Elaine gives the answer to a very challenging case, and once again the Aggravation Zapper saves the day!
This month’s quiz comes to us from our dear friend Gabi from Canada. It’s not that no one in Kelly’s family got sick this month, it’s just that I found their illnesses to be lack-luster and boring.
Cinchona is also known as “China”–not to be confused with the country. I thought for sure that as soon as everyone saw “malaria”, they would think of China immediately. Remember? This was the first homeopathic remedy! And how did Hahnemann discover it? He was translating Cullen’s Materia Medica and because Cullen claimed China (quinine) could cure malaria because of its bitter properties, Hahnemann became incredulous! Nonsense, he thought, there are herbs much more astringent than China and they can’t touch malaria! It was then that Hahnemann decided to do an unexpected thing: He took Peruvian Bark (China) to see what it would cause! As it turned out, he broke out into chills and fever! His conclusion? China cures malaria because it’s LIKE malaria! And that was the beginning of homeopathy.
Diseases: malaria, periodicity, marked–China is the only one.
And then as Dr. Gupta points out, you have the bloating China is famous for and, moreover, there’s the irritability China is so famous for! In fact, this is why we have to rule out Arsenicum which half of you voted for. With Arsenicum, we would expect to see the very well-known Arsenicum mentals: the prostration, restlessness, anxiety, desire for company, neediness and fear of death.
In fact, this patient was so irritable, Gabi found out later from the wife, who wouldn’t admit it at the time, that he used to beat her; but here’s the great news, after the remedy, he changed completely!
Now, here’s what happened as Gabi related it to me: She gave him a dose of China 200C. He immediately improved, within seconds! He felt calm and sleepy–this is a typical positive response that we see for the right remedy.
Amazing! So, you see how miraculous, and yet how dangerous in untrained hands, homeopathy can be? Good for Gabi, and I’m sure not a day goes by that someone isn’t thanking Diane Fuller for her “Aggravation Zapper”! Directions for Zapping are in my “Homeopathy: Frequently Asked Questions” article which you can find on my website: elaineLewis.hpathy.com .
So, congratulations to our big winner, Dr. Neeraj Gupta! Dr. B, what has Dr. Neeraj won?