Minutus

Elham's post was lost in another political post so I am posting it again.
Ellen

I know most people are afraid of rare remedies. But here is an extremely useful rare remedy can you guess what remedy it is?
It assists in dissolving uric acid and favors elimination of same. We think of it in gout and rheumatism where there is an excess of uric acid in urine, gravel, cystic irritation, the result of pressure of renal sand. It is directly indicated where there is an uneasy sensation in the loins extending to the bladder, earthy phosphates, gravel, uric acid deposits in the urine, a feeling of fullness and tension in the region of the perineum, frequent desire to micturate, with difficulty in passing urine.
Best regards

Elham

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Below is my answer and some questions. Thanks, Elham.
LITHIUM BENZOICUM Murphy

(Lithium Benzoate)

PHARMACY - lith-be. Lithium benzoicum. Lithium benzoate. Historical dose: All potencies.

CLINICAL - Gallstones. Uric acid, deposits.

HOMEOPATHIC - Hale quoted T. O. Summers as saying that Lith-be. had great effect in diminishing uric acid deposits and increasing the free hippuric acid of the urine. "It acts upon the urine before it leaves the blood." (Madono: Here is how it dissolves uric acid)

Deep-seated pains in loins (Madono: not in the CD) in small of the back. Uneasiness in bladder. Frequent desire. Bladder irritation. Diminishing uric acid. Gallstones.

REFERENCES - Boericke. Clarke.
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I have thoughts about small remedies and gouty nodosities.

I see gouty nodosities in the Complet Dynamics. Could these occur on any bones? I have a patient with nodosities on the spine. He is going to have them cut off. Seems like a bad idea just as a gut feeling. Are nodosities on the bones necessarily a gouty diathesis? I am having a hard time finding information on nodosities.

I don't see pain in the loins when I search the CD for the rubrics of Lith-be. If I were repping this, this remedy would be a hard one to spot in a normal repertorization. For 30% in maximum grade in any rubric, I only get vague rubric like Generalities; inflammation; joints, arthritis. 274 remedies. It comes up high under small remedies.

I found it by looking in the literature under something like gout and sand using Reference Works. That would not be my normal way of repping a case. How would I find it? I guess this is a case where I would have to be looking for small remedies. Not small rubrics.

My understanding is if the polychrests don't work, then start searching the small remedies. Or the small remedy appears high in the repertorization and so you spot it and research it.

Lithium Benz is the right remedy]

I have used it a lot in cases of gout or simply raised uric acid where there are no proper indications for remedies such as Ledum, colchicum, Benz-ac, urtica urens etc.

I have probably used it more that fifty times and I don't remember it having ever failed (which rarely happens with any medicine in homoeopathy).

In chronic gout if there is acute manifestation I use one or the other remedy indicated on the gout symptoms. Later I give constitutional.

If it is not in the acute phase then I prescribe the constitutional directly.

Those who reached the remedy or benzoic acid - congrats.

Best regards
Elham

About Lith benz I might also add I have cured two cases of renal failure with it.

The first one was by chance. The patient had renal failure for which he was being treated and he was improving quite well.

But suddenly he got a severe attack of gout for which I gave lithium benz and he got cured of his gout and creatinine.

In this case I was not sure if the cure was because of benz-ac as he was already improving.

But later i had another case of kidney failure with gout and I tried Benz-ac and he was cured. This time i was sure it was the benz-ac.

Although these cases I follow with the constitutional ( the first case had already received remedies at different times both locally acting and constitutional)/

Best regards
Elham

I might add I have always used the 30th potency in water for a few days.
Elham

Here try another remedy

This remedy is useful for eczema or other skin affections. There may be crust formation or the eruptions may be moist.

During the proving the digestion first gets disturbed then the skin manifestations appear which last a long time.

This is also a useful liver remedy. The pains in the liver are in spots and they extend to the back.

There my be swelling of the glands of the axilla and the pain may extend down the arms

Best regards
Elham

Wow, I am so pleased to be introduced to these remedies through personal experience. As you say, I am uncertain when it comes to such small remedies. Thank you!
Sherill

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Lithium Benz is the right remedy]
I have used it a lot in cases of gout or simply raised uric acid where there are no proper indications for remedies such as Ledum, colchicum, Benz-ac, urtica urens etc.
I have probably used it more that fifty times and I don't remember it having ever failed (which rarely happens with any medicine in homoeopathy).
In chronic gout if there is acute manifestation I use one or the other remedy indicated on the gout symptoms. Later I give constitutional.
If it is not in the acute phase then I prescribe the constitutional directly.
Those who reached the remedy or benzoic acid - congrats.
Best regards

Elham

Hi Ellen,

Rubrics with both nodosities and bones from CD, browser edition:
Atb,

Leilanae

So helpful. I guess there are some small remedies that you just know by indications. I have to file it away and use it when the acute comes to me. Thanks. Please send more if you think of it.
Ellen Madono

First used MacRep to lead me to read this remedy that shows how disordered digestion can link to skin problems. And IF this is the remedy you have in mind, Logan says we need to have a good working knowledge of materia medica to find these small remedies. Thanks for stimulating a search.

I am also thinking that “pain under the R scapula” should make me think liver in origin.

Butternut in this case is not a squash but more like a walnut.
Sherill
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Here try another remedy
This remedy is useful for eczema or other skin affections. There may be crust formation or the eruptions may be moist.
During the proving the digestion first gets disturbed then the skin manifestations appear which last a long time.
This is also a useful liver remedy. The pains in the liver are in spots and they extend to the back.
There my be swelling of the glands of the axilla and the pain may extend down the arms
Best regards

Elham
I might add I have always used the 30th potency in water for a few days.

Elham
About Lith benz I might also add I have cured two cases of renal failure with it.
The first one was by chance. The patient had renal failure for which he was being treated and he was improving quite well.
But suddenly he got a severe attack of gout for which I gave lithium benz and he got cured of his gout and creatinine.
In this case I was not sure if the cure was because of benz-ac as he was already improving.
But later i had another case of kidney failure with gout and I tried Benz-ac and he was cured. This time i was sure it was the benz-ac.
Although these cases I follow with the constitutional ( the first case had already received remedies at different times both locally acting and constitutional)/
Best regards

Elham
Lithium Benz is the right remedy]
I have used it a lot in cases of gout or simply raised uric acid where there are no proper indications for remedies such as Ledum, colchicum, Benz-ac, urtica urens etc.
I have probably used it more that fifty times and I don't remember it having ever failed (which rarely happens with any medicine in homoeopathy).
In chronic gout if there is acute manifestation I use one or the other remedy indicated on the gout symptoms. Later I give constitutional.
If it is not in the acute phase then I prescribe the constitutional directly.
Those who reached the remedy or benzoic acid - congrats.
Best regards

Elham

Hi,

Juglans Cinerea is not well represented in the CD rep, but it looks like the rx based on Boericke. I think that this is Sherill's butternut.

Sherill how did you find it? Repping was not very productive for me. I found it in the CD (Complete dynamics) by going through all the small rx. It was 38th on the list. Not a very efficient method.

Elham, how do you generally use it, or find it in the clinic?

Best,
Ellen Madono