| Does anybody remember last month's quiz
question? Here it is:
OK, so, my dearest "Amity" is eight
years old. A week ago he came down with a cold.
We had spent yet another weekend outside on the soccer fields in
the cold, wet and windy weather that is typical of our area in the
spring.
He had a dry, barking cough that went on
all day and night, usually stopping by the time I went to bed. It
had a hollow, echo quality to it and sounded alot like a saw cutting
through wood.
His throat tickled and he had swollen neck
glands. He complained that his throat hurt after he ate a sweetart
candy, which he then later refused to eat! He was hungry often,
wanting hot cocoa and other warm
food. He felt better after he ate.
I tried one remedy which did not work, then
tried another which had an immediate positive effect. Homeopathy
does it again!
Well class, I have to say, I am very proud of you! I started
this column originally to show the doubters and the nay-sayers who
think that if you give a case to 20 homeopaths you'll come up with
30 different remedies, that they're wrong! Well, this month you
have proven me right. Nearly every person who wrote in got the right
answer! And do you know why? Because we had a clear case!
Out of 14 responses, 11 were for Spongia Tosta! That's
an incredible percentage of agreement! Nooshin's assessment of the
case was so thorough that I have absolutely no work to do this month!
Way to go, Nooshin! Moreover, Nooshin closes by asking a quiz question
of her own, so, if you weren't confused already....
Dearest Elaine:
Hi! I'm so glad I was last month's winner. You are a good teacher
and I should thank you. Wish I could attend some courses taught
by you. But alas! Gosh! Another avalanche is coming and I should
answer this month's quiz before burying under it! And I'm so sure
of the answer! Sometimes these queer rubrics are a good hint (as
you've mentioned many times before).
The minute I read that the cough (had a hollow, echo quality to
it and sounded a lot like a saw cutting through wood.), I cried:
SPONGIA !
When I got to know SPONGIA for the first time,
this sawing quality was stamped on my mind.
Then I began to check other rubrics in repertory and materia medica
to validate my guess.
This is the result:
a dry, barking cough that went on all day and night ---->
cough, barking, day and night: spongia (the only remedy)
usually stopping by the time I went to bed [this should be around
midnight] ---->
cough, < BEFORE MIDNIGHT
His throat tickled and he had swollen neck glands ---->
generalities, Swelling and induration of glands
his throat hurt after he ate a sweetart candy ---->
cough, sweatmeats, agg: spongia (among some other remedies)
wanting hot cocoa and other warm food ---->
cough, warm food, amel.: spongia (the only remedy)
He felt better after he ate ---->
cough, eating, amel.: SPONGIA (the only remedy in boldface)
And we had also:
cold, wet and windy weather ---->
cough, weather, wet: spongia (among some other remedies)
We know also that Amity played soccer. This also validates our
guess
because Spongia is among the remedies in the rubric : Cough,
exertion
Okay! Did you enjoy my scrutiny!!!
I think I suffer from the same disease that Jonathan Swift did!
Do you remember his detailed and scrutinizing details in Gulliver's
Travels?!
Can you guess the remedy?
Guessing the remedy for fictional characters or their creators is
so much fun. This is my Hobby! (Since I've studied English literature
and I'm not a practising Homeopath!!)
Oops! The avalanche! Bye for now!
Nooshin Azadi
So, congratulations to: Nooshin Azadi,
Marsha Karzmer, shabina, Ravi Narayan, Mike Merritt, Arun, Dr. Mir
Mostafa Kamal, Sarah Cordish, Dr. Shilpa Jackson, Claude and our
good friend, Anonymous!
We would also like to congratulate
Ravi Narayan from Mumbai, who answered the March quiz as
Anonymous!
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