Minutus

Tanya,
Anecdotally, my 85 year old grandmother is being treated with a constitutional remedy, (Nat Sulph) with amazing results. She was diagnosed with Alzheimers almost two years ago. She was spending most days in bed, in the fetal position, not wanting to shower, eat, or participate. She did not know many people's names (mine or my children's) or what day it was. She was mostly incontinent. My extended family is leary of homeopathy and so would not give a remedy. She was on Aricept (Alzheimer's meds), a daily aspirin, an antidepressent, and quinine for leg cramps which she has taken for years. A change in circumstances brought her near me and she was able to take a remedy.
Before the remedy, we took her off the aspirin and quinine as both are contraindicated to Aricept (and the doctor never said anything!). Additionally, quinine was practically banned by the FDA because of the deaths it has caused. (She was taking the daily aspirin because my grandfather had told her to, not at her doctor's request.) She was still on the Aricept and antidepressant when she started the remedy. After her first dose (30c in water, 1 tsp) in early February, she got a "case of the giggles" and was laughing and happy. She got up and asked if there were chores she could do. She did the dishes and folded the laundry! The next day she showered (something that was hard to get her to do before) and came out fully dressed asking what was planned for the day! The second dose brought more laughing and an amelioration of symptoms. Within a month, she knew everyone's names and was going out and about with my mother every day all over the place! She began doing the daily crossword puzzles again and telling stories from her childhood.
She was weaned off the antidepressant as she did not want to be taking any medications and clearly was not depressed. She was off the Aricept for one week (in which time she improved even more!) however the extended family found out and were furious and insisted she be put back on it so my mother did. There was a decline in her memory and capacities when she was put back on it, but the dose was cut back to half and it evened out. Further dosing of the remedy has brought her back around and she now appears as she did about 10 years ago! Certainly she would not be diagnosed as Alzheimers. Of course, some family members think it's from the Aricept but she was no better after 6 months on the Aricept and I believe it was causing the incontinence. They also do not know she is still taking the remedy or as they referred to it, "the black magic."
She had only one setback after eating food cooked with MSG. She couldn't remember things and was confused and called people by the wrong names. It took about 2 days to bounce back to normal.
It's still too early I suppose to say what the final outcome is but for now we are enjoying having her back! And she is more talkative than she ever was before, telling us all kinds of fun stories about her youth. In the past she was very reserved about that kind of stuff.
I hope that is helpful.
Truly,
Erica
have you had much success in reversing
alzheimers? till what stage of the disease
can one expect to see significant improvement
or cessation of demise? is there any body
of information on the use of homeopathy with
alzheimers that exist?

tanya

Dear Erica,
That's brilliant and thanks for that account. How did you get to Nat Sulph. Had she had the proverbial bang on the head?
My Mother in law has Alzheimer's. The only time I had success with a remedy was when she started accusing her son (my husband) of stealing her money . She had a picture in her head of him taking the money out of her Building Society when she was stood there and naturally there was no evidence of this in her Pass Book- Crot H sorted it immediately. I never had any success with improving her state as it was progressing. However a couple of months ago we thought we had lost her as she was in the hospital with pneumonia on Oxygen with the rales. Since I couldn't get to her lips because of the Oxygen mask I kept dropping a liquid potency of Ant T 30 I had made up on her wrists. The next day she was sat up and on the mend and surprisingly since then actually says the odd sentence that makes sense which she was not doing before!!
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

what a terrific and hopeful story!
does she have any recollection of being in
the alzheimer's state? and if so, what memories
or sensations does she report?
tanya

She doesn't report that she remembers being in that state but she
jokes that she was forgetful about things or that "her mind was
gone." She insisted she didn't need the Aricept and when my mother
told her that her siblings insisted she take it and what it was for,
she got mad and said, "Well, shouldn't I be the one to decide if I
want to go senile or not?" But she agreed to take it because they
said she would have to go back North if she stopped taking it.

She was supposed to go to a nursing home this summer and today she
said, "I just can't picture myself in a nursing home. I certainly
don't feel old. I love being able to go out and do things and take
walks and talk to people."

I know people with Alzheimers can have lucid moments but this is a
complete turn around and you could see the improvement with each
dose. I don't think there are many Alzheimers patients doing the
crossword puzzle each day.

I hope that helps!
Truly,
Erica
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Hi Rochelle,
I'm sorry to hear about your MIL. It's so hard to see loved ones
suffer.

Initially I thought she would be Ignatia. She was so depressed and
would say I hate myself, I just wish I would die.

But when I looked at her symptoms, I came to Nat. Sulph. because of
her major physical symptom. She was having chronic diarrhea and
accidents. She was also complaining of arthritis like pain in her
fingers and swelling in her ankles. I used the rubric:
extremities, pain, rheumatic, diarrhoea, chronic, in

for which only Nat Sulph came up.

I thought the diarrhea was a side effect of the Aricept. But when I
researched further, I found it can also be a side effect of quinine
which she had been taking for years. And then I found that quinine
is contraindicated with Aricept as it can increase the effect of the
quinine by as much as 30%.

I knew she did have a head injury last fall but no one knows the
details as she just went to my aunt's bed with blood trickling from
a cut on her head. So I was definitely thinking Nat Sulph worth a
try. Additionally, she presents with many Nat Mur and Sulphur
qualities.

She also has a history of colon cancer. The depression fit. Kent
also states "Fingers swollen and stiff" and "has cured many cases of
chronic diarrhoea with stool involuntary." So it pretty much cinched
the deal when I read "It is useful as an antidote to the abuse of
quinine."

What I also find amazing is that she was so deaf before, it was
difficult to have a conversation with her. Her hearing has improved
so much she is now talking on the phone with relatives which she
hasn't done for years!

Initially, she had Nat Sulph 30c in water, succussed 2 times, 1 tsp
in 3 oz. of water. (I did it this way as it was the only way to get
her to drink the water - otherwise she might have thought it odd to
take a tsp of water). Since she had such an immediate and positive
response to the first two doses (two days apart), and she seemed to
be using up the remedy within 2 days, we did 1 dose every other day
for a month. Then she went to one dose every 3-4 days (as needed).
It's been a little over 2 months now and she hasn't had a dose in
over a week. I honestly don't remember her ever being this happy.
We'll see what happens!

After the first two weeks of dosing, when my mom gave her the little
cup of water, she smiled at my mom and said, "What are you giving
me?" and my mom said, "a special remedy water to make you feel
better." She smiled and said, "Good enough."

Truly,
Erica
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "rochelle" wrote:
Nat Sulph. Had she had the proverbial bang on the head?
a remedy was when she started accusing her son (my husband) of
stealing her money . She had a picture in her head of him taking the
money out of her Building Society when she was stood there and
naturally there was no evidence of this in her Pass Book- Crot H
sorted it immediately. I never had any success with improving her
state as it was progressing. However a couple of months ago we
thought we had lost her as she was in the hospital with pneumonia on
Oxygen with the rales. Since I couldn't get to her lips because of
the Oxygen mask I kept dropping a liquid potency of Ant T 30 I had
made up on her wrists. The next day she was sat up and on the mend
and surprisingly since then actually says the odd sentence that
makes sense which she was not doing before!!

Erica, what a beautiful story--except how very sad about your family's
unwillingness to see or explore the facts... Do you have any idea why
they are so adamant as to be unwilling to even explore the possibility
that the remedy has helped her?
Thanks for sharing this!
Shannon

I know. It's frustrating. Stubbornness and ignorance I suppose. That
and a cousin who is a vet with a husband who is a pharma rep
although we don't talk much so I don't know. I guess it isn't
enough "proof" that my son is completely cured of autism.

My aunt was at the end of her rope early last year and asked me for
remedies for both her and my grandfather. I sent them down and when
my uncle found out he said you aren't giving that to them what if
they drop dead from it! So they threw them away. Sadly, she has
suffered from depression her whole life and recently participated in
a drug study and ended up with some residual side effects that won't
go away. She won't consider homeopathy either. Belief in drugs runs
deep I guess. Unfortunately it's a theme in their family that you
can't tell them anything because they already know it all.

Even sadder is that my grandfather could be helped so much. He is an
aurum through and through - been fighting severe depression his
whole life and obsessed with his finances. Spends all day writing in
his notebook about his investments and fretting with anxiety. To
know that relief is just a few drops away ... .

On another note, I think it's important to mention when the
neurologist did the brain scan for the Alzheimer's diagnosis, he
stressed to my aunt that her brain had significant shrinkage - much
more so than normal for someone her age (83 at that time). Clearly,
in this case, that is irrelevant when it comes to homeopathy.

Truly,
Erica

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family's
why
possibility

Arrrr.... Well, I guess it goes back to that re-take of the old
saying, that "Believing is seeing!" Tough... They have no comment on
the changes in your son--or have they decided he wasn't really autistic
after all?
Shannon

Well, of course he was never autistic - and "you can't have mercury
or arsenic toxicity because you would be dead." Unfortunately, they
don't live nearby so never saw him at his worst.

But our close family and my inlaws were so completely amazed by it,
they are all on a remedy now whereas when he was first diagnosed,
they just rolled their eyes at me. So there is some satisfaction on
that side!
Truly,
Erica
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wrote:

comment on the changes in your son--or have they decided he wasn't
really autistic after all?

Ah yes, the old "If you aren't dead yet, you must be healthy!"
argument.
I know it well. Glad you at least have *some* of the family on your
side!
Well, I've sent the outline of your story (your relatives' refusal to
consider or even see any benefits from h'y) to a relative of mine, who
can't understand what all the fuss is about, with having the FDA
oversee "natural medicine". She's very "alternative" herself, but
figures it will always be there for her... Well, I hope!
Shannon