| Who remembers last
month's exciting quiz presented by Caralyn about her dad with the
runny eyes? Here it is again for those of you who missed it:
Ladies and gentlemen, this is my case which
I am calling simply, "Oh Dad!"
"Oh Dad, what is wrong with your eyes?"
These were the first words out of my mouth when I first spotted
my father as he came to our house to visit a few weeks ago. The
question just rolled off my tongue when I saw him squinting as
he kissed me hello. My father who rarely complains, as he prefers
a state of perfect health, simply responded, "They have been
itchy, burning and very watery for over a week now. When I’ve
been getting up these past mornings I am shocked by how much water
is running out of them, it's unbelievable!" He continued
to tell me that he is constantly rubbing his eyes and now he even
has a bruised sensation under his eyes from constantly attacking
them.
To start from the beginning my father,
who lives in Florida, came up north to see us and soon after developed
a run-of-the-mill cold. As the cold subsided he was left with
this unusual problem of itchy, watery, burning eyes. This never
before happened to him.
Instead of having compassion for my poor
father, I was elated at the opportunity to try ___________! Elaine,
our most favorite homeopath in the world, has touted the benefits
of _________ and unfortunately, oops I mean fortunately, I have
never had an opportunity to employ its use. But anyway, I skipped
over to my drawer of homeopathic remedies and, VOILA, I found
__________ 30c just waiting there for this unexpected moment!!
As Elaine always recommends, I gave it diluted in water. I gave
the remedy two separate times, a half an hour apart with succussions
before each dose. My father is quite the chatterbox and while
he was giving us the details of his week--he was visting on a
Sunday--I couldn’t help but notice that his eyes, which
were nothing but slits-- were opening up wider and wider! Once
I realized this I casually asked him after one hour how he felt
and his answer was "….dum-de-da-da-dum…. You
know what? I feel much better." I did a victory dance inside
my head. Unfortunately about 2 hours further along his symptoms
started to return and he started once again with the rubbing.
I repeated the 30c two more times before he went to bed--fortunately
he was sleeping over--and again he felt better. The best news
is that in the morning all that remained of his discomfort was
the bruised feeling under his eyes from the incessant rubbing.
That soon cleared up on its own and I have not heard a word about
his eyes ever since
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OK, everybody, it's time to get to
work! Who came up with the right answer? Nooshin sent in a very
extensive commentary. Take it away, Nooshin!
Hi dear dear Elaine !
Once again thrilled by the scope and depth
of your language and wisdom. You know, this multidimentional attitude
toward any subject is what our world needs. You indirectly discuss
human behavior, sociology even philosophy alongside homeopathy.
This is wisdom; something more ennobling than knowledge. We face
many knowlegeable people each day but few wise ones!
Pat Boone and the like are everywhere and
racism exists not just between blacks and whites: even among whites.
We live in different societies but in one world. I deeply appreciate
you. And like Kelly I can't take another minute of Pat Boone singing
"Tutti Frutti". This Dork's syndrome is very widespread.
For the quiz, let's highlight the key words:
"Oh Dad, what is wrong with your EYES?" These were
the first words out of my mouth when I first spotted my father
as he came to our house to visit a few weeks ago. The question
just rolled off my tongue when I saw him SQUINTING as he kissed
me hello. My father who rarely complains, as he prefers a state
of perfect health, simply responded, "They have been ITCHY,
BURNING AND VERY WATERY for over a week now. When I'VE BEEN GETTING
UP THESE PAST MORNINGS I am shocked by HOW MUCH WATER IS RUNNING
out of them, it's unbelievable!" He continued to tell me
that he is constantly rubbing his eyes and now he even has a BRUISED
sensation under his eyes from constantly attacking them.
To start from the beginning my father, who lives in Florida,
came up north to see us and soon after developed a run-of-the-mill
COLD. As the cold subsided he was left with this unusual problem
of ITCHY, WATERY, BURNING eyes. This never before happened to
him.
Instead of having compassion for my poor father, I was elated
at the opportunity to try ___________! Elaine, our most favorite
homeopath in the world, has touted the benefits of _________ and
unfortunately, oops I mean fortunately, I have never had an opportunity
to employ its use. But anyway, I skipped over to my drawer of
homeopathic remedies and, VOILA, I found __________ 30c just waiting
there for this unexpected moment!! As Elaine always recommends,
I gave it diluted in water. I gave the remedy two separate times,
a half an hour apart with succussions before each dose. My father
is quite the chatterbox and while he was giving us the details
of his week--he was visting on a Sunday--I couldn’t help
but notice that his eyes, which were nothing but SLITS-- were
OPENING UP WIDER and wider! Once I realized this I casually asked
him after one hour how he felt and his answer was "….dum-de-da-da-dum….
You know what? I feel much better." I did a victory dance
inside my head. Unfortunately about 2 hours further along his
symptoms started to return and he started once again with the
RUBBING. I repeated the 30c two more times before he went to bed--fortunately
he was sleeping over--and again he felt better. The best news
is that in the morning all that remained of his discomfort was
the bruised feeling under his eyes from the INCESSANT RUBBING.
That soon cleared up on its own and I have not heard a word about
his eyes ever since!
This should be Euphrasia , the famous eye
remedy, with its typical lachrymation, squinting and wiping.
With best wishes,
Nooshin Azadi
************
Thanks Nooshin! Now, if only you had been
right, I could go home now! Don't feel bad, just about everyone
picked Euphrasia--which, of course, is Eyebright! But here's the
problem: What's the most striking thing about this case? It's the
amount of watery discharge--as you pointed out, "Very Watery"!
Caralyn's father even says, "It's unbelievable!" What
remedy has discharges like water running from a faucet? The rubric
is, "Eyes: lachrymation, profuse". There's only three
remedies and two of them no one has in their first aid kit and one
of them I've never even heard of, so that basically leaves the one
that's left: ALLIUM CEPA!
Now, I know what you're thinking, what about
the itching/burning part of the complaint? Well, "Eyes: itching",
Allium cepa is a 2; and "Eyes: burning", Allium cepa is
a 3. Yes, I know, they all say that the eye discharge in Allium
is bland, BUT, maybe it WAS bland! Maybe it was the eyes or the
eyelids that were burning, not the discharge per se; oh, and here's
an interesting rubric, "Eyes: burning, rub, must"--Allium
cepa (3). There's only three remedies in that rubric! Pulsatilla's
one of them, but we would expect a Pulsatilla discharge to be thick
and creamy, not watery.
We can't make much of the eyes being slits
because if you're going to rub your eyes so much that they hurt,
it's only natural that you're going to cause swelling, making your
eyes look like slits. Likewise, the bruised sensation is a meaningless
symptom since the non-stop rubbing is what's causing it.
So, we've got key rubrics in this case that
Euphrasia just isn't in.
As far as what our winners had to say, an
"Eric Cartman" from England writes:
I didn't dare look at Pat Boone...
Tutti Frutti works for me every time!
For Clyde Frog I would probably try Allium
cepa or a kick in the [censored].
Your friend,
Eric Cartman
Thank you, "Eric", for that insane
letter.
Other winners were: Elisabeth F., Anna Cockell
and A. Rahman Tahir. Dr. B, tell the Fab Four what they've won!
By the way, do you know what Little Richard
is doing now? He's an interpreter for George Bush! Yes, it's true!
click here:
http://youtube.com/watch?
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