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Divina · #15 (**permalink**) 25th March 2004, 01:10 PM

Here's the real question:

Was Natrum Muriaticum prescribed as a constitutional treatment, and was it a successful prescription, way back when the case was originally taken?

I have a feeling that Nat Mur was a remedy prescribed constitutionally for this patient in the past, and that the remedy worked very, very well for her. It certainly is a good remedy for many patients who suffer from cold sores, though it is not an exclusive remedy for that ailment.

Now, some of the older symptoms have come back in the case. The Natrum Muriaticum is being used in a way I've seen many Indian prescribers suggest--a lower potency of the curative constitutional remedy, if it applies, used to treat these symptoms as they arise, if need be.

This is done for several reasons:
1. To palliate what could be very painful symptoms

2. To redose with the curative remedy, using the newly arising symptom as a sign that a moderate dose of the remedy is needed.

3. To keep patients from suppressing the symptom using allopathic drugs.

If cold sores suddenly make an appearance after many years of benefit from a constitutional remedy prescription like Nat Mur, and the patient is beseiged by them (this can and does happen to patients who are susceptible to them, particularly when under a great deal of stress, for example) then it is a good indicator that another dose of the remedy is required.

It's not an approach everyone would use (personally, I'd redose with the constitutional remedy if it still fit the case...and it seems like this one does...and leave it at that, perhaps putting the dose in water to split it so that the cure of that particular symptom would be speeded).

Incidentally, cscs, it is very possible (in fact, its what I bank on) that one remedy takes care of all possible symptoms. I never need to give more than one remedy at a time for any given patient, and I've never used more than one potency at a time. I can see what's being done with the Nat Mur, but I would never suggest a slew of remedies for a whole bunch of different complaints. In fact, all the symptoms you list above can be covered very well by Natrum Muriaticum.