Knee pain, high BP 11616...India
A 75-year-old woman had been suffering from knee pain and high BP since her husband’s death 15 years ago. She tried Siddha therapy for over five years with no significant benefit. For the past five years, she has been taking allopathic medication for BP, as a result, it was under control at 140/90. Once in a while her BP would shoot up and cause lightheadedness leading to loss of balance, sometimes she would fall while walking. She has been managing knee pain with an allopathic painkiller. More recently she had been taking medicine for high cholesterol too. On 21 Aug 2019, she was given:
For knee pain:
#1. CC12.1 Adult tonic + CC20.3 Arthritis + CC20.4 Muscles & Supportive tissue + CC20.5 Spine…QDS
For high BP:
#2. CC3.3 High Blood Pressure + CC3.5 Arteriosclerosis + CC3.7 Circulation + CC15.1 Mental & Emotional tonic…TDS
After two months she reported an overall improvement of 25% and said she had already stopped taking allopathic medicines. By 25 Feb 2020, her BP was normal at 120/80 and there was 70% reduction in knee pain. Unlike before, she was even able to climb the steps with ease without any support. But in the past few weeks, she had frequent urination during the day and at times burning sensation in her feet. Therefore, #1 and #2 were enhanced to take into account burning sensation and frequent urination respectively:
#3. CC18.5 Neuralgia + #1…TDS
#4. CC13.3 Incontinence + #2…BD
In just over two weeks on 14 March, she reported complete recovery from all symptoms, except for occasional knee pain which she felt was normal for her age. Over a period of the next eight months by Nov 2020 dosage of both #1 and #2 was slowly tapered down to maintenance dosage of OD which she still continues. As of Apr 2021, there has been no relapse.