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| Hpathy Ezine - March, 2005 | ||||
Revisiting "Mommy, Are You Coming Home?"-- Elaine Lewis, DHom |
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| OK, class, everyone take your seats and no talking! As you know, last month's quiz involved Kelly's son who had a virus of some sort. Let's go over the case to refresh our memories: Recently, my six year old came home from school with a dry cough and a clear runny nose. Ordinarily, this would not have been a big concern, but I was out of town for the next three days and my parents were baby sitting. There had been a change in temperature from very cold (0 degrees) to more moderate (30 degree) temperatures. Though not unusual for my son to develop a cough or cold during these changes in temperature, all three of my children had just recently gotten over a similar illness, so this added to my concern. The cough was joined by a fever the next day that eventually went up to 102.7. My son was lethargic, chilly, hoarse, and wanting cold water which was unusual for him. He was up coughing the previous night, tossing about and restless. He had darkish circles under his eyes and his eyelids were puffy and half closed. His face was pale and his cough became worse when he talked, exploding out of his mouth at times. I spoke with my son on the phone and he sounded so sad and unwell. He said, "I feel very bad mommy, are you coming home?" Well, I almost did! My mom, being a retired teacher, was very good at accumulating and reporting facts and observations. Based on these, i told her to give my son a 30c potency of the indicated remedy, in water, and to be sure to shake the bottle before each dose--which would be a swallow. She gave a total of 3 doses, every hour that evening and was amazed to find the fever almost gone and my son well the next morning!
Roughly 25 of you bravely wrote in and gave your opinions, and here they are: Rhus tox, Nat-mur, Causticum, Rumex (3), Phosphorus (7), Gelsemium (2), Arsenicum, Aconite (4), Silica, Chamomilla, Capsicum and Bryonia, Apis. And the winner is .... Marsha Karzmer, Clare Thornley, Dr. Sridevi Singaram, Cheekala Sujatha, Irene Rutter, Nooshin Azadi and Claude Lainesse for "Phosphorus, We Hardly Knew Ye!" Accepting the award is Cheekala Sujatha: "Thank you! At the outset, I am thrilled to note that I have hit the bull's eye in my first attempt! In the case, the symptoms of wanting cold water, cough worse talking, and change of weather aggravates are important peculiar rubrics that point us to the remedy, and if we look into it, it covers all the other symptoms like oedema of the eyelids, restlessness, chilly, hoarse, pale face, etc. as well. I am a housewife and a mother of two young children. I am an Indian living in Kuwait. I have a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and a Masters Diploma in Computers. I am a novice in homeopathy, but I have a great passion for it and my life's ambition is to master it and serve the poorest of the poor in India." (Applause-applause!) I probably couldn't have said it better, but I'll try! Here's the key rubric in this case that practically solves it itself: From Murphy's Repertory-- Food: cold drinks, water, desires fever, during (Desires cold drinks during fever) There are only three remedies! Bryonia (and we know it can't be Bryonia because the patient is restless and Bryonia prefers to lie still), Phosphorus and Tuberculinum. Tuberculinum simply does not cover the case. I repertorized the following: Cough: dry, cough fever, during Larynx: hoarse, coryza during Fever: thirst with Mind: dullness, fever during Cough: talking agg. Eyes: discoloration, blue circles Food: cold drinks, water, desires fever, during Environment: weather, change of, agg. Mind: restlessness, fever, during Phosphorus came up #1. Tuberculinum wasn't even in the top 20. As a matter of fact, when you see thirst for ice cold drinks in any acute case, think of Phosphorus right away. It's the main remedy for this. It's not the only remedy, though. Veratrum alb. is a possibility if there's great prostration, diarrhea and/or vomiting plus cold perspiration. In Phosphorus, you frequently see chest symptoms--coughing, bronchitis, pneumonia, colds that go to the chest. Arsenicum has thirst for cold drinks, but only for sips at a time, which is to say, the Ars. person might take one sip and put the cup down. Arsenicum is also quite prostrated and will probably have diarrhea with the fever. I ignored the "wanting mom to come home" part of the case because it's common. Any child under the circumstances would want his mother to come home. However, if he had been indifferent to his mother's whereabouts, not caring, this would be very significant, possibly leading to a consideration for Gelsemium or Baptisia. Speaking of Baptisia, I think Gabi Lasko is here to accept her award for solving our first quiz! Gabi? "Thank you! All I can say is, thanks to Elaine, I know what I know!" (Sniff-sniff!) Forgive me, I always cry at acceptance speeches! OK, students, now go to this month's quiz, and I'll see you back here in April!
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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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