How I learnt to handle deafness
Try it before you dump it!
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2004 Jul / Aug VOL VI NO 4.
Dr Dilip Bhaskar Dikshit
'Tub-b / Sulp
Mr TM, 27yrs, Mechanical Engineer came to Palghar Hospital on 10th Jan 2004 with the chief complaint of
- Rt Ear- diminished hearing since childhood. No Tinnitus. No vertigo.
Past History - 2 yrs back two episodes of otorrhoea. - Discharge yellowish, preceded by cold.
ENT opinion 5 yrs back tympanic membrane perforated. - Respiratory tract: Since childhood. cold. sneezing. throat pain. Cough with yellowish expectoration. A/F Change of weather.
- Headache if skips tea.
Patient as a Person
Ht: 5' 3
Wt: 58 Kgs
Skin: Fungal infection on underarms, legs, hands; since 10 years; off and on.
Appetite: Normal.
Craving: Pungent²
Acidity: Occasionally when eats outside.
Perspiration: Offensive on axilla².
Stool: Normal
Urine: Normal
Sleep: Normal.
Thermal: Chilly
Family History: Father - Diabetes.
Mental State
Adjusting nature. Anticipatory anxiety < exams during², < result during. Though says can mix easily with people, has very few friends. Was defensive while answering.
Investigations
Rinnes And Webers Test: Rt Ear- No Air and Bone Conduction.
Treatment
| Date | Symptoms | Remedy |
| 14/01/04 | Advised audiogram. | Tub-b 1M 1st dose |
| 25/02/04 | Cold with swelling in Rt ear. Pulsating sensation over Rt eyebrow. | Tub-b 1M 2nd dose Sulphur 30 1st dose |
| 10/03/04 | Swelling in Rt ear >³. Pulsating sensation over Rt eyebrow³. | Tub-b 1M 3rd dose Sulphur 30 2nd dose |
| 24/03/04 | Furuncle in Rt ear external auditory canal. | Hep-s 30 3P 1P=4 |
| 27/03/04 | No Pain. Size Better. | Hep-s 200 3P 1P=4 |
| 31/03/04 | Pain < on touch | Hep-s 1M 3P 1P=2 |
| 03/04/04 | Furuncle=0 | Tub-b 1M 4th dose Sulphur 30 3rd dose |
| 07/04/04 | >² | Tub-b 1M 5th dose Sulphur 30 4th dose |
| 02/6/04 | Hearing > 15% | Tub-b 1M 6th dose Sulphur 30 5th dose |
Rationale
In my internship days I was working in ?????????????????hospital. There I had a case I was treating for some other complaint. I gave him Sulphur. We found to our surprise that along with overall improvement of health, he improved his hearing! I attributed this to Sulphur. Then I tried it in the next case, who also improved. The third did not. I analyzed the situation- neural deafness as Tubercular Miasm. I interposed a dose of Tub-b 1M- single dose. His hearing improved. Over the last 20 years I have treated scores of cases with this approach and about 90% of them have improved in their hearing.
I cannot give you much other explanation for the results except that the disorder is mainly a chronic type and only the 2 deep acting miasmatic remedies are able to handle it successfully. Do not bother to refute this logic, just try it in your next case and see if it works and then only adapt it. I have tried my other usual channels - of giving the constitutional remedy etc without success.
