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Dear friends,
Following my first post in the series 'Chronic Diseases', I am now going to present a case in which the primary altered state is infectious in nature.
As I mentioned before, following a primary altered state 3 types of events may happen.
1. Adaptation
2. Formation of secondary defense mechanisms
3. Death

In the first type of reaction, the organism have the power and knowledge of adaptation and returns to its healthy equilibrium, homeostasis. This may happen within seconds to few days.

In the 'third' event, the disturbance is so severe that the organism cannot perform any adaptive responses and dies.

If the stress is strong or partially known (psychologically, immunologically,...) to the organism but not to the degree that causes death, the organism begins to use its secondary defense mechanisms. Secondary defense mechanisms are actually palliative tools and do not result in cure. They can be mental (formation of obsessions, phobias, projections, reaction formations...) or physical in nature (granulations, sclerosis, indurations,...) This is actually the process of 'vicariation'.

Secondary defense mechanisms change the acute-like pattern of the original disturbed state to a chronic pattern. The original state actually persists in the mental and physical subconscious plane of the patient and persistently, second by second, the organism pushes down the original state by maintaining the defense mechanisms. Always behind a chronic pattern is a primary acute state.
The case is a 7 y/o girl with Autism. Understanding the hidden primary altered state greatly helps us to help the autistic children.
The girl made no eye contact. She made strange noises, too much screaming. Sometimes striked herself. She was very thirsty. Nothing else could be found in her case; except the point that her parents knew well that she was not well after an acute reaction following one of her DPT vaccines. They beleived that her psychological development was retarded after the vaccination. Allopathic doctors had told the parents that this is an irrelevant event! There were no physical symptoms.
If you just repertorize these symptoms, taking the rubrics like
MIND - NOISE -Inclination to make noise
MIND - SHRIEKING
MIND - STRIKING - himself
STOMACH - THIRST
They cannot help you to confidently select a remedy. The remedy can be Bell, Op, Phos, Tarent, Cic, Stram, Apis, Hyos, Syph,..... Even if you use the rubric 'Vaccination; ailments after' which I do not believe to be a good rubric, the result does not change so much.
I asked the parents about the initial acute reaction of the child to DPT. They told me that there was a high fever. She became restless; having a restless sleep. As if she was in a delirium; moving her head in a rolling motion. The state lasted for few days aggravating at nights. There was a shaking like chill before falling sleep followed by profuse perspiration during sleep.
This was a key for me to find out the thematic similarity of the current state of the child to this primary altered state. Both are delirium type but at first it was an acute-like condition but now is a controlled one by secondary defense mechanisms. The picture and expression is changed but it seems that the child is suffering from an underlying post-DPT state.
To select the rubrics, I considered the rubrics related to the primary altered state added to the rubrics related to current case which can be considered as elements of the primary reactions. I mean those that can be meaningful in the primary posture of the organism. So Autism itself is not important here it is the overall outcome of the interactions between the secondary defense mechanisms and underlying altered state.
If you add the rubrics of the primary altered state to the current delirious type rubrics, Tuberculinum comes up with a prominent high rank. Tuberculinum made a great improvement in the life of this child.
In this case, the girl couldn't adapt to the primary infectious state caused by the vaccine. Actually, still the original unresolved state persists in the 'physical subconscious level' of the patient. Prescription of Tuberculinum attracts the attention of the vital force to what was not resolved previously.
In this case I was lucky as the parents knew the charcter of the primary altered state. When the patient or the parents can recall the primary altered state, it is easy to find the simillimum in such cases as the case mentioned. But when there is no enough information or there is actually a paucity of symptoms or the related symptoms are only common symptoms with no peculiarity, what should we do to complete our image???
I will clarify this point in my next posts with case examples.
To become ready for further study please read these two articles:
Basic Principles in Treatment of Chronic Diseases (Part 1)
http://www.minutus.org/library/article_read.asp?id=152

Basic Principles in Treatment of Chronic Diseases (Part 2)
http://www.minutus.org/library/article_read.asp?id=153
Regards,
Ardavan
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Hi Ardavan,

I should like to present a case for discussion (hopefully) and
ideally also your comments.

Boy child, had been quite demanding but extremely friendly ( everyone
was his friend) not at all touchy (e.g. if he fell over trying pull
himself up and all laughed at this funny picture, he would also laugh
and be happy.) He was mischievous:if called: come here, would crawl
off in the opposite direction, would keep doing what he was told not
to do -- but always because he considered it fun. Things like that.

Then, at about 9 months, things changed. He got to be extremely
clinging only to certain, very few people and screamed when others
would try and approach or take care of him. He got te be very jealous.
All developed into a picture of hyperactivity (he could concentrate
when he wanted to), perhaps Aspergers Syndrome. One of the problems
was that - as later turned out - he had very high IQ and was just
bored in school. But this does not explain a lot of the other symptoms
- high IQ people do not need to be obnoxious when they are bored (and
at other times too ;-( ). All this did not yield to treatment by
classical homeopathy -- at around 15 he started to grow
out of it (perhaps one or the other remedy worked at that ime, who
knows).

On a time line, the picture is not as clear-cut as the case you have
presented.

But around that time he had an acute tonsillitis, which was treated by
antibiotics. That was the first acute he had and it started the
well-known round of re-occurring infections until the age of 5, when
classical homeopathy (the mother was NOT told the remedies) cured that
part.

The picture of the acute was:

High (??) fever, no delirium, the race was red, he "sat in his crib
like a doll". The mother did remember this acute quite clearly, but
from what I could tell, there was nothing else that was remarkable.

The later occurrences of the infections were not accompanied by fever,
or it was uite low, just sore throat, "tonsillitis" often central
vomiting - this also happened often in between, esp. if the
child was apprehensive and/or crying. There would be a very short
attack of coughing and then everything came out in a forceful manner.
The infections were accompanied by general malaise, often red eyes
(conjunctivitis?), and would regularly spread downwards to end up in a
bronchitis.

Would from this picture there be a likelahood of the first infection
having been the primary, all the other states - physical and mental -
the secondary defense mechanisms?

If so, how could one rep this in the Rep. virosa and then find the
likely remedies in the MM virosa?

Regards

Luise
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So definitely know what's true:
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Hi Ardavan,

Could you let us know how we should have repped this acute state using
your Rep. Virosa? If this - not being a viral acute - is not (yet)
included, could you point it out for your following cases?

Regards

Luise

PS: I think your explanations below are very lucid and easy to follow
mentally. Thank you.
--
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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Ardavan,
Did this child recover completely? I ask because my own son was autistic also following a severe reaction to a DTP vaccine. However, his first remedy was DTP in potency which brought about complete resolution of all autistic behaviors (headbanging, hitting himself and others, rages and tantrums, spinning in circles, licking things, lining things up, obsessing over certain objects, nonverbal, etc.) Within 2 weeks of his 2nd dose he began talking in full sentences, potty trained himself, began dressing himself, and was by all means normal.
He required no other remedy except DTP for apx. 2 years. His next remedy was Tuberculinum based largely (I am assuming as I was not the homeopath) on residual chronic acutes of upper respiratory infections which he still has intermittently and have not been resolved. However, he has not exhibited any autistic symptoms in several years.
I ask because as a student of homeopathy, I am trying to learn how to treat with an appropriate constitutional remedy and not an isode such as the DTP remedy was here. (I do believe there is a "picture" of the DTP remedy by the proving its given just from the thousands of children who have reacted to it in the same way but realize this is not a true proving.) While obviously I am beyond grateful my son has recovered, we're still left addressing the core weakness.
Any thoughts on this would be most appreciated. Thank you!
Truly,
Erica
(My son's story: www.recoveredfromautism.com )

Dear Luise,
There was no need to rep this case with Repertorium Virosum. I have repeatedly mentioned in my articles that when the picture of primary altered state can be obtained from the casetaking and there remains no paucity of symptoms, there is no need to refer to Genus Epidemicus. I have cleraly mentioned this point in my article '40 Points in Analysis of Chronic Patients' http://www.minutus.org/library/article_read.asp?id=166 Please read this again if you have already read it.
The first two cases that I have sent emphasizes the need to understand the underlying altered state and the need to unmasking it. In the next cases I will gradually show how refering to Genus Epidemicus helps us to complete the image in cases with paucity of symptoms.
Understanding these basic principles and the place of referal to Genus Epidemicus is the essential thing before using miasmatic analysis. Otherwise, miamatic classification will become a mechanical categorization leading to just categories besides hundreds of categories we have in different schools of homeopathy.
Regards,
Ardavan
Luise Kunkle wrote:
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Dear Luise,
It is very easy to find related miasm by Repertorium Virosum (RV).
If there is a logical link between the behavioral change and the infection, the miasm should cover the following aspects. These rubrics should be selected in RV:
MIND - Behavioral Change
MIND - Fear
MIND - Anxiety
THROAT - Sore throat
THROAT - Tonsilitis
FEVER - Fever
FACE - Discoloration, red
COUGH - Cough
STOMACH - Vomiting
LUNG - Bronchitis
GENERAL - Malaise
These rubrics are best covered by CXA (Coxsackie viral infection type A).
Referring to MV (Materia Virosa), to check CXA, it seems the best related miasm (Please check this in your Materia Virosa). The related remedies are MERC, PHOS, SULPH, RHUS-T, BELL, Ars, Calc, Lach, Nat-m, Apis
Now as it seems that there a relative paucity of symptoms, you should repertorize the case in a normal way (individualization) an choose a remedy that both covers the result of repertorization and these remedies.
Kind regards,
Ardavan
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Dear Erica,
There was a drastic change in the child; the behavior, eye contact, speaking,... still there is the progress. I do not like to choose the isodes and nosodes in this way because of not relying on proving. But when it works, this means that it is the simillimum in that case. But this is not true in all the cases.
I think that most of the autisms are post-vaccination disorders.
Kind regards,
Ardavan

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Hi Ardavan,

Thank you - this is very helpful for my study of your method.

I hope others on the list will come up with specific cases "live
cases" in seminars or on lists have to me been always the most
instructive for me.

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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You're welcome dear Luise!
With all the best wishes,
Ardavan

Luise Kunkle wrote:
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Hi Ardavan,
This was not the problem - I think I understand quite well the basics
of your approach.

The problem has been that I did not then and do not now see
"tuberculinum"in the symptoms you have listed. Not from what I know
about the MM of tub, not from my knowledge of the acute stages of the
disease (it used to be quite common when I was a child etc.) not after
re-reading the MM in the MM's, not after repertorizing. "Rolling" the
head would have made me think of it (3rd grade) but I would not have
found it confirmed any other way any more than at least some of the
other remedies in that rubric.

So I was wondering whether there had been something else than what I
have used to lead you to a relative certainty that tub. was indicated.

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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