Coloc works well in Sciatica but only as a pallititive Rx!!

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Just chatted a bit with my Dad about his leg problem and here are all the details I know:

* Right leg only
* Knee is focal point of pain
* Pain also seems to go "down the hamstring" (back of thigh)
* Pain mainly with motion; not worse or better at any particular time of day
* Slight ache or discomfort when sitting or lying quietly
* Back is "sore" on right side
* Pain is aggravated after standing for a long time, when going down stairs, when flexing the leg in any way, and when getting in and out of seated position
* Cannot put pants on right leg without holding on to something
* Says orthopedist noted "slight misalignment" of spine in addition to evidence of arthritis

As to a couple of questions that you asked, Snoopy, his environment is not particularly damp, and he doesn't seem to have found anything (other than the ibuprofen) that lessens the pain.

Hope some of this info is useful. Thanks in advance for any thoughts!

Dear Avalon,

This is really a tough one, but I'm going to go with Ruta, because I looked up Sciatica in Roger Morrison's DESKTOP GUIDE TO PHYSICAL PATHOLOGY and only one remedy even mentioned the knee and that was Ruta: Pains in back and down leg, worse rising from seat, low back pain down thigh to knee. So, that was as close to the symptoms you gave that I could get. So many of them were worse rising from a seat. Oh well, I hope it helps.

Snoopy

Thanks. I note that Kent has "extremities, trembling" for both "knee" and "leg" emphasized for Ruta. One day recently at his house I saw the knee wobble when he was getting up. (Though that may not correspond precisely to "trembling.") There are also a couple of mind rubrics that make sense.

I looked at Kent's repertory and was led to Physostigma, a totally unfamiliar remedy to me, but it seems to have several important matches. Anyone have thoughts about or experience with that remedy for a musculoskeletal problem?

Avalon,

I lost a sister (37 yrs) to Hodgkin's two weeks ago, stage-4, 3rd occurance so I fully know what you must be going through. She was under AUR treatment for 2 months but it didn't work out as seemingly there was a misdiagnosis from him and he tried to treat her for Leukemia first and then Breast cancer. The outcome might have been the same in any case, but still.

Here is what I suggest:

1. Let me know your personal e-mail and I will scan and send the relevant pages of Dr. Ramakrishnan's (AUR) book for palliation in advanced stages of cancer.
2. If the pain is relieved by heat then Ars Alb is your remedy. If it is releieved by cold then Euphorbium is the remedy (as per the book). Get it from 30 - 10M.
3. If you can afford, order the AUR book (US$40+S&H) or let me know and I will mail a copy of the book to you ASAP.

The plussing dose helps patients who are in terminal stages even, that's what the book says so its worth a try.

If you are aware about homeopathic prescribing you can take the help of a homeopath in narrowing down the remedy specific to your father from the list of remedies that AUR mentions for a specific cancer.

You can consult a group of excellent homeopaths (www.homeopathy2health.com) as they are aware of the AUR protocol and have his book too. They were of immense help to me.

I will be glad to help you in anyway I can. Best of luck and may Allah have mercy on all of us.

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I have to agree about www.homeopathy2health.com

I've never used Physostigma. The only way you'll know if Ruta is the correct remedy is by trying it. By the way, Calc-f. is the chronic of Ruta and has many of the same symptoms with more actual degeneration. So, you'd think of that if Ruta only seems to palliate.

Snoopy

Thanks to "Fitness First" for your kind thoughts and offers. I'm sorry to hear of the untimely loss of your sister ... and I second your prayer.

Thanks to Snoopy for the additional information about Calc-f. I'll definitely have that in mind.

I should probably have split off the discussion about sciatica as I have probably created some confusion here between the sciatica case and the cancer case. They are the same in one sense, though--both are elderly people who have never used a homeopathic remedy in their lives and in the case of the cancer patient, there is a prominent allopathic physician who is a much closer relative than I am. I am not particularly close to him and don't know precisely his views of "alternative" medicine in general and homeopathy in particular, but one can guess... So I wouldn't say I'm engaging in idle speculation here, but it's certainly an inquiry of a very preliminary nature. I suspect the patient and the immediate family will be disinclined to consider this until it becomes painfully clear that there is little left to lose, unfortunate as that is. In the meantime I would not want anyone here to go to a lot of trouble on my behalf.

With the sciatica case (my father) I've only begun to broach the subject by trying to reassure him that as long as we stick to a classical approach, "the worst that's going to happen is that it won't work." In truth I'm not 100% convinced of that, and for someone 76 years old it's probably a good idea to stick to the well-traveled road, i.e., Ruta. After I last posted, I crawled into bed with my Boericke Pocket Manual and looked up Physostigma, and I was very uncomfortable with his comments about it (e.g. "stimulates the heart"--we have a familial tendency to rapid and irregular heartbeats so that sounds like a quite undesirable effect).

Snoopy, I didn't mean to sound dismissive or second-guessing, it's just that your post indicated you were lukewarm on Ruta for this case, and it being my dad's first experience with homeopathy I am afraid if I don't get it right on the first crack, his mind will close.

I will be sure to check out homeopathy2health.com. Thanks again.

fittness,

Rx of steriod or cortisone is the basic need during cancer patient. DR. RKN method is to put cancer patient on both homeopathic and allopathic medicine. Without steroid a cancer patient can not survive but there are only a few who discourage this type of treatment. Dr. Sankaran says:

Healthwriter Avalon,

Are you still interested in your topic ( Cancer, I mean ) ?

Where in the world do you get your erroneous information? And why do you keep spreading these lies? Dr. Ramakrishnan specifically requests that all of his patients not take allopathic treatment while he is working with them!

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