Susceptib;ility

[Dr. Krishnamoorthy]

On 15 May 2004 'H. BALASUBRAMANIAN' wrote about so many things, such as
susceptibility, allergens etc. etc. Without meaning any offence, I would
point out that if he can quote cured cases stating as to how he cured
(method of selection etc.) it would be useful to many.

Theory is good so far as it goes but he who can infuse theory with practice
in the minds of students live in, with and for them. Let me say something
here. The following would be useful to many homeopaths instead of talking
of inheritance, miasm etc. etc.

Patient, age 7 years is brought by parents. The father is a Professor in a
homeopathic college. He describes that his son is epileptic for seven
years and he prescribed Causticum, Cuprum etc. then on 'miasm' etc. etc.
I asked him to allow me to talk with the mother (at which time he should not
interrupt, though he know homeopathy).
She told many things and I was listening for five minutes. Yes, we have to
wait till valuable symptoms comes out, which is at many times at the end of
the consultation, or after we have prescribed or during second or subsequent
consultations.

She ended up saying, "Doctor, whenever he sits in the commode to pass stool
he would invariably get the fits. What is it due to to, doctor?" she asked.

I DO NOT TALK ABOUT MIASM nor do I TALK OF TREATING PATIENT OR DISEASE. I
simply prescribe and cure the patient. That is all.

I refer to Calvin B. Knerr's Repertory. The following is noted:

DURING STOOL, convulsion: Art.v.

Artemisia vulgaris 10M single dose was prescribed and from that day the
convulsions started reducing and in a week's time completely stopped. But
unfortunately the father of the patient (who is a Professor of Homeo
college) has not till date bought a copy of Calvin B. Knerr's Repertory
though he is treating several cases daily.
Readers may object to my selecting the remedy on a single symptom. When we
read Section 153 of the Organon that we have to prescribe on rare, strange,
peculiar symptom, we find in all cases that valuable symptoms are one or a
few only. Again the golden rule is that if a general symptom is modified
(aggravated or ameliorated) by another general symptom or occurs as a
concomitant it is like Supreme Court Judgment. You need not look for any
other symptom in the case.

Convulsions belong to nerves. Nerves run through the body. Therefore
symptoms of nerves are general symptoms. Again , daily routine (bowel
movement) is a general symptom. In this case one general symptom
(convulsion) occurs as a concomitant to another general symptom (bowel
movement.)

Why not we discuss matters like the above instead of quoting Dr. Koppikkar
etc. etc. To what use?

I don't talk of treating the disease or treating the patient. Patient come
to me and I give homeo medicine and they are cured. That is all. It is
high time we talk as to how to select the remedy.

Case: A patient was having chronic neuritis and was sleepless ever since
the onset of neuritis. For insomnia with neuritis (both general symptoms,
one occurring as a concomitant to another) CONIUM is the only remedy. I
prescribed single dose of Conium-l000 and the patient was cured. For the
information of Mr. Balasubramaniam this case was treated for six months by
Dr. Koppikkar.

Hereinbelow is another case which came to me after getting three months
treatment from Dr. Koppikar:

A boy of eleven was brought by his mother: "Doctor, look at him.
Most of the times, he is making constant movements of his fingers.) He often
becomes violent
and restless. This started six months ago. We went to allopathic hospital
and they diagnosed his case as worm complaint and gave him santonine, but
even the double the adult dose of it had no effect. Then we went to a
Homeopathy specialist. (Here shows me the prescription: Cina-30 daily
morning and Graphites-30 daily night, for one month. (Graphites, on the
symptom-- eruption on the left forearm of the boy.) We completed one month
course of
these two remedies but no result."

I looked at the boy again and then the case sheet. 'Case sheet' means plain
white sheet on which we start writing down one below the other what all the
patient and/or his relatives tell us.

After a pause, the mother told me with wide open eyes, "Doctor, ever since
he developed worm complaint he often
complains of headache and vertigo. Why is it so doctor?"

I went through all the remedy descriptions in Lilienthal's HOMEOPATHIC
THERAPEUTICS under the chapter 'WORM AFFECTIONS.' Thirty-four remedies are
described and the words 'vertigo and headache' told by the mother (which is
an 'uncommon' symptom in worm complaint) were found under one remedy only
viz., Cicuta virosa. This remedy in 200th potency, single dose, cured both
his worm symptoms as well as his skin complaint.

I described the above cure to Dr. Koppikar but he does not want to look at
Samuel Lilienthal's Homeopathic Therapeutics nor at Calvin B. Knerr's
Repertory. That is the case with most homeopaths. When a good method (that
is easy, exact and accurate) is shown to them they do not want to learn such
things.

[Robyn]

Hello Dr. K

Could you please explain how you arrived at CONIUM for insomnia with
neuritis?
I have not been able to locate this rubric and not this remedy associated
exclusively to sleeplessness and neuritis

Robyn

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[Toni-Ann Trevino]

Most remarkable, Dr. Krishnamoorthy. From which reference did you find
neuritis with insomnia and Con as the only remedy? How does one use, say
Radar, to rep such things that involve a general symptom that modifies or is
concomitant to another general symptom? I could not agree more that it is
paramount that we talk of how to select the right remedy!!
Toni

[Robyn]

Re my query below - it seems that in Radar Repertory Universale has the
relevant rubric listed as

SLEEP - PHENOMENA - SLEEPLESSNESS - general - neurosis, multiple
con

so, on checking in Boericke, found that it should read - I will
have to contact the Radar people for them to correct this

Also, it is not in Synthesis!

Robyn
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[Toni-Ann Trevino]

Dr. Krishnamoorthy,
I want very much to understand your methodology. If I go to GENERALS,
Convulsions during stool, there are the following:

GENERALS - CONVULSIONS - stool - during

COLCH.bg2 Cupr.bg2 hyos.bg2 nux-v.ptk Sec.bg2 sulph.bg2 tab.bg2

Please explain how you arrived at Art-v.

Toni

[Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD]

This is what I found in the Complete Repertory, Millenium edition:

Rectum; INVOLUNTARY stool; convulsions, during (K621, G531) (9) : arn.Knr, art-v.CrkCt, bell.Knr, caust.Sant, cupr.Sant, hydr-ac.Sant, nux-v.Sant, oena., stry.

I checked my copy of Lilienthal and did not see Art V having involuntary stools; looked under epilepsy, the remedy is listed but no stools in the description.

Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind"

[Toni-Ann Trevino]

In Synthesis:
RECTUM - INVOLUNTARY stool - convulsion, during:

anan.vh bufosne lach.sne Oena.k,mrr1 stry.a1,k tarent.a1

Still no Art-v. Sure wish there weren't so many differences among the
various repertories.

Toni

[Dr. Joe Rozencwajg, NMD]

In Clarke and Hering: "passes urine and feces with the spasms"
Reproduced in Vermeulen's Concordant

So, difficult to find by all means.........................

Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind"

[Hans Radax]

I did not understand that stool was involuntary.

The Rubric is:

20. STOOL AND RECTUM - During stool - convulsion

on page 577 of Knerr's repertory (B.Jain edition), with Art-v as the only remedy.

Best regards,

Hans

[andyh]

Toni-Ann Trevino wrote:
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CONIUM--Boericke MM
Complete 2000:
SLEEP; SLEEPLESSNESS; general; neurosis, multiple (1) : con. ("neurosis" appears to be an error in transcription)

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