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| Hpathy Ezine - November, 2005 | ||||
Revisiting: "Everglades National Park Needs Help!"-- Elaine Lewis, DHom |
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| Is everybody ready to review our quiz from last month? Here it is: OK, So, my little "Everglades National Park" was not feeling well and running a fever at school. He had been outside in the cold, wet weather over the previous weekend and had developed a cough but nothing else at that point. My husband brought him home from school and monitored him for the afternoon. His fever rose to over 102 degrees, he was red-faced, hot and lethargic. By the time I returned home, he was sweating profusely, chilly and wanted to be wrapped up. His cough was still present, he wasn't very thirsty (though he did drink some water) and had eaten nothing all day. The first remedy I gave made him somewhat better the next day. He had a total of three doses. But in the afternoon, his fever returned, so I gave another dose of the remedy and nothing happened! So, I tried it in a 200C, but still nothing happened! His ears were bright red and he was extremely thirsty for ice cold water. Rethinking the case I realized I missed an important symptom- he smelled horrible! His sweat and breath were quite foul. I gave a different remedy this time in a 30C potency. A half an hour later, I again gave a sucussed dose of *** and to my horror, the poor kid seemed to get worse! His fever had risen to almost 104 degrees and I was getting really worrried! Fortunately, (thank you Elaine!!) I realized he was aggravating! I zapped -- antidoted -- with a lower dose of the same remedy. Things settled down quickly and his fever lowered dramatically to 101 then down to 99 then normal by bedtime! I have yet to repeat this remedy and will only do so if I see a return of symptoms. Thank God for "zapping"! And now if you don't mind, I'm going back to bed!
Fourteen people voted in last month's quiz, and half of them picked Mercury! This is not hard to understand, as Mercury is famous for its foul odors, especially bad breath. Unfortunately, you picked the wrong remedy. OK, I think we all agree that the most striking feature of the case is the horrible smell! Here is the rubric: Fever: putrid--ars., BAPT., crot-h., ECHI., lach., mur-ac., phos-ac., PYROG., sec. If we add to this, Mind: dullness, fever, during--you'll see that only Baptisia covers both symptoms. If you add, Fever: high, children, in--again, only Baptisia covers all three symptoms. If we look at Murphy's Materia Medica under Baptisia, we find: " Face: Dusky, stupid. Besotted look. Dark red. ... Great thirst ... Dull and confused mind. Inability to think. Indifference. Ideas confused. ... Discharges and exhalations fetid. Foul odor of the body, breath; of excretions, stools, sweat, urine etc. ... influenza. The besotted look, bleary eyes, aching head, sore throat, pains and soreness all over the body and profound prostration. These indicate Baptisia before any other remedy." You might think of this remedy as Gelsemium with a great thirst; or, Gelsemium, only worse! In fact, the first remedy Kelly gave was Gelsemium, and it seemed to help at first, until it didn't. So, if you're seeing a case where you're thinking, "This looks like a Gelsemium flu--lethargic, droopy, dull, dizzy with fever...but the patient is thirsty and he smells awful!" Think of Baptisia. We were also missing two very common Mercury symptoms in the case--the aggravation from heat and the excessive salivation. Kelly's son was ameliorated from being wrapped up warmly. Mercury would have tolerated this for a few seconds but quickly would have become over-heated and thrown the covers off, because they have a very narrow range of temperature tolerance. So, who won? We have two winners--Anonymous (again!) and Rajiv Prasad, who wrote: Dear Elaine, I think the answer to this month's monthly quiz is Baptisia. It has all the symptoms of the case viz. the fever developing over a few days, the cough with fever, the thirst, burning hot and red face and ears.Most importantly it also has the important concomitant of strong and horrible odor of the body and discharges. One could mistake this case for Belladona, but Belladona does not have horrible odor which I think is a key point in this case. With regards Rajiv Prasad Congratulations to our two lovely winners! ---------------------------------------------------- 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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