I think head injuries are very scary tings, and Arnica is a great first remedy for the bashing about, and I have used Arn 1M every 12 hrs for several days - but it does not heal the nerve damage, and needs a more specific remedy for that.
and yes that means more than one remedy is in use though dosed separately.
I often find more than one remedy needed in acute injury situations as some remedies work better with specific tissues and when more than one kind of tissue is nadly damaged, one remedy will result in incomplete haling, it needs more.
For example a sprained ankle involves muscle, tendon, ligaments and responds well to arnica, ruta grav and rhus tox, each used according to its own indications in the specific trauma.
For example a cat bite involves blood stream, nerves, muscle, with toxin in a deep closed puncture wound and responds well to ledum as main remedy with hypericuk and lachesis also as indicated.
Brain injury is no different and needs a suitahle nerve remedy as well as arnica and depending on whether there is more bruising or more bleeding, also needs careful selection. The area of the brain affected also helps point to a remedy associated with the function of the brain in that area.
I think one has to be very careful in assessing what remedy for which damage. And not be shy to change it or add a remedy as the damage area becomes more identified, and the remedy can be more specific.
Hypericum is lways on the list for me, if nerve tissue is injured, it regenerates nerves well and is my first go-to remedy for spinal damage also.
I have to wonder what else is regeenrated by hypericum. But I have only one case to go by and it may have been another remedy that did the trick.
I was treating a cat who had been kicked by steel toe boots and shot with a #2 pellet gun in the private parts, tongue in shreds, tail damage so it hung like a rag partly attached, left bleeding from all head orifices and other parts, unconscious, also with bodywise serious injuries. I gave Arn 1M and rushed to the vet thinking he was so bad he likely needed euthanasia. I had a wise vet. He said "Let the cat decide" and have hom a three-day painkiller shot that would keep him from feeling pain (he was coming round by now) without making him drugged. (I wish I knew what drug he used).
The vet patched him up as best he could and sat with him all night. More Arnica. The cvat ade it crystal clear he had no plans to leave the planet and wanted the help. Next step was to amputate the useless tail, but I said no to that and wrapped it with gauze wetted with hypericum lotion, and I started Hyp 200C by mouth as wel. I still continued ARN 1M every 12 hrs.
This was a long time back and I do not remember the details well, I likely had another remedy involved, but do not rememebr which. I took the cat home and the story of his recovery is long and involved, but to get to the one point he had weekly visits with the vet to check progress and the vet said one day, Gosh his ears had been kicked completely off, but now he can see almost a quarter inch of ear. Maybe he had just missed it before in the fur? He looked puzzled. The edges did not look torn. A week later the earts were a half inch long, and they continued to regenerate at about quater inch per week, till they were full size, and beautifully pristine (none of the previous scars and a tear that had been on the old ears). The vet said he would never have believed it if he had not seen it with his own eyes.
Meanwhile the paralysed tail was no longer being dragged on the floor but was partly raised with just the tip touching the floor. Six months after the attack, maybe a little less, memory is poor, his tail was also as new.
We have a lot to learn still about what homeopathic remedies can achieve.
Namaste,
Irene
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