Homoeopathy Awareness Week - Case Study 3

Homoeopathy Awareness Week - Case Study 3

A few years ago I was dealing with a case of phantom pain. The patient had tried all sorts of treatment to be able to deal with the constant severe pain after the amputation of one limb. It either didn't work or knocked the patient out to such an extent that no normal every day life was possible.

The pain was so severe that the patient would collapse on the floor unable to respond in any form, but not unconscious. After this acute pain would vanish, there would be a less severe lingering pain for days on end. It would be less severe but still very painful. At the best of times this less severe lingering pain would fade into a constant sensation of "pins and needles". The patient actually almost never reached the "pins and needles"- state.

After a dose of Symphythum, the homoeopathic preparation of Comfrey or Knitbone, the pain became less severe and the patient didn't have the very severe bouts of pain anymore. Ledum, the homoeopathic preparation of Wild Rosemary, helped further more and the patient reached the "pins and needles" -state.

Then there was a relapse where the patient felt severe pain again but not to the same extent as before. There was just the very painful sensation that the limb was squeezed in a vice. A dose of Spigelia, the homoeopathic preparation of Pinkroot, sorted that out and it it never came back.

Now the patient is well and doesn't need my help any more.

This case has been submitted with the full consent and approval of the patient.