What makes a tiny remedy "tiny" ?
There's not more than a couple of paragraphs in any of the (fairly
complete library of) MM's that I can search with Encyclopedia
Homeopathica.
There are a few cases in the "Homeopathic Recorder"
(August 1955)
and here is one from 1888 issue #24, the journal of
"The Homeopathic Medical Society"
Syzygium jambolanum
Case
Unexpected results while using syzygium for diabetes.
Mrs. L-, 70 years of age, formerly very stout and robust, applied for
treatment, October, 1887, giving the usual symptoms of diabetes, rapid
emaciation, great thirst, dryness of cutaneous surfaces, with deep
wrinkles and scaly. For six years, had been troubled each winter with
naso-pharyngeal catarrh. For twenty years, had carried a wart in the
left superior maxillary region.
In the commencement, it was a small papilla, gradually enlarging to the
size of a 3-cent piece, and became dark-brown in color. Eighteen years
ago, the wart was tied by a travelling doctor. It came off, but soon
grew again.
Her father died of cancer of the face, coming late in life.
After analyzing the urine, I gave the patient syzygium.
She returned to me in one month, from her home in Central new York,
showing improvement. Syz. 1x was continued, with the request, that after
another month, her son-in-law, who was a homoeopathic physician, should
carry it up to the 3x dil., and she continued its use.
In April, she made me a visit, giving a fine report. She had passed the
winter without her usual catarrhal trouble. She was more happy over the
disappearance of the wart, in February, which came off one morning while
at family prayers, not leaving even a scar. Upon inquiry if anything had
been applied, she said a few applications of witch hazel was all, but
she had prayed that the medicine administered might remove all her
ailments.
Her prayer was answered, and gave an unexpected result from syzygium.
She had been under strict diabetic regimen. Those who assert that
naso-pharyngeal catarrh is caused by reflex influences, as dental
disturbances, or irritation of the gastro-intestinal tract, may say,
that the strict diet in this case relieved the catarrh.
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Her cutaneous surfaces became smooth, less wrinkled, and a moisture
appeared, which she had not known for a long time.
Was this diet or syzygium?
Discussion
Dr. E.M. Gramm said that he had had several cases of purpura
haemorrhagica, the spots varying in size from that of a pin's point to
the size of a turkey's egg. As regards treatment, he confessed that his
results had been disappointing; that is to say, after the patient was
supposed to be cured, a recurrence of the symptoms took place, and
required the patient to seek advice again. He related the case of a
child with this affection, and in whose case the result was very
disappointing. The child in question was of a thorough calcarea build,
doughy, fat, with soft muscles, and very liable to take cold, and in
every way an unsatisfactory subject on which to work. He treated that
child for three years. The disease would reappear as soon as the little
one became in the least run down. Lately, however, she has not had any
of these attacks.
The only possible way of curing these cases, is by altering the
constitution of the patient, to rid him of the susceptibility to the
attacks. While he reported the above case as an unsuccessful one, he
had, likewise, had others in which the result was successful. He then
described the case of a woman, aged 43, who, on the outer aspect of the
right leg, had had a dusky red, desquamating eruption for a number of
years, the lesions being from one-fourth to three-fourths of an inch in
diameter, with a tendency to coalesce here and there. But, in addition
to this eruption, which was diagnosed as eczema cruris, she had another
eruption which had existed for about one week before she came under
treatment. This consisted of reddish spots which were not elevated,
seemed to be deeply situated when they appeared, and the redness was
circumscribed in a circular manner, and had a diameter of about
one-thirty-second of an inch, increasing slightly during the next
twenty-four hours in rare cases. On close examination, a minute spot
could be detected in these haemorrhagic areas, which was the lumen of
the follicle in or around which the haemorrhage took place. The
appearance of this eruption was preceded by certain rheumatic symptoms.
owing to these, ruta was prescribed, and effected a cure.
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The speaker thought that remedies, prescribed for the attacks
themselves, would do little or no good. The local application of
hamamelis, he thought, to be a mistake.
Dr. Charles Mohr said, that he had seen but few cases of purpura
haemorrhagica, but these he had treated with entire satisfaction, to the
patient and to himself, except in one single case, in which the patient
had a number of intermittent attacks for a period of several months,
under old school treatment. In that case recovery was never complete. It
then passed from his hands, but nothing has been accomplished since. The
last case of purpura haemorrhagica he had treated, was a very marked
one. The man was about forty-five years of age, and to judge from his
appearance, a workman in one of the mills in the city or vicinity. He
was admitted to the Hahnemann Hospital, where the speaker examined him
thoroughly. The surface of the body was exquisitely sensitive, and the
left leg and left arm were most affected. The spots appeared on both of
these extremities to a marked degree, and invaded the hands; there were
oedematous swellings about the wrist, ankle and knee-joints. His pains
were rheumatic in character. The purplish hue of the eruption, the
marked sensitiveness of the surface, the shrinking from the slightest
touch, the left side being the most affected, the loss of appetite, the
restlessness at night, the failure of vitality which was evidently
present, -all pointed to lachesis as the remedy; accordingly, he was
given lachesis in the 30th potency, one dose every three hours. In
eleven days he left the hospital cured.
Dr. J.C. Morgan, of Philadelphia, said that there were two remedies
that ought to be especially thought of in these cases of purpura
haemorrhagica; one of these had just been mentioned by Dr. Mohr; that is
lachesis; the other remedy was sulphuric acid.
dr. M.M. Walker, of Germantown, said that he had used syzygium in a
number of cases of diabetes with great success.
He was, at present, using it in the case of an old lady, seventy-three
years of age, who was improving under its use.
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Dr. W.B. Trites, of Philadelphia, asked if any provings of syzygium
had been made.
Dr. Clarence Bartlett, of Philadelphia, said that the only account of
the pathogenetic action of syzygium with which he was acquainted was a
short note, published in the London lancet, about three years ago. In
this it was stated that this remedy had the power of producing
glycosuria. Shortly after the announcement of this fact, Dr. W.H. Burt,
of Chicago, administered the remedy in diabetes. Allopathists have
reported good results from its use in this affection.
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