Homoeopathy — Page 188
Calcarea Sulph 188 development of the skull, evident on observing the patient. In such a patient who has a permanent developmental defect of the skull, the cure for the epilepsy is apparently impossible. The statement of Dr. Kent does not hold well about the treatment of this kind of epilepsy with Calcarea Sulph. However, we can definitely say that Calcarea Sulph has significantly benefited many epileptic patients. It is possible to treat the epilepsy which gas developed secondary to some serious illnesses of infancy, cholera and dysentery being the most salient. Whenever the diarrhoea due to gastro-enteritis or a severe kind of dysentery is treated forcibly with some allopathic medicine, there is always the danger that the child may subsequently develop epilepsy. I often treat such patients with Cuprum. In addition, I have also given them Artemisia in Mother Tincture form. Both of these do temporarily benefit, but I have not observed complete cure. These remedies have to be administered on a permanent basis. I have tried them in very high potency and found that the intervals between the epileptic fits prolonged, but complete cure was not obtained. It means that we should try to find out other remedies for the complete cure of epilepsy. According to Dr. Kent, Calcarea Sulph has this capability. I have observed complete cure of epilepsy only in the condition of recurrence of that particular illness, the suppression of which had resulted in the development of epilepsy in the first place. When that particular illness relapses, it can be treated with other kinds of complementary remedies, such as Arsenic for the treatment of fever, and Mag Phos for the treatment of abdominal pain and colic. However, antibiotics and strong medications that suppress the illness must be avoided. Regarding the treatment of epilepsy, one should study the prodormal signs (Aura), as already mentioned in reference to Calcarea Ars. In some of these patients, blood is noted to rush towards the head. Generally it is considered to treat with Belladonna however, is not proper. Belladonna only helps partially, for a short time. In some other homoeopathic medicines also, there is a tendency of blood rushing towards the brain such as in Hydrocyanic Acid. Hydrocyanic Acid causes severe spasm of the air passages, resulting in a profound congestion of the face. In the presence of these symptoms, Hydrocyanic Acid may also be one of the important remedies for