A 35 years old man,with deep toxicity of alchohol,as well as Hep-B carrier.
Alcohol craving being with him for over 10 years.He is tall and thin.
After drunk,may change to bad temper.Jealous,gamble and unplanning
expenditure is some of his character.He desire sex life frequently.But his
wife told us he don't perform better after wine.
He used to suffer terrible muscle cramp after overnight
drink and exhausted physical work.We used to inject Muscle relaxer/sedative.
He could even tolerate 3 doses and do not work on him at all.Last week,I used the old
method Gallavard in( author of homeopathy treatment of alcholism
, of over 100 years publishing.(from B.Jain .)
I used 30C Nux Vomica,dissolve in water,one mouth 5 mins apart.
After 4 doses,he gone sleep.All through 3 hours.Only Vitamin and
Normal Saline water are being in the IV bottle.
After 5 hours ,he come back again with his wife,with cramping.
He was doing heavy work after the treatment.I disolve
2 globules of 1M Nux Vomica and provide him 3 different teanspoon
doses.And then acupuncture.He feel sleep after,I insist keep him
stay away from muscle relaxant inject.
After this,he drink two times within 1 week.No cramping.But mild
muscle stress.Today, he come again with palpitation.(He used to
suffer before).I consult Murphy's Repertory show Nux Vom. again.
(as well as Naja) .But only the former one in 1M is available.
I perform acupuncture again.He fell sleep just as the past 2 times.
No cramp.What is the next step to do?For the alcoholism?
For the Hepatic disease?

Stick with NUx, disso;ve 1M in 200ml of water and repeat the dose as before, i.e. 1 teaspoon at a time.

Ben,
Every time after Nux Vomica,
he experienced a long peroid of
fatigue or weakness.I could not explan it.Could it be avoid.Should we increase the times of succusion of each teaspoon
so as to creat a steady upgoing potentisation.

[This message has been edited by Stephen (edited 12 July 1999).]

Good thinking Stephen, but you might want to follow up with Sepia (creates aversion to beer (Clarke))

Avena Sativa mother tincture may help the alcoholism

By the way, if you increase the succussion, you also increase the power of the potency. For instance if you succuss a 3x 1000 times you get a dangerously high power. Therefore Hahnemann reduced his succussions more and more. In the beginning he used 100, then 30 then 10 and in the 6th edition of the Organon he recommends 2 succussions only. The other potencies (x and c) should get 10 succussions according to Organon.

Thanks Ricky,will be more attention to,wish you
could provide more experience of using
Avena Sativa mother tincture .
Today he come with a tired and dirty body(after physical work).No drink
yesterday night.But a little bit cramping of both hands(only slightly suffering).Acupuncture is provided.Nux vomica
1M globues in water and dilute / succussion 3 times(3C).3 mouths
apart(totally 6 drops).He don't go sleep this time.But the s/s
subside.I don't understand Sepia could be a choice.
It don't mentioned Sepia in my book.He don't drink beer but grain wine.
Ben,in this case,Nux Vomica is a choice due to his recent symptoms related the drinking.
But it could hardly defined as constitution
remedy ,strictly to say,right?If we perfer
Kent's method ,the order of chosing are mental symptoms first,then general physical symptoms ,and then particular symptom take into account.
If Nux Vomica is classified as the third one.
When should we go up the level or mental one.
Up to now,I have give him over 5 doses of 1M
NV.Should we change it or go up the potency.
By now,I don't find out any change of his
character or symptom.No new symptom comes out
except more fatigue than the days before homeopathy treatment.

Stephen, if there is no change in mentals, you need to retake the case as it is present *now*, so with what he presents at the moment. Nux is indeed only an acute. Do you have the remedy relationship book of Clarke? this goes with his MM. In there you will find Sepia as the complementary remedy to Nux, together with Calc.c. Kali c. and Sulphur If you find he is very habitual and rigid, you may choose Kali c. read up on all these and I think you will find your remedy.

Check out china and magn carb, esp mag carb, since alchahol distorts that balance.

I see more that you must check, Acidum nitricum, and lycopodium.
Vitamin B12 is also a good idea,, all the b in fact, mega doses at bedtime.