Arum triphyllum
WOMAN, 68 YEARS OLD
A: It concerns a cold. When did it start?
P: The day before yesterday. In fact, on
Monday. (Patient talks with a hoarse voice, the voice
is cracking)
A: Today it is Thursday.
P: My husband had it very bad.
A: How did it start?
P: With an obstructed
nose. Then it turned to the vocal cords. I couldn't talk anymore.
A: Completely hoarse?
P: Yes, completely. I couldn't say anything, I
had to write it down.
A: So, the voice was completely gone?
P: Yes, completely.
A: The voice is also changing.
P: Yes, sometimes it his high, sometimes it is
absent.
A: Sometimes it is cracking.
P: Yes, sometimes it is high...
A: ... and then it is low again.
P: Yes.
A: You don't have any control over it.
P: No, not at all.
A: So, it is a cold. Also your nose is
obstructed. On which side?
P: On the right side.
A: What is coming out?
P: Liquid.
A: Watery?
P: Yes.
A: The watery liquid
that is coming out is that burning?
P: No. I wipe it immediately away.
A: What do you feel inside the nose?
P: At the moment nothing. I clean it with
cotton that I have soaked in salty water.
A: You have the tendency...
P: ... to clean it every time in order to
breathe better.
A: That's the reason. Is your nose completely
obstructed?
P: Yes, completely
obstructed.
A: Is there blood with it?
P: Until now no.
A: Also not when you are cleaning your nose?
P: No.
A: Do you feel something particular in the
mouth?
P: No, not at all. I don't feel anything in
the throat.
A: Do you have a lot of salivation?
P: Often yes. And a
dry mouth. I drink very much.
A: Cold or warm?
P: A little bit luke?
A: Do you have mucus in the throat?
P: A little bit, but not much.
A: Do you often clear your throat?
P: I do.
A: Do you have the
feeling that the throat is swollen?
P: Yes, on the right side.
A: Further you don't feel anything.
P: Not at all. I don't feel ill at all.
A: I will give you a remedy and see you
tomorrow evening again. You dissolve the remedy in water and take four times a
spoonful today and tomorrow again a few.
FEEDBACK (1 DAY LATER)
A: How did it go?
P: Yesterday after breakfast, about 10.00
a.m. I started taking the remedy. I took
five times a spoonful. I thought it was better this morning and it became
better during the day. I could talk better.
A: Indeed your voice has improved.
P: Yes, I don't have problems with it anymore.
The nose is only a little bit obstructed. I feel good. Only with talking...
A: But the voice is not cracking anymore.
P: No, it doesn't trouble me anymore.
A: Before it went high up suddenly.
P: Yes, I couldn't bring out the words. That
is over.
A: All right, that is all I had to know.