Eczema

[becklesfield]

Dear good people

My sister is currently using a homeopathist for her son's eczema
problem, at my suggestion. At first they experienced a very slight
improvement on silicea, which has rapidly worsened, to the degree
that the eczema is much worse than it has ever been. I know that
some believe that a healing crisis is necessary but it has been more
than 3 weeks with worsening symptoms. This poor boy (3 yo) is taking
his pyjamas off at night and scratching his back on the carpet.

I have advised her to stick with it, but to seek a second opinion, as
reading David Little once again, I see that a correct remedy given in
the correct dosage and potency should clear the symptoms and no
aggravation should occur or healing crisis be necessary.

Does anyone have an opinion or experience with eczema where the
symptoms are much much worse than have ever been? I feel I am right
in telling her to seek a second opinion. The practioner feels that
sulphur is the correct remedy but wanted to try silicea one more time
as it had this minor improvement (but no improvement at all since
that time). I wonder why the symptoms could come through so strongly
if they were never that strong to begin with? I am very much a
beginner to homeopathy but I always thought that if layers are peeled
back it would peel back to a former problem or strength of problem,
but not to a degree whereby it would be much worse than had ever
existed.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all, I
really love this list. The more I read and learn about homeopathy
the more the conversations you all have make sense to me! I might
even have a stab at the 'guess the remedy' posts one day!

Thanks
Becky

[isali]

?What is the profile of the boy? Look up the remedies in a materica medica
and see for yourself if there is similarity. You will be guided to view the
fuller picture of the boy. ?What potency was administered?

[Shannon Nelson]

Hi Becky,

Sometimes as healing happens within (i.e. at mental/emotional levels?),
things can worsen without (i.e. on the skin).

BTW this situation (improvement within, worsening without) is different from
a healing crisis; it is rather a shift in the focus of the disease, from
deeper and more crucial levels, to more superficial ones.

If this is what's happening, there should be *clear signs* of improvement
within, even in spite of the itching. Does the boy show signs of feeling
better in any way, or handling any difficult situations any better?

Shannon
on 12/8/02 11:07 AM, isali at isali@bellsouth.net wrote:

[Fatima Williamson]

dear Isali,
I am interested to know what potency you gave to your Eczema case. If you
started with a high dose you may want to reduce the aggrivation by
descending the RX. Sometimes to give TB as an inter current can help a lot.
Personally I would firstly descend the indicated remedy even if it needed to
be done within 2 or 3 hours of each potency then secondly descend the TB one
td starting with the same potency as the indicated Rx.
Best Regard,
Fatima

[Dave Hartley]

Hering's Law of cure (which is not necessarily an inflexible absolute, but
is generally well regarded) states that cure proceeds from within to
without; from the deeper to the superficial.
The skin is not only a potential portal of elimination in terms of discarges
& such, it is also definitively superficial, and is where symptoms may be
expressed (especially in cases where skin sx have previously been
suppressed, or where they have metastasized inward) at the least
life-threatening level... we should never be too anxious to try to "stomp
out" skin sx, we need to look at them as if they were an indicator of
chronic disease process (since they generally are) and avoid using remedies
which could be suppressive - meaning remedies which might have only
superficial similitude to the overall chronic disease process-- in other
words- remedies aimed solely at the skin sx, without taking the whole into
account... are likely to be suppressive, and will eventually contribute to
an overall decrease in health, vitality, adaptability... as ignored / unseen
chronic disease process continues on underneath.

regards,
Dave Hartley
www.Mr-Notebook.com
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Seattle, WA 425.820.7443
Asheville, NC 828.285.0240

[becklesfield]

--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, Robert&Shannon Nelson
wrote:
different from a healing crisis; it is rather a shift in the focus of
the disease, from deeper and more crucial levels, to more superficial
ones.



Sorry, I forgot to mention in my previous post, there has been no
improvement in his emotional or mental state. I asked her several
times to be sure (my sister is based on the other side of the world
to me, so I can't physically see for myself) and she was very clear
that there has been no improvement in mood or behaviour.

Thanks
Becky

[Shannon Nelson]

Then it sounds to me like a simply and sadly wrong remedy.
I'm eager to hear whether others have a different take??
Shannon
on 12/9/02 4:45 AM, becklesfield at
becklesfield@yahoo.com wrote:

[Sim Thiam Chye]

HI Becky

I have a friend's girl who is undergoing Hm. treatment for eczema also
she was given Sul 200C, then 1M, 10M, etc. She sufferred healing crisis for
abt 5-6 mths.
Her parents noticed that the areas where much steriod cream was applied has
more
aggravations and took a much longer time to improve. I believe the
suppression from
the steriod makes it necessary for the VF to drive the dieases to the skin
before
it is expelled from the body. They carried on with the treatment despite
the initial doubts. Their girl is much better now - eczema almost all gone.

I am not a Homoeopath, but I thot my friend's case may be of interest to
you.

Best wishes
TC

[Shannon Nelson]

Hi TC,

Do you know or recall whether there were positive signs to encourage the
family thru the aggravation (what a long time for it!!!), or was it pretty
much going on faith?

Thanks,
Shannon
on 12/10/02 9:49 PM, Sim Thiam Chye at tcsim@starhub.net.sg wrote:

[Sim Thiam Chye]

Hi Shannon

yes, the skin behind the heels started healing, I think within first or second mth.
her parents commented that those areas had less steriod cream applied.

From your email, I gathered that you think the aggravations were unneccessarily prolonged
in this case. Why do you think so? Can't it be a healing crisis instead of aggravation? The
steriod had suppressed the diseases for more than a year. Is it expected that the right Rx will
drive it out to the skin again????

How do we distinguish a healing crisis from an aggravation?
=========
Hi TC,

Do you know or recall whether there were positive signs to encourage the
family thru the aggravation (what a long time for it!!!), or was it pretty
much going on faith?

Thanks,
Shannon
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