A friend has just has this diagnosed. Any recommendations as to homeopathic remedies she could try? They are on her feet and rather uncomfortable.

She has a very controlled personality - quick witted, stubborn - gets angry, but is controlled enough not to act on it. Is a social worker concerned with children

Has had recent changes in her life and has been under stress.

I suggest that your friend finds a local professional classical homeopath who will take a full case history and prescribe a remedy on the person as an individual rather than a disease name. It will help her with the stress as well .Look for a RSHom practioner in the Yellow pages or cntact me vis the private message icon at the top of my post , tell me what area and I may be able to recommend someone.

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Thanks, but although she would take a remedy that I'd present, she wouldn't visit a practitioner.

Whilst I appreciate the reasons for your reply, surely this board would not exist if everyone consulted a practitioner instead of posting?

I was under the impression that I would receive general advice and assistance, rather than be told to go elsewhere!

M

[ 16 December 2001: Message edited by: Minerva ]</p>

What you say is fine for acute problems but for a constitutional prescription I personally would advise have a personal consultation with a qualified 4 year trained homeopath.

There are homeopaths that will prescribe constitutionally on this BB but I am not one of them as I acquire so much information from body language and the way someone talks and this helps me in my choice of remedy.

If you post a full case history maybe someone will oblige.

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Fine - but her psoriasis palmo-plantar pustulosis seems an acute condition to me.

Your input is appreciated, but I do not intend to post a 'full case history'. I'll just consult my homeopatic book and go with that, as I have not recieved any other replies than yours.

M

Hi Minerva,

I respect the opinions of all my collegues here.

But I also find a place for cases like these, especially online, as long as you realise the problems and limitations.

You may post this complete case if it suits you and I'll see what I can do. I'm sure we can at least guide you.

Maybe some others who have benefitted from my treatment/advise here will vouch for that!
Warm regards,
dcotorleela

[ 17 December 2001: Message edited by: doctorleela ]</p>

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I can vouch for Dr. Leela, but nobody can help if you will not post the case. Mabye you are not aware that homeopathic remedies are chosen by taking a good look at the symptom picture presented by the whole person with all it's mental, emotional and physical aspects. A disease name would rarely lead to the right choice.

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Thanks Debbie!
Leela

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Thank you for all your replies. My friend has now returned to Canada, and I will not be advising her further.

To answer your points:

Ricky - If you use body language to help to assess what treatment to give your patients, why are you on this board? Body language on the internet - my goodness?

Jvolkmann - where did I say my friend rejected homeopathy? What I said was that she would not visit a practitioner - that's different. She would happily have taken something that I recommended! The lesson learned there is don't jump to conclusions.

DoctorL - thank you. Yours was the only response which showed the sort of attitude I would have expected - asking me to give further details if I could, etc, with no implied criticism or patronising. Again, my thanks.

Kescah - Funny that - I have had great personal success in treating two animals with common homeopathic remedies, where veterinary science had no answer - or one that 'cracks a hammer with a nut'. Animals (rescued/bought ones)can't give case histories, nor do they respond to placebos, so I must have struck lucky / been intuitive, I guess. Both the vet and my cat's insurance company are most impressed that a homeopathic remedy does what steroids could not.

Thank you all for you input - it was informative and interesting.

To those of you who feel I have been unfairly critical - a fresh, laymans eye sometimes gives you an insight to, as Robert Burns once said 'see oorselves as ithers see us'.

M

This board is for Discussion of Homeopathy. And, while some people are prescribed for here, that is not the main purpose of this board. In fact, there is a disclaimer at the bottom regarding treatment, etc.

Ricky was giving her reasons why she finds it better to prescribe in person....she wasn't, as alluded, saying that she would try to see body language on the BB . For heaven's sake.

JVolkman very clearly said:
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Minerva- Apparently an allopathic disease-name has been assigned to your friend's condition. You state your friend "would not visit a homeopathic practitioner," and that you have "no intent of posting a full case history."

So, if I understand this correctly, your friend rejects homeopathy, you refuse to post a full history (assuming one is available), and you reject Ricky's advice, which, IMO, is excellent.

If my take on this is correct, I fail to see how we can help your friend, much as we might like to. If you seek to treat your friend with homeopathy, using allopathic means, my sense is that you will only meet with frustration.<hr></blockquote>

She qualified her deduction with "if I understand this is correct"....and she was right - fustration was met, sadly. BUT, then...

Dr Leela kindly offered to help........ BUT, nothing was further posted - and quite frankly, nothing was given in the way of symptoms to prescribe on, which was pointed out early on!! So, she couldn't help in the end because of the lack of information.

Kescah rightly pointed out/echoed JVolkman, that one can't prescribe on disease names, and then the reply was posted saying 'Uh huh, I've done it with success in animals.' Well, luck falls on some sometimes doesn't it?! Glad the animals were helped, but don't count on it as a way of accurately prescribing in future. It is like throwing 5 bottles of different remedies up in the air and hoping one catches the right one.

There is a reason we are all cautioned against prescribing allopathically; it isn't reliable, it doesn't work most of the time = it can be supressive, dangerous, etc, etc, etc.

To assume that no one else here has a fresh laymen's eye, smacks of a bit o' superiority which comes out of defensiveness, which stems from frustration (understandable) and lack of knowledge. If one want others to help - perhaps one might just try 'bit of honey'- attracts more than it repels .

And, I don't think this post would have gone unanswered if the case had been posted as completely as possible (a few symptoms - something to work with)..as opposed to just a disease name which may or may not be accurate (how is anyone to know here without seeing it??!) and certainly isn't relevant to Homeopathic prescribing anyway....

Oh, and how would you be able to ascertain if it was a true acute??....§72 in the Organon - and a few other aphorisms that follow, talk about this. To assume something like that is an acute - and to then treat it without having the benefit of any further knowledge of the case, would be irresponsible as it could be an important manifestation of the chronic ailment...and could be suppressed without having the benefit of more details to guide one to a safe prescription!

Whether the critcism is fair or not is irrelevant really. One bases their judgements and assessments based on their personal cache of knowledge of Homeopathy and its effective application in practise. The limitations show. So, does frustration. So does sympathy....

Happy Christmas All,
Lisa

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