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Friday 9 September 2011

A case of Angina - treated with homeopathy

Sanket Taldevkar sent me this case, someone he has treated for Angina. I am pleased to publish this, on his behalf, in order to show the nature of the homeopathy interview - the precursor to enabling patients to access safe and effective homeopathic treatment. It is published just as he sent it to me, and demonstrates just how effective homeopathy can be in the treatment of Angina.


Not every homeopathy works in the same way, but notice how the emotional symptoms of the patient have been considered in equal measure to the physical symptoms of Angina. This shows how homeopathy qualifies as a truly holistic therapy. 

The mind, and our emotions, are central to our physical health.


CASE OF ANGINA
MALE. 40 YR/M

STRESS TEST POSITIVE, SER.CHOLESTROLE BORDERLINE. AND HYPERTENSION

D: WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?
P: PAIN IN CHEST SINCE LAST TWO MONTHS.

D: TELL ME MORE ABOUT CHEST PAIN, HOW IT STARTS?
P: SINCE LAST TWO THREE MONTH I HAVE NOTICE MYSELF WHENEVER I WALK FAST OR DO MY PRACTICE PAIN STARTS [PT IS CLASSICAL DANCER AND TEACHER BY PROFESSION]

D: TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS? WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU EXACTLY? WHEN U WALK FAST OR DO UR PRACTICE?
P: MEANS WHEN I START MY MORNING CLASS I FIND PAIN IN CHEST WITHIN 10 MINS.

D: TELL ME ABOUT THAT TEN MINS WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLLY?
P: FOR FIRST 10 MIN I FEEL PAIN IN MY CHEST, THEN I HAVE TO TAKE REST FOR HALF AN HOUR THEN ONLY I CAN PRACTICE FURTHER, BUT AGAIN WITH SOME EFFORT PAIN RETURNS, AND SAME THINGS GOES ON.

D: TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT PAIN?
P: IT IS IN CENTER OF THE CHEST.

D: CAN U DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF PAIN
P: IT’S KIND OF PRESSING.

D: TELL ME MORE ABOUT PRESSING
P: MEANS I CAN FEEL PRESSURE IN CHEST, THAT TIME I COULDN’T SPEEK PROPERLLY

D: WHAT HAPPENS TO U AT THAT MOMENT?
P: IT IS VERY DISTURBING TO ME

D: DISTURBING MEANS
P: MEANS I COULDN’T FOCUS ON MY PRACTICE

D: TELL MORE ABOUT THIS, WHEN IT IS DISTURBING THE MOST?
P: ITS DISTURBING BECAUSE I CANT COPE UP WITH RHYTHEM, MANY OF THE TIME I BARE THAT PAIN TILL THE POINT IT GOT WORSE AND TRY TO MAINTAIN MY STAMINA. PREVIOUSLLY WHEN THERE WAS NO SUCH PAIN I USED TO PRACTICE 2 TO 3 HRS A DAY NON STOP BUT NOW I HAVE TO TAKE REST IN BETWEEN.

D: WHEN U DECIDE TO STOP DANCING AND HAVE REST?
P: SEE I CAN DANCE TILL HALF AN HR BUT AFTER THAT I CAN FEEL I AM NOT CO-OPING WITH THE RYHTM THEN, THAT TIME I FEEL PAIN IN MY CHEST?

D: TELL ME MORE ABOUT, WHEN U NOTICE THAT U R NOT CO-OPING WITH RHYTHM
P: THAT MOMENT I AM PUSHING MYSELF TRYING HARD BUT I CAN’T, DUE TO PAIN

D: HOW IT FEELS TO U AT THAT MOMENT WHEN U R PUSHING URSELF AND TRYING HARD BUT CANT
P: I FEEL VERY ANGRY ABOUT MYSELF

D: WHAT THE ANGER ABOUT?
P: WHY I CAN’T CO-UP WITH THIS

D: THIS IS WHAT U THINK RIGHT
P: YA

D: BUT WHAT IS THE ANGER ABOUT?
P: ANGER ABOUT MY POTENTIAL.

D: TELL ABOUT POTENTIAL.
P: POTENTIAL, CAPACITY TO SUSTAIN YOUR ENERGY [Hg: CLOSING ALL HIS FINGERS AND MAKING IT LIKE PUNCH]

D: CAN U EXPLAIN ME THIS
P: ITS LIKE THINGS ARE IN YOUR CONTROL, AND YOU ARE IN HARMONY WITH IT [Hg. SAME AS MENTION ABOUVE]

D: WHAT IS THIS YOU ARE SHOWING WITH YOU HAND?
P: IT’S CONTROL

D: EXPLAIN ME THE WORD CONTROL
P: CONTROLE IN THE SENSE, IT GIVES ME SATISFACTION.

D: WHAT IS CONTROL FOR YOU?
P: FOR ME IT’S VERY IMPORTANT.

D: HOW
P: FOR ME, TO GIVE MY BEST PERFORMANCE I HAVE TO BE IN VERY DISCIPLINED MANNER. BECAUSE IN DANCE ITS NOT ONLY THE MUSIC, NOT ONLY THE DANCER BUT DICIPLINE OR YOU CAN SAY HARMONY IS MOST IMPORTANT.

D: TELL MORE ABOUT HARMONEY, DISCIPLINE, PERFORMANCE
P: I CAN SAY HARMONY AND DISPLINE ARE THE MOST MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF ANY PERFORMER, AND NOW A DAYS I AM SRUGLLING WITH THIS.

D: HOW IT FEELS TO YOU?
P: IT FEELS LIKE GOING DOWN.

D: TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FEARS
P: GENERALLY I DON’T HAVE ANY FEAR BUT NOW DAYS I FEEL LIKE I AM NOT ABEL TO DANCE LIKE BEFORE I DID.

D: WHAT IS THE FEAR ABOUT?
P: FEAR ABOUT LOOSING PERFORMANCE DUE TO PAIN. MEANS WHEN YOU ARE IN FRONT OF AUDIENCE YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR 200% THEN ONLY YOU GET APPRECEATION AS A PERFORMER. AND TILL THIS DATE I AM DOING MY BEST I AM PREPARING MYSELF FOR NATIONAL EVENT.

D: SO WHAT IS MOST THING YOU ARE CONCERN ABOUT
P: WILL I ABEL TO MAINTAIN THIS, BECAUSE AT NATIONAL LEVEL COMPETITION IS VERY TUFF ONE MISTAKE AND YOU ARE OUT OF THE LIST, EVRYONE GIVES HIS BEST. AND I DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS DUE TO THIS REASONE

D: TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS
P: FOR A BIGNEAR IT’S NOTHING TO LOOSE, BUT FOR PERSON LIKE ME IT’S COMING DOWN FROM YOUR LEVEL.

D: TELL ME MORE ABOUT COMING DOWN.
P: BASICALLY IT’S A FEAR OF FAILURE AND DUE TO SMALL MISTAKE

D: TELL ME ABOUT YOUR MOST STRESSFUL EVENT IN LIFE
P: I THINK 6YR BACK

D: WHAT HAPPENED THAT TIME?
P: I STARTED MY DANCE CLASSES WITH MY FRIEND , BUT AFTER A YEAR IT DIDN'T GO WELL, AND THAT TIME I WAS NEW IN THIS TOWN, SO I UNDERGONE LOST OF DIFFICULTIES , MEANS I EVEN DON’T KNOW HINDI OR MARATHI AT THAT TIME.

D: HOW IT FEELS TO YOU AT THAT MOMENT?
P: NOTHING, I TOOK IT AS A CHALLENGE AND WORK HARD AND STARTED MY OWN DANCE CLASSES. BUT NOW IT’S OK I DON’T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT.

D: TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR HOBBIES
P: THE ONLY THING I LIKE IS DANCE.

D: WHAT YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT DANCE?
P: EVRYTHING ABOUT DANCE, FOR ME IT’S INNER SATISFACTION WHEN YOU GET APPRICIATION.

D: HOW IT FEELS TO YOU WHEN YOU GET APPRICIATION?
P: THAT IS THE ONLY THING FOR WHICH ANY PERFORMER DOES EFFORTS, ITS NOT ONLY ONE EVENT YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT THEN ONLY YOU ARE GREAT PERFOMER

D: DO YOU GET ANY DREAM?
P: SINCE 4-5 MONTHS I HAD VERY HORRIBLE DREAMS

D: TELL ME IN DETAIL.
P: MEANS, I SEE AM STANDING IN A RAW FOR AUDITION, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE THE ONE BOY WHO IS RECEPTIONIST CALLS EVRYONE INSIDE EXCEPT ME.

D: TELL ME MORE ABOUT IT
P: I FEEL VERY RESTLESS THAT MOMENT, SO I DIRECTLLY RUN INSIDE THE AUDITION HALL, MUSIC AND ALL STRATS BUT I FORGOT MY STEPS, AND THEN I WAKE UP .AND THEN WHOLE DAY I KEEP THINKING ABOUT IT.

D: HOW IT FEELS TO YOU?
P: IT CREATES ANXIETY IN DAY TIME, EVEN THOUGH I AM PRACTICING.

D: WHAT IS THE ANXIETY ABOUT?
P: ANXIETY ABOUT LOOSING OR MISSING STEPS, THAT IS ONE MORE PROBLEM FOR ME, WHENEVER I AM GETTING READY FOR AN EVENT I FEEL VERY RESTLESS. I KEEP DOING STEPS AGAIN AND AGAIN SO AS TO AVOID MY ANXIETY.

UNDERSTANDING OF THE CASE : PT IS SUFFERING FROM PAIN IN CHEST, ON INQUIRING ABOUT PAIN WE COME TO KNOW THE BASIC PROBLEM FOR HIM IS , HE IS NOT ABEL TO MAINTAIN HIS STAMINA FOR PERFORMANCE .THIS IS THE MOST TROUBLING FOR HIM.
KINGDOM MINERAL: BASIC ISSUE IS ABOUT STRUCTURE, BECAUSE ON ASKING ABOUT PAIN THERE IS NO ISSUE OF PLANT SENSITIVITY OR THERE IS NOTHING SPECIFIC SENSATION WHICH INDICATES PLANT KINGDOM, SAME WITH ANIMAL THERE IS NO ISSUE OF VICTIM AGGRESSOR OR COMPETITION OR BASIC SURVIVAL ISSUE.

HERE PT IS STRUGLLING WITH HIMSELF, HE PERCIEVS PROBLEM AS A DISTURBANCE IN MAINTAINING HIS PERFORMANCE, AGAIN WITH MINERAL HE HAS PROBLEM IN PERFORMANCE NOT ABOUT SECURITY, POWER, OR IDENTITY SO IT INDICATES ROW 5. IN ROW 5 HE HAS STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN WHAT HE HAS ACHIVED TILL DATE SO IT, NEED TO MAINTAIN IT SO IT’S COLUM 11

REMEDY GIVEN ARGENTUM METALLICUM 200 / ONE DOSE

F/O: 15 DAYS. BLOOD PRESSURE: 140/100
PAIN ON EXERTION IS STILL THERE, COMPLAINS PAIN AND BURNING MICTURATION, WITH FEVER.
ADV. DRINK LOT OF WATER, AND EXERCISE WITH IN NORMAL LIMITS SO AS TO DEVELOP COLATERAL
TREATMENT: SL ONE DOSE

F/O AFTER 3 DAYS: BLOOD PRESSURE 140/100, PAIN IS STILL THERE, BUT UTI IS BETTER NOW, NO FEVER
TREATMENT: SL ONE DOSE

F/O AFTER 15 DAYS. BLOOD PRESSURE 130/100, PAIN IS THERE BUT NOW PT CAN DANCE TILL 1HR.
TREATMENT: SL ONE DOSE

F/O: AFTER 15 DAYS PT CALLS ME AND SAID THERE IS LOT OF PAIN IN CHEST SINCE MORNING.
ON ASKING ABOUT THIS HE SAYS HE GOT AN INVITATION FROM ANY GROUP TO PERFORM THERE AND FOR THAT HE DID HEAVY PRACTICE. BLOOD PRESSURE: 140/110
TREATMENT: ARGENTUM 200 ONE DOSE

F/ O: AFTER 15 DAYS PAIN IS REDUSED, BLOOD PRESSURE 130/100

F/O AFTER 30 DAYS PAIN REDUSED, BLOOD PRESSURE 130/90, SER CHOL.IN NORMAL LIMITS. THIS TIME STRESS TEST NEGATIVE
PT IS PREPARING FOR NEW EVENT BUT NOW HE IS NOT FEELING ANY ANXIETY, NO RESTLESSNESS, DOING HIS PRACTICE. THERE IS NO DREAM AT ALL SLEEPS WELL.
PT STILL ON TREATMENT