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| Hpathy Ezine - February, 2007 | ||||
Revisiting "Kelly: The Godperson of Acute Cases"- Elaine Lewis, C.Hom. |
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| Does anybody remember last month's quiz? Here it is again from Caralyn; it's about her son, "D":
"D" was having terrible obvious stomach bloating. He had stomach burning, throwing up, diarrhea, writhing and moaning in pain. When he went to the bathroom the smell was awful!!! These stomach episodes would last a long time and come like in a series. We used to blame it on soda, vinegar (as we know D loves vinegar) or overindulging. However D is a good eater. We even took him to the emergency room once thinking he might have appendicitis! His stomach has been sensitive for a long time. My mother insisted that I make an appointment with a gastroenterologist. I told her that you had given him a remedy _______ and if that didn't work I would consider it, but D has been fine ever since! The electrical pains were another thing. They occurred alot in school and sometimes at home. I would dismiss the complaint as odd. I did not understand it and didn't want to make an issue out of it in front of D. He was definitely getting them since the last 8 months to a year. He was in so much pain from his stomach he would moan and wriggle on the floor. D has zero tolerance for pain, but I know that he was not faking it becasue of the intense vomiting. D also gets hiccups a lot. This stomach pain has progressively gotten worse. When he was approximately 12 months old he would poop acid. I mean it. D would not eat food at that time. His favorite thing to have was orange juice. The only milk he had at that point in his life was from me nursing him.
Who got the answer right? This case must have terrified everyone because hardly anybody wrote in! However, when the first two people got the right answer, I thought it was going to be a landslide! But, I guess it was not to be. Three people got the right answer: Veratrum alb.! Listen, did you know, in Murphy's repertory, 3rd ed., there is only one remedy listed under: Stomach: vomiting, diarrhea during, violent and profuse, and it's Veratrum alb.? Now, if you look under what I considered to be the Strange, Rare and Peculiar symptoms in the case--desire for vinegar and acid fruits--(Desires sour food)--and the electric pain sensation (Generals: electric, shocks, pain), the remedy is clearly confirmed, being a 3 in both rubrics. So, "D" is fine now, he doesn't get these horrible episodes anymore; in fact, I was there at Caralyn's for her Passover seder, and "D" missed the whole thing! I gave him Colocynth because of the writhing around on the floor in pain, it helped maybe 60%, I didn't know about the electric pains then; as soon as Caralyn told me, I said, "That's Veratrum alb!" So, let's see who our three big winners are this time: We have Ravi Narayan from beautiful downtown Mumbai, we have S. C. Kursija and finally Lisa who wrote the following: Hi Elaine, I am a new subscriber to the newsletter, and also a brand new Homeopathy student (British Institute of Homeopathy). I've been using homeopathy for 12 years for my family for all kinds of acute situations only. I love your case examples and they are helping me learn how to use my Materia Medica better. I am going to give my best shot at choosing a remedy for the Jan. quiz. Here goes :) I picked VERATRUM ALBUM based on the chronic diarrhea, intense vomiting, hiccups, stomach pain, electrical pains and the fact that he likes fruit juice (at least he did when he was younger and there's no mention that he doesn't like it any longer). The one thing that doesn't fit this remedy is the foul smell as Ver. a. has odorless stools. Looking forward to reading the Feb. case!!! Lisa
Lisa, you're right about the stool being odorless in veratrum, but, you can also find veratrum under Stool: odor, sour and Stool: odor, offensive, even if only as a 1, it's still there. So, Dr. B, what have our friends won this time? ---------------------------------------------------- This month's winners will get a special 30% discount on one order of books from Hpathy Mall. Click Here for Prize Guidelines I also request our previous prize winners, Alyona and Sujatha to please write to Dr. B at webmaster@hpathy.com and give him your addresses so he can mail your prizes to you.
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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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