Holding it all In
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1997 Mar / Apr VOL VI NO 2.
Dr. Vishpala Parthasarthy
' Mag-m / Mag-m
Life Story : Born in 1946. In 1954, when he was 8 yrs old and his brother was 4, they lost their mother.4 mths later, in 1955, the father remarried, as the children were too small to handle alone. But patient was 8, and had already heard stories about bad step-mothers- so he was very antagonostic to her. The younger brother accepted her., and was quite attached to her. She had one son ub 1956 who died of encephalitis in 1962, when pt 16. During those 8 yrs, more aleination worsened by fact of his being in his teens. He always felt she took father away from them and that he listened to her more.
1966, when he was 18, he joined VJTI and simultaneouly started part-time work in Khatau Mill 1969-71 he went to Manchester for further studies in textiles. Joined the Khatau Mills fulltime. He married in 1972 and moved out of his father's house, and bought his own house in the suburbs, from money left in a trust byMGF & MU. Parents had refused help In 1977 he had a son and then a dayghte in 1980. Was crazy about his daughter, after whose birth they moved to a 2-bedroom house. Now reconciled to father, even consults him on major decisions like buying house. But other-wise goes rerely.
MIND: Irritable. Keeps emotions pent-up and broods a lot./occcasionlaay weeps. Has some friends, likes company, though talks little.. Fears- only father and chloroform in hospital. Nervous before exams.
SLEEP: always disturbed, and not refreshing. Used to talk and start in sleep
Dreams a lot of mother, of daily eents, and sometimes frightful dreams- when he does not know what to do.
Likes fan, AC, winter. Sun gives him headache. He has a warm bath and does not cover at night.
Analysis: Strong Tubercular-sycotic trait.
A clear Magnesium case, with Natrum coming up for differtiation for his strong antagonisms. Evening aggr brought in Puls as acute.
Planning And Programming:
acute: Puls 30
Chronic: Mag-m 30
Intercurrent: Thuja 2oo
Follow Up:
| 6-8-85 | Very acute acidity | Puls 30 bd |
| 12-8-85 | > 50% in all respects except Acne | Mag M30 [1] |
| 20-8-85 | Cold with mild fever | Puls 30 |
| 3-9-85 | Cold | Puls 30 |
| 10-9-85 | Better except BP 160/100 | Mag-mur 30 [3] HS |
| 17-9-85 | BP 160/100 | 15-10-85 | BP: SQ Thuja 200 [1]. Acne SQ. Mag-mur 200 [3] doses |
| 24-12-85 | > all respects except BP 140/100 |
For this continued high BP I tried specifies like Ver-vir30, Ign, 1M but without any benefit. Meanwhile patient decided that for BP it was better to take Anti Hypertensive and discontinued treatment.
Conclusion : These two cases of Magnesium have been given to demonstrate the necessity of taking the life story in detail. The remedy may not have emerged clearly but for the story I know a lot of Homoeopaths say that mentals are unreliable, physicals are the key. As far as possible I try to get my 3 legged stool
I'd like to tell you about a case I took just recently of DUB in a lady of 32, where Mag-sul was prescribed. Here, mother was already my patient but she had not told me much. I would not have got the story if I had not sent the mother out and asked the patient to start the story from birth. It transpired that the girl was born after her father's death. They then lived with MGPs till she was 9 she was a confident, bright girl. Then her MGM died and MU was not treating them well. So MGF insisted that the mother remarry. This and the relocation to Bombay and the subsequent birth of sister, within a yr, made out patient feel and outsider and unwanted (though this was not the case - what is important for us, is the perception of the patient). She took a long time to regain her confidence and performance. Marriage, though in keeping with her wishes, was relocation to Ahmedabad. Sex was also a shock and she started getting prolonged menstrual bleeding for 21 days. Now menses are better. Magnesium was again the remedy in this case of " the outsider ", and she improved dramatically, both emotionally and physically, in one month only.
