tonsil stones now Calc renalis

[Rochelle]

Calcarea Renalis Praeparata



Preparation- There are two kinds of renal claculi, the phosphatic and the uric, which should be triturated as separate preparations. (The Homeopathic Examiner, 1846, contained the following paper, by Dr. Bredenoll. We may add that the remedy is reported to be peculiarly beneficial in Rigg's disease of the teeth.)

My professional engagements do not permit me to spend much tine in writing; the following case, however, I deem worthy of note.



Born of healthy parents, I remained quite healthy until my twenty-third year.

I had no trouble in getting over the diseases to which children are generally liable. Some of them, scarlet fever and measles, attacked me when I was already engaged in my professional career. I am now fifty-seven years old.

In the year 1880 while vaccinating children, I caught the itch from one of them. Although I washed myself with soap water immediately, yet a pustule made its appearance in about eight days, between the little finger and ring finger of the left hand; afterwards a few more came on at the same place and some others between the ring and middle finger. I hastened to repel this eruption as fast as possible which I unfortunately succeeded in doing within the period of eight days.

This suppression of the eruptions was followed by a host of diseases: Liability of catching cold; frequent catarrh ; rheumatic complaints; toothache; attacks of hemicrania, with vomiting; continual heartburn; hemorrhoidal complaints, at times tumors, at times fluent; excessive emaciation; afterwards a pustulous eruption over the whole body; painful swelling of the joints, arthritic nodosities in different places; a coppoer-coloured eruption on the face, especially on and about the nose, which made the look like a confirmed drunkard, etc., etc.

These affections tormented me more or less, until in the year 1833 I visited Hahnemann at Coethen, for the purpose of studying homoeopathia with him.

Hahnemann treated me for three weeks, and I continued the treatment at my native place. My health improved steadily, and at the end of a year I considered myself cured. This lasted until October 1836, when I was attacked with violent colic one night. The pain was felt in the region of the left kidney, lancinating pinching, sore; retching ensued, resulting in vomiting of mucus, and lastly bile. I took a few pellets of Nux _

v. x; after this the pain disappeared gradually, and the vomiting ceased.

Next day I was well again. Two days afterwards I discovered gravel in the urine, and my suffering had vanished.

One year elapsed in this way; however, I occasionally experienced an uncomfortable sensation in the region of the left kidney, especially when riding on horseback, driving in a carriage, or walking fast; I took at times Lycopod., at times Nux v., in proportion as one or the other of these two remedies appeared indicated.

In November 1837, I was suddenly attacked with vomiting, accompanied with violent lancinating, sore or pinching pains in the region of the left kidney.

The horrible anguish and pain which I experienced extorted from me involuntary screams; I was writhing like a worm in the dust. A calculus had descended into the ureter and had become incarcerated in it. Repeated doses of Nux relieved the incarceration, and I distinctly felt that the calculus was descending towards the bladder. After twenty-four hours of horrible suffering the vomiting ceased, the pain became dull and was felt in the region where the ureter dips into and becomes interwoven with the tissue of the bladder; it continued for three days and then disappeared all of a sudden (the stone had not got into the bladder). Thirty-six hours afterwards the calculus entered the bulb of the urethra. I felt a frequent desire to urinate; the urine was turbid and bloody, until at last a calculus of four grains made its appearance in the urine. After this I frequently passed gravel and calculi, at times with slight, at times violent pains, sometimes accompanied with vomiting; I kept the larger calculi, with a view of using them hereafter as a curative agent.

Professor Nasse, of Bonn, where my son studied medicine at the time, has analyzed the calculi, and has found them to be urate of lime. He advised me to take Merc. dulcis and the Sulphate of soda for some time; it is scarcely necessary for me to say that I did not follow his advice.

On the 15th of February, 18398 I felt the precursory symptoms of a new attack, which really did break out in all its fury on the 16th, and continued on the 17th and 18th. I now caused 5 grains of my calculi to be triturated in my presence with 95 grains of sugar of milk, according to the fashion of Hahnemann, and took 1/2 grain in the evening of the 17th, another 1/2 grain in the morning of the 18th. On this day I passed very turbid urine with a considerable quantity of gravel; however, in the region where the ureter dips into the bladder I experienced an uncomfortable sensation, but was well otherwise. On the 19th I was obliged to visit a patient at the distance of two miles: on my journey I felt that the calculus was descending into the bladder; the urine which I emitted shortly afterwards was very turbid and bloody. That same evening, after returning home, I felt the stone in the bulb of the urethra, and on the morning of the 20th it came off during stool, but unfortunately got lost among the excrement. To judge from my feeling it must have been larger than any of the preceding calculi, and also rougher, for its passage through the urethra was very painful and followed by an oozing out of blood.

The uncomfortable feeling in the region of the left kidney never disappeared completely; it became especially painful when pressing upon that place, when riding on horseback or in a carriage, when taking exercise or turning the body. It seems to me that the whole pelvis of the kidneys must have been full of gravel and calculi. I now took 1/2 grain at intervals of eight days; the result was that I passed gravel and small calculi at every micturition. On the 30th of November my condition got worse, and I continued to take 1/2 grain of Calc. ren. praep., at longer or shorter intervals, until October 18th, 1840. After this period I ceased to pass any gravel, and I felt entirely well. On the kidneys must have been full of gravel and calculi. I now took 1/2 grain of Lopis renalis; another dose on June 3rd. On June 17th precursors of another attack: on the 18th vomiting accompanied by all the frightful circumstances which I have detailed above; the vomiting of mucus, bile, ingesta continued at short intervals until the 26th; my tongue was coated with yellow mucus, and my appetite had completely disappeared. Bryon, Nux-v. and Pulsat. relieved the gastric symptoms; on the 26th, in the afternoon, I passed a calculus of the size of a pea. I now resumed the use of Calc. ren. praep. in 1/2 grain doses, at irregular intervals. On the 23rd of October I passed a calculus of the size of a pea, without vomiting; there were no other precursory symptoms except the uncomfortable feeling in the region of the kidneys a few days previous. I have felt well ever since and free from all complaints, although I continue the occasional use of 1/2 grain of Calc. ren. praep., lest I should have a relapse.

Every time I took a dose of Colc. ren. pr. I found that the so-called tartar on the teeth became detached a few days afterwards. A short while ago a nodosity, hard as a stone, which had appeared on the extensor tendon of the right middle finger, about nine months ago, and which threatened to increase more and more, disappeared. I consider the tartar on the teeth, calculi renales, and arthritic nodosities very similar morbid products.

In conclusion I beg leave to offer the following remarks:

1. Hahnemann's theory of psora is no chimera, as many theoreticians would have us believe. I was perfectly healthy previous to my being infected with itch. What a host of sufferings have I been obliged to endure after the suppression of the itch!

2. Isopathy deserves special notice.

It is true, the most suitable homoeopathic remedies afforded me relief; the incarceration of calculi in the ureter especially was relieved by Nux; but they were unable to put a stop to the formation of calculi; this result was only attained by the preparation of Colc. ren.

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

[Jean Doherty]

Thanks Rochelle . Wonderful case history and information, Jean

[Irene de Villiers]

> There are two kinds of renal claculi, the phosphatic and the uric

Modern medicine sees quite a few different kinds,...various versions of
struvite are magnesium based for example and originate in high-pH urine;
oxalate stones are calcium based and originate in acidis (usually) or
alkali urine due to other metabolic imbalances such as errors in calcium
metabolism. And there are various combination uroliths as well.
Uroliths are VERY common in veterinary homeopathy and I find they
repertorize very well without specifying what kind of urolith is involved.

Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Gail]

It was really interesting to read this bit -
"Every time I took a dose of Colc. ren. pr. I found that the so-called tartar on the teeth became detached a few days afterwards. A short while ago a nodosity, hard as a stone, which had appeared on the extensor tendon of the right middle finger, about nine months ago, and which threatened to increase more and more, disappeared. I consider the tartar on the teeth, calculi renales, and arthritic nodosities very similar morbid products."

There was a short news article on TV in West Australis last night about a dentist who had discoverd a new potential prevention for tooth decay. He had noticed that all his clients who had renal problems also had very healthy teeth. Studies that they have done seem to be indicating that it is because these people have a particular enzyme on the teeth - Urease. (Typically now they want to add it to a Fluoride mouth wash)

The medical dictionary says that Urease is a globulin found in mucous urine passed during inflammation of the bladder.....maybe it is also part of the make up of Calc Renalis.

Gail.

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