Rheumatoid Arthritis 11599...India
A 52-year-old female school teacher had been suffering from pain in the small joints of her hands and feet. Her ability to hold a piece of chalk to write on the blackboard was gradually decreasing. Her rheumatologist diagnosed her condition as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis and she started taking prescribed medicines and supplements in Dec 2015. Although there was hardly any improvement in pain, she decided to continue all these medicines. Additionally, two years ago, she developed knee pain (possibly due to standing for long hours in school) and developed GI distress (stomach burning) a year ago. By January 2018 she could not even hold the chalk and had to take medical leave. When she visited the practitioner on 2 Aug 2018, she was very depressed and was given:
For Rheumatoid arthritis & osteoporosis:
#1. CC12.1 Adult tonic + CC12.4 Autoimmune diseases + CC15.1 Mental & Emotional tonic + CC20.3 Arthritis + CC20.6 Osteoporosis…TDS
For GI distress:
#2. CC4.5 Ulcers + CC4.8 Gastroenteritis + CC4.10 Indigestion…TDS
A month later on 5 Sept, the burning sensation in her stomach went down by 90% and #2 was reduced to OD and stopped on 15 Oct as there was 100% improvement. On 20 Sept she reported only a slight reduction in pain in small joints and knees. By 28 Dec, there was 50% improvement in small joints and 80% in knee pain. On 10 July 2019, pain in all the joints improved by 90%, so the dosage of #1 was reduced to BD. On 21 Oct, she stated that despite stopping all her allopathic medications for the past two months there was only marginal pain in joints. As there was no difficulty in holding the chalk, she was able to resume teaching. On 15 Dec, the dosage of #1 was reduced to OD and by Jan 2020, she had completely recovered. Twice she tried to stop the remedy, once in Mar 2020 and again in Jan 2021, each time slight pain was felt after about two weeks. Therefore she decided to continue at the maintenance dosage of OD. As of November 2021, the patient is completely symptom-free and is in regular touch with the practitioner.