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| Hpathy Ezine - April, 2008 | ||||
Revisiting "Homeopathy in the Middle of the Night"-- Elaine Lewis, CHom |
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| Who missed last month's exciting, nail-biting, hand-wringing quiz? Not many, judging from the response we got! Here it is again with the answer to follow:
So, how did we do? Here's a list of the remedies you voted for:
Total: 50
And the winner is........BELLADONNA! Yes, the hpathy readers cannot be fooled! (Except for the ones who were.) But seriously folks.... I can't blame the people who picked Aconite, because there is a great similarity between the two: high fevers in children with sudden onset--Aconite and Belladonna are the two most likely choices. I also knew that as soon as Shobi emphasized the scream, using words like "horrible" and "angry", I would get votes for Apis, "the brain cry" remedy (we expect to see Apis in allergic reactions, not infections, though) and Chamomilla (angry crying)--more about Chamomilla later; and I also knew that the "better pressure" modality would bring out votes for Bryonia. The sudden onset and "worse pressure" eliminated Bryonia as a possibility. We needed a remedy that was in both rubrics: better pressure and worse pressure, because clearly, we could see both modalities in this case. What about Arsenicum? Arsenicum is a very weak and collapsed remedy. It lacks the intensity and energy seen in this case. Maybe most importantly, I knew that the vomiting at the end would cause people to vote for gastrointestinal remedies like Nux vomica and Arsenicum. Let's start with that because it brings up an important point: the vomiting was NOT part of the case! The vomiting was an example of Hering's Law (healing takes place from the center to the periphery); we know that the right remedy leads to discharging, don't we always tell our patients that? "Don't be surprised if you have skin eruptions or a rash after the remedy". Skin eruptions are a kind of 'discharge' and vomiting is just another kind of eruption!" Didn't the child become calm first, THEN came the vomiting? That's a perfect picture of Hering's Law. It's really important to understand Hering's Law or we'll inevitably misinterpret a remedy response and not be able to reassure a client who's child is vomiting after a remedy--we'll be looking instead for Nux vomica or Arsenicum rather than saying, "What appears to be a disease symptom to you is often the body finally functioning appropriately for what's wrong." And then I ask the parent, "How is he doing mentally/emotionally? How are his spirits?" Very often you get the answer, "Oh, much better!" That's a very important question, because you can be so alarmed by a frantic parent that you won't think to ask; but, the answer to that question can change the whole picture from the one imagined and presented to you by the parent or client. It is in this way that homeopathy is COMPLETELY OPPOSITE to standard medicine, because what we see with standard medicine is the local complaint going away (if you're lucky), but the patient, on the inside, starts feeling sick! How often has this happened? You take an antibiotic, the local infection goes away, but something major starts occurring at deeper levels. It could be stomach pains, nausea, dizziness, drop in blood pressure, feelings of depression and anxiety or other disturbing mental symptoms. With homeopathy, the improvement begins first on the mental/emotional plane with a sense of calm over-taking the person; the local symptom is the last to leave, or, there may be an appropriate discharging to banish the complaint, but always the patient seems fine with it, and then, especially in children, a restful deep sleep ensues, and it's ALL OVER--sometimes in minutes! You give a sick child a remedy and a minute later he's asleep! So, when you see something "alarming" after giving a remedy, always ask, "Has there been any change on the mental level?" This will give you the information you need to evaluate the correctness of your prescription. Now, how do we know this is Belladonna? Anyone out there who has children should get to know Belladonna because healthy children have Belladonna fevers! It's a high fever where the child puts out a lot of dry heat that you can feel even without touching the child's skin, it's a forceful fever, a robust fever, it shows the child is healthy that he can put out such a fever, because, after all, if fever exists to protect us by burning up pathogens and activating white blood cells, you'd want the fever to be strong, not namby-pamby! So, if you've got a healthy child, be ready with Bellladonna in a number of potencies--30C, 200C and 1M, at least. Look for dry heat, redness, intensity, and sudden onset. In fact, one way to diagnose Belladonna is to take note of how YOU feel! With Belladonna, you'll feel that the situation is urgent and you must act quickly! With Chamomilla, you'll feel like if your child doesn't shut up you'll throw him right out the window! I mean, you will have had it with him, who can tolerate the Chamomilla child? They demand something, you give it, and they throw it down and say they don't want it! All the time they're crying and screaming, and the only thing that stops them is being carried briskly. How long can anyone put up with this loud, angry, irritable crying and screaming? Let's see what some of our readers had to say about this case: Hi Elaine, Tam
Hi,
It should be Belladonna. Sameer
Hi Elaine I think it's Belladonna - screams, violent effects, worse at 3, fever with dry heat, headache - likes hand on head. with best wishes Janie Rosenwald LCH MARH
Thanks, guys! Here are the rubrics I used in the case:
From Murphy's Repertory:
Belladonna covered all the symptoms with 3's except the last rubric which got a 1, and pressure agg. was a 1 also. Aconite came in second, Bryonia 3rd. Aconite was not in the pressure aggravates nor pressure ameliorates rubric. Bryonia was missing from high fevers in children, crying with pain and pressure agg. You know also that Bryonia wants to lie perfectly still, but Belladonna is worse lying and must sit up. So, congratulations to: Akanksha Agnihotri, Shashi Kiran, Veronique, Charlotte Robertson, Sergio, Tam, Anu Grewal, Dr. Ágnes Heiczman, Wafa, Amir, Manon Legerstee, Sameer, Janie Rosenwald, V.T.Yekkirala, Anonymous, Sandeep, Debdutta Roy, Pauline, Anne Speirs. Dr. B, what do our winners get? --------------------------------------------------- This month's winners will get a special 30% discount on one order of books from Hpathy Mall. Click Here for Prize Guidelines
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Elaine Lewis, DHom, CHom takes online cases. Visit her website at: www.hpathy.com/office/ElaineLewis.asp |
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