a beautiful cure - solution

[Didi Ananda Rucira]

Dear all,

Thanks all for the responses. Even those who wrote me off line easily identified the effects of drug-related suppression in this case. That, we know without doubt &kudos to all, was a no-brainer. That's why I wasn't very interested in the particulars of the fits themselves. Even the periodicity didn't concern me much, tho I was buzzed to come across it.

I attribute dullness of mind and the recent development of shaking, anger & violence in the post-fit to the "proving" of the anti-epileptic drug he was put on. He's off it now, thank God.

(DoctorA: "We can't cure this catalepsy" DoctorB "Ok. Let's add some brain-damaging epilepsy medicine to round out the picture, then we can turn this promising young man into a vegetable and he can be on lifetime drugs.")

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For me, whenever I come across drug-related, malaria-related suppression, there is only one "drug of choice"-

China Sulphuricum (in this case, 30c)

Works like a dream every time.

Tracy Poizner, congrats! right on target.

Due to the huge number of malaria cases our clinics see, we start with it routinely in every case of chronic malaria, following it with any prophylactic (eg malaria nos, china, nat mur etc) and 3 weeks on a liver-spleen cleanser (eg neem2x drops). Our reasoning is that chronic sufferers have overdrugged themselves and that's mostly the sx we're seeing. Our general observation is that most symptoms (of abdo, head, stomach, recurring fevers & malaise mostly) subside after Chin-s, and we then can mop up any leftover sx with a similar. We'll follow on with prophylactics to prevent future re-infection of malaria.
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While I can't deny that your suggestions may have worked well -- Nux vom (Shannon, Joy -good for its drug toxicity), China (almost! Simon & Roger, offline) Sepia (George), Bufo (Harvey) and Bifo (sorry, never tried it, I'm vegetarian)-- never forget about China Sulph for all forms of quinine & synthetic-quinine poisoning, including those allopathic prophylactics they sell for an arm and a leg to travellers.

other comment:
from Joy:

no contribution whatsoever, except to say that at this kind of rural village boarding school, the the health care students get is near-quackery.

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In my own assessment, Cedron and Calc (Soroush, almost!) played a close race in case the Chin-s failed. Cedron is most outstanding for periodicity, esp in malaria. Calc, excellent in epilepsy, periodicity, also carried a lot of the particulars to the fits themselves (yeah, I cheated, 'cuz I left them out).

I used these rubrics to confirm/guide - From Murphy's Rep:

Toxicity; Quinine poisoning (**** - aetiological eliminator)
Nerves; Convulsions general tetanic rigidity
Generals; Periodicity of symptom or complaints 14th day**
... ...Nerves; Convulsions general periodic (secondary rubric to cross with the others)

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For the sake of info I looked up the following for you--

Clarke's Dictionary is probably the original source from where we learn what to do with malaria suppressions:
China Sulph (abridged extraction)
Sulfuric acid and Sulphur are themselves in the
first rank of periodic remedies, and combined with the
chief alkaloid of China they enhance the powerful periodic
properties of that drug.
In old-school practice the Sulphate of Quinine has
almost entirely taken the place of the crude Bark as a remedy.
Chin-s. closely resembles China in its effects, but as it
has been proved separately, and as observations of the effects
of over-dosing have supplied many additional symptoms, the
homeopathist has plenty of guidance in the selection of one
in preference to the other.
Chin-s. is even more powerful as an antiseptic than China,
and it is probable that it is in virtue of its property of antagonizing
the malarial poison that it suppresses intermittent fever when it does not cure.
It only cures when the fever corresponds to its own type.
When a fever is "suppressed" there is generally an unholy
alliance between disease-force and drug-force, which is expended
on some part of the organism, resulting at times in lifelong ill-health.
The "Quinine cachexia" is well known-sallow complexion,
emaciation, deafness and singing in the ears, enlarged spleen,
disposition to shiver, and great debility.
Periodicity is extremely well marked, the attacks returning
at the same hour each day.
In intermittents the onset may anticipate.
Other prominent symptoms are: Headache extending from
occiput to forehead.
Whirling in the head like a mill-wheel.

from Boericke
A dose of Chinin, sulph. in high potency sometimes arouses suppressed malaria, and brings back the paroxysm. Aside from its undoubted influence over malaria, it is indicated homeopathically whenever there is marked periodicity and spinal sensitiveness.

from Hemple MM
PARALYSIS of the special senses, especially of sight and hearing, is sometimes entailed upon the patient after the original malady had left him.

Other sources of interest:
Chouduri, Study of MM
Hughes Encyclopedia
Sincerely,
Didi Ananda Ruchira
Director, Abha Light
visit: www.abhalight.org
tel: +254 20 445-0181 / cells: 0733-895466 / 0723-869133

[Simon King LCPH MARH]

Good post Didi,

now can you (or anyone ) tell me more about what is meant by 'spinal
sensitiveness', I have also seen it referred to as 'spinal irritation'?

This was a term I never understood
Simon King
www.Homeopathy-Help.net
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[tracy poizner]

There were a couple of small rubrics in Radar 9 that turned up the remedy:
GENERALS-History; Personal - malaria of, suppressed
GENERALS, Periodicity, exact
From reading the case, I was already thinking of China, Ars or Nat-m, being three obivous malaria remedies, so when I saw Chin-s in both of those rubrics, I just read it up in Boericke and it described the case exactly. I'm glad to know that it works so reliably although we don't get much in the way of malaria cases here in Canada!
Regards,
Tracy


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[Bonnieallenart]

my daughter (20y.o) yesterday decided to go with a group to India
...departing sept 6.
she will insist on the allopathic precautions...and they will need to be
within a relatively short period of time
she hasn't had any vaccinations since she was 9...so I fear this will be a
tremendous
assault ........
i appreciate any recommendations.
thanks,
bonnie
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[Shannon Nelson]

Didi,
Thanks so much for this wonderful case and analysis and explanations!!

Also--can anyone offer thoughts about why the only significant
malaria-related rubric I can find in Complete re malaria under Generals
is "Malaria, ague, ailments from", with only 8 remedies, including NONE
of the ones that have been mentioned here in connection with malaria??
Isn't "ailments form malaria" sort of redundant? (If you have malaria,
surely you also have 'ailments from it"? Or is the rubric a NBWS???)

I did find "Generalities, Abuse of/poisoning with quinine", 55 rxs,
including most of the ones mentioned--but annoyingly, not including
chin-s. I'm beating myself with this, trying to figure out if there's
*any* way I could have come up with the right remedy! My only glimmer
of hope so far is that it's one of 22 under "Periodic, every fourteenth
day". It's not under "catalepsy", but is under "convulsions...,
tetanic rigidity" (in a class of 148!).

Is there a rubric for "suppressed malaria", other than "quinine
poisoning"?
Thanks!
Shannon
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[Didi Ananda Rucira]

Dear Shannon,
maybe because it's in-Complete?

Sincerely,
Didi Ananda Ruchira
Director, Abha Light
visit: www.abhalight.org
tel: +254 20 445-0181 / cells: 0733-895466 / 0723-869133