Seminar, Arefa Trust, October 2000
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2000 Sept / Oct VOL II NO 5.
Dr Aqueeela Shaikh
Dr Yogita Bhanushali
'Cic / Sulph / Mez / Phyt / Mur-ac / Ambr-g / Stann / Bry / Ipec / Verat-alb / Stram / Cann-ind
The Arefa trust organized a seminar by Dr Farokh Master on constitutional prescribing at the Bombay hospital on Sunday 1st Oct 00.
Inauguration: Recitation of a verse from the Holy Quran.
The Seminar In Earnest: Dr Master talked on AETIOLOGY: two types- direct and indirect.
Direct aetiology: information easy to obtain, of the fresh incident eg burn, head injury, accident Indirect aetiology: difficult to elicit as incident old.
Illustrative Cases
Case 1: Child brought with convulsions and opisthotonus < emotional excitement < touch.
A/F Head injury. Select a remedy which will cover aetiology, modalities and chief complaint. Differentiation: Arnica covers injury. Nat-Sulph covers head injury but not opisthotonus. Cicuta cover all 3, so it becomes the remedy of choice.
Case 2: A Case Of Indirect Aetiology
Pt had recurrent malaria. On detail history taking, he recollected that his first rigor was on the day following an anger episode. Pt had a habit of taking an afternoon nap. This if disturbed made him violently angry. On that day, his partner called at 3.15pm- there was a serious loss in business. Pt got violent, shouted and went back to sleep. Later he regretted his anger, as it was urgent enough for the partner to wake him up. Next day came the first rigor.
Rubric: Anger followed by repentance- Lyssin, Nux-v, Sulphur. Sulphur relieved.
Case 3: A Case Of Dr Dunham
Pt came for childhood deafness AF suppressed eruptions. Detailed descriptions of eruptions were similar to that of Mezerium, which cured.
Suppression: 2 types-Surgical and medical.
Case 4: of surgical suppression treated on the original symptoms.
Pt had H/O recurrent tonsillitis for which he was operated. Usually he had a right sided tonsils enlarged < change of weather, > cold drinks. Phytolacca relieved.
Case 5: By Dr Farhad Adjania
24 yrs male, software engineer, came for vertigo, tinnitus < morning < turning head with cervical stiffness < eyes red < anxiety. Cr: fish. Eats fast. Cannot pass urine in presence of others. Pt has tried meditation, yoga, recitation without effect. H/o bad, loveless childhood with bottled up anger. Hence pt isolated himself from society. Wants to marry somebody who would love him only for himself. Muriatic-acid cured within two months after which there was no flu.
The basic concept of Muriatic-acid is resemblance to mother (or anybody who nurtures). Cannot take any kind of rudeness; want to be in their shelves, demanding total attention. Dreams of home, fatherland, death of mother, embarrasement, shameful events.
Case 6: Dr Ajay Jain
Mr M 25 y, doing computer engineering, came with irritable bowels, since 2-3yrs. C/o loose stools 3-4/d foul smelling flatus, alternate constipation and diarrhoea, pustular acne-type eruptions on face and backache. Anxiety about what others will say about him, lack of self-confidence, mild, reserved. He has difficulty talking to strangers. Silent listener.
H/o embarrassment. In boys hostel where he was changing his clothes, one of his friend commented on size of his nipples. He did not know how to react and he felt very embarrassed. He got yellow coloured discharge from his eyes < talking to people, nocturnal enuresis till the age of 14 yrs, and he always thought what others would think about him. Hurried person, everytime strike hand against the computer desk. If friends ask for something, then he gives it away, though unwillingly. He feels very embarrassed when he passes offensive flatus, because of which he avoids being in company.
Rubrics:
A/F embarrassment
Mildness
Confidence, want of self, in
No cannot say
Awkward
Offensive flatus
Ambra-gresia 200 relieved his physical complaints and he felt much better in his anxiety level he could perform well in his interviews.
Key symptoms for Ambra-grasia - INHIBITION, not expressive- cannot communicate with strangers. Anxiety, trembles Case 7 By Dr Zubin: Rubrics: State of idleness Cancer: Two process in body keeps going-Heat and Cold. Heat causes fever, and cold produces hardness like arteriosclerosis, tumours etc. Polarity of the body should be in the center. Heat dissolves and so fever dissolves all the toxicity in the body. If heat in the body decreases coldness increases and so the hardness causes tumours, arteriosclerosis. We have to try and develop the heat in the body, by using the iscador therapy, which is used in Rx of cancer. Case 8: A female suffering from cancer of ovary, age 48 yrs, has complaints of constipation, heaviness in epigastria, dizziness < getting up from bed, < motion. Hot pt, gets angry at trifles, business minded, she buys sarees and sells them at cheap rates and very much interested in business and constantly talks about it. She has complains of motion sickness and < if disturbed from sleep. She is very hard working. Desires: soft rice and liquid food. P/H: Headache < coughing, motion. Chest pain < coughing, motion3. It is always important to find the link in the case, which you can get from the past. Case 9 By Dr C C Desai: Case 10: Pt came with breathlessness and feeling of coldness in the head, with numbness in the arms with pricking sensation. B.P.200/100. Rubrics: breathless with high pressure- acon, bell, verat-v. Late Dr Sarabhai Kapadia always said that start the case of intermittent fever, especially with Ipecac. Case 11 By Dr Ronak Shah: Case 12 By Dr Preeti Bilimonia: Few years ago he had fight with his brother-in-law and while he had to prove himself, he was asked to take swear on the holy Quran and after which he developed constant guilt that he had done wrong and so he felt very afraid, then he developed delirium -tears his clothes and talks to himself bites his nail, suspicious and cannot trust anybody. Suddenly gets angry and violent, irritable, abusive, and also threatens to commit suicide. Fear of black dog, dark and murder. Very jealous and possessive about his wife wouldn't allow his wife to go anywhere. Loquacious and constantly talks with different topics. Dreams: killing, quarrels, fight, snake. Desires: sweet, fish, meat, brinjal. Av: milk, fruits, spinach. Rx: Stramonium 1M- gave him relief and his loquacity and delirium also reduced. Dr Sharad Vcnally from Medisynth delivered a small lecture about their products and the manufacture, which was followed by a demonstration of Medisynth Company. Case 12 By Dr Girish Soni: Mentals: Left study in childhood, low socioeconomic class came to Bombay and started gambling and masturbation. Then married but his urge was so strong that he used to visit prostitutes. Anxiety about health, disease. Cannot sleep alone, suspicious, fear of ghost, dark, of being attacked. Dreams-amorous. Cannabis-indicus was given on H/O bhang, constipation, theriorizing, fear of being injured, attacked. Pain kidney. It helped. So after the lecture of so many Homoeopaths, we come to the conclusion that it is the pathy, which has lot to explore, and we have to be very careful about taking the case history and selecting the remedy, which we get after lots of hard work. This seminar was quite informative for the students.
A female typist aged 46 yrs, had a complaint of chronic abdominal pain since 3-4 yrs. She complained of cramps in the umbilical region with distended abd > pressure, > passing flatus. She keeps both her elbow at the navel and bends double. She has pain in upper limbs. Previously she was working in a different company where she was very occupied and due to certain reasons she left that job. But here there is very less work and so she feels very bored and has to wait for the time to pass, and find new ways to keep her busy.
Activity fruitlessly
Abdomen pain > bending double > pressure.
A/F reversal of fortune.
Remedy selected was Stannum-met, which helped her pain.
Tongue coated white and dry mouth. Bryonia-alb
Pt came for psoriasis, suddenly developed fever of 101-102. Antibiotics did not help, he also was constipated and he did not want to move.
X-RAY: Patchy pneumonitis. Tongue- white coated.
Bryonia 200- this was prescribed on the basis of keynotes and observation.
Next day his fever had gone down and he was relieved from constipation as well.
Coldness in the head- agar, bell.
Numbness in arm pricking sensation with- agar.
Rx Agaricus was given and his breathlessness was relieved and the pressure came to normal.
Pt came for the complaint of anxiety and chronic laryngitis. Pt loquacious and he kept on giving his complains and life story without inquiry. He had imaginary anxiety and despair of his social position, want to become rich and for that can lie, cheat. Very ambitious and optimistic. When he sees Bill Clinton's car he would say that in next 5 yrs you will see that car with me. Self made man. At present his basic anxiety is that he gets laryngitis very frequently and being a singer it affects. Desires salty, sour, ice. Veratrum-alb helped.
M/40 yrs. having complain of allergic rhinitis - sneezing 15-20/d, chronic otitis media of right side with pustular discharge and fever < exertion, > rest came on Dec 98. Insomnia can sleep only after 3A.M. Burning sole < lying down > rubbing. Constipated offensive odor of the body. Complained of premature ejaculation and constant thoughts of sex.
11/2/99- SQ Stram 10M.
3/5: anger > 40% SL given.
6/8: dry cough developed Stram 50M given.
18/10: cough < Stram 50 cm
1/2/00: > 3 SL given.
A male of 32 yrs came with pelviureteric obstruction gettiing pain from left to right kidney. acidity-heartburn < tobacco, bhang,> water. Unsatisfactory stools. Has craving for tobacco3 and Bhang3. Vertigo < rising. Infection progressed to kidney < from sexual abuse.
