the other song: March 2016

Wednesday 30 March 2016

Psoriasis Before and After Homeopathic Treatment

Friday 18 March 2016

Allaying anxiety - Neurosis treated with homoeopathy

This is a case of a male patient, age 50, suffering from neurosis bordering on psychosis. He is a lean, emaciated person, with premature graying of the hair. He is a policeman by profession. He comes with his wife for Homoeopathic consultation.

The patient came with complaint of lot of sweating at night, low back pain and some red spots near his right shoulder. The patient felt fearful, sometimes on duty. The patient felt a lack of courage while on duty, if he had to catch someone or to go there. He would have the courage if he was accompanied by someone. He had anxiety of how he would handle the crowd when he had to deal with accidents, dead bodies and injured people. He described instances when his fellow policeman ran away from the scene and he had to handle the situation on his own. He described the tremendous amount of fear and anxiety he experienced at that time.

The patient had difficulty mugging up things in school. He described as his brain not working while studying. This patient has a fear that the public might beat him up while on duty, while attending to accidents. He fears journalists that they will report it, although they haven’t so far. There is a fear of being jailed, legal actions. He feels fearful in his dreams. On further inquiry it was found that he felt that he wasn’t a person meant for the police job. He had inherited it from his father who was in the police force.

The patient had difficulty in talking to strangers. The patient’s wife says that he is constantly feeling that people are looking at him, spying at him and taking his photograph, and that they will report it to the press.
Considering this history, a suitable homoeopathic remedy was prescribed to him.
Follow-up after 10 months:

There has been a remarkable improvement in this case of borderline psychosis, in which the patient was almost on the verge of starting antipsychotic drugs. His whole state has undergone a lot of change. All of his obsessive thoughts and fears have reduced by more than 70%. There are still instances where people try to fool him or scare him, but he feels much more capable within himself to tackle such situations. He feels eager to go and work, whereas he used to try to avoid it. The feeling of being a criminal has been replaced by courage and an increased sense of responsibility. He says with a smile on his face, “I gather courage to do my duty.”

This is one of the beautiful out comes of Homoeopathy, when a patient who was previously dependent, fearful and incapable becomes courageous, independent and in charge of their own life. The patient’s appetite has improved, and he has put on a little weight. He looks much calmer, brighter and bolder. He still comes for follow-ups, but infrequently now, as his dependency on Homoeopathy has reduced. He enjoys life and takes each day as it comes. It is most gratifying to have been able to help him, and to see a confident smile on his face.

By Dr. Jayesh Shah, MD (Hom).
Hon. Consultant, ‘the other song’ – International Academy of Advanced Homeopathy

Reference
1. http://theothersong.com/academy/casestudy/the-cop-who-imagines-being-jailed/

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Wednesday 9 March 2016

Pregnancy and Homoeopathy

Pregnancy is a marvelous journey marking the beginning of a new life and the commencement of motherhood. It is a new experience both for you and your partner flavored with nervousness, curiosity, anxiety and a host of changes physically and emotionally during its course of 9 months or around 40 weeks. A woman’s body may react differently during every pregnancy. Come let us get acquainted with some of the alterations that occur along this incredible journey……..

What do women experience during pregnancy?

a. The first trimester

1. Cessation of menses
2. Body ache and cramps.
3. Easy fatigue.
4. Lower abdominal cramps
5. Occasional spotting.
6. Morning sickness
7. Increase in size with fullness, heaviness and tenderness. The breasts gradually increase in size, so as to prepare breasts for breastfeeding.
8. Heartburn and constipation.
9. Frequent urination due to the pressure of growing uterus on the urinary bladder.
10. Mood swings due to increased hormonal levels in the body.

b. The second trimester

1. Abdominal cramps - due to growing uterus and the stretching of surrounding muscles and ligaments.
2. Change in the body shape - by week 16, one is likely to be in maternity clothes due to the expanding waistline and widening hips.
3. Stretch marks - these are caused by stretching of the skin and are commonly seen on abdomen and breast, and rarely on the thighs, buttocks, and upper arms.

c. The third trimester

1. Water retention / Edema - is one of the commonest complaints and is mostly noticeable in legs and hands. In some cases sudden swelling may occur accompanied by high blood pressure, vision changes, dizziness, headaches, or severe abdominal pain, it is important to contact a physician.
2. Back Pain - as a result of added weight, changing posture.
3. Frequent Urination - This increases as the baby moves further down into the pelvis. It can result in multiple trips to the bathroom during the night, or even urine leakage: especially when coughing, sneezing, or laughing.
4. Breast Changes - during the third trimester, some pregnant women begin to leak colostrum (first milk which is thick and yellow) from their breasts. The area around the nipples, called the areola, may also darken.
5. Stretch marks - The chance of a woman getting stretch marks during the last trimester increases with high weight gain, large babies, or a multiple pregnancy.
6. Weight gain - maximum amount of weight gain occurs during the last trimester and a woman
7. Braxton Hicks contractions- These contractions are warm-ups for the real thing. They’re usually weak and come and go unpredictably. True labor contractions get longer, stronger and closer together. If you’re having contractions that are painful or regular, contact your doctor.
8. Regular contractions with intense pain - needs immediate attention.
9. Discharge - Close to your delivery date, you might see a thick, clear, or slightly blood tinged discharge. This is the mucus plug, and it is a sign that your cervix has begun dilating in preparation for labor. If you experience a sudden rush of fluid, it may mean that your water bag has broken (although only about 8% of pregnant women have their water bag break before contractions begin). Call your doctor as soon as possible.

The symptoms described above are all physiological. However, some symptoms may be exaggerated or may last beyond an extended period. E.g. If morning sickness may be severe extending through the day or may last much longer than the first trimester; it is termed as hyperemesis gravidarum. Similarly there may be other symptoms like dizziness, anemia, low blood pressure, high blood pressure, severe edema (swelling). Also, there may be certain tendencies like tendency to abortion in a particular month of pregnancy, bleeding through the vagina during pregnancy.

What can Homoeopathy do for these complaints? Many people harbor a misconception that Homoeopathy cannot help in pregnancy. But let us tell you, that Homoeopathy is perfectly safe. It does not treat only symptoms, but also reduces the risk factors affecting the child during the pregnancy. Medicines when administered timely can also prevent abortions in a female having tendency to them. And above all, Homoeopathy has a point above most modes of treatment, which is absolutely safe for the mother as well as the child. Let us see how Homoeopathy can help in such cases, through a case consulted by Dr. Meghna Shah, the Dean, the other song. This is a case about a young lady, a doctor by profession who was into the third month of her pregnancy. The main complaint, for which she had consulted us, was nausea during her pregnancy with lot of burning in the upper abdomen accompanied with backache since past two months. On lying down, the food would regurgitate in the throat with a burning sensation and this was more in the evenings especially after eating. She always felt that she would vomit, but could not and sleep would alleviate her troubles. She was not relieved by antacids. Her sleep was disturbed and she complained of an intermittent dull pain in her lower abdomen. The patient had a past history of PCOD and missed abortion. When she had an abortion, she was under major stress as her relative was diagnosed with cancer that time and she was extremely depressed and morose. She felt guilty that though she could diagnose the condition, she could not do much to help her relative and was unable to see her suffer so. As a result she felt discouraged to continue her practice. During her current pregnancy, she felt that she was not taking care of herself, not following the required precautions and as a result was not doing justice to her baby. She did not feel like doing anything throughout the day and was lacking in enthusiasm. She had no interest in taking care of herself or dressing up well. Acne which she had earlier, were recurring. On asking about her dreams, she said that she got dreams of her workplace and about her patients, whom she was unable to diagnose. She had weird and frightful dreams which had no connection. She said that she was a very silent person and took time to mix with people. The patient was averse to watching English movies which depicted people being killed brutally. Brutal to her meant something worse than cruel, something where the person is killed very slowly at a stretch. Some situations caused a lot of nervousness in her, but later she would be very strong and go about the situation confidently. She liked keeping things systematically and was very particular about cleanliness. She did not like animals as they looked and smelled dirty. She had phobia of lizards and would panic at the sight of one. Taking into account all her symptoms as well as her features, she was given a medicine. Within a week of starting with the medicine, she improved drastically. Nausea and burning settled down completely never to recur again.

Dr. Sneha Vyas, M.D. (Hom) Resident Doctor, the other song

The News Letter, April - June 2014

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Monday 7 March 2016

Homoeopathy and Stress Management

“Stress is the experience and not the situation”

We aren’t alien to the feeling that creeps in when we aren’t on time for an appointment or when we are nearing the deadline of a project. What is it that one experiences in these times? One experiences stress. We all experience some or the other kind of stress in our lives.

But then is it ok to experience stress? The answer is yes. But it can affect our health in general if we remain in the state of stress for a very long time. Stress affects us all the more if we do not cope with it in the right manner.

Stress is not an illness in itself but it may lead to lowered immunity, diabetes, high blood pressure, psychological illnesses like anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. The number of people suffering from stress related illnesses has been on the rise due to the rapidly changing and challenging lifestyle and the inability to deal with these changes.

Change in circumstances often affects the individual but stress remains an individual experience. The manner in which a child deals with reprimands will differ from the way an adult copes with it. The same is specific for the gender, profession, the way in which one has been born and brought up or the type of training one undergoes as part of her/his growth from a child to an adult. Each one of us experience stress in a different way and that experience defines us.

Can we change the way we experience life? Can we experience reality in a way that wouldn’t cause internal turmoil? Yes, it is possible.

1. Identify the situations where you experience stress
2. Identify the pattern of response in the stressful situation
3. Become aware of the pattern of response
4. Make a conscious attempt to change or modify the pattern of response

The same situation becomes less stressful once a constructive pattern of response is formed.

Who can help you?

1. A counselor
2. A mediation teacher
3. A psychiatrist
4. A homoeopath
5. A yoga teacher

Homoeopathy and stress management

The experience of stress is subjective and its resolution call for an in depth study of the individual experiencing stress. A homoeopath’s perspective is individualistic. The medicine for someone who is experiencing stress as if it is a ‘load on the head’ will significantly differ from the one who feels ‘caged’. Each one of us is at a different level of experience and thus experience different sensations. A number of people have thus been relieved with the help of homoeopathic medicines.

References
1. Dr. Rajan Sankaran, MD(Hom), The Other Song – Discovering Your Parallel Self
2. www.theothersong.com

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