Seminar IIHP Sept 1995.
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY by Vishpala Parthasarathy.
1995 Jul / Aug Vol IV No 4.
Vishpala Parthasarathy.
Seminar Reports.
Bombay Sept. 95
A seminar was organized by IIHP at Bombay on 17th September, 1995. It was a seminar with a difference, having two speakers of different approaches to Homoeopathic treatment: one a fast bowel (Dr. Praful Vijaykar) and another a spin bowler (Dr. Jayesh Shah). Their experiences with an uncommon remedy. It was an exciting proposition, especially as I myself was not at all familiar with the remedy. The remedy, discussed most was Calc-mur on which two to four cases were shown and discussed. They also touched other remedies like Aurum Salts etc. I will report mainly on Calcarea-mur and Aurum-ars.
Case 1: (Dr. Vijaykar).
Mrs. M.A., 23 years old, came from Jaipur for the following complaints - palpitation since 3 months. Restless +3. Profuse perspiration. Felt chilly as if ice was flowing through her.
Four months ago while cutting meat during a fast, she felt a sensation in mind and heart that this animal was alive just a few hours ago and was now dead. This fate could happen to her and her child too? After this she had attacks of panic; searching for knife to slash self or others, runs about and gains strength of five people. 2-3 men are required to hold her. Laughs immoderately. (3+). Fear of life and death. Suicidal tendency - slashing with knife. Sensitive (3+). Brooding. Likes happy songs but not allowed to play tapes in the in-laws house. She misses her mother (3+).
Earlier she had a very happy-go-lucky disposition. Liked parties (3+) and functions (3+). Was a good student, was praised at school, and was good at mimicry. Cravings - earlier spicy but now more of sweets.
Thirst - scanty
Controls urine for 2-3 days.
Worse in the sun. Tendency to bruises and suppuration. Video of the case showed a lean and delicate person with big eyes. Muslim. Restless about what to do and what not to do - to run away or not. collapse (3+). She constantly thinks about her future and that of child who can also die: Why live at all?
Dreams:
- Of eating mothers flesh
- Cutting elder sons neck
- Strangling herself.
- d) On seeing a knife she gets an impulse to kill, even to strangulate. She is very
restless. Likes to move around constantly but cannot as Father-in-law is at home.
Therefore just moves about on the bench in her house.
She was prescribed Hepar-sulph based on the rubrics - Kill impulse to; Intense expression; Staring eyes and Suppuration.
Follow-up:
A week later: Eyes were no longer staring and she looked more relaxed. Other symptoms - No strength to do work. Head heavy, giddy, numbness worse in the morning. Suicidal and hurting thoughts better (3+). Fear better (3+). Palpitation better. Although she had a good appetite she could not eat.
Craves sweets (3+) Chilly (3+). Worse in Sun (3+) which caused vertigo - headache. The prescribing doctor was not happy with the result and went through the case again.
Basic nature:
Cheerful, lively, vivacious, mischievous, wants to please < sun, craves : spices and sour.
Worse in the sun this symptom contraindicates Hep-sul.
The patient was chilly yet worse sun which indicates Ars-alb and not Hepar-sulph.
Worse in the evening. Wants to be held by her mother. Itching in body. Externalisation of
internal symptom.
Ars-alb has suicidal tendency by asphyxia, hanging, gagging, constriction, mutilating
body.
On review it was decided to give Ars-alb. he following rubrics in Phataks Repertory were
consulted:
- Oversensitive
- Violence (3+) - self torture - pulling hair, biting nails, tearing own body apart. (impulses morbid - Hep and Ars)
- Suicidal tendencies
- Sudden onset - Fixed ideas
- Does not want to meet acquaintences, thinks she has offended them.
- Mania. Desire to be held.
Case 2: OF AURUM-ARS (Dr. Jayesh Shah)
A 29 years old male came on 29-12-94 for complaints of low BP, vertigo, flatulence, acidity, headache, colds and asthma.
Patient as a person: Lean, fair, no hair, very boyish looking and slightly effeminate. Has a tendency to never put on weight.
Life Story: He has a basic trait - Needs appreciation and needs love. In school he was good in studies but two events occured which made him think why study at all! At the 13th year he started smoking and fell in bad company.
The first incident - was that in the aeromodelling class he made a very good model, which accidentally got damaged. He cried to the Principal - "my life will be ruined". Yet no one heeded. No one appreciated his efforts. Even on that day his family never supported him. He felt like blowing up the whole world. "Blast everything and go away where no one can trouble me".
The second incident was while he worked hard for 1 1-2 months for a race. The whole family and girl-friend came to see the race. But in the race, his spikes got stuck on the stones and he tripped and fell. His world came crashing down. He felt humiliated!.
Hence, after school, he gave up further studies and joined his fathers business. However he had fears, anxiety and worries which kept increasing till he became sick. Every trifle worried him - party, travel, business, what will happen if father dies? Will people trust me? This fear was reflected in his dreams. His dreams were - falling from a cliff or a building; some faceless creature is terrorising him.
The other and opposite side of his personality is his passion for gambling, sports and cricket, entertaining and joking at a party by being on the centre stage. Feels he could have been in films.
To Sum up -
- He is a child who never grew up, emotionally and physically.
- Craves appreciation.
- Fastidious
- Anxiety
- Delusions - Failure he is
- Ruined he is
- Worthless he is
- Forsaken
- Alone
- Ghosts, spirits, hovering
- Pessimistic
- Self destructive behaviour; gambling, (Aurum-ars), smoking, drinking.
- Want to boyish go (Aurum)
Prescription: AURUM ARS 1M one dose.
Follow-up - After 1 month - gas and acidity better, colds, better; sleeps well. Looks mature.
2nd follow-up (24-2-95) - weight gain; no gambling though still feels like indulging in it. Stomatitis better, asthma better. No unpleasant dreams.
24-3-95 - Work depression and tension less. Emotionally feels better.
Case 3: (Dr. Vijaykar)
This was a case of an old man of 68 years, whose son gave the history beginning with - "My father has not come out of the house for the last 6 months and out of his room for the past 1 1-2 months and bed for the past 1 week. He has not taken a bath for the past 15 days and no food for 10 days".
Mentally, he was nervous, jittery, and has a feeling that something bad will happen to him. Goes to sleep. Non-communicative. Right from childhood he was never interested in the family. Because of constipation he cannot eat; consequently feels weak. Eats hurriedly and lies down. He has to be forced to take a bath.
Desires curtains drawn in his room for fear of robbers; just sits the whole day in the bed staring. Was under psychiatric treatment for 2 years. In 1968 he had T B followed by a similar illness.
Life Story -
He had a business with elder brother whom he greatly respected. He was a shrewd businessman and built up a virtual monopoly of brown paper envelopes by giving cheapest rate. But stuck sand to increase weight and so made up by giving fewer envelopes per kg! He had no fears whatsoever and was always out of the house and never involved with the family. He did not help even in organising his daughters wedding.
Liked to carry money (3+), gambling (3+) with own money, was quarrelsome and a heavy smoker.
Symptoms -
- Delirium (3+) Feeling of guilt
- Weeps (3+)
- Feels he has done wrong and neglected his family.
- Wants to commit suicide by jumping out; he had to be held back.
- Hurried;
- Will sleep only on brown covers.
- Company aggravates (3+)
Wears the same clothes for 3-4 days at a stretch and soils the clothes with food. Never takes baths, nor combs his hair, untidy, shabby (3+), anxious (3+) and weak (3+).
Prescribed: Aurum-ars 1M.
Follow up:
After 2 weeks he was found to be neatly dressed and well.
Case analysis:
This case combines the symptoms of Ars and Aurum.
Aurum - Feeling of guilt - neglected his duty to family.
- suicidal tendency
- indifference
- want of will
Arsenicum - Avarice in money matter
- Anxiety about health
- Gambling.
A brief summary of Aurum-ars as related by Dr. Vijaykar:
Fanatics (Khomeini - Saddam Hussain)
Gold attracts - greedy avarice
Ars on getting gold is saturated
So the symptoms become opposite
eg: Fastidious - > untidy
> Violent
Reproach, imaginary insults, sacrifice, neglects duty etc.
Other Aurums:
Aur-sul - Concentration of family. Likes children to be together.
Aur-ars - My cause is more important anything else.
Aur-mur - Selfish. My health (not me) is more important than anything else.
Aur-iod - Belladonna of Aurums. Everybody else more important than me.
Case 4: (Dr. Jayesh Shah)
A 25 year old male suffered from severe and sudden onset of diabetes. He had high fever with bodyache and pain in abdomen. There was severe throat pain.
Craves: Chilled water, cold wine, bread, butter cheese.
Was on antibiotics but did not improve. Insulin injections needed daily.
Intense heat with flatulence.
Headache aggravated by sun.
Gets into panic when his mother and wife are around. Restless; drowsy.
Nature:
Very fearful; fear of making mistakes. lack of confidence: hesitancy. A-F suicide by cousins wife: felt that her ghost will haunt him. Fear when alone and can not sleep. These fears increased after his grand mother died one month ago. Insisted on sleeping in the drawing room with his mother and wife.
P-H - He had a tendency to hide his emotions and tensions because of fear. Introverted.
His friends say that he is cool in a tense situation but the patient says he looks cool but is fearful inside. He is cautious, fearful and personally sees that doors are locked up at night. Sensitive to beggars. Fears cockroaches and horror movies. Very attached to his mother and felt neglected after the second child, but kept the forsaken feeling to himself.
He became very restless, indifferent and dull in school. The teacher spoke to his mother to talk to him. His mother told him that she had to look after the small baby and told the patient that "you are grown up and so look after yourself". After this event, he suddenly matured, never asked for attention, was compromising and became a good boy.
As his attention - seeking behaviors become inappropriate, he became reserved. Afraid to speak out his fears; overcome by forsaken feeling and hence avoided to show his longing for attention, thinking he will be laughed at. He shows it only when insecurity and fears become overwhelming.
Profuse sweating due to insulin.
Prescription: - Calc-mur.
Analysis -
- Fear (3+) of Calcarea
- Insecurity
- Wants shelter of mother
- Afraid of showing the need of attention
- Wants to avoid others noting his confusion
- Their need for care is ridiculed hence they hide it.
Follow-up: (13-5-95)
Stiff - as if not wanting to been seen by doctor.
Anger better. Weakness (3+) till doctor realized insulin was still being continued and
stopped it.
Case 5: Calcarea-mur
A 50 years old male, suffered from excruciating pain in joints. Very irritable, slow and stocky and stiff. He was timid and fearful. Gets mad with pain. He shouts at the children if they switch on the TV or if his wife talks on the telephone. Feels that everyone should look after him only; anxious "If I die what will happen to them?"
Dreams - "Saw mother sitting next to me. Since she is around, I feel better. Every time I fall sick, I think of my mother and think if she was here she would be constantly with me, will not even cook so as not to be away from me, even if this meant getting food from the hotel".
Developed shoulder calcification.
Prescription: Calc-mur 200 - one dose.
In 2 days - pains better. After five days - pain gone. After 2 weeks the X-ray;
calcification of shoulder as absent.
Conclusion:
Learnt two remedies - Calc-mur and Aurum-ars. Readers, please write in your experiences.
