" Covid 19 and Homeopathy: "

The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are

• Fever
• Dry cough
• Fatigue

Other symptoms that are less common and may affect some patients include:

• Loss of taste or smell,
• Nasal congestion,
• Conjunctivitis (also known as red eyes)
• Sore throat,
• Headache,
• Muscle or joint pain,
• Different types of skin rash,
• Nausea or vomiting,
• Diarrhea,
• Chills or dizziness.

 

Symptoms of severe COVID‐19 disease include:

• Shortness of breath,
• Loss of appetite,
• Confusion,
• Persistent pain or pressure in the chest,
• High temperature (above 38 °C).

Other less common symptoms are:

• Irritability,
• Confusion,
• Reduced consciousness (sometimes associated with seizures),
• Anxiety,
• Depression,
• Sleep disorders,
• More severe and rare neurological complications such as strokes, brain inflammation, delirium and nerve damage.

People of all ages who experience fever and/or cough associated with difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, chest pain or pressure, or loss of speech or movement should seek medical care immediately. If possible, call your health care provider, hotline or health facility first, so you can be directed to the right clinic.

some Homeopathic medicine which might be helpful in these conditions

Belladona 200

in high fever when head is warm compare to feet which are cold

200 potency daily dose 

Bryonia 30 200 1m

when dryness of mouth at its peak and lot of thirst observed

Justecia 30 c

when post nasal catarrh begins

Ars. Album 

when bronchial pneumonia 

 Aspidospermia

when oxygen level decreased

Myostosis

if ESR level increased

Carbo veg 200

if acidosis occure

Camphora

if all refluxes are diminished

Homeopathic treatment for diabetes.

• Syzygium jambolanum Q is said to help treat thirst, weakness, skin ulcers, and excessive urination.  Dose: 10 drops tds
• Uranium nitricum 3x is marketed to treat excessive urination, nausea, swelling, and burning with urination. Dose : 3x potency .1 tab tds
• Conium (hemlock) is purported to treat numbness in the feet and hands as well as diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage). Dose: conium 1M single dose 
• Plumbum (lead) is said to help with numbness in the hands and feet, nerve pain, and tinnitus. Dose : 30 potency 5 drops tds 
• Calendula (marigold) is said to treat infected ulcers.  Dose : Q potency apply topically .  
• Phosphoric acid is promoted to treat impaired memory, confusion or heavy head, frequent urination at night, hair loss, and difficulty maintaining an erection. Dose :3x to 200 potency 
• Insulinum 1M as inter current remedy

kindly visit yours nearest homeopathic physician . self medication may be harmful.

HEPATITIS AND HOMEOPATHY

Successful Treatment of Chronic Viral Hepatitis With High-dilution Medicine

Barbara Sarter, PhD, APRN, FNP-C, DiHom, Prasanta Banerji, FMIH, and Pratip Banerji, MD(Hom)

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Two cases of viral hepatitis that had failed conventional therapy are presented. Both were subsequently treated with protocols using homeopathic medicines as detailed below. Both patients sustained remissions for 2 years after taking ultradilute natural medicines after their conventional treatment had been discontinued.

Methods:

The treatment protocol included Chelidonium majus 6X and Thuja 30C as the main medicines. Other homeopathic medicines were used as detailed below. Cases were confirmed with standard hepatitis antibody and viral measurements. Patients were followed for more than 2 years with measurements of viral counts, liver enzymes, and other relevant biomarkers of liver disease.

Results:

Both patients are alive and functioning normally in their home environments more than 2 years after treatment initiation.

Discussion:

We review the literature related to the chief medicines used in these cases and find that they have known and demonstrated therapeutic effects suggesting plausible mechanisms of action in these cases.

Conclusions:

Clinical trials of this homeopathic treatment protocol should be conducted to explore the therapeutic potential of these medicines for treatment of viral hepatitis.

Key Words: Viral hepatitis, ultradilute medicines, homeopathy, liver disease, case reports, India

Ultradilute, serially agitated solutions behave quite differently than normal solutions; the principles of their behavior are being actively researched around the world.¹ Meanwhile, ultradilute solutions in the form of homeopathic medicines are widely sought and used clinically throughout the world. In 1999, the US National Cancer Institute's Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine's rigorous Best Case Series validated the effectiveness of cancer treatment protocols in 14 cases of different varieties of the disease using homeopathic medicinal protocols developed at the Prasanta Banerji Homeopathic Research Foundation (PBHRF) in Kolkata, India, and identified studies in collaboration with PBHRF as a funding priority.² Published research reports also provide credible evidence of the mechanisms of action and effectiveness of some of the protocols used at PBHRF to treat cancer.^3–7

In addition to cancer, virtually all diseases are treated at PBHRF with specific protocols using ultradilute medicines. In this article, we report on 2 well-documented cases of progressively worsening acute and chronic viral hepatitis that responded to treatment with these medicines per the Banerji Protocol.

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CASE 1

On a routine health maintenance visit in 1994, a 37-year-old woman was found to have elevated liver enzymes. Her first liver biopsy in January 1998 showed grade 1 (of 4) inflammation and stage 1 to 2 (of 4) delicate bridging fibrosis. Subsequent hepatitis C antibody testing revealed chronic hepatitis C. Genotyping of the virus in 1998 revealed type 1b with a viral count of 33 000 000 IU/mL. She enrolled in a clinical trial of pegylated inter-feron (PEG-INF) subcutaneously 1.5 [.proportional]g/kg once a week for 4 weeks followed by PEG-INF 0.5 [.proportional]g/kg once a week for 44 weeks along with ribavirin 1000 mg orally daily, which was reduced to 600 mg daily due to anemia at treatment week 30. Serum levels of alanine aminotransferase reflected a response with relapse. Her virologic response using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)–based assay for hepatitis C virus RNA showed a temporary response. Posttreatment liver biopsy performed 6 months after completing treatment (in July 2000) was scored as grade 3 of 4 inflammation and stage 1 of 4 fibrosis with piecemeal necrosis consistent with relapse. Her viral count at that time was 16 000 000 IU/mL. A biopsy conducted in December 2003 showed inflammation grade 3 and fibrosis stage 3 of 4. She became increasingly symptomatic with nausea, fatigue, and loss of appetite. In April 2004, she started a second course of PEG-INF with ribavirin after undergoing whole-body hyperthermia. After 6 months, she was found to have no response to the interferon, and the drugs were discontinued. A biopsy in November 2005 showed stage 3 of 4 fibrosis and moderate (3 of 4) portal inflammation. Viral count in July 2006 was 14 250 000 IU/mL, and the patient was found to have persistent stage 3 of 4 fibrosis and grade 3 of 4 inflammation with bridging necrosis.

In August 2006, the patient initiated treatment prescribed by the PBHRF. The following protocol was used:

1. Chelidonium 6X twice a day,
2. Thuja 30C twice a day, and
3. Kalium muriaticum 3X and Ferrum phosphoricum 3X twice a day.

The 6X potency is the 6th decimal potency that is achieved by serial dilution and agitation of the mother tincture, or alcoholic extract, of the root of the plant Chelidonium majus. Thuja 30C is likewise the 30th centesimal serial dilution and agitated product; here, the alcoholic extract is from the fresh leaves and small twigs of the young Thuja occidentalis plant. The Kali muriaticum 3X and Ferrum phosphoricum 3X are triturations of the substances to the 3rd decimal potency. The medicine was procured from reputable homeopathic drug manufacturers and manufactured as per The Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India.

Chelidonium 6X and Thuja 30C are our standard protocol for cases of chronic viral hepatitis. Chelidonium has a strong body of research supporting its use for liver disease, and Thuja is effective in treating a wide variety of viral infections (see Discussion section). The combination of Kali muriaticum and Ferrum phosphoricum is our standard protocol for treatment of anemia, which this patient experienced as a side effect of interferon/ribavirin therapy.

The patient adhered to this protocol for 2 years and was rebiopsied in the United States in December 2008. Her inflammation was reduced to stage 1 of 4, and her fibrosis had regressed to stage 0–1a of 4. She used no other treatments during this time period. She no longer experiences daily nausea and has regained her normal body weight. Her viral count in December 2009 was 7 IU/mL. As of June 2011, she remained in remission and continued treatment with Chelidonium 6X twice a day. Table 1 provides a summary of the relevant biomarkers.

TABLE 1.

Case 1: Chronic Active Hepatitis C^a

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CASE 2

In late November 2007, a 28-year-old male was admitted to the premier Indian medical institution, the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Delhi, for a case of hepatitis B virus (HBV)–related chronic liver disease decompensated by acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. He also had developed spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. His clinical history included a rapidly progressing jaundice followed by pedal edema, ascites, fever, and abdominal tenderness. Viral antibody testing revealed a positive Australia antigen (hepatitis B surface antigen), negative immunoglobulin M for hepatitis B core antigen, HBV DNA 1300 copies/mL, and positive immunoglobulin M antibody for HEV. At AIIMS, he was treated with intravenous glycyrrhizin (0.2%) 60 mL daily for 6 weeks, and then the dose was reduced to 3 times a week. Additionally, he received daily diuretic treatment with spironolactone/furosemide (Lasilactone, Sanofi-Aventis) 50 to 75 mg per day, 20% albumin 100 mL intravenously daily for the first 2 months of hospitalization, cefuroxime axetil (Ceftum, GlaxoSmithKline) 500 mg twice a day for 4 weeks, and lamivudine-HBV 100 mg daily.

After 6 weeks of hospitalization and treatment at AIIMS, the patient's serum bilirubin continued to be markedly elevated and alanine transaminase was continuously 75 times normal, indicating failure of conservative treatment. Endoscopy revealed esophageal varices. The cancer antigen 19–9 and carcinoembryonic antigen were negative. The patient and his parents were advised of the need for a liver transplant. They refused to have him placed on the transplant list, and he was discharged in January 2008 and returned to Kolkata. After repeated episodes of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis requiring multiple hospitalizations in Kolkata, he developed right hepatic hydrothorax.

At this point, the patient sought treatment at PBHRF. On first presenting at PBHRF on August 22, 2008, he had severe ascites, dyspnea without exertion, abdominal pain, and 4+ pitting edema in the lower extremities. Treatment was initiated with the following protocol:

1. Chelidonium 6X 3 drops alternating 3 times a day with
2. Carduus marianus (milk thistle) mother tincture 10 drops,
3. Thuja 30C 2 pills once every evening,
4. Lycopodium clavatum 30C 3 drops 3 times a day, and
5. Belladonna 3C alternating with Carduus marianus mother tincture every 10 minutes as needed for pain.

In addition to our first-line agent, Chelidonium, we added Carduus marianus, as it has a long history of use in traditional herbal medicine for support of liver problems. Thuja again was prescribed as an antiviral agent. Lycopodium is our first-line agent for treatment of edema or fluid retention of any kind. Belladonna is one of our first-line agents for pain, particularly pain of visceral origin.

When the patient's condition did not improve, on September 15, 2008, Myrica (bayberry) mother tincture was added, alternating every 3 hours with Chelidonium 6X, and Carduus was discontinued. On September 27, acetic acid 30C, another of our prime medicines for water retention and effusions, 3 drops 3 times a day replaced the Lycopodium for management of the ascites. By December 13, 2008, the patient's pleural effusion was clearing, ascites had decreased substantially, and urine output improved significantly. Clinic notes from January 7, 2009, reported worsening of the pleural effusion and ascites, and treatment exclusively by PBHRF continued with the expectation that improvement was likely to recur. By March 2009, the patient was reporting a sustained improvement in symptoms, and the pleural effusion and ascites had almost completely subsided. On June 3, 2009, the HBV DNA count was 5.82 copies, and the patient was feeling well. Blood work done on May 9, 2009, revealed liver function tests generally near the normal range, as indicated in Table 2. Table 2 also shows the continued improvement in liver function tests when retested in December 2009. As of June 2011, the patient continued to feel well, having been in remission for 2 years.

Table 2.

Case 2: Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis E Virus^a

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DISCUSSION

The protocols used in these cases were developed based on the extensive experience of the physicians at PBHRF, which spans several generations, as well as the known actions of its specific component medicines. We will briefly review the research literature that is available on these medicinal substances.

Chelidonium majus (greater celandine) is an herb with documented hepatotoxic properties in its undiluted tincture or herbal form,^8–10 but it has also been shown to have hepatoprotective, antitumor, and immunostimulatory actions.¹¹ Thuja occidentalis has been reported to have similar hepatoprotective and antitumor effects.^4,12–17 Thuja and its related species also have been reported to have antiviral^13,18 and antimetastatic⁴ properties. Myrica, or bayberry, is a common herb that is high in tannins; there is virtually no research documenting its effectiveness in treatment of liver disease, but standard homeopathic references all list jaundice as one of its principle indications.¹⁹ Carduus marianus (milk thistle) was reviewed recently in the Cochrane database. The conclusion of this rigorous review was that

milk thistle could potentially affect alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C virus liver diseases. Therefore, large-scale randomized clinical trials on milk thistle for alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C liver diseases versus placebo are needed. ²⁰

The larger issue is how ultradilute, serially agitated preparations of these biologically active substances are able to exert therapeutic effects even when the dilutions exceed Avogadro's number, which is the case for the dilutions of 30C used in the Banerji Protocol for hepatitis. The preparations of Chelidonium are diluted to a factor of 1/1 000 000; this explains the lack of toxicity observed in the normally hepatotoxic Chelidonium when in its crude form but does not explain its effectiveness as a hepatoprotectant. The emerging disciplines of complexity, nanoscience, and materials science offer some hypotheses on how these ultradilute medicines may still maintain biological activity.²¹ One research team advocated the hypothesis based on available scientific evidence and logic that one major pathway of ultra-dilute homeopathic drugs could possibly be through regulation of expression of relevant genes.¹ A recent study by Frenkel et al provided solid support for this hypothesis.³ The medicines used by PBHRF for treatment of breast cancer were tested in vitro at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. The remedies exerted preferential cytotoxic effects against 2 breast cancer cell lines, causing cell cycle delay/arrest and apoptosis. The researchers demonstrated a clear biological activity of the tested natural products (Phytolacca, Carcinosin, Conium, and Thuja) when present at ultradiluted doses.

Despite the lack of a proven explanation for how these ultradilute medicines exert their effects, there is significant laboratory evidence that highly dilute toxins can paradoxically protect the very tissues they harm in macrodoses. There are several reports of liver damage reversal in mice with ultradilutions of arsenic trioxide after exposure to toxic doses of the same substance.^5,22 One randomized double-blind placebo-controlled human study documented favorable improvements in multiple markers of arsenic toxicity after 2 months of treatment with a serially agitated dilution (1:100 dilution 30 times) of arsenic,²³ or the 30th centesimal potency. A recent review of the in vitro research on serially diluted and agitated solutions concluded that even the studies with high methodological standards demonstrated an effect of these solutions.²⁴

A number of articles have been published in medical journals denouncing categorically the use of homeopathic medicine, claiming that there is no evidence to support any further research into their therapeutic effects. Clearly, even in this very brief research review and in these case reports, there is enough to suggest that this is an area that should be further explored. The era of nanomedicine is upon us and requires a fresh look at medicines that are ultradiluted. A major advantage of treating disease with ultradilute solutions is that adverse effects are virtually eliminated. The case reports in this article will, hopefully, inspire a fresh interest and further research in this fascinating and controversial area of therapeutics.

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Contributor Information

Barbara Sarter, Barbara Sarter, PhD, APRN, FNP-C, DiHom, is an associate professor at Hahn School of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of San Diego, California.
Prasanta Banerji, Prasanta Banerji, FMIH, is managing trustee at PBH Research Foundation, Kolkata, India.
Pratip Banerji, Pratip Banerji, MD(Hom), is deputy managing trustee at PBH Research Foundation, Kolkata, India.

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Homeopathic Treatment of Diabetes

Homeopathic Treatment of Diabetes

by Julia M. Green, M.D.

Success in the homeopathic treatment of any disease depends on following the principles laid down in the philosophy of Hahnemann and expounded by the wisest of his followers as they interpreted these principles in terms which present day prescribers can understand.

These principles are clear, practicable and satisfying. Man is a triune being, spiritual, mental, physical. All diseases, or disorders, partake of these three realms. Therefore, we treat the man, not his organs by themselves. We strive to learn the patient's reactions to the disorder present, reactions in the spiritual, mental and physical spheres. We become acquainted with him and try to separate the abnormal or morbid in his case from that which is normal.

This means the gathering of symptoms, the arrangement of them for study into the three classes mentioned, making the spiritual the most important, the mental next and the physical last, also making the symptoms predicated of the patient as a whole far more important than those predicated of one part or only a few parts.

It means suiting a remedy to the patient, not to one of his parts, whether this remedy is well known for the disease in question or not. It means preparing the remedy to act on the plane of this particular patient's disorder. It means watching the results of a prescription and judging therefrom whether or not a curative process is developing. It means choosing a better remedy or following along with the one first chosen and its complementary remedies.

The homeopathic physician, therefore, has no special treatment for diabetes. The diabetic patient is treated just as every other patient is treated. Like every other case, much depends on how far tissue change has taken place at the beginning of treatment, that is whether this has advanced far enough to render the patient incurable. Homeopathy can cure any curable case of diabetes and it has done wonderful things with diabetics who have been considered incurable by other methods. A so-called incurable may have to return for further treatment at intervals if sugar returns after freedom and good health. Advanced cases may never cease treatment altogether but may live as long as other people and die of something else. Or such a patient may be palliated wonderfully on the way to death.

In diabetics we are dealing with borderland cases, with what is called an ultimate in organic disorder. Homeopathy, used for chronic ills from early life, very rarely develops an ultimate. Its power in prevention is marvelous. But, mind you, I am talking about principles and their practice, not about the weaknesses of human nature and human endeavor in physicians as well as in patients.

You will want to know whether the strictly homeopathic physician uses insulin. I cannot answer for all of them. I know that some will not allow it, will take it away at the beginning of homeopathic treatment, regarding it as an element of interference. Since insulin is not really a drug, I think some permit its use. Of one thing I am sure. A patient accustomed to insulin in large doses over a long period is enabled to reduce that dosage soon after beginning treatment and may cut it down one-half or three-quarters or cut it out altogether. The pancreas, if not too far gone, comes back wonderfully toward normal functioning.

Here are a few cases to illustrate what I have been trying to say.

CASE I.  G. W., girl of five years

Began treatment October, 1937. Diabetes known to be present for two years; on strict diet. Urine tested for sugar by mother every two days, medium amount at first, a trace by Jan., 1938, then disappearing altogether until March when medium amount again for a few days and sugar free by the 31st to remain so.

Blood sugar test Jan. 13, 1938, 129; Aug. 4, 1938, 74; March 11, 1939, 113.

She was on a general diet after the first few months. This child had little endurance at first, could not keep going with other children, could not stay in kindergarten; looked sallow, weak, had a heart murmur. She had a strong tendency to prolonged bronchitis with high fever, then recuperation. She was irritable, unstable, extremely nervous, could not keep still, biting fingers.

Her father had one tubercular lesion in lung before she was born. Taking this inheritance into consideration along with the symptoms, treatment was started with Tuberculinum 10M., and continued with Lycopodium in a series of potencies.

She grew to be quite vigorous though still developing high fever on slight provocation. I have not seen her since December, 1939, but hear she is very well.

CASE II. B.W., three years, sister of the former patient

Began treatment at the same time. Has had diabetes all her life; urine sugar free on strict diet but returns if she has any starch or sugar. By January, 1938, on a much more general diet, urine was sugar free or nearly so. By the next September had been sugar free for many weeks and remained so. Blood sugar, Jan. 13, 1938, 122; Aug. 4, 1938, 78.

This child was given Tuberculinum at first also, but later had Pulsatilla and then Natrum mur., as her symptoms ran to catarrhal troubles with ear inflammation, and to digestive disturbances.

She has always been stronger and more even tempered than her sister.

CASE III. Fragment of a case reported by Dr. C.A. Dixon, Akron, Ohio.Mrs. R., 48 years.

Oct. 10, 1940. Phos. 2c. Nov. 28, much better. Jan. 2, 1941, Phos. 2c. Jan. 23, worse. Phos. 1M. March 13, sugar free.

As no symptoms are given upon which to base the prescription, this case is mentioned simply to show that the remedy alone made the patient sugar free in less than six months and on three doses only.

CASE IV. Reported by Dr. Harvey Farrington of Chicago. Roland I.P., age 62, tall, dark complexion.

Degeneration of macula lutea, both eyes, since five years; vision dim, worse in a bright light. Process seemed to be checked by Nux vomica. Mother, 82, and son, 35, have the same trouble. Younger son died of diabetes at fourteen years.

Diabetes started apparently late in 1936. Lost twenty pounds during the next year and became quite weak. Dec. 31, 1938, sugar in urine 8.5%. Phos. ac. 3X.

May 24, 1939. Weakness with perspiration. Tenderness of buttocks; hurts to sit. Spells of melancholy. Phos. ac. 1M.

June 17. Much better, more energy. Pain in buttocks better. Nov 4. Phos. ac. CM. Jan. 8, 1940. Phos. ac. CM. April 6. Phos. ac. CM. Sept. 8. Phos. ac. MM.

Sept. 15. Much stronger, says last medicine acted like magic.

Nov. 9. Sugar 0.75%, gaining weight and energy. March 1, 1941. Better in every way, sugar free if he avoids starches and foods containing cane sugar; allowed honey, pure maple or corn syrup. This case never took insulin.

CASE V. Also reported by Dr. Farrington.Theo. J., age 50.

Not well for several months. Had arthritis in 1924 "cured" by baths at Burton Harbor, Michigan.

June 15, 1940. Sugar formed in urine ten weeks ago, taken insulin daily since. Amount of sugar in urine now 3.6%. Lost twelve pounds in the last month. Aversion to sweets. Pain in lumbar region 3 p.m. Syzygium 12X. three times a day for seven days. Insulin discontinued.

Aug. 2. Sugar free. Pain in back gone several weeks ago.

Aug. 23. Feeling fine. Has gained weight. Sept. 6. Sugar free. Losing weight again. Hunger. Diarrhea from milk or sour foods. Sulph. 1M.

Nov. 8. Gained weight; seems perfectly well. March 24, 1941. Still perfectly well.

CASE VI. Another case of my own.

L.E.M., medium height, stocky, rather pasty, sallow, very puffy about the eyes. In U.S. Naval Academy with rigid tests and O.K.

HISTORY: 1906: Trace of sugar in urine. 1908: Typhoid; never regained weight. 1911: Appendectomy; appendix found shrivelled; followed by abscess on abdominal wall. 1912: Some sugar but gradually less. 1914: Strangulated intestine, emergency operation. Sugar in quantity after this. One time of coma. 1916: Retired on account of diabetes. 1921: Gradual loss of weight. Neuralgia legs and feet until hard to walk. Began insulin; on it all the time since May, 1923.

HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT: June 16, 1925. 42 years, height 67 3/4 inches, weight 143 1/2. At lowest weighed 113 and some of this edema. Face sallow with tendency to moth spots and acne. B.P. below 100 at one time, now 130. Sugar in urine was 5 or 6%, now none for a year. Blood sugar was 35.00% two or three years ago, now none. Taking 32 units of insulin daily.

Left antrum has been infected for three years. Now slight discharge which is offensive. Skin extremely dry. Slight wounds or scratches very slow to heal. Ulcers over tibia and between toes do not heal. Endurance low, must lie down frequently. Teeth poor, better since started insulin. Likes dry weather, mild climate. Worse damp weather and drafts. Craves open air. Calm naturally, phlegmatic, rather slow. Irritable with diabetes.

July 14. Cut insulin one-half. Lyc. 10M. July 20. Decidedly better and cut out insulin. July 29. Stools regular (had been constipated many years). Diarrhea the 24th. Aug. 10. Sugar 1 1/8% a week ago.

Sept. 9. More energy; color better. Urinalysis ten days ago: quantity normal; sp. gr. 1035, sugar 2 1/2%.

Oct. 24. More nervous, irritable. Lyc. 10M. Nov. 25. No better, very irritable. Sugar 3 3/4%. Lyc. 50M. Dec. 9. Better in general. Sugar 4%, sp. gr. 34.

Feb. 8, 1926. Growing worse, thinner, weaker. Vision blurred on attempting to read. Ulcer of great toe refuses to heal. Sulph. 10M.

Feb. 19. No better. Went to Naval Dispensary for examination. Advised return to insulin and did so. Told trouble with retina. Psor. 10M.

March 25. Gaining flesh steadily. Able to reduce quantity of insulin over and over and get a reaction, even when eating more freely than for years.

April 7. Urine and blood sugar free since early February. April 26. Has gained ten pounds. Looks more sallow. Eyes no better. Psor. 10M.

May 24. Insulin 18 units (one year ago 36 units). Vision better slowly. July 7. Vision worse. Ankles swelling. Psor. 50M.

Sept. 28. Able to go touring, driving long distances, eating as other people do in hotels and restaurants; careful to avoid most sweets.

Dec. 18. Been better. Now weight less. Psor. 50M.

Feb 16, 1927. Toe which has had ulcer since treatment began entirely healed. Subsequent history is a repetition. Weight, strength, energy, remain good. Does all kinds of mechanical labor. Diet only slightly restricted. Insulin produces reaction occasionally and must be reduced. Vision is permanently affected so cannot read fine print. All tests for sugar negative.

The change from an invalid to a vigorous active man began promptly and has continued all these years; it would have to be seen to be realized. Remedies have been: Psorinum for a basic remedy; Lycopodium and Sulphur for lesser chronic ills and Kali bi. for acute troubles, mostly catarrhal.

The homeopathic treatment for the diabetic is the same as for any other disorder and the results are very frequently soul satisfying.

OBESITY TREATMENT IN HOMEOPATHY

REMEDIES FOR OBESITY IN HOMEOPATHY:

CALC-CARB., FERRUM MET., GRAPH., PHYT., THYR., ANT-CRUD., FUCUS, PHOS.,Ant-c., Phyt., Thyr., Amm. mur., Calc-ar., Kali-bi., Kali-c., Lac-d., Phos., Puls., Sep., Senega.

Calcarea carbonica 
A constitutional remedy for reducing fat. The patient is FAT, FAIR AND FLABBY. Great anti-psoric remedy with increased general and local perspiration and swelling of glands, scrofulous and rachitic conditions. Persons who take cold easily, grow fat, are large bellied, with large heads and pale skin. Craving of eggs is marked with heat as well as coldness of single parts of body. Obesity in children.
The patient feels worse by exertion, (mental /physical), ascending, cold (in every form), water, washing, moist air, wet weather, standing. The patient feels better in dry climate, lying on painful side.

Ferrum metallicum Obesity with anemia, face puffy, with pitting of flesh. Best adapted to young, weakly persons, anemic and chlorotic, with pseudo-plethora, who flush easily and have cold extremities, suffer from weakness even on speaking or walking though looking strong. Pallor of skin, mucus membranes and face.
Worse by – night, rest, sitting quietly and during menses.
Better by slow motion, walking slowly and in summer.

Ammonium muriaticum    
Especially suited to those who are fat and sluggish and whose bodies are large and fat with large buttocks, fatty tumors and thin legs. All mucus secretions are increased and retained. Generally suffering from respiratory troubles and associated affections of liver. Obstinate constipation accompanied by much flatus. Hard, crumbling stools require great effort in expulsion; crumble from the verge of anus.

Thyroidinum
It produces anemia, emaciation, muscular weakness, and sweating, tingling and increased heart rate. It exerts great influence over goiter and excessive obesity and acts best in females with paleness and uterine fibroids or mammary tumors.

Antimonium crudum
Obesity in young people with excessive irritability and fretfulness together with a thickly coated white tongue. All the conditions aggravate by heat and cold bathing. Tendency to grow fat. For children and young people inclined to grow fat, for the extremes of life. Old people with morning diarrhea suddenly become constipated or alternate diarrhea and constipation, pulse hard and rapid. Sensitive to the cold. < After taking cold. Child is fretful, peevish, cannot bear to be touched or looked at, sulky, and does not wish to speak or be spoken to, angry at every little attention. Great sadness, with weeping. Longing for acids and pickles. Gastric and intestinal affections: from bread and pastry; acids, especially vinegar; sour or bad wine; after cold bathing; over-heating; hot weather.
Worse – After eating; cold baths, acids or sour wine; after heat of sun or fire; extremes of cold or heat.
Better – In the open air; during rest; after a warm bath.

Graphites
Tendency to obesity in females with delayed menstruation. The patients are stout, of fair complexion and tendency to skin affections and constipation, fat, chilly and costive.Take cold easily. Tendency to obesity and swollen genitals with indurations of tissues.

Phytollaca
An important remedy for obesity. Reduces fat and false growths. It is pre-eminently a glandular remedy with glandular swellings –heat and inflammations. Helps to reduce fat and thus reduce weight. It is useful in rheumatism of syphilitic origin where the pains are wandering, shifting and shooting. Burning in throat as from coal fire and cannot swallow hot liquids.
General soreness, lameness, bruised feeling over whole body causes the patient to groan. Intense prostration, sitting upright makes him faint and dizzy.
Mother tincture is used for weight reduction.

Fucus
A good remedy for obesity and non-toxic goiter (also exophthalmic). Digestion is improved and flatulence diminished. Obstinate constipation. Thyroid enlargement in obese people.

Calcarea arsenicum
Complaints in fat women around climacteric or women approaching climaxis. The females tend to become fleshy and obese around menopause. Chilliness with dropsicalaffections. Cancer of uterus, affections of spleen and mesenteric glands are often found associated. Great mental depression. The slightest emotion causes palpitation of heart

Capsicum
Suits nicely those people who are of lax fibers, weak, diminished vital heat, fat/obese, indolent and have no vital heat or no reactive force. General uncleanliness of body and opposed to physical exertion. Burning pains and general chilliness with marked tendency to suppuration in every inflammatory process are found.

Phosphorus
Persons of waxy, translucent skin, half anemic, young people growing too rapidly, fair, blondes, quick and hemorrhagic diathesis. It affects the nutrition and function of every tissue of body. It causes pseudo-hypertrophy of muscles. Adapted to tall slender persons of sanguine temperament, fair skin, delicate eyelashes, find blond or red hair, quick perceptions, and very sensitive nature. Young people, who grow too rapidly, are inclined to stoop who are chlorotic or anemic; old people, with morning diarrhea. Hemorrhagic diathesis; small wounds bleed profusely from every mucous outlet.

Longs for: cold food and drink; juicy, refreshing things; ice cream > gastric pains.
As soon as water becomes warm in stomach it is thrown up.
Worse – Evening, before midnight, lying on left or painful side; during a thunderstorm; weather changes, either hot or cold.
Cold air relieves the head and face symptoms but aggravates those of chest, throat and neck.
Better – In the dark; lying on right side; from being rubbed or mesmerized; from cold food, cold water, until it gets warm.

Lac defloratum 
Useful in obesity and where diseases are associated with faulty nutrition. Sick headaches with intense throbbing, nausea and vomiting, prostration and all complaints aggravated during menses.

Kali bichromicum
It is specially indicated for fleshy, fat, light haired complexioned people with scrofulous or syphilitic history. Symptoms tend to increase in the morning and all pains migrate quickly with rheumatic and gastric symptoms alternating. Catarrhal stage of all mucus membranes.

Pulsatilla 
It is pre-eminently a female remedy with tendency to obesity in mild, gentle, yielding females who are sad, cry easily and weeps when talking. The symptoms are changeable and contradictory. The patient seeks the open air and feels better in it.Thirstlessness and chilliness in fat females. Aversion to fatty foods, still grows obese. Adapted to persons of indecisive, slow, phlegmatic temperament; sandy hair, blue eyes, pale face, easily moved to laughter or tears; affectionate, mild, gentle, timid, yielding disposition – the woman’s remedy.
Weeps easily: almost impossible to detail her ailments without weeping. Especially, in diseases of women and children.
Women inclined to be fleshy, with scanty and protracted menstruation.
Worse  – In a warm close room; evening, at twilight; on beginning to move; lying on the left, or on the painless side; very rich, fat, indigestible food; pressure on the well side if it be made toward the diseased side; warm applications; heat.
Better – In the open air; lying on painful side, cold air or cool room; eating or drinking cold things; cold applications.

Sepia
Obesity in females with weakness, yellow complexion and bearing down sensations. Pains extend down to back and patient chills easily. Obesity in menopausal females with hot flushes and perspirations.
Particularly sensitive to cold air, “chills so easily;” lack of vital heat, especially in chronic diseases.
Anxiety: with fear, flushes of heat over face and head; about real or imaginary friends; with uterine troubles.
Great sadness and weeping. Dread of being alone; of men; of meeting friends; with uterine troubles.
Indifferent: even to one’s family; to one’s occupation, to those whom she loves best.
Greedy, miserly.
Worse – In afternoon or evening; from cold air or dry east wind; sexual excesses; at rest; sultry moist weather; before a thunderstorm.
Better – Warmth of bed, hot applications; violent exercise.

Senega
Especially suited for persons of lax fibers who tend to become obese and also to children who are chubby in appearance. These children usually suffer from repeated respiratory catarrhal affections where rattling cough and profuse mucus but difficult raising are characteristics.