Case of Fever
I was recently out shopping and, out of the blue, felt quite weary. Within half an hour, I was very tired, feverish, with a slight headache. The suddenness of this onset was most definitely a call for a plant based remedy.
As soon as I got home, I took some Aconite 30c. Within a coupe of doses, the shivering had passed, so I kept going with a dose every 10 to 15 minutes, for quite a few doses. I still felt a bit weak, but was able to do my evening jobs, albeit a bit slowly.
I should have used a higher potency, from the suddenness of the onset, but I wanted to be able to show you what you can do with a simple home prescribing kit.
I had an early night and slept well, but woke up with a sore throat and still feeling a bit out of sorts, but the fever and headache had gone.
I took another dose of Aconite, but this had now done its job and did nothing.
The next remedy I decided to take was Oscillo (also known as Anas barb). This was because I didn’t have any real symptoms. A mildly sore throat is too vague. So is feeling out of sorts. But it seemed flu based, bearing in mind the fever the previous day. Oscillo will work very well at the start of a cold or flu, but generally not well once it has established, unless you have its unique symptoms.
I started to feel a bit better, so didn’t take another dose. It took about an hour before I felt normal again. And I didn’t need a second dose.
Case of Nerve Injury
A girl had fallen from her pony and landed on her hand, with the little finger taking the brunt of the fall. Her mother had given her a lot of Arnica, to good effect for the pain. But the following day, there was a shooting pain.
Fingers are rich in nerves and a shooting pain normally indicates nerve damage.
Hypericum was the remedy for this. And this sorted it out.
Case of Food Poisoning
A call came in from a patient who was violently ill, with vomiting. This was compounded by period pains and also a recent fall from a horse.
I wasn’t at the clinic at the time of her call, so she couldn’t come and see me. And she didn’t have a home prescribing kit, so I couldn’t suggest a remedy.
Really the only thing she could do was to go home and rest, and, dare I say it, take an analgaesic.
I rang a couple of hours later and she was fine.
She had worked out by then that it was probably food poisoning.
When you get a violent reaction, as she had, it means you are very healthy. I know it sounds upside down. But only a healthy body can react violently. Anything invading your body which is not in your best interests, your body will do everything it can to rid itself of it.
Had she been unhealthy, her body’s reaction would have been much more gentle, but it would have smouldered for days.
A violent reaction lasting only hours is a sure sign of someone who is generally healthy.
Had she had a home prescribing kit, she could have dealt with the fall days earlier, and then with the food poisoning, lessening the violence.
Case of Foreign Object in the Eye
A call came about confirming a remedy for a dog with a piece of stick deeply buried in his eye. His person knew she was in for expensive surgery to have it removed, when she suddenly remembered Silica. She raced over to her friend, who she knew had it. The dog practically tore her arm off for the first dose. Subsequent doses were all eagerly taken.
By the following day, the object had fallen out. There was a bit of cloudiness where it had been, but over time, this has diminished greatly.
Case of Back Pain
A patient had worked out that she needed Rhus tox for her back pain and stiffness. This worked well for a few days, with the doses getting wider apart, as she needed them.
Then the symptoms changed. She still had the pain, but now if was painful to move. I suggested Bryonia, not only for the pain which is worse for movement, but also because it works very well with Rhus tox, which had been used successfully.
This resolved the back problem.
