Warts The Bane of Homoeopathy .
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1994 Mar / Apr Vol III No 2.
Balakrishnan E.
Cases.
` Thuj / Nit-ac / Lyc / Sil / Ant-c / Rhod.

Very often we fall a prey to routinism in prescribing and sometimes resort to using combination in anticipation of quick results. The rewards of such practice may not be all that encouraging though.

The Classical approach and the indicated drug are the only dependable guides for us. The following cases illustrate this well.

Case 1:

A 36 years old lady, Mrs. PT, came with a number of large warts around the rectum since a year. They grew steadily in size and caused terrible itching and pain.

History revealed that in Jan 93, she had a number of such warts around the vulva, which were cauterised. 5 months later the warts recurred, this time around the anus and rectum. As a result she switched to homoeopathic treatment.

Thuja and Nitric-acid were given in different potencies by the Homoeopath, which she took for a couple of months without result. He even tried combinations again without effect.

I took up her case and found the following-

Life situation:

The patient was a well educated housewife of native Goa. She had 2 children. Her husband was in the merchant navy abroad.

Her husband being away for most part of the year, she shouldered the entire responsibility alone which made her depressed and sad.

She craved sweets and chocolate, desired warm drinks and preferred the winter season.

Rubrics taken:

1. KR 68- Mortification ailments from (Lyc 3+)
2. KR 75- Sadness, mental depression (Lyc 3+)
3. KR- Craving Sweets (Lyc)
4. KR 606- Rectum Condylomata (Lyc 2+)
5. KR 616-17- Rectum, excoriation (Lyc 3+)

Treatment and Follow-up: She was given Lycopodium 1M three doses. One dose daily for three days followed with SL. After a fortnight she was given Lyco 10M two doses (12 hours apart)

The next week when she came, she was relieved of the itching at the rectum. In a total of 5 more weeks all the warts around the rectum shrunk and fell off.

Case 2:

A 64 years old widow consulted me for lumps on both the breasts. They were present since the past 8-10 months. The lumps were big and slightly painful on hard pressure. She also suffered from big corns on the soles of the feet which were painful.

Life situation:

The patients husband died 5 years ago and she now lives with her daughter and son-in-law. She remains depressed and worried after her husbands death. Religious and worried about her own salvation. She would always be seen writing "Nama Japa" i.e. "Shree Ram Jayram", "Hare Rama, Hare Krishna "etc.

She had fixed notions that if she spent the rest of her life in such spiritual pursuit, she would attain salvation.

Rubrics taken:

1. KR 36- Despair religious (of salvation) (Thuj 2+)
2. KR 8- Anxiety salvation about (Thuj 2+)
3. KR 75- Despondent, sadness (Sil 3+, Thuj 2+)
4. KR 969- Corns, sore (Sil 3+, Thuj 1+)
5. KR 835- Lump in mammae (Sil 3+, Thuj 2+)

Treatment and Follow-up: On account of the mental symptoms she was given Thuja 1M two doses 12 hours apart. A week later she was given Silica (complementary of Thuja) daily one dose for two weeks.

A fortnight later when she showed up, all the corns on the soles were inflamed and suppurated due to which the patient could not walk. The wound required Calenduladressing  locally.

By the end of the third week, a remarkable improvement occurred. The lump on the breasts decreased in size and the corns disappeared. By the end of the fifth week, the lumps in both the breasts had disappeared. The patient is still under observation.

Case 3:

A 16 year old student came with many horny warts around her neck. They caused terrible itching.

A few months ago she had similar warts on her neck which were cauterized.

On taking the case it was found that the girl had recurrent stomach upsets, weak digestion and a thick milky white coated tongue. She also had headache in the morning and from exposure to sun.

Rubrics:

1. KR 402- Tongue coated white (Antim-crud 3+)
2. KR 1367- Worse on being heated (Antim-crud 3+)
3. KR 1340 Warts horny (Antim-crud 3+)
4. Boerickes repertory 918- Warts around neck (Antim-crud 1+)
5. Boerickes materia medica, page 30- Possesses the power of softening flesh and destroying warts-Anagallis.

Treatment and Follow-up: Antim-crud 1M daily three doses. One dose daily for three days followed by placebo for one week. This procedure was repeated again the next week.

She was also given Anagallis Q 15 gtt in water, thrice daily regularly.

In 5 weeks, all the warts on the neck had shrunk and fallen off without leaving a trace. She got rid of the stomach upsets as well.

Case 4:

A 40 years old male patient came with many large warts on the scrotum. He had this complaint since the last many years. There was occasional itching. No treatment was ever done for them.

One day suddenly there was an inflammation of the testes with itching at the warts. There was severe bleeding from some of the warts. This is when the patient consulted me for homoeopathic treatment.

Rubrics:

1. KR 1339- Warts itching, bleeding (Nit-ac 2+)
2. KR 700 Inflammation testes (Nit-ac 2+, Rhodo 3+)
3. KR 702 Pain testes (Rhod 3+)
4. KR 701- Itching scrotum (Nit-ac 3+, Rhod 2+)
5. Boger-Boenning R 978-Old chronic warts (Rho 1+)

Treatment and Follow-up:

Nitric-acid 200 every 4 hours was given. Four doses later the bleeding stopped. Four more doses of Nitric acid 200 were given for 2 days, 12 hours apart.

The next time when I saw the patient the inflammation, swelling and pain remained.

So, Rhododendron 200 was prescribed tds for three days which relieved the pain and swelling Rhododendron was continued one dose daily for a week.

The next week the patient reported that the warts were shrunk. In the course of two more weeks the warts disappeared completely.