Chew My Lip
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1995 Sep / Oct Vol IV No 5.
Rangoonwala N R.
Cases.
` Benz-ac

An infant aged 32 months was brought to me on 31-8-95 with complaints of

1. Coryza with difficulty in breathing.
2. Curdy vomiting, eating after; eructations.
3. Stool - alternate days, Flatulent ++ - noisy.
4. External throat red and itching present.
5. Few eruptions on lower limbs. (Mother had skin eruption during pregnancy which were suppressed).
   Other symptoms observed were -
6. Chewing of lower lip
7. Perspiration of face during feeding.
8. Child always wanted to be carried and not laid down.

For a child of this age it was very peculiar to have biting of lower lip. This was looked in Kent Repertory (Pg 397) - Benzoic acid was the only medicine mentioned.

Boerickes Materia Medica was consulted and the following symptoms were found to be covering this case:

1. Child wants to be nursed in the arms, will not be laid down.
2. Sweats while eating.
3. Bowel movements, windy.

Treatment and follow-up:

31-8-95 Benzoic acid 30 (II)
8-9-95 Right shoulder, vesicular eruption
Treatment - ct all.
16-9-95 Decrease in vesicular eruption
Treatment - Placebo.
25-9-95 Decrease in coryza, gas and difficulty in breathing.
Treatment - Placebo
3-10-95 Better in general
Treatment - Placebo.