Dear Rajan,

It seems that he is improving on Calc-carb! In that case, I would stick with it. I would put it in water, succuss before each dose, give 3 times a day for 2 days or so, and adjust according to need; in other words, if he's improving swiftly, give less often. If the improvement is slow, give more often.

Now see, if you were giving 3 or 4 remedies at a time, how would we know that calcarea was acting?

Keep us informed....
Snoopy

Hi,

The continuing Fever symptom could be included in the repertorization. Is he hot or cold to the touch? No chills at all? Cold and clammy skin, or hot and dry? Wants to be completely rugged up, or uncovered? Flushed red cheeks? Does he express in any way if there is something that makes him feel better or worse? Wants attention, or content to amuse himself?

I agree with Snoopy, the multi-remedy approach is uncalled for.

Chris,

Thanks for weighing in on the fever. With the fever so low--nearly normal--I didn't know if it was striking enough to repertorize. So, you think it is, but you feel you need more information about it. We'll see what Rajan has to say.

Snoopy

Hi Snoopy:

I might have just wasted my time & money with this homeopath....was not cheap coming out to be same as K.R.

Anyway, the Calc Carb don't think is working too. The throat was slightly worse this morning but no pains going to the ears. Now the homeopath is suggesting to try "Pyrogenium" (which I can't find here) to flush out what is holding his infection. I did not give him "variola" nor that remedy combination. I am not too confident on Pyrogenium either. When you loose faith, the confidence is not there even if it is the right remedy...

Regards,
Rajan

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Dear Rajan,

The homoeopath doesn't need to "flush out" any infectious agent. This is allopathic thinking. He just needs to match the symptom picture of your son's condition to a drug picture in the Materia Medica. Pyrogenium is NOT it. This remedy is called for in cases of SEPTIC fever, rapid pulse, with horrble, offensive discharges and intense restlessness. You smell the patient before you even see them.

Your son's condition reflects more of an ongoing, low-grade, weakness as evidenced in his tendency to get colds and allergies. Employing a nosode is a useful strategy only when the symptoms match. I would suspect a remedy closer to Pulsatilla's sphere of action may be more suitable. Or Pulsatilla may well be the remedy but it has not been administered correctly or for long enough. Since your homoeopath has the advantage of seeing the patient in the flesh, why not ask him to give you a differential between Pulsatilla and Silicea and Phosphorus, and then compare it to Pyrogenium.

The remedy must at least be a generally chilly one with &lt; from becoming heated esp in Acutes, changes of temperature and &gt; in open air.

Hi:

I took my Son to another classical Homeopath (classical). He was given Zincum. Don't know the potency.

I have read about Zincum in the Materia Medica but would like your assessment of the remedy based on his case. On what basis would you prescribe this remedy here?

Thanks for your input.

Regards,
Rajan

Rajan,

Without the benefit of seeing your son in person, (is he nervy and fidgity?) Zincum still sounds a whole lot more feasible than Pyrogenium. Keep us posted.

Dear Rajan,

Have you thought of sulphur--with the burning red lips, burning feet at night in bed, throwing the covers off at night, better in open air?

Zinc didn't come up for me. There is a big trend now to give zinc supplements for colds, I don't if this is what the homeopath was thinking when he prescribed zinc, unless he saw what Chris mentioned--that zinc keynote of restless feet.

Has your son taken the zinc already? Has it helped?

Snoopy

Dear Snoopy, Chris

Thanks for your responses.

He was given Zincum on last Friday & one dose on last Saturday.

I don't think my son is nervous type. He could be a little restless...but he is fine in school..very well behaved & disciplined. He was walking around in the homeopath's office..& playing around with the steel bars with his legs & shaking them...which probably is why the homeopath may have been thinking of "restless feet"..but I don't see it as a restless feet "syndrome".. as I don't see him doing that at home.

By the way, he did have "Strep throat". The redness in the throat is not there anymore & it does not hurt him on swallowing but when I look inside the mouth, the sides are all swollen (in the back of his throat). He did have fever yesterday evening 99.1def F..though he did not have fever this morning I can't say for sure that his fever is gone.

He is still stuffed up with lots of yellowish mucous in his nose & cannot breathe from his nose.

Snoopy, in late Oct. this year he was sick (similar to his chronic condition) & I got him a course of antibiotics. He still did not quite get better..still was getting fever on & off & had yellowish greenish nasal discharge. On talking to a homeopath online, he was given bry 200, no help, followed by Ars 200 after sometime ...no help...& then Sulhur 200 which also did not help...then this homeopath gave up as he did not know what to do next. This is a brief history where Sulph was tried on him but did not help.

Thanks for al your help.

Regards,
Rajan

Rajan,

I repertorized your new symptoms--swollen throat, obstructed nasal passages, yellow mucus, added them to low fever, left to right complaints, &gt;warm drinks, strep throat, etc. and Arsenicum covered all the symptoms--did you try Ars.?

Also Rhus tox came up and Lach. Have you tried any of those? Maybe you could restate his symptoms in terms of what is currently active.

Snoopy