Spot Prescription
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2004 May / Jun VOL VI NO 3.
Dr Pradeep Garge
'Puls
A fair, tiny, 4 months old baby, pale, undernourished and from a poor family came on 14th March 1994. She was crying continuously for the last 5-6 days. Allopathic medicines gave no relief. The mother said that the baby cries suddenly and continuously for just a few minutes or few hours, then suddenly may stop crying and start laughing and playing. She also had 2-3 loose, greenish-yellow stools since 2 nights. While she was in the clinic, I saw that while crying, the baby was trying to bend forward. Did it help the pain? An abdominal examination revealed nothing. Investigations carried out by a pediatrician were normal.
My Thought Process
The first remedies thought of were Cina, Chamomilla but the
peculiarities
a) Type of stool
b) Night aggravation
c) Changeability, and
d) Bending double ameliorates - all made me think of Pulsatilla.
So Pulsatilla 200 was given. Another dose given after 2 hours, after
which, to the surprise of all, including the pediatrician, the child was
completely alright.
Note - Pulsatilla is graded three marks in Kent’s repertory in the rubric-pain in abdomen better by bending double. This was the bonus rubric, which I did not know earlier, and which clinched the remedy.
