| Let's get our hate-mail
out of the way first, shall we?
Gabi's case was boring!
-Kelly
Gabi's story is NOT exciting at all!
-Kelly
I read about half of your article ("Frequently
Asked Questions") and I plan to re-read the February Quiz (boring,
boring, boring) and the answer to the stellar
quiz from last month!
-Kelly
And now for our regular mail:
The quiz section is getting a lot better!
-Gabi
Thanks to everybody who wrote in!
And now, who remembers last month's quiz? Here it is again:
This month's quiz comes to us from our friend Gabi. It's not that
no one in Kelly's family got sick this month, it's that I found
their illnesses to be lack-luster and boring.
Gabi's friend, on the other hand, is Sudanese with a rather unusual
problem. His complaint is that every time he eats, he feels awful;
"all food burns", he says, and eating aggravates--he bloats
every time he eats! Also, every day in the late afternoon, he gets
a fever and becomes irritable. Gabi asked, "Have you ever had
Malaria?" He replied, "Yes."
Gabi was certainly smart to ask that
question! They say a case well-taken solves itself, and never has
that been more evident than in this case. In fact, the case so solved
itself that I almost was afraid to present it. "Everyone's
going to know the answer!" I thought. Incredibly, however,
only one person got the right answer, and that was Dr. Neeraj Gupta
of India. Here's what he said:
The answer to Gabi's case: the bloating,
fever etc. is CINCHONA. History of Malaria, bloatedness
after eating, fever in the evening clearly points to CINCHONA
Regards---- Dr. Neeraj Gupta
Cinchona is also known as China. I thought for sure that as soon
as everyone saw "malaria", they would think of China immediately.
Remember? This was the first homeopathic remedy! And how did Hahnemann
discover it? He was translating Dr. Cullen's Materia Medica and
because Cullen claimed China (quinine) could cure malaria because
of its bitter properties, Hahnemann became incredulous! Nonsense,
he thought, there are herbs much more astringent than China and
they can't touch malaria! It was then that Hahnemann decided to
do an incredible thing: He took Peruvian Bark (China) to see what
would happen! As it turned out, he broke out into chills and fever
and he said oh my God, look at this! China cures malaria because
it's LIKE malaria!
So, this is one of the most famous stories in homeopathy. Also,
the rubrics:
Diseases: malaria, periodicity, marked--china
only one.
Fever: intermittant, malarial--Arn-3, China-3
And then as Dr. Gupta points out, you have the bloating China is
famous for and, moreover, there's the irritability China is so famous
for! In fact, this is why we have to rule out Arsenicum which half
of you voted for. With Arsenicum, we would expect to see the very
well-known Arsenicum mentals: the prostration, restlessness, anxiety,
desire for company, neediness and fear of death.
In fact, this patient was so irritable, Gabi found out later from
the wife, who wouldn't admit it at the time, that he used to beat
her; but here's the great news, after the remedy, he stopped!
Now, here's what happened as Gabi related it to me: She gave him
a dose of 200C. He immediately improved, within seconds! He felt
calm and sleepy--this is a typical positive response that we see
for the right remedy.
Then tragedy struck! As so often happens, people repeat the remedy
over and over because they think if they feel good with one dose,
imagine how great they'll feel with two or three! Well, he landed
in the hospital with severe stomach pain! However, the hospital
could do nothing for him, so he wound up back home and called Gabi.
As she tells it,
"I forgot to mention that William, such is the name of
the Sudanese, ended in hospital with severe stomach ache because
he did not follow my instructions and was repeating the China whenever
he wanted just for the sake of it. He phoned me with a voice from
the dead. We did it over the phone--the aggravation zapper a la
Diane Fuller: 12 dilutions without succussions of the 200C in water,
one sip of the 12th cup and he was better. The scare worked because
when he phoned me this time he listened. His health has improved
exponentially and so has his behaviour toward his wife! He used
to beat her up! That part I did not tell you."
Amazing! So, you see how miraculous, and yet how dangerous in untrained
hands, homeopathy can be? Good for Gabi, and I'm sure not a day
goes by that someone isn't thanking Diane Fuller for her remedy
zapper! Her interview is in the November '04 issue of the Ezine.
So, congratulations to our big winner, Dr. Neeraj Gupta! Dr. B,
what has Dr. N won?
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