Doctor: How do people around you describe you?
Patient: I think they would say I am intelligent, funny and authoritarian.
Doctor: How do you feel when you are contradicted?
Patient: I get angry quickly and respond.
Doctor: Do you have any medical conditions?
Patient: I have high cholesterol, have had kidney stones, and I get hay fever. I snore at night and am gassy and bloated.
Further questioning was done and a physical examination was done.
Patient was prescribed the Homeopathic Medication Lycopodium Clavatum with instructions. Although he was asked to follow up in 2 weeks, I did not hear from the patient after that day. Then, one day as I was walking up the street to the bank, a man on a bike cut in front of me and stopped me.
Biker: Hi doctor, do you remember me?
Me: Ummm, I am sorry but I don’t.
As he pulled up his pants and started explaining I recognized him.
Biker: Remember how horrible my skin was? It all cleared up 2 weeks after I took the medication you gave me and it has not returned. Thank you! Thank you!
Homeopathic office visits and interviews take a long time. The physician needs to distinguish multiple aspects of a patient’s medical history and the present illness.
Fundamental composition of an individual is of utmost importance. This concept is also called a patient’s “constitution”. We are not all created equal in our composition. Due to the effects of our genetics, geography, and environment we express different structural-anatomic, physiologic, and behavioral-emotional patterns that make us who we are.
Within the same family one might show varicose veins, another person might be weak and sick on a monthly basis, the other can be a body builder, one can have skin issues, allergies, one with abandonment issues, jealousy, and another with lack of mental stamina.
The long interview process with evaluation of physical and behavioral factors leads a Homeopathic physician to find a medicine from Materia Medica which covers the important specific symptoms of the individual as a whole. I chose Lycopodium Clavatum for this patient because it covers the following symptomatology:
Often taking the constitutional Homeopathic medication will encourage physiological changes. In this example, I would predict that the hay fever would get much easier, the skin lesions would resolve, the bloating and gas getting better and the chance of getting kidney stones to decrease.
What is your constitutional Homeopathic medication? To find out schedule an appointment with a qualified, licensed Homeopathic physician.
The foregoing information is not intended to be a medical treatment. You should seek advice of your physician before starting any treatment plan.
Dr. Payam Hakimi is a family physician, Osteopath and a clinical Homeopath and can be contacted at www.bodyofharmony.com
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