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| Hpathy Ezine - September, 2007 | ||||
Revisiting: Kelly Tells The Tooth!-- Elaine Lewis, DHom |
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| Who remembers last month's long, tedious and yet, somehow, exciting quiz presented by Kelly about her exasperating month-long dental debacle? No one. OK, here it is again: =============================== Well, Kelly, what do you have for us today? A toothache! Wait a minute, didn't you have a toothache last month? Yes!!!! And I got bumped for Caralyn's father! Kelly, there's something you have to understand about homeopathy: everyone likes Caralyn's father! What? Caralyn's father is very popular; he generates a lot of mail. For instance, here's a letter now: "Dear Elaine, brilliant!--Caralyn" Elaine... And another thing you have to understand about homeopathy, Kelly, and that is: I have to be able to come up with a song that has something to do with the topic in my capacity as hpathy.com's designated DJ, and as far as I know, no one has ever written a song about a toothache! Didn't Ray Charles do a song called "Tell The Tooth"? That was "Tell The Truth", Kelly! Didn't Marvin and Tammy do "It Takes Tooth"? That was "It Takes Two!" Well, I can't help you! Just give your case Kelly..... Right. So, I've got a great case for you this month Elaine! Unh-huh... I'm so excited because, as you know, my teeth have been bothering me for a long while now. Mmm-hmmm..... And as you also know, I'm a wimp when it comes to seeing the dentist- which I managed to avoid thanks to you!! Yes, you've done a lot for the
cause of proper dental care. The other two were the upper left (behind a failed implant area) and the lower molars. I had tried rhus tox but it hadn't helped at all. God this is interesting.... And that's probably not good, right? Yes! Not good! It
would start as a dull ache and by the time I went to bed, throbbing
pain that was unbearable! The whole left side of my face
ached horribly! I felt the pain in the roots and thought that I
had an infection. By morning, the pain would be diminished, my cheek
would feel swollen (though it wasn't) and the whole thing would
repeat itself that night. Cheer up, Kelly, we'll just use that as next month's case! It's amazing the role I play at hpathy; well, anything for science! So anyway, that was when I got in touch with you, Elaine! Really? I must have been asleep,
what did I say? Oh. Remember? sensitive teeth and
gums worse chewing No, there's more:
When does it stop? Now, it stops now! And the winners are.....
And then you said, "One of these better work cuz we have an ezine to get out!" I'm such a romantic! So, I tried Cham. 30C and here's what happened: No pain that night!
hurray!! However, I didn't sleep all that well. I suspected that
I was grinding my teeth or at the very least, clenching while asleep. Well ex-cuuuuuuse me! I did notice a very small improvement, though... Aha! - less tension in my jaw. But after the second dose, I developed a sore on the inside, back left of my tongue. The teeth felt okay (not great but not bad either) I took a 3rd dose later that day and the tension in my jaw returned, the sore was irritating and painful and my tongue felt swollen. Picky, picky, picky! My back, which had
also been bothering me a little, was not so great (tension there
too) and I didn't sleep well that night. I decided to zap the sulphur
and take a look at your list of remedies again. And I suppose that's my fault
too! But you do seem to be looking at me! I took Chamomilla and finally fell asleep. My jaws felt achy and tired in the morning and I still had "pangs" of pain shooting through my gums/teeth. I also had another painful sore inside my lower lip, just above the tooth line. My symptom list: Yeesh! Practicing dentistry isn't easy! I was very worried
at this point as the pain was really bad and I worried about an
abscess. I actually resorted to an extra strength tylenol before
going to bed! When is this story going to take a turn for the better? Right now! You told me to take _____________. I told you to take _______________? Yes, you told me to take ____________! And what happened? I got better! Oh. =================
Now, wasn't that exciting? Apparently many of you didn't think so. I think people must run screaming from the building as soon as you mention the dentist. But we do have one winner this month! Yes, Nilay from ... somewhere, correctly guessed Nitric Acid! If you'll notice, I underlined all the indications for Nitric acid in the case above and here they are:
To quote John Clark, "Ontalgia [toothache] with jerking, shooting, drawing or pulsating pain, principally at night, in bed, in evening." I was finally tipped off to Nitric acid when Kelly mentioned the appearance of painful sores, first on the tongue, then on the inside of the lower lip. "Mouth: ulcers, painful"; there are only 8 remedies listed in Murphy's 3rd ed. and Nit-ac. is the only 3! The evening/night time aggravation is very characteristic. In short, this is a very big remedy in dental problems, especially in periodontal disease, gingivitis, dental abscesses, bleeding gums, loose teeth, sore gums, tooth decay, mouth sores, and even that awful symptom where the painful tooth feels longer than all the others, have you ever had that? Yeah, that's a pretty bad sign; not that Nitric acid is the only remedy; but, with homeopathy, even that can be reversed, believe me, I know! So, in conclusion, especially if your tooth complaint is left-sided, don't forget Nitric acid, and especially if it looks like Mercury and Mercury doesn't work. Dr. B, what life-altering gift do we have for Nilay? ---------------------------------------- This month's winners will get a special 30% discount on one order of books from Hpathy Mall. Click Here for Prize Guidelines |
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Elaine Lewis, DHom, CHom takes online cases. Visit her website at: www.hpathy.com/office/ElaineLewis.asp |
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