Re: LOW BLOOD PRESSURE
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:15 am
by andyh
Anton Smith wrote:
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RUBRIC IDEAS
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; enlarged; distances are (K24, SRI-277,
G20) (18) : acon., agar., arg-n., atro., bov., bros-g., camph., Cann-i.,
cann-s., cob-n., gels., glon., hydrog., hyos., nux-m., op., par., stann.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; outside his body (4) : anh., corv-c.,
falco-p., lac-lup.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; separated; mind and body are (K29, G24)
(14) : allox., anac., arb-m., bani-c., cann-i., germ., hyos., lac-lup.,
lap-c-b., lar-ar., nit-ac., ozone, sabad., thuj.
MIND; DREAM, as if in a (K37, SRI-415, G29) (91) : absin., acon., agar.,
ail., alum., ambr., aml-n., anac., androc., ang., anh., ant-c., apis,
arb-m., arg-n., arn., ars., atro., bamb-a., bani-c., bell., bell-p.,
bry., buth-aust., calc., cand-a., cann-i., cann-s., carb-ac., carb-an.,
carb-v., carn-g., cench., cham., chin., coca, cocc., Coff., con., cupr.,
dat-a., elaps, fago., falco-p., germ., glon., hell., hep., hydrog.,
hyos., kola., lac-h., lach., lap-c-b., lar-ar., lil-t., m-p-a., med.,
merc., morph., nat-c., nat-m., neon, Nux-m., nux-v., oena., ol-an.,
olnd., Op., ph-ac.,
phos., phys., plb., puls., pyrog., rheum, sabad., sep., sil., squil.,
staph., Stram., sulph., thuj., tung., ust., valer., verat., visc.,
zinc., zing.
MIND; STARING, thoughtless (SRI-950) (23) : androc., bani-c., brom.,
bros-g., carbn-s., carc., cench., choc., cic., germ., guai., haliae-lc.,
Hell., hydr-ac., hyos., ign., lac-eq., lap-mar-c., merc-c., puls.,
ran-b., ratt-n., stram.
GENERALITIES; HYPOTENSION (SRII-312) (44) : acon., adlu., agar., am-c.,
aml-n., aran., atro., bar-m., bcg, buth-aust., cact., chlorpr.,
cortico., cur., ferr., gels., glon., halo., hist., lach., lat-m., levo.,
lyc., meph., naja, nat-f., nat-m., phos., piloc., rad-br., rauw.,
reser., rhus-t., rib-ac., sep., staph., sulfa., ther., thiop., thymol.,
thyr., v-a-b., verat., visc.
The symptom
GENERALITIES; FOOD and drinks; salt or salty food; amel. (SRII-266) (3)
: halo., mag-c., nat-m. is an interesting one. Nat-m bears attention,
of course, but the rx haloperidol is of particular interest, having the
peculiar "Feeling of living 'outside of myself,' and returns to himself
a few hours later." (But note that craving salt and influencable by
salt may be a sx of schizophrenia in general)
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Haloper. is in hypotension, salt amel, and has the sensation of being
outside himself, so this would certainly be a candidate,
Cann-i which can be separated from ones body and in which distances are
exaggerated (he says he feels as if at a distance--although this
distance connection/analogy is a stretch).
Suggest also study the other rx that find in the above rubrics.
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MM info
Haloperidol
(from Murhpy)
HOMEOPATHIC -- Instability of the mind and body. Weariness, fidgets in
the lower limbs, buzzing in the ears, dizzy feeling on rising.
Physiological slowness. Sensation of constant stress, difficult to
overcome by using his will. Dawdles. Mumbles. Loss of notion of time.
Frequent forgetfulness of everyday tasks. Sensation of unreality. 'I am
far from myself and others.' Feeling of cut legs and strong need to
sleep. In the morning, acute sensation of being 'outside myself,' does
not know what he is doing and everything is gradually erased.
Then, sensation of constricted throat of chest being in a vice,
respiration difficult, thorax painful, legs 'give way.' Like in a fog,
confuses everything: beings and facts, things and time. Desires to stay
lying down and do nothing.
Great waves of pessimism for no reason. Difficulty in concentration
on any matter requiring reflection. The most elementary thought
processes require a great effort. Talkative, especially in the evening
after 9 p.m. with need to relate stories, excited, tendency to
philosophical speculation in the more incommunicative person.
Constant need to move when in bed, resulting from sensation of
formication in all the joints of the body. Disturbances of synthetic
processes of the mind. Impression of disintegration of personality,
especially after 9 p.m. Hyper salivation: desires salty foods, nausea in
the morning, empty urging and constipation. Tachycardia: respiratory
rhythm disorders. General sweating.
CLINICAL - Allergies. Catatonia. Neurosis. Pseudo-bulbar syndrome.
Parkinson's disease. Sclerosis. Schizophrenia.
Constitutions - Allergic, cancerous conditions with psychopathic tendency.
Modalities - Better from closing the eyes. Better from hot water.
Better from walking in company. Better from salty food. Worse in the morning.
MIND - Depression. Anxious, restless. Neurosis from anguish. Very
talkative. Depersonalization of the self. Fixed facial expression.
Forgetfulness and loss of sense of time. Impression of being behind a
cloud. Extreme difficulty in concentrating and in intellectual thought.
Catatonia with attitudes, gestures, words, all strange and stereotyped.
Schizophrenia and schizophrenic conditions. Euphoric state in the evening.
Feeling of living 'outside of myself,' and returns to himself a few
hours later.
Pessimism.
Abdomen - Rumbling and belching.
Back - Stiffness at the nape of the neck, trembling, shaky walk.
Ears - Earache in the left ear.
Eyes - Conjunctivitis. Cataract at first. Vision misty. Deep,
burning sensation in the eyes, rising to the surface with tingling in
the eyelids. Burning sensation in the eyes, appearing slowly, gradually
between 11 a.m. and noon.
Face - Face expressionless. Fixed gaze.
Female - Disturbed libido.
Food - Hypoglycemia. Desires salty foods. Better from salty food.
Loss of appetite especially at midday.
Head - Headache in the morning, localized at the frontal region.
Heart - Tachycardia. Faintness and syncope. Hypotension. Rapid
pulse. Circulatory complaints: formication of the ankle, knee, wrist,
elbow, scapular and humeral regions.
Kidneys - Retention in the bladder. Urinary and fecal incontinence. Dysuria.
Limbs - Raynaud's syndrome. Hands hot, fingertips freezing. Pains
in the bones: left metatarsal bone, wrists, elbows, knees. Cramps in the
calves. Arthralgia. Muscle pain. Pains in the wrists and right thumb.
Pain in the right elbow with appearance of a few red spots. Painful
cramps in the afternoon in both thighs.
Lungs - Asthmatic wheezing. Irregular respiration, either rapid and
superficial or short inhalation following very slow exhalation followed
by an arrest of pulmonary ventilation for a few seconds.
Male - Total impotence in the male. Diminished libido. Disturbed libido.
Mouth - Excessive salivation. Bad breath in the morning and after
each meal.
Perspiration - Profuse perspiration. Sweating from the hands, more
intense between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Fairly intense sweating from the whole
body. Hands and axilla extreme wet. Palms of hands very hot, despite the
fingertips being frozen. Sweating from the palms, more intense around 3 p.m.
Rectum - Frequent desire to go to stool, then expelling nothing.
Persistent constipation, slightly ameliorated by eating prunes. Anal
pruritus, lasting for four days. Spasmodic constipation.
Skin - Skin yellowish. Abnormal hair growth. The skin tends to turn
yellow, complexion very blotchy. Face is yellowish with extremely pink
cheeks. Hyperhidrosis. Dermatitis in brown patches on the legs.
Sleep - Insomnia. Sleep disturbed. Frequent desire to sleep. Rises
with feeling of not having slept enough, even after a good night's
sleep. Difficult to 'get started' in the morning. Fear of cancer type
dreams. Sleeps better on the stomach. Sleepy during the day.
Stomach - Acrid dyspepsia. Nausea in the morning or during the day.
Nausea, vomiting, digestive discomfort. Still feels sick two hours after
taking the remedy. Quickly satisfied.
Temperature - Fever and chilliness. Overheated.
Throat - Constricted throat.
Vertigo - Dizzy feeling on rising. Vertigo with stumbling gait.
Dizzy sensation with visual fog, when standing up after lying.
COMMENTS - One female prover stopped the proving for three days, on
resuming (she was taking a 7C), she immediately found herself in the
same state in a fog, everything seemed erased, could not retain even two
sentences when reading. Feels 'dead,' with headache.Proliferation of
hair at the eyebrows, appearance of a few hairs around the navel.
Appearance of two hairs on the lower part of the chin. Generalized
contractions. Muscular stiffness and contracture. Difficulty in moving,
grimacing and protrusion of the tongue. Very severe spasms of the ocular
rotary muscles.
Hysterical stitch.
Tachycardia. Raynaud's syndrome. Faintness and syncope.
Hypotension. Rapid pulse. Circulatory complaints: formication of the
ankle, knee, wrist, elbow, scapular and humeral regions. Ameliorated by
stretching out the hands perpendicularly to the axis of the body and by
bending the legs. Sleeps lying on stomach.
Headaches in the morning. Short headaches, for about 1 hour,
localized in the frontal region, at about 8.30 a.m. and recurring, for
three quarters of an hour. Headaches behind the right eye, better by
closing eyes and lasting only a few seconds. Heaviness of the head,
starting at the nape of the neck and spreading to the occiput and rising
to the top of the head. Ameliorated by lying down, closing the eyes and
placing the hands over the eyes.
Paraesthesia. Extreme sensitivity to touch. Extreme trembling,
stumbling gait. Constant restlessness of the lower limbs, cannot stay
sitting or lying down. Permanently strolls about. Fleeting torticollis
when stretching. Painful contractions of the abdominal, brachial and
lumbar muscles.
COMPARE - (1) Anhal. Hyperesthesia of the cortex, thalamus and
organs, visual hallucinations, loss of contact with surroundings,
accommodation difficult and perception disorders. (2) Chlorpromazine -
Melancholy, difficulty in concentrating, loss of memory, had to make
great effort for intellectual work, trembles, hypertonia, stiffness. (3)
Agar. Vertigo in the morning, clumsy hand movements, frontal headache,
spreading to the nose with pains as if pricked by icy needles, head
moves constantly, spasmodic jerking in the limbs.
SOURCES - Julian.
Case of Haloperidol
An Interesting Case From My Practice
Sujit Chatterjee, Bombay
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A 35 year old housewife came for a psychological disorder
(schizophrenia?) and tachycardia, with very rapid pulse. She felt like
blood would shoot up and come out of the skull. She was trembling a lot.
Tears came out of her eyes, but her speech was monotonous (deep
sensitivity and expression were lacking).
She cannot stand any stress because her will power is too weak.
Even small things stressed her a lot of. She had an inferiority complex.
She says that she does not know English but her sister knows it; that
she is not a good cook or host.
She does not like to take responsibility for family matters. Her
husband is a scientist and very busy in his work. According to her, he
is very pessimistic and never encourages her in her work. So she feels a
very pessimistic atmosphere at home and feels very nervous I couldn't
find a proper reason for it. To give a simple example, she had to strain
a lot for the smallest thing to describe the above matter.
I felt she was in a total confusion, as if she was in a mist. Her
statement was "whenever I face any problem I am not within myself". She
feels that if her mother comes to her place, she will be relieved, but
what will happen when her mother dies? She had an unnecessary fear of
death and what will happen to her children. I observed there was a lot
of inferiority complex in her but no sign of timidity.
She had a lot of problems aggravation when she had to do some
intellectual work.
She had a definite desire for salty food.
I considered the following Rubrics:
1. Delusion legs cut off, are (SR. I 316)
2. Food, salt desires (SR. II 266) (For schizophrenic we need to
give much importance to such symptoms).
In both the above rubrics Haloperidol is given by Julian (No. 14).
So I opened the Dictionary of M.M. by Julian. Under Haloperidol these
other symptoms were also mentioned:
3. Sensation of continuous "stress" difficult to ward off by will power.
4. Persistent feeling out of his self.
5. Sensation of unreality, "I am away from myself and others,"
doesn't know what he does, everything is gummed gradually (Gummed -
sealed out).
6. Stereo-type speaking (unvarying)
7. Is in a complete mist, (confounds everything, beings and facts,
things and duration).
8. Great waves of pessimism, of nervousness, without any reason. (Imp.)
9. The movement of the most elementary thinking requires great effort.
10. Tachycardia (Julian M.M.)
11. Rapid pulse (Julian M.M.)
12. Trembling.
13. Modalities. Aggravation - In the morning by intellectual work.
14. Schizophrenia
Haloperidol is an allopathic medicine with a major neuroleptic,
anti-psychotic action and is used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
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Follow up
After potentised Haloperidol she had become very confident. Now
takes her own decisions, comes alone to the clinic. Her reasoning has
improved a lot. She is optimistic.
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Some important symptoms: (From Julian M.M.)
1. Frequently forgets things that should be done daily.
2. Sensation as if legs are cut off; need for sleeping
3. Sensation of constriction in throat and chest, as if gripped by
a vice, difficult respiration, thorax painful, legs are lost.
4. Wishes to remain stressed and to do nothing.
5. Tendency to philosophic speculation in a closed personality.
6. Skin: palms of the hands very hot, despite of this tips of
fingers are cold.
7. Permanent state of depression.
8. Depersonalisation of self.
9. Forgets the notion of time.
10. Impression of being in a mist.
11. Great difficulty of intellectual cogitation.
12. Troubled sleep, sleeps better lying on belly.
13. Hyper salivation; desire for salty food.
14. Tachycardia.
Haloperidol is a synthetic substance but it has a beautiful drug
picture from the homœopathic point of view. If we are opening our
practice, we can give any medicine when well indicated to any patient.
When I took the case I found a lot of inferiority complex and
dependence in her, but as there was something else as well, I did not
even think of the Baryta group.
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Sujit Chatterjee
81, Hindu Colony, 2nd Floor, Road No. 2, Dadar (West), Bombay 400
014 Tel.: 414 3151
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Editorial Comments
This case opens up a vast vista of remedies to be proved, namely
the drugs used by modern allopathic medicine.
Sometimes I use Goodman & Gillman's text book of Pharmacology as a
companion to the homœopathic Materia Medica, especially when we read
side-effects of the drugs. These are a ready Materia Medica for us.
O.A. Julian in his Dictionary of New Materia Medica and other Books
has published provings of many drugs from Allopathic Pharmacopoeia. This
work needs to be continued.