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One evening, a beautiful, tall,
slim, teenage girl entered my consulting room accompanied by her
mother. The young girl had very attractive features and long
tapering fingers. I noticed a few pimples on her face and
thought perhaps this was just another routine case of a young
girl complaining of a pimpled face.
I was certainly taken aback when told that hers was a case of
hypertension and renal failure and the doctors had advised, that
she would have to undergo Kidney transplantation. All through
the interview, the girl had a smile on her face and appeared to
throw her charm around, trying to impress everyone in my
consulting room.
I continued to note down the preliminary details about her age,
address, etc. I was informed that both her parents were also
hypertensive. The eldest daughter was a medical student without
any major / serious problems.
I noted some very interesting
findings and some of my observations were as follows :
1) Her father was working for the United Nations and they had to
travel quite a lot around the world. As a result she was exposed
to different environments, different races with different
cultures and food habits.
2) She had to be trained in everything which included table
manners, proper etiquette and behavioral attitude. She was
taught how to address people correctly and learn how to suppress
her own personal emotions.
3) When her father was posted in Ghana, the girl suffered from
attacks of Chickenpox and Malaria and was repeatedly treated
with doses of Quinine on number of times.
4) She also had attacks of Measles. As they visited many
countries, she was frequently vaccinated.
5) As far as her studies were concerned, as a child, she was
very difficult to manage. She lagged behind in her lessons and
never had the courage to stand up for herself. She was sensitive
and highly emotional but could resist anything she disliked.
6) I went straight on to ask about her hobbies because that
appears to me as the most important area of her characteristics.
7) She liked watching movies and could sit through more than
three movies a day. As a child, she loved dolls and would sit in
a corner of a room for a whole day playing with her dolls. She
had plenty of toys but except for her dolls, she never played
with anything else. She had a liking for other toys and was
always attracted to soft, stuffed colorful toys which expressed
a very interesting pattern.
8) She was good at dancing, especially western style dancing.
This was her positive point. She could appear on a stage and
perform without fright, undisturbed or un-distracted in any way.
Basically she was artistic, fun-loving and easygoing by nature.
9) She hated hard work and would wriggle her way out by
appealing to her elder sisters to help out, pleading: "I can't
do it, I'm sure you will help me."
10) When she was put in school, she refused to speak. She kept
on smiling and then a few days later, she started shouting,
screaming and abusing. She did not enjoy going to school. She
felt she was neglected and was not cared by others. Her
concentration was poor and she was depressed and kept brooding a
lot. Whenever she was delegated any mental or strenuous work,
she would get easily upset and strangely start laughing. She was
fickle-minded and very moody with little or no interest in
anything for days. She had little will power.
11) She was friendlier with children younger than her own age
group. As she grew older, she became more and more conscious of
herself. She began to speak in a hurried manner and would
stammer. She became suddenly very self-conscious of herself even
if nobody looked at her. She pretended she was not affected by
other people's opinions and comments about her.
12) Soon overtook her and she could never persist or concentrate
on anything for very long. She felt that her eldest sister was
her parents' favorite. She said her eldest sister was -- "a big
fighter-cock, always bossing over her. She is very mean and
kicks me and slaps me."
13) This young girl had participated in several beauty contests
and had won the titles of 'Navy Queen' and 'Miss India', etc.
During the interview, it was observed that she was very proud of
her achievements and only too aware of her beauty and good
looks. She did her best to attract everyone’s attention and kept
on laughing all the time without any reason.
14) I noted that her father was a short-tempered man who had a
habit of shouting a lot. She was afraid of him. She was scared
of moths, cockroaches and rats.
15) Her anxious nature caused her to check anything. She did it
over and over again. Her anxiety was very evident if she had to
lock the door or shut off the gas cylinder. She was never sure
of herself and had to repeatedly carry out the checks.
16) She was very excitable with a tendency to weep; even a
simple joke or a pun annoyed her and she would become depressed
and start to brood on it for a long time. She was never
satisfied until she could take her revenge. The slightest
provocation was enough to put her into a bad mood. Basically,
she was a day - dreamer, dissatisfied, envious and suspicious.
She felt better when somebody rubbed her, patted her. She felt
better after consolation.
17) In the 9th standard she failed to pass in the Maths and
Physics exam and had to repeat the year. Studies and strenuous
work used to completely disorient her. She felt strongly in what
she said: "I hate school and studies. I feel sad I cannot make
friends and mix around. I am suffering from high blood pressure.
I stammer - mostly on the alphabets W and R - on words like What
and Remember and such other words. Whenever I am worried, I pull
at my skin and bite my lips. I laugh for no reason at all when I
feel troubled. I keep checking the things, a number of times.
Because of this I avoid getting
involved with any kind of responsibilities especially like
closing the door or shutting off the gas. I feel most
uncomfortable the moment a boy sits next to me. I am very fond
of sweets and sweetmeats, fruits and lemons though I am averse
to vegetable and sour foods. I like soft drinks, ice-creams,
apples, sea-food and pastries."
18) Her dreams were mainly connected with Anxiety (Insecurity),
Dance, Death / Dead Bodies, Diseases (illnesses), Future
Examinations, Failing to cope with tasks, frightful Ghosts,
Marriages, Missing a Train, Murder or being Murdered.
Physical Description
Blood pressure since
the last 2 years - aggravated mainly by Exam. Her Blood Pressure
also rises when others happen to be discussing her. She gets
most irritable by the Sun; Sun rays and feels better after
vomiting. Stool passed twice a day because of her anxiety.
Passes urine involuntarily - occasionally.
Menses are regular. Started at about the age of 14 years.
Leaves stains on clothes which are very difficult to remove in
one wash.
She is constantly afraid of soiling her clothes.
She has suffered from Leucorrhoea which also left behind a mild
stain.
Her mother mentioned one confidential point -her daughter has
romantic attachment to other girls.
She desires a Fast Fan, Open Air, Air-conditioning and prefers
the winter season.
It was very obvious that both her parents gave a lot of
importance to external activities but subdued and suppressed
behaviors. They encouraged the daughters to participate in
beauty contests, fashion parades and other similar contests of
the exhibitionary type.
She had a specific auditory hallucination that the neighbor boy
is saying that she is pretty. He likes her. He loves her. He
wants to give gifts to her. This boy is all the time talking
about her.
She gets very anxious and goes to the toilet frequently. Makes
cracking noise with toes and fingers.
Thinks that others are talking about her. They are passing
comments about her. They are saying that she will fail in her
exams. She can hear them even if she puts cotton plugs or closes
all doors and windows. She bites her lips when worried.
She thinks that she is beautiful and everybody appreciates her.
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Reports : Antinuclear, antibody test (ANA) Positive |
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Blood urea 50 mgs %
15 to 40 mgs % |
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Serum Creatinine 1.3 mgs % 0.8 -
1.2 mgs % |
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Serum Bilirubin 0.5 mgs %
0.5 - 0.8 mgs % |
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Serum Glutamic |
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Pyruvic Transminase 11 Units / cc 0 -
40 units / cc. |
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Prior to the treatment |
Renal
Arteriogram:
Right Kidney Atrophy and with Blockage - nonfunctional.
Left Kidney functioning only 80 %. |
Nephrologists suggested she might have to go
through kidney transplant.
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After treatment |
v Renal
Dynamic and static studies -
v Right Kidney Parenchymal functions normal
v Arteriogram with prolonged excretory phase
v Left Kidney - Normal Parenchymal Function |
Now Guess the
Remedy !!!
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Our Analysis & Evaluation |
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The causation |
v From
emotional excitement and suppressed emotions
v From anticipation and anxiety
v From fear and fright (of parents)
v From mental exertion
v From overdose of quinine
v From repeated vaccinations |
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The Mental Generals |
v Fear
and apprehension to undertake any responsibility
v Want of self confidence
v Fear of failure
v Fear of animals and insects
v Fear of men (opposite sex)
v Sensitive emotionally
v Changeable mood, fickle nature
v Weeping and tearful disposition even at trivial matters
v Consolation amelioration
v Love towards same sex
v Increased sexual passion and excitement
v Laughing without cause, on least trivial matters, over
serious situations & in hysterical manner
v Malicious and revengeful temperament
v Illusions of hearing and voices
v Stammering speech when tensed |
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Dreams
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Anxious, about dancing, dead bodies, murders, disease,
ghosts, examinations and marriage |
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The Physical Generals
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v Hot
Patient
v Exposure to sun aggravation
v Hot weather aggravation
v Desire for and amelioration in open air
v Desire for fanning
v Magnetism and rubbing amelioration.
v Ameliorated by vomiting
v Desires Sweets, Ice-creams, pastries, lemons, apples
v Aversion to sour food
v Menses staining
v Leucorrhoea staining |
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Particulars and Pathological
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Frequent stool from anxiety
v Frequent and involuntary urination from anxiety
v Hypertension
v Localisation of disease in kidneys and atrophy of Kidneys
v Involvement of Right kidney
v Albuminuria |
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The Repertorisation chart was as under
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1.
[KT] [Mind] Sensitive, oversensitive (see offended): (2)
2. [KT] [Mind] Haughty: (3)
3. [KT] [Mind] Weeping, tearful mood, etc.: (3)
4. [KT] [Mind] Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations,
illusion: Great person, is: (2)
5. [KT] [Mind] Malicious: (1)
6. [KT] [Sleep] Dreams: Anxious: (2)
7. [C] [Mind] Anxiety: Fear, with: (2)
8. [C] [Mind] Love: Own sex, with one of her, homosexuality,
tribadism: (3)
9. [C] [Mind] Fear: Ghosts, of: (2)
10. [C] [Mind] Dreams: Lewd, lascivious, voluptuous: (2)
11. [C] [Generalities] Air: Open: Desire for: (2)
12. [BN] [Aggravation & Amelioration] Emotions: Anger,
vexation, etc.: Fright, shock, with agg : (3)
13. [BN] [Aggravation and Amelioration] Emotions: Fright
(anxiety, fear): Agg : (3)
14. [KT] [Mind] Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations,
illusion: Body: Greatness of, as to: (2)
15. [C] [Mind] Laughing: Tendency: Serious matters, over:
(2)
16. [C] [Mind] Dreams: Anxious: (2)
17. [C] [Mind] Dreams: Dead: Bodies: (1)
18. [C] [Generalities] Air: Open: Amel.: (2)
19. [C] [Generalities] Rubbing, massage: Amel.: (1)
20. [C] [Generalities] Food and drinks: Sweets: Desires: (1)
21. [C] [Stomach] Appetite: Easy satiety: (3)
22. [KT] [Stomach] Appetite: Easy satiety: (3)
23. [KT] [Stomach] Aversion: Meat: (2) |
Remedy : Platina 200 1 dose
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Follow ups |
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When she came in for follow up after 15 days she was feeling
much better physically with headaches abated a great deal
Mentally she seemed more subdued and less haughty ,Less
smiling, now without reason Blood Pressure 120/86 mm/Hg |
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SL
for 15 days |
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On
the next visit she seemed more calm and composed Now, not
bothered about neighborhood boy spying upon her. Physically,
she said she was feeling OK |
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SL
4 PN 1 week |
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SL
3 times a day |
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Next time I had purposely called her at 11 am i.e. in sun,
an hour before noon, She came without much fuss not
irritated by the sun, Anxiety almost absent, When asked
about being bothered by others talking about her, she just
smiled nonchalantly, Physically feeling very positive ,Blood
Pressure 160/110 mm/Hg |
Platina 200 1 Dose : SL 3 Times a day
Advised to come with some test after a month
Results were very positive mainly
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Blood Urea 30 mgs %,Serum Creatinine
01 mgs %,Blood Pressure 150/90 mm/Hg |
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Platina 200 1 Dose
SL 3 times a day for 30 days |
On next visit she was extremely cheerful with all
round general improvements. Her sleep was better with less
dreams and anxiety not bothering her any more.
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Blood Pressure 130/80
SL 3 times a day for 30 days |
On next visit her blood reports were
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Blood urea 25 mgs %,Serum Creatinine
01 mgs %,Blood pressure 140/80 mm/Hg |
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Platina 200 1 dose
SL 3 times a day
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Next time the reports were as under
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Renal Dynamic and static studies
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Right Kidney Parenchymal functions normal , Arteriogram
with prolonged excretory phase,Left Kidney - Normal
Parenchymal Function ,Blood Pressure 126/80 mm/Hg |
For
the last time I gave her a dose of Platina 200
I kept a vigil for further two months but it was smooth sailing
thereafter
Total 5 doses of Platina were administered to her within a span
of eight months.
She was in a most positive frame of mind and emotionally
stable.
Now 12 years have passed she has no trouble, no problems and no
complications. She is leading a healthy life. |
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