Look for the Cause
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2002 Sep / Oct VOL 4 NO 5.
Dr C B Jain
'Cicuta / Arn
Case 1
A Marwari Jain Housewife, Mrs LLJ, 30 yr, came on 10/4/87, for recurrent
urinary tract infection. She improved on her constitutional medicine Phos
30-200.
On 17/11/90 she reported that she fell down from the bike. She got an injury on
the head and received couple of stitches. There was no H/O unconsciousness or
vomiting.
Following the injury, she lost the sense of smell- total anosmia. She also lost
all sense of taste. She feels hungry and eats normally, except sweets.
She underwent thorough investigations from neurological point of view.
Neurologists advised to wait for 3-4 weeks as her scan was normal.
No sector totality was developing, so I prescribed the constitutional medicine-Phos
200 (3P)
1/12/90
All above complaints remained same. Since head injury, she noticed that she does
not like to meet people, relatives etc. In the last week, she kept herself in a
dark room and avoided people. If somebody comes to see her, she avoids them and
asks them to go away. She remains alone and keeps quiet; her sleep is also
disturbed; sleeps only for 2-3 hrs.
Feels "Ghabrahat" vague fear of going out
with sensitiveness to draft of air. App: N. Doing her household work as usual.
AF Head Injury, Aversion to Company, avoids the sight of people (K-12), chilly
patient; Rx - Cicuta 30 TDS (3P) (selected 30 potency as clinically the
condition was not very clear).
6/12/90
Mental state improved, sleep improved, Ghabrahat > but +. Rx - Cicuta 30
TDS (5p)
8/1/91
Patient did not report for few weeks, in which period her mental state totally
improved. She started interacting with people and remained in company of family
members, not avoiding guests and relatives. Taste improved, can make out all
tastes. Can sense some difference in nose, but can’t make out smell.
Rx - Cicuta 30 TDS (7p)
5/2/91 Smell = slight > +. Cicuta 30 TDS (7p)
9/2/91 No smell at all, the sense of improvement disappeared.
Placebo
All through Feb 1999, the patient gradually improved and could smell though not
too well.
Case 2
Mr JRS, 30 years, Gujarati Jain, was working as a clerk in the share market.
Patient is on treatment for recurrent URTI, since 1986. He improved on Calc-phos
200 constitutional, Tub-bov 1M intercurrent.
On a Monday in August’89, patient reported at 7.30 in the evening. He came
down with fever, bodyache and coryza, after he got a little wet in the afternoon
while crossing the road. He is feeling chilly and weak. Thirst. S/O/E Temp 102.5oF.
Throat NAD. Chest NAD.
The primary physician took this follow up and came to me with
the suggestion of Rhus-tox. I felt acute is not well developed and
localised and he is coming down with high fever.
I decided to be clearer about clinical condition. To my first question: How it
started? He replied that while crossing the road, suddenly it started raining,
so he started walking speedily. While crossing the road to the footpath, I
missed a step and my big toe struck the footpath and a wave-like an electric
current passed through my Rt leg up to the Rt Sacroiliac joint. It lasted for a
minute or two and meanwhile my head got a bit wet. A few minutes later, the
general feverish feeling started. Clinical ? was not clear, but general response
of body was available and it followed an injury. On this thinking, we prescribed
Arnica 200 4 hrly.
Patient took one dose as prescribed. His general feverishness was better, and even before the 2nd dose, he slept. He did not have any complaints in the morning and was feeling well.
Conclusion:
The tracing of proper course of illness and AF helped to solve the
situation. So whenever a causative factor is available, we should give it
maximum grading.
