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| Hpathy Ezine - December, 2008 | ||||
Revisiting: It's Luke Again!!!!-- Elaine Lewis, CHom |
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| Who missed last month's painfully exciting quiz? Here it is again with the answer to follow: *** Shana, don't look now, but, it's Luke again! Again???? Shobi's son, Luke? 4-year-old Luke? Luke who talks too loud? Actually, I think Luke was just showing off for his grandmother. You know how these Phosphorus children are! Always trying to be the center of attention! Well, what is it this time? He fell down the steps. Isn't that kind of dangerous? I don't think he did it on purpose; well, here's my conversation with Shobi:
Luke slipped on a step as he was running up the stairs one evening.
There was much screaming and crying followed by alot of blood. I
first gave him a few drops of rescue remedy and began to examine
the location of the injury. It was clear that it was in his mouth,
there were three loose upper front teeth, his bottom lip was cut
deeply in 4 places - I gave him a 200c Arnica. The bleeding stopped
promptly and I could see the injured area better. The fright was
still there, so I followed it with a 30c Aconitum. The scared feeling
subsided for a time; however it kept returning - so I But it didn't seem to be holding, I kept having to repeat it. I
wasn't satisfied - so I went to Remedy X 30c. He was comfortable
again. When we got to the ER the doctor was able to examine him
and he recommended a tetanus shot
It was indeed.... I took Luke home and he was very comfortable. So I continued Remedy X 30c in water on an as needed basis for 3 days. I began to wash his mouth with Remedy Y 30c in water 3 times a day for the first 2 days and then once a day after that. Remedy Y healed the cuts on the lower lips and the loose teeth, which tightened up. He is now fully healed and able to bite into an apple! Yay!!!! The first day itself after the injury in less than 24 hours he was outside and playing cricket for maybe 2 hours!!!! We was happy, not in any pain and totally comfortable eating most things -in the first 24 hours!
The car, not ambulance...
Yes.
seconds after.
He sat there calmly and was not in pain nor was he scared anymore.
No, they saw us immediately...I did have blood on my clothes and I walked into the ER carrying Luke.
He was fine - he did start to fuss at one point and so I repeated Remedy X and he was fine again.
My parents' car, my brother took me and brought me back.
The next morning was when he went out and played for 2 hours in the sun.
The bleeding stopped but he was still hysterical and fearful - that's when I went to Acon. But the crying would start & stop...until Remedy X.
They were pretty much all hysterical and filled with fear.
I think the scarring on the lips would have been bad, they were really deep gashes, so I think the healing would have been much slower. And the loose teeth...I really saw a difference on the looseness of the teeth. Remedy Y cleaned up the whole area...it was magical. On the first rinse with Remedy Y the open gashes on his lower lips closed up almost immediately and I think it also made the loose teeth firm up. The deep gashes were literally closed up after Remedy Y. ****************** Totals: Chamomilla/Hypericum Arsenicum/Calendula Ignatia/Calendula-4 Phosphorus/Hypericum Chamomilla/Calendula-2 Hypericum/Calendula-4 Rhus tox/Calendula Phosphorus/Calendula-2 Ledum/Calendula
And the winner for Best Remedy and Supporting Remedy in a starring role is (the envelope please....) Hypericum and Calendula!!!!! Almost everyone got that Calendula is the choice for cuts, lacerated tissue, knife wounds and abrasions; but, the first remedy really threw people off; though the choice of Ledum/Calendula by Nishita wasn't a bad one because Nishita got that it was a puncture wound we were dealing with and Ledum is one of the main contenders for that. See, this is what most of you missed, that it was ailments from puncture wounds that was the issue. You have to think about what happened. He slipped on the steps, his front teeth were hit because they were knocked loose, and simultaneously, there are four deep gashes in his lower lip. So what can you conclude? He bit himself! You could say, "ailments from bites" or "penetrating wounds". Instead of trying to discern the "ailments from", people looked, instead, at the response to the injury and prescribed on that. (He's crying hysterically, must be Ignatia. He's inconsolable, must be Chamomilla. He's oversensitive to pain, must be Phosphorus. He's scared, must be Arsenicum.) As I have been told so many times, "Etiology over-rules symptomatology." That means your "ailments from" are more important than the symptoms that come as a result of it; plus, if the symptoms that come as a result of it are NORMAL, then they're not symptoms at all! If you cry after an injury, that's not a symptom! If you're scared after an injury, then being scared isn't a symptom, especially if you're a child! If I look up "Wounds, stab wounds", I get Ledum and Hypericum. If I look up "Bites", the two main remedies are Ledum and Hypericum. How do we choose between the two? Hypericum's injuries are more painful. Remember Hypericum's famous saying: "Ailments from injury to areas rich in nerves". What does that mean? It means the injury is going to be very painful! ("Excessive painfulness is a guiding symptom to its use."-- Murphy's MM) Why is it that Aconite didn't work when the child was so scared? It worked but it didn't hold. Why? Because the fright was a result, it wasn't a cause, it wasn't the etiology. It wasn't the "ailments from". It was "ailments from" puncture wounds--that's what we needed to be looking under in the Repertory. That's why Aconite failed. You may not think of Hypericum as a fright remedy, it doesn't seem to cover fright very well, but what it does cover is the etiology and you see how if you can cover the etiology, everything that flows from it goes away. Who are our winners? Congratulations go to: Swagata Chowdhury Dr. Farida Dahodwala Pat Dr. Diderik Finne. Dr. B, what have our excellent homeopaths won? ---------------------------------------- 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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