Hering’s Law Demonstrated
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2004 Jan / Feb VOL VI NO 1.
Dr Anand Kapse
'Medo

One of my early experiences which convinced me about truth of Hering’s law was after administration of Medorrhinum by appearance of Menses and Suppresed Eczema after Medorrhinum.
This case, therefore, occupies a special position in my education and I would like to share it with all.

A 14 year old Keralite Christian girl was brought to me for asthma by her mother. I had selected Calc-iod as her constitutional and Ars-iod as her acute.
During the first week of treatment itself she developed an acute exacerbation which did not respond to Ars-iod. On further, enquiry her breathlessness was relieved in knee chest position. I gave her a dose of Medorrhinum 200 at bedtime. This was followed by relief of breathlessness along with appearance of first menses on the very next day. (Can we say that she had a relatively delayed menarche and Medorrhinum facilitated the menarche?) She also developed weeping eczema on her foot in next 2-3 days. The mother informed that the girl had eczema in childhood. It had disappeared after local application of herbal medicine at the age of 5. Patient’s asthma had started after this event.
A single dose of Medorrhinum had brought back old skin complaint suppressed 9 years ago by local application! The patient was kept on placebo for 3 weeks during which the eczema cleared up along with the asthma.
Unfortunately, I lost track of this case as this patient subsequently developed pulmonary tuberculosis and was put on Anti Koch’s Therapy.