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corticotropinum-1

Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:34 am
by Shannon M
I used it once trying to counteract effects of steroid use, and for
that purpose I have read glowing things about it. Here are a couple of
files I saved about it. I'll send one below, and the other separately.
Shannon

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From: Suriya Osman
Reply-To: homeopaths@yahoogroups.com
To:
Date: Monday, January 5, 2004 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [homeopaths] Cortisone

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on 1/5/04 9:15 PM, Suriya Osman at suriyak56@time.net.my wrote
[discussion about how to manage effects of steroid treatments]:

Don t forget cortico [aka ACTH; she uses approx 12c, repeatedly].
I have used it to antidote effects of steroids with very good results.
Giving a person steroids suppresses the adrenal glands and also the
pituitary which produces the cortisone stimulating hormone cortico or
ACTH, somehow giving this to the patient reversed the effects of
steroids. I started using it after a remarkable recovery by a patient
whose muscles on the left side of her head atraphied after an
intradermal injection of triamcinolone which was given to her
supposedly to cure her alopecia but instead caused the atrophy.She had
also fungal infection in the ear on the same side which also resolved.
Her condtion had been there for about 5 years before I gave her the
cortico.

I also used it on a patient with psoriasis heavily treated with
steroids which had deteriorated into joint involvement, it again
reversed the problem and brought it back to skin lesions

Suriya
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From: Suriya
Reply-To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
To:
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Minutus] need help with colitis patient
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The first time I used it was on a psoriasis case that had gone on to
joint involvement and he had been given a lot of steroids.
Homeopathic remedies selected on similmum had not helped and I thought
to give prednisone in potency but gave cortico instead, it was a slip of
my mind really cos I was thinking cortico was corticosteroid and not
corticotrophin which is entirely different really.
I discovered my slip after the remedy had been given and had produced
remarkably a skin rash that had preceded the psoriasis with a complete
resolution of the joint problem. The man needed other remedies later
and, last year on he went to a hot spring which brought back his
psoriasis full scale but it has again slowly resolved on homeopathic
treatment based on similars.

Another case I gave on purpose , because she had some triamcinolone
injections for alopecia which made the muscle on her temple atrophy , it
looked like it had melted really! Anyway cortico acutally restored the
muscle and the deformity was almost unoticeable a month later!

I would give it in any case of steroid use that had suppressed the
original symptoms since for me it makes sense to do this first and
avoid the aggravations I usually see in giving the similimum cases
treated with steroids .

This is my experience with it.

I d also like to point out that my own sister who aggravated every time
I tried to treat her ..she had been on steroids for asthma when she was
small, finally responded to homeopathy after she had undergone treatment
with Chinese herbs. Perhaps the herbs detoxed her first .

regards

Suriya
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Re: corticotropinum-1

Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:58 pm
by Theresa Partington
Thanks for this, Shannon, and to Rochelle for her advice.
I wonder what the difference in practice is between this and Anterior Pituitary, which is a remedy I got once from Helios.
Theresa

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Re: corticotropinum-1

Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:23 pm
by Shannon Nelson
Well, the difference between an isolated component (corticosteroid is a
single hormone, isn't it?) versus the thing from which it is extracted
comes up in a number of comparisons--strychnine versus nux-v comes to
mind, but what else... They will be different pictures, and one will
not necessarily stand in for the other.

Want to describe the situation you have in mind?
Shannon
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Re: corticotropinum-1

Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:59 pm
by Theresa Partington
I do appreciate that, but wondered if anyone knew the differences - things do often have a lot in common with extracts. I think you can see aspects of strychnine in nux vom.
Cortico is a single remedy for hirsutism in women - it also has acne - and obesity, especially of face and neck ( I know this now!) which seems to make it suitable for a PCOS case. My patient actually also displays various of the mental symptoms that came up in the extract you sent so it is an interesting possibility.
bw
Theresa

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Re: corticotropinum-1

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 12:27 am
by Rochelle
Have you , or anyone else tried this with PCOS as I have a patient who would welcome it!! At the moment she is doing well on Foll at ovulation.

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

Re: corticotropinum-1

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:28 am
by Shannon Nelson
Yup, agreed. I don't know (and haven't time to read) either of those
two remedies well enough to offer an opinion, but it does sound like a
comparison worth making. If you try it for your patient, let us know
what happens!
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Re: corticotropinum-1

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:16 am
by Theresa Partington
.No, not yet. That is why I am trying to find out as much as possible.
It does respond to treatment quite well normally but this is a case dominated by physical side-effects and not much has been happening on any level.
She is on metformin which probably is not helping.
Theresa
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

Re: corticotropinum-1

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:48 pm
by Tanya Marquette
would you have any more info on corticotropinum-1? it sounds
so similar to a woman who i worked with.

tanya

Re: corticotropinum-1

Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:26 pm
by Shannon Nelson
Hi Tanya,
I don't think I have any more than that. But if anyone has more, or
knows where more is written about it, I too would love to know!
Shannon
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