| Patient: A. Ahmad.
Age – 35 years.
First consultation – 21 – 6 – 2005.
The patient was suffering from fistula in ano. About three months
ago, in place of going to a good hospital or a good surgeon he went
into the net of a wayside surgeon, a so called "Bengali Doctor"
who claims to cure fistula, fissures and piles through surgery.
Within a span of three months the so called surgery was performed
twice. The so called "Bengali Doctor" cut off a large
chunk of flesh near the anus. The wound did not heal even in a month’s
time, though the surgeon was regularly dressing the wound. The patient
was simply in agony.
At this stage the patient was referred to me by one of my old patients.
When seen on 21 - 6 - 2005 he was in great distress. The condition
of the patient was as follows:
• There was a large wound at the anus which was raw and
running, there was continuous great pain in the wound.
• Discharge from the wound was purulent, thin and continuous;
as such, the patient was feeling great distress.
• Pain in the wound was of burning nature.
• Used to feel daily feverish especially in the evening.
Rx Hypericum 200 One dose daily.
For local use the patient was advised to clean the wound at least
twice daily. with a few drops of Hypericum Q diluted in half cup
of lukewarm water and after cleaning to apply ointment of Hypericum.
28 – 6 – 2005:
• There was much improvement in the wound.
• The discharge from the wound was quite less.
• A bad smelling matter was oozing from a point, where the
fistula was situated.
• Now the patient was feeling stitching pain in the fistula
as the pain in the wound has reduced.
• The photograph, shown here, showing the condition of the
wound was taken on 28 – 6 – 2005 i.e. one week after
the Homeopathic treatment was started. (no photograph was taken
on 21 – 6 – 2005)
Rx
Silicea 1M one dose followed by few doses of Hypericum 200
Photo of the wound by surgery as on 28-6-2005 -->
11 – 7 – 2005:
• The wound has almost healed.
• The discharge from the fistula has stopped for the past
four days.
• Pain still persisting though in less degrees.
Rx As above but doses at longer intervals.
The patient is a resident of Ghaziabad a city about 200 km from
Dehradun. He runs his Hair Dressing Saloon and Beauty Parlor over
there. He was staying at Dehradun under compulsion for the sake
of treatment. So on feeling amelioration he went back to his job
on 11 – 7 – 2005.
So far heard about him on 30 – 7 – 2005,
he is feeling further improvement in all his complaints.
The greatest idea Dr. Hahnemann introduced in the field of health
and sickness is the VITAL FORCE (Dynamis or Autocracy). It is this
Vital Force which is always responsible for the health of the Organism
(alive body) in its healthy condition; the same Vital Force is responsible
for the condition of health of the Organism under the effect of
any drug. The same Vital Force is also responsible for the condition
of health of the Organism under the effect of any disease.
The natural processes of the Vital Force become deviated in both
the conditions:
(1) under the effect of a drug and
(2) under the influence of a disease which is always some morbid
energy.
The Vital Force itself relays signals for help in the form of
morbid symptoms and sensations. When the Homoeopathic physician
clearly identifies these morbid signals and adapts these with the
remedy which has similar pathogenesis represented in its "provings"
on healthy subjects and applies this knowledge in the law of Similia,
he achieves CURE as defined by Dr. Hahnemann in Aphor. 2 of the
Organon.
During my long clinical practice I have used Hypericum very successfully
in cases of bruises, lacerations, cuts and even in surgical wounds
internally and externally. It always gave me wonderful results.
About Hypericum, Dr. M. L. Tyler says in her ‘Drug Pictures’
“Among the Wound-worts and Bruise-worts
of our land, none rivals Hypericum for its healing touch on injured
nerves, and for injuries – especially to parts rich in nerves.
Here we use it both externally and internally."
Culpepper thus describes Hypericum, “It
is an excellent vulnerary plant…..outwardly of great service
in bruises, contusions and wounds; especially in the nervous parts……
the ointment opens obstructions, dissolves swellings and closes
up the lips of wounds…….”
Among the black letter symptoms of Hypericum we have-
“Punctured, incised, contused or lacerated
wounds, when pains are extremely severe and particularly if they
are of long duration; pains like those of severe toothache; pains
spread to neighbouring parts and extend up limb.”
Silicea is one of the first grade remedies for fistula in ano:
Constantine Hering in his Guiding Symptoms of our Materia
Medica puts this symptom in first grade:
- ¤¤ Fissura ani and fistula in ano.
John Henry Clarke says in his Dictionary of Practical Materia
Medica - The sensitiveness of Silicea
is one of its keynotes, and an over-susceptibility to nervous stimuli
is a frequent accompaniment of conditions requiring Silicea.
- The surface is tender and the least touch is painful. |