I Worry about Health!
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1999 Mar / Apr VOL VIII NO 2.
Dr Raji Govindrajan
'Cocculus
Mrs M aged 44, married with 2 children, and came to me on 24.11.97 with a complaint of pain in the Lt knee for the past one month.
X-RAY of 14.11.97 showed
- Early osteo-arthritic changes
- Joint spaces normal
- An oestolytic lesion in the femoral surface of the patella
Other Complaints:
Hypertension - 1½ yr. on drugs.
Headache - six years
< Sun
< Gastric
< Travel
< Loss of sleep
Personal History: Youngest in a family of 9 sisters.
Food: Prefers warm and moderately spiced.
Appetite: normal
Thirst: normal
Stools: regular
Urine: regular
Sweat: below normal
Weather: uncomfortable in summer
Sleep: good generally. Feels tired, weak and gets headache on missing sleep
Past History: Chickenpox, Mumps, when 12 yrs old
Family History: M - BP, F - Filariasis,
Uncle - Cancer of lungs,
MGM - TB of lungs, Sisters - arthritis
Patient spends time coaching school students in maths at home. No specific ambitions or disappointments.
Anxiety about health, arthritis in particular. About accidents etc, when husband and children go out. Of automatic lifts.
Travel Sickness - +++ - by car, train and bus
Does not enjoy travelling at all due to sickness.
Analysis
Anxiety about her health and about her family members, early OA changes, complaints from loss of sleep ++, travel sickness +++, headache due to travel or loss of sleep are clear indications of her constitutional remedy - Cocculus.
The Rubrics
Schroyens
| 16 | Mind anxiety about health |
| 18 | Mind anxiety for others |
| 19 | Mind anxiety for loss of sleep |
| 261 | Head pain, gastric |
| 267 | Head pain, riding carriage |
| 268 | Head pain, riding on cars |
| 269 | Head pain, loss of sleep from Head pain sleep loss of, night watching from |
| 270 | Head pain from exposure to sun |
| 1241 | Extremities pain - Lt knee then Rt knee |
| 1692 | General travelling ailment |
| 1682 | General loss of sleep |
Treatment
| 24.11.97 | Cocculus 200, 6 doses OD, SL 9 doses OD, Calc-phos 6x BDS |
| 11.12.97 | Felt better 30%. All parameters normal. Reduced BP drug to alternate days Rx Cocculus 200, 6 doses OD, SL 9 doses OD, Calc-phos 6x BD |
| 06.01.98 | BP normal. Lt knee painful on flexing. No headaches Rx Cocculus 1M one dose. SL for 14 days |
| 26.11.98 | Was fine all these months. Mild pain for the past one week. No other problems Rx Cocculus 1M one dose. SL for 14 days |
| 15.12.98 | Pain better by 50%. Was in need of one more follow-up Rx Cocculus 1M one dose. SL for 14 days |
| 20-2-99 | Is well even today. She has been followed up for 15 mths. |
