Pushing the Child to Play!
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2003 Jan / Feb VOL V NO 1.
Dr Manoj Patel
'Merc-i-f
Master AM is a 3 ½ yrs old, male child from well to do Marwadi family presenting with recurrent tonsillitis, hyperactive syndrome and poor weight gain
| Thorat Rt. side+++ Lt.side++ Rec every month |
Tonsillitis with pus pockets with occasional Pain and recurrent fever | A/F cold drinks <swallowing <change of weather |
Salivation++ Tongue post coated creamish. |
Mother’s history of pregnancy - pre-eclamptia, odema,
hypertension in the last 3 mths of pregnancy with vomiting.
Full term forceps delivery. Breast feed for 2-3 months.
Personality
Normal milestones.
Appetite: Eats too often.
Craving-spicy, salty.
Perspiration-scalp profuse. Thermal-Hot.
Life Story
Mother comes from a joint family. She faces usual stresses
along with suppressed emotions. Child started reacting to attending the play
school. Since 3yrs of age mother insisted on sending the child to play school
which became a relieving factor for her. Child is extremely hyperactive with
destructive tendency. Breaks things so. He reacts sharply to his younger sibling
and is aggressive to the point of injury to the newborn. Parents concerned with
this behavior of the child. He was quite impulsive and headstrong (obstinate).
Mother frequently resorts to beating. Another peculiarity was that the child was very thin and not growing well, in spite of eating well. He had no fear of darkness or being alone.
Discussion
The four columns of the above case demonstrate totality of Merc-i-f
(location ,side, pathology, concomitant tongue) in its tonsillitis.
Now it is interesting to co-relate child’s destructiveness
to aggression of mercury. As well, as we are able to see shades of Iodine in
form of glandular affection and concomitants of appetite (hunger++ still loosing
flesh poor wt gain at growing age).
Result
Merc-i-f 200 for 3 days relieved tonsillitis. And
subsequently later in the following week after proper understanding of the case MIF
200 infrequently helped to reduced relapse ,letter after 1 month.
Merc-i-f 1M was administered, this improved behavior and reduced the destructive tendency of the child. Last he was given Tub 1m to deal with miasmatic lode. Child is doing well since then.
