Minutus

Hi,
I rather agree with Soroush,
In any case the more material/physical the illness it is better to start
with lower potencies and the more dynamic it is then go for higher ones.
However it is not a wrong practice to go for IM right away in any case
provided you have ample experience with the same kind or similar kind of
cases to know that IM (or any potency as for that matter) is the right one
for the case. But here the real point of dissent is giving many does at once
before assessing the progress. It is definitely a bad practice because every
dose acts (if it is the similimum or even a similar one) and any hasty
repetition definitely spoil the case especially one with predominance of
physical/pathological symptoms. I think enough had been said about it
between Shannon and Soroush (for all to hear/read) about it a few days
earlier!
Also note that a sprained ankle and a residual symptom from a nerve injury
is something entirely different. The first one is the struggle of the nerve
to get attention so that it can go back to normal as soon as possible. The
second one is the struggle of the physician/therapist to wake up the
sleeping/dormant nerve so that the patient can go back to normal as far as
possible. (If needed I will explain it further).
Best Regards,
Dr. Abdul Gafar, BHMS, DNHE.
Editor-in-Chief,
"Homoeopathic Medical Panorama"
International Quarterly published from India.
www.homedpa.com

Hi,

Thank you for your discussion. I am going to describe a case I have and ask if it sounds like cranial nerve damage.

I have a patient who is losing her sense of smell and taste. She can smell and taste strong cleaning agents, but not food or more delicate odors. Hearing in the right ear is damaged for soft voices. She is wearing a bag because of surgery for colon cancer two years ago. Her parent's are elderly and deterioating. She was the youngest child, acqused of getting too much attention from her mother. She has wandering rheumatic pains and numbness. I gave her Puls, but she is so hesitant and wavering that she has not been steady in using the remedy. I have been taught low potency and I really want to her take when the amelioration wears off. She seems to lack the focus necessary to monitor herself. If she does not do well with self monitoring, I will probably give her a higher potency (1M). So far the only imediate amelioration is the goiter on her right external neck has gone down and her behavior suggests that she is more energetic and focused. I am hoping for less extreme deferential giving in to a dictatorial husband, but she is not a frank person and I would not expect clear reporting from her.

When the olfacatory loss began 3 years ago, she had a metalic taste in her mouth. Four years ago, she also had bouts of Menier's disease (dizziness only ameliorated by lying still) with nausea. Her sinuses hurt around the eyes (her eye sight is getting worse too, she feels) and are ameliorated by pressure and warmth. The Menier's sx are gone, but the deafness took their place.

Does this sound like cranial nerve damage? Does she stand a chance of any recovery? I am banking on the constitutional remedy improving the situation, but maybe I will need a remedy that is more focused on the nerve damage problem. The Menier's disease already did the damage to the hearing. Should I use those symptoms, or use the symptoms of the current loss of sense sensitivity? The sinus sensitivity is continuous so I know I can use that.
Blessings,
Ellen