Chew My Lip
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1995 Sep / Oct Vol IV No 5.
Rangoonwala N R.
Cases.
` Benz-ac
An infant aged 32 months was brought to me on 31-8-95 with complaints of
- Coryza with difficulty in breathing.
- Curdy vomiting, eating after; eructations.
- Stool - alternate days, Flatulent ++ - noisy.
- External throat red and itching present.
- Few eruptions on lower limbs. (Mother had skin eruption during pregnancy which were
suppressed).
Other symptoms observed were - - Chewing of lower lip
- Perspiration of face during feeding.
- Child always wanted to be carried and not laid down.
For a child of this age it was very peculiar to have biting of lower lip. This was looked in Kent Repertory (Pg 397) - Benzoic acid was the only medicine mentioned.
Boerickes Materia Medica was consulted and the following symptoms were found to be covering this case:
- Child wants to be nursed in the arms, will not be laid down.
- Sweats while eating.
- Bowel movements, windy.
Treatment and follow-up:
31-8-95 Benzoic acid 30 (II)
8-9-95 Right shoulder, vesicular eruption
Treatment - ct all.
16-9-95 Decrease in vesicular eruption
Treatment - Placebo.
25-9-95 Decrease in coryza, gas and difficulty in breathing.
Treatment - Placebo
3-10-95 Better in general
Treatment - Placebo.
