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Case No. 1
Case Details:
This is a case of oozing eczema that we treated entirely by email — the doctor never saw the patient in person, as she lived in a different city. Based on a detailed letter sent in response to our questionnaire, we worked out the case and selected Lycopodium 1M as the remedy. She experienced considerable aggravation after taking it, for two reasons: (1) the case was 20 years old, and (2) she had been continuously using certain ointments, which were stopped in favour of a plain Calendula wash.
Please note that we focused only on the mental symptoms, not the disease symptoms directly. We do not have photographs from before treatment began for this case.
The first dose of Lycopodium 1M was administered in December 2000; the remedy was sourced by the patient locally. Likely due to inconsistent quality of that remedy, we did not see proper action.
We subsequently posted the remedy to the patient, and she took a second dose on 16th February 2001. This produced a marked aggravation of the skin condition, but she felt better in her headaches and on the mental and physical plane — a strong indication of a correctly matched remedy. We also administered one dose of Psorinum 1M on 7th March 2001.
This was the condition of her hands on 15th March 2001. We don't have leg photographs for this date, but her condition there was quite poor.
Our doctor had to reassure the patient about this aggravated condition by email and phone. We remained confident in the action of the remedy and did not prescribe anything further.
After reviewing the case, the patient was asked to take one further dose of Lycopodium 1M on 19th March 2001. Below are photographs from 27th March 2001 showing the condition of her legs.
By this point the condition had begun to subside. This was her state as of 16th April 2001 — considerable itching remained, but no oozing, just a faint red discolouration.
One further dose of Lycopodium 1M was given on 27th April 2001 due to a throat infection; her photos as of 5th May 2001 are shown below.
It has now been more than 3 years since this case, with no recurrence to date, so we're confident it was fully resolved by the remedy.
The following symptoms were taken for the repertorization of this case.
| Remedy | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Freq/Grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYC | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24/13 |
| IGN | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 24/10 |
| NUX | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 18/10 |
| AUR | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17/10 |
| SEP | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16/10 |
Case No. 2
Another case of a skin problem.
This patient consulted us on 15th November 2007. She had a persistent, severe itch on one finger, which looked quite bad (photo below). She had already seen skin specialists and undergone a year of treatment, followed by more than a year of homoeopathic treatment with remedies such as Graphites and Sulphur, without result.
After careful study, Silicea 1M was selected as the remedy, with one dose given on 15th September 2007. She reported stomach pain and cough on 2nd November, and another dose of Silicea was given that day. She was completely well by 19th January 2008, as shown in the photo below.
This experience shows that when the remedy is correctly chosen, only a few doses are needed to resolve the problem.