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Points from the O.P. D. ( Outpaitent department) and therapeutic hints by Dr. K.G.  Priestman

 

Points from the O.P. D. and therapeutic hints

 Apis mellifica for allergic manifestations.

 Phosphorus has nasal obstruction, polypus, does not like tea.

 Pulsatilla may be thirsty for cold drink, weeps when worried, worse stuffy room, loathes fat.

 Prednisolone 3 for bad effect of the same.

 Drugs for common cold

 Pulsatilla, Carbo vegetabilis, Euphrasia officinalis, Allium cepa, Iodium, Kali iodatum, Arsenicum iodatum, Psorinum, Nux vomica.

 Stuffed up nose but no relief from blowing

 Lachesis, Kali bichromicum, psorinum, Naja

 Sticta pulmonaria-KENT )

 Paeonia very excellent drug for piles

 KENT

 Pulsatilla is better by slow motion.

 Arsenicum album child wants to be carried very fast but Pulsatilla child is satisfied by slow motion.

 Migraine at the time of menses is a good pointer to Sepia.

 Kali iodatum 1M for ear trouble.

 Blue sclerotics and hairs from arm upto the shoulder is a good pointer to Tuberculinum bovinum.

 Bromium 3X

 4 minims 3 times daily for enlargement of thymus.

 Calcarea silicata

 Catarrh with feet very cold and damp.

 Child very sensitive to cold.

 Nux vomica patients are agg. by overwork.

 They do their work quite laboriously.

 Arnica montana for Hypertension.

 Used for shock, emotional as well as physical shock.

 Hepar sulphuris calcareum discharge smells like old cheese.

 Pulsatilla acute of Medorrhinum.

 Capsicum for homesickness.

 Preventive of mastoid abscess if given early in ear troubles.

 Anaemia

 Calcarea phosphorica 2X, Ferr-p3X

 Kali iodatum, Kali sulphuricum for sinus trouble

 Bright red blood haemorrhage-Ipeacacuanha

 Gelsemium is good for Poliomyelitis ( A virus that may cause paralysis  ).

 Mercurius cynatus

 For diphtheria ( infection of the nose and throat  ).

 Pulsatilla

 Cough on exertion at night.

 Thea 200 (Tea)

 In a case of  bed wetting.

 Jealousy in children - Lachesis 10 M 3 doses 12 hrly seem to act as one dose.

 Hepar sulphuris calcareum

 Eczema.

 Bacillinum and Influenzinum combined [can be obtained from A. Nelson] is very good to prevent cold.

 Pulsatilla acute of Silicea.

 Pulsatilla has complaints  after hair cut like Belladonna

 Mongols have usually Catarrh , they tend to be overweight.

 Pulsatilla and Medorrhinum most indicated.

 All statements qualified- a strong indication for Sulphur.

 Patient shows that he wants to score off doctor - Nitricum acidum, Zincum.

 Sheer exhaustion could drop in tracks.

 China officinalis, Conium maculatum, Picricum acidum.

 Pain in Bone -  Aurum, Mercurius, Sulphur.

 Pain in bone, trunk, finger tip covers - Kali carbonicum.

 Pain in flesh, extremities, Kali Carbonicum.

 Weekend headaches, saturday -  Natrum muriaticum.

 Weekend headaches, Sunday - Sulphur.

 Headaches, Tuesday  - Natrum muriaticum.

 Pain over right eye into eye,- Sanguinaria canadensis  some time Spigelia.

 Pain over left eye into eye- Spigelia.

 Irritable, better from snapping - Natrum muriaticum.

 Irritable, remorseful after snapping- Nux vomica.

 Fine hair, poor concentration, forgets word or paragraph just read or written, emotions follow closely mood of music, story, films etc.

 Easy tears to eyes and lump to throat, mobile nostrils - Lycopodium clavatum.

 Heart pains not always constricting, sometimes precordial, pressure with  radiation down left  arm - Cactus grandiflorus.

 Sweating between shoulder blades, shirt sticking to back, dark downy hair on back -  Tuberculinum bovinum.

 Tuberculinum and Thuja for Laventhal syndrome ( Leventhal syndrome: A hormonal problem that causes women to have various symptoms, including irregular or no menstruation, acne, obesity, and excess hair growth).

 Tuberculinum bovinum

 agg. heat amel. open air.

 Lachesis

 Jealous.

 [Stramonium and Pulsatilla also jealous]

 Pulsatilla 30

 6 doses four hourly cured a case of acute tonsillitis with 102o F temp.

 Mercurius corrosivus 30

 6 doses 4 hourly and 6 doses 6 hourly for tonsillitis and otitis media.

 Kali sulphuricum6 B.D.  for 8 weeks, kicks the cover at night.

 Wakes at 3 A.M. 

 Mercurius corrosivus 200

 In acute amoebic dysentery.

 Aloes 200

 In dysentery.

 Tuberculinum bovinum

 To clear the bronchitis and bad temper.

 Mixed pollen - for hay fever and asthma.

 Eczema agg.  near fire and radiant heat - Antimonium crudum also Sulphur, Pulsatilla.

 Chronic otitis media -amel. good  plan  to give a low  potency  over a long time e.g.  Pulsatilla.

 Iodium for metabolic diseases.

 Urtica urens  for eczema.

 Q  in bath  - frantic irritation.

 Thuja for mother-vaccinated several times during pregnancy.

Asthma

 Natrum arsenicatum.

 Natrum sulphuricum.

 If emotional stress is the cause of asthma think of Natrum muriaticum.

 Two cases

 Girl : Lost her mother while 2 years old, lost her father while 3 yrs old, lost her brother while 5 yrs old., subsequently developed asthma.

 Similarly the case of a boy.

 With Kali bichromicum, Kali sulph., Kali phos., do come in for though.

 Some times when we don't find a similimum, the pus of the patient when potentised becomes her or his remedy- gave 2 illustrations.

 {Autogenous potencies}

 Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus

 Sepia very closely related to each other.

 Phosphorus agg. thunderstorm -  Sepia  amel. thunderstorm.

 Asthma with indigestion : Nux vomica

 Carbo vegetabilis.

 Nephritis : Pulsatilla and Apis mellifica.

 Apis mellifica patient is jealous.

 Sepia should not be repeated too soon.

 Slowly developing anaemia is very often the early sign of rheumatic carditis in children.

 Calcarea Phosphorica 3x and Ferrum phosphoricum 3x is very good for anaemia in children.

 Tuberculinum bovinum 30 : Blue sclerotics - long hairs on arm.

 In case of asthma or allergy where the patient suffers from certain flowers get the potency prepared from those flowers and give to the patient.

 Cited 2 cases where patient were cured.

 Sepia  agg. sea air and snow air.

 Medorrhinum amel. sea air.

 Baryta muriaticum 6 used for long time is good for chronic Tonsilitis.

 Bad effects of B.C. G. -Bacillinum, Tuberculinum bovinum, Drosera rotundifolia etc.

 Belladonna : agg. after hair washing,  cough agg. at night.

 Pseudo- hypertrophic myopathy - Calcarea phosphorica is a good medicine.

 [Dr. Julia Green]

 

Travel sickness

 Cocculus  indicus : giddiness, dizziness.

 Petroleum : occipital headache.

 Tabacum : deathly coldness and intoxication.

 Calcarea silicata : Sweaty feet, late  dentition, big baby when born, very thin now.

 Thuja;  Fear of falling.

 Compare Borax.

 Borax has fear of downward motion.

 A case : Mother told that her  daughter would never walk alone even a step.

 She nicely put it.

 Cistus canadensis : History of bad Catarrh, liking for cheese especially if the child is chilly.

 Sepia case : Effect of emotional disturbance during pregnancy over the unborn.

 A child born of a mother who got indifferent about him while she was carrying required sepia for her trouble, which cured.

 

 

 

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