A Case of Bronchial Asthma from Suppressed Gonorrhea By Dr. Jawahar Shah

NOTE: To protect the patient’s identity, we have used a model’s picture or photographs for the purpose of presentation.

A Muslim patient, reported with severe breathlessness. He was brought on a stretcher. He could not even move.

He was feeling hot, was aggravated by cold things and had marked perspiration. He would feel better after having warm drinks.

The asthmatic attack was very very bad. The patient was dependent on a number of bronchodilators and steroids. He could not even talk.

The symptoms were taken into consideration for repertorisation with the help of technologically advanced homoeopathic software.

Arsenic came to be the drug but since the patient is hot I decided to give arsenic-iod after the confirmation of symptoms from materia medica.

All the Cases at Speciality Clinic are analysed by the Homeopathic Software with the World’s Largest Database, HOMPATH. The information given in the successive slides is to demonstrate the working of the Clinic in the treatment of its patients.

Arsenic-Iod from S.R.Phatak by using Materia Medica module from world’s largest Homoeopathic database –Hompath

Ars. Iod. (6) Every 2 hours. Treatment:

After a few days of treatment there was only partial relief. Ars Iod 6 was gradually increased to Ars Iod 30 & 200. Follow-up:

Once his friend came along with him and he said "Doctor please do something for my friend Mr Khan." I assured him I was trying my best. The friend then told me that the patient had to stand for the entire night!

He has been doing so for a number of years! I asked for the explanation. The patient would stand holding the bar of a window grill or he would support himself with his hands on his knees for the entire night.

Note: The importance of history given by a friend and a relative. I asked the patient why he did not tell me about this ever, during the course of his treatment. His reply was simple - he said "I did not think it was important."

Taking the symptom into consideration I typed for asthma forward in search option of repertory.

I selected this rubric below from Gentry repertory where Cann-s was the only drug present.

Treatment: Cannabis Sativa (6) 2 pills every 2 hours.

The patient started improving. As per the treatment he started improving. Patient who was not even able to move was off all drugs and was alright.

Suddenly, he discontinued the treatment. After 3 months, he was brought again on Stretcher. I asked him the details.

It was a shocking revelation. He used to work in docks and he would get little extra money because they would steal the goods from the Docks and everybody would share the income.

Extra income means was squandered on extramarital relations; he would have Alcohol and would gamble. From these extramarital relations, he caught gonorrhea, which was suppressed and he had Asthma.

When he was treated with Cannabis Sativa, the discharge came back and was worried about facing his wife. With such problem he went to his family doctor who gave some medicines which stopped the discharge – as a result again he got attack of asthma.

He was brought on Stretcher. We started with Cannabis Sativa 6 and gradually gave 30 the patient improved again disappeared from the treatment scene.

He was brought again after 3 months in bad shape. We spent 2 hours explaining Homoeopathic Philosophy of Suppression - His argument was that - how can I face my wife with the discharge.

He sent away his wife to her parents for the time being and was treated with Cannabis Sativa 30 followed by one dose of Cannabis Sativa 200. This cured his asthma and even the discharge.

Reason: Asthma better by hands supported on knees. Result: Release of suppression and cure of asthma.

 LEARNING:  The accessory symptoms in such a case becomes a very important symptom for the prescription.

his case points out how a small irrelevant information can make a difference in prescription.

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