Homoeopathy — Page 575
Psorinum 575 remedies alone for the entire treatment of catarrhal diseases. It becomes imperative to change the treatment when the symptoms change. Psorinum is the remedy for people of cold constitution. It acts rapidly against the diseases caused by cold. Furthermore, Psorinum has the capability to surface the suppressed diseases out. Even if Psorinum cannot cure the patient, it helps the physician in treating the patient with other remedies by exposing the symptoms related to a particular remedy. One should not be afraid if Psorinum became ineffective after being effective for a short while, this does not mean that the diagnosis was wrong. It is a characteristic of Psorinum that it is effective for a short while and then becomes ineffective. However, after a while, if the patient is put back on Psorinum again, it picks up its previous effectiveness. A Psorinum patient is always hungry, especially at night. Characteristically, hunger wakes him up in the latter part of the night. Food makes the patient feel better. A Sulphur patient does not feel hungry at night or in the morning, however, after sunrise, around 11a. m. , the patient feels extremely hungry by way of severe craving in the stomach. In Psorinum, the headache alternates with nasal catarrh. In this condition, Bryonia and Rhus Tox are also effective. In Psorinum, the cough is dry. Phlegm does not form at all. Usually such a cough is very troublesome. At the beginning of the disease, Aconite, Belladonna and Arsenic benefit the patient. However, these remedies do not offer a permanent cure. For symptoms developing later, some other remedies should be looked for. It is important to keep a constant watch on the patient and then change the remedies as frequently as the symptoms change. However, the remedies conforming to the patient’s constitution usually cure the patient permanently. These need not be changed. In Psorinum, sores develop at the angles of the mouth. The tongue and the gums feel painful constantly. The teeth become loose and start to shake. Often due to some kind of severe infection, despite the fact that the gums have become diseased, symptoms of pain, inflammation and fever do not develop. Bacteria erode the gums from the inside. Similar symptoms are also found in Baptisia i. e. there is