Tresorie – A Case of Asthma [Case of Asthma]

      Physical symptoms:

      a) Sweat with coldness of the body.

      b) Thirst-increased

      c) Desires-Cold drinks, Icecreams and
curds which aggravate.

      d) Aversion-Non-veg.

      Mental Symptoms:

      a) Fear of darkness, clings to mother
at night.

      b) Fear of horror movies, of being
alone.

      c) Fear-of dogs, cockroaches, ghosts.

      d) Very irritable, goes to a corner and
sits.

      e) Aversion to mental work.

      Indications:

      1) Perspiration, cold in general.

      2) Cough. dry

      3) Respiration, difficult, night
during.

      4) Irritability in children.

      5) Fear of animals

      6) Desires fat

      7) Desires Ice-creams.

      Treatment and Follow-up:

      29-8-94 – Tuberculinum 1M 1 dose, SL
for 15 days.

      16-9-94 – Complains of difficulty in
breathing, worse lying down, sitting, better by rubbing. Desires –
Ice-creams, cold milk. Has no appetite, thirstless during the attack.

      Dry cough worse daytime, associated
with nausea.

      Rubrics Selected:

      1) Respiration difficult, worse lying
while.

      2) Respiration difficult, worse
sitting.

      3) General: better on the back.

      4) Dry cough worse day time.

      5) Desire: Cold milk.

      6) Desire: Ice-creams.

      7) Fear: of being alone.

      8) Fear: of dark.

      Phosphorus 1M, 1 dose.

      20-11-94: was much better, was free of
all complaints for last 2 months. Complaints have again started.

      Phosphorus 1M single dose. There has
been no complaint since November 94.