Minutus

Does any one have information on Zinc-phos?

This is why I am asking:
Only cataracts and slight lumbago are left in a case where everything else is gone. No one will get cataracts in a proving (also cancer and many other chronic diseases). I found many cases of cataracts healing. The remedies were of course constitutionally approached. There are rubrics for opacity of the lense, but none refer to the remedy that I am thinking of choosing. The clinical reports mention zinc. several times. Mangialavori presents a zinc-phos case that is similar to this case. He points out the similarity to naja cases. This case has been healed by naja over the last 10 months. I didn't know much about naja, but I am amazed how close the case it to Mangialavori's description of naja. He says that using a related remedy makes more sense than jumping off to for example phos or sulphur that would fit this case according to the calculations of rubrics. Phos is actually not a bad fit to her personality and Puls is also useful. Both are fits to her hayfever case, and we know that Puls works for the acutes of hayfever. The hayfever is probably not resolved, but we don't have the pollen now to check it out. Both Phos and Puls are strong in those clinical cases. I am inclined to follow Mangialavori's advice. Zinc-phos fits her in great detail. Was not able to find other cases or MM descriptions other than Mangialavori.

Blessings,
Ellen Madono
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Ellen,

Can certainly provide Scholten's if you don't have it (see below). But I suspect this
is what you might find more helpful (from Zandvoort Millennium Rep) :

Agglutinated: general. {43> 125> 0} [58]
Agglutinated: morning. {36> 71> 0} [58]
Cataract, opacity of lens. {30> 76> 0} [58]
Discharges of mucus or pus: general. {36> 147> 0} [58]
Discharges of mucus or pus: canthi. {4> 68> 0} [58]
Discharges of mucus or pus: canthi: inner. {4> 26> 0} [58]
Discharges of mucus or pus: thick. {9> 16> 0} [58]
Discoloration. {3> 359> 0} [58]
Discoloration: redness. {94> 235> 0} [58]
Discoloration: redness: lids. {41> 89> 0} [58]
Discoloration: redness: lids: margins, edges. {30> 35> 0} [58]
Dryness: general. {40> 96> 0} [58]
Dullness. {26> 89> 0} [58]
Heat: general. {35> 94> 0} [58]
Inflammation. {98> 258> 0} [58]
Inflammation: lids, blepharitis. {51> 84> 0} [58]
Itching. {37> 207> 0} [58]
Itching: lids. {22> 94> 0} [58]
Lachrymation. {96> 280> 0} [58]
Lachrymation: air: open: agg. {16> 38> 0} [58]
Open, opening: general. {12> 90> 0} [58]
Open, opening: half open. {36> 26> 0} [58]
Pain: general. {108> 412> 0} [58]
Pain: evening: agg. {11> 116> 0} [58]
Pain: burning, smarting, biting. {102> 231> 0} [58]
Pain: burning, smarting, biting: evening. {9> 54> 0} [58]
Pain: pressing. {19> 68> 167} [58]
Pain: stitching. {14> 49> 178} [58]
Pain: tearing. {30> 81> 0} [58]
Paralysis: nerves: optic nerve, amaurosis. {11> 30> 104} [58]
Paralysis: lids. {15> 54> 0} [58]
Photophobia. {101> 165> 0} [58]
Photophobia: sunlight. {20> 20> 0} [58]
Pupils: contracted. {39> 111> 0} [58]
Pupils: dilated, mydriasis. {72> 142> 0} [58]
Staring: general. {55> 89> 0} [58]
Sunken: general. {46> 83> 0} [58]
Swelling: general. {21> 215> 0} [58]
Swelling: lids. {59> 125> 0} [58]
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "Ellen Madono" wrote:
No one will get cataracts in a proving (also cancer and many other chronic
diseases). I found many cases of cataracts healing. The remedies were of course
constitutionally approached. There are rubrics for opacity of the lense, but none
refer to the remedy that I am thinking of choosing. The clinical reports mention
zinc. several times. Mangialavori presents a zinc-phos case that is similar to this
case. He points out the similarity to naja cases. This case has been healed by naja
over the last 10 months. I didn't know much about naja, but I am amazed how
close the case it to Mangialavori's description of naja. He says that using a related
remedy makes more sense than jumping off to for example phos or sulphur that
would fit this case according to the calculations of rubrics. Phos is actually not a
bad fit to her personality and Puls is also useful. Both are fits to her hayfever case,
and we know that Puls works for the acutes of hayfever. The hayfever is probably
not resolved, but we don't have the pollen now to check it out. Both Phos and
Puls are strong in those clinical cases. I am inclined to follow Mangialavori's
advice. Zinc-phos fits her in great detail. Was not able to find other cases or MM
descriptions other than Mangialavori.
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Concepts.
Zincum: Restless, Intelligent, Repeating, Copying, Pollution, Falling behind,
Failure
Phosphorus: Communication, Sympathetic, Brothers, Friends, Neighbours,
Learning, Curiosity, Travelling, Homesickness
-
Group analysis
Overdoing the communication.
Restless out of sympathy.
A restless brother or sister.
Revising and learning.
Getting behind in your studies.
Restlessly travelling.
-
Picture of Zincum phosphoricum
Essence: overdoing the communication.
--Overdoing the communication -
They want to do their work well, especially in the communication branch. But
they always feel they aren't doing enough. They get more and more restless, trying
to keep up. They talk fast, may even stammer in their restless hurry. They are
prone to nervous breakdowns from all this work. They never take a break and even
if they do take a holiday, they won't sit back and relax, they'll take some work
home or they'll get involved in helping friends and relations.
Restless out of sympathy
They are not only sympathetic to their friends and relations, they also feel they
have to do something for them. But once again the feeling is that it is never
enough. They spend their time worrying what else they can do for someone to ease
their suffering.
A restless brother or sister
A variation on this theme is having a restless brother or sister who is very good at
learning and communicating, even if he is slightly restless. This makes them feel
left behind because their brother is getting much more attention.
--Falling behind with your studies -
It is important for them to do well in their studies and once again the ever
present feeling is that what they do isn't enough. Their parents may have put a lot
of pressure on them to get good marks and probably compared their marks with
those of their brother or sister, who did even better. So they try to do better next
time by revising even more or by following a strict learning schedule. Even the
holidays are spent trying to catch up, often forced by their parents. Until they are
quite exhausted and can't take in any more, they fall asleep while trying to read a
book.
Restlessly travelling
They love travelling, but even this tends to become an all out battle. All sorts of
things are going wrong and they end up running around trying to catch up with the
schedule. They get no rest at all and long to go home to their family and friends.
--Expressions -
Fears: failure, falling, heights, criticism, pursued, opposition, observed, touch,
anticipation, thieves, family, alone, cerebral hemor-rhage, death, being buried,
dark, horror, ghosts, fantasies, noise, suicide, future, thunder, twilight, disease and
death of family or friends, quickly coming and going, being sucked into the
drainage hole of a swimming pool.
Dreams: futile efforts, paralysis, exams, burglars, ghosts, monsters, fleeing,
thieves, strangled, pursued, abduction, animals, erotic, disease, stools, falling,
heights, party, accident, murder, quarrels, water, saving other people, being in a
boat with no bottom so having to swim, strict guards want to puncture him with a
giant sort of acupuncture needle; dreams carry on into the next dream.
Delusions: criminal, devil, death, dead people, objects are double, being light,
poisoned, thieves, dead people, fire, fantasy.
Irritability: grumbling, irritable, agg. being woken, agg. music.
Mood: happy, open, enthusiastic, gloomy, discontented, hurried, changeable,
complaining, sentimental, laughing, hysterical, screaming.
Mental: analytical, exhaustion, slow, delirious, chaotic, confused, dementia,
forgetful, idiotic, mad, manic, childish, very active, mistakes.
Contacts: aversion, desire, aversion talking, agg. talk.
Work: desireagg. and amel. aversion.
Sexuality: strong, nymphomania, kisses everyone.
Religious: superstitious.
Causes: humiliation, insults, alone, anticipation, fright, sadness, homesickness,
trifles.
Professions: computer programmer, bookkeeper.
Characteristics.
Type: thin, tall, red hair, pale, sallow, wrinkled.
Locality: right.
Weather: cold; agg. cold, agg. light, agg. thunderstorms.
Perspiration: amel.
Time: agg. 5 and 9 pm.
Desires: sweet, meat, fruit, starch, cold, fish, ansjovis, beer, liquorice.
Aversion: fish, milk, warm, sprouts (2), mushrooms, cloves, salt, oysters.
Food: agg. red wine, sweet, coffee.
Menses: profuse, amel. during menses.
Sleep: sleeplessness agg. nightmares; caused by lack of sleep; somnambulism,
on right side; amel. short sleep.
Physical: amel. sitting back(-keynote), agg. touch, agg. noise, amel. discharges;
amel. movement; caused by suppressed discharges, vaccination (3); agg. noise,
music, agg. walking, lying on left side; amel. rubbing agg. cats, smells, wool.

regards, Barbara

Dear Barbara,
She has the inflammatory part of this when she has the hayfever. Would you say it belongs in the case even though it is only for spring pollen?
I do have Sholten in the EH. I must have overlooked him. Thanks
Blessings,
Ellen

Interesting Dana was asking about an old article regarding cataracts,
yesterday. AB Norton used Sepia, Calc phos and Causticum in about 78%
of cases. Most of the info I have regarding Zinc phos is from Clarke
and cannot find anything regarding cataracts. When something is left in
a case (and you have to be sure that the simillimum so far cannot do
any more) you have what you could call a mini totality remaining and it
would be quite acceptable to home in on that and work with the sx that
just concern that area. This might be bordering on specific rx and
moving away from what you call constitutional prescribing, but you
would still need to examine any peculiarities within the mini totality
to help decide on the best rx. There are a great many more rx that
refer to cataracts than the few mentioned above.

It is quite a leap from Naja, Puls, Phos, Sulphur, Zinc phos and I
couldn't imagine prescribing any of the zincs if they didn't have that
typical 'movement' in the case, even though both Zinc and Phos,
seperately, have cataracts.

personally I would be studying all the relevant remedies and looking
for something particular in the case to help make the best choice.
Maybe the sx of the lumbago will aid you in this. Sorry not be able to
help more. Best wishes, Joy
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.blogspot.com
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Dear Joy,

Thank you for your comments. I just found Kent saying Zinc-phos has cured cataracts also. Sholten and Mangialavori (probably Mang following Sholten) agree on the mind symptoms of zinc-phos: Overly sympathetic toward others to the extent that she disrupts her own life and very compulsive about intellectual studies. What she does as studies is never good enough. Needs someone to teach her everything although she is extremely capable. Brain fag. Paralyzed after sitting for a while so it hurts to stand up. She is bent over until she moves around for a while. What do you mean by zinc "movements"? She is naja like. Everything is about herself and her possessions. Concerned about people seeing her achievements. Naja also cannot do enough to satisfy her perfectionist standards. Works very hard but not intellectual. Takes on too much responsibility for other people. Following your advice, I will give her sulphur 200c and then see if we can get anything more out of the naja. Maybe some more symptoms will come out. Other snakes are used in cataract cases, but I don't see naja.

She has a scar on her belly button. It's from a surgery 4 years ago and it is still red and slightly inflamed looking. She had another surgery done to fix the inflammation, but it is still there. Does that have a rubric?

Mangialavori said something very interesting about the jealousy of snakes. They are not primarily jealous. They are primarily possessive. Because they are possessive, they become jealous. With a patient is as refined as this woman, it was difficult to see a snake. I chose naja mostly on the basis of the physicals. Afterwards when I read more about naja, I could see the snake.

It is hard to do these last prescriptions. People stay with me because I am so cheap. Then I feel really stuck because there is nothing to prescribe on. Thank-you for your comments on treating narrowly for these cases. I'm still trying to put three strong legs on this shrinking stool.

Blessings,
Ellen

Dear Ellen, that's excellent. Can you give the reference for Kent as I
can't find it except as either Zinc OR Phos.

By Zinc 'movements' I am referring to the catalogue of various
movements that the Zincs are well known for and that can be
restlessness; tremor; foot tapping; nervous twitchings; convulsions;
chorea; trembling; fidgeting; jerkings; eyes rolling; ovarian pain and
can't keep still; the modality of >>> motion, etc etc.

If I understand your use of the word constitution to mean the grander
or larger totality then such sx as brain fag; overly sympathetic;
compulsion about studying; paralysis after sitting; concern about her
achievements etc, then this means that there IS still a lot to the
case, a lot left and not just cataracts and lumbago. So what did the
Naja actually cure and if cured why can't it do more - is the question
I would be asking.

But if you are at a point now when Zinc phos seems to fit the larger
totality then you have to consider it.

I am aware of Mangiolavori's drug families but am struggling a bit with
Naja to Zinc phos. Maybe you can tell us more if you have time.

I would agree with the possessive qualities of many of the snakes = the
base for their jealousy, that is cause and effect. i think even more
profound is that in nature snakes abandon their young and thus you can
work backwards and say that the deepness of the abandonment is the
cause for the possession which is the cause for the jealousy.

Naja is tormented as much as any of the other snakes but has a lot of
sympathy qualities. Crotalus is considered the 'sociable' snake. Lots
of eye disorders with all of them but not totally sure which
specifically have cataracts off hand.

You'll find a whole load of 'scar' rubrics in the skin sections of the
reps.

By the way I didn't say anything about Sulphur 200c must have been
someone else sitting on that shrinking stool:-)

Best wishes, Joy
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.blogspot.com
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Ellen,

Haven't been able to respond till now, and I see that you are already sorting things
out with help from Joy, so I guess I've come in a little to late to be of any help here.

best wishes, Barbara

--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "Ellen Madono" wrote:
it belongs in the case even though it is only for spring pollen?
gone.
course
none
mention
naja
related
case,
probably
MM

Thanks Barb. You and Joy have both been very helpful. Blessings, Ellen

Dear Joy,
Sulphur 200c came up as just being one of those remedies that might shake up the case and get the Naja working. She is not a sulphur in any close sense.

Concerning the connection between Naja and Zinc-phos, its in the mentals. Focus on intellectual production, obsession to the point of brain fatigue. They get mentally tired easily. What they do is never enough. They would like to do this and that good cause, but its all about achievement and doing something for me. Criticism really hurts. Can't express anger. Master's described the Naja mythology concerning protection of her young, (her possessions). In the current case, the grown up daughter gets very angry because Naja is still trying to protect her "little girl" grand children... If you stay at her house, she will stop everything she is doing to make sure you are perfectly served. She's Japanese-American so excessive parental expectations is normal. Sharing the central characteristic with zinc-phos, nothing they do is enough. They are inadequate despite obvious public achievement. So at 60 years old, she needs to go to school and compete with 20 somethings to prove herself.

Her vision is getting dimmer but she tells me it is a natural aspect of aging and she will just get an operation. The idea is to ignore body part that has a problem. She gets it that homeopathy can do incredible things, but she has already decided that cataracts are natural and therefore to be ignored.

Look under zinc-phat for numerous listings. Also zinc-phic I don't see Kent there. I was hallucinating yesterday? Homeopathic Links has a discussion linking Lachesis and Zinc-phos. Also, cimmifuga. There are a bunch of abbreviations for it. I am not sure which is correct. Zinc-phos is old and apparently problematic as an abbreviation.

Thanks for your help.

Blessings,
Ellen

From: Joy Lucas
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Zinc-phos info sought
Dear Ellen, that's excellent. Can you give the reference for Kent as I
can't find it except as either Zinc OR Phos.

By Zinc 'movements' I am referring to the catalogue of various
movements that the Zincs are well known for and that can be
restlessness; tremor; foot tapping; nervous twitchings; convulsions;
chorea; trembling; fidgeting; jerkings; eyes rolling; ovarian pain and
can't keep still; the modality of >>> motion, etc etc.

If I understand your use of the word constitution to mean the grander
or larger totality then such sx as brain fag; overly sympathetic;
compulsion about studying; paralysis after sitting; concern about her
achievements etc, then this means that there IS still a lot to the
case, a lot left and not just cataracts and lumbago. So what did the
Naja actually cure and if cured why can't it do more - is the question
I would be asking.

But if you are at a point now when Zinc phos seems to fit the larger
totality then you have to consider it.

I am aware of Mangiolavori's drug families but am struggling a bit with
Naja to Zinc phos. Maybe you can tell us more if you have time.

I would agree with the possessive qualities of many of the snakes = the
base for their jealousy, that is cause and effect. i think even more
profound is that in nature snakes abandon their young and thus you can
work backwards and say that the deepness of the abandonment is the
cause for the possession which is the cause for the jealousy.

Naja is tormented as much as any of the other snakes but has a lot of
sympathy qualities. Crotalus is considered the 'sociable' snake. Lots
of eye disorders with all of them but not totally sure which
specifically have cataracts off hand.

You'll find a whole load of 'scar' rubrics in the skin sections of the
reps.

By the way I didn't say anything about Sulphur 200c must have been
someone else sitting on that shrinking stool:-)

Best wishes, Joy
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.blogspot.com

On 28 Jul 2005, at 14:51, Ellen Madono wrote:
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
ATTENTION PLEASE:

The Minutus Group is established purely for the promotion of Homoeopathy and educational benefit of its members. It makes no representations regarding the individual suitability of the information contained in any document read or advice or recommendation offered which appears on this website and/or email postings for any purpose. The entire risk arising out of their use remains with the recipient. In no event shall the minutus site or its individual members be liable for any direct, consequential, incidental, special, punitive or other damages whatsoever and howsoever caused.

****
ATTENTION PLEASE!!

If you do not wish to receive individual emails, you can simply change your setting at http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/minutus to receive a single daily digest.
SPONSORED LINKS Complementary and alternative medicine Complementary alternative medicine Alternative medicine
Homeopathy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS

a.. Visit your group "minutus" on the web.
b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
minutus-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Dear Ellen thank you for this. I know Naja very well and have now spent
some time thinking about the combination of zincum and phosphorus -
quite a double act

I would offer that what you write about this case, from the emotional
sx, that quite a large number of rx could be considered (the milk
family, carcinosin, the natrum family to name but a few) and sometimes
when you get this profusion of suggestions on the emotional sphere
regarding rx it is always important to go back to the physicals and the
presenting complaint as these are usually more objective facts of the
case and this approach can make the case seem less daunting. I hope you
let us know how the case progresses. Many thanks for sharing. best
wishes, Joy
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.blogspot.com
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]