Homoeopathy — Page 671
Tuberculinum 671 Another salient feature of Tuberculinum is the jerking of the muscles during sleep. This, of course, can also be treated with many other remedies. In Tuberculinum, the patient starts showing symptoms of the disease before its acute onset. Tuberculinum has often been used in the treatment of chronic rather than acute diseases. Chronic diseases, if untreated, may be transmitted to the next generation. Tuberculinum can, however, be effective in the treatment of acute illnesses. In most of the poor countries of Asia and Africa, malaria is very common. The face of the patient becomes pale yellow and without normal glow. Diseases of the lungs; cough and asthma etc. , are very common. Tuberculinum can effectively uproot asthma because tuberculous diseases ultimately result in asthma. In some desert areas where pneumonia, tuberculosis and malaria are prevalent, sudden cooling of the temperature predisposes to pneumonia that weakens the lungs. It is no wonder that the lungs contract tuberculosis in these areas easily. In such malarial regions, such as the Sindh province of Pakistan, Tuberculinum is not only useful but is an essential part of their treatment. Malaria fever is usually associated with headache and vomiting. A tuberculosis patient who has previously suffered from malaria may develop a headache that can be treated with Tuberculinum. Body ache, feverishness and an overall state of despair is also a symptom of Tuberculinum. A condition called hydrocephalus , in which the head of a child keeps on growing and is not amenable to treatment with common homoeopathic remedies anymore, may well be treated with Tuberculinum given in a high potency. This produces a positive reaction which other common remedies should have shown, but failed to do so. Most of the abdominal symptoms of Tuberculinum resemble those of Sulphur, such as profuse morning diarrhoea and sometimes alternation of dysentery, diarrhoea and severe constipation. They are all intestinal problems. If these conditions are not treated with Tuberculinum on time, the patient may become untreatable. He