Two cases of Carcinosin 
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1995 May / Jun Vol IV No 3.
Ramgopal Tapadia.
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CASE 1: A CASE OF ECZEMA

Mrs S S aged 35, suffered from dry eczema on both forearms since the last 20 years. There was itching, white scaling followed occasionally by burning. Worse in winter, evening, bathing after, dust, caustic soda.

She also had breathlessness on exposure to dust and constipation.

Craving - sweets. Hot patient, prefers winter season.

She was very fastidious in the sense that she wanted perfection in each and every thing. Sometimes it caused such depression and anxiety in her. She was also very sensitive and would get hurt easily.

F-H - Father- Ca throat

Treatment and Follow-up:

6-3-92: Carcinosin 200-1 dose was given followed by SL.

Reasons for prescribing Carcinosin: (1) The patient had been treated by many Homoeopaths before, and been given the indicated remedy with no change. I hypothesised that the basic miasmatic dyscrasia was acting as an obstacle to the path of cure;

2) Fastidious;

3) The strong family history of Ca throat (in father).

17-3-92: Itching much less. SL for one month.
22-4-92: Only black scar remains, no itching of skin or constipation. SL for one month.
22-5-92: Scar fading, no itching, no constipation, breathlessness less; even on exposure to dust SL for one month.
25-6-92: No complaint, SL for one month.
27-7-92: Pain in back, no other complaints, Rhus-tox 200 three doses followed by SL for a month.
30-8-92: No complaint. SL for a month.

Since 1992, the patient has no complaints.

CASE 2: A CASE OF CA - OESOPHAGUS

A 45 year old male came to see me on 30th Oct 1993 with complaints of -

1. Difficult deglutition since 1 year
2. Choking sensation in throat
3. Pain in Right side of chest
4. Pain in Right Scapular region.

Other associated symptoms were -

1. Thirst: little at a time with dryness of mouth.
2. Nausea with regurgitation of food.
3. Giddiness
4. Weakness ++
5. Appetite - Moderate
6. Bodyache
7. Stool - NAD
8. Urine - NAD
9. Skin - Small warts on neck.

Mentals:

1. Irritable
2. Full of anxiety especially about his health
3. Very fastidious. Although he is from low socio-economic community, he wants everything in order, neat and clean, else he is irritated.
4. Averse to much talk, answers shortly
5. Sympathetic, helpful to others
6. Obstinate
7. Fear of being alone, of darkness,
8. Sometimes gets suicidal thoughts

Past History:

H-O Pneumonia - 10 years back
H-O warts on neck - cauterization was done 7 years back.

Family History:

H-O Rheumatism - Mother

Physical Generals:

1. Desire - Chillies++, Salt++, milk, fat, eggs
2. Sleep - sound,
3. Thermal - no particular stamping.

Clinical findings:

1. Tongue - Dry, whitish coating.
2. Pulse - 92- min
3. Blood pressure - 140-90 mm-Hg
4. Weight - 53 kg.

Investigation:

1. Biopsy sections of oesophagus done on 16-10-93 show squamous epithelium with acanthosis, parakeratosis, slightly enlarged nuclei. Basement membrane is intact. Deeper layers show lymphocytes and histocytes. Findings are suggestive of Squamous Cell CA Oesophagus M-3.
2. Blood Haemoglobin - 9.59 gms percent
3. Barium Swallow - suggestive of malignancy of lower middle third and upper part of lower third of oesophagus.

Final Diagnosis : Carcinoma of Oesophagus.

Treatment and Follow-up:

30-10-93 - Carcinosin 200 single dose was given followed by SL for 15 days.

Reasons for prescribing Carcinosin - I wanted to prescribe on a pathological plane initially but after consideration of totality, Carcinosin seemed indicated.

17-11-93 - Difficulty in deglutition reduced; other complaints relieved to some extent. Placebo - 15 days.
5-2-93 - Difficulty in deglutition reduced, choking sensation in hroat is less, chest pain relieved, weight - 55 kg, mentally felt a little relaxed. Placebo - 15 days.
20-12-93 - Deglutition improved, No irritability, Anxiety lessens, placebo - 15 days.
8-1-94 - Much better, mentally very much relaxed and he started taking interest in life. Placebo continued for 1 month.
10-2-94 - Coryza, cough, bodyache, chilliness, other complaints improved. Rhus-Tox 200-3 doses and Placebo or 1 month continued.
15-3-94 - No difficulty in deglutition, Weight - 57 Kg. Placebo 1 month.
16-4-94 - Better, No complaints, Thuja 1M - 1 dose was given as an antisycotic intercurrent to stop further growth. Placebo again for 1 month.
20-5-94 - Better, No complaint, Placebo again continued.
4-6-94 - Wart disappeared, better, no other complaints now. Again Ba - swallow was done; Pharynx is normal structure and calibre of oesophagus normal. Mucosal folds normal. Peristaltic waves normal. No ulcer seen. No narrowing or obstruction to the flow of barium noted. No reflex seen.

The patient is still following the treatment and is currently trouble-free.