other symptoms

which were characteristic of the remedy. DIGESTION

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Kali carbonicum has a strong affinity with the digestive tract, particularly the stomach and liver.

Emotions are felt by the patient to affect the stomach area, particularly anxiety, fear, or sudden shock

like the slamming of a door. There is nausea from motions or after vexation. Often there are

palpitations, dyspnea, and other respiratory or heart symptoms which are secondary to digestive

trouble. One of my patients had a pain in the precordial region extending down the left arm. She

naturally thought it was heart trouble, but questioning revealed that it only came on after she ate fatty

foods, which confirmed my suspicion that it was a referred symptom from the gall-bladder or the

liver. Kali carbonicum helped her generally and cured the chest pains. One is constantly reminded of

BURNETT'S injunction to 'get behind the symptoms' and find the seat of the disorder, which often lies

elsewhere even on a purely physical level. COMPARISONS

Kali carbonicum has much in common with Lycopodium in the digestive area, and they are a pair

that I have often found myself differentiating. Both have problems with eructations, flatulence, and

distension. Both share a great desire for sweet things, Kali carbonicum also having a specific desire

for sugar. Kali carbonicum has additionally a strong desire for sour things, like Sepia, Hepar sulpb,

etc. Both remedies have an aversion to bread and to meat. Both remedies can be full after a small

quantity of food (although this I think is more pronounced in Lycopodium), and both have a sensation

of heaviness in the stomach after eating. Both remedies have stomach ulcers within their curative range.

Both remedies can suffer from going too long without eating, and both should be strongly considered

in patients with liver pains or gall-stones when characteristic symptoms are present. The typical sharp,

stitching pain in the right side often crops up in patients needing Kali carbonicum, either as part of the

presenting picture or at some time in the past history.

To differentiate, Lycopodium may have aggravation from onions, shelfish and 'flatulent food',

while Kali carbonicum can be affected adversely by bread, and also by warm food, which

Lycopodium tends to crave. Eructations can either aggravate or ameliorate in Kali carbonicum, while

in Lycopodium they virtually always ameliorate. PHYSICAL STRUCTURE

The etiologies of Kali carbonicum have guided me to its use on many occasions, and have helped

me to understand certain aspects of the remedy of which I was previously unaware. The remedy

should be strongly considered in patients who have never been well since childbirth, abortion,

miscarriage, back or pelvic injury, and over-straining the back. The key theme which all of these

etiologies share is that they are all capable of producing a degree of physical misalignment. When

childbirth or abortion leaves a residual infection, Pyrogen would be the leading remedy, and where the

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trauma is predominantly emotional, Ignatia, Staphysagria and others would be most likely indicated.

With Kali carbonicum, however, it seems to be more of a mechanical trauma affecting the uterus,

pelvis, or the back, especially the lumbar region. Hence it is often the case that Kali carbonicum is

particularly indicated after a prolonged or difficult child-birth, such as a forceps delivery. One of my

patients who responded to the remedy said to me: "I feel that some of my problems have to do with the

Tepidity with which I had children-my body took a terrible bashing at that time."

Another etiology i have been able to add to this list is never being well since hysterectomy, which

again is a pelvic trauma from which the organism may not fully recover. I discovered this indication

after treating a woman in her early fifties who was suffering from severe, right-sided sciatica of

several years duration. She had intense, sharp pains travelling from the hip down to the knee and was

woken by them most nights between 3 and 4 a.m. I noticed that she walked and sat hunched over

forwards and to the right. The trouble had started almost immediately following a hysterectomy,

carried out to cure prolonged menopausal flooding, which it apparently did.

I prescribed a dose of Kali carbonicum 30, and the next day she telephoned to say that she was

hemorrhaging. I asked what it was like, and she said that it was just like having a profuse period, which

she found rather alarming given that she no longer had a uterus. The bleeding lasted for just one day,

and by the next day the sciatica had disappeared and never returned. That was incredible enough, but

I was even more amazed when I saw her and found that her entire posture had altered and she was now

upright and relaxed. She looked as though she had just completed a course of the Alexander technique!

I have since verified the indication never being well since hysterectomy in several other cases and have

found Kali carbonicum to be the leading remedy where some mechanical problem has resulted.

One of the few men I have treated successfully with Kali carbonicum also had a right-sided

sciatica, with the characteristic sharp pain, travelling from the hip to the knee. He had a feeling that the

knee would give way on him and a history of back injury. He also made a good recovery on Kali

carbonicum 30.

I have noticed that several patients who have been helped by the remedy for some mechanical

problem such as back trouble or sciatica have given the appearance when walking or standing that they

have one leg longer than the other, and in some instances this was actually the case. I was therefore

fascinated recently to discover a rubric in Kent's Repertory 'Longer, leg' (page 1033) with Kali

carbonicum as the only italicized remedy.

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The only thing I can recall being taught about Kali carbonicum in this regard is that it can 'bring

on the menses' when Natrum muriatt'cum fails, though apparently indicated. Having freed myself of the

stereotype image of a Kali carbonicum person, I have found it to be very frequently indicated for

various types of women's complaints, certainly as often as Pulsatilla, Sepia, and our other polychrest

female remedies. I have used Kali carbonicum successfully in women's problems more frequently

than in any other single category of complaint.

Pre-menstrual syndrome, as in the case above, is an area where Kali carbonicum is often useful, as

the remedy has a general aggravations of symptoms before the period. 1 have found sleeplessness

before the period to be a good indication, particularly if it occurs between 2 and 5 a.m., and also

ovarian soreness, backache, or pains in the legs before the period. Another indication is vaginal itching

before the period, and one which 1 have confirmed often is constipation before the period. The remedy

should be strongly considered where there are uterine pains before or during the period which extend

down the thighs. It is also the leading remedy to think of during labour where the labour pains extend

into the thighs (Viburnum)

The menses are most commonly early, profuse, and protracted, but they may also be late,

scanty, or suppressed. Menses which are offensive, acrid, and excoriating also indicate Kali

carbonicum very strongly. The remedy has proved curative in uterine displacement, fibroids, and

cysts, and I have obtained curative results in dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, endomefriosis, pelvic

inflammatory disease, and menopausal complaints where the characteristic symptoms were present. It

should also be strongly considered in cases of hemorrhage or other disturbance following mechanical

removal of afterbirth or retained placenta, or after a D & C for any other reason. GENERAL

CHARACTERISTICS

I would like to conclude by listing some of the other general features of the remedy which I have

frequently come across in practice and which are reliable indications.

Sensation as if the back, hips, knees, or legs would give way. This symptom often crops up in

patients with back or joint problems and is a very strong indication tot Kali carbonicum.]

Aggravation between 2 and 5 a.m. There are different opinions as to the exact aggravation time of

Kali carbonicum. Some sources state the time as being 3-4 a.m., others state from 3-5 a.m. I have seen

3-4 a.m. to be the most common aggravation time in patients who have responded well to the remedy,

but sometimes the aggravation starts an hour or so earlier and sometimes it may continue as late as 5

a.m. Often there is sleeplessness for a few hours during this period. It is also the leading remedy

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where asthmatic attacks occur between these hours, particularly when the patient has to sit leaning

forward with the hands on the knees. I have treated patients who simply had to rise to urinate around 3-

4 a.m. and, while this is a common symptom, it can provide useful confirmation if other symptoms

of the remedy are present.

Pain in the back relieved by lying on a hard surface, particularly on the floor. Here the remedy

must be differentiated with Natrum muriaticum, Rhus tox., and Sepia. The back pains tend to be

aggravated by walking, standing, and sitting upright. There may be amelioration from sitting bent

forward or from having the back supported, typically with a firm cushion pushed between the back

and a chair. Kali carbonicum should be the first remedy to think of during labour when the labour

pains seem to center in the back.

There is a general over-sensitivity to noise, touch, drafts, and to pain. Hypersensitivity of the soles

of the feet is present in many patients for whom Kali carbonicum is indicated. I once asked a woman

with menstrual problems how she would respond if I was to tickle her feet. She looked me straight in

the eye and said: "I would kill you!" I was sure that she meant it, so I took it as confirmation of the

remedy and assured her I would never do such a thing.

Sharp, stitching pains. The combination of dryness plus stitching pains in a patient bring Bryonia

and Kali carbonicum equally to mind. In the latter I have found stitching pains most often in the liver

region, the chest, and in the joints, particularly the hip joint and especially the right hip. Other types of

pain found under Kali carbonicum ate stinging, needtelike, shooting, jerking, cutting, drawing, and

tearing. It also has pains which go to the side lain on, like Pulsatilla, Bryonia, and others.

Puffy, bag-like swelling above the upper eyelids is given great emphasis in the texts, but I must

confess to only ever having seen it once in a patient for whom I precribed Kali carbonicum. The

literature suggests that this symptom would be found more commonly in patients with respiratory

disease such as hydrothorax and pericarditis, in which I have had relatively little experience. THE

MENTAL PICTURE

While the majority of my successful prescriptions of Kali carbonicum have been based upon

physical characteristics exclusively, I have found, often in retrospect, that there were certain mental

symptoms of the remedy present in a fair number of these patients.

An emotional instability is often present, and Kali carbonicum should be thought of

particularly when this instability becomes intensified in the week or so before the period. This has been

described to me by different (women) patients as "terrible mood swings", "feels as though I am on a

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tightrope"; "feels as if I am on a knife edge"; "I have to walk the middle road all the time"; "it's like

being on an emotional see-saw". In the repertory we find Kali carbonicum listed under 'Mood,

alternating' and 'Mood, changeable', as well as 'Contrary' and 'Capricious.'

Many of my patients have used the word control when describing their emotional state, as the

following quotations will illustrate: "I'm afraid that I might lose control"; "my husband says I should

stop worrying about things that are outside my control"; "1 like to be in control of the situation"; "we

have an on-going battle about who is in control."

Irritability or touchiness seems to be almost always present to some degree. This tends to be worse

on waking; in the evenings; before or during the menstrual period. One patient told me if she felt a

cold draft it annoyed her immensely. There is often a quarrelsome tendency, particularly with one's

own family.

An element of fear is usually present, and the fears will often suggest remedies such as Arsenicum or

Phosphorus. Fear of being alone; anxiety about health; fear of impending disease; fear of death,

especially when alone. I have also found fears regarding one's children to be very strong in patients

who have responded well to Kali carbonicum. One patient presented with a crystal clear physical

picture of the remedy, mentioned a fear that she experienced whenever she had to rise to urinate at

night, and which I asked her to describe in detail. She said; "It's to do with the emptiness in the house;

fear of a presence, of something unknown; that someone will come and touch you; it {the fear) seemed

to be pressing on my back". I was amazed to discover later how well she had described a number of

Kali carbonicum fears in that sentence -in the repertory we find 'fear of evil', 'fear of ghosts', 'fear of

touch', and 'fear of being alone in the evening'. Also listed is 'fear at 3 a.m.,' which was the time at

which she invariably had to rise.

On the emotional level Kali carbonicum seems to overlap closely with Phosphorus in many areas

- the oversensitivity, tearfulness, desire for company, etc. Often with Kali carbonicum however, there

is additionally a hard edge to the personality that is not seen with Phosphorus, which manifests as a

kind of obstinacy, dogmatism, or rigidity in a certain area of their life.

I have read that patients needing Kali carbonicum will withhold or play down their symptoms -

in my experience they will often withhold or de-emphasize emotional symptoms, but I have never had

difficulty in eliciting physical generals and particulars. RELATED REMEDIES

The remedies I have found to be most closely related are Lycopodium (especially in the digestive

sphere); Natrum muriaticum (problems wih water/dryness, backache, menstrual problems); Sepia

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(female pelvic, pregnancy and child birth, menopausal, and lower back problems) and Phosphorus

(emotional and respiratory problems). The most common acute satellites of Kali carbonicum seem to

be Bryonia, Colocynthis, Nux vomica, and Carbo vegetabilis. Patients needing Kali carbonicum

who have a pronounced weakness in the liver and or gall bladder will very often benefit from a course

of Chelidonium in tincture or low pontency at some stage during the treatments.

Dr. Georg Von KELLER, Tubingen, Germany has published 14 monographs on

individual remedies. The latest is on

Kalium carbonicum.

At the end of the bok he has

given a collection of Peculiar Symptoms.

SELECTED PECULIAR SYMPTOMS

1.

Pleasant lethargy, was clearly aware and would not like

to make the least movement.

2.

Backache, while walking felt like giving it up and lying down.

3.

Cannot find cheer any more in the work. Her work does not progress rapidly.

Cannot any more work as before.

4.

Mental exertion causes physical strain and is repugnant to him.

5.

Dread, anxiety and restlessness is felt in the stomach or abdomen.

6.

Every touch is unendurable, startless intensely, as soon as the finger touches for

feeling the pulse although she is watching it.

7.

If some one speaks behind her, she cannot bear it.

8.

Must go here and there; must constantly change position.

9.

Fear of losing mind if he only has misplaced something. Has a constant anxiety that

he has not performed his work rightly.

10.

Impossible to bear the pain. Uses exaggerated expressions to emphasize the

severity of his ailments.

11.

Extraordinary sensitivity against the least draught of air, but weather has no effect.

12.

Pains, on part lain on. Whole body very sensitive, where she felt, it was painful.

13.

Many of the ailments appear between 2 and 3 O'clock night aggravated. He wakes

at this time and cannot then sleep until 5 O'clock.

14.

The ailments remain stationery, they become neither worse nor better.

15.

Falls fast asleep again in the mornings, sleeps to long.

16.

Falls asfeep at the table. Always exhausted. Eyelids draw together heavily.

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17.

Backache, sweat and exhaustion.

18.

Seminal loss whether voluntary or involuntary, causes mental and physical

weakness, indisposition and increase of eye symptoms particularly.

19.

Pains followed by feeling of chill.

20.

Pointed stitching or acute pains. Pains as from a knife.

21.

Wants back to be pressed.

22.

If warmth is applied externaly the pains travel to other parts.

23.

As if the feet were too small. As if the right leg was shorter.

24.

Blood is pressed out of the soles of the feet. The soles would burset.

25.

As if the heart was hung on a string and hangs in an empty chamber.

26.

As if the heart would stop.

27.

As if the lower right lobe has been stuck to the rib.

28.

A hard, painful lump stuck in the middle of the chest while eating which allows

the food and drinks to go down only after sometime slowly.

29.

When the baby lursed she felt excruciating pains as if many cords from all parts of

the body were converging on the nipple through the lacteal ducts and were being drawn

by the baby.

30.

As if a stick extended from throat to the left side of the abdomen, with a sensation

as if the stick had a ball at each end. Sensation as if a lump rolling over and over from the

right side of

the abdomen to the throat and then back again.

31.

As if a thorn sticking below the collarbone.

32.

When coughing as if a thin membrance in the windpipe

obstructed the breath and as if tenacious mucous moved in and out

and which could not be further brought out.

33.

As if water pumped from stomach to the mouth. Brought up a mass of mucus after

the pains.

34.

Sees a yellow wheel with rays, rotating, sees yellow rings which become larger and

reach up to him.

35.

The lower line seems to be above the upper. While reading the lines come across.

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36.

He can take his eyes off from an object only with effort. A kind of staring.

37.

Must exert to see rightly.

38.

Baglike swelling between the upper lids and eyebrows.

39.

Swelling of the glabella between the eyes.

40.

Feels best when the nose runs.

41.

While coughing the mucous expectoration comes out of the mouth. Mouth and

throat are choked with mucous.

42.

Saliva flows down the throat unpleasantly, white sitting.

43.

Drinks fresh, cold water without actually thirsty.

44.

Expectoration sticky, but as soon as he had loosened it, it is no more sticky but

agglomerates into small, hard balls and flies out of the mouth.

45.

Rattling mucous in the chest caused cought but with the first stroke of cough the

rattling passes off without any expectoration following it.

46.

Dyspnoea better from bending forward and head on knees, from supporting or

bending forward of the head.

47.

Whatever he takes becomes gas.

48.

Full and satiated after eating small quantity.

49.

If he does not vomit, he gets headache.

50.

Belching ameliorates chest cramp.

51.

The absence of intenstinal noise is found disagreeable.

52.

The rectum is full of flatulence. Flatus holds back the stool.

53.

Severe urge from hard stool.

54.

The rectum becomes powerless at the end of the stool. The stool passes merely by

its own weight.

55.

Hard pressure on the haemorrhoids ameliorates the

pains. Sits on her foot so that it presses on the anus.

56.

The haemorrhoids come out and pains or bleed during urination.

57.

The anal pains begins about half hour after stool and fasts for three hours.

58.

Anal bleeding ameliorated generally. Feels well after nose- bled.

59.

Feels well after copious urination.

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60.

As much more the urging for urination so much less urine passes.

61.

Want of sexual urge with undiminished erections.

62.

Absence of menses after fright or cold. Ill with absence of menses.

K.S. SRINIVASAN

PART III - ADDITIONS TO THE REPERTORY

The following additions to the repertory

have been gleaned from two recently

published books which bear evidence of

rich clinical experience:

1.CATHERINE R, COULTER,

Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines;

Psychophysical Analysis of Selected

Constitutional Types, North Atlantic

Books, Berkeley, CA, Vol.I, 1986, Vo1.ll,

1988 (CC);

2.Paul HERSCU, N.D., The

Homoeopathic Treatment of Children;

Pedlatrlc Constitutional Types, North

Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA, 1991 (PH).

These additions to the repertory come

from specific recommendations by the

authors. It should be remembered that Dr.

HERSCU's suggestions relate particularly

to pediatric practice. Additions are

referenced to page number in KENT'S

Repertory, Enriched Indian Edition (K)

and BARTHEL's Synthetic Repertory,

Indian Edition, 3 vo1s. (SR) Mind, Anger,

contradiction from: add med. K, 2; SR, 21

- PH, 98 violent: add med. K, 3; SR, 39 -

PH, 98 .. Ennui: add phos. K, 39; SR, 439 -

CC, 29 .. Envy: lye, to lye. K, 39, SR, 440 -

CC, 139 .. Fear, of dark: add puls. K, 43;

SR 487 - PH, 271 .. Fear, of dogs: add puls.

K, 44; SR, 495 - PH, 229 .. Fear, of insects:

add sulph. K, (add rubric) 45; SR, 507 -

PH,229 .. Fear, of narrow places

(claustrophobia): add nat-m. K, 46,

SR, 513-CC, 358

.. Fear, of poverty: add ars. K, 46; SR,

518-CC, 245 .. Fear, of snakes: add puls.

K, (add rubric) 47; SR, 523 - PH, 229 ..

Indignation: add nat-m., lach. K, 55; SR,

623 - CC, II, 268 .. Laughing, silly: add

calc. K, 62; SR, 704 - CC, 46. Power, love

of: add ars., nux-v., lach., sulph. K, 69; SR,

799 - CC, 90

., Sadness, morning: add nat-m. K, 75; SR,

867 - CC, II, 29 .. Sadness, on waking; add

nat-m. K, 76; SR, 868 - CC, II, 29 ..

Violent; add med. K, 91; SR, 1056-PH, 98

.. Time, fritters away his: add calc. K, 88,

SR, 1022 - CC, II, 52 .. Weeping, anger,

from (after): add nat-m. K, 93, SR, 1072 -

PH, 148 .. Weeping, when telling of her

sickness (Problems): add nat-m.

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K, 94, SR, 1088-CC, 378 Vision, Loss

of, headache, at beginning of : add NAT-

M., PHOS.,

SULPH., TUB. K, 282 - PR 154

Stomach, Appetite, increased, headache,

before: add tub. K 478 -

PH324

.. Desires, butter: add tub. K, 484, SR, II,

226 - PH, 331 .. Desires, eggs: add tub. K,

485, SR, II, 239 - PH, 331 .. Hiccoughs;

eating, after, in infants (new rubric): calc,

PULS.,

lyco., nux-v. K, 502 - PH, 29

Abdomen, Hernia, Umbilical: calc. to

CALC. K, 552- PH, 29 Rectum, redness of

anus: add calc. K, 632 - PH 31 Genitalia,

Testes, retraction (undescended, esp. right):

lyco. K, 709

- PH, 79

Generalities, Spring, aggravation in: nat-

m. to nat-m. sulph. to SULPH.K, 1403,

SR, II, 570 - CC, 357, 164

Daniel PAPISH

1797, E25th Ave,

EUGENE, OR. 97403

U.S.A.

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A HAHNEMANNIA

K.S. SRINIVASAN

Till very recently all that the homoeopathic world, barring a very small number, knew

about the actual homoeopathic practice of HAHNEMANN himself has been very scanty. We

have the 3 or 4 cases mentioned in the 'Lesser Writings' by R.E. DUDGEON; and von

BOENNINGHAUSEN's essay 'On Hahnemann's Dosages' (1844). What potencies did

HAHNEMANN employ? How often did he repeat? How did he manage certain cases? What

dietetic and life style instructions did he prescribe? Did he alternate? All these were speculated

upon. There have been only a few 'peeps' through some stray publications of some

HAHNEMANN letters.

2.It was clear that a very valuable treasure lay in the large

volume of HAHNEMANN papers including his Case Books (54 in

number pertaining to the period 1801 to 1843). Richard HAEHL has

said "But as to the importance of the fifty four histories of patients

(written partly in great detail but always very accurately and concisely) for the observation

of disease and for a clear perception of individual diagnosis - only the professional man who

can critically

peruse these report will be able to appreciate. At any rate, there is here a source of

homoeopathic medicinal knowledge promising rich yield of treasure for many long years.

The same applies to the repertories which will never have their equal in accuracy and

conscientiousness of tabulation".

3. The homoeopathic world has not been fortunate, till recently, to peruse these Case

Books of HAHNEMANN. First it took

nearly 80 years after HAHNEMANN's death to obtain all his literary

treasures. And in 1921 Richard HAEHL got them all and put them in

Stuttgart. It took nearly another 30 years before the english-

speaking world knew of the existence of the VI edition of the Organon. Thus for well over

a century the HAHNEMANN treasures were lying lost. Our gratitude must certainly go

to the ROBERT-BOSCH FOUNDATION not only for preserving the treasures which

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Richard HAEHL procured after sustained and dedicated efforts for well nearly 20 years but

also to the continuous support to researches in Homoeopathy.

4. The wealth of material lying in the Case Books of HAHNEMANN requires experts in

languages (German & French) and also laborious study by dedicated team. The first such

study seems to have been the publication of commentaries on Case Books No. 2 & 3 in 1963

and No. 4 in 1968 - all by Heinz HEENNE. All these were possible by the generous funding

by the ROBERT BOSCH FOUNDATION. The Case Books No. 2 & 3 were critical studies

pertaining to HAHNEMANN's practice upto 1802. The Case Book No.4 pertains to 1802-1803

when HAHNEMANN practised in Eilenburg. These years are very important since they

encompass the 'germination' of the Law of Similars and the first provings of medicines and

HAHNEMANN testing them clinically and before the publication of the Essay 'Medicine of

Experience' (Heilkunde der Erf ah rung' -1805 - the precursor of the 'Organon' and

'Fragments di viribus medicamentorum ' (1805) - the precursor of the

'Materia Medica Pura'. By 1803 when the 'provings' were ready for print HAHNEMANN

had already repeatedly verified clinically his 'provings'. He had also been following the

techniques of case taking etc. which he laid down in the Organon (1810). The Law of Similars

was firmly laid down after repeated clinical verifications by this period. From the study of

Case Book No.4 (1968) covering HAHNEMANN's practice in 1802-03, we learn that the

'characteristic' of Nux vomica 'mental

1

as "sedentary life", had already been established as

also the "homesickness" of Capsicum, thus indicating the importance of the "most singular,

peculiar, unusual, individual" symptom as the 'Characteristic' (para 135 of Organon I Edition

and para 153 of Organon VI Edition).

5. How HAHNEMANN formed a 'clear' picture of a disease will be seen from a letter

he wrote to a patient on 17.12.1800:"... Since I knew that Migraine comes in many

different forms I would like to know exactly which sort of migraine you suffer from so

that it can be rooted out. I must know how (when you do not take any medicine) it

begins, what further progress it makes, and how it ends? What causes it every time?

What indications precede it? Does it begin immediately on waking up? Where is the

pain? the whole head or only in the back of head, or sides, etc., whether the scalp is

sensitive to touch? What kind of pain? pressing, tearing, stitching

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.

?" There

are

at least 30 questions in this letter which covers the

concomitant symptoms also, head to foot! After such a thorough knowledge of the

disease hAHNEMANN went about to find a most suitable remedy.

6- One learns all these from the earliest Case Books of HAHNEMANN. And then

what about his further practice - the next 40 years upto 1843?

7.

Since few years a plan had been drawn for the publication, verbatim, of all the

Case Books of HAHNEMANN

covering the years - 1803-1843. A dedicated team led by

Prof.Werner KUMMEL has been studying the Case Books so that

they can be published.

8.

In the meanwhiie Hans RITTER published in 1986 a biography of

HAHNEMANN. This is a brief biographby; however it

sketched the prescribing methods of HAHNEMANN at different

periods of his life. HAHNEMANN used certain symbols to indicate

the medicines and some of them could not be easily deciphered. This book is quite

interesting although RITTER was 'anti-highpotency'.

9.

Rima HANDLEY in her paper presented in OMHI Congress in 1988 spoke about

HAHNEMANN's prescriptions during his Paris period. This is a stimulating paper and

kindled interest to delve deeper into HAHNEMANN Case Books.

10.

In 1988 Hans Peter SEILER published his book "The

Development of Hahnemann's Medical Practice in the light of

selected Case Histories" in which the author dealt with, chronologically,

HAHNEMANN's progress. Dr.SEILER has chosen 33 cases to cover the period 1790-

1842. Especially interesting is the

Paris period where we sea many cases recorded in MELANIE HAHNEMANN's hand

also. These cases show how HAHNEMANN administered the Q (50 millesimal)

potencies.

11.

In 1991 Thomas GENNEPER published a study of a Case of HAHNEMANN

"As patient of Samuel Hahnemann – the treatment of Friedrich WIECKS during the years

1815/16)". Friedrich WIECKS father of the famous piano player Clara WIECKS suffered

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from severe facial neuralgia and HAHNEMANN treated him. This

book is a study of the treatment.

12.

All the books cited are 'studies' or 'commentaries'. Publication of Case Books

exactly

as they are had begun in the meantime.

M/s. Haug Verlag

have undertaken the

publication of

these volumes in a series over a period of time, one volume after another.

Robert Bosch

Foundation

is supporting this publication venture. The homoeopathic world is very

much indebted to the

Robert Bosch Foundation

not only for maintaining the

HAHNEMANN documents but also for publication of the Case Books. The

homoeopathic world will also remember with gratitude

the

publishers,

M/s. Haug

Verlag.

13.

The first Volume in this Series has been published in 1991 covering the years

1803-1806. In this we will find the symptoms verified clinically which found their place

in the

Materia Medica Pura

I Edition.

14.

The cases have been recorded by HAHNEMANN briefly and to the point; just few

lines. The Edition is an

exact

reproduction

word for word line for line page for page as

in the manuscript Case Book

without any commentary or explanation, etc.

15. The next volume has just been published this year (1992) covering the years

1837-1842. Certainly a careful perusal of these volumes, would illuminate more and

bring out additions to the Materia Medica and Repertory.

References:

1.

GENNEPER, Thomas:

Als Patient bel Samuel Hahnemann, die Behandlung

Friedrich Wiecks in den Jahren 1815-16, Karl F.Haug Verlag, Heidelberg, 1991.

2.

HAEHL, Richard:

Samuel Hahnemann, his life and Work, Reprint, B.Jain

publication, New Delhi 1971

.

3.

HANDLEY, Rima:

What Hahnemann actually did,

Congress of the OMHI, Rome, 1988.

4.

HENNE, Heinz:

Quellenstudien u'ber Samuel

Hahnemanns Denken und Wirken als Arzt, Hippokrates Verlag,

Stuttgart, 1963.

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5.

JUTTE, Robert:

Samuel Hahnemann - Krankenjoumal

D5 (1803-1806), nach der Edition von Helene Varady, Bearbeitet

von Arnold Michalowski: Karl F.Haug Verlag Heidelberg, 1991.

6.

RITTER, Hans:

Samuel Hahnemann - Begrunder der

Homb'opathie - sein leben and Werk in neuer Sicht, 2 erweiterte

Auflage, Karl F. Haug Verlag, Heidelberg, 1986.

7.

SEILER, Hans Peter:

Die Entwicklung von Samuel

Hahnemanns arztlicher Praxis anhand ausgewahlter

Krankengeschichten, Karl F. Haug Verlag, Heidelberg, 1988

BOOK SHELF

I. UN LIVRE SANS FRONTIERES - historie et metamorphoses de I Organon

de hahnemann, by jacques BAUR, Editions Boiron, 1991, pp.311 ISBN

-

P-85742-077-

3.

HAHNEMANN's

Organon

is a universal book - sans frontiers. It has been translated

into almost all the languages of the world. In this book Dr.Jacques BAUR of France,

himself a student of Dr.Pierre SCHMIDT, has sketched the history of the publications of

the

Organon

in different countries and different languages - from its first to the sixth

editions over a period of over 170 years!

The book has four sections: in the first section besides the Introduction, are the

Organon

in German; the second section contain chapters about the editions in Europe -

Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Catalonia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Hungary,

Italy, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Soviet Union; the third section concerns with the

Americas-North and South-and covers Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Brazil and of course the

USA; the fourth section is on the Asian Countries-India, Pakistan and Bangla Desh.

There is a small Chapter on the polemics literature i.e. the controversies and

disputations of the

Organon

like A.F. HECKER's and F.A. SIMON's; the next is on the

different 'ommentaries' on the

Organon.

At the end there are the pictures of HAHNEMANN published in the different Editions

and languages of the

Organon.

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Photographs of the title pages of almost all the editions mentioned in the write-up

have been given.

Dr.BAUR has, over the years, collected all these painstakingly, and with devotion.

Certainly HAHNEMANN's

Organon

is a "Universal book a work that has no

frontiers" - sans frontieres.

K.S. SRINIVASAN

II. PROBING THE MIND AND OTHER GUIDING

SYMPTOMS (a blueprint for success) - S. GUNAWANTE B. JAIN

Publishers (P) Ltd., New Delhi, pp.68, Rs.25/-

In 1990 Sri GUNAWANTE published a booklet with the title 'Probing the mind and other guiding

symptoms (a blueprint for success)' with seven sections.

The booklet has been expanded with four more sections in this book under review.

This is a short bin excellent exposition of the practical aspects of case analysis, evaluation of the

hierarchy of symptoms and remedy selection on the basis of an understanding of the mental states of

the patient.

A long list of 'Complaints/Situations' - 202 in number - has been appended. Another list - also 202

in number - of the 'rubrics' in the Repertory and a section indicating the 'rubric' and relevant pages in

the Repertory with references to the 'Complaints'/Situations' have also been appended.

Lest one is led to wrongly believe that there is nothing but the mind to be taken note of in a

patient, the final section rightly stresses on the importance of the objective symptoms - vide the article

of OEMISCH (translated by Dr.BOGER) in the Homoeopathic Heritage, Vol. VII No.1, 1982, p.21.

For successful use of the technique it is advisable that one memorizes the rubrics' (Section 9).

A word of caution. Mind makes the man. Without the mind no symptom can manifest. At the

same time Mind is elusive. Most often it is covered, camouflaged; interpretation of the Mind will also

depend upon the physcian being totally unprejudiced (how many of us are there so?). Due value has

to be given to the symptoms -be they Mental or Physical. Although the 'Aphorism' in the Organon are

given separately, numbered, one is lo understand the Organon as a whole and apply it so. In Aphorism

15 HAHNEMANN has said that "the Organism and the Dynamics (Vital Force) are one although

for easy comprehension we speak of them separately".

The book-let is very warmly recommended.

K.S. SRINIVASAN

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III. MY EXPERIENCES WITH FERRUM METALLICUM by

Dr. Rajesh SHAH, Shree Publishers, Bombay - 400 077 pp.123, Rs.100/-

Monographs of homoeopathic remedies have been very few considering the fact that

homoeopathy is nearly two hundred years old now.

The best-known monographs are James Compton BURNETT'S Aurum, Natrum muriaticum,

Eugene B. NASH's Sulphur and John Henry CLARKE'S Gun powder and Radium bromatum. These

are based on the experiences of their authors. The book under review too is based on the experiences

of Rajesh SHAH.

The range of action of the potentised remedy is illimitable. It can never be said, while speaking of

a potentised remedy, that "this is all" or even "almost all" about that remedy. Depending upon the

depth of perception of the individual practitioner the remedy reveals its secrets. An enchanting

journey of discovery, indeed.

The 'polychrest' homoeopathic remedis have a very large number of 'cured' (repeatedly cured)

symptoms over the one and half centuries and most o^ them reported in the journals of those days are

lying uncollected and arranged; as a result of which we are denying ourselves of very strong and

useful arms to cure the manifold diseases.

With the aim to fill this gap Dr. Georg von KELLER, Germany has been bringing out

monographs and so far fourteen such monographs have come out: Berberis vulgaris, Conium,

Ignatia, Cocculus, Kalium carbonicum, Psorinum, Kreosote, etc. In these monographs KELLER has

collected the exact 'proving symptoms' in the words of the provers, the 'exact words and expressions' of

the clinically cured symptoms, - almost all that have appeared in the journals over the decades. The

extent of the collection can be visualised when we note that Kalium carbonicum monograph contains

523 pages, closely printed!

NASH in his Sulphur has said "one remedy well studied is better than several not half understood.

One of the best methods of gaining a practical acquaintance with our Materia Medica, is to master one

remedy at a time; both in itself, and its relation to and correspondence with, other remedies."

Dr. Rajesh SHAH's book under review is well conceived and written. The 'materia medica' part has

been divided into several brief and succinct chapters. Beginning from the origin of Ferrum, he proceeds

to its toxicology, then its study on the Will, The Emotions, Key-notes, Modalities, action on

Musculoskeletal, Gastro-intestinal and Urinary systems; he ends by suggesting some 'additions' to the

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Repertory. A chapter on Margaret THATCHER, the 'iron woman' Prime Minister of U.K., shows that

the 'facets' of Ferrum matched THATCHER'S profile.

Nine cases from the author's practice have been appended, to illustrate.

A short Bibliography and Index make the book complete.

Dr. SHAH speaks of 'concept of facets' of a remedy and also of 'Phenomena'. Facet is : "a small

surface, as of a crystal; an aspect or view" "a phase"; a 'Phenomenon' is: "anything directly

apprehended by the senses or one of them: an event that may be observed: the appearance which

anything makes to our consciousness, as distinguished from what it is in itself: (loosely) a remarkable

or unusual person, thing or appearance"; "something that impresses the observer as extraordinary";

(Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary and Websters Unabridged Dictionary). Dr. SHAH

explains briefly that 'facets' are "a group of symptoms appearing together in a patient". Dr. SHAH has

coined another expression "Qualified Peripheral Expression" ("OPE"). This QPE, he explains, are "the

totality to be analysed and evaluated to make a portrait"; further that they - QPE - "may also be called

as Key-note symptoms but they are more 'qualified' in terms of a Facet or Phenomenon".

In my opinion, these terms cause confusion. If one carefully studies Margaret TYLER'S Drug

Pictures one can understand what 'Facets' (a group of symptoms) and 'Phenomenon' are. In fact KENT

has masterfully dealt with these in his Lectures.

Dr. SHAH says that there is no thread or idea running through Ferrum. However KENT says: "a

strange thing running through all the constitutional conditions of Ferrum is that the pains and

sufferings come on during rest.

A small chapter on 'Migrains Personality' refers to different studies so far made and ultimately

found that "there seems to be no specific migraine personality". HAHNEMANN wrote in 1800 itself in

a letter (original dated 16.4.1800) that "migraine comes in so many different forms and unless all the

symptoms are gathered it cannot be cured totally". (Heinz HENNE, 1963)

Dr. SHAH has made a careful and comparative study of Ferrum; his comparisons, study of the

modalities, food cravings and aversions, etc. are thorough and the study is certainly rewarding.

A very commendable work. Strongly recommended for every practitioner. Printing, binding,

get-up very good; reasonably priced.

K.S. SRINIVASAN

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CONTENTS

PAGE

PART I

Current Literature Listing

PART II

Methods of Case Analysis, Roger MORRISON

A compilation of some of the more important articles form the British, American, German etc.

Homoeopathic journals. Also articles of general medical and scientific interest with particular

reference to Homoeopathy.

(Compilation by Dr. K.S. Srinivasan, 1253, 66th Street, Korattur, Madras - 600 080.)

(For Private Circulation Only)

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PART I - CURRENT LITERATURE LISTING

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1. Homoeopathic aggravation

POPOVA, T (BHJ, 80, 4/1991)

The author Tatyana POPOVA is the

daughter of the well known homoeopathic

physician of the (former) USSR Dr. Demian

POPOV. Demian POPOV is the founder of the

Kiev School of Homoeopathy. Dr. Tatyana

POPOVA is continuing the work of her father.

It was the aggravating effect of

homoeopathic medicines which attracted

Demian POPOV. He came to the conclusion that

an aggravating effect produced by a

homoeopathic medicine is a good sign, telling

the doctor that the medicine has been chosen

correctly and that positive results can be

expected; that where a homoeopathic

medicine produces an aggravation an

improvement will surely follow.

The Kiev school believes that the effect of

high potencies are more specific and that the

aggravation of high potencies {above 30c) are

more specific in nature of whatever substance,

Three types of aggravations have been

distinguished by the Kiev school:

—Intensification of symptoms presented at the

first consultation.

—Appearance of symptoms which the patient

did not show at

the first consultation but which he had sihown

earlier. Often this

aggravation is accompanied by an easing of

symptoms first

consultation.

—Appearance of physical symptoms which the

patient had never

shown before, but the sort one might expect

in his particular

case. We should talk in terms of 'his' illness.

Usually, one can

see the same pathology in the parents. It can

be triggered by

the illness and, as a general rule, corresponds

to the healing

action of the prescribed medicine.

Demian POPOV considered that

aggravations of homoeopathic medicines are

important from several points of view:

—The aggravation indicates a strong response by

the patient and

helps in making a prognosis.

—Aggravation indicates a correct

prescription where the

pathological symptoms are mild and difficult

to pick up.

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—Aggravation demonstraies the mutual

dependence of different

pathologies in the evolution of the disease.

The author has illustrated all the points

through 4 case Reports.

The whole article is very thought-

provoking. 2. Reflections on the idea

of "Key-notes"

KAY, Dennis H (JAIh, 84, 3/1991)

Discusses the definition of Keynotes and

their use in the selection of remedies.

Everyone used keynotes. KENT

criticized keynote prescribers.

H.C. ALLEN described a Keynote as a

'characteristic', the 'red strand', the central

principle of a remedy; KENT said that the

strange, rare, peculiar sympxom even in parts of

the body may guide and it included keynote.

HAHNEMANN's paragraph 153 of the

Organon is too well-known

A definition proposed: a Key-note is:

1.A symptom whicli is strongly or highly

characteristic of a

remedy image.

2.A singular enough characteristic to

trigger the mind to

consider the particular remedy.

3.A strong symptom that would woigh

against a remedy

which does not show this symptom or has

manifestations

opposite to it. A "Keynote" can be any

kind of symptom

including an "essence" quality, a generality,

a modality, or

a strange, rare and peculiar symptom.

Key-note can never replace study of

Materia Medica in individual cases.

3. Aude Sapere, Aude Iter Facere

MASIELLO, Domenick, J (JAIH,

3/1991)

Some extracts: "In the professional life

of every homoeopathic physician there comes a

turning point. With growing confidence, trust

and skill in the homoeopathic method the

physicion closes the door on allopathic

thinking. Taking Homoeopathy to heart, it is a

point of no return, an existential awakening.

Homoeopathy then penetrates into other aspects

of one's life beyond daily clinical practice. The

method of healing becomes a way of

understanding the world. The 'simillimum' is not

only the patient's constitutional prescription but

also a metaphor for understanding spouse,

children, family and friends. The remedy as type

brings to light possibilities of behaviour,

strengths and weaknesses. The homoeopathic

appreciation of those around us fosters

understanding and tolerance ...

"On a recent trip to Italy I began to

contemplate the virtues of travel to the practice

of Homoeopathy ... In clinical practice it is

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sometimes useful to consider the ethnic

background of a patient since it may hint a

constitutional remedy. ... Southern Italy, baked

by the Sun and fanned by the hot scirocco winds

from North Africa is decidedly Sulphur. The

sulphur mines of Sicily and the volcanoes of

Etna and Vesuvius attest to the validity of the

homoeopathic metaphor. There the overall

Sulphur nature was readily apparent, The hot,

dry weather, the hot tempers of the overheated

drivers, the parched, wrinkled faces of the

farmers as they strolled in the evening, hands

behind their backs, hunched forward under the

weight of decades of labor, smoldering

cigarettes permanently clenched between

ancient fingers as they philosophized endlessly

on a wide variety of topics, served to imprint the

image of Sulphur on the homoeopathic mind.

"One remedy metaphorically can represent

the land but never all of its people - that would

be reductionism unworthy of Homoeopathy."

The author takes a further tour and

experiences "the appreciation of the local flora

and fauna of a foreign country one is visiting on

vacation provides a relaxed learning experience

to be cherished, savored and remembered."

"HAHNEMANN chose the latin words

'Aude Sapere.' I humbly add "Aude iter Facere -

dare to travel abroad!"

A very interesting, invigorating essay.

4. How much is Homoeopathy a

phenomenologic

medicine?

EPPENCH, H. (ZKH, 35, 6/1991)

The phenomenon guidance and the

outline of Homoeopathy are examined on the

basis of a phenomenological outline of

medicine.

5. Knowing ourselves

POOL, Nicky (The Homoeopath, 11,4/1991)

HAHNEMANN says in the footnote to

paragraph 141 of the Organon that the physician

should test the medicines on himself so that he

would know himself the pure effects of the

medicine and he quotes in the Greek - 'know

thyself "which is the foundation of all true

wisdom." It is by such 'knowing thyself - a self

awareness of the effect of medicines that he laid

down the Law of Similars.

Nicky POOL says, rightly, that the

physician should 'know himself/herself.

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Without such a knowledge one cannot be a

genuine healer, a restorer of health "so that our

indwelling, reason-gifted mind can freely

employ their healthy instrument for the higher

purposes of our existence."

6. My approach to homoeopathic case taking

WEAVER, Gary (mfH, 2, 2/1991)

Paragraphs 5,6,201,213 of the Organon are

cited to stress that mere symptom-matching was

not what HAHNEMANN taught.

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BOENNINGHAUSEN paid more than usual

attention to concomitant symptoms which in 9

out 10 cases are indicative of patient.

A model case is presented.

[MATERIAMEPICA |

1. The genus epidemicus

HERSCU, Paul (Homoeopathy Today, 11,

7/1991) Paul HERSCU discusses the 'flu

epidemic' that passed through the North East

(USA) in early January 1991. All his cases

received the same remedy. The one symptom

which was peculiar in this epidemic was desire

for orange juice. The remedy was

Medorrhinum.

HERSCU points out tliat Medorrhinum is as

much a remedy lor acute diseases and not

necessarily limited to chronic ailments. That's a

point to be noted certainly.

2. Hura braziliens

SHORE, Jonathan (JA1H, 84, 3/1991)

In the JAIH, 82, 3/1989 Dr. Linda

JOHNSTON reported a case of a 45-year-oid-

woman with complaints of headaches and

depression cured with Hwa braziliens. Some

of the mental symptoms which distinguished

this remedy are: Delusion, she is alone, in the

world; Forsaken, sense of isolation; Delusions,

friends, has lost the affections of; Delusions, that

she is despised. A strange and peculiar

symptom was her tendency to bite herself

when angered; specifically to bite her own

hand. These symptoms decided Hura

braziliens.

In the current paper Dr. Jonathan SHORE

has reported a case of another woman, 46 years,

with depression, headaches and gastro-

intestinal symptoms. The nature of depression

and its precipitation was through a sense of loss

and isolation. The key symptoms in this case,

were: Forsaken, grief, numb, sensation of

isolation, abdominal pain 3 a.m.

Hura braziliens is a 'small' remedy but with

deep action on the psyche.

3. My Patients, My Teachers - Two small

remedies

MENEAR, Vickie (JAIH, 84, 3/1991)

Information regarding the psychological

state of two remedies, Spigelia and Symphytum

was arrived at through reports of patients who

described unanticipated improvement in their

emotional lives after the remedies were given

on physical characteristics alone.

Spigelia features: tendency to deny or

minimize problem; severe anxiety; complaints

from grief.

Symphytum feature:;: Perfectionist; high

standards rigidly followed and with a strong

will; fastidiously organized about her

surroundings; formal in manner; disciplined

and rule-oriented; fear of falling, of unstable

ground, slopes, downhill, heights. Emotional

breaks that will not heal.

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4. Cyclamen

LOGAN, Robin (JAIH, 84, 4/1991) (Reprinted

from 'Tha Homoeopath', 10, 1/1990) The

essential characteristics of Cyclamen are:

Conscientiousness, attachment to duty,

forsaken feeling, undemonstrated grief,

introspection. Rubrics relevant:

Conscientiousness about trifles Delusion, that

he has neglected his duty Forsaken feeling

Grief, undemonstrative Reproaches himsel'.

A selection of quott.tions to show

Cyclamen mentality: "I hate letting people

down; it can worry me for days." "I wish I

could be less pre-occupied with myself." "I

have always beer very reserved

emotionally." "lam too hard on m/self; a

friend letnie down recently, and I found

myself blaming myself. I felt I must have

done something to cause it."

"I have a friend whc is suffering from

depression, and I feel it is my duty to visit

her everyday and give her my support. It is

draining me, but I couldn't cope with the

guilt if I didn't go every day."

"You can't just write people off."

"I have never liked entertaining, because I

like to do things

perfectly, and conditions have never allowed

that."

"Afriend's husband has died. Now I have

someone else to

take under my wing."

"I have always found it difficult to do

nothing. There is always

the thought in the back of my mind of what

I should be

doing."

5. Chelidonium - The great Bryonia

impersonator

GUESS, George (JAIH, 84, 4/91)

In his book "Pneumonias" Douglas

BORLAND has said "I think most of the

pneumonias in which you give Bryonia without

success are cases in which you have missed

Chelidonium." The two remedies are "alike in

appearance and character of pains, very similar

in onset." The similarities between the two

remedies in chest complaints are considerable.

Mentalities also may appear quite similar. The

most distinguishing symptom is the effect of

lying on painful side. Other comparable

remedies are:

Kali carbonicum, Ranunculus bulbosus,

Mercurius, Asclepias tuberosa.

6. Natrum carbonicum and the drug

pictures

v. KELLER, Georg (ZKH, 35,

5/1991)

We know the homoeopathic remedy images

as "types" or "essences" e.g. GLADWIN,

BORLAND and many others; also of the

Pulsatilla female with blonde hair, blue eyes

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and pliable character; the fat, phlegmatic

Calcium carbonicum who perspires with the least

movement, etc. so that the moment we see such

a patient we have the urge to give the medicine.

Such "images" are useful when we begin our

study and practice so that we learn to observe

and learn well. Every condensed materia medica

mention these "types" which can be easily

comprehended.

But these are only the first steps. When HA

ROBERTS said "The most pronounced

symptoms of the Arsenicum patient are the great

restlessness, the burning pains, and the very

marked prostration," he spoke of these as found

in a living patient and which pointed to the

remedy. In another Arsenic patient the leading

peculiar symptoms may be some others.

A female patient who was unconscious and

restless which seemed exactly like what had

been read recently of Cicuta, and a few globules

of it was given and the patient had very restful

sleep which other 'sleep

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remedies given till

then had failed to produce.

These - the Arsenicum and Cicuta cases

experiences lead to the next step: from fixed

images of remedies to many 'singular' symptoms

observed in the actual patients.

When Homoeopathy is practised one

should not restrict oneself to any one of the

"images," As much more one gains practical

experience in treating patients one would note

that the "drug pictures" do not matter. One

selects a remedy for each individual patient. A

remedy does not fit just ONE disease picture but

every remedy has brought out a whole series of

symptoms. It is not obligatory that the few

symptoms considered as the drug picture must

be present in every case. A single symptom, a

gesture, a modality, may recall to our mind a

medicine and by comparing other symptoms of

the patient the most similar ones may be

specified. A Natrum muriaticum patient may be

averse to salt or a remedy known as right-sided

may produce a left-sided ailment. We must take

the paragraph 153 of the Organon, seriously.

Natrum carbonicum has the peculiar

symptoms of agg. from sun, music and sweets.

7. Eye pains - Natrum arsenicatum

GENNEPER, T. (ZKH, 35,

5/1991)

A patient suffering from alcoholism was

cured of eyepains of 27 years duration, with

Naturm arsenicatum. The remedy was chosen

mainly by considering the particular symptoms.

8. Borax

GYPSER, K.H. (ZKH, 35, 6/1991)

An excellent, critical study of Borax.

Comparison of the symptoms in

HAHNEMANN's Chronic Diseases with the

provings of G.A. SCHRETER and Anton

FISCHER.

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The problems with the materia medica are

demonstrated with the example of

Borax.

The observation of C. HERING that the last

appearing symptoms in a proving are the most

important has been carefully confirmed by von

BOENNiNGHAUSEN in his essay on

Borax.

A study of such symptoms have been made by

the author in this article, including the

peculiar

symptoms.

A selection of such symptoms: Last appearing

symptoms have been marked S in bracket. The

numbers in bracket indicate the symptom number

in the "Chronic Diseases" (CD)

Mind

Anxiety during downward motion (4-5)

(S)

We are grateful to BOENNiNGHAUSEN for

precision for a clinical indication: anxiety,

particularly in a swing and while in forward

motion, never in backward.

1.

MARTIN : 6 month-old-child,

feverish, bright

green-mucoid discharge from anus; sleeps in the

arm of the mother

and when she bows forward, the child throws up

both arms evidently

out of anxiety -

Bor.M

(Fincke); next morning.

Well.

2.

LEE ; 4 month-old-girl; green watery stool;

the mother

noticed an anxiety in the child - Bor.5; promptly

cured.

3.

NASH : 2 morth-old-child; greenish stool

and other

symptoms; as the mother bent forward with the

child in the arm, it

stretched both the arms and indicated anxiety -

Sor.200 cured.

Reference to th« green stools, compare

symptom No.253(CD): "Green stool in an infant

preceded by shrieking."

Timidity

(7-9) (S)

BOENNINGHAUSEN discovered that this

symptom particularly beneficial to hunting hounds

which were nervous to the gun shot sounds. He

also opined that the extreme fear of thunder also

came under this.

Vexed, peevish better after stool (235) (S)

Compare:

Calc:

"angry over trifles and very irritable, in

the morning, before stool, he twists everything and

becomes angry." (CD, No.54)

Vertigo:

Vertigo from ascending (Mountains, steps)

(29)

Compare:

Aloe:

"Vertigo, as if everything around him is

turning around, worse from ascending stai'S ..."

Ars.-h:

"Vertigo, violent on going upstairs, so

that he staggered against the sides of the stairs ..."

Cahin,:

"Vertigo from ascending stairs."

Calc:

"Vertigo from ascending stairs."

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Carb.-ac:

"Vertigo on going up and

downstairs"

Coca:

"Vertigo on rapidly ascending steep

stairs ..."

Dig.:

"Vertigo, so that she fell on going up the

stairs."

Merc.-viv:

"Vertigo on ascending or

descending stairs."

Pic.-ac:

"Vertigo agg ... going up stairs"

Sulph.:

"Vertigo ... from walking in the open

air up slight eminence."

There are many more remedies in the

Repertories for this symptom; however

no

confirmation could be

found

in any of the

authorities.

Vertigo as if pushed from the right side to

the left side

(27)

This symptom has

been

cured with

Borax

by

BERRIDGE and thus verified.

Head

Forehead, above the eyes (39-40, 42-44, 50)

Headaches with stitching in the ears (36-37,

51)

The

proving symptom "Nosebleed, early

morning, and pulsating headache in the evening"

(114) has been verified by HERING as follows:

"Headache worse after nosebleed."

Matting of hair (61) (S)

Compare:

Fl-ac:

"He must comb the hair often because it

becomes clumpy and uncomfortable."

Graph.:

"A constant and remarkable tangling

of the hair of the head ..."

Mez.:

"The head is covered with a thick,

leather-like crust, under which thick white pus

collects here and there, and the hair is glued

together"

Mill.:

"His long hairs becomes matted very

often and unusually despite having cut it recently"

Nat-m.:

"... the hairs stick together." (CD. No.

209)

Psor.:

"Hair matted together"

Zinc:

"Matting of the hair of the head"

Eyes:

Pain, as if the eye were being pressed into

the orbit, morning (66) (S)

Soreness in the outer canthi

(73) (S)

Compare:

Ant-c:

"Little, humid spot in the outer

canthus, in the morning, with dry eye-gum in both

eye-lids. (CD, No.52)

Kali-c:

"Soreness of the outer canthus ..." (CD,

No.221 & 222)

Zinc:

"Soreness of the outer canthus." (CD,

No.199)

The eye-lashes turn inward into the eyes

(Entropium)

(77-78) (S)

In 1869 T.F. ALLEN and HERING discussed

the value of this symptom: ALLEN doubted that it

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could have occurred in a proving of the medicine;

further that he had in many cases of this kind used

Bor.

in all potencies but not obtained the desired

effect. HERING said that

Bor.

was a very important

remedy in these conditions; an Entropium is

almost-always cureable before surgical measures

by such remedies, amongst others, as

Merc, Sulph.,

Calc,

or

Lye.

In this connection

BOENNINGHAUSEN said: "Everyone of us

would have verified this action of

Borax

in this

kind of eye inflammations in many cases of course

other symptoms of the disease agreeing..."

Compare:

Aran.:

"The eyelids are inverted, and as if

scarified.

Calc:

"Eyelids inverted and swollen";

"Entropium."

Graph.:

"Inverted lids (margins), wild hairs."

Merc:

"Entropium"

Nat-m.:

"Entropion from caustic treatment of

granular lids"

Sulph.:

"Entropium"

Agglutination of the eye-lids, nights (78-81)

(S)

Flickering before the eyes in the mornings,

like moving waves, mornings while writing (85)

(S)

Ears:

Left ear (91 -93, 99,101,105-106)

Stitching (89-92) (S)

Discharge of pus (95-97) (S)

Face:

Sensation of cobwebs (117. comp. 380)

Teeth:

Pain in hollow teeth (132-138,141 -142,148)

in bad weather

(133, 137,

147) (S)

Compare:

Merc:

"Toothache ... returns in damp weather"

Nat-c:

"Toothache in a hollow tooth... he

experienced it now in the open air in wet-cold,

rainy weather.

Pains, smoking amel.

(139)

(S)

Compare:

Waf-c.;"Dull stitching in a hollow tooth which

passed off from smoking tobacco"

Nats.:

"A tooth in the right upper row becomes

loose, seems longer, and there is

a

drawing pain ...

tobacco smoke also relieves the pain"

Mouth:

Swelling of gums with tooth aches

(135,147-148) (S) Aphthae (150-152)

(S)

HARTMANN observed that Bor. was

more suited to aphthae with "dry heat in

mouth" and also that Sul-ac. may follow this

Bor. complaint.

Palate is contracted and wrinkled

(156-157) (S) Compare:

Phos.: "Sensation on the palate as if the

skin would be detatched, it became

wrinkled and painful (CD) Throat:

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Tough mucous in throat, detached with

difficulty Appetite, Aversion, Desires,

Eating, Eructation, Nausea, Vomiting:

Little appetite evenings (175-176) (S)

Loss of appetite in the noon, (the meal was

not relished) (177,179-180) (S)

During the meal, restlessness with

nausea amel, by stretching backwards

(186) (S)

After the meal much distended

(188-190) (S) Stomach:

Pain which extends to the back (and

there becomes stitching) (212,216,297)

Abdomen:

Left hypochondrium (218-220, 222-223)

as if there was something hard there,

during movement (220,223) Stool:

Painless diarrhoea (243-245)

Pale mucouus passed with the stool

(256-257, 259) Urinary organs:

The infant screams, before

urination (271) Compare:

Lye: "In children urging to pass water,

with impossibility to pass it; cry

impatiently" - no indication that she will

shriek before urination.

Sass.: "Sand in urine ... child screams

before and while passing it.

Own Case: S.G. 2 year-old-boy:

frequent urination; screams before and

holds the urine, twists, presses upon the

lower abdomen; both cheeks reddens.

Bor: C.200 (CD symptoms No.271 and

230), evening; night slept well and next

morning very much better and during the

course of the day the complaint completely

gone.

After urination pains in the urethra (275-

277) (S) Dark-blue spots at the urethra)

orifice as if the skin is off (279) (S)

Male Genitalia:

After a pollution, cutting in the

urethra during urination (289)

Female Genitalia:

Before menses: obstruction in

breathing, roaring in the ears (S)

Compare:

Bry.: "Before menstruation ... buzzing in the

ears" Fen.: "Before menses, ringing in ears"

Ign.: "Before and during the menses ...

ringing in the ears" During the menses:

nausea (297), Lassitude (298), roaring

in the ears (301)

White leucorrhoec. (304-

306) Easy conception (308)

Cough:

Dry cough morning on rising and in

the evening on lying down (322) (S)

This interesting modality comes

similarly in a heart symptom of Phos.:

"Heart palpitation in morning on rising and

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in the evenings on lying down" (CD

No.1277)

Chest:

ref. (311, 322, 327-328, 333-336, 349-

351, 353)

Intercostal musculature (352-353, 422,

435)

Stitching in the chest while coughing

(322,329-330,345, 351) (S) Or (deep)

breathing (330, 332-334, 336-337, 344-

345, 448) (S)

Must press the chest with his hand

because of the pains while coughing (323)

(S)

Pains in the left mamma when the

child nurses on the right (361)

Galactorrhoea

Back:

Drawing pains in the nape, extending

to the left axilla and scapula, in the

evening while walking in the open (373)

(S)

Upper Extremities:

Burning, heat and redness of the

finger (and toes) as from freezing, Irom

least cold (386,403-404) (S)

Lower Extremities:

Suppuration of a shoe-bite spot in the

heel (401)

General:

Many symptoms in infants (children)

(5,9,13,18,61,76, 80,101,108,115,124-

125,156,200, 249,253, 271 -272,321,414,

424, 440-442), for example:

Anxiously clinging to mother (442)

Anxious from downward movement

(5)

Startling (9)

Inflamed, agglutinated eye-lids (80)

Wrinkled palate and screaming when

sucking (156)

Hiccups (200)

Crying before passing stool (253) or

urination (271)

Pale, earthy face (115,414)

Screaming at nights 440, 442)

Sleep:

Sleepy in the early evening and falls

into a long sleep (426) (S)

Chill:

Chill in the afternoons (451,452)

Heat:

Heat when he has his hand under the

bed cover, but as soon as he stretches it

out of the cover feels cold (457)

Time:

Agg. morning

Agg. evening

Modalities:

Agg. after meal (139,188-190,193-198,

210, 213, 344)

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Agg. bad weather (rainy weather)

(133,137,147, 406)

Agg. dancing (5, 220, 394)

Related remedies:

CALC, Graph., Suiph 9.

Snapping finger - Ruta

graveotens

KLUNKER, W. (ZKH, 35, 6/1991)

46 year-old-woman cured of migraine

by Sulphur and Pulsatitla consulted on

19.9.90 for snapping finger. This disease is

a chronic one and would take time, None of

the repertories nor any of the well-known

materia medica contained the clinical

symptoms. However, it was recalled that

ROGER- SCHMIDT of San Francisco had

reported of a cure of snapping fingers with

Ruta graveolens. Also KENT has spoken of

the relevance of Ruta to tendons

particularly the flexors, consequences of

exertion (housewife!), deposits in the

tendons. Ruta 200 was given on 2.11,1990.

On 7.12.1990 much better and on

18.1.1991 reported fully well. Follow-up in

early May: remained well.

10. Laurocerasus for children crying at

nights

MEYER-KONIG, P. (AHZ, 236, 5/1991)

Case 1: S.M. was delivered by a

midwife on 24,5.1990 at home. The child

was very cyanotic at birth and limbs without

tone, Within a minute of birth Laurocerasus

30 (3 globules) was put on the tongue.

Within few seconds the child began to

breathe and cry. After about 4 weeks it

began to wake up and cry loudly every night

every 10-20 minutes. During the birth the

head came out very slowly and thus the

child was near death. This, together with

the sleeplessness indicated Cancerinum

which was given in C30, C200 and C1000.

This gave only very little impovement.

There are 5 remedies under "Mind, snrieking

for help": Camphor, Ignatia, Kalium

carbonicum, Laurocerasus and Platinum.

Was the child still panicky because of the

choking at the time of the slow birth?

Laurocerasus 200 was given on 13.2.1991

which promptly cured.

Case 2: M.P. was born at home on

22.10.1989, four weeks early. Was

cyanotic on head, torso and feet and

hands. Laurocerasus D4 was given thrice

within an hour. Soon torso became rosy and

the feet and hands improved slowly. Five

weeks later this child began to steep for not

more than 30 minutes and then wake up in

panic and cry. During the course of 16

months the chiid was given Calcium

carbonicum and Cancerinum. None of

these helped. Laurocerasus C200 was given

at 17 months and a prompt reaction came:

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ail the oid anxiety, shiny stool; the reaction

lasted about three weeks and tnen a clear

improvement set in.

Further verification would call for

adding the rubric "Crying of children at

nights cansequent upon asphyxiation."

11. Okoubaka aubrevillei - a

clinical report

SCHLUREN, E. (AHZ. 235,

6/1991)

Okoubaka is obtained from the bark of a

rare tree in West Africa.

The first experience was reported in

1972 by Magdalena KUNST. She used D2.

At the same time Willmar SCHWABE

reported the action of Okoubaka in different

intoxications, weakness of pancreas and

toxoplasmosis, Subsequently we have had

surprisingly good results in medicinal

intoxications and allergies without use of

Corticoids and anti-allergies. A medicinal

proving was carried out and at the same time

a report was presented in 1986 in the 138th

annual meeting of the DZVhA.

In the present article is a report on 700

cases treated with Okoubaka. The purifying

effect in different intoxications and toxic

pressure is clearly confirmed, as also the

effect on hay fever, liver, gall bladder,

pancreas illnesses. Very often patients

reported improvement in general status and

activities. Okoubaka should also be

considered in cases of headache,

hypertension, insommia and lethargy.

12. Homoeotherapy in

Mucous Colitis

WEGENER, A (AHZ, 236,

6/1991)

33 year-old-man: Chronic conjunctivitis

since seven years. After ineffective

allopathic therapy, homoeopathic therapy

without result. Anamnesis taken anew and

Argentum nitricum LM6 prescribed with

some improvement, followed by bloody-

mucous diarrhoea; flatulence, tenesmus,

etc. i.e. ulcerative colitis. Case againtaken:

PHATAK'srepertry: Mucous colitis (p.61):-

4sar., Colch., Kali-p., Rhus-t, Zin-val.

Kalium phosphoricum XM one dose given.

Kalium Phosphoricum repeated in LM after

6 weeks and CM twice after eight, ten and

twelvo months. All ailments healed.

Characteristic symptoms of Kalium

phosphoricum:

1. One of the greatest nerve remedy

(BOERICKE)

2. The medicine is suitable for over

sensitive, nervous,

delicate persons worn out from long

suffering, much

sorrow and vexation, and prolorged

mental work; also

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such as are broken down from sexual

excesses and vices

(KENT)

3. Nervous, sensitive, weak and easily

fagged (BOGER)

4. Slightest labour seems a heavy task

(BOERICKE)

5. Nervous, starts easily, irritable

(BOERICKE)

6. Aversion to company (KENT)

7. Anxiety, nervous dread without special

cause, gloomy

moods, fancies, taking dark views of

things, dark

forebodings (HERING)

8. Dread of noises, oversensitiveness to

noise and light

(HERING)

9. Homesickness, morbid activity of

memory, haunted by

visions of past, and longing after them

(HERING)

10.Night terrors (BOERICKE)

11.Excruciating nervous headache, with

great sensitiveness

to noise, during menses (HERING)

12.Vertigo on facing sun (BOGER)

13.Headache with weary, empty, gone

feeling at stomach

(BOERICKE)

14.Profound hypochondria and melancholia,

weariness of

life and fear of death, suspiciousness,

weeping mood

(HERING)

15.Headache of students (HERING)

16.Eyes burn, sting and swim in tears

(BOGER)

17.Drooping of eye-lids (HERING)

18.Hayfever with nervous irritability

(HERING)

19.Sneezing; at 2 a,m. (BOGER)

20.As a prophylactic for hay fever

(SOGER)

21.Sad, careworn look (BOGER)

22.The tongue is excessively dry in the

morning, feeling as if

it would cleave to the roof of mouth

(HERING)

23.Craving hunger soon after eating

(BOGER)

24.Craves ice water, vinegar and sweets

(BOGER)

25.Sweat during meals, with weakness at

pit of stomach

(HERING)

26.Enterocolitis (BOGER)

27.Diarrhoea; heavy odour, occasioned

by fright and

exhausting nerves (HERING)

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28.Delirium, dryness of tongue,

tympanites; carrion-like

odour of all discharges; dysentery;

pure blood is

discharged (HERING)

29.Diarrhoea (HERING)

30.Rectum prolapse (BOERICKE)

31.Enuresis noturna (BOGER)

32.Nervous asthma worse from food

(HERING)

33.Intermittent action of heart; with

morbid, nervous

sensitiveness; from violent

emotions, grief, care

(HERING)

34.Pulse intermittent, irregular (HERING)

35.Starting on being touched, or at sudden

noises (HERING)

36.Irregular menses, puls, etc. (BOGER)

37.Disposition to feel bodily pains too

acutely (HERING)

38.Nervous attacks from sudden or intense

emotion, or from

smothering passion; in highly nervous

and excitable

persons; also a feeling as of a ball rising

in throat

(HERING)

39.Paroxysms of pain, followed by

great weakness

(HERING)

40.Partial paralysis with slowly increasing

weakness (KENT)

41.Unnatural, excessive yawning

(HERING)

42.Sleeplessness after worry or excitement

(HERING)

43.Night terrors in children awakening

with fright, and

screaming; somnambulism (HERING)

44.Urticaria (HERING)

45.Skin diseases with bad smelling

discharges (HERING)

13. Platinum in treatment of an

involuted depression with neurotic

involvement KUHN, H (AHZ, 236,

6/1991) Platina? In old age? In this case

of 77 year-old-woman certain facets of

early

pathology of Platina were brought out.

The husband told "you are not any

more my wife" to her who bore him two

sons. He was ar artist, musician and she was

architect from a home with much taboos

during the development. Consequence:

frigidity. A life with high intellectual

contacts, cultural life, discussion with

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philosophers, philologists etc., a rich life.

All these are not pathological.

At 75 years bronchopneumonia. Six

months later surgery for an ovarian stoma of

the size of child's head (borderline tumor).

After this a large eczema on the skull and

back. Suppressive treatment.

In spite of her age she took up the

surveying of her brother's castle. Much

climbing up and down stairs, measurements

etc. done. After this stressful work she

visited the Frankfurt museum. She could not

grasp information nor take in the

impressions and she felt that the world was

beyond.

The brain is empty, very tired, and so

hungry, Every external impression is

unbearable, be it written word or spoken

word or reading. So dull and weary ... She

lost 15 Kg.

Admitted to hospital and after a four

week stay the diagnosis: "Involuted

depression with severe neurotic

involvement." The prognosis, after a CT

Scan, was poor and advised to put her in a

fosterhouse.

Homoeotherapy: She spoke of her

ailments in a monotone:

it is all difficult.

my brain is empty, so tired, so

exhausted, it cannot take in anything; the

head does not belong to me, it does not

work as expected of it.

I want company

But I feel better when I am alone.

I can lie and sleep only in half darkne,ss.

I am so tired from it.

Acidum picrinicum brought slight

improvement. Conium gave slight

improvement.

After long discussions the following

could be drawn: she is much disappointed

over her inabilities, the exhaustion of the

spring of life. She was so happy to take part

in all things intellectual and she would like

to know everything, would never cease to

enjoy mental delights. And then came the

threshold and she is so heavily thrown

down. "Was the earlier life then a

delusion?"

Her disappointment:; brought about the

depression. Pride and mental arrogance

have been dropped and the chance of a

contemplative life was notfoeseen but she

had a headlong plunge downward and found

this emptiness and illness. "She would die in

full life without bending!" And now this

reverse. The sycotic transition (sexual

tension - frigidity, ovarial cystadenoma) in

the syphilitic miasm from suppressive

therapies.

The picture of Platina was clear.

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Early August 1988 Platina 30

End August 1988 Platina 200

October 1988 Platina 200

March 1989 Platina M. ■

Soon after the first dose she began to

improve, went for walks and developed

more interests.

In May 1989 came an extensive periansl

eczema with severe itching. Sulphur 30

cleared it >n 3 weeks but the mental state

became worse and now came the modality:

Illness worse during day, worse while

sitting, worse from closing the eyes.

Conium LM 1 was given in 100 ml.

water and after ten strokes 1 spoon t.d.s.

The symptoms again came upwards. The

Platina symptom of pride came up. Rare

doses of Platina M in February, May and

October 1990 brought about mental

harmony and integrity and she is now 79

years and well.

14. Plumbum

KENT.J.T. (HH, 16,4/1991)

Dr. Frank KRAFT's notes from KENT'S

stray Lectures.

15. Cocculus indicus - ils mind

and two cases

ANAND, Sunil (HH, '6, 4/1991)

A brief study of the 'mind' of Cocculus

indicus: Answers, reflects long; Answers,

hastily; Answers, slowly; Sensitive to

rudeness; Ailments from rudeness; Sadness

as from insult; Dwells on past disagreeable

occurrences; Introspection; Mirth, hilarity,

liveliness; Exhilaration; Anxiety about

health; Horrible things and sad stories affect

profoundly; Cares about others; Ailments

from night watching and loss of sleep;

Recognises everything, but cannot move;

Easily frightened. These rubrics have been

used to portray Cocculus indicus. Two cases

are cited.

16. A few of my experiences with

Cocculus indicus

KOPPIKAR, S.P. (HH, 16, 6/1991)

Few cases are mentioned in passing.

17. Lachesis

LIPPE, Ad. (HH, 16,6/1991)

A reprint of LIPPE's excellent article in

the American Homoeopathic Review, 1863.

18. Luffa operculata in sinusitis

JUNEJA, Kul Bhushan (HH, 16,

10/1991)

Two cases in which the millesimal

potency 3 were used and one in which the

decimal 6 was used.

19. Ignatia amara St. Ignatius

bean

ELMORE, Durr (Resonance,

13, 5/1991)

Ignatia is well-known as the remedy

presenting paradoxical symptoms. Dr.

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ELMORE furnishes some 'confirmatory'

symptoms:

Ailments from worry, grief,

mortification, rejection, romantic

disappointments, overwork;

Great sensitivity and aversion to tobacco

smoke;

Frequent sighing;

Perspiration on the face;

Lump in the throat;

Aversion to fruit;

Desire for cheese and fruit

20. Psorinum in the treatment of

otitis media

LEVATIN Janet (Resonance, 13,

6/1991)

Three children's cases are discussed; in

two cases Psorinum was given after other

remedies (well chosen remedies fail to act).

In the third case it was the first prescription.

All the three came from poor and

indigent circumstances; families have

anxiety over money. (Psorinum has fear of

poverty) In two cases the mother was

physically and psychologically abused by

the father.

VITHOULKAS describes the

impoverished circumstances under which

Psorinum or scabies (the skin parasite from

which the remedy is made) cases or

epidemics occur. He states that poverty both

internal and external can lead to or

accompany Psorinum state.

21. A Lycopodium case in which left is

right

REICHENBERG-ULLMAN, Judyth

(Resonance, 13, 6/1991)

Certain remedies have certain affinities

including for sides

of the body. However, routine prescriptions

like Lachesis if left sided, Lycopodium if

right-sided does not work always.

The author details a case in which

Lycopodium was the remedy although the

'side' involved was left and Lachesis did not

help. An interesting study.

22. Bad reaction to anaesthesia

CHINDEMl, Wayne J. (Resonance, 13,

6/1991)

Multiple sclerosis in a 21 year-old

woman was cured with Phosphorus 200 over

a two year period. Only two doses were

given. She reacted badly to anaesthesia

which was given while doing surgery on her

jaw.

This remedy is also mentioned as

antidote to anaesthesia (refer KENT'S

Lectures, BOERlCKE's Materia Medica)

A very interesting study

23.The relationship between

Homoeopathy, Therapy and

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Counselling ROBERTS, Ernest

(Simillimum, 4, 4/1991)

Homoeopaths and Therapists must

work together as a team to help patients

discover and reveal their hidden 'postures',

so that homoeopathic remedies can help

the progress forward.

The author has experienced this in

working with Ambika WAUTERS. Here

are essences of six remedies:

Palladium:

Must please so as to

constantly be praised, they only feel okay

when they are being praised and fear the

disapproval of others, so the whole of their

life and progress is given over to this

seeking of praise.

Asarum:

Are unable to love, or to feel

or to accept their own needs, they have an

inability to receive love and their nervous

system is incapable of tolerating any

stress, especially noise. They behave as if

they were a ghost, floating and therefore

safe from the pressures of life, otherwise

they do not feel okay. Alcoholism in

themselves or their parents is often a

causative factor.

Cyclamen:

The essence of

Cyclamen

is

a belief that it is their responsibility to put

everything right, to make things work

and to see that everyone is happy. 1 his

leads to the delusion that they have

committed a crime and that everything that

goes wrong is their fault. Furthermore that

they have oeen forsaken so only they bear

these responsibilities. They reproach

themselves and show unreasonable

conscientiousness.

Aurum:

Is similar tc

Cyclamen

but

they think they have neglected their duty

and deserve reproach.

Aurum

must be the

best, must be perfect, must do better, and

if there is any reflection orfailure in

achievement or en personal behaviour, the

remorse and guilt are very strong.

Aurums

feel they are not valued enough, they are

the best and yet the world does not

recognize this, they feel better than the

rest of humanity and only feel okay when

they realize they can leave this unworthy

and unappreciative world and commit

suicide.

Stramonium:

Has fear and violence

deeply rooted which is so violent and so

deep that H is hidden in the subconscious.

We see the violence and fear come out in

nightmares, in a fear of violence and of

losing their temper - for when they do they

lose all conscious control and can kill

quite easily.

Staphisagria:

Is humiliated, they act

as if they are a servant or a slave (and the

only alternative to this employment is

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starvation) to an unreasonable master.

They are incapable of confronting, of

facing the cause of their humiliation, and

have suppressed anger bottled up. They

express anger, but inappropriately in time,

fashion and place, so it never addresses

itself to the real causes of the anger.

24.

A manic depressive case

HERRICK, Nancy {Similiimum, 4,

4/1991)

32 year-old-woman with manic

depression for past thirteen years.

Lachesis 200

cured. (Smoked Pot,

marijuana; lesbian affair; jealous;

suspicious; sexually perverse; angry

outbursts)

25.

Lachesis

metaphor 'and myth) as

medicine

Lachesis

Muta Muta

("Silent Fate" -

Linnaeus)

BEDAYN, Greg (Similiimum, 4,

4/1991)

Lachesis

is also known as Bush master

and Surucucu; there are also over 60

regional/local names for the species.

Bushmaster's venom kills with

quantity, not quality.

Lachesis

has more

exaggerated or unverified information

associated with it than any other remedy-

source in the Materia Medica. In reality,

the snake is quite shy and will flee from

humans to avoid conflict. Scientific field

studies have proven that these snakes

typically steer clear of all human activity

and will strike only when cornered, or if

someone threatens their young.

In contrast to the many unfounded

mythical powers attributed to the

Bushmaster are the many verifiable

characteristics that can be found by

studying its documented physiology and

natural history.

There are many verifiable

characteristics that can be found by

studying its documented physiology and

natural history - the "Doctrine of

signatures."

A well-researched article.

26.

Lachesis:

reaffirming our

healing principles

TESSLER, Neil (Similiimum,

4, 4/1991)

A study of

Lachesis

based on careful

analysis of fourteen cases.

Confirmed symptoms and reliable

indications (not listed in the Repertory)

are given followed by suggested

repertory additions, Two cases are

detailed as examples of clinical

presentation of

Lachesis.

A very instructive study.

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27.

A small remedy for a small

person

SWOPE, Harry F.

(Similiimum, 4, 4/1991)

A girl child 20 months old who was

waking between 12 and 2 a.m. at nights

and refusing to go to sleep; wide awake

and would play for hours. This came on

after the child received a DPT shot.

Cyprepedium 200

cured not only this

problem but also her respiratory

problems.

Rubrics in which

Cypripedium

is

found in Mac Repertory: Mind,

cheerful; night Anger ecstasy

ecstasy; night; waking,

on hysteria indifference

everything, to

mirth

Male, genitalia; Seminal discharge,

emissions nightly Mouth, speech;

difficult; spasm in throat, from; tongue,

from

Back, eruptions, boils,

cervical region Extremities,

twitching Generalities,

Chorea

28.

How an obscure sentence in

BOERICKE lead to cure

ROBINSON, Karl (Similiimum, 4,

4/1991)

37 year-old-woman developed,

during constitutional treatment with

Ruta

for severe low back pain and

recurrent rectal prolapse, cervical

adenitis with sore throat.

Symptoms pointed to

Lachesis 200

which improved significantly her energy

but cervical nodes and throat continued

to be very painful which did not show

any improvement even after three days.

Cervical glands tender.

Crotaius cascavelta 30:

next day well,

(see BOERICKE page 390)

29.

A case of acute Pericoronitis

PAIS, Gregory (Similiimum, 4,

4/1991)

26 year-old-female with Pericoronitis.

Pain since three days worse in the

temporal-mandibular joint; Pain was

severe. Pain left side, worse heat in

general and weakness.

Calendula 200

(septic condition) one

dose, Within 24 hours toothache totally

relieved. Follow-up four months later;

no recurrence.

30.

Small remedies can work

deeply

SHERR, Jeremy (Similiimum,

4, 4/1991)

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12 year-old-boy with nasai

congestion, never-well-si nee a bad flu at

7 years age.

Has already had homoeopathic

treatment.

Always dirty, which doesn't bother

him. Lazy. Angry even over small things.

Generally philosophical, perceives things

deeply. Headaches occasionally. Very

greedy. Loves ghosts, had posters of

skeletons, horror movies. Nose

obstructed. Sniffing continuously.

Ammonium carbonicum M.

Allround

improvement.

31.

A case of a seductive seven year-

old

REICHENBERG-ULLMAN, Judyth

(Similiimum, 4, 4/1991)

7 year-old-girl was brought by her

mother because she kept

touching her vagina over the past

months, because 'it felt good'. The girl

would hug male clients of her mother

(she was a licensed massage therapist),

climb all over them and would not let

them go. Lately she masturbated in the

bathtub. Often she played with another

little girl who would lay on top of her.

Had been treated three or four times for

otitis media; a course of antibiotics few months

ago.

Usually she assumed a leadership role.

Seemed to want to impress others.

On the basis of totality of symptoms Platina

200; repeated once. Cured. 32. Medical

dissolution of gall stones

RAMANATHAN, A.N. (mfH, 2, 2/1991)

This is a 'letter to the editor' in which the

writer says that he has verified the usefulness of

Adeps suis 6x in dissolution of gall stones.

1. Common constitutional types of children

HERSCU, Paul i Homoeopathy Today

11,8/1991)

Paul HERSCU presented this paper at the

annual NCH meeting in Orlando, U.S.A. Some

points are given here: He opened with a

discussion of the fallacy of over-repetition when

a patient is under constitutional treatment. Most

of the referal cases he gets have been given as

many as 40 remedies (and these are children!)

often with the correct remedy being one of the

many already given. The initial prescribes

however, did not wait enough to allow the

remedy to fully act. There is no set time at which

to repeat a remedy.

Acute prescribing for some-one under

constitutional treatment is another major error,

One main clue to finding the remedy is to

notice how you respond to the child.

Calcarea carborica is his number one

children's remedy, and the healthiest person of

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all. The three keynotes of Calc. are strong will,

need for completion (understanding how things

work and classifying them) and many, many

fears. Uneven circulation. Failure to thrive and

for :hin children even though we think of it as a

big heavy-bodied. Only 30% of Calc. children

are obese and huge and only 30% are slow

learning to walk. Calc. want to be rocked and

they look you into the eyo during that. A major

colic remedy (worse evening) with easy

vomiting which looks like cottage cheese. Main

remedy for hypothyroidism with concurrent

symptoms of obesity, constipation, chilliness

and teeth coming in very slowly. One key-note

is that when a oaby is in pain, especially in an

ear ache state, the baby will be looking right at

you.

Lycopodium children are strong and bossy

(their anger is used to control) and very fearful.

ONLY Lycopodium has these together. Lot of

Gastrointestinal symptoms. They are hungry

and irritated when they come home from school.

Their common urinary problems can be

physiological or because they were born with

anatomical defects. They often wet bed. SLEEP

problems; grouchy in morning. Babies are often

born with cracks behind their ears especially

right ear. Hypuglycaemica and Diabetes

meilitus. Lyme disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis,

Mono-nucleosis (with painless swelling right

knee). An unusual clue to a Lycopodium child is

that anyone around almost "enjoys" seeing the

child disciplined.

Medorrhinum can be retarded, vecy, very

violent, and/or sickeningly sweet. They may

move from one to the other of those states.

Diaper rash during the first year. Often they

sleep in a knee chest position (Lye, Tub.).

Frequently they have repeated bronchitis or

asthma. May have arthritis with lots of swelling.

Ear aches and colds with mucus and green

discharges. Nail biting. Desires cold drinks,

lemons, oranges, kiwis.

Phosphorus: You want to support, hug

them. Whereas Putsatilla passively comes to

you and sits in your lap gently to be softly

petted, Phosphorus is much more active. Many

fears and nightmares from active imagination

(Calc), throat problems and juvenile rheumatoid

arthritis, Most Phosphorus children are thin and

frail, thirsty and have recurrent bouts of

diarrhoea. Exuberance is a keynote.

2. Homoeopathic medicines for emotional

stress.

SHEVIN, William (Homoeopathy Today,

11,7/1991)

Orlando Conference of the NCH.

Stress is a stimuli *hich requires adaptation,

and we are all bombarded by such stimuli

constantly. Stress is the result only if we are

susceptible to the stimuli. Healthy people are

more resistant to stress.

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People who are very ill often have been

emotionally wounded early in life and have

been unable to deal with the hurt in an adaptive

way. Energy has been contained in some way

either through suppression or denial, and

illness is the result. Susceptibility and intensity

are inversely related.

The more ill a patient, the more intense the

symptoms. The patient who experiences an acute

stress might need a remedy that would otherwise

never have been needed.

The origin of the emotional stress can be

difficult to find. People sometimes respond to

stress by completely suppressing the memory of

it.

3. Case Study

DE.H.N. (JAIH, 84, 3/1991)

61 year-old-female: suffered from an

obsessional neurosis which came on at the time

of her menopause at age 45. She brooded

incessantly, keeping her hands clasped. Most of

her time was spent in a temple adjacent to her

house. On her return from the temple in the

evening she would spend three to four hours

washing herself and her clothes. She had to be

forcibly removed from the bathroom as she was

unable to desist from washing of her own

accord. At night during sleep she would weep

terribly.

She developed an exfoliative eczema on the

dorsum of the left foot which had been present

for ten years. The colour of the eruption was

black as tar.

Lachesis 2c twice weekly for two weeks

produced no effect at all.

On 15.4.90 Stramonium 10M.

At two month follow-up her brooding and

frequency of visits to the temple had definitely

decreased, but the cleanliness and phobia and

the weeping in sleep persisted. Placebo.

Three months after the Stramonium no

further improvement.

On 26.7.90 Zincum metailicum 10M. At two

month follow-up the patient appeared gay and

joyful, whilst the eczema was discharging a

profuse ichorus fluid. The washing mania had

subsided to a great extent, as had the night

weeping. Placebo for two months.

9.12.90 the skin of the affected leg was of

normal colour with no eruption. At the last visit

on 21.1.91 she was living quite a normal life.

4. Multiple sclerosis

SERVAIS, Ph., -M. 9CGI, 27, 1990)

23 year-old-woman with multiple sclerosis

since five years. Treated for 71/2 years

homoeopathically successfully.

Phos-ac.30 brought local amel, but not the

total state. Phos-acXM and after 6 months

improvement to a state in which she was two

years before. Symptoms which came up then:

sighing, sneezing, chronic coryza, cough.

Lachesis M and 6 months after XM. Next, Nat-

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mur.30 after which mentally improved. Six

months later Puls.XM and then Phos.200.

After an year Phosphorus XM. Next year

Pulsatilla LM. and after another year Causticum

200. She was given Cicuta virosa 30 because of

her persistent complaint that the whole world

was crazy, produced a very rapid raction. Four

months after this she became pregnant. For

nausea and vomiting Cicuta virosa M was given

with further improvement of neurological and

general improvement. A bronchitis in the

interval was treated with Placebo. At sixth

month for premature pains Cicuta virosa XM

was given and the remaining period of

pregnancy and delivery went on well.

Three months after the childbirth Cicuta

virosa LM given for spastic colon disease. Six

months after, no further ailments.

5. Vitiligo and Psoriasis

KOPPIKAR, S.P. (HH, 16, 4/1991)

Apart from the so-cailed 'specifics' for

Vitiligo, Morgan M (where Sulphur is

indicated), Gaertner M (faulty nutrition)

Dysentry Co (nervous individual) Sycotic Co

(catarrhal conditions predorminant) help in

speeding up healing.

6.

Psoriasis

NIMBHORKAR, M.P. (HH.

16,4/1991)

Two cases reported, Long-term

follow-up wanting.

7.

Psoriasis

TAJI, W.M. (HH, 16,4/1991)

Complete anamnesis of Psora is found

in

Pulsatilla

by Dr. P.S.

KR1SHNAMURTHY, Hyderabad. "I use

Pulsatilla

in the cases of Psoriasis where

no other remedy comes up: also

Pulsatilla

is used inter-currently. But when

Pulsatilla

is indicated I use it in almost all

the available potencies in different scales

until the edge of

Pulsatilla

potency is

completely rubbed off."

8.

A case of bleeding pilas cured

with

Puls.

SUDARSHAN, S.R. (HH, 16,

4/1991)

37 year-old-man: Bleeding per

rectum, during and after stools. Feels

suffocated in closed place; cannot tolerate

warmth, better in cool open air.

Pulsatilla

200

cured.

9.

Homoeopathy in gynaec and

obstetrics

KUL BHUSHAN and RENU JUNEJA

(HH, 16,5/1991)

An anaemic, haggard woman, never

well since the birth of her child 18

months ago, frequent haemorrhage; has

had hospitalisation many times; several D

& C; sallow with deep lines of suffering

and pain in her face. Prolapse of female

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organs which made it difficult to walk.

Pessary put in would not stay in. Advised

to undergo surgery which she refused to.

Pessary put in and a dose of

Sepia M.

Soon her complexion improved; the

ligaments and muscles of the pelvic floor

had tightened up and had kept the pessary

in.

41 year-old-woman with profuse

haemorrhage; uterine fibroids; advised

surgery but came to homoeopathic

treatment. Heavy uterus, with several

fibroids.

Sulphur 30

on general

symptoms.

Two months later: improved Revealed

h/o Tuberculosis.

Tuberculinum 200

one

dose and

Fraxinus americanus

5 gtt. b.d.

10.

A Case of T.B.

Lymphadenitis

RAVIKANTI, Murali (HH, 16,

5/1991)

22 year-old-man with multiple

swellings in the supraclavicular fossae,

painless.

Calcarea fluorata 6x.

After 10 days: severe congestions

around the glands with pain.

Belladonna

200

one cose every hour for 24 hours.

Pains relieved next day and asked io

continue

Calearea flourata 6x

Twelve days later: glands softer.

Calcarea carbonica 30

one dose daily.

Also 5-10 petals garlic boiled in milk

t.d.s.

45 days later: still better:

Calcarea

carbonica 200

b.d. plus garlic as before.

40 days Later:

Calcaraa carbonica

200

one dose every day plus

Allium

sativum

10 gtt,

Follow up after about 40 days:

remains well.

11.

A Case of mixed miasm

SHARMA, R.K. (HH, 16,

9/1991)

40 year-old-lady with allergic

dermatitis of 6 years duration restricted to

front part of neck and face. Dry itching

and burning; much inflammation and skin

peeling off. Has already undergone

allopathic treatment.

A hot patient. Itching, burning were

better by cold application and open air.

Apis

and

Sulphur

without benefit.

Wollen clothing agg.

Psorinum M.

3 weeks later found &il rashes had

gone as also itching

Psorinum M

repeated after a month

and 15 days; after that a patch of alopecia

developed on the scalp. She had similar

patch about 7-8 years ago.

Fluoric acid 200.

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Within a month the bald patch was

filled with small hair.

Had mild recurrence of allergic

dermatitis.

Patient revealed that at 15 years age

her upper incisor teeth fell without much

pain or any complaint.

Syphilinum M.

No recurrence till date.

12.

Varicose Veins of Pregnancy

REICHENBERG-ULLMAN, Judyth

(Resonance, 13, 5/1991) A case of

varicose veins in pregnant lady

treated with

Lachesis.

Other well-known varicose veins

remedies are discussed.

13.

Homoeopathy and periodontal

disease

STEPHENSON, David

(Resonance, 13, 5/1991)

The author came across a very

interesting paper by Julia C. LOOS

presented to the International

Hahnemanian Association, in 1921.

Some remedies to be considered for

(Periodontitis)

Am-c, Canth., Carb-v., Hep., Lach.,

Merc, Mez., Nat-m., Petr., Phos., Puts.,

and

Sil.

The useful rubrics are:

Mouth, Abscess, gums

Mouth, Bleeding, gums

Mouth, Detched from teeth, gums

Generalities, caries of bone

Dr. H.A. ROBERTS considered

Calcarea renalis

as very useful.

14.

The relationship between

Homoeopathy, Therapy and

counselling ROBERTS, Ernest

(Simillimum, 4, 4/1991)

The aim of the article is to explore

how counselors,

therapists, and homoeopaths can work

together and to ask how student

homoeopaths can benefit from some

training in counselling and knowledge of

psychotherapy.

Counselling techniques could help

homoeopaths to 'take the case.'

Six cases of Edward C. WHITMONT

which he gave in a Seminar in the U.K. in

1991, are cited:

Case 1: A woman had sensations of

falling out of her body and that she was

not here, she compulsively hit herself,

banged her head and cut herself. History

of abuse and alcoholic parents. Therapy

was not helping and she fell in love with

her therapist who refused to even have an

affair. She had a nervous breakdown and

turned to Homoeopathy.

Lycopodium

did

not help.

Phosphorous

gave only small

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improvement. More of a hysterical

appeared and as all her emotions were

suppressed

Ignatia

helped her become

open once again to therapy and make

good progress with psychodrama

treatment.

Case 2: Female patient, depressed with

facial acne, sinking feeling, scanty

menses, aversion to her family, and a

clear

Sepia

picture all round.

Sepia

improved everything except the acne.

Sulphur was

of no avail. Psychotherapy

revealed a deep shame of being Jewish

and of being seen to be Jewish. She

always tried to 'save face' and ater this was

explored in therapy,

Sepia

was again

prescribed and the acne disappeared,

leaving her well. Neither therapy or

Homoeopathy worked without the other.

Case 3 : Boy suffering from

Schizophrenia; paranoid, anxious,

depressed, confused, unable to remember

or concentrate, with no self-confidence,

and greatly aggravated by seeing sick

people around him. The onset was a

sudden loss of memory and great

confusion with copious sweating.

Mercurius

was indicated. He had all his

teeth filled with mercury fillings and these

were taken out at once with big

improvement in the boy's condition. This

was while he was taking lot of drugs.

Picture retaken and

Phosphoric acid

helped him improve for a year.

A case of poisoning in a psychopathic

personality and nothing could be done

until the poison was removed.

Case 4:

Calcarea carbonica

was

prescribed for eczema which produced

tetanic spasms of the fingers which

persisted. Under therapy memories of

early childhood returned of his mother

tying his hands to the bed to prevent him

masturbating and created shame. The

spasms went and the eczema cured.

Calcarea

affects the parathyroid gland

which can, if out of balance, cause tetany.

The strong emotions of shame aggravated

the parathyroid causing the calcium

metabolism to alter and caused eczema.

The homoeopathic; picture of Calcium

was the body telling us where the cause

was physically, but the deeper causation

was in the emotional level and required

therapy. The two therapies worked

together.

Case 5

: A sensitive Catholic minister

was undecided for years whether to marry

a nun he had fallen in love with, or to stay

in the ministry. He came for a remedy for

a bad cold and mentioned a dream where

he was in the same clinic in a very

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uncomfortable position having his case

taken. In therapy he was asked to take up

the uncomfortable position of his dream

and accentuate it untill it was unbearable;

he said, "1 can't". Urged to intensify the

position more, he repeated "I can't." The

therapist asked him to go on repeating "I

can't" which he did and eventually fell into

trance where he relived his own birth

stuck in breech and hearing his mother

saying "I can't". Later he dreamt that he

ate sand. Sand is

Silica

and this was given

as a homoeopathic remedy. Shortly

afterwards he married.

Case 6: A

woman patient with

frigidity and a sensation as if her mouth

were full of feathers. At once it was

suggested, before Homoeopathy, that

some feathers be put into her mouth and

more which was done until a panic set in

which brought back the memory of at age

6 or 7 being raped by an uncle who

stuffed feathers into her mouth to prevent

her sci earning. The patient forgot this

incident but became frigid. Now she

brought up the memory, was able to

let

it

go, and her frigidity went; she was o.k. No

remedy was needed. Therapy alone was

enough

The way ahead is for homoeopaths

and therapists to work together as a team

to heip patients discover and reveal their

hidden "postures" so that homoeopathic

remedies can help the progress forward.

15.

A child's world

HERSCU, Paul (Simillimum, 4,

4/1991)

It is considered that low potencies do

not affect the emotional or mental

symptoms and one would need higher

potencies for that. The case cited shows

that low potency does affect the mental

state.

A 14 year-old-girl was treated for

allergies and asthma.

Phosphorus

6 was

given four times a day.

After a month, significant progress and

Phosphorus 200 was

prescribed thrice a

day.

One month later further improved and

Phosphorus 200

was given one dose

repeated sk months later.

Remains well.

Six of the most important 'localities'

of

Phosphorus

are : allergies, asthma,

palpitations, stomach distress, nightmares,

and fears.

16.

Chief complaints are often

superficial

BENNETT, Peter (Simillimum,

4, 4/1991)

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33 year-old-female with chronic

coughs and colds, vaginal yeast

infections, headaches and fatigue.

Already treated by Homoeopathy.

A sad, weary young woman, open,

earnest and honest; fatigues all the time.

PMS; cough; neck and back aches;

itchy and sore eyes; many fears, griefs,

etc.

ignatia 200.

For a whole month she began having

"heavy delicious" sighs and began to have

a profound sense of well-being that she

has never felt.

The chief complaints focussed only

on the physical symptoms; she did not

mention her grief and fears until asked

specifically.

Ignatia

acted deeply to free

her from the chronic grief and inner

tension.

17.

A case of carpal turnel

syndrome

COLLINS, John (Similiimum,

4, 4/1991)

44 year-old-man self-employed as

carpenter with bilateral carpal tunnel

syndrome (CTS) of 15 years.

H/o left wrist fracture as a teen

leading to thenar muscle atrophy.

Corrective surgery at 21 years for shrapnel

wound. At 27 years, prior to onset of CTS,

motorcycle accident with a shoulder

dislocation. Occasional asthma. The CTS

is as a result of a lesion at the spinal level,

aggravated by the overuse of the hands.

Calcarea Phosphorica 6

t.d.s.

Five months later 100% better,

Follow-up: remains well.

18.

A

Helleborus

case

PARSONS, Phil {Simillimum, 4,

4/1991)

48 year-old-female came for removal of

mercury amalgam.

Rubrics chosen after complete case

taking;

Generals: Mercury, abuse of, cold air

agg.

Teeth: Sensitive, tender, cold water, to

Face: clenched, Jaw

Mouth: biting, tongue, night in sleep

paralysis, tongue

Skin; ecchymoses

Extremities: Motion

Mind: restlessness,

night

Answers, reflects long

Senstive to noise

Company, aversion to; amel. when

alone

Forsaken feeling

Deeds, feels as if he could do

great Sleep: position, on back

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limbs drawn up

Helleborus 50M

After this she became very depressed

and nonfunctional and was hospitalized

for her mental problems. Subsequently

she made rapid improvement and

continued to remain well.

19.

Bronchiectasis

KUMAR, Vijay R. (mfH, 2, 1/1991)

20.

Salvarsan

LAKSHMINARAYANAN, D

(mfH, 2, 2/1991)

Some brief reminiscenes regarding the

'milestones' in the Orthodox medicine,

like Salvarsan which "blazed new trails in

the conquest of new diseases at the start

but soon doubts, failures, complications,

drug resistance", etc. emerged.

1.

Corrections of abbreviations for

medicines used in

BOGER- BOENNINGHAUSEN's

Repertory.

RASTOGI, D.P. and SHARMA, V.D.

(BHJ, 80, 4/1991)

Abbreviations of certain drugs in

the BOGER's

BOENNINGHAUSEN's Repertory were

not clear and required clarification

corrections, The authors undertook

careful examination of all such

abbreviations and referred them to standard

textbooks viz., HAHNEMANN's

Materia

Medica Pura,and Chronic

Diseases T.F.

ALLEN'S Encyclopaedia, HERING's

Guiding Symptoms,

BOENNINGHAUSEN's

Repertory,

CLARKE'S

Dictionary of Materia

Medica

BOERICKE's

Materia Medica.

This paper presents the errors and the

corrections against them so that the

Repertory is of greater help.

2.

Remedy alterations in KENT'S

Repertory

Part 19 -

Lachesis

and

Lactuca

virosa

EPPENICH, H. (ZKH, 35,

5/1991)

Lachesis

not

Lactuca

"Vertigo, intoxicated, as if:

Lach."

p.

100

"Confusion and Vertigo. A condition

similar to intoxication ..."

(Encyclopaedia,

p. 435, No.99)

"Abdomen, pain, stool, diarrhoeic,

during:

Lach."

p. 560.

"Violent cramplike pains n the

abdomen do not permit her to stretch out;

with diarrhoea."

(Encyclopaedia,

p. 450,

No.735)

3.

Remedy alterations in KENT'S

repertory

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Part

20 -

Natrum muriaticum

and

Natrum nitricum

WOLF, M,

(ZKH, 35, 6/1991)

(1)

Natrum muriaticum

not

Natrum

nitricum:

Urinary organs, Bladder, urging to

urinate (morbid desire), pressure in

rectum, with: p.655, -

Natrum muriaticum.

(ALLEN's

Encyclopaedia,

VolVI, p.566,

No.1585; p.566, No.1600;

Guiding

Symptoms,

Vol. VII,

p.

574;

HAHNEMANN,

Chronic Diseases

No.649)

Urinary organs, urethra, itching

meatus, walking: p.673 -

Natrum

muriaticum.

(ALLEN'S

Encyclopaedia,

Vol, VI, No.1572)

(2)

Natrum nitricum

not

Natrum

muriaticum

Abdomen, contraction, muscles:

p.543;

{ALLEN's

Encyclopaedia

Vol. Vi,

p.599, No.22)

Abdomen, Pain, exercise, from

p.558:

(ALLEN's

Encyclopaedia

Vol. VI,

p.599, No.19)

Mouth, taste, metallic: p.424

(ALLEN's

Encyclopaedia

Vol. VI,

p.f,99, No.12)

4.

On the repertory of JAHR and the

future repertories

v. KELLER, G. (ZKH, 35, 6/1991)

HAHNEMANN and JAHR both

planned to create three different

repertories, one for localities, one for

sensations, and one for modalities. JAHR

unfortunately could not include modalities

in his separate repertory on symptoms of

the skin as much as he wanted to

BOENNINGHAUSEN stated that the

modalities are the most important part of

the symptoms for individualing patients

and remedies. For these reasons the author

has begun work on a special repertory on

the modalities of the skin citing word by

word the original symptoms from all of

the published provings and from at least

some of the clinical sources.

1.

Climbing activity in frogs and the

effect of highly diluted

succussed thyroxine,

ENDLER, P.C., PONGRATZ, W.,

KASTBERGER, G., WiEGANT, F.A.C,

HAIDVOGEL, M. (BHJ, 80, 4/1991) The

experiments investigate the influence of

extremely dilute

thyroxine (Ja)

in spec al

'homoeopathic' preparation (dilution T4,

30x) on the spontaneous tendency of

juvenile frogs to leave the water and climb

on land, Climbing activity was suppressed

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by dilution T

4

, 30* with statistical

significance both in comparison to the

effect of the 'potentized

1

preparation of 'he

solvent (dilution H2O 30

K

)

as well as in

comparison to the control observations

before the start of the treatment. Finally,

in the search for optimal treatment

duration, it was shown that exposure to the

dilutions for even a few minutes sufficed

to cause significant effects.

In a 'Note' to the interesting research

article the authors say that the financial

support fcr the experimental work was

provided

by

the

Deutsche Homoeopathie

Union

and the

Ludwig Boltzmann

Gesellschaft zur Forderung der

Wisseschafilichen Forschung.

The

authors also submit the discussion of the

amphibian model to the public in the hope

that it will be a challenge to scientific

creativity to further explore it, but without

any investigation harmful to the animals.

2.

The scientific investigation of

alternative medicine,

NICHOLAS, P. (BHJ 80, 4/1991)

Transcription of the Richard Hughes

Memorial lecture, Faculty of

Homoeopathy, May 1991. A very

interesting, scholarly paper.

In the U.K. HUGHES' materialist,

low-dose, disease-oriented approach to

Homoeopathy did not survive the

Swedenborgian KENT'S influence on

Margaret TYLER, Sir John WEIR and

Gibson MILLER. The notion of scientific

procedure as a neutral way producing

objective knowledge is at least overstated;

what is regarded as 'scientific knowledge'

is,, in fact, the result of the social process,

and is therefore socially contingent, and

therefore socially constructed knowledge.

Karl MANNHEIM and others of his

times argued that a firm distinction must

be made between the methods and

concepts of the natural and social sciences.

Sociologists therefore left science alone.

However a new sociology of science

began to emerge during the 1980s. It was

argued that since knowledge of the physical

world was not only mediated by culture,

but produced by what was itself a cultural

process, it too was socially contingent, and

could be brought within the framework of

the

sociology of knowledge. It was also

recognised that the standard view of

science is deeply flawed.

Procedures of assessment in science are

occurring all the time not least by the

editorial boards and their referees in

selecting some papers for publication and

rejecting others. The framework of

technical and other norms which scientists

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employ for assessing and advancing

scientific knowledge is, in practice,

flexible, socially negotiated and

interpreted. What drives the interpretation

adopted in any particular instance is often

the perceptions of the material interests

held by the particpants.

3.

Cytological effect of

Thuja

occidentalis

in homoeopathic

preparation CHATTERJEE, A and

JANA, B.R. (HH, 16,

4/1991)

Effects of various dilutions of

Thuja

occidentalis

on cytological behaviour of

Allium cepa

roots had been observed. All

potencies - O to CM - of

Thuja

induced

significantly higher mitotic index. It was

also observed that the treatment with

Thuja CM

induced monopodial branching

in

AlUum cepa

roots which was abnormal.

It was paradoxial that

Thuja

while

arresting cell proliferation in warts and

tumors, also induced in humans higher

mitotic activity in

Allium cepa

root.

It was also observed that

Thuja CM

had distinct and pronounced effect on the

biological system.

4.

Clinical research in filariasis (a

profile by CCRH)

RASTOGI, DP., MISHRA, N.

(HH, 16, 6/1991)

(Presented at the OMHI Congress

1990)

This paper presents a report of

treatment of 973 cases of Filariasis

undertaken at three CCRH (Central

Council for Research in Homoeopathy)

institutes during April 1985 to March

1989. Although more than 2000 cases were

registered data is presented for 973 patients

only who were under definite period of

treatment of 4-5 years.

Lycopodium, Mercurius, Calcarea,

Medorrhinum,

Hydrocotyle

and

Lachesis

have worked well whenever indicated.

CCRH has confirmed the efficacy of

Rhus tox, Bryonia

and

Apis

in this disease

and these three have been recommended

to be included in the National Control

Programme of Filaria. These three drugs

and

Sulphur

alone cover 60% of cases and

about 45% respond to these drugs only.

Observations of reliable indications

Apis

Glossy oedema

Burning

Cold

Scanty thirst

Belladonna

Acute congestion

sudden onset

Sensitiveness

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Throbbing pain

Bryonia

Hot patient

Profuse thirst

Motion

Pressure L.

Oedema of all types, specially fibrotic

Lycopodium

Chilly patient

Desire for warm food, sweets

Flatulent dyspepsia

Merc~sol.

Profuse sweat

Profuse thirst

Suppurative tendency

Mucous stools

Nat-mur

Intolerance to sun-heat

Desire for cold, salt

Mental irritability

Pulsatilla

Hot patient

Desire for cold

Thirst scanty

Mild disposition

Rhododendron

Affections of male yenitalia

Hydrocele

Rhus fox.

All cases of recent origin or acute over

chronic

Frequent episodes of adenolymphangitis

Exertion

Cord like swelling

Sulphur

Local or generalized burning

Cold

Desire for sweets, cold

Accompanied by gastric or skin disorders.

Frequency of administration of drugs:

30 potency once or twice a day continuously

for a month or

two.

200 potency few dtises per month.

1 M onwards - one dose per month

50 M - CM 1 month to 6 months interval

During acute paroxysms - low to medium

potency at 3-4 hours interval.

The Editor of HH comments that; in his

experience Arsenicum album puts a stop to the

midnight rigors which sometimes occur at new

and full moon; 200 and 1000 potencies.

Hydrocotyle asiatica tincture 3 to 5 drops

twice daily, and in some cases alongwith

Calcarea flour 6X, has reduced and almost

normalised Elephantiasis cf arms and legs.

Rhus tox, Pulsatilla and Rhododendron have

cured most of his cases of hydrocele - all in 6 or

30 potency repeated daily.

Silicea in M or XM has done wonderful

work in glandular enlargement and hardening.

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At least 25% of patients get great help by

anti-tubercular high potencies of Drosera,

Tuberculinum and Arsenicum album.

VETERfNARY]

1. The case of the canine constitutional

LEVY, Jeffrey (Resonance, 13, 5/1991)

How can one prescribe for cats and dogs

since vast amount of information is not

available? In fact, veterinary prescribing is

similar to human prescribing.

A 11 year-old female spayed Italian grey

hound named Natasha, developed four breast

nodules which were identified

histopathologically as mammary

adenocarcinoma; they were surgically removed.

H/o Seeks warmth, enjoying the sun; easily

chilled, hating cold weather and rain; not

thirsty; loves steamed vegetables, bread,

brown rice, cooked chicken.

Intelligent, happy and well-behaved;

demanding attention, she will cough for

attention and will be destructive if left alone too

much. Will ignore strangers on the street, but

moves behind her mistress' person, using her

almost as a shield.

Silica XM one dose. Response was excellent

on all levels before repetition was necessary

after three months.

Mental and emotional symptoms can be

recognized by understanding the behaviour in

the context of what is normal for the species.

They are not so much different as they are

analogous to people, and the differences in

nuance arise from the difference of species, that

is, that which makes a person a person and a dog

a dog.

1. Hahnemann's theory in Russia

GLAZ, Vladimir, G. {BHJ, 80,

4/1991)

Homoeopathy appeared in Russia during the

reign of the Romanov family. The work of the

Russian trail-blazers in homoeopathy was very

hard and it could hardly have gained success

without high-ranking patrons and sponsors. In

1826, HAHNEMANN'S nephew Physician-in-

ordinary Mr. TRINIUS, was the first to practise

homoeopathic methods of treatment in St.

Petersburg.

The article sketches briefly the history of

Homoeopathy in the U.S.S.R.

2. Is this the world that man made?

ROYAL, Fuller, F. (BHJ, 80,

4/1991)

It seems to be a natural tendency of man to

oppose ideas that cannot be explained by current

thinkers, no matter what the subject matter.

Persecutions continue in a subtle, more

acceptable form. Unmarked as prejudice,

selfishness, and arrogance, a superstitious fear

of that which is different has not changed all that

much throughout the years. Conventional

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medicine persecutes Homoeopathy.

Homoeopathy practitioners harshly criticize

conventional medical practitioners. Among

themselves homoeopaths criticize each other -

the 'classical' against the 'poly pharmacist', etc. It

is 'the nature and disposition of almost all men,

as soon as they get a little authority ... they will

immediately begin to exercise unrighteous

dominion.'

Whose point of view would HAHNEMANN

acknowledge to be best if he was alive today?

HAHNEMANN's life was a continual change.

Why can't homoeopaths agree to have more open

dialogue among themselves?

Let there be an end of pride, vanity and

jealousy, so prevalent among modern doctors

who bring grief to the true healers, wise

physicians who have learned the value of

becoming partners with nature in healing the

sick,

1. In search of KENT'S teacher

WINSTON, Julian (Homoeopathy Today,

11,6/1991) According to Pierre SCHMIDT one

Dr. PHELAN a homoeopath treated KENT'S

wife and she recovered; KENT learnt

Homoeopathy under Dr. PHELAN's guidance. In

Pierre SCHMIDT'S 'Brief biography of KENT

1

,

he refers to Dr. PHELAN as "an old doctor with

his white beard," Julian WINSTON took the pain

of researching into this and has come to the

conclusion that Dr. PHELAN was neither 'old'

nor had a 'white beard.'

2. Dr. William GUTMAN -

obituary

KLUNKER, W. (ZKH, 35,

5/1991)

Dr. William GUTMAN was born in Vienna on

16th October 1900. Together with

ROSENDORE, WANSCHURA and MARIA A.

SCHREIBER, he belonged to the self-taught

homoeopaths and the distinguished

homoeopaths of Austria during the period

between the Wars. In 1938 he went into exile. He

settled in the United States and practised in New

York till quite old age. His active participation in

the New York Medical College, in the Liga

Medicorum Homoeopathica. Internationalis,

the founding of an International Homoeopathic

Research Council for Medicine Provings as

also the honors he received were all recalled

in the ZKH, 29, 1985 on the occasion of his

85th birthday. William GUTMAN was one

of the founders of the journal Zeitschift fur

Klassische Homoopathie in 1957 and

contributed various articles. His view of life

is to be found in the Editorial in 1985 on

Homoeopathy: scientificity, medicinal

provings and verifications, materia medica.

In his depiction of the remedies he was

inspired by the synthesis of contemplation

of GOETHE.

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William GUTMAN could not, like his

mother, celebrate his 1OOth birthday. On

May 7, 1991 he suffered an accident for

which an operation became necessary. He

was soon on way to recovery but on 11 May

1991 he passed away after a brief

hospitalisation in the Mount Sinai Hospital,

New York.

The essentials of his thoughts and

aspirations are contained for posterity in his

collected essays "Die Grundiage der

Homoopathie and das Wesen der Arznei"

published by Karl F. Haug, Heidelberg".

(English: "Homoeopathy - The

Fundamentals of its Philosophy and the

Essences of its remedies" - published by

The Homoeopathic Medical Publishers,

Bombay - 400 054.)

1. The Pacific Academy of

Homoeopathic Medicine (PAHM) held a

programme in October 1990. Dr. Andre

SAINE gave a lecture which covered

numerous mental disharmonies, including

alcholism, drug addictions, dependent

personality disorders, mania and depression,

and several other valuable topics.

Regarding 'Co-dependency

1

Dr. SAINE

indicated that the rubrics to consider would

include:

1. Want of self-confidence (K.p.13)

2. Irresolution (K.p.£7)

3. Fear of being forsaken (K.p.49)

4. Feeling of helplessness (K.p.51. Add

Lyco. grade 3 and

Puts, grade 2)

5. Desire company, agg. alone (K.p,12)

Offended easily (<.p.69)

Sensitive to what others say (K.p.79 and

cross refce, p.52. Horrible things, sad

stories affect)

8. Dictatorial, control of another (K.p.36

add Sep. grade 2 and Natrum mur. grade

2)

Correct remedy for the case must of

course be based on the entire case and not

just the specific symptoms.

2. In January 199" Dr. Robin MURPHY

presented a two-day

homoeopathic conferenca on infectious

diseases: tonsillitis, fever,

meningitis, Croup/whooping cough,

mononucleosis, hepatitis,

influenza, cysticis, mastit s, AIDS and

herpes.

Dr. MURPHY, by utilizing the

Organon, said that similar suffering can be

treated without aggravation by using low

potencies; higher potencies for the acute

rather than the chronic. The specific remedy

can be selected only by good understanding

of the materia medica. (Homoeopathy

Today, 1 1, 6/1991)

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3. Vaccination: A sacrament of

Modern Medicine

MOSKOWITZ, Richard (JAIH, 84,

4/1991)

The credence given to vaccine efficacy

is called into question. The insistence of

medical authorities that vaccination be

compulsory is likened to an act of faith by

theologians, rather than a practice based

upon scientific fact. "Numerical" immunity,

based upon antibody levels and the result of

vaccination, is contrasted with the qualitative

immunity, '.he result of the natural disease.

Examples of chronic adverse reactions to

vaccinations are provided, as well as their

homoeopathic treatment. Suggestions are

given for future research into the efficacy

and side effects of vaccination.

Dr. MOSKOWITZ has summed up

everything that the present medical system

has left out:

1.Healing implies wholeness

2.All healing is self-healing

3.Healing applie; only to

individuals.

Quotes from PARACELSUS:

"The art of healing comes from Nature,

not the physician ...

"Every illness has its own remedy within

itself..." "A man could not be born alive

and healthy were there not already a

physician hidden in him"

4. Evaluation of the medicinal provings of

Petroleum (1984)

and Luffa operculata (1986) in the

"Niedersachsische

Akademie fur Homoeopathie und

Naturheilverfahren" in

Cello.

Part I: Proving methods, analysis,

criteriae for selection of symptoms and

comparison with those of Hahnemann's

"Chronic Diseases."

Part II: Critical evaluation and

conclusions.

(ZKH, 35, 5 & 6/1991)

The reasons for a new proving of

Petroleum are explained and a number of

the prominent symptoms of this proving are

compared with very similar symptoms of

Hahnemann's "Chronic Diseases." The

provings are evaluated critically and the

weak points of the way of proving are

described and also possible further

development of homoeopathic provings are

explained.

5. Professional obligations of the

homoeopathic physician

STEBNER, FA (ZKH, 35, 6/1991)

The physician may apply therapies not

recognized by the orthodox medicine. He

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has to follow certain rules while doing so.

These are explained. The author is a lawyer.

6. The position of Acupuncture in

Homoeopathy

FAH, L. (AHZ, 236, 5/1991)

Attempts were made in the past in

Germany to integrate Acupuncture with

Homoeopathy. In fact the German Journal

"Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Akupunktur" was

published for some years since 1952 by the

AHZ. There is tendency to revive such an

integration of Acupuncture in

Homoeopathy. Knowledge of the history of

Therapeutics is of help to the homoepathic

physcian for critical adaption.

1. The 46th LIGA Congress 1991 was

held at Cologne,

Germany during 6-11 May, 1991.

This triennial Congress was held in

Cologne which has been an important centre

since Roman times, over 2000 years.

The outgoing President Dr. C. OLIVER

KENNEDY recalled the aims and objectives

of the founding of the LIGA in 1926. Dr.

KENNEDY recalled that Homoeopathy was

taught in the University of Brazil; that Dr.

Catherine GAUCHER of Homoeopathie

Sans Frontieres had been in Peru

successfully organizing, with local support,

medical relief in the cholera pandemic in

South America in spite of modern advances.

The same drugs - Arnica, Camphor, Cuprum

and Veratrum - which were effective during

HAHNEMANN's times are effective in this

too (with the addition of fluid and

electrolyte replacement). Veterinary

Homoeopathy also has been advancing. Dr.

Enrique GONZALEZ in Spain carried out a

proving of Myrobatanum chebula.

Homoeopathy is receiving academic

recognition in Spain.

The main theme of the Congress was

"200 years of systematic medicine provings

in HAHNEMANN'S land."

2.The special summer number of

Newsweek (1991)

contained an article that mentioned

Homoeopathy. The article

triggered much interest and was good

publicity (Homoeopathy

Today 11, 7/1991)

3.The National Center for

Homoeopathy (NCH), USA

sponsors a unique educational programme

known as the Affiliated

Study Group (ASG) programme. The ASG

is a loose federation of

study groups interested in learning how to

use homoeopathic

remedies for acute illnesses and accidents.

We all learnt allopathic

treatment for acute illnesses like Aspirin for

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headaches from the

News Media, T.V. ads, our fathers,

mothers. We have thus

unconsciously absorbed allopathic medical

knowledge of over-the-

counter medicines for acute illnesses. The

ASG help people

consciously develop a similar knowledge of

the use of the safe and

effective homoeopathic medicines.

The programme began at grass-roots level

in 1986. Now there are over 1900 active

members. The ASGs provide over 30,000

student contact hours per year in

Homoeopathy: the NCH has also

developed

a 135 page manual that is available to

new groups. Pharmacies and other

homoeopathic organizations have been

very supportive of the ASGs.

(Homoeopathy Today, 11, 7/1991)

4.

Dying with dignity.

HAGER, Ruth (Homoeopathy Today,

11,7/1991)

Homoeopathic remedies could make

the last moments of life comfortable and

allow incurable patients to depart this life

with dignity and self respect. A case in

point: 69 year-old-man, a friend. Cancer

was killing him. Tumour in the right

lung, inoperable, metastasized.

He was not afraid of dying but wanted

his affairs in order and be able to be with

his children and grandchildren and

wanted to tell his friends, brothers and

sisters 'good-bye'.

Arsenicum album

XM when he was

restless kept him calm, sweet and kept

him mentally alert until the end. Few

days later

Carbo vegetabiiis

relieved his

weakness. Meanwhile friends dropped

in, shook his hands, remembered the past

together, chatted happily, grandchildien

got hugs and kisses.

Antimonium

tartan'cum

was given when his lungs

began to fill with fluid and the 'death

rattle' came on and

Aconite

when a sudden

anxiety was felt. He departed this world

knov/ing that he had 'run a good race and

finished his course'. Homoeopathy helped

him die with dignity.

5.

Nick NOSSAMAN, Denver,

Colorado, U.S.A. visited

Dr. Otto GUTTENTAG, in the Spring of

1990 at the School of

Medicine, University of California, San

Francisco.

Dr. GUTTENTAG bon at the turn of

the Century is a German of Jewish origin.

At 25 years age, while he was a physician

in a Frankfurt Medical School, he saw a

patient of Graves disease unsuccessfully

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treated by the regular school, improved

by homoeopathic treatment. He studied

Homoeopathy with a local homoeopathic

physician unlil he lost his position in

1933 because of his Jewish ancestry.

Dr. GUTTENTAG was; invited to fill

the position of Chairman of the

Department of Hornoaopathy at the

University of California Medical School at

San Franc sco. The Hahnemann Medical

College of Pacific had been absorbed by

the University of California; as one of the

conditions of the merger he became

Assistant Professor in Homoeopathic

Medicine which later became the

Samuel Hahnemann Professorship of

Medicine (Medical Philosophy) at the

School.

Dr. GUTTENTAG believes, like the

late Dr. John H. RENNER, that the high

potencies are f ctional. His involvement in

the clinical practice of Homoeopathy is

very small. He asserts that Homoeopathy

lacks a self critical nature, that we don't

sufficiently question ourselves and our

.methods in our search for a more and

more refined system of therapeutics. He

believes that we should not fear a fuller

excursion into good quality research and

that there is a dearth of scholarly papers.

He emphasizes the matter of clinical

observation as being critical o the practice

of quality Homoeopathy and to the

advancement of Homoeopathy as a

science. With his leaving the School,

there is no opportunity for a successor to

continue the lineage.

6.

Jonathan SHORE laid down as

Editor of the Journal of

the American Institute of Homoeopathy

with Vol.84, No.3/1991. In

this number he has said "The issue of

co-operation among

homoeopaths is one which has interested

me lor sometime. Much

has been said about this ovei the years and

yet the situation remains

unchanged. We struggle anongst

ourselves, form factions, fight

and denigrate one another. It is natural to

us; we are ill, subject to

that "poison", that miasm which infects

the human race. What is

needed is a change of inner attitude, a

different relationship to

ourselves inside, and to our compatriots

outside. Inside, outside

these are different facets of :he same

whole.

"We all suffer from certain egotism ...

It is very important that we don't berate

ourselves because we are not better than

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what we are. This never gets us anywhere

... It is important to have high standards,

not to beat with, but to measure against,

so we can be sincere with ourselves ...

"I believe that only through a

correct attitude toward ourselves, a

sincerity which enables us to respect what

we know and

Thtsn we don't fight amongst

ourselves ...

to understand what we don'twill weever

come to that place where co-operation is

possible."

7.

Nick NOSSAMAN:"... Asthestar of

Homoeopathy is rising

we are in the position to collectively

explore the inner and outer

realms as well. This means we are to

manage the issues

accompanying our growth - certification

and licensing, proper

training and continuing education,

quality and integrity of

medicines labelled as homoeopathic,

assurance of reimbursement

for our services and protection of our right

to practice .,.. in addition,

to scrutinize more carefully and open-

mindedly our clinical process

as well as results and the consequences of

our therapeutic actions.

This is a critical and ongoing need for

each of us, individually and

as a group." (JAIH, 84, 3/1991)

8.

Dr. A.N. RAMANATHAN says

(mfH, 2, 2/1991) that

Acorus

calamus - Embelia officinatis

may be

effective in improving paralysis

and hence may help polio victims. The

plant is a nerve and muscle

poison.

9.

Mercurialization - a clinical

observation of Dr. N.M.

JAISOORYA- Narration by Dr.

Lakshminarayanan (mfH, 2, 2/1991)

Dr. JAlSOORYA's clinical

observation of 'mercuriatisation':

"irregular patchy discoloration of the

skin, more or less black in appearance."

The areas of the skin to look for the

mercurial black discoloration according to

Dr. JAISOORYA are (1) the palmar

surface of the fingers (2) the entire palm,

the back of the hand particularly the

knuckles (3) the back of the neck.earlobes,

and face, and (4) any area of the body

where it would be marked by isolated

deeper pigmented areas which could be

ascertained by questioning.

In visible discoloration of the skin in

acquired or inherited mercurial taint Dr.

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JAlSOORYA's prescription was

Thuja

followed by

Nit-ac

after a week.

(The 'Literature Listing

1

as the title

implies is a list

1

of the contemporary

literature in Homoeopathy, it is hoped that it

would help homoeopaths to keep abreast of

the progress world-wide in Homoeopathy and

many rnay like to subscribe to some of the

journals direct so that the whole article would

be available. The 'abstracts

1

given in the

QHD cannot ever convey the whole article.

The full title and addresses of the

Journals covered by the 'Listing' are gtven

below).

1. BHJ : British Homoepathic Journal,

Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital,

Great Qrmond Street, LONDON, WC

1N 3HR, U.K.

2. JAIH : The American Institute of

Homoeopathy, 1585, Glencoe, DENVER,

COLORADO - 80220 U.S.A.

3. ZKH : Zeitschrift fur Klasslsche

Homoopathie, Karl F. Haug Verlag, 6900

HEIDELBERG 1, GERMANY.

7. RESONANCE : The Internatonal

Foundation for Homoeopathy, 2366,

Eastlake Avenue E., Suite329, Seattle,

WASHINGTON98102 U.S.A.

8. SIMILUMUM : the Journal of the

Homoeopathic Academy of Naturapathic

Physicians, 11231 SE Market Street,

PORTLAND, OR 97216, U.S.A.

9. mfH : medicina futura Homoeopathy,

1-2-217/7, Gaganmahal Road,

HYDERABAD - 500 029.

10. Homoeopathy Today: National Center

for Homoeopathy, 500, Massachusetts

Avenge, N.W. Suite 42,

WASHINGTON D.C. 20005, U.S.A.

11. CGI : Cahiers du Groupment du

Hahnemannien du Docteur P. Schmidt,

MEDICINE ET HYGIENE 78,

Avenue de la Rosaraie, Case 456

CH-1211 GENEVE 4, Switzerland.

PART-II - ARTICLES

METHODS OF CASE ANALYSIS

MORRISON, Roger, JAIH,

The purpose of this article is to give a

systematic overview and hierarchy of the methods

of case analysis. I wish to make clear at the outset

that these methods are not of my devising but,

rather, were taught to me by George

VITHOULKAS during my studies with him and

are merely arranged and formalized by me. It

was a great frustration to me when I first began

studying with Mr. VITHOULKAS that in one

case he would prescribe Sulphur because the

patient was warm-blooded and craved fat and

in another case he would prescribe Sulphur

despite the fact that the patient was chilly and

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averse to fat. There seemed to be no consistency

to the rules surrounding his analysis sf the case.

Finally after many years I began to be able to

follow his logic in many cases; without being

able to explain why the rules changed, I could

follow the changes. In recent years I have been

able to build a type of heirarchy to my

understanding of the complex task of case

analysis. It is only possible to explain these

concepts through the medium of cases and so I

will present cases which exemplify the analysis

method used in each section.

In order to analyze a case successfully it is

necessary that we have an accurate and in-depth

case to work with. This is true whether we have

taken the case ourselves or have been given a

written case to analyze. Many cases which appear

to be very difficult to solve are merely poorly

taken. In the discussion below it is assumed that

a well taken case is available. Even the best

analysis will not save a case which is poorly

taken; as they say in the computer business,

"Garbage in, garbage out." Unfortunately, the

less we know of materia m^dica and of our

remedies, the less likely we are to ask the right

questions to clarify the correct remedy, But

however thoroughly the case is taken, there are

many cases which are not clear and require much

reflection to spot a suitable remedy. Always we

can make our task easier by asking the question,

"What clear information do I have in this case?"

In any given cast; there are three types of

information available: essence, totality, and

keynotes. It is necessary to define each of the

terms.

The term "essence" is used to describe

the three-dimensional, living image of a patient

type. Each remedy has a characteristic

presentation which is distinct (although in

many unusual remedies this presentation has not

yet been elaborated). A misconception has

arisen that the essence is only a psychological

profile because in many of the polycrest

remedies the psychological descriptions given

by VITHOULKAS were so vibrant and mind-

opening. But in fact the essence may be on the

physical level as well. For example, the

essence of Belladonna has to do with the rapid

tempo and severity of the disease, as much as

the vibrancy of the personality. The essence

includes such factors as the typical appearance,

the personality, the target organ system, the

tempo with which the ailments occur and the

exciting cause of the illness, etc. All of these

factors will at one point create a gestalt for the

homeopath which may be clear and specific.

Unfortunately, in many cases the patient does

not clearly fit into any specific remedy type, or

may have elements of two of three different

types. When this happens, which is in perhaps

one half of all cases, we must depend upon the

other types of information available in the case

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for our analysis. Of course a mom experienced

prescriber will be able to elicit a more in-depth

profile of the patient than a beginning prescribes

so the presence of an essence is largely dependent

upon how carefully it was searched for. The

opposite can also occur; the deeper psycho-

dynamic aspects of a case can be looked into so

intensely that obvious physical or general

information which would lead to the correct

remedy may be overlooked. The most successful

prescriber is one who elicits the information

which is most central to the case, not one who

orejudges what type of information fits some

concept of what should be found in all cases.

The term "totality" means a nearly

mathematical evaluation from the repertory. In

the totality, each symptom is repertorized to find

the remedy which covers these symptoms most

completely. This requires a great deal of patience

and facility with the repertory. In many cases we

find that two or three remedies cover the case

equally well, and we therefore do not find clear

indications to choose a remedy from the totality

alone. When looking for the totality many

presenters fall into the trap of over-weighing a

particular aspect of the case merely because the

symptoms of that problem or aspect are easily

repertorized. For example a patient may have a

wide variety of health problems one of which is

headaches which are actually not that severe. But

because the modalities of the headache are easily

repertorized, the prescriber uses 6 or 7 rubrics

about the headache in the repertorization of the

case. This will skew the totality away from the

true nature of the case. The point is that we want

to use ail the symptoms in the case which we

can and still accurately reflect the true nature of

the case. There are famous homoeopaths who

teach that the only correct way to find the

constitutional remedy is to repertorize all the

symptoms of the case from childhood to the

present. These homoeopaths would have us

believe that repertorization will always lead to

an unambiguous answer. I can only say that it

is my experience that this method will lead us

to prescribe a very narrow range of remedies, all

polycrests. While this method will work in

many cases, I hope to demonstrate that no one

method will avail us in all cases and I hope to

give some insight concerning which methods

work in which types of cases.

The term "keynote" means different things

to different homeopaths. For the sake of

argument I will define a keynote as being a

symptom, which, when stated by the patient

emphatically, makes us automatically consider a

particular remedy, or sometimes two different

remedies. For example, when we hear that a

child sleeps in the knee-chest position our minds

turn immediately to Medorrhinum. This is in

distinction from a confirmatory symptom such

as amelioration in the evening which reinforces

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our idea of Medorrhinum but would equally

reinforce a prescription of Aurum or Sepia. The use

of keynotes in prescribing has been sneered at by

some teachers ("Oh, he's just a keynote

prescriber!"). But the use of keynotes may be

invaluable in our cases, It is important to point out

that while prescribing a remedy on the basis of

essence is a very aesthetically pleasing procedure,

the correct remedy will act just as profoundly and

spiritually whether it is chosen on the basis of

keynote or the basis of essence.

In any given case there may or may not be clear

information in any of these areas. We may, for

example, have a clear totality (which is to say that

one remedy clearly covers the symptoms of the case

better than any other remedy) but no keynotes or

essence. Or, in some cases the information may

conflict, for example we see a clear essence of

Phosphorous but the totality is equally strong for

Sulphur. For this reason it is necessary to have a

hierarchical structure to evaluate the cases. That is

to say, that when we take the information of the

case we must have a clear understanding of how to

rate or value the different types of information. Or

put another way we must decide which parts of the

information in the case we should weight most

strongly in deciding upon the remedy,

1.ETK

Obviously, it is the best of all worlds if the

case has an essence (E), totality (T), and keynotes

(K), all of which indicate clearly the same remedy,

Such cases are very rare unfortunately,

comprising only about one percent of cases. Yet

when such a case is found the results are almost

100 percent curative no matter what the illness.

Case 1: B.T. 44 Female. Anxiety neurosis (3)

Increasing for past 3 to 4 years. Anxiety

about parent's health came first. Then became

anxious about her own health.

Fear of cancer (2); twice has had conditions

she suspected were cancer.

Fear of death (2), especially at night.

Feels some pain and immediately

thinks of some fatal disease; over-active

imagination {3)

Anxiety worse before the menses (2)

Drinking more to cope with this

problem. Feels out of control with the

drinking.

Low self-confidence, Averse to

criticism (3)

Also egotism and superiority (2)

Description She is an obese and poorly

kempt person. She comes to the

appointment late and sits in the chair as if

she owns it. She spends several minutes

lecturing about the fact that homoepathy

is energy medicine but that the real truths

must come from psychological insight.

Peptic ulcer 2 to 3 years ago, cured

with

Tagamat.

Diarrhea 2 or 3 times daily.

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Wakes and has to run to the toilet (3)

Craves: hamburgers (3), steak (2), fat

(2), (even more in the past), sweets (3),

icecream, butter (2), onions.

Averse: beets, sour things (2), scallops

Thirst low, desires ice cold drinks (2)

Warm-blooded (2) Feet hot and puts

them out of covers (3)

Worse in cloudy weather.

Sleep - Insomnia for past three years.

Falls asleep but wakes after 3 to 4 hours and

sleeps fitfully afterward (3).

Sleeps left side (2)

Wakes tired

Generally worse at 2 to 3 PM (2)

Feet perspire and offensive (2)

Very sensitive to odours (2). Feeis

disgusted by other's body odors.

Messy (3)

Fear of heights (3); can't stand to see

husband or child near an edge.

Itching haemorrho.ds (2)

CASE DISCUSSION: In reviewing this

case we find that on all levels the remedy

which fits most closely is

Sulphur.

The

essence is of an egotistical, easily offended,

messy woman who has many fears about

herself and her family. The fears come

from an overactive imagination.

Sulphur

patients often lecture the prescriber because

they naturally feel that they know more.

On the level of ihe totality, we see

that the case is repertorizing well to

Sulphur.

Naturally we must be cautious

with

Sulphur

on this basis alone because

this remedy is so frequent in the repertory

that we can be led to prescribe it in almost

any case. However on reviewing moro

closely we see that

Sulphur covets

even the

symptoms not expressed in the repertory,

for example the fear of cancer is well-

known in

Sulphur,

Peptic ulcers are also

very common in

Sulphur

cases despite the

fact it is not listed in the repertory, etc. In

this way wcs conclude the

Sulphur

covers

the totality of the case much better than

any other remedy.

On the level of keynotes we find

nearly every keynote that we want for

Sulphur:

craving fat and sweets, warm-

blooded and puts the feet out of the covers,

diarrhoea driving the patient out of the

bed in the morning, messy, sleeps on the

left side, aversion to body odors, fear to

see even others on a high place, etc.

Therefore we can say that in this case

we have essence, totality, and keynotes all

indicating the use of

Sulphur.

We can

hardly go wrong in such a case and the

patient was given a dose of

Sulphur

50 M.

It is not necessary to give 50 M in such a

case but since the patient was rather

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skeptical about homoeopathy, it was

thought that an impressive aggravation was

certainly in order. The out-come was most

gratifying on all levels.

2. ET or EK

It is far more common to find a

situation in which the essence is confirmed

not by both the totality, and keynotes but

only by one or the other. Such cases are still

quite easy to diagnose and the results are

nearly as realiable as when all three types

of information point to the same remedy.

The cure rate is still at 95 percent.

Case 2: M.A. 59 Male. Congenital

cerebellar degeneration (3)

Vertigo and unsteadiness while walking

for past 15 years (3). The symptoms began

after losing a job.

Constant vertigo (2). His vision becomes

dim.

Vertigo worse from walking (3). Worse

from looking upwards, Worse from change

of weather. Worse descending stairs (2) he

must hold the railing. No problem

ascending. "I walk as if I were drunk."

amel. when lying (3). "In order to put on

my pants I must sit down otherwise I will

lose my balance,"

Psychological: He is a friendly and

expressive man with a red face and nasal

intonation. Laughing and cheerful.

Extroverted. He makes friends easily. He

describes himself as a good family man.

Irritable (2). He shouts and then the

irritation passes away quickly "I get upset

easily. For better or worse I get upset and

cry. I am very sensitive." Weeps easily (3),

even in front of other people. He feels

better from weeping (2) and better from

consolation (2). He loves company and

feels better in company.(3)

Anxiety for others. Not impatient. Not

fastidious.

Fears: Cancer (3). Three years ago he

had fear that he had cancer and was so

anxious that he went to a psychiatrist and

was placed on tranquillizers which he has

continued to take ever since.

Heights and also vertigo from high

places (2). (When asked if he had fear of

airplanes he replied, "Not as long as

someone is with me.")

General: Tolerates heat and cold well.

In the hot part of the summer he puts his

feet out of the covers.

Perspire easily.

Open air ameliorates (2)

Craves: meat (3), sweets (3), spicy (3),

pastry (3), fish (2), cheese (2), salt (2)

Aversion: fat

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Sexual energy is low, only interested

about once each month. ("Why is that,

doctor?")

Sleeps only on the right side (3). Snores

Neurological Exam:

Nystagmus especially on the left lateral

gaze.

Positive Rhomberg test.

Positive heel-shin test.

Abdominal reflexes absent.

Gait is markedly impaired though

strength in legs normal.

As he leaves the interview, he weeps and

says how much he hopes the treatment will

help him.

CASE DISCUSSION: In this case the

remedy is a little bit less apparent. From the

standpoint of the essence we see a person

who is clearly emotional, weeping easily,

shouting easily. The emotions change easily

in the course of the interview from weeping

to cheerfulness. He loves consolation and

asks for reassurance. So far we see some

strong hints of

Puisatllla

and yet the patient

seems more phobic than we expect a

Pulsatilla

case to be. Also the patient is very

open. He is anxious and has marked anxiety

about health. These facts remind us also of

the

Phosphorus

and yet the patient seems

too irritable and weepy for

Phosphorus.

Now

VITHOULKAS has often told us that the

remedy type which is between

Pulsatilla

and

Phosphorus

is

Argentum nitricum.

When looked at from this perspective we

can see that this is a patient who fits

perfectly the essence of

Argentum

nitricum:

he is open, his anger comes

impulsively then goes impulsively, he is

fearful and easily reasurred, he needs

company, he weeps easily, etc.

However from the standpoint of

totality, the matter is not so clear. We see

in the repertorization sheet that

Phosphorus

covers more symptoms in the

case. We are therefore forced in a sense to

choose between the essence and the

totality.

We see many keynotes in this case for

both

Phosphorus

(sleeps on the right side,

craves salty and spicy, desires company)

and for Argentum nitricum (desires salt and

sweets, desires cheese, vertigo and fear from

high places, impulsivity). Therefore we can

say we have a case of essence and keynotes

for Argentum nitricum which is

hierarchically the strongest on alysis of the

case.

3. TK

This is the final category of confirmed

cases. This type of case comprises a very

lar^e number of cases in which the data all

points to one remedy and there are

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keynotes to support that remedy. There is

however nothing distinctive in these cases

from the standpoint of essence. The results are

still quite favourable, with cures in

approximately 85 percent of cases. This is the

last group of cases which are confirmed. That

is to say that the other groups for analysis are

not corroborated from other areas of the case.

Case 3 : A.R. 43. Female. Fibrocystic

breast disease (3)

Began after IUD in 1973

Swelling agg. PMS (2)

Large 4 cm mass in right breast

Migraine headache (3) since age 8.

Gets hungry with the headache and

fatigued (3)

agg. from light (2), agg. from hot rooms

(2), agg. from fasting (3)

amel from sleep (!!)> arnel from hot

bathing (2).

Rash on fingers especially the right hand.

Menses - Cramping, burning with the 'low,

Heavy flow with clots (2)

Drops things PMS (3)

Fears :

Panic attacks sines mother-in-law died

suddenly

Fear of cancer (3)

Fear of death (3)

Sensitive person (.2), Sympathetic (3),

Closed (2)

Hard to be involved with people (3),

Reserved (2)

Hates parties (3), Hates small talk (2),

Avoids company (2)

Warm blooded (2). agg. from heat (2).

agg. from sun

Perspiration in axi la

Thirstless. Desires warm drinks (2)

Craves: Bread (3), Salty (3), Tea, Milk

Aggravated: Spicy (2), Salty (2)

Sleep-not a good sleeper; light sleep (2)

sleeps right side (2)

tired on waking

Constipation (2)

CASE DISCUSSION : In this case the

essence is not at all clear. The patient seem

closed, reserved and sympathetic much as we

expect a Natrum murieticum patient to

present. However, there is a strong element

of anxiety and fearfulness which does not at

all resemble Natrum muriaticum, but rather

indicates remedies such as Nitirc acid,

Arsenicum, Phosphoruses, or even Argentum

nitricum. There are keynotes which can

confirm all of these remedies and also points

which contradict each one as well: too

warm-blooded for Arsenicum and Nitric

acid, too little thirst and craving warm

drinks which goes against Phosphorus, etc.

However our task in this first step is to

identify, if possible, the remedy for the

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essence. Unfortunately, we must conclude that

we have no clear essence in this case.

From the standpoint of totality the

remedy Phosphorus covers the totality far

better than any other remedy. Natrum

muriaticum also covers the totality partially.

We are justified in prescribing Phosphorus o.i

this basis alone but it is always better to

consider all facts of the case.

The keynotes in the case are also very

strong for Phosphorus: headache from

fasting, amelioration from sleep, sympathy,

craving for salt and spicy, aggravation from

spicy foods, sleeping on the right side can all

be considered as keynotes for Phosphorus.

We can also see some keynotes for

Natrum muriaticum: craving for salt, aversion

to company, aggravation from the sun. It is

interesting and frustrating how often a case will

produce a strong symptom which is not listed

in our repertory, in this case we have the

strong but useless symptom, "Drops things

before menses." In this case, this symptom

resolved along with the other pathology after

Phosphorus 1M. If we see this symptom in two

or three other cases we can cautiously add this

symptom to our repertories (But not yet!)

4) E

In as many as 20 percent of cases we find a

clear essence of a remedy but no confirmation

from the data in the case at all. Since there is

no confirmatory evidence the results are less

reliable but still curative in approximately

80 percent of cases.

Case 4: 32 female. (Begins weeping as

she sits down).

"Acute distress." (3)

"I don't know why I'm cryingl" (3)

Went "crazy" over the weekend,

yelling, couldn't stop crying. (3)

Irritable (3) yells at people. Punched her

husband. Sarcastic toward family (3)

Remorse about her behaviour

Doesn't feel loving toward her husband

or daughter. Wants to be left alone, but

terrified if family leaves the house.

Averse to noise.

Averse to sex. (3)

Itching scalp

Breasts swollen

Averse to bathing

Chilly (3) Hands and feet cold.

Perspires. Nightsweats.

Craves: burned toast (3), spicy, burned

popcorn.

Hunger alternates with loss of appetite.

Can feel empty and can't fill up.

Biting nails (2)

Sciatica, right leg. agg. from walking.

Restless. Pacing.

"I would just like to know what I'm

crying for!"

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Lost all confidence. Afraid of people, of

being judged

Feels intimidated by everyone.

Sleep OK. Vivid, anxious dreams.

CASE DISCUSSION: If one has never seen

a classic case of Sepia, it is easy to feel

insecure when examining such a patient. There

is constant weeping which can be

overwhelming. And yet such case can respond

dramatically within minutes or hours of the

remedy. In this case we have all of the

elements of the essence of Sepia: weeping

involuntarily, aversion to the family, sarcastic

and irritable behaviour, loss of libido, etc, And

yet we find very little to repertorize: all the

force of the case goes into the essence. Even

the typical keynotes of Sepia lump in the

rectum, amelioration from exertion, craving

for vinegar, "bearing-down" sensation are

absent. We can say that Sepia is indicated by

essence alone.

5)T

When no essence is found in a case and

there are also no keynotes, it may still be

possible to have the data in the case

repertorize clearly to a specific remedy. The

results in such cases are less reliable, proving

to be curative in only 60-70 percent of cases.

Case 5: A.G. 38 Female: Asthma (3)

Agg. summer, especially July and August.

Uses inhaler every 4 hours.

Progessively worse for past 6 years.

agg. in a warm room, amel. in open air.

agg. eating.

agg. lying on the back.

Must lie propped up at night.

amel. sitting bent forward.

agg. ice cream.

Allergy (3)

Began during first pregnancy, age 19.

Eyes itching. Must rub the eyes even

though it agg. the itching.

Swelling and redness of conjunctiva

Sneezing.

Itching in the ears and must bore with

finger

Itching in palate and throat

Migraine

Worse before menses (2)

May start suddenly

Gets flashes in front of her eyes

Throbbing in the temples

amel. from sleeping

agg. glare

Weight problem (5 It. 3 Inches., 185

lbs.) Heavy as a child but worse since

married and children born.

Swelling ankles.

Heartburn and sour eructations. (2)

Incontinence of urin^ from cough and

sneezing (2)

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Craves: sweets (3), chicken (2), eggs,

bread

Aversion: soda, fat.

Warm, agg. from heat.

Menses, regular, History of miscarriage.

Sleepy and irritable before menses.

Sex OK

Past history

Otitis media and left ear otorrhea

Peptic ulcer.

CASE DISCUSSION: This is a fairly

typical type of case. There is little

psychological information not because the

patient is closed but rather because she is

healthy. Nor does her physical state have a

cohesive pathology such that we can

identify an essence of a physical type

remedy. Thei e are, further more, no strong

keynotes of any remedy. Yet here the case is

well covered by

Pulsatilla

and nothing in

the case goes against

Pulsatiila.

This is a

case in which the prescription is based on

the totality alone.

6) Reliable symptoms: Theoretically

speaking we expect to find keynote alone as

the; sixth step in the analysis scheme. In fact

there are many other analysis options which

are possible before we must resort to

"keynote prescribing." When the totality of

the case has been analyzed carefully without

finding a clear remedy, the next step is to

look carefully at the most reliable

symptoms in the case. There are two

possible wfiys to consider the question,

"which symptoms are the most reliable?"

The first possibility is quite straight

forward: we simply take every symptom

which is underlined three times in the case.

That is to say that we select all the

symptoms which were stated emphatically

by the patient without questioning from

the prescriber. With this smaller group of

symptoms we then repertorize carefully

and see which remedy covers this selected

group of symptoms.

The second way we may obtain the

most reliable symptoms is to ask ourselves,

"Oh which symptoms in this case can I

absolutely depend?" or put in the negative,

"which symptoms can I eliminate from

analysis without changing the essential

nature of the case?" This can be very

helpful in patients who overly mentalized

and theorize about their symptoms to a

great extent. We may eliminate symptoms

which are very general or vague such as

"headache", "fatigue", "depression" when

the patient has no modalities on which we

can depend. When we have selected the

symptoms we find to be the most reliable

we do a careful repertorization of these

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symptoms to see if a clear remedy comes

forth.

Case 6: L.L. Age 37 Female

Allergies - had desensitization

without results. Recurring frontal

sinusitis (3)

post - nasal discharge (2) and irritation

of the throat.

bright yellow discharge (2) or brownish.

worse on the left side, feels like a band.

Allergies agg. in cold damp weather (2)

amel. dry weather.

Infertility (2). Has been trying to get

pregnant for five years.

Menses - short cycles, lasting only 21

days. Heavy on the first days.

headaches on the last day of the period

every month (3)

Chills before the menses (3) Can't warm

up.

Tired before the menses, especially at 2

PM.

Headaches since age 18 (2)

frontal headaches (2)

pounding, throbbing (2)

vomits with the heacache (2)

agg. from motion, agg. stress.

agg. from cigarrette smoke (3)

agg. from wine (2)

Generally chilly, especially cold hands

and feet (s)

General agg. at 2 PM (3). Must nap at

that time.

Loves the sun (2)

Craves: Bread. Milk. Cheese. Oysters

(2), Fruit (2)

Aversion: Salty fish. Fat (2)

Sleeps well.

on the abdomen (2). Wears socks to

bed (2)

dreams of smoking {2)

wakes refreshed (2)

Joint pains (2)

right shoulder (2), elbow, knees,

ankles, wrists

agg. in cold weather (2). agg. in the

fall.

amel. in a hot tub.

Skin sensitive

Nervous energy. Not exactly an

anxious person but she ruminates.

Grief (3), mostly unexpressed. Both

parents have died and she feels great

sadness on the anniversary of their deaths,

Private person (2), keeps things inside,

Sensitive to criticism (2)

Sympathetic (2)

Perfectionistic (2) Fastidious (2),

Details must be correct

No fears.

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Sexual energy low normal. Strong

desires come mainly at ovulation, otherwise

not much interest.

Analysis: In this case we see some

information on the emotional level which

may make us think of

Natrum muriaticum.

Yet the chilliness, the desire for oysters, the

love of the sun, etc. give us pause.

Furthermore the repertorixation is nearly

equal between

Nat-m, Puls., Caic,

and

Lye.

If however, we select out only the

symptoms which received three underlines,

the repertorization becomes much more

revealing. Also we can easily see the degree

to which

Pulsatilia

supercedes the other

remedies. Thus we can say that by selecting

the most reliable symptoms of the case, we

find a much clearer answer to our case.

7. Main pathology: When careful

analysis of the case does not lead to a

satisfactory remedy through the essence, the

totality, or the reliable symptoms in the case,

we may abandon the attempt to look at the

case in a broad perspective and focus only on

the main complaint of the patient. For

example, if the patient's chief complaint is

about his migraine headaches then we

repertorize thoroughly his headaches

symptoms by themselves. In many cases a

remedy will appear which fits the specific

problem very well but does not seem to

relate to the rest of the case. If we have

tried painstakingly to find the essence or

the totality without result we can then

ignore the other parts of the case and try

this specific remedy for the pathology. We

can then ignore the general and even the

mental symptoms of the case.

I will anticipate a question that may arise

concerning this method by discussing the

concept of suppression. In such cases we

run the risk of suppressing the main

problem but making the patient worse in

general as would any suppressive

technique. This is extremely rare when we

give one remedy then wait and carefully

evaluate the results. Furthermore, this will

generally happen if we were sloppy in our

original evaluation of the patient and

concentrated mainly on the pathology to

the exclusion of the patient as a person.

More often, however, the remedy so

selected wit) give a good beginning to the

case end after a period of improvement, a

second and deeper remedy will become

apparent. We will find this analysis

method especially Lseful when we see

hints of a deep constitutional remedy but

clear modalities for one of its more

superficial complementary renedies in the

main problem. This is often described as

"clearing the case."

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Case 7: D.P. Age 81 female

Shingles (Herpes Zoster) of the face.

Began 2 years ago. Started with intense pain

in the left ear which moved to the forehead

and finally to the whole left side; of the face.

Two days later the typical shingles rash

broke out in the area.

Swelling of the periorbital region (3)

terrible burning pain, redness and tight

feeling in the skin (3)

She also had a left-sided coryza during

this time, which amel.the pain (2)

amel. by putting ice or ice cold water on

the area (3)

with the intense pain she has been

unable to eat and has lost 40 pounds.

stitching pains in the aye, especially

from light.

upper left eyelid is

inverted-Cataracts (2)

Bronchial Asthma attack 2 years ago

just before the Shingles for which she was

treated with

antibiotics

and

prednisone

and

has had no further trouble since.

Generalized weakness (2)

Chilly recently but usod to be warm-

blooded.

Occasional nighswea:s.

Low thirst

Craves: Vegetables (2), Fish, Sour (2),

Pickles, Nuts.

Averse: Salty (2)

Sleeps right side (2)

Has always been an active person and

cheerful, but lately has become morose

and hopeless (2)

Normally extroverted, Witholds anger.

No fears

Analysis: In this case our patient has a

specific problem which is so strong that

the rest of the case takes a background

position. In fact in such a case the patient

may be unable to concentrate on the rest

of he- symptoms. What we are concerned

with is a painful facial eruptiDn covering

the left half of the face, which is burning,

swollen, especially around the eyes, and

markedly ameliorated by cold applications.

In such a situation no one could fail to be

tempted to try the remedy

Apis.

Furthermore, we see that many of the

symptoms whici are not covered in the

case by the remedy -- craving for sour,

aversion to salt, inversion of the eyelid,

etc. - are well covered by the

complementary remedy

Natrum

muriaticum.

This fact gives us even more

confidence in the prescription.

Apis

was

given in the 200th potency and within 24

hours the pains vanished nevar to return.

So far the patient has not required

Natrum

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muriaticum,

but I am still waiting for the

other shoe to fall.

8a) Recent symptoms: This is a

corollary to the above method of looking

only at the reliable symptoms. Here instead

we look at the most recent symptoms that

have developed. In such cases we often hear

the patient say, "I hve never been well since

..." There may have been a surgory or a

particular emotional stress or shock which

has led to a profound change in the

symptoms of the case. This is a tip off that

the; level of health has changed at one

distinct point in time and that perhaps a new

remedy picture has been grafted on to the

case. If this has happened, we must outline

carefully the details of the pathology which

has now occurred. By repertorizing these

symptoms separately we may find a clear

indication for a remedy. In this method we

ignore the older symptoms but if an older

symptom helps to confirm the remedy we

have been lead to by the newer pathology,

we are even more comfortable with the

choice of the remedy.

Case 8a: J.S. 35 Male, Boat/Dock

worker. (Working class type, open, coarse

featured)

Chief Complaint: Menierre's Disease for

6 months.

Dizzy, sinuses congested, recurring

flu symptoms, ears stopped.

Has had 4 courses of

antibiotics

with

short period of improvement.

Had a similar occurence last year for 1

month.

Began with ear pain and dizziness.

ENT demonstrated marked hearing loss;

ENG showed due to fluid in middle ear.

Vertigo (3) agg. motion (3), in cars (2),

boats

agg. standing (2), agg. rising, agg.

when ears congested.

amel. lying.

Sinusitis (3) -- since age 18; as a child

had strep throat and tonsilitis.

Age 18 had tonsilectomy which

followed by recurring sinusitis.

Every virus goes to the sinuses (3),

especially maxillary and frontal.

Thick mucous, yellow, agg. in AM (2)

agg. eating.

Much post-nasal drainage (3), thich,

clear.

Filled with mucous (2) in the morning

which nauseates him.

Stiff neck (2)

Generallya agg. in cold and damp

weather (2); agg. going from hot to cold.

Ears - pain from the wind (2).

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pain from high elevation (2), causes

obstruction.

hearing comes and goes.

Fatigue - sleeps 8 hours each night;

exhausted and weak (2)

Short of breath on exertion (2)

Psoriasis (3) - began on scalp at occiput.

got sunburned age 21 and body healed

with psoriasis; whole body.

Groin, Axilla, legs, ears.

Psoriatic arthritis (2) -- knees, ankles,

agg. cold weather (2) amel. heat.

Psoriatic nail (3)

Averse to sunlight (3) - always wears

sunglasses.

Gl - heartburn and gastritis which has

been amel since stopping alcohol.

Feet painful (2)

Chilly (2)

Perspires heavily, even slight exertion (2)

Night sweats (2)

Feet offensive (2)

Craves: Meat (2), Chicken, Ice Cream

(2), Soup, Oysters (2)

Averse: Fat (3), Egg.

Thirsty for ice cold.

Sleep: periods of insomnia, hard to fall

asleep.

right side, socks to bed

dreams of his father (2)

hard to wake in AM.

Depressed since father's death (2).

Made a suicide gesture. Drank excessively

(3)

Irritable (2), yells; got violent when

drank.

Fears robbers when at home alone.

Confidence up and down.

Sex OK.

Analysis: In this case we have a

profusion of symptoms on multiple levels.

In this type of case it is almost always

necessary to perform a thorough

repertorization.

Unfortunately none of the polycrests

which present themselves through this

analysis'(Ca/c, Phos., Sulph., Lye, Sil., Rhus-t.,

etc.) cover the case more convincingly than the

others. We are therefore forced to look at a more

selected group of symptoms as in method 6 and

7. If we take only the symptomatology which

has developed most recently, that is to say the

Meniere's Disease symptoms, we can find a

clearer solution.

Therefore the remedy Silica was chosen to

deal with the current problem, In selecting a

remedy in this way, we are only justified to

expect the removal of the most recent symptoms.

In this case (and in nearly half of the cases where

this strategy is used) it happens that not only did

the acute problem respond to the remedy, but also

the whole chronic condition was cured. The

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sinusitis, the arthritis, the depression, as well as the

vertigo all were removed. In addition, after a

period oi aggravation of the psoriasis, the skin

condition disappeared from above downward. In

fact the remedy was the similimum.

8b) We can do just the opposite of 8a in other

cases, that is we focus our attention on £ past clear

remedy image if the present picture seems

confusing. There we go back to the last really clean

set of symptomatology.

Case 8b: L.S. Age 35 female.

Depressed (3) sinca age 15

no shocks but chaotic family background,

Father was explosive and mother u navy are.

she withdrew from Deople, especially at age 16

when father died.

at age 19 had a "nervous breakdown" and was

hospitalized for 16 months.

at that time she was very stormy, yelling,

kicked mother.

She was blocking out sounds, would read and

didn't hear people when they spoke to her.

dropped out of college.

now suicidal at times (2). Placed on e.nti

depressants without help

presently on disabi ity income because of the

depression.

unhappy relationship with boyfriend (3). She

has many doubts about the relationship. She cries

and emotes but he is very closed and doesn't listen

tc her.

sadness (3) and asunse of futility. Frustrated.

She threatens to abandon him to get him to

react.

can't get up in the morning to accomplish

tasks.

always wants to be alone in her bod. Must

force herself to face the day.

likes to walk outside on crisp days.

feels trapped. Weeps all the time.

anxious a lot about her age and the fact tht

she has not had children yet,

"Not at home in the world",

Must have order and cleanliness. Fastidious

(2)

Sensitive to criticisn (2). Goes in her room

and sulks.

Restless. Constantly plays with and picks at

her fingers (2)

Sleep

restless. Wakes with bad dreams

sleeps on left side

wakes up depressed

Menses normal

Depression worse before the menses.

Sex is enjoyable for the contact but not really

aroused. Like the closeness.

Eczema on the neck. Very preoccupied

with the appearance.

dry skin. Dry around the mouth.

itchy in the heat.

Chilly

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Craves: Fruit (2), Milk, Salt

Averse: Greasy foods.

Thirsty

When hospitalized she fell in love with a

doctor there and felt ecstatic. She was devastated

that he did not understand her. She got "manicy"

and danced around and exposed herself. Became

obsessed about metaphysical and religious things.

Made up her own words. Angry and screaming.

Fears; Poverty (2), "Dark of the moon."

Expresses anger through nagging; no throwing

things.

Analysis: In this case, the patient had been

treated by excellent homoeopath for six years with

no improvement. The remedies received included:

Ign., Nat-m., Petr,, Lye, SH., Sulph., Nat-p., Psor.,

Siaph. Looking at the case we see a depression of

long-standing which was very difficult to

characterize or understand from the patient's

background. Furthermore there were few if any

strong constitutional symptoms on which to base

a different prescription. However this flatness or

featurelessness in the present case was in sharp

distinction to the description of the flambouyant

pathology of the past. The description of the

hospitalization period with the exhibitionistic

tendency, the dancing, the anger and manic

symptoms bring vividly to mind the remedy.

Hyoscyamus

Once we recognize this remedy for the patient

we can justify it through many symptoms in the

case. Most notably is the restless fingers and

picking with the fingers which on questioning,

the patient recalled began during her

hospitalization. (It is often found in cases which

require this sort of reasoning from old but vivid

past symptomatology, that some very distinct

characteristic from the past remains through to

the present case.) One student on hearing this

case directed my attention to a small rubric,

"Mind, Bed, Desires to remain in." in which

Hyoscyamus figures prominently. So we can say

that even when we have found a reasonable

choice of remedy through these more subtle

analysis options, it is still wise to look further to

justify the prescription.

9) Three Keynotes from Different Areas of

the Case:

The next in our series is when we find a case

in which the totality is confusing, the essence is

uncertain, and ihe most reliable or recent

symptoms do not give us an answer. If in this

patient we can find some strong keynotes, we

may find the correct solution to our case, For this

level of the hierarchy we must have 3 keynotes

and they must be from separate areas of the case,

that is to say not all from the headaches or the

food cravings. Rather we must have one keynote

from the food cravings, one from the

pathological, one from the fears or the mental

symptoms. These symptoms are "flat", that is to

say they do not reflect any deep insight into the

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patient. Rather we use these as "legs of a stool". It

should be noted that even if there are 3 legs to a

stool, if they are all on one side of the stool, the

stool is not so secure.

Case 9: E.M. Age 35, female. Allergies.

14 years of terrible, extremely limiting allergies

in the spring.

nasal obstruction (3); blows and blows but

nothing comes out.

eyes and eye-socket ache and itch; red eyes.

makes her very sleepy (3). Fullness in the head

makes her sleepy.

She loses work from the sleepiness.

Maxillary and frontal sinus pain and pressure.

At the end of the allergy season often comes down

with sinusitis.

agg. in the AM (3), agg. when she sits up on

waking.

amel. outside and in the wind.

Mouth gets very dry (3); the tongue sticks to

the roof of the mouth,

Bad taste in the mouth.

Back

ruptured disc 8 months ago.

pain agg. sitting (2). Neck tight.

Weak wrists and arms

Craves: beef (3), chocolate (3), salt, spicy

meat, fruit (2)

Averse to damp and rainy weather

Sleep – OK

puts the feet out of the covers

salivates in the sleep

Rebellious (3); can't stand injustice. Political.

Problems with relationships; wants to get

married. Self-doubt, "Do I deserve to be happy?"

Major focus is relationships and her unhappiness

about not finding the right partner (3)

Sex desire is high; at least once daily in

relationship. Fears moths, dark

Analysis: From the standpoint of essence we

see some symptoms of Causticum and of

Ignatia but there is nothing to confirm these

prescriptions and infact certain elements

contradict the prescription. For example, the

patient iswcrse in damp weather where

Causticum would be ameliorated; she craves

fruit where Ignatia is more often averse etc. We

can take the whole case and repertorize or look

at the main pathology as in methods 6 or 7 but

our answer would still be uncertain. So now we

are justified to look for keynotes, in fact we musr

look to keynotes to find our answer.

In this case we find ieveral peculiar points

which can turn our minds in the right directicn.

We have an allergic patient who has some

symptoms which are not at all usual. The most

peculiar of these symptoms is the tremendous

sleepiness, that is to say overwhelming

sleepiness. Another unusual feature was the

marked dryness of the mouth and the tendency of

the tongue to stick to the roof of the mouth. With

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these characteristic keynotes we are lead to

prescribe Nux moschata.

One observant student remarked that there were

only two keynotes for Nux moschata in this case:

the dry mouth with tongue sticking to the roof, and

the overwhelming sleepiness. But see what occured

in the follow-up visil. 2 month follow-up: Much

better since th3 Nux moschata. less tired.

head clearer, less clogged, waking

refreshed and maintaining energy level,

less aching and itching in the eyes sinus

pressure gone,

mental clarity is much improved; no longer

crippled by it. tongue no longer dry or bitter.

Food cravings are th'3 same.

recently her constipation has returned. Used to be so

severe that she had to remove the stool with the

fingers, (The patient never mentioned this in the

first visit!) Sleep is fine.

Emotionally more positive.

So we see that there were indeed three strong

keynote symptoms in this patient (including the

constipation which required manual extraction),

each from different areas of the case, Again it is

important to emphasize that if a clear essence or

totality can be found in a case, even if many

keynotes exist, we are more likely to find the

correct remedy by using the broader means of

analysis. Group 10

Three different typos of analysis options are

grouped together here because I consider all of

these hierarchically more or less equal.

a) "KEYNOTE ESSENCE"

When the case is focjsed on one type of

pathology, either psychological or physical, we

often can find what VITHOULKAS describes as

a "keynote essence". In these cases, we see that

the pathology is expressed so stiongly through

one certain area of the case that it out-weighs all

other aspects of the image presented by the

symptomatology. Many times we tell our

students not to resort to "keynotes prescribing",

but there are instances when the keynote of the

symptom becomes sc strong as to be a type of

"essence". This, then, is an instance when only

keynote prescribing will work. Usually the

indicated remedy will be one of the smaller and

more unusual substances which have as their

main indication a particularly intense and

specific type of pathology. Naturally this

quality of analysis is only possible if our

knowledge of Materia Medica is very extensive.

So many times in my practice I have wondered

why a case which seemed to have clear and

strong symptoms was not cured. I think the

answer often lies in this type of knowledge of

specific syndromes applying to unusual,

forgotten, or even undiscovered remedies.

In these cases, the chief complaint of the

patient will almost always be the main factor in

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the analysis, These are not in which the patient

comes in and says, "I have several problems

which are bothering me" or "I'm not sure how to

explain about my problem". Rather, the patient

strongly and clearly will relate some specific

problem which is delineated in practically the first

few sentences of the interview. The rest of the case

will be understated in comparison with the opening

comments. These will not be cases where a chief

complaint is a type of introduction and is

followed by deep psychological problems or

characteristics. The following three examples are

presented to illustrate this point.

Case 1:1.K. Age 40 female

Hemorrihoids (3)

Pain in the rectum after stool (3)

agg. when fatigued, agg. hard stool (2)

the pain lasts for hours after stool (2). She has

to go and lie down after the stool for 15 or 20

minutes (3). The pain is so intense that she avoids

going to the bathroom for up to 3 or 4 days (1).

burning pain; heavy feeling in the rectum.

Headaches in the base of the skull (1)

history of migraines. Much less recently

now 2 or 3 times each month, but especially

before the menses gets the headache.

vomits rarely.

Back pain:

in the thoracic spine and shoulder blades,

especially on the left side.

must stretch to relieve herself.

Extroverted: "Happy and easy going,"

Weeps easily (2)

Very emotional and sympathetic.

Fear of heights (2)

Sleep :

any position.

often puts her feet out of the covers in the

summer.

unrefreshed on waking.

hands feel weak on waking in the morning.

Warm blooded. Perspires easily

Thirsty

Craves: sweets

Averse : Fat

Menses normal but heavy

Sex: normal

Analysis: In this case, we see a very strong

chief complaint with strong modalities. We have

a definite feeling that if the chief complaint were

eliminated, the patient would not be seeking

help of any kind. We therefore wish to find a

remedy which matches the narrow focus and

intensity of the symptoms. We find a nearly

perfect fit in the remedy Ratanhia. In this case, a

single dose of Ratanhia 200 completely relieved

the patient.

Case 2: T.S. Age 61 female

Arthritis (3)

for 2 years, an unidentified form of

inflammatory arthritis, not thought to be

rheumatoid arthritis.

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symptoms began with weakness of the grip,

then the legs suddenly became painful. She couldn't

rise from a chair. She began dropping things.

developed a right-sided sore throat which has

persisted.

was relieved on anti-inflammatory medications

for one year until the platelet count dropped

dangerously. Now takes only ibuprofen 400 mg.

B.D.

The present symptoms are most

markedly a type of wandering joint pains

(3).

the pains come to a specific joint which

becomes red, hot, swollen and painful

which lasts for about one day then resolves

nearly completely when the process is

repeated in another joint (2).

the pains are moving continuously (2)

when the joint is inflamed the pain is

agg. from any movement whatsoever(2)

also has some chrcnic pain in the knees

and shoulders which is worse from exertion

and descending stairs but amel. from gentle

motion (1)

Skin:

notices swollen lumps V2 inch in

diameter which migrates down the limb over

a series Df days (1)

The lumps are painful and come once or

twice

a

month (1)

she also gets red spots over her arms

and legs which are painless and come and

go (1)

Chilly (3), agg. from cold weather (3)

Coryza, agg. in the morning (2), may

have some epistaxis.

Sleeps well. Best position is on the

abdomen.

rarely puts her feet out of the covers.

wakes refreshed.

The right eye is bloodshot and swollen

nearly closed much of the time.

Craves: Chocolate (3). Ice cream (3),

Fat (3). Sour (2)

Aversion:

Oysters (2), Carbonated

drinks (2)

Thirsty.

Averse to the sun (2>

Fatigued since the illness (2)

"Old-fashioned", dis ikes change.

Mood is generally good. Lately had

become discouraged about her illness at

times and may cry thinking about it.

Reserved.

Fears:

Robbers (3), Heights (2),

Insects.

Blood work showed a markedly

elevated ANA titer but rheumatoid factor

was negative. The patient was sent to a

dermatologist who confirmed that the skin

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lesion was vasculitis and the diagnosis of

Systemic Ljpus Erythematosis was made.

Analysis: Despite the presence of several

minor problems, the patient was

dramatically affected by a migratory

arthritis of a very particular form not really

fitting

Pulsatilla, Kali bichromtcum,

or

Berberis

which are the best known remedies

for wandering arthritis. There is however a

small romedy which h3s this precise form

of migratory arthritis which has; single joints

involved at one time, and comes and goes in

this exa^t pattern of timing. This is the

remedy

Formica rufa

which was given to the

patient in the 200 potency twice over 2

month period. The arthritis, the vasculitis

(which the patient noted to look "like an ant

bite"), as well as the pharyngitis and

conjunctivitis all resolved and the patient is

asymptomatic now for some 5 years.

Case 3: P.S. Age 37 female

"Problems when the weather changes for

8 years" (3)

mainly before rain or snowstorms (1).

she experiences depression, fainting, a

sensation as if "soda water bubbling in the

head" (1)

feels as if she cannot control her mental

fixation, loses train of thought, can't drive,

can": write (1).

becomes pale, has to sit at home,

"prostrated" (1)

began after 5 years living in Germany

and being exposed to a famous wind

called the "Fohn". Now the symptoms are

progressing.

as soon as the rain begins, the

symptoms are relieved (1)

depressed during warm southern

winds (1).

cries without reason,

"Sensitive" person (3)

feels others moods.

easily slighted.

very affected by emotions.

sympathetic (3)

Anxious internally, worries about her

mother. Feels guilty that she can't be with

her mother.

Irritable (2) since the time a plastic

surgeon removed her stitches in a painful

manner.

she was shocked and crying and had

palpitations.

still angry with him.

Fear of heights, flying (2)

History of headaches like "a band about

the head" so severe she wanted to hit her

head against a wall. Now much improved.

Menses regular. Used BCPs until 2

years ago for 16 years.

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Low sex drive (2)

Sensitive to cold (3). Cold extremities

(2)

Craves:

Salty Shrimp (2), Meat (2),

Eggs (2)

Averse: Fat. Spicy. Milk (2)

Perspiration low.

Short of breath going up hills (2)

Sleep is poor and easily disturbed by the

sound of barking dogs.

uses all positions

dreams of the distant past

wakes refreshed and bright

Analysis: In this case we are confronted

by a very striking pathology which is the

generalized aggravation before a storm. In

the repertory we find two remedies listed in

bold type for the condition:

Phosphorus

and

Rhododendron.

It is important to make the

point that we will often find ourselves in

such situation where two remedies cover the

pathology equally well. In the circumstance

we have one polycrest

(Phosphorus)

and

one small remedy

(Rhododendron)

so how

will we decide between them? One line of

reasoning might be that we should give the

polycrest because by the law of averages,

more cases need

Phosphorus.

However,

better way of looking at the situation is, "If

this is a case of

Phosphorus,

where are the

personality, the keynotes and confirmatories

which we expect?" If in fact, as in this

case, these confirmations are absent then

we must prefer the smaller remedy. A

polycrest would be ramified through the

wholee of the case, not just the main

pathology.

So this patient received one dose of

Rhododendron

1M and I did not see her

until some months later when she came to

the office and stated abruptly that she was

very angry with me. When I asked her to

explain she told me that for years she had

been winning money by betting on

whether or not a storm was come through

the region. She had never lost such a bet

until after the homoeopathic remedy where

she lost a $100 bet, She was completely

relieved of her syndrome but also

unfortunately her $100, as well.

b) "Doublets or triplets" of symptoms

There are many cases in which,

although they are replete with information,

the solution remains unclean, Often times

these cases will be solved when we see

that there is a combination of symptoms

which point to one specific remedy even

though the symptoms themselves do not

indicate the remedy by repertorization.

For example, in the remedy

Cobaltum

we

find the doublet - lumbago in patients with

nocturnal seminal emissions. This remedy

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is not listed strong either for lumbago or for

nocturnal emissions but at time we find this

combination of symptoms, we least must

consider the remedy

Cobaltum.

It is easy to

miss such cases because we do not notice

the correlations between the symptoms.

That is to say, even though we know that

the combination of "uterine disorders and

heart symptoms" points strongly towards

Convailaria

we may overlook this specific

information as we busily repertorize the

particulars of the case. The idea here is to

make our subconsciousmind into a mouse

trap which is cocked and ready to spring

any time this combination of symptoms

appears even though they are not fully

registered as such by our analytical

awareness.

Age 42 Female Anxiety Neurosis

6/83

Inner shaking (3), felt in the chest

Feels "body is not well" (1)

Palpitations (1)

Hayfever.

Vaginal discharge 1 week before

menses.

Tendonitis in both Achilles tendons

Muscle twitching in left foot preventing

sleep

Cramps in foot.

Craves:

Ice Cream, jeilo

Chilly.

Prescription:

Ars.200

2/87

Drawing of muscles in fear. Twitching

in fear. Very fearful and taking sedatives

(3)

Anxious at night (2),

z,r\6

while

reading to fall asleep, she has gradual

drawing without sleeping medication.

Cramping of the thigh during menses,

worse right side.

Premenstrual irritability

Panic attacks (2)

She feels she will run and scream (2)

The mind races at night

Censorious.

Prescription : Ars.

1M

11/87

"Falling to pieces"

"Never going to get well"

Tired. Unrefreshed sleep

Foot cramps improved.

Fear: "Disease" (3)

Feels she is seriously ill and "under a

deep threat"

Analysis:

When a patient says that he

feels "something is seriously wrong" with

his health, we must realize that this

generally indicates a deep fear of cancer.

In this case,

Arsenicum

helped a great deal

initially as it closely fit the case. Later the

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Arsenicum

had little or no effect. Suddenly

we realize that the cramping, twitching

reaction in the extremities when taken in

association with the fear of cancer leads to

the remedy

Agaricus

which VITHOULKAS

has discovered to have an overwhelming

fear of cancer.

In these cases we dc not reason or

repertorize our way to the remedy. An

automatic, computer-like connection is

made almost below the level of conscious

process. If we try to repertorize the whole of

the case we will find polycrests such as

Arsenicum

but not the correct

simitimum.

Rather, our minds snap closed on the

combination: "twitches" and 'fear of

cancer."

c) "Cluster of keynotes" in one area

of case:

Unlike strategy 9 where we found

keynotes from a wider perspective, in

some cases we are forced to prescribe on

keynotes from just one area, for example,

3 strong food preferences or 3 strong

fears, In such cases, as in all others, we try

to find a more central or broad frame of

reference on which to base our

prescription. However, in many instances

the vital force expresses itself most clearly

through one specific region such as the

fears or the cravings.

J.K. Age 5 male

Past remedies :

Cale., Puts., Stram.,

Tub., Ars.

with little effect.

Doctor observes:

Dull look

Won't speak to doctor

"Allergy"

Tantrums with screaming and crying

uncontrollably (3)

Never violent but can be aggressive

with mother (1)

Pushes people, tears book (1)

"Does repetitive things", such as

marking out dates on a calender several

years in advance. Always busy (2).

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"Reads a lot" Actually goes through page

after page looking for one of the 4 or 5

words he knows, then pronounces it.

"Doesn't interact well with other kids."

Very concrete; never asks, "Why?"

Huge appetite.

Craves:

Potatoes (2) Eggs (2),

Fear: Loud noises. Dark

Does not wipe after stool (2) Seems

totally unconcerned with the mess or odour,

even when reminded.

Analysis: Many remedies have already

been tried with little effect. The remedies

were well chosen and

Baryta carbonica

was

probably the likeliest choice next. But many

points were against Sar-c, such as the

aggressiveness and the business. When we

look at the food cravings which are strong

and specific, we find

Oleum animate

listed

for both. The odds of a small remedy being

listed for two food cravings of our patient is

exceedingly small. So, turning to CLARKE'S

Dictionary

we read in the mentals of

Ot-an.\

"Sadness, concentration in self. Taciturn

and thoughtful. Distraction and frequent

abstraction of mind. Loss of ideas. These

symptoms seem to describe quite well our

patient and give us the confidence to try this

unusual remedy.

In this analysis method we usually find

the cluster of keynotes arising in the area of

food cravings, fears or in the main

pathology. Obviously this is closely

related to 10b - "doublets and triplets" but

we may receive more help from our

repertory.

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