Itching 11561...India
An 11-year-old girl for the first time had severe itching all over her body; this resulted in a brownish pink rash. The cause was not known but her physician diagnosed it as fungal infection for which she took allopathic medicine for 2 weeks but there was no relief, so she stopped taking it. The girl was emotionally strong and physically healthy.
She had already suffered for a month when on 21 September 2017, the mother took her to the practitioner who gave the following remedies:
#1. CC21.3 Skin allergies + CC21.6 Eczema + CC21.7 Fungus + CC21.10 Psoriasis...TDS in virgin coconut oil for external application.
The practitioner was aware that itching can be caused by intestinal worms; she learnt from the mother that her daughter’s deworming medicine was overdue. So she decided to include the remedy for worms (CC4.6) and gave:
#2. CC4.6 Diarrhoea + #1...6TD to be taken orally.
As the water intake of the patient was less than a litre per day despite her tendency to sweat profusely, the practitioner advised her to daily take 2-3 litres of water. The patient’s mother was in touch with the practitioner daily. Within 24 hours, itching came down by 40% but there was no notable change in a rash. The next day, there was 90% reduction in itching and 50% in a rash. After another 3 days, itching completely disappeared and there was 70% improvement in a rash, so the dosage of #2 was reduced to TDS for 3 days followed by OD. By 3 October, the rash had also vanished, so the dosage of #2 was reduced to OW for a month and then stopped whereas #1 was continued until the oil finished. As of May 2020, the patient has not had any relapse.