Hi Chiaki and all;
First, I would love to hear others' thoughts on a few points.
I assume that this would be taken as a chronic case, since gallstones
certainly grow out of the constitutional/chronic state. But I also assume
we will still look to see what has changed as this particular problem has
developed? I assume (love to hear agreement/disagreement) that if there
have been significant changes, we can use these to look for a remedy
specific to this developing problem ("treat the disease"); but that if the
only changes have been specific to gallstones (which I suppose would include
the changes in coloration?), then we need to prescribe based on the entire
chronic case ("treat the patient") -- likes, dislikes, etc. -- and also
looking for a remedy prone to this type of weakness?
(Also, am I right in assuming that blackening skin of the face is a serious
sign???)
Chiaki:
Can you give more information?
In particular, tell us about the child's appearance, behavior, sensitivities
in the present. What has changed that led to the gallstones being
discovered, and also since that time? I assume the blackening face and
yellowing eyes are from the gallstones, but are there other things? Changes
in his emotional state, behavior, appetite, thirst, foods/drinks desired,
sleep, dreams, activity level?
on 4/7/03 3:10 PM, Chiaki Hara at
chiakihara2000@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
EYES; DISCOLORATION; redness (K263, G222)
FACE; DISCOLORATION; black (K358, G301): Chin., cor-r., lach., oena.,
tarent., acon., ant-t., arn., ars., bry., bufo, camph., canth., carb-ac.,
carb-v., chlor., coca, colch., con., crot-h., dros., fago., hydr-ac., hyos.,
kali-ar., kali-c., merc., merc-c., merc-s., op., ped., ph-ac., phos., psor.,
rhus-t., squil., stry., sul-ac., tax., tub., verat., vip., weil.
FACE; DISCOLORATION; dark, dusky; eyes, under: adam., cimic., fago., mangi.,
musa, ph-ac., phos.
QUESTION: Can you describe this any further? Is in a dark area completely
surrounding each eye, or only under the eyes?
Does the above rubric seem to suit?
QUESTION for all: Since this is part of the chronic case, would we leave it
out? Or would we assume that the gallstones and the eneuresis grow from the
same soil, and leave it is?
URINE; COLOR; dark (K683, G584)
(Any color - green, brown, black, blue, etc.?)
QUESTION: Can you describe that further? E.g. perhaps any of the
following?
acrid, pungent
ammoniacal
amniotic fluid, like
aromatic
asparagus, like after eating
beans, like boiled
burnt horn
cadaverous
café-au-lait, like
cats urine, like
changeable
chlorine
coffee
eggs, spoiled, like
fishy
fishbrine
fragrant
fruit, like
garlic, like
hay, like
heavy
horrible, after standing a short time
horses urine, like
iodine, like
ketonic
meat, like raw
mouldy
mousy
musk
nutmeg
offensive
oily
onions
pork, like fresh
putrid
raspberry, like
russian lettuce
saffron, like
sickly
skunky
sourish
strong
sulphur, of
sweetish
tansy, like
tobacco, like
valerian, like
violets, like
Do you mean there is drooling at night, or excessive saliva, or something
else unusual about it?
There are naturopathic methods to expell gallstones.
Does his doctor feel that the situation is urgent? Because if so (which the
blackening and yellowing would suggest to me), then the parents must not
delay in finding someone competent to handle the problem, whether allopathic
or otherwise.
Are the parents following up closely with the doctors?
Homeopathy can help *if* the correct remedy is found. But this is IMO a
difficult way to go about finding the remedy... He should be followed
in-person, by someone with known qualification to handle the problem.
Shannon