Homeopathy Treats The Individual. Not Just The Illness

The foundational essence of homeopathic healing is keyed to addressing symptoms — subjective and objective — that are unique to the individual and using them as a signpost to prescribe the most suitable, also ‘personalised,’ homeopathic medicinal substance for the entire, all-inclusive, and also comprehensive, healing process.

- Dr Rajgopal Nidamboor

Twenty-two-year-old Jemima was bogged down by allergic rhinitis [nasal allergy, or hay fever], since age seven. Her incessant nasal sniffles used to get worse in winter, but a relentless bout in May prompted her to visit us. Jemima’s principal complaint was frequent, violent and erratic sneezing. She had watery, runny nose. This led her to ‘arm’ herself with hankies all the time. Her nose would get blocked and stuffy. The skin under her nose presented a red, inflamed and sore look. She reported that her eyes were itchy, dry and irritating. Her forehead was itchy, no less — she would reach and scratch it time and again.

She looked the exhausted type with allergy. She said that although she slept for 7-8 hours, she felt unrefreshed. She informed us that this was strange. She said that she had a demanding job, as manager. Her position, she reflected, required high energy and drive to succeed. In her words, “Ever since the return of my increased sneezing bouts, I’ve become irritable, also unable to focus, and feel ‘victimised’ with my allergic distress.”

On case-analysis, we prescribed her Sabadilla Officinalis, a homeopathic remedy made from Mexican grass. This remedy is useful for spasmodic sneezing, nasal congestion, itching inside the nose and abundant watery nasal discharge, which Jemima presented with. Her sneezing and itching got relieved to a great extent [60 per cent] within 2-3 months’ time. When she visited us for follow-up, after six months, she reported that she was more or less ‘sneeze-free,’ although she was prone to ‘catch’ a cold like all of us do, once or twice a year.