PRACTITIONER VOICE
withdraw the homeopathic remedy once the patient has achieved a significant level of improvement
Jill : 39-year-old woman with epilepsy
Seizures occurred each month at the close of menstruation . Symptoms :
• loss of control of head , arms , with weakness
• falling
• inability to speak
• tremor .
At other times she felt dizzy , unable to properly balance , with tingles in the head , feeling as though her eyes are moving on their own .
Jill experienced headaches , obsessive thoughts and anxiety , which were worse at ovulation and menses . There was ovarian pain at ovulation , and the above symptoms continued until she had finished her menstruation cycle ; therefore , two weeks out of four she felt unwell .
Her Oligoscan showed a relative copper excess in relation to zinc deficiency ( Figure 4 ). This means her zinc was too low in relation to her copper level : if her zinc level was where it should be , her copper would clearly be in excess on the test page . This was confirmed by the fact that Jill ’ s serum copper was also elevated .
There is a specific homeopathic remedy which covers seizures which occur at menstruation , called Bufo . In addition , because of Jill ’ s high copper , and because homeopathic copper is an antiseizure remedy , I prescribed :
• Bufo 200c - 1 dose every 4 days
• Cuprum met 6c - 1 dose daily
• Zinc 50mg / day
• Greater Celandine , 5 drops 3 x daily .
The addition of herbal extract Greater Celandine cleared the biliary tree , allowing detoxification . These remedies were successful . No more seizures were noted . Jill reported improvement in anxiety and obsessive thinking , no headaches or nausea , and improvement in her hormonal symptoms .
After 6 months there was a small relapse of cluster seizures , occurring twice over a month , with no seizure activity in between . At this time I reviewed the prescription , changing Bufo to a new remedy , Absinthium 6c . Since that time there has been no further seizure activity .
Figure 3 . Freddy ’ s Oligoscan results showing copper overload
Figure 4 . Jill ’ s Oligoscan result showing low zinc in relation to copper
Summary of the effects of copper toxicity
• Neurological
• Cognitive
• Hormonal
• Mood
• Gastrointestinal
• Immunological
Jon Gamble , a naturopath and homeopath , has been in full time practice since 1987 . He is an educator and author of numerous books . This article is extracted from Mastering Chronic Disease : Toxicity , Deficiency and Infection , Karuna Publishing , 2021 : www . karunapublishing . com . au
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