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| Hpathy Ezine - April, 2007 | ||||
Revisiting "The Godfather, Part-III"-- Elaine Lewis, DHom |
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| Who remembers last month's riveting and exciting quiz presented by Shobi? Here it is again for those of you who missed it:
OK! How did we do? You know, I hesitated presenting this case. "Too easy!" I thought. "Everyone's gonna know the answer!" But still, it showed what a miracle homeopathy can be. Doesn't this sound like pneumonia to you? It sounded very severe and life-threatening to me. It's funny, at the exact same time, Shobi's father-in-law, with a similar respiratory disease, was hospitalized (the family opted for "real" medicine) and spent weeks in the hospital unconscious on a respirator, treated with antibiotics and morphine and...does anybody think this had a good outcome? So, as for the quiz, I was shocked that so few people wrote in! I thought I would be flooded with quiz answers! It is a fact, though, that half the people got it right! The answer was Lachesis! Now, why did I think this would be an easy case? You know, when you're looking for the correct remedy, or what Hahnemann called the "simillimum", if you go down the road of checking the Repertory for common symptoms like "loose cough" and "fever", you're going to wind up with a big fat tie of ten or twenty remedies for first place and how is that going to help you? So, when we look at a case, we're hoping we see a big red flag waving! A big red flag is a KEYNOTE, a symptom a remedy is known for exclusively, or almost exclusively! What's the great big red flag in this case? Here it is:
All you need to know about Lachesis is right here! They can't bear to wear anything tight around their neck, and they constantly fear that they're suffocating! Now, in solving a case, you want to make sure that the remedy covers the peculiar or "characteristic" symptoms in the case first, then you can work your way backwards and say, "This looks like Lachesis, but, does Lachesis make sense in the rest of the case?" The answer is clearly yes. Lachesis covers:
And one other interesting symptom that he had: According to Allen's Keynotes, under Lachesis, "The least thing coming near the nose or mouth interferes with breathing." Remember what Shobi said?
So, what about the etiology? People are always remarking to me how I'm always emphasizing the role the "cause" plays in finding the remedy. It appears that Shobi's father comes down with these respiratory ailments every time he FLIES! This is clearly the etiology--ailments from flying. But, what is it about flying that fits in with Lachesis? There's two possibilities. A plane is a closed-in space. Lachesis is in BOLD for "fear of suffocation". In fact, whenever you hear "suffocation" in a case over and over again, you should definitely be thinking of Lachesis as this is another Lachesis red flag! Second possibility: there's a lack of oxygen on the plane! We all know they're recycling the air; Lachesis people are very sensitive to oxygen deprivation. Generals: air, indoor air agg.--Lachesis(3) The latest word from Shobi is that her father has since taken more business flights and is fine! He began recovering significantly within one day of taking Lachesis 30C. So who are our winners this month? Stand up and take a bow: Sapna, Dr. Amit Arora, Elisabeth Fawcett, and, of course, Gabi! Give yourselves a big hand! Dr. B, what have they 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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