Ulcerative colitis, bruxism 03558...France
A 53-year-old man suffered for the past 11 years with abdominal pain and diarrhoea accompanied by mucous and blood. He also had anal incontinence soon after a meal, along with nausea and vomiting, which resulted in loss of appetite. It was diagnosed as ulcerative colitis in 2006. Pentasa suppositories, which he used for 2 years, gave him no relief. During the next 3 years, he was treated for haemorrhagic recto-colitis without any improvement and he lost 15 kg in weight. So, he was put on a drip of Remicade 400mg, once every 8 weeks. He was also given corticosteroid for 2 years which was stopped in 2013. Due to his failing health, he lost his job in 2014 and became depressed.
On 15 October 2017, when he met the practitioner, his symptoms of past 2 years were inflammation of rectum with abdominal pain, diarrhoea 3 times a day with blood in stools, and severe depression. The patient also revealed that for the past 15 years he had bruxism, a habit of grinding his teeth at night, for which he never took any treatment. The practitioner gave him:
For ulcerative colitis and bruxism:
#1. CC 4.1 Digestion tonic + CC4.2 Liver & Gallbladder tonic + CC4.6 Diarrhoea + CC10.1 Emergencies + CC12.1 Adult tonic + CC15.2 Psychiatric disorders…one dose every ten minutes for 2 hours followed by 6TD for 3 days, then TDS
The patient was not on any other treatment apart from the periodical Remicade drips. On the very day he took the remedy, he had a severe headache in the evening which lasted for a week. Despite the pullout, he continued the prescribed dosage to get rid of his problems at the earliest.
Three weeks later on 8 November 2017, the frequency of his stools reduced to once a day, and pain and inflammation as well as blood in the stools decreased by half. No more he suffered from anal incontinence or nausea or vomiting. Also, he had stopped grinding his teeth at night though some tension was felt in the jaws. In the next 2 months, noting his improved state of health in respect to colitis, the drips were stopped by his doctor; no medicine was prescribed. His habit of grinding teeth at night reappeared whenever he felt the stress of a task to be done, as he was without a regular job.
On 8 January 2018, #1 was changed to:
# 2. CC4.1 Digestion tonic + CC4.2 Liver & Gallbladder tonic + CC4.6 Diarrhoea + CC12.1 Adult tonic + CC15.2 Psychiatric disorders + CC20.4 Muscles & Supportive tissue...TDS
If his sleep was disturbed due to bruxism, #3 below was given as additional support at night:
# 3. CC15.2 Psychiatric disorders + CC20.4 Muscles & Supportive tissue to be taken every 10 minutes until grinding of teeth stopped.
In the next 2 months, the patient was free of abdominal pain and inflammation, and the frequency of his stools, with no blood or mucous, was stable at once a day. He had nearly stopped grinding his teeth, except for a little tension in his jaws which would vanish as soon as he took a dose. After 5 months of starting the vibrionics treatment, all the symptoms of ulcerative colitis completely vanished. On 19 March 2018, dosage of #2 was reduced to BD.
After 3 months on 15 June 2018, he had regained 5 kg in weight and found a job to his satisfaction; this involved a lot of physical activity. His appetite was good, he relished his nutritive diet and had become prayerful and peaceful. As none of his symptoms had recurred, dosage of #2 was reduced to OD and #3 was stopped.
On 16 September 2018, patient was advised to taper down the dosage of #2 to OW as per his comfort. At his final review in August 2019, there has been no recurrence and the patient was taking #2 at OW.