Food allergy 03518...Canada
A 57-year-old woman, during her travels in Feb 2015, developed inflammation on her cheeks which became red and swollen with a burning sensation. Her dermatologist friend, looking at the picture of her face, diagnosed it as eczema and prescribed a steroid cream which she used for one week. After some time, the symptoms returned, so she took coriander leaves (cilantro) juice daily and went on a bland diet and she was fine within a week. Later in March 2015, after qualifying as a practitioner, she took the following remedy whenever the symptoms occurred:
#1. CC21.3 Skin allergies + CC21.6 Eczema…6TD
The symptoms would clear up in 4 days and she would gradually reduce the dosage. However,
the symptoms would return and soon she realized that this was due to allergy. By careful study, she discovered that whenever she ate peanuts, white sugar, white flour products or packaged food, she would get these symptoms, so she stopped eating these foods. She made healthy changes to her diet but sometimes she would inadvertently eat these at business events and while travelling; she could manage with #1. However in Aug 2020 in the midst of Covid lockdowns when she was under tremendous stress owing to shifting of residence overseas, she snacked on peanuts and packaged food for about a month and the symptoms recurred with greater severity. On 17 Aug she started to take the enhanced combo:
#2. CC12.1 Adult tonic + CC15.1 Mental & Emotional tonic + CC18.5 Neuralgia + #1...6TD
Within 2 days, redness and swelling reduced by 70% and burning by 100%; dosage was reduced to TDS. In another week, there was 90% relief from redness and swelling, dosage reduced to BD on 25 Aug and to OD on 7 Sep when she felt 100% better, before stopping on 30 Sep 2020. She also took coriander juice daily and applied Aloe Vera gel to the face.
As of Jan 2022, she has been routinely snacking on peanuts, and frequently eating her favourite sweets made of white sugar and has been absolutely fine.