online case JT/Mar.01

[Joy Lucas]

Dear All, here is a case for March from John. It has been prescribed on but
he would like comments and advice etc. Please mail your replies to the group
for us all to share. Best wishes, Joy Lucas
Female Age 30
Presenting complaint(s) ­ Migraine, Bloating

Birth ­ breach, normal delivery
Breast fed for two months ­ milk would build up and after one week would
vomit milk up violently
Vaccinations ­ normal
Childhood complaints ­ Scarlet fever, chicken pox, mumps, growing pains,
sprains (ankles and wrists), enuresis
Operations for tonsils and verruca on foot

Family medical history

Great nan died of dropsy
Great uncle died of bowel cancer

Daily habits ­ She has difficulty in starting. She rises but is back in bed
for half an hour during the working week
She has no daily exercise (she is an office worker) and leaves home for work
in the morning without eating or drinking
Drinks ­ 3 cups of tea and a bottle of water or fruit juice

She has asthma , sebaceous cysts that itch and hay fever (since 1996)
Migraine headaches, which she thinks were caused when starting the
contraceptive pill in 1999
She said she feels full, bloated, windy ­ uncomfortable in herself due to
the bloating
Her weight bothers her (she is a tall girl ­ 6ft)

When she was 8 or 9 years old she would have sharp, burning stomach pains of
half hour duration ­ her natural reaction would be to bend forward
She lived in a house with no heating ­ could see damp through the wallpaper
- always lived in cold houses

She recalls ear infections when a child, viral infection ­ slightly deaf
Clumsy

The migraines are really deep, throbbing, pulsating with nausea. If pain on
the right side, will last a while. If left side, perhaps only one day or
two. Her smell senses become stronger, musky, sweet ­ nausea. Catarrh is
green
The migraines come at the beginning or end of her period ­ and during her 7
day cycle and within this same pattern she has a raw tongue, becomes very
tired and angry ­ has no patience ­ cries a lot ­ bloats

Milk and chocolate makes her feel bloated

Mouth ulcers and sore tongue at time of menses

She loves cooking ­ Always feels full after eating but still wants to eat
after feeling full. Thinks about food all the time. If she missed a meal she
would make up for it
She is most hungry at midday ­ Hunger pains at her midday meal
Strong craving for pasta, potato ­ At period time strong craving for
chocolate and will crave nuts. Takes sauces and pepper ­ not a lot of sugar.
Craves milk - prefers cold drinks
Prefers savoury food ­ Would generally prefer savoury to sweet food
Eating never satisfies

She has haemorrhoids - bleedings

She has mastitis, which started with the pill ­ Breasts very painful a week
before her period ­ Tender, inflamed sensation.

Her periods commenced aged 10-11 ­ One breast started growing, the other
not.
Cramps and backaches with period ­ draws of thighs ( neglected asking what
she meant by this) > applied heat with these symptoms
Duration 2-3 days ­ Very heavy ­ clots - until a few years ago, then eased
when stopped pill. Brown at start and end. Flow greatest 2nd day and least
4th day
Bloating during period
She was on and off the pill from 12 ­ 13 years old

Urination ; Irritation as if cystitis oncoming ­ Increased urination during
cold weather, every half to three quarters of an hour

Sexuality ­ Feelings absent ( cervical operation)

Respiratory ­ Asthma ­ Deep breathing ­ Moist ­ Rattling during an attack.
Burning sensation when inhales ­ Top of back aches, with tightness.
Takes inhaler more than she used to "I am worse when cold, moist, -
**damp". I have placed this emphasis on damp because I experienced an
unusual reaction ­ She actually whispered the word `damp¹ ­ but it was as if
she could not finish the sentence without adding it on ­ she just had to say
Œdamp¹ ­ it barely came out of her mouth, as though she had mouthed it ­
slightly delayed ­ but it was there. You would have to experience this to
realise the importance of how it was uttered ­ it was very unusual. I was
even waiting for her to say Œdamp¹ ­ It became very big to me.

Pains in legs if walks a long way

Sleeps usually on right side ­ foetal position. Sleeps through. Giggles in
sleep
Goes to sleep very easily - at approx 11 p.m.

Likes hot baths ­ Very hot

Lies down holding knees with legs off the floor
Cannot stand for a long time ­ back will ache

When asked about NBWS she said ­ Going to America in 1996 ­ in Spring ­
Sneezed continually. It was snowing, raining etc.

Mental and Emotional:

She is a morning person - Can¹t stand tightness around middle or back
Does not like consolation
Likes parties ­ the more people the better
Anxious and unsettled to arguments or bad feelings between people
Does not like waiting
Talks fairly quickly
Jealousy (boyfriends) - possessiveness
Untidy - Suspicious - Critical (if feeling pressured)
Contradicts her family
Cannot make decisions
She is easily startled
Sees herself as an extrovert
Memory is worse due to stress at work
She is optimistic
She has fantasies and imaginations to loud music
Independent with money

I asked "What complaint bothers you most of all"? She said BLOATING

Pains in back and legs
Her pains are in bed and relaxing for warmth as a person > Stretching
She later informed me that she had enlarged liver, her feet and armpits
sweat especially in summer ­ and she has flatulence, indigestion and
heartburn.
That she has guilty feelings about eating a large meal and fears vomiting.
I prescribed Nat Sulph 30. I gave one dose of 30c and everything left her
body ( except the migraine )within a few days. A slight return of the
bloating was followed by another Nat Sulph 30c which put that right. I gave
Sepia 30c for her migraine with slight improvement.

Kind Regards - John

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear John

You have not made it clear if this woman is on the pill now.

If she is then you have the initiating cause and the maintaining cause being
administered daily and you cannot fight it with a 30C. You would need to
use LMs and you must remove the maintaining cause.

Sheilagh Creasy does not normally touch people on the pill for the very good
reason that the pill is complete affecting them. And it is difficult to
ascertain which sx is the patient's and which is being caused by the pill.

So you have to encourage her to come off the pill (the maintaining cause).

Also you mentioned that she is bothered about her weight (which you have not
given). You need to find out if she is taking any 'diet' or 'reduced
sugar'/'sugar free' products containing aspartame. And if so, she has to
give them up too. (#1 for migranes in the FDA complaints list!!) You then
need to wait a few weeks for the effects of aspartame to wear off (about 60
days) and re take the case.

Pls show your rubric selction and justification and repertorisation for
choosing Nat-s and then Sepia?
This in itself is highly educational.

Pls also advise if her food cravings/bloating have left her too or they
remain. If they remain, what else is still with this patient?

Rgds
Soroush

[john twigg]

Dear Soroush and All - I must apologise but I am not able to produce my
repertorisation sheet at this moment in time - My house is a mess -
Everything is packed away because I am moving home. What I can recall is
that I leaned heavily on the aetiology of ailments from living in damp, cold
houses - I felt so confident about this. I gave Sepia only for her migraine
because that was all that remained with her, the connection being the pill,
a possible aetiology. Incidentally, rightly or wrongly (and please allow for
professional inexperience) I always, for some reason, saw her migraine as
detached from her other complaints, ( pure instinct )and again I don't know
whether that was right or wrong, but amazingly that problem stayed. I do ask
that you understand that I have been treating people for over 25 years and,
as in this case, I have used a lot of instinctive effort. I cannot explain
it - I don't know where it comes from and I am sorry if this cuts in to any
of my collegues' feelings. I am a student now at 57 years of age because I
want to 'do it properly'. She no longer has the bloating - She was not on
the pill at the time of treatment and that situation remains.

Kind Regards to all - John
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[Rochelle]

< for damp brings Dulcamara. immediately to mind!!!
Regards, Rochelle
www.rochellemarsden.co.uk
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[Soroush Ebrahimi]

yes I did!!!!!!

[Joy Lucas]

Dear John, thanks for your case. I wanted to ask you some questions
following on from Soroush's comments:-

You say "she was on and off the pill from 12 -13 years old" - then later you
say she started the pill in 1999. Can you clarify this please.

Also I am a bit concerned to what extent we can help if you don't have
original notes to hand. Will you let us know more precisely how you would
like help with this case.

Best wishes, Joy

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[john twigg]

Dear Joy - I will hunt my notes out and respond, if possible, on Saturday
night - I am away at college all of the coming weekend so corresponding will
not be easy.

Kind Regards - John
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[john twigg]

Hello Joy and All - Firstly, please accept my apologies for my untimely
absence - College must come first. My original intention was to appeal to
your request for cases unsolved or solved and I saw this case as part solved
and hoped that you would enjoy working out the remedy. Unfortunately Joy,
you attached the answer to my case. What she has left however, is migraine -
I would appreciate any guidance on that. Although she went back on the pill
in 1999 she was not on the pill at the time of treatment. One problem I have
is persuading her to take further treatment, which is quite amazing when you
consider what has already been acheived - none of her old symptoms have
returned. Perhaps her problem is due to her being a hospital worker. I
encounter disbelief in Homoeopathy from patients even after such seemingly
miraculous results such as this young lady had experienced. That's life.

Kind Regards - John
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