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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY (celebrated every year on March 8)
Dr. V. KRISHNAMURTHY, RAMAN HOUSE, OLD No. 21 Kuppiah Street, West
Mambalam, Chennai-33, India
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MORE THAN 70-90 PER CENT OF CAESAREAN SURGERIES CAN BE DONE AWAY
WITH THREE DOSES OF HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE.
The foetus (baby in the uterus of the pregnant mother) 1-3 weeks
prior to delivery date (so long remaining in upright position) turns
upside down, and the uterus descends down in such a way that the
head of the foetus remains fixed in the pelvic floor of the mother.
1-3 weeks later, at the delivery time the mouth of the uterus
dilates and the child comes out. Even after the full term of ten
months if the child does not turn upside down, or
(a) turns half-way only and lies crosswise, or
(b) having turned upside down, does not descend further down
the attending lady doctor would say that head is still floating or
is in incorrect position and so opens the abdomen to take out the
child. This is called caesarean surgery. 70 to 90 per cent of
caesarean surgeries at the present day are conducted solely for this
reason.
At this time if the patient takes three doses of the homoeopathic
medicine Pulsatilla-1000, every 4-8 hours, in the next twenty-four
hours it would be a normal and safe delivery.
But what any average layman has learnt is nothing but wrong beliefs.
Such wrong beliefs are: "Homoeo medicine would not act if you take
coffee;" "You should not take any drink/food at least fifteen
minutes before/after taking the dose;" "Homoeo medicine acts slowly
and so is useless in medical emergencies."
In the reference book The Accoucheur's Emergency Manual by Dr. W.
A. Yingling, M.D., of U.S.A. we find the following:
"Abnormal presentations may be righted if (Pulsatilla is) given
before the membranes are ruptured or the presenting parts are firmly
engaged…"
In a Maternity Nursing Home in Palani Road (Dharapuram, Tamilnadu)
by using Pulsatilla and other remedies there has been not even a
single caesarean for the past several years and the doctor in-charge
has put up a board "Caesarean-free Clinic''. The Dharapuram Lions
Club has given her a certificate testifying this.
(2) If the babe in the uterus stops growing, allopathy has no cure
and they abort the child. But if one single dose of the homoeopathic
medicine Secale Cornutum-10M is given, the babe starts growing. (See
Calvin B. Knerr's Repertory, p. 698. Pregnancy, foetus, development
arrested. Sec.)
(3) After caesarean (or for that matter after any abdominal surgery)
there would be pain in the sutured place lasting for years. But one
single dose of the homoeo medicine Staphysagria-1M, completely cures
in twenty-four hours all post-operative abdominal discomforts.
(4) Some of the newly married women are prone to urinary infection
and they spend in thousands. Again, the same homoeo medicine
Staphysagria 1000, in one single dose, would cure the condition in
just a day's time.

CASE 1: Baby Lakshmi, four years (Referred to me by an allopath
for `muscular dystrophy')
The allopath was present and he pointed out that lower limbs alone
are mostly affected and the child is freely using both the upper
limbs.
When the child was shown to me it started crying and the father said
that the child was afraid of strangers.
Asked as to whether it mixes up freely with neighbour children and
relatives he replied that it would talk freely with them.
Since the father did not say any further symptoms I asked a general
question to tell me what all diseases the child had since birth (for
which they had gone to a doctor and got treatment). The father
replied that the child had
(i) frequent fever with running nose;
(ii) discharge from ears;
(iii) frequent diarrhoea.
Now, the computer/homeo software is highly useless as the following
analysis of the case history would show.
The begineer (Dr. Hahenemann has said, "Many of my followers, I am
sorry to say, are but half-converts.") would simply select the
remedies for (1) coryza, (2) Ear, discharge and (3) diarrhoea. That
is a mechanical way and would be a signal failure. Let us now learn
what is an artistic method of working out a case.
A correct interpretation of the above three symptoms for homeo
prescribing is as under. Ponder on the above three (past history)
symptoms and you get the following:
rhinitis)
The suffix `-itis' appears in the above three
symptoms. `Inflammation of any part is denoted by the suffix `-itis.'
Therefore we look into KENT'S REPERTORY under GENERALITIES:
Echi., Gels., Iod., Lach., Merc., Nux-v., Phos., Plb., Puls., Sec.,
Ter. (Top-grade remedies alone are taken)
The child is afraid of strangers. For this we should not take "Fear
of strangers" but it is `timidity'
KENT'S REPERTORY: (Page 88-89) MIND: TIMIDITY: plus above list =
Phos., Plb.
We have to use our brains to do the analysis which the computer-
software cannot and would not do. The other claim that computer is
time-saving device is farce.
Now, at this stage, that is, after having selected the remedies (on
available symptoms) through the Repertory we have to apply our
knowledge of materia medica. By looking at the above two remedies we
find that the remedy Plumbum met. has more spinal symptoms (the
reader must note that only lower limbs are affected while upper
limbs are in tact, which means affection of spinal cord). If we read
Plumbum met. in Boericke's Materia Medica the following words in the
preamble agrees with the case:
…paralysis is chiefly of extensors… partial anaesthesia …Progressive
muscular atrophy. Infantile paralysis.
Excessive and rapid emaciation. …Important in peripheral affections…
(The parent told me that they noted only at the first year of age of
the child that its lower limbs were week).
(As far as homeopathy is concerned, there is not much difference
between atrophy/dystrophy/emaciation etc. etc.)
Plumbum met. 10M, single dose, was prescribed and the child is
making rapid recovery.

CASE 2: A patient with chronic headache, after spending millions
with various doctors and specialists came to me. After finishing
his health history, description of his headache etc., he ended up
saying: "Doctor, if you or any one can cure me of this terrible
headache, I won't mind even giving away half of my property (worth
three millions) to him."
Doctors of all other systems would simply ignore these words told by
the patient at the end of his talk.
If a patient says that he is ready to pay 1.5 millions for getting
his headache cured, we can say that he is "deplorably downhearted."
[deplorable = shockingly bad]
Under the homoeo remedy Stillingia (in the para `mind' in
Wilkinson's Materia Medica), we find the words "deplorably
downhearted; suffering extreme torture from bone pains;" Stillingia
10M, one dose cured him.

CASE 3: Homoeopaths are not properly trained in the subject of case
taking in five years of college study. The other day, I was sitting
in the clinic of a homoeopath.
A patient walked in asking the doctor whether he has medicine for
diabetes. The doctor started giving a lecture to the patient that
he makes his prescription (?) on `symptoms' and so the patient
should first tell his symptoms.
The patient abruptly told, "Feel my pulse (stretching his hand
towards the doctor)', give medicine." The poor doctor turned to me
and said, "this is the problem… patients do not tell symptoms…"
I told him to ask the patient wait outside, then explained him how
to classify or convert the very attitude/tone of this patient into a
mind symptom.
Let us recall and recollect the way the patient talked and his
tone. In olden days, the king would talk as under:
"Let so-and-so- be brought before me alive or dead within twenty-
four hours!" It is in `imperious' manner (or royal language) with an
air of command. The manner of the king would be stiff and
pretentious. So also, the abovesaid diabetic patient talked in a
similar manner. "Feel my pulse (stretching his hand) and give
medicine."
In Calvin B. Knerr's Repertory, Mind (page 19) we find the
following: Answers, imperiously: Lyc
Lycopodium 10M, one dose cured the patient of his diabetes. Even if
he had any other disease (other than diabetes, Lycopodium would
have cured him).

CASE 4: A patient with peptic ulcer, weeping eczema etc. came to a
homoeopath who made his prescription. After collecting the
medicines the patient said, "Doctor, I am not taking the treatment
to live long. But I have an aged daughter to be married and a son
who is looking out for a job. Who would come forward to marry my
daughter, if I have a weeping eczema? Only because of that, I want
to get cured. "Before I die, I want to settle things in my family;
my daughter getting married and son getting a job. Then I can die
peacefully."
NOW, DOCTORS OF ALL OTHER MEDICAL SYSTEMS WOULD ONLY AND SIMPLY
IGNORE AND REJECT the above words of the patient (attitude of the
patient towards his disease). But not in homoeopathy. We take this
alone.
Petroleum is the name of a homoeopathic remedy. Now we request the
reader to turn the pages of BOERICKE'S MATERIA MEDICA (First 688
pages contain MATERIA MEDICA and the remaining pages are
REPERTORY). In the materia medica part, remedies are given in
alphabetical order. Turn to the page containing Petroleum (page.no
501) and in the para "Mind" we find the following:
"Feels that death is near, and must hurry to settle affairs."
Now, this sentence exactly fits in with the remarks made by the
above eczema patient. This remedy in 10M potency was given in
single dose and it completely cured the patient.

In homoeopathy, medicine is selected not on name of disease, but
on `uncommon' or `rare' or `strange' or `peculiar' or `mind'
or `general' symptoms.
Thus, in addition to making the diagnosis, the homoeopath
additionally tries to find out the "uncommon" or `rare-strange-
peculiar' or mind symptoms in the patient, which are totally ignored
by doctors of other systems.

[Luise Kunkle]

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I disagree. Discharge from eear in case of otitis media would only be
if the eardrum had bursted - which would have been very painful
indeed.

Without any indication of such pain, which the father very likely
would have noticed, or any other indication that the eardrum had a
hole in it or a scar pointing to a hole having been there in the past,
it is IMO not permissible to use otitis media as a symptom. Discharge
from ear can be for other reasons - e.g. otitis externa, oozing
eczema.
also frequent diarrhoa may be for different reasons than
gastro-enteritis, e.g. allergy to certain foods etc.
Why would this be a better rubric for what the father told you. If the
child plays freely with other children and is only afraid of
strangers, this does not point to timidity but to specific fear of
strangers.

Regards

Luise
--
One thought to all who, free of doubt,
So definitely know what's true:
2 and 2 is 22 -
and 2 times 2 is 2:-)
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