Can Homoeopathy be so Quick?
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2004 May / Jun VOL VI NO 3.
Dr Sushma Jaiswal
'Lach / Kali-bi / Thuja

A 7 yrs old girl, SS brought to me on 9/4/04.
Her Chief Complaints were:
1) Sinusitis < cold³ things, < dust³, < change of weather³, > lying.
2) Soreness of throat > cold.
3) Fever 102^o F < evening, > Crocin.
Cold³. Coryza- Thick, Greenish. Nose block < HS  snoring. Treatment: Cetzine every attack of cold for 7 days. Nasal Spray OD.
Diagnosed as Adenoids. She is having this acute attacks since 1997 once in 2 months lasting for 10 days. Since March 2004  3 times in a month. Always associated with pain in umbilical region along with vomiting which ameliorates.
2) Eyes: Dandruff-thick white coated on upper eyelids since Oct 2003.

Patient As A Person
Ht: 48" Wt: 18.5kg
Perspiration: Scalp³ Appetite: Poor
Cravings: Raw ³ (Carrots, beet roots, paneer), curds³, potatoes³, Pickles³. Aversion: Sweets³, milk
Thirst: Less 4 glass/day
Stools: Normal Flatulence: Occasional
Urine: Normal Thermals: Hot
Sleep: Disturbed 4-5 times each night; sleeps with head thrown back, talks in sleep
Dreams: All dreams are secret (does not remember or does not want to tell).

Past History: NAD
Family History: NAD
Life Situation And Mentals
23/01/1997: Born in Mumbai
1999: Nursery-1^st Step-Powai
2000: Jr Kg Sishya Bangalore
2001: Sr Kg Avabhai Petit-Pali Hill Bandra
2002: 1st Std Arya Vidya Mandir Bandra East
2003: 2^nd Std Dhirubhai Ambani
Too many School changes.
Irritable³. Diplomatic-knows how to get the job done. Affectionate³. Weeps easily. Jealous-if mother hugs sister, beats sister, shouts at mother. Obstinate. Fights. Talks to self. Thumb sucking. Restlessness both physically and mentally-whatever starts never completes. Grumbles. Secretive when asked about dreams said all her dreams are secret. Does not know how to keep herself occupied. Company³. Consolation³. Lazy.

Investigations: Radiological:
24/6/02- Enlargement adenoid with encroachment of naso-pharyngeal space
23/2/03- Rt maxillary sinusitis

Repertorial Totality

Remedies on Repertorisation
Calc 25/12, Puls 22/11, Sil 21/9, Lach 18/9, Lyc 16/8, Kali-bi 4/4
Acute: Both remedies Puls and Kali-bi come strongly for sinusitis. Puls nose block > open air. But on specific questioning, she said, she felt worse in AC draft so Kali-bi was clinched.

Constitutional: She is very jealous and dominating. A very clear case of Lach. Calc which came in for differentiation for the profuse perspiration was ruled out on all other counts.

Final Plan Of Treatment
Acute: Kali-Bi
Sinusitis. Coryza thick, greenish discharge. Nose block. < draft of air.
Constitutional: Lach
Restless. Jealous. Grumbles. Hot. were even the ferquent change of schools triggered by Lach being a Lachesis personality?
Intercurrent: Thuja
Nose. Block. Adenoids. Both Sycotic Miasm

Treatment :

Clinically, the patient is better since a month now. She has not used nasal spray since our treatment started. As we were going in for the ENT issue, we were in a hurry to repeat the investigations.
05/06/04

Post-treatment Investigations: X-Ray Sinuses came out Normal - Rt paranasal sinus has cleared up. The adenoids did not show much change in these 8 wks; probably it is too early to expect radiological change. We will repeat X-Ray after 4 months and we will inform in NJH future issue.