Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Homeopathy for Strengthening Our Children!

Hello all!

Here is embedded an article by Dr Shreya Deshpande, published today (12/12/12) in Indian Express under the heading-

Your Homeopathic Queries Answered! 

(http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/article1375739.ece)


Homeopathic sweet pills are a delight to have for many children. But very few parents actually perceive how beautifully they are molding their children with this wonderful therapy! It is not an exaggeration if we say - We positively cater the physical, mental and emotional needs of our children with homeopathy. Though this science and art of medicine is always under the scanner of skeptics, the number of patients opting for homeopathy is increasing worldwide.

Science of Individualization-

From mild day to day problems like cold and cough to chronic intractable problems like autism and various syndromes, homeopathy is helping its pediatric patients. The basic idea of studying the constitution of the patient holds true in pediatric homeopathic practice as well. Each child that comes to a homeopath’s office is given the fullest possible attention from the moment he or she enters the cabin. The way he enters, the way he talks, his demeanor with his parents, communication with the doctor, and so many his subtle characteristics are studied along with his actual presenting complaints.

Homeopaths always have the right equipment to boost the innate immunity of the child. Especially the children who have been the victims of chronic childhood complaints since birth are given a lot of conventional medicines. These medicines might have helped them in order to come out of the critical health issues. But when these remedies are repeated frequently and administered at the slightest outbreak of fever, cold or cough, they weaken the child’s immune system. This is where homeopathy can come to the rescue of the child. It can help the child build a solid foundation on all the planes of existence. Instead of suppressing his maladies, it gives vent to his ailments tactfully that strengthens its capability to deal with the disasters in future.

Gives Children a Shell of Protection-

We, as parents, always wish the best for our child. We always wish they remain hale and hearty and do not fall sick often. We dread of the names of diseases that seem to have created havoc all over. Even the critical diseases like cancers are said to emerge in mind. No wonder we must equip our child to have a balanced mind that will cope with the forthcoming problems in life bravely. We want to build a healthy society that is devoid of crimes, suicides of students, and new-age disease-syndromes. This is possible if we rely on solid foundation for our kids since beginning. We must instill in them a sense of freedom coupled with moral education that will begin at home. One might ask what the relation of homeopathy with this is. But through the years of experience with homeopathy, it can be said that homeopathic constitutional medicine actually builds an attitude in the child that protects him from pessimism in life. No doubt the environment he lives in has lot to do with his attitude. But to a great extent, homeopathy can help him build a personality for himself that can be trusted upon.

Physical and Mental Boost Up-

Thus apart from developing our children into physically strong individuals, homeopathy helps in making them mentally, emotionally and intellectually fit individuals. I think this is where the success of homeopathy lies. One of the stalwarts of homeopathy, Dr Kent used to say- “Homeopathy applied in childhood is like prevention of crime in society”. I think that says it all! 

Monday, November 12, 2012

Why Homeopathy is Best Applied in Childhood?


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“I thank you from the bottom of my heart for changing my life for better. I would not even think of acquiring this feat in my career a few years back. Your dose of homeopathic medicines and I remember the dose of  Phosphorus changed ME drastically over a period of time and today I am a well-balanced individual with good intellectual capability and running my own business successfully.”

These were the words of one of the patients who has severe phobias all her life and despite having good intelligence she was not able to channelize her energies properly. This is not a lone story. If you ask people who have opted for homeopathy early in life, they are always the ones who boast about its positive aspects on their life as a whole.

Childhood is the best period to apply homeopathic principles –

Children are innocent. They still are far from catching the magnanimous falsity of this world and are true to their nature. Even though they certainly carry the various traits inflicted upon them by their parents and ancestors, they have little overlapping on these traits by artificial or acquired traits. They are truly like moldable earthen pots. Better we mold, better human beings we get as adults. And there is no boasting in the fact that homeopathic constitutional prescription helps these children to remarkable extent. You can literally mold them in the best possible manner by carefully considering the miasmatic influence active in them, their attitude study, and their behavioral manifestations. It is a vast topic to discuss about.

You can always make the best use of homeopathy in children. Total metamorphosis can occur even in children with critical illnesses like autism, Down’s syndrome, ADHD etc. Truly speaking, till date I am yet to see a child that is not benefited with homeopathic treatment over a period of time.

Parental Awareness is Necessary-

Major responsibility is of parents. They have to remain patient while caring for their children. Do not change your homeopaths frequently if the results do not come fast enough. In chronic conditions, every qualified homeopath has to follow certain principles while taking the child through the journey of cure. He cannot take hasty decisions and give him high doses of medicines at once. They will not be of any use. Most importantly, while treating any child for any condition, primary care has to be taken by the homeopath not to inflict any bad effect on the child in the long term. As I always say, (badly chosen) homeopathic medicines’ side effects are often not visible immediately like those of allopathic drugs but they might remain latent and become developed after long period of time. Therefore, choose a homeopath wisely who can give your child the due attention and proper evaluation at every step of the treatment. But once you know your child is in right hands, have faith in your doctor completely. With homeopathy, your child is being groomed into a healthy, wise, and balanced individual for sure.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Sinusitis and Homeopathy!


Do you know that Sinusitis affects 37 million people each year, making it one of the most common health problems? It is said to be more prevalent than heart disease and asthma and has a greater impact on quality of life! People suffering from sinusitis know how hard life becomes with that continued heavy eyes and head! They just want to expel all the contents in their air-spaces at once! But many times due to lack of awareness about the holistic treatment of sinusitis, they opt for suction operative from the air spaces without treating the root cause for their recurring problem. This does not relieve them permanently as can be easily understood!

Therefore one must be aware of the right mode of therapy for sinusitis and appropriate auxiliary regimen that can save them from chronic heaviness of head!
Types of Sinusitis-
There are two main categories of sinusitis: acute and chronic.
Sinusitis is usually preceded by a cold, allergy attack or irritation from environmental pollutants. Often, the resulting symptoms, such as nasal pressure, nasal congestion, a “runny nose,” and fever, run their course in a few days. However, if symptoms persist, a bacterial infection or acute sinusitis may develop.
If the condition occurs frequently or lasts three months or more, you may have chronic sinusitis. In some individuals, the chronic sinusitis becomes too troublesome to carry on day to day activities. Most importantly it affects their work-routine and necessitates immediate treatment.

The signs and symptoms may include:

  • Facial pain, pressure, congestion or fullness
  • Difficulty breathing through the nose
  • Discharge of yellow or green mucus from the nose
  • Teeth pain (which is often the radiating type of pain)
  • Loss of the sense of smell or taste
  • Headache
  • Fatigue
  • Sore throat
  • Bad breath

There are 3 main pairs of sinuses in the skull- frontal, maxillary, and ethmoidal. There may be congestion of one or more sinuses at a particular time.

I have often seen that people that use nasal decongestion drops often present with sinusitis at some point of time, if they continue using the drops beyond a certain stage. They feel relieved in the nose but all the mucus gets accumulated many times in these air spaces, causing sinusitis.

Homeopathic Treatment of Sinusitis –

Homeopathictreatment of sinusitis, according to me, is must to prevent necessity of any surgical step towards them or any other suppressant medication. ALL cases of sinusitis can be successfully treated with aptly chosen homeopathic medicines. Certainly the root cause of the illness, the exciting factors, and the maintaining factors need to be studied in individual patients and accordingly we need to choose the right medicines. Family history of the patients often leads us on the discovery of miasmatic overload in these patients so that we can institute appropriate miasmatic therapy in them. Certainly with homeopathic constitutional treatment, it is not only possible to cure the patients of their chronic sinusitis but also to eradicate the allergic tendency in these individuals.

Different homeopathic medicines like Kali bichromicum, Pulsatilla, Natrum mur, Natrum sulph, Kali iod, Belladona, Silicea, Medorrhinum, Tuberculinum, Phosphorus, etc can be used acutely or chronically, depending upon the totality of the case.

For all types of allergies, homeopathic regime works best whether they have mere sinusitis or the problem coupled with allergic rhinitis, deviated nasal septum, nasal polyps, etc. No separate drug for every problem is needed but a homeopath derives a drug that will cater all the symptoms simultaneously and cure the patient completely of his problems.

HolisticHomeopathy is like a wonder-weapon to treat all sorts of chronic maladies. While helping the patients normalize their routines, they help them acquire enough strength to conquer all life’s problems with smile, whether physical, mental or emotional!




Monday, September 24, 2012

Stressed Facts About Stress!


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I always tell my patients that it is necessary for us to “just relax” and that we shouldn’t aim at “must relax”, which often gives contrary results. But recently I am coming across lot more cases of stress-related problems. Stress about work, family, relationships, examinations, money, and power! Rather we can say that there is hardly any field today that is devoid of stress or so we perceive; all this at the cost of our health and peace! Therefore perhaps, now it is more important to know about some facts about stress more seriously!

When the counselors try to imbibe this fact into the minds of the patients, they often retaliate by saying- “No doctor, the stress now will go with me!” Grrr….. What are we trying to tell ourselves? That we can never be happy? Then what are we striving for? What is the purpose of working round the clock if we cannot master our own psyche and emotions? I utterly feel bad not for people who are struggling with frank physical illnesses but for those who are succumbing to self-created hell of stress! No doubt some time or the other they will have to face the consequences of the same.

The purpose of writing this post is truly to create awareness about being ourselves and happy. What are we competing for? We all have enough happiness spread across the universe to receive aplenty. Then why aren’t we able to perceive it with open arms? What is holding us back? It is the lack of awareness about the temporariness of the material things. Everyone wants money, big houses, and best amenities in the best of surroundings! But what about our inner surrounding that is calling for our attention?

Today we truly need a Guru who will guide us on the right path holding our hand and scolding us for the wrong deeds that never cross our minds for being wrong! It is always said that if we happen to find the conscientious way of living, we can never fall prey to the demon called stress.

Stressed are those who do wrong or are afraid of the society for doing right!

Doing the rightful duties while having a compassionate attitude towards our fellow beings is today’s necessity, not for having a great world but for having healthy and peaceful people! It is necessary to imbibe in our minds that nothing is permanent, neither you nor me! When it is true, how wonderfully happy we should make our life in order to enjoy the blissful humanness bestowed upon us by nature or Almighty!

Looking at the deadly psychosomatic illnesses arising every other day, shouldn't it be our first priority to erase the stress from our life? As is rightly said, negative things around us may not vanish but our attitude towards them can become more positive and forgiving. It doesn’t mean we are forgiving the wrong people or things but it means that we are forgiving ourselves and saving us from the jaws of stress and attracting the universal peace that is omnipotent! 

Saturday, September 15, 2012

होमिओपथी - एक सहजसुंदर उपचार पद्धती

खूपशा लोकांना होमिओपाथी बद्दल नीटशी माहिती नसते. त्यामुळे बरेच लोक ह्या उपचार पद्धती बाबत खूपसे साशंक असतात. फक्त त्यात औषधांचे दुष्परिणाम होत नाहीत एवढी जुजबी माहिती त्यांना असते. परंतु हे माहित नसते कि अत्यंत जुन्या आणि किचकट आजारातही होमिओपाथी च्या मदतीने ते रोगमुक्त होऊ शकतात. सर्वात महत्त्वाचे म्हणजे ह्या उपचार पद्धतीमुळे आपली रोगप्रतिकारक-शक्ती वाढण्यास मोलाची मदत होते.


रोग कशामुळे होतात ह्याचे उत्तर बरेच लोक काही जंतू कृमी अथवा आहारातल्या कमतरता असे देतील. परंतु आपण हे समजून घेतले पाहिजे की हे जंतू आपल्या शरीरावर हल्ला करू शकतात कारण आपण आतून मजबूत नाही. किंबहुना आपण असे काही अंगभूत कमतरता घेऊन फिरत असण्याची शक्यता आहे ज्या मुळे आपल्याला कुठलेही आजार चटकन होतात. नक्कीच आजच्या युगातला चुकीचा आहार आपल्या शरीराला अजून चुकीच्या मार्गावर नेतो. ह्या सर्व घोटाळ्यामुळे आपण अशा काही आजारांच्या विळख्यात सापडतो.

होमिओपथी मुळे आपण ह्या दुर्धर आजारांपासून पूर्ण सुटका मिळवू शकतो. आपल्याला वाटतं की हे होमिओपथिक डॉक्टर आपल्याला एवढे प्रश्न का बरे विचारत आहेत? पण ह्या प्रश्नातूनच ते आपले खरेखुरे व्यक्तिमत्त्व जाणून घेऊ शकतात. आणि होमिओपथी हे एक व्यक्तिमत्त्व जाणून उपचार देण्याचे शास्त्र आहे. त्यात आपण कधीच आजारासाठी औषध देत नाही. याचा अर्थ असा नाही की आपल्याला होमिओपथी चे औषध सुरु केल्यावर असलेली रोगलक्षणे नाहीशी होणार नाहीत. ती नक्कीच नाहीशी होतील परंतु जर रोग जुनाट असेल तर आपली रोगप्रतिकारक शक्ती वाढवून तो रोग पुन्हा आपल्या वाटेला जाणार नाही याची तरतूद ह्या औषधांमुळे होऊ शकेल. हीच तर होमिओपथी ची सर्वात महत्त्वाची कामगिरी म्हणता येईल.

परंतु केवळ दुर्धर आजारामध्येच होमिओपथी चा उपयोग होतो असे मात्र नाही. कित्येक प्रासंगिक आजारामध्ये, ताप सर्दी खोकला हगवण एलर्जी पाय किंवा हात मुरगळणे यांसारख्या Acute आजारांमध्ये देखील होमिओपथी चा अतिशय फायदा होतो. आपण नुसते त्या आजारापासून मुक्त होत नाही तर ते आजार वरचेवर आपल्याला त्रास देऊ नयेत यासाठीची तरतूदही या औषधांमुळे होते.

या पेक्षा दुसरी गोष्ट म्हणजे कुठल्याही वयोगटासाठी होमिओपथी ची औषधे वरदान ठरतात. वार्धक्यात जेव्हा काही औषधे दिल्यामुळे दुष्परिणामांचा धोका जास्त असतो त्या वयोगटात देखील होमिओपथी अतिशय उपयोगी पडते. अर्भकावस्थेतही आपण याचा सयुक्तिक वापर करू शकतो, ज्या योगे बाळाला पुढील आयुष्यात आरोग्याची खूप मोठी आणि उपयुक्त अशी शिदोरी आपण देऊ शकतो.

परंतु कुठलाही गैरसमज होमिओपथी बद्दल पसरवू नये. आपणास कोणी काहीही माहिती होमिओपथी बद्दल दिली तरी ती योग्य आहे अथवा नाही याची चौकशी होमिओपथी च्या डॉक्टरांकडे करावी म्हणजे आपण आणि आपले कुटुंबीय होमिओपथी च्या अप्रतिम अशा उपयोगापासून अकारण वंचित राहणार नाही!



Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Top 8 Tips to Stay Healthy during Ramadan!


A Guide to Healthy Fasting during Ramadan

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Ramadan is a holy month observed by millions of followers of Islam throughout the world. One of the principle parts of Ramadan is following a fast that might be tedious for some. But the fasting during Ramadan is prevalent since long and most of the people love the spiritual concept behind the fasting. No wonder despite suffering from several hurdles along the way, many people fast during the holy month.

However, if we follow certain rules during our fast, we will not only remain healthy but also can enjoy the fasting while performing our religious pursuits and actually the purpose of physical and spiritual cleansing will be served.

Here are some expert tips to have healthy Ramadan-

(1)    Instead of having two heavy meals after sunset and before sunrise, opt for three portioned meals- one after sunset, second 5 hours later before you sleep, and third before sunrise. This spaces your intake well so that the sugar levels are maintained even in diabetics.
(2)    Stay away from habits like smoking at least during this month of fasting, because tobacco with just two heavy meals often plays havoc for the health of the smoker.
(3)    Water intake is one of the most vital things to keep tracking during this month. As the fasting person doesn’t take water in between, often he suffers from problems like acidity, constipation and/or urine infections etc. To avoid this, as soon as the sun sets, first attempt should be made to have plenty of water, lemon water, or coconut water.
(4)    Suhoor meal (early morning meal before sunrise) should never be missed. It is this meal that keeps your metabolism chucking well throughout the day. Only one meal after sunset makes your digestive system extremely weak and also you may suffer from liver imbalances, thus unbalancing your lipid profile.
(5)    It is good to have food with low glycemic index- some cereal, yoghurt, or a fruit etc. This type of eating slowly releases energy and also helps the person keep the hunger pangs at bay. One can also go for other complex carbohydrates like barley, wheat, oats, lentils, whole meal flour, semolina, beans, etc.
(6)    Deep fried food like samosas, pakodas, etc should be avoided as far as possible. Heavily processed fast burning foods like refined sugars, white flour, chocolates, biscuits, cakes, and other sweetmeats should be avoided too.
(7)    Excess tea and coffee usually makes people suffer from dehydration during the month. Tea and coffee are considered as diuretics. When you indulge in them, you tend to lose more water through frequent urination.
(8)    It is good if the person doesn’t sway a lot from the day to day food that he or she is used to otherwise, during this blessed month too. All major food groups should be taken into consideration while preparing the delicacies during the month.
Thus, if we take some precautions during this blessed month of Ramadan, we certainly can enjoy the whole month with health and spirituality exemplified. Rather only if we remain healthy throughout, we can concentrate on our spiritual pursuits and at the end of Ramadan can boast of having cleansed body, mind, and spirit! 

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Importance of Constitutional Homeopathic Treatment and its Intricacies



If you ask me what is the best part about practice of homeopathy, I would say, it is the possibility of having a science that works closest to the Nature’s Law. Whenever we find positive results in homeopathy (consistently), we are thrilled by observing how the “Like cures like” worked exactly! It is not a miracle but the nature’s law that never forgets acting alike! When we act according to the nature, the nature has to give us the desired fruit of this action. There is no other way! But we must know that the desired effect in healthcare industry means “Cure”!

We are going through the era of newer and newer drugs, combinations, patents, etc even in homeopathy. Every other day we find some catchy advertisements that boast of its efficacy in treating various nasty diseases. However, do they really work for the betterment of sick people? With all respect to their inventors, are they really according to the law of nature that governs homeopathy? Sadly no!

That does not however mean that these patents and/or combinations do not work. They do in certain individuals to annihilate the problem. Take for example, an acne ointment available in the market or psoriasis tablets that are making rounds! Well, they do contain multiple medicines but perhaps not the one intended in a particular patient. Generalization is never homeopathy. If we generalize, what is the basis of homeopathic prescription in such cases? - Common symptoms of the disease? If yes, that is sadly not homeopathy. Our Master said, “Unless we look for characteristic symptoms of the patient on the physical, mental, and emotional plane, we cannot treat him or her homeopathically”. Individualization is the basis of nature’s law too. What a person sows, he will reap. His sowing will not yield crop to another being.

And “Constitution of the Patient” is the basis for individualization in homeopathy. The constitution does not mean only the physical built up of the patient but it constitutes the totality of the following things -

  1. His physical symptoms of the disease
  2. His mental problems pertaining to the disease
  3. His emotional turmoil that has cropped up as a result of the disease
  4. His physical, mental, and emotional built up otherwise (generally)
  5. The causative factor/s behind the present disease (physical, mental and/or emotional cause)
  6. His bodily built up including his likes, dislikes, etc
  7. His past history of illnesses
  8. Family history of any serious illnesses, etc.

And everyone should know that in every patient, we need to know each one point from the list in details. When I ask patients to fill up the questionnaire, many people (Ignorant about homeopathy), fill up just cursory details and write “Not-applicable” under most of the columns. But in homeopathy, there is nothing “not-applicable”. Everything pertaining to the patient is applicable for our evaluation of the case. It seems to be a tedious task no doubt. But with practice a good homeopath knows exactly how to reveal history from the patients. And only then he can understand the various aspects of this person, and not just his disease. We as homeopaths need to treat the patient as a whole; that’s what our master intended when he left his practice of modern medicine and entered the realm of homeopathy! Holistic medicine is what homeopathy is and not just disease-oriented science.

In an individual for a certain abnormality to occur, there must be some innate problems that result in these abnormalities. Unless we check those innate problems (miasmatic overload) in every patient, we CANNOT cure him of his chronic malady. Yes, this is particularly true of the chronic problems.

That however does not mean that we should not treat his acute exacerbations of the chronic problem or acute diseases during the course of treatment. We can certainly help him get over the acute crisis with our acute remedies. But while selecting the acute remedies too, we should individualize and never generalize!

That is the depth of homeopathic prescription. If we merely prescribe certain medicine depending upon the external symptoms and signs, without considering the person as a whole, we might mislead the treatment in the long run. The patient might get temporary relief but it is not according to the law of nature but according to the theory of suppression. And then what’s the difference between homeopathy and conventionalism? The difference lies in the holistic approach of homeopathy and the constitutional study gives homeopathy its holistic background to depend upon.

Thus, if one longs for cure from his or her malady, he must look for constitutional homeopathic prescription and not the patents available in the market!

Monday, June 25, 2012

Understand the Spirit of Homeopathy Before Giving Medicine!



Most people that turn to homeopathy for their treatment do not know how this system of medicine works. Rather they have many misconceptions as regards the realm of action of homeopathy. Many people misinterpret it as a science that can be easily learnt at home and applied to the sick at home. Well, it is true that the person who understands the gist of homeopathy in a precise manner can apply it easily. But when I find people often taking lots of homeopathic medicines through the day, I find it strange. Often when we prescribe, we suggest people to take exactly the dosage suggested in the prescription of the given remedy. For no reason without consulting us, they should take another dose of the remedy. It is very strictly maintained, especially in online consultations where we don’t meet the patients on one to one basis.

Homeopathic medicines act best when taken minimally!

This point needs to be stressed by the homeopathic physicians. When some patients ask us why we give so minimum dose of the medicine, it is many times hard to convince them that it is the way homeopathy acts; not only acts but acts better! The potentized dose of any homeopathic medicine is strong enough to stir the vital force latent inside the individual. We should give this dose enough time to act and exhaust its action. Only then we should think of the repetition or changing the remedy as per the requirement.

Also, the remedies react to each other- positively or negatively. The “Relationship of the Remedies” is one of the most important topics of study in homeopathy. Without knowing which remedy follows well and which remedy antidotes or is inimical, we should not take another medicine during the primary course of a remedy. I had prescribed one of my patients Merc sol 200 for obvious reasons and symptom complex including mouth ulcers. He was a novice studying homeopathy on his own and as he developed slight sore throat the next day morning, he took a dose of Hepar sulph 200. The two remedies contradict each other and his sore throat increased while his mouth ulcers aggravated too. He was perplexed. That is when we told him the reason why this happened and having faith in the science, he listened to our suggestion and continued exact therapy suggested afterwards.

But this doesn’t happen always. Some of the times I have lost some of my patients that cannot be convinced of the minimal dose concept. They find it strange and knowing some small things about certain remedies, take the remedies on their own during the course suggested by us.

This type of attitude doesn’t do any good to anyone. Moreover, we form certain tedious symptom-complexes by this haphazard consumption of homeopathic medicines. And that is when the case is unnecessarily complicated. It is often stressed by stalwarts of homeopathy that a messed up case with homeopathic medicines is the hardest case to treat efficaciously. There is absolutely blurred picture after such recurrent doses and the patient cannot be cured of his malady for longer duration. I have particularly observed this in skin and respiratory problems.

To treat homeopathically, a homeopathic physician has to have lot of patience. Wait and Watch is many times the best policy instead of changing the drugs repeatedly and handling the case in childish manner. This does not mean during a chronic case, we cannot institute any acute remedy for acute complaints or acute exacerbation of chronic complaints. But the remedy selected has to be in sync with the earlier administered remedy and should be given after an appropriate gap. Especially after we administer nosodes, we must wait at least for two weeks before we give any other remedy. Nosodes are potent medicines and they need time to act. We must not interfere in their action. If no emergency comes, we should wait even longer before we resort to another remedy. Due to nosode’s intercurrent action, many times the earlier remedy starts acting much better and there remains no need of any new remedy at all.  

All these points are considered when the homeopaths ask you to give gaps between your regimes. Always remember that classical homeopathy advocates no repetition of dose or remedy if the patient has started feeling better. We should wait till the action is over and only then think of the next possible course.

Do not fall to the myth that homeopathic medicines absolutely don’t have any side effects. Yes, it is completely untrue. Of course when given judiciously, the homeopathic medicines act the best without inflicting any ups and downs in the patient’s condition. However, haphazard consumption of homeopathic medicine if doesn’t lead to short term side effects, will certainly lead to some long term problems that can be hard to tackle later on! So, be careful and judicious while applying homeopathy in you or in other people. Comprehending the spirit of homeopathy is must before we act! 

Monday, April 2, 2012

What Should We Do To Succeed (or Not Fail) in Our Yoga Practice?


Intriguing subject indeed!

Well, I am thinking of this subject to write upon since really long. But perhaps, recently I found quite good (and authentic) resources that could tell me the exact reasons why one fails in yoga. Yes I know that the topic says about how to succeed but unless we know why we fail, we will not be able to know how to succeed. Therefore I wished to share this post with my readers! Because I think this is one of the nagging questions many of us often face and try solving it as per our capabilities.

Many of my patients also ask me this question and therefore this post.

Foremost thing about YOGA that we don’t know is its real meaning. Or we perhaps know but never put it into the practice. The real meaning of “YOGA” or “YOG” is being in unison with your "True Self" through control of mind and its expressions. “Yogah Chitta-vritti nirodhah”, says Patanjali. What does it mean?

It means that unless we acquire good control over our thinking process and its various avenues, we really do not make ideal candidates to perform yoga. Yoga is more a science of mind or perhaps soul than mere body. Therefore, when we reduce it mere to the level of body and perform the bodily movements or postures included in it, we fail to perceive its actual benefit. That does not belittle the importance of devised postures or asanas included in yoga. They are no doubt important and also they are likely to inflict positive action on your mind and spirit.

That is why it is always advised by yoga masters to perform it only when you are at peace with yourself. Do we really do that? We want to rush to our office or work and we perform yoga just as a routine chore to be finished before we enter the whirlwind called work or so we suppose work as! Your body and mind (spirit) should be perfectly in sync with each other when you perform any of the yoga exercises. We have reduced yoga to a mass movement that can be done anywhere, any time, and in any mental condition. No! This way it will not help us.

Therefore, the foremost point we should remember if we want yoga to work for us, we should restrain our mind and let our thoughts and action work in unison.

However, according to some ancient scriptures that depict yoga scrupulously, this is not enough. Rather they give some other points that are nothing but mere extensions of the above mentioned points, which will help us to reap the highest benefit from yoga.

  1. Do not lie- As we saw above, restraining our thoughts and actions! By doing it, we should or we can avoid the temptations of telling lies. If we delve deep, we understand how often we speak lie and that too without any positive intentions. It becomes a second nature for some. This habit has to be curbed if you want to control your chitta!
  2. Do not hurt anyone- The practitioner of yoga should have clean thought process and should be compassionate at heart. Hurting others, mere thinking to hurt others or even just a thought of ill about others is bad for yourself! It never allows you to be at peace with yourself and you cannot master yoga. More importantly, not hurting anyone by your words is imperative for your mental and emotional peace. And unless you are at peace with yourself, your yoga practice will become merely a manual labour.
  3. Do not run after others’ money- Yes, our ancient gurus were wise enough. They knew that unless one conquers the thought of money-mindedness, they cannot be unattached in their day to day chores and non-attachment is the basic motive behind yoga. Therefore, those who constantly think about others’ money and how to get hold of it without much effort will never be able to learn yoga.
  4. Do not be a slave- This point is described in scriptures under the heading- Do Not Accept Gifts! The idea behind is that for a practitioner of yoga, it is necessary to maintain freedom of thoughts and actions. Only then he can master the intricacies of the science and reap the highest rewards. If he or she accepts gifts (or we can say-desires gifts), he or she becomes the slave of the person who gifts. And once the person becomes the slave, he or she cannot work for any higher purpose of existence and yoga is one of them. Therefore, maintain your harmonious living by staying away from bribes, unsolicited gifts, and even desire for such things.
  5. Maintain your eating minimal and hygeinic- It is said that today man is burdened by what he or she eats. One has to conquer his tongue in order to be detached from the outside world. That does not mean deprivation but it means judicial and rational eating habits. Excess or too less eating can lead to bodily imbalances and is to be curbed by a yoga practitioner. 
  6. Lead a simplistic life- Being straight forward and simple in life, where one flows with the flow is the crux of living a yogic life. More we acquire, more it becomes a burden to carry. Minimalistic approach in life is extremely rewarding. "Less is more" is the mantra of a yogi. Krishnamurti used to say, All the problems of life are the problems of harmony! It means, unless we are at peace with what we have, without any inner conflict whatsoever, we cannot be an ideal Yoga practitioner. 

This summarizes the basic necessities of achieving perfection in yoga. Certainly bodily yoga exercises (various postures and asanas) impart benefit to the performer even if he doesn’t follow the above points strictly. But the benefits then will remain on the plane of the body. To achieve perfect health, one should be harmonious in body, mind, and spirit and therefore, following the points above as much as we can only will add to the benefit and harmony will ensue! 

Good news is that scriptures give sure notation to the yoga performers that if you follow these points, stay away from bad company and do good deeds, you will seek maximum benefit from the yoga practice that will lead you towards the path of perfect tranquility! 



Friday, March 23, 2012

An Amazing Philosophic and Spiritual Approach to Homeopathy-


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While studying and reading some philosophy and spiritual books, came across a wonderful simile between spirituality and homeopathy. Herewith I will try to elaborate it as per my capability.

Swami Vivekananda depicts this wonderful doctrine of imbalance of life on this earth. This world is said to be existing because of various imbalances that surround within us and outside us. “Lost Balance” is what makes the world what it is. The formative forces of the universe come close through struggle, competition, and conflict. Suppose that all the particles of matter were held in perfect equilibrium, would there be any process of creation? We know from science that it is impossible. Just disturb a sheet of water and there you find every particle of the water trying to become calm again; one rushing against another. And in the same manner, all the phenomena which we call the universe- all things therein- are struggling to get back to the state of perfect balance. Again a disturbance comes and again we have combination and creation. “INEQUALITY IS THE VERY BASIS OF CREATION”. At the same time, the forces struggling to obtain equality are as much a necessity of creation as those which destroy it.

The millennium of perfect equality will come only when the cycle of creation comes to its end.

Shortly, the good and evil are the two sides of the same coin. They are distributed in the world to create desires and the ultimate desire to turn away from those desires. Through this turmoil arises the work or karma!

The different philosophic schools, different religions preach the very lessons differently. When through any school of thought, we try to attain equality, we are going towards freedom. The very reason for human existence is to attain freedom. And through positives and negatives of our works, we are propagating on its path, as spiritual beings through ages.

When this equality is attained, there lies the liberation. This is nothing but PERFECTION. And when perfection is ensued, we attain what is termed as ultimate BLISS.

Now how this depiction comes close to homeopathy?

As we all know, the past history, birth history, and even pre-birth history is very crucial while dealing with any case homeopathically. And we try to match the picture of the drug with the picture of the patient. When there is partial similarity in a certain case, we get only partial results and the patient is not cured completely. That means we haven’t ensured the state of equilibrium yet. To attain equilibrium, the picture of the drug has to match completely with that of the patient. There remains no space for disharmony between the two. The miasmatic overload has to be studied. This complete match is nothing but attaining simillimum in homeopathy. Through the practice of homeopathy, many of us know that unless this simillimum is attained in any given case, we cannot cure a patient completely. And CURE is nothing but the state of BLISS in that person’s life who is suffering incessantly from various maladies.

In short, “Similia Similibus Curentur” is one of the best possible metaphors to the world’s nature of imbalances and balances that try to attain equilibrium. After all, EQUILIBRIUM or HOMEOSTASIS is the ultimate bliss, be it on spiritual plane or physical and mental plane! 

Friday, March 9, 2012

Homeopathic Fever Therapeutics Unveiled!


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Yes! Fevers can be Treated Homeopathically!

When I started my homeopathic practice first, obviously the most patients that used to visit me were for acute diseases. I was a novice, very enthusiastic about my practice, and with a kind of ‘know-all’ feeling that every doctor has when he first starts his practice. I had attended the best doctors’ OPDs, had attended several indoor as well as outdoor patients where I was working as a houseman, and my teachers had happily bid me adieu saying now I was capable of independent practice. I had believed their word and started with all the necessary enthusiasm (and minimal possible investmentJ). But when I began, literally every patient used to make me think several times- did I do it right? When the next time patient used to give positive report, I used to feel good, and of course when he would nod in negation, I was nervously restless.

I do remember that this nervous restlessness was commoner for acute cases than for chronics. Chronic cases give you lot of time to think and act accordingly. Acute cases are obviously in hurry and need you to employ your brain to work as fast as you can. Your every mistake punches you in face and you start taking acute prescription far more seriously than chronic. The commonest health problem that used to punch me in face was FEVER!

Always I hated any kind of anti-pyretic and more I used to hate, more my patients used to take it, as my medicine failed to yield positive result. This is not done! I used to warn myself. Why the hell I can’t treat a simple condition like fever and if this is so, what credit should I take for curing eczemas and asthmas? With this thought I started studying more and here is the result of that study.

The foreword however is- a homeopath or a student of homeopathy needs to see lots and lots of cases of fever in order to master them. We as students or even as practitioners used to request our elder teachers to allow us visiting the indoor patients even after our college life was over. We used to go, check every patient, take case in details, and discuss with our professors how we can proceed with the case. There is no short cut to learn fevers or anything for that matter.

Also as much you need to know fevers homeopathically, you should also know them clinically. You should be aware of –
-         the types of the fevers,
-         their varied manifestations,
-         common symptoms of the fever patients,
-         differential diagnosis of severe fevers
-         other vital parameters like pulse that show different changes in various types of fevers etc

Without going into these details, however, we will go straight to the homeopathic differentiation of the fevers. As I said you must know the common symptoms of fever so that you can pin point the characteristic symptoms in an individual fever patient to treat homeopathically.

Let’s first list the most useful homeopathic drugs for fevers.

The List of Important Fever Drugs-

1. Aconite
2. Apis mellifica
3. Antim tart
4. Arnica
5. Ars alb
6. Belladona
7. Bryonia
8. Cactus
9. Chin-sulph
10. China
11. Baptisia
12. Dulcamara
13. Eup perf
14. Ferrum phos
15. Gelsemium
16. Hepar sulph
17. Ipecac
18. Mercurius
19. Natrum mur
20. Nux vomica
21. Phosphorus
22. Podophyllum
23. Pulsatilla
24. Rhus tox


So, these are the important fever drugs. And if you want to successfully treat fevers (more aptly patients with fevers), you need to master at least these 24 drugs. Sounds difficult? Nope, we will make it easy for you!

Let’s list the prime-most and characteristic signs and symptoms of the above drugs so that you can match these symptoms with those of the patient and treat accordingly. We will also see what symptoms call for and what symptoms don’t call for the particular remedy; so it is easier to comprehend the difference.

1. Aconite-
1)     Sudden and violent fevers without the actually inflammatory pathology cal for Aconite. So, give it when the patient develops acute fever suddenly without any predisposed conditions like sore throat, cold, cough, etc.
2)     Dry and cold weather usually bring on such acute paroxysms.
3)     You can see the patient absolutely restless, anxious, and walking to and fro the hallway in sheer restlessness.
4)     Aconite is almost never called for in fevers without restlessness.
5)     Feeling as if a cold wave passes through him is a hallmark of Aconite chill stage, which is very marked.
6)     Marked thirst and nausea accompany
7)     Every food tastes bitter, so doesn’t want to eat. But water does not taste bitter, so keeps drinking water continuously.
8)     The parts, on which he lies, are drenched in sweat after the heat stage. And once sweat sets in, he feels good.

2. Apis mellifica-
1)     Many kinds of allergic fevers call for Apis mellifica.
2)     The fever might result from bee stings or excess heat in summers
3)     Typical red rosy hue of the patient is the marked feature with suffused conjunctivae
4)     Fevers in acute kidney infections many times fall under Apis, associated with puffiness of the body and face
5)     General soreness of the body in fevers, as in Arnica, is marked. But Arnica often says there is nothing the matter with him; and Apis will be totally down with fever, hard to please!
6)     Apis is often indicated in chills that start in the afternoon, associated with thirst.
7)     Feels suffocated during heat paroxysm.
8)     Once the sweat sets in, the patient is extremely sleepy; rather sleeps after the fever paroxysm.
9)     Post-fever rash is one of the major domains of Apis.
10) Of course as we know Apis is always worse by heat and better by cold applications. Craves for cold applications in fever!

3. Antim tart-
1)     Fevers almost always preceded by respiratory problems like colds and coughs.
2)     Fevers and respiratory problems emerge many times from consuming raw sour fruits, especially in children.
3)     Fevers characterized by marked drowsiness, sweat, and prostration.
4)     Thick white coating on tongue with red edges; often dry in the center
5)     Severe chest congestion with loads of slimy sticky mucus that is hard to cough up
6)     Fevers with trembling of the whole body and chilliness (despite being a hot remedy in general)
7)     All three stages in fever are marked
8)     Once the sweat sets in, patient feels faint and sleeps.
9)     Extreme lethargy with intermittent fevers, many times with Pustular eruptions
10) Damp cold weathers and evenings aggravate

4. Arnica-
1)     Many times, if there is extreme soreness of the whole body with typhoid fevers, Arnica is the remedy indicated.
2)     Fevers due to abscesses that do not mature calls for this remedy
3)     Deathly coldness of extremities during fevers
4)     Marked shivering of the whole body with heat and redness in face
5)     Sour sweats at night after meals
6)     Doesn’t like to talk to people in fevers, hates people approaching him for asking about his health. He will never answer affirmatively regarding his suffering. Will say there is nothing the matter with him but inside great nervousness and pain
7)     Worse by least touch and better by ling down with head bit low

5. Arsenicum album-
1)     You can think of Arsenicum album if the patient is prostrated out of proportion to the fevers. May be the patient is having low to moderate degree fevers just for 1-2 days and feel as if he is having fevers chronically that drain him out.
2)     Many times periodical fevers call for Ars alb; like- fevers that recur every night or alternate nights
3)     Fear, restlessness, and anxiety are the trio of Arsenic alb without which we shouldn’t give this remedy.
4)     High temperatures with septic fevers
5)     In cases of typhoid fevers, think of Aconite in bit later stages, may be after Rhus tox
6)     If the patient has marked heat about 3 am, your drug surely is Arsenicum album, especially if associated with marked thirst for sips of water
7)     Aggravated by cold drinks or cold food, better always by warm drinks and warmth

6. Belladona-
1)     Think of Belladona as a remedy in fever when the patient complains of sore throat prior to developing fevers. On examination, the throat is bright red with swollen yet healthy tonsils and marked pharyngitis
2)     Marked dryness of mouth with fevers
3)     Heat, redness, throbbing headaches, and aversion to water are the characteristics of Belladona fevers
4)     Violence of attack with suddenness of symptoms mark Belladona fevers
5)     Delirious fevers many times call for Belladona with the above symptoms
6)     Delirium in fevers with icy cold feet
7)     Head sweats
8)     No thirst during fever is a characteristic symptom
9)     In children Belladona os often indicated in fevers. Child that is hyperactive even during fever often calls for Belladona


7. Bryonia-
1)     Fevers during change of weathers many times call for Bryonia
2)     Fevers that are often associated with dry cough
3)     Don’t forget the characteristic pulse of Bryonia patient in fever
4)     External coldness with marked internal heat is the key note symptom
5)     Fever associated with  stiffness of back and chest region
6)     The stitching pains in various muscles, ligaments, etc with dryness of mucus membranes
7)     Bitter taste in mouth and excessive thirst is the hallmark of Bryonia in fevers
8)     Marked increase in the irritability of the patient during fever
9)     Even in midst of high fevers, thinks and talks of business- now that’s typical Bryonia!
10) Often it is found that the existing constipation tendency is enhanced during fevers of Bryonia patient
11) Of course he is better by complete rest!

8. Cactus-
1)     Here is one comparatively less-talked about remedy for fevers. But for periodical intermittent fevers that occur every day at the same hour necessitate the use of cactus in some cases.
2)     Incomplete stages of fevers, neither there is full-blown chill, nor heat or sweat.
3)     Subnormal temperatures that just remain static for long time without any reduction
4)     Midday fevers around 11 am and if the stages are incomplete, often accompanied by hemorrhages
5)     Otherwise cold sweating predominates
6)     Great anguish is a concomitant many times

9. China sulph-
1)     If a malarial fever is suppressed, many times a dose of China sulph is said to bring back the suppressed paroxysm.
2)     Marked periodicity in symptoms
3)     Chronic nephritis associated with subnormal temperatures also call for this remedy with sudden anemic spells
4)     Chill spell daily occurs at 3 pm
5)     One of the characteristic symptoms to observe during chill stage is occurrence of painful swelling of various veins during a chill.
6)     Extreme shivering even in a warm room
7)     Subnormal temperatures with marked anxiety
8)     Sometime skin eruptions like urticaria precede or follow fevers in China sulph

10. China-
1)     Often the weekly fevers that have all the stages very marked are cleared by China
2)     Debility is the hallmark of China fever.
3)     Another noted symptom in practice is sweating on single parts that are caused by very little exertion.
4)     Fever many times associated with nightly coryza, watery discharge, pain in temporal region
5)     Anticipates the onset of fever- is a very marked symptom in almost all patients of China.
6)     Chill many times begin in breast area, markedly so in the forenoon.
7)     Not called for in acute fevers mostly. Rather any diseases in earlier stages don’t call for China. It is an established case with prostration.
8)     Almost always associated with marked bloating of abdomen.
9)     Night aggravations are common and the patient is better in open air

11. Baptisia-
1)     Indicated in septic fevers like typhoid, malaria
2)     Extreme prostration
3)     Many times can be used successfully in epidemic influenza too
4)     Marked symptom is- chill brings on the rheumatic pains and soreness all over the body
5)     Occasional chills with marked heat stage calls for Baptisia
6)     Chill about 11 am like in cactus but cactus has its definite set of symptoms that Baptisia does not have.
7)     Worse in humid atmosphere is the hallmark of Baptisia.
8)     Also worse in foggy weather and indoors.

12. Dulcamara-
1)     Causative factor of exposure to cold, rains, etc is very important to assess before giving Dulcamara
2)     Icy coldness of the body with pains all over characterize Dulc
3)     Dry burning heat all over with chills in the evening
4)     Chills felt more in back
5)     Many times the fever is associated with cold cough with free expectoration.
6)     Cough after physical exertion may end up in fever.
7)     Worse by damp cold, rains, and always better by warmth in general

13. Eupatorium perf-
1)     In malarial and influenza fevers, bone pains characterize Eup perf.
2)     Marked periodicity is observed in fevers, as in Ars alb, China, etc.
3)     Morning chills about 7 to 9 am call for this remedy many times
4)     Chill is always preceded by great thirst and aching of bones
5)     Deep bone pains +++
6)     Fever almost always associated with nausea and bilious vomiting.
7)     Extreme and insatiable thirst which makes him realize that the chill is coming. So, thirst acts like an anticipatory sign in this remedy.
8)     Throbbing headache is the most dreaded concomitant.
9)     Once he starts perspiring, the bone pains lessen, he feels good but the headache continues still!
10) The patient is better when conversing with others. Perhaps this means, distraction from his complaints by talking with others makes him feel good.

14. Ferrum phos
1)     The best suggestion on the use of Ferrum phos is mentioned by Boericke. He says, “It (Ferrum phos) stands midway between the sthenic activity of Aconite and Belladona, and the asthenic sluggishness and torpidity of Gelsemium.
2)     False plethora is what you should look for in a ferrum phos subject, which is often mistaken for a robust constitution.
3)     The anxious restlessness does not call for Ferrum phos; the patient’s face is more active than that in Gels
4)     Mostly indicated in the first stage of fevers
5)     Many times fever is associated with or preceded by catarrhal affections of the respiratory tract
6)     Chills at 1 pm is the hallmark but even if it is not found, you can very well use Ferrum phos with above set of symptoms in early stages of fevers
7)     Patient however feels worse at night

15. Gelsemium
1)     Must present in Gels- Dullness, dizziness, drowsiness, and trembling
2)     Sensitive people that develop fevers at the falling temperatures many times cal for Gelsemium
3)     General prostration
4)     Influenza with marked sleepiness; cannot keep her eyes open
5)     Dusky hue of the face during fevers
6)     Violent shaking during chills; has to be held tight
7)     Chills traveling up and down the back—very important symptom often verified in practice
8)     Long and literally exhausting heat and sweat stages
9)     Tension headaches and giddiness often accompany
10) Thirstless patients mostly; especially the chills are always without thirst
11) Aggravated in foggy wet weather and better in open air and by stimulants.

16. Hepar sulph
1)     Infective fevers resulting due to boils, abscesses, etc call for this homeopathic antibiotic- Hepar sulph
2)     Infective sinusitis with fevers
3)     Extreme hypersensitivity to colds; just cannot tolerate fan or air conditioning
4)     During fevers the part that he lies on becomes painful
5)     Slightest winds bring on the fevers
6)     Usually indicated after the Belladona stage of fevers
7)     Dry heat at night characterize it
8)     Followed by profuse, sour, offensive, and sticky sweat
9)     Better by wrapping head up and warmth in any form

17. Ipecac
1)     Fevers associated with persistent nausea and vomiting
2)     With clean tongue!
3)     Irregularly occurring pyrexia with history of malaria treated with quinine
4)     Chill stage not very marked but followed by a long heat stage with high temperatures
5)     Many times fever associated with breathlessness and cough
6)     Patient complains that whenever he takes some improper diet, the fever relapses.
7)     Worse periodically and by moist warm winds


18. Mercurius
1)     Syphilitic, putrid fevers with excessively offensive discharges
2)     Gastric or bilious problems resulting in fevers call for Mercurius
3)     Slow and lingering debility since many weeks or months after the fevers
4)     Alternate heat and shuddering with chills
5)     Chills creep through the body more in the evening into the nights
6)     Yellow, non-relieving perspirations that smells really bad
7)     Alternate flashes of heat in different parts of the body is the hallmark of Merc
8)     Worse in night, damp weather, extremes of temperatures, warmth in any form

19. Natrum mur
1)     Continued chilliness that is not ameliorated is the chief guiding symptom of Natrum mur
2)     Chill between 9 to 11 am is another characteristic
3)     Heat stage very marked with high temperatures and violent thirst that increases with the increase in temperature
4)     Fever blisters are one of the hallmarks of Natrum mur. They may accompany fever or result as a consequence of fevers
5)     Sweating marked on face, above lips, on slightest exertion
6)     Excessive weakness, constipation, and lack of appetite are the major concomitants
7)     Almost always associated with awful headache that increases as the day advances
8)     Worse by talking, warm room, etc and is better in open air

20. Nux vomica
1)     Cold stage is the most prominent stage in Nux vomica
2)     He senses in the morning after a bad night that he is going to develop fever; so is the chilliness
3)     Very bad rigors; so much so that the fingernails turn blue
4)     Associated often with pain in back and limbs, with gastric derangement
5)     The chills are so marked that even after he enters heat stage or sweat stage, he has to keep himself covered. Must be covered in every stage of fever
6)     Or there might be another case where he feels chilly but doesn’t want to be covered; in both cases, look for Nux vomica as the simillimum by matching other symptoms
7)     In the second type, usually there is extreme dry heat of the body
8)     Worse mental exertion, debauchery, alcohol, cold. Better by a nap but has to finish it completely!

21. Phosphorus
1)     Hemorrhagic fevers come under the realm of Phosphorus usually
2)     Extreme weakness in sensitive and bony patients
3)     Chilliness marked in the evenings
4)     Fevers associated with lack of thirst but unnatural increase in appetite
5)     Profuse perspiration follows at night
6)     When temperatures rise, the patient may develop epistaxis (nose-bleed) and bloody stools at times
7)     Hemorrhagic spots on the body may develop
8)     Aggravated in twilight and change of weather; better by cold food and drinks, sleep, and open air

22. Podophyllum
1)     Extreme talkativeness during fevers is the hallmark of Podophyllum
2)     Chill that begins in the early morning around 7 am brings on a mild dull pain in the hypochondrial region
3)     Pains start in all the joints, knees, wrists, ankles, etc
4)     Profuse sweats are also there
5)     May be accompanied by preceded by abdominal colic and loose stools
6)     Thus Podophyllum is worse in the early mornings and in hot weathers

23. Pulsatilla
1)     Again as in Nux vomica, chill stage predominates in Pulsatilla. However, you can of course understand the obvious difference between the two constitutions
2)     Chilliness even in warm room
3)     As the body pains increase, so does the chilliness
4)     Wandering pains in the body
5)     Chill at about 4 pm with continued temperatures in the evenings
6)     As the night approaches, the burning heat increases with distended veins
7)     Despite chilliness, external heat is intolerable
8)     Completely thirstless during fevers too
9)     When the temperatures recede, headache, diarrhea, nausea, and loss of appetite ensue
10) Worse by fatty rich food, towards evening; better in open air and slow walking around

24. Rhus tox
1)     Suitable in many cases of typhoid fevers with dry brown tongue with red tip
2)     Great restlessness is always a concomitant of Rhus tox fevers
3)     Fevers in wet raining weathers or having a head bath
4)     Fevers associated with loose stools, trembling, and dry cough many times
5)     Feels chilly suddenly as if cold water is being poured upon him
6)     During the heat stage, urticarial rash develops that itches intensely
7)     Chills followed by heat and the patient in heat stage feels like stretching his limbs continuously that makes him feel better
8)     Better by frequent change of position, worse during rest