The Neglected Daughter
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2000 Mar / Apr VOL II NO 2.
Dr Champat B Jain
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The patient was referred by a family physician. The mother saw me a day earlier when her case was defined. The impression of the mother: a well-dressed, competent person who appeared to be running the show. Her impressions of her daughter: a confused individual who did not know her own mind.
SCR Recording
- Miss SRS 23 yrs.
- Single Hindu Vaisya
- Non-veg.
- B.Sc 1981.
- Medical representative.
Chief Complaints:
| Location | Sensation | Modalities | Concomitants | |
| 1 | Mind 1968 | Bad disagreeable thoughts. Death3 of self and relatives. Train accidents- gets scared3. Suspicious. Walking in particular line. | A/F shock3 < Anxiety3 < when alone3 >Diversion >when busy2 >with fast activities (no amel with slow activities) |
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| 1977 | Repeats every act twice, thrice or more often. | |||
| since last 2-3 years. |
Touching any object frequently. Restlessness of hands, writing and scratching out, washing hands2 and touching water. Repeating the task, going upstairs and coming back and again doing the same.Better Gets irritated about C/c. | |||
| 2 | U R T 8th std. till 1978Ascending cold3 Rt  Lt. Comes suddenly and goes suddenly. 1978 after hardly any attacksOnce lower RS involved |
Sore throat ear pain. Eyes burning or coryza. Cough with expectoration thick yellowish offensive2 pus. There used to be some membrane on the tonsil and physician used to remove it. Difficulty in swallowing. Cough3 Diagnosis : Eosinophillia |
< curds3 < ? Fish < arrowroot halva < eating < drinking >2 warm water >3 with allop.Rx |
Weakness wants to lie down. |
Associated Complaints
| Location | Sensation | Modalities | Concomitants | |
| 1 | Parotid glands | Rt Lt for 1 1/2 months. Xth std. |
> with Allop Rx | Likes covering |
| 2 | Knees- last rainy season only | Pain & difficulty after folding legs. Pain in calf muscles. | < 3 rainy season < morning. |
Life Space
Miss SRS Born in a Maharashtrian Hindu Vaisya fly. Family is basically from Goa, but now in Bombay since many years. Father runs a South Indian Hotel, owned by patient's paternal grandmother.
Upto to 4th std, she was in a coeducational school. After that she joined a school for girls. Very shy, she always sat on the last bench. An average student, poor in Mathematics; not much of co-curricular activities, nor many friends. On the contrary, was very argumentative. And often fought with the girls. Even at home she had few friends and would fight with them. But she had good friends at her Uncle's place, more with boys than girls. She liked to dress like a boy and play boys games like viti dandu, cricket and marbles. She never liked to wear frocks etc. In those days going to school and coming back was her only activity. She enjoyed vacations at her uncle's place. She felt better when away from home. Very attached to father and maternal grandfather.
Family Situation: Her father's Hotel was doing well, and they were financially well off, having servants etc. But there were quarrels between her mother and paternal grandmother, as the hotel is on her grandmother's name. Already litigation was going on about small stalls around the hotel. The patient's parents pay all expenses. Now since 1967, patient's grandmother wanted to give this Hotel to her daughter.
Family Dynamics
Father is described as sentimental with less initiative. He never interfered with patient's career, except when she wanted to go to Ayurvedic medical college after 10th; her father objected due to the patient's fearsome nature & thoughts of death. Then patient decided to do her HSC. She did 11th from school and 12th from college. After 12th she could not join BAMS; she could not get into LCEH as the financial position was tight and there was no possibility of raising donation. So joined B Sc, hence her ambition of being a doctor was not fulfilled.
They were facing financial difficulties during that period. Her mother sold some ornaments for children's education and for litigation about stalls. Because of this problem there used to be clashes with PGM. So her mother moved to her parent's place at Thane for 5 years and she came back in 1967 when PGM started living separately. It seems that patient is much attached to father but he does not reciprocating. On the contrary, he is attached to son and in the process the patient feels "NEGLECTED" from both her parents. At home she is bored and lethargic. Her complaints ameliorate outside the house or in company or at her M uncle's place where she feels nice. Father's nature is such that he will give money to other people in trouble, even if it means not keeping anything for him.
Patient says her mother has NEGLETED her. She did not love her. "She did partiality with me". She loved her brother and cared only for him and not for her. "She did not teach me sewing, embroidery etc. All this I learnt by looking at her. She never allowed me cooking or any household work by saying that I will spoil the thing. If by chance I had done something she will do it again and that moment, I feel bad. I was weak in Maths. She did not teach me. On the contrary, she used to tease me. For College admission, they accompanied my brother and helped in the choice of the subject. For me they did not bother what I am doing, what I should do etc. Nobody gave advice about my choosing the stream in College. I myself selected Science. I went alone with my friends to get prospectus, admissions etc."
"My brother has a DUAL NATURE. A SELFISH INDIVIDUAL. His friends also tell the same thing." She has a chronic resentment3 towards her elder brother. She HATES him from childhood because he was always teasing and beating her. At the same time parents esp. the mother gave support to the brother instead of her. She never received love and sympathy from parents. She developed interest outside the house. She developed strong attachment to MGF. She was very happy at Thane where she kept herself almost normal whereas at her own residence she does not keep well.
She never felt normal when people were complimenting her brother. She wanted to go one step ahead. "Since the beginning I have a competition in my mind to win the race. I should be something more than him. As he has beaten me in childhood, today I feel like beating him and taking revenge." Whatever he does, she wants to do the same things e g Science® Homoeopathy. They always quarrel (even today) on small instances and they want to prove each other wrong.
In childhood, she had fear of ghosts, cats3, dark3 of being alone, not going alone from one room to the other. She used to scream on seeing cats. She has been afraid of widows. In school she remained quarrelsome. In those days in any dispute about anything with brother or with her mother, her typical response was not to talk, not to work, eat less and remain gloomy and sad.
In the 8th std, her paternal uncle died. His pet name and her MGF's pet name were the same. As soon as she heard the news, she got shocked but the very next moment she came to know about the reality. All complaints have started after that incident of shock. Now she gets thoughts that 'my MGF should not die. If he dies what will happen?' The same thing about her father. These thoughts are aggravated when she is alone at home. She does not get thoughts when she is in company. Since 1973 to 78 she brooded much; but since 1978 it has reduced and now it is only 40%.
