3. A case of Migraine

•    Mrs AS complained of chronic migraine which made her life hell. She was constantly taking pain killers to get some relief. She gave a long history of suffering from this pain which always used to be only on one side of the head and used to be almost a daily occurrence. She was introspective by nature and had a weeping tendency and the weeping always came with anger. Her pain was made worse by noise.

I made use of the following rubrics from her history

•    Location of pain–Half of, one side

•    < by noise

•    Mind introspective

•    Weeping with anger

•    migraine

The case was prescribed Chamomilla 0/1 to be taken 4 times daily as it covered all rubrics.

This brought almost complete relief in the occurrence of the pain and also brought overall general improvement as soon as the medicine was taken.

4. A Case of Chronic Otorrhoea

•    Miss S B 10yrs presented on 20/2/2001 with complaint of ear discharge since 4 years. She complained of itching in the meatus. The discharge was offensive.

•    Her mother described it as putrid. There was no other symptom to guide the selection of the remedy. No marked desires or aversions for food. Nothing remarkable in the temperament.

Rubrics taken:

Petroleum and Psorinum were the two remedies which were suggested, As offensive and putrid discharge was covered by Psorinum , it was preferred and given in LM 1, 4 times daily.

•    Follow-up visits were on 8/3, 23/3,27/4, 3/5 and finally on 1/9/2001. The case showed improvement right from the first follow-up and did not need any other remedy and was cured.

5. A case of varicose ulcer

•    Mr RN aged 46 yrs consulted me with a non healing varicose ulcer in his right leg on 5.2 08.. He had undergone surgery for this in 1995 and was ok for 10 years. But it has developed again and not responding to any treatment. The patient is a mild diabetic. Desires tasty food and sweets.

I took the following rubrics and repertorized from BBCR:

•    Lower extremity leg

•     Blood vessels, varicose and inflamed

•    Blood vessels varicose, veins especially

•    Desire for piquant, appetizing things

•    Desire for sweets

•    Urine saccharine

•    There were 3 remedies for consideration Lyco, Sulphur and Ars. Lyco did not cover desire for piquant, appetizing and Ars did not cover desire for sweets, so were not considered. Sulphur covered all the rubrics and therefore was given in LM 1 potency 4 times daily on 5.2.08

Result

•    There was a follow up on 12/2 ,19/2,18/3/,10/4,1/5, 15/5, 3/6,10/6,17/6, 1/7 and 22/7

•    On the first follow up itself on 12/2 the ulcer healed up and became dry. Sulphur LM 1 was continued on subsequent follow ups and finally stopped on 22/7

•    The case is cured.

6. A case of chronic sinusitis

A 50 yrs old man consulted me for chronic sinusitis with deviated nasal septum. He complained of the following:

Fatigue

Nasal blockage

Snoring

Dry feeling in mouth

Arthritic pains

Chronic constipation with urging

Frequent urination

X-ray of the PNS confirmed maxillary sinusitis and enlargement of prostrate was confirmed by ultrasound.

The case was repertorized on BBCR

The patient was prescribed Sulphur. The other remedy  Nux vom was also considered, but as this did not cover the rubrics snoring and prostrate enlargement, it was not selected. The patient received Sulphur 0/1 4 times daily. The patient reported profuse discharge for a few days after the administration of Sulphur however his nasal obstruction, dryness of mouth and snoring improved and after 2 months he was completely relieved.

Surprisingly X-ray examination showed no DNS and sinuses were clear.