Why Ledum noopy other than the obvious puncture wounds. i prefer to give a dose of the constitutional before hand!! Gave a Silica child Silica 200 as he was so terrified , naturally, of the vacccination!! He had refused to go to school on vaccination day and Mum(a nurse!!) wanted him to have it done at the doctors instead!

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Dear Ricky,

I was using the rubric in Murphy's Rep.,
Toxicity: Vaccinations, prevention of side effects-- Led. and Hyp. are 3's, Thuja is a 2, Sil., Sulphur and Vario. are 1's.

Silica is in that rubric and it's a 3 for ailments after vaccinations, so it's very well indicated for your patient, even if it weren't his constitutional remedy.

I think I would prefer giving the puncture wound remedy, as you say, because if I were wrong in my assessment of what the constitutional remedy was, I'd be leaving the child unprotected.

Snoopy

Barb,

Just to let you know, the boy may also be Carc. It's a 3 for effects since vaccinations, plus emaciation, plus arrested development--and this is a big one for this child--inherited diabetes!

Of course, you can't tell the average mother you're recommending Carc for their child! It goes over like Virginia ham at a seder.

I always make up a name, like Nat-phos. I hand the person a water potency and it has
Nat-phos. LM/1 written on it.

But, I would stick with Silica as a first choice and hope that that's the right one.

Snoopy

Dear Ricky,

Thanks for the suggestions about how to label carcinosin, or any remedy that sounds distasteful: Nosode C, Nosode S for Syphilinum is another good one.

Snoopy

Snoopy - Ledum you would give After vaccination as it is the main remedy for a puncture wound but then only if it is indicated.

I think you are on a sticky wicket legally if you are labelling remedies by a different remedy name then what is in there.

I call the remedy Carc and pronounce it KARK. Then if that patient decides to go to another homeopath and takes the envelope with the name on the homeopath would know immediately what had been given. In your case the homeopath may try to find a remedy which Follows on Well from Nat Phos rather than the correct Carc.

If the patient wants to know what I have given I say it is a special remedy called a nosode which is a remedy for today and is one of the top 10 remeies given by homeopaths. If they are not satisfied I carry on and describe what a nosode is ( as made from human tissue and I can't remeber where this one comes from, I would have to look it up!!!!) and that there are many of them. I sometimes say this is the C nosode as if there was an nosode A , nosode B etc. It just depends.

I don't give remedies as a prophalaxis,(except maybe the constitutional) only afterwards, IF indicated.

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Have you heard of the remedy Essell???

S L = Sac Lac!!!

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Hey Loopy Snoopy,

Just pulling this post up as I FINALLY convinced the mom to try the sil. I can tell she is very intrigued and hopeful and willing but is also very scared of this crazy new medicine. One caveat, she could only get a 30c of Sil so I recommended that she water potency dose (succuss with each dose) once a day for 3 days - unless aggro or amelioration shows first. What do you think?

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Dear Barb,

Yes, that's a very good idea. Water potency, I'd say once a day for a week, but stop as soon as improvement is seen or aggravation is seen.

If there is improvement, repeat the remedy only when the improvement stops or slows down.

If after a week there's been no change, then it's probably the wrong remedy.

Tell her that eventhough you don't expect there will be an aggravation, that if a small one does occur, to look for signs of improvemet afterwards.

Here's hoping...

Snoopy

Please give just ONE dose ONLY and assess what happens. I have diabetic patients and the remedies can cause huge fluctuations in their blood sugar. Mum MUST be on the look out for this and adjust the insulin as necessary. It does eventually settle down.

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My experience with diabetics matches Ricky's - blood sugar goes up and down alot, even while they feel better. I always get them to do some extra blood-sugar tests so they can adjust their insulin dosages if necessary.

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