TUBERCULINUM [Face of Phase Tuberculinum]
HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE By Praful Barvalia
Puls / Spong
Homoeopathic Practitioner. 18 / B, Mahavir Darshan Sector- 5, Srinagar,
Thane (W) Mumbai.]
Following case demonstrates effectively
the utility of a nosode as a phase remedy to deal with the complaints of
the patients. The nosode paves the way for nature to throw up the
indication for the Constitutional drug which rounds up the case to a
significant relief.
Master H.A. 31 / 2 yrs. (DOB: 22 / 2 /
92).
Nursery Mo: 39yrs., B.Com. Father: 42
yrs, SSC
Consulted on: 27 / 8 / 95
CHIEF COMPLAINT:
Mind
Violence, Anger, Obstinate (Refer
life-space)
Associated Complaint
URT Cold, Coryza
therefore 2 yrs fever
1-2month Seasonal Changes = 4 days
(therefore 1 week) Cough < Cold bath ?Playing in water occ. fever < Night, light down++ Gen. Last Jan 1995 Fever 102 degree F head hot++ Palms hot++ soles Wants Fan++ Uncovers++ App-g. Thirst normal -Robust looking boy, large for his age -Craving-fish, Veg., half boiled eggs, Salty, Sweets, raw mango. -Aversion-bananas, spicy. Wants fan full, averse sweaters, uncovers, Hot pt, C2H3. -Persp-N. BIRTH HISTORY: Birth wt. 2.5 kg FTND. Mother during 4th month of pregnancy had- bleeding++ was advised rest till delivery BCG at 1 month, led to left axillary glands- enlarged, tender, operated on 5 months later. Teething – 7 month; walking- 1year talking- mono syllables -18 months Family History: Renal Calculus-Father. Preg. Still birth, severe UTI-Mother. LIFE SPACE: The mother consulted the physician for the childs increasing violence and anger at home and school. The patient is a sturdy looking boy, big for his age. He was observed to be very actively moving around the consulting room, jumping on the examination couch, fingering with the switches and plugs, meddling with the objects on the table. He would not sit quiet for a single minute. He had a wild look on the face. When the physician vacated his chair, the pt. would occupy it. He is very irritable by nature, resorts to violence easily; his punches have lot of force. He would hit his mother, pull her hair, forcefully. The mother had tough time pulling him out of it. He bangs elder children if they tease or hit him, will not leave them till they are beaten. He clenches his teeth and hands into fist. He is not scared of anything, animal, people only fears cockroaches, at school he hits children, removes their lunch boxes. His mother beats him but of no anvil once he showed a knife to his father saying I will kill you. Watches violent movies with great interest. Pt. is the only child of his parents; mother working as a bank clerk, father running a fabrication business owns 2 factories. He is busy throughout the day, works even on Sundays. The child is kept in a creche. In the past he used to cry throughout day till he was picked by his mother from the creche. Pt. does not get along well with his father. His father only sits glued to the newspaper. The family hardly goes for outings. When taken out the child is very happy. He is only scared of the owner of creche. He is silent there, when she comes home he become quiet and eats his meals quickly. He never complains about the creche or the school, has less Interest in studies, Memory good, Intelligent. The parents do not get along well with each other. Frequent quarrels. Mother is sensitive, delicate, well educated, well mannered, where as she finds the childs father rough, unrefined, bringing friends home for drinks and card games. She likes being alone at home, feels free, going for work, feel neglected, has dislike for sex. She was not informed when he started his fabrication business. I Critically Saw as follows: Hyperactivity Anger ->violence
Sturdy, large bony structure
Hot pt, delayed milestones
Cr-pica
Cr-eggs++, salt++, sweet++
Hyperactivity
Violence, anger wildness
BCG- reaction
Tubercular miasm
as Calc iod portrait through synthetic
prescribing view was seen as Tub bov as a? Antimiasmatic force possible in
the case with high sensitivity moderate susceptibility, I prescribed Calc
iod 200 1 dose on 29-08-95.
Date: 31-8-95
Vomits AILMENTS FROM prawns, colds
yellowish, weak, febrile
Rx Puls 200 2 doses 2 days,
Date: 9-9-95
Colds-s-cough-s App- , irritable+
Rx Calc iod 200 bedtime 3 powder
Date: 16-9-95
URT same; App, pica + chalk wall
plaster, o / e = all same
Rx Tub bov 1M 1 powder bedtime
Date: 23-9-95
Pica only today + Prior > Taking
calcium, iron tonic cough > App > cold + mind-same
Rx Tub bov 1M 1 powder bedtime with
placebo
Date: 30-9-95
Cold > cough > App-G,
Pica-o-Hyperactivity> irritability- same
Rx Placebo
Date: 7-10-95
> (Colds+)
Rx Placebo
Date: 14-10-95
Cough today – mild Cold= 0
Pica=0-AILMENTS FROM- ice cream
Rx Tub bov 1M 1p bedtime
Date: 18-11-95
Cold + 1wk(milder) Cough=0, App G,
pica=0 overall Colds, better in intensity, frequency. Irritability-same,
Hyperactivity->
Rx Tub bov 1M 1p bedtime
Date: 2-12-95
Colds + cough < night
Rx Tub bov 1M 1p bedtime
Date: 6-12-95
Cough ++ dry, < night
Vomit-afternoon cold++ all therefore 2 days, irritable ++, uncovers++
Rx Spongia 200 qds x 2 days
Date: 22-12-95
Cough > Colds > Persp – scalp++,
wets pillow
Rx Calc iod 200 3p bedtime
Date: 6-1-96
Cold=o, cough=0, Hyperactivity>
irritability> +
Rx Calc iod 1M 1 P HS
Date: 13-1-96
Cold, Cough 7th onward > now
irritability > for 3 days
Hyperactivity >
Rx Placebo
Date: 2-2-96
Cold-mild Mentals > 2
Rx Placebo
Pt. looks calm sits seeing magazines,
wild look absent in the next 2 months of observation and later reports Pt.
continues to be free from colds. Also his irritability violence,
hyperactivity is considerably less. In a parent teacher meeting, the
teacher remarked that pt. was quite obedient, and behaves better.
The follow-up analysis shows the
initial failure of Calc iod in helping the patient. The tubercular
background the favourable environmental condition and the induction of BCG
in to the system affected the susceptibility detrimentally. Tub. bov acted
favourably to deal with this phase. Subsequently, the system throws up the
constitutional indication of increased persp-Scalp, neck, where Calc iod
took hold of the case relieving considerably the emotional and physical
problem.
Bombay, India