The Dancing Doll
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1998 Sep / Oct VOL VII NO 5.
Dr Nina Doshi
'Zinc-met

A short, stout, smiling, well-dressed lady aged 41 entered the clinic and I just could not hold back a comparison between her and a doll! Her head kept nodding to and fro! The only difference was that her body too moved in response to the movement of her head.

Complaints:

1. Intense dysmenorrhoea with scanty menses since last 6 months.
2. Anal fissure with itching and pain for which she used pain killers left, right and centre, ending up with severe hyperacidity.
3. Heavy weight problem, which had already given her a slip disc and [R] sided sciatica. The pain made lying down and long standing very difficult. Often has to sit up even at night. Backache is AGG by climbing with weight in hand.
4. [R] Sided heel pain with tingling, which gets AGG when stepping on cold ground with bare feet. Better by hot fomentation.
5. Headache AGG by heat and in summer.
6. Allergic conjunctivitis due to climatic changes.

Personal History:
Appetite: normal
Thirst: dry mouth with increased thirst.
Desires: sweets, spicy, sour, cold food3, salt, fruits.
Stools: tendency to loose stools with slightest indiscretion in diet. Flatulence with eructation > passing flatus.
Micturition: increased frequency at night with recurrent UTI.
Perspiration: scanty
Sleep: normal.
Dreams: of dead bodies.

Family History: Father: heart problem.
Patient has three brothers and five sisters, one daughter of 14 years of age.

Physical Examination: Multiple small pedenculated warts on nape of the neck.

Mind and Life Situation:
A moody person with an expressive faces but does not speak out. Easily hurt and offended. Used to feel disappointed and inferior on delivering a girl child, but gradually developed attachment to the daughter and could not tolerate anyone talking against her daughter or reprimanding her. If daughter reprimanded by some one, she would get excited and speak up for her, but later wept alone on the side When the child was born, she used to stay in a joint family and initially could not cope with the extra burden of bringing up the child along with the housework. She had decided against a second child. Fear of being alone with marked nervousness. Very mild with her daughter. She keeps herself busy with a sedentary lifestyle. She drives the car and goes out shopping etc.

Repertorisation:
Zinc-met covers the following rubrics pertaining to the case:

SR 310	Quiet disposition
SR 13	Anger, vexation
SR 14	With silent grief
SR 17	Excitement, emotional
SR 54	Anxiety
SR 118	Busy
SR 119	Capriciousness
SR 123	Cares about relatives
SR 140	Child bed, mental symptoms during
SR 149	Company desire for
SR 412	Indifference with ennui
SR 581	Hurry -drinking and eating
SR 477	Fear of being alone. Tonsil inflammation with hoarseness
Ro 148	Urination urging frequent at night
Ro 302	Dreams of dead bodies.

Treatment and Follow-Up :

Date	Symptoms	Remedy
1/1/98		Staph1M -1, SL 15 days
14/1/98	LMP 9th with marked Dysmenorrhoea. acute stomatitis, acidity, frequency of urination, dry mouth esp at night. A characteristic symptom: drinks and eats in a hurry. I re-evaluated my case again and changed my prescription too.	Zinc-met 200 I, SL 4 days.
20/1/98	Stomatitis, acidity & Dryness of mouth better. Has flatulence and itching anus.	SL 15 days
12/2/98	Hoarseness, sore throat, thick yellow nasal discharge, headache with slight fever. This time her menses delayed with no Dysmenorrhoea. Pain in fissure off & on. Leucorrhoea from over exertion.	SL 1 month
2/3/98	Insomnia, itching in warts, fissure pain with itching AGG by passing stools	Zinc-met 1M -1 dose
16/3/98	Regular menses, no pain, acidity better, warts less in number. No stomatitis. Sleep better.	SL 7 days
25/3/98	Acute pain in the heel. AGG keeping foot on the ground. Better by hot fermentation. Agg over exertion. Burning in urine. Agg at conclusion of passing urine.	Zinc-met 1M I SL 1 month
20/4/98	Much better in all aspects. Warts reduced. Acidity and fissure pain negligible.	No medicine

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