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Magnesium carbonicum
Year 2011, Issue 5, Article 4CaseAuthor: Jeremy Sherr
Three cases of HIV/AIDS: Felician, Esther, and Maryby Jeremy SherrFirst case: Felician looks very young for his age. His parents belong to two different tribes; his mother is Maasai, his father is Chaga.
He’s had tuberculosis three times over five years. The last time (2003) he was tested for HIV and found positive. His CD4 count when down to 46 and he began ARVs (Antiretroviral medications) and Septrin. The CD4 count went to 167 by 2007 but is now going down again (138), which is indicative of treatment failure.
He doesn’t have a cough or tuberculosis now but occasionally has malaria. His tongue has black patches on it. The glands in his neck are swollen; the right side worse. He has numbness in his whole lower limbs; a side effect of ARV medication. He perspires at night. He dreams of being pursued by animals, like a leopard, and of burials; he sometimes dreams he is dead and being buried. He is sweet and soft spoken, like a Maasai. He is fearful of snakes and dogs.
He is short-tempered and gets angry but he avoids confrontation and moves away from it for some time. His childhood was difficult because his mother and father separated; his father remarried and he was brought up by his stepmother for 20 years. This was very difficult because she could not divide her love. He felt there was no love and no care, just jealousy and segregation.
Repertorization (Radar)
Skin – itching
Dreams – dead of the
Mouth – discoloration – tongue black
Perspiration- night
Mind-phenomena – dreams – funerals
DD: Chelidonium, Thuja, Magnesium carbonicum, Natrum carbonicum, Alumina
Remedy: Magnesium carbonicum 12c daily
The reasons for the prescription are fairly clear: ailments from being an orphan, quarrelsome and peaceful, glands, night perspiration, etc.Follow ups:Three weeks later: feeling much better; energy better. Sleeping well. No fever. He has a new symptom of a discharge from his eyes after sleeping. The swollen glands in his neck are better; numbness in his legs is much improved. The night perspiration is the same. He has dreams of being chased by dogs and fighting unknown beings. His anger is much reduced.
Remedy: continue Magnesium carbonicum 12c daily
2 months later: doing well, feels great and energetic. He is sleeping well. All of his symptoms are gone and he feels good. He has no more dreams of being pursued or of burials, no numbness in his legs, no eye discharge and no anger.Remedy: Continue Magnesium carbonicum 12c daily18 months after first remedy: none of the original symptoms remain; NO cough, no night sweats, no gland problems, he is strong and working. Sleep is good, no bad dreams. CD4 count is 417. The doctors say he is doing so well they stopped his Septrin.; their suggestion, not mine!
One old symptom is much reduced: numbness on the soles of the feet.
One new symptom: itching in ears.
Remedy: Fluoric acid 12c dailyKeywords: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, fungus, fatigue, betrayal., weight loss
Remedies: Alumina, Bryonia alba, Fluoricum acidum, Lac leonis, Magnesium carbonicum {as Magnesia carbonica}.
He’s had tuberculosis three times over five years. The last time (2003) he was tested for HIV and found positive. His CD4 count when down to 46 and he began ARVs (Antiretroviral medications) and Septrin. The CD4 count went to 167 by 2007 but is now going down again (138), which is indicative of treatment failure.
He doesn’t have a cough or tuberculosis now but occasionally has malaria. His tongue has black patches on it. The glands in his neck are swollen; the right side worse. He has numbness in his whole lower limbs; a side effect of ARV medication. He perspires at night. He dreams of being pursued by animals, like a leopard, and of burials; he sometimes dreams he is dead and being buried. He is sweet and soft spoken, like a Maasai. He is fearful of snakes and dogs.
He is short-tempered and gets angry but he avoids confrontation and moves away from it for some time. His childhood was difficult because his mother and father separated; his father remarried and he was brought up by his stepmother for 20 years. This was very difficult because she could not divide her love. He felt there was no love and no care, just jealousy and segregation.
Repertorization (Radar)
Skin – itching
Dreams – dead of the
Mouth – discoloration – tongue black
Perspiration- night
Mind-phenomena – dreams – funerals
DD: Chelidonium, Thuja, Magnesium carbonicum, Natrum carbonicum, Alumina
Remedy: Magnesium carbonicum 12c daily
The reasons for the prescription are fairly clear: ailments from being an orphan, quarrelsome and peaceful, glands, night perspiration, etc.Follow ups:Three weeks later: feeling much better; energy better. Sleeping well. No fever. He has a new symptom of a discharge from his eyes after sleeping. The swollen glands in his neck are better; numbness in his legs is much improved. The night perspiration is the same. He has dreams of being chased by dogs and fighting unknown beings. His anger is much reduced.
Remedy: continue Magnesium carbonicum 12c daily
2 months later: doing well, feels great and energetic. He is sleeping well. All of his symptoms are gone and he feels good. He has no more dreams of being pursued or of burials, no numbness in his legs, no eye discharge and no anger.Remedy: Continue Magnesium carbonicum 12c daily18 months after first remedy: none of the original symptoms remain; NO cough, no night sweats, no gland problems, he is strong and working. Sleep is good, no bad dreams. CD4 count is 417. The doctors say he is doing so well they stopped his Septrin.; their suggestion, not mine!
One old symptom is much reduced: numbness on the soles of the feet.
One new symptom: itching in ears.
Remedy: Fluoric acid 12c dailyKeywords: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, fungus, fatigue, betrayal., weight loss
Remedies: Alumina, Bryonia alba, Fluoricum acidum, Lac leonis, Magnesium carbonicum {as Magnesia carbonica}.