psoriasis in child

[Joy Lucas]

Soroush kindly sent me this email so I can reply to it.

Rochelle, you stated that the psoriasis is >> cool and also that the scales are sometimes yellowish - these are particulars that are very very important (if accurate) and it is also important that these sx are not turned into generals. She might be generally a warm blooded person but the psoriasis is >> cool.

We see these kinds of apparent contradictions is hundreds of rx - Ars, so chilly but they burn like fire, Sulphur is chilly but they too burn like fire, Puls is chilly but cannot tolerate a warm stuffy room etc etc. BE ACCURATE and rank and group sx accordingly. Kali suplh >> cool applications and also has << from being over heated but there is also coldness throughout the sx picture - so there is a mixture. A deficiency of Kali sulph c auses chilliness. Maybe check out the 2 provings that have been done, not sure where the data is and possibly in German but it is around somewhere but the clinical notes we have on this rx seem good and true.

Maybe explore the dog obsession more. It may or may not indicate something deeper and interesting. Puls has a thing about dogs, usually black ones, but then kids often go through a stage of latching onto something so maybe don't make too much of it but explore it and explain it at least. Maybe she is Pulsatilla in the background especially with the recent 'sleepless from thoughts going round and round'.

I am not insisting that either of these rx are correct just suggesting they should be included but would prefer accurate instead of interpreted sx.

I'd be concerned that the Calcarea has misfired and don't quite understand the prescription for her. Try and get mum to stop prescribing for her as well. Joy

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[Rochelle]

Thanks Joy. Firstly my idea that she is chilly comes from Mum telling me that she will often wear her coat at breakfast before she goes to school because she is cold.
The yellowness to the scales may not be correct because Dad put some yellowish ointment on some of the lesions and that is why I took a photo of one on the back which had white scales.
Re the Calc she has done well on it in the past and that is why it was repeated.
Getting Mum to stop prescribing is a joke!! She has a Helios kit and phones the Homeopathic Helpline rather than bring the kids and herself to me and prescribes from what they say because it is cheaper than seeing me!! They have Medicash insurance as well which pays half. Mum is currently treating her own ear infection like this. Sooner or later she will give up and come back to me. She wanted me to provide her with 200C potencies and I refused. I told her she could get them from Helios but morally I felt I couldn't provide them with out a consultation!!
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

[Joy Lucas]

Well it is definitely a 'mum says' case then and this can be a real problem so you have to ask the girl herself what her thermals are all about. wearing a coat at breakfast can mean all sorts - no central heating, no dressing gown to wear, eccentricity etc etc but not necessarily that she is generally chilly - then you have to ask what is the relationship between a general and a particular sx - you need facts and not 'mum says' or 'I think'.

We hear so many times that someone did well on such a rx but what does this really mean - 'does well' isn't cure so what did the Calc do? I sympathise with self dosing cases they can be really difficult and messed up. Joy

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[muthu kumar]

Sorry jumping in late after initial posts, I think the suggestion
from Joy of Kali.sulph is a very good one. I have been hitting many
Kalis in going thru this - KP, KS, KC etc. And there is a sulph in
the background in this case - so KS might be a good suggestion-
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "rochelle" wrote:
getting at re its connection with Puls. Reading Clarke I note that
Hanson cured a case of psoriasis with a 3x . However it seems to be
a remedy for the very warm blooded - she appears to be chilly,- and
have a lot of yellowish discharges of which there appear to be none.
I am going to speak to Mum about ear infections as Mum suffers from
these. It is always possible that Mum has treated the child's ear
problems with homeopathy herself.
anyway, just to offer something towards this---
close but not the simillimum so the next obvious choice would have
to be a closely related rx and that would be Kali sulph (Schussler's
Pulsatilla) - huge affinity to psoriasis that is flaking
(desquamation) with some yellowness and >> cool.
emotional. physical and mental, so you get a kind of capricious
nature, well known in Pulsatilla but in Kali sulph a bit more vague
but nonetheless present and this takes the form of being anxious
about the most trifle things = not being able to answer when
required because mental exertion <<

[Liana Mihai]

Hi Soroush,

I apologize for getting you so upset with this case
analysis. “Good Grief!” “No Nuphar!” and the use of
capitals in your e-mail show not only that you
disagree with it – which is perfectly normal on a list
that facilitates the free exchange of opinions, but
also that you’ve got upset. Why?

Your questions seem to be purely rhetorical but maybe
that’s just my perception. If you (or anyone else)
really want me to answer, please let me know and I
will gladly provide whatever clarifications you need.

Have a wonderful week!

Liana
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[Rochelle]

Have spoken to Mum tonight. The Hypericum 30 has done a little but not much.
I told mum to dissolve a couple of pillules in a glass of water and give her
a teaspoon twice a day for a few days. If this doesn't work I will give her
a 200C

Mum confirmed that the child is chilly, the psoriasis > cold applications,
that the dogs bit is just drawing them and that she has soft toys that are
dogs, that she has a hamster that she is very loving towards, has had a
couple of ear infections with no discharge which Calc sorted out. She is not
going to take her to the doctor as she is convinced this is psoriasis not
ringworm.

Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

[Rochelle]

(Found this in my drafts folder so not sure if I posted it!! Sorry if I have
already!)
Dear Soroush,
I couldn't find Nuphar in Weeps when questioned. One rep had Cimic and
another Puls. You are correct in that she only gets upset when she can't
give me an answer straight away because she either doesn't know a definite
answer or she can't think of one.

The way I am looking at things at the moment I may go for Sepia. Now I know
the Sepia child is meant to be very negative and I don't think she is , but
Mum was very negative about her whole birth. It does come through as the
best "fittum" as it were.
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear Liana

Yes indeed I was very cross.

I thought my email was quite clear so if you kindly care to answer the
questions or points I raised we can get forward.

I could not see how on the basis of the list of rubrics you yourself had
picked up how you came to the conclusion that Nuphar was the needed remedy.

I do appreciate that sometimes when looking at rubrics one comes across a
'small' remedy that fits the picture but I could not see how it could be
achieved with Nuphar and this case.

It seemed to me similar to trying to forcibly fit an off sized jacket off
the rack to the patient despite a mis-match rather than bespoke tailoring.

Rgds
Soroush

[Rochelle]

Just had Mum on the phone. She said the coccyx was a lot better but the psoriasis is worse with some new patches appearing. So it looks as if the Hypericum 200 worked. She is coming in again this week so I am going to concentrate on the psoriasis symptoms so any further suggestions appreciated. I can't remember if Joy was back on the list when I posted about this but would appreciate your comments:-)
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

[Rochelle]

Joy - I have found your comments - you were online then!!:-)
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk