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| Hpathy Ezine - April, 2006 | ||||
Revisiting: "Kelly's Daughter, 'Unstoppable', Is Unbelievable!"-- Elaine Lewis, DHom |
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| Does anybody remember last month's quiz? Here it is again: Here's the latest installment of "homeopathy saves the day" at my house. My 12 year old daughter, Unstoppable... Excuse me, Kelly, I hate to interrupt, but, is that her real name? No, it's a name I made up. You aren't going to say anything about it, are you? Me? Say something about your daughter's name? Why would I do that? Uhh...no reason...I'll just go on then, shall I? Please do! OK.... As I was saying, my 12 year old daughter, Unstoppable, injured her left foot the other day while trying to step on a spinning coin. What??? Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute! Time out! I'm changing her name to "Unbelievable"! Did you just say that your daughter injured her foot trying to step on a spinning coin? Yes. This is the daughter that plays soccer? Yes. I just did a whole article on sports injuries, for your daughter's sake, and she winds up injuring herself indoors on a spinning coin? Yes. Can you possibly explain this? No. Is there any more to this story or does it end here? Oh, no, there's much more! Then do go on--I guess it can only get better! It will, I assure you! She said that the outside edge of her foot hurt, especially when she walked. Unfortunately, she had soccer games to play later that day. If you've been following her previous antics in other articles here, you'll know that she rarely complains of pain and frequently ignores it! Fast-forward to later that evening and after playing in the first game. She seems okay and mentions that her foot hurts a bit but it's not a problem. During the first half of the second game, however, it's obvious her foot hurts. She's limping and cringing as she runs! Known for her speed and aggressive play, it's noticibly absent at this point. She finishes out the game still limping. By the time we return home later that evening, she's limping badly and complaining of much pain! I immediately gave Arnica 200c and she went to bed. The next morning the pain was worse! She explained that it hurt alot when she walked and was worse when she turned it on the outside edge. The only other complaint was that her foot felt weak. I went through Murphy's repertory then his Homeopathic Remedy Guide and I gave a total of 3 doses of___________ 30c throughout the day. By the time she went to her game in the afternoon, she had No Pain at all and played well! Elaine- I have to tell you that this case was amazing!! By the time we left in the middle of the afternoon for her game, Unstoppable... Unbelievable! ...had no pain whatsoever- none! She played with her "second team" on this massive astro-turf field which is not her normal sized field; so, she ran and ran and ran on her once-injured foot! The second team is an older team so her opponents were also older (bigger!) she scored ALL the goals for her team (3 of them) and the coach took her out only twice! I kept watching her and she'd give me the "thumbs up" sign to say she was OK. Oh, she was knocked around (like to the ground!) a few times too. I know you don't "get" the whole soccer thing but it was pretty cool! Hey, I played soccer! What I don't get is this new reckless teenage fad of coin-spinning! Be on the look-out for this one, parents! ---------------------------------------------------- What can be said about RUTA that hasn't been said a million times? Apparently everything because nobody bothered to say a word about it! Even the one person who got it right said only, "I would say Ruta." Thank you soooooo much, Lily Rafik of Casablanca! Even Kelly would not condescend to explain how she came up with Ruta! ("I went through Murphy's Repertory, then his Remedy Guide...." Well, what more could we possibly need to know?) As usual, everything depends on me! Let's look at this case, then. What was the first clue for Ruta? Kelly's daughter said that the outside edge of her foot hurt. Now, feel the outside edge of your foot. What is there? There's a very prominent bone there. I'm suspecting that what we have here is an injury to the periosteum, the outer covering of the bone. Ruta has an affinity for the periosteum. Blows to the shin, the forehead...? These are all Ruta. What's the next clue? At first this injury wasn't too bad. In fact, this young lady played a whole game of soccer and was showing no overt signs of injury. It wasn't until the second game that now the child is limping and cringing in pain. What do we have here? Another keynote of Ruta--ailments from over-use. Think of repetitive stress syndrome, the person uses the same muscles over and over again and now there's a weakness or pain or easy dislocation; this is Ruta. Even over-use of the eyes--in studying, sewing and the like, with a resultant headache from eyestrain, that's Ruta too. So, here we have a case where the pain didn't show up until after considerable over-use, so again we can think of Ruta here. What's the next clue? By the time she gets home, she's complaining loudly! This is the child who never notices pain, keeps on going; so, this pain must have been pretty bad. The Ruta pain is quite unbearable. Ruta is actually a combination of Arnica, Hypericum and Rhus tox: the achiness and soreness of Arnica, the stiffness of Rhus tox and the sharp pains of Hypericum. Kelly thinks her Arnica 200C didn't help, but I think that Ruta, like Rhus tox, is so restless, so unable to be still, that if Kelly hadn't given Arnica, I doubt that her daughter would have been able to sleep that night. Now, what's our last clue for Ruta? Actually, the last clue was my first clue because as soon as Kelly said, "weak", I said "Ruta!" ("The only other complaint was that her foot felt weak.") I have notes, taken years ago, that say, "Ruta weakens, Rhus tox stiffens." People with Ruta complaints have backs that go out, ankles that give way, knees that buckle...in short, weakness. So again, when you think of Ruta, think of injury, pain--you already tried Arnica, maybe you tried Rhus tox too, the pain is still there; then you notice it's an injury to the periosteum, or a strain or a sprain, or a case of over-use; think of Ruta. Are you done thinking? I know I am! Dr. B, what is our lucky winner, Lily, entitled to this month? ---------------------------------------- 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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