Bleeding after abortion 11601...India
In October 2018, a 34-year-old woman underwent an operation to terminate her pregnancy during the seventh month due to her health condition caused by bilateral minimal pleural effusion (fluid in the pleural space around lungs). Thereafter, she had frequent vaginal bleeding and vomiting which could not be set right despite hospital treatment for 3 months. She also had swelling in ankles and legs, wheezing, and sleeplessness, which had been there even during her pregnancy. She had been taking allopathic medicines for swelling and wheezing.
On 19 January 2019, the mother brought her to the practitioner in a pitiable condition; both were extremely distressed and depressed. The practitioner welcomed them warmly, listened to their woes with love, and gave the following remedy for her most pressing problems for which she was not on any medication:
For bleeding, vomiting, and stress:
#1. CC3.1 Heart tonic + CC4.10 Indigestion + CC8.1 Female tonic + CC8.4 Ovaries & Uterus + CC8.7 Menses frequent + CC10.1 Emergencies + CC15.1 Mental & Emotional tonic…one dose every 10 minutes for 2 hours followed by a dose every hour for the next 3 days, then 6TD.
After four days, the patient reported that bleeding had stopped but other symptoms remained due to which she could neither eat nor sleep properly and was also having dry mouth and weakness. After a review, #1 was replaced by:
For anaemia, vomiting, dry mouth, swelling in joints and wheezing:
#2. CC3.1 Heart tonic + CC8.1 Female tonic + CC8.9 Morning sickness + CC11.5 Mouth infections + CC13.1 Kidney & Bladder tonic + CC19.3 Chest infections…6TD
For sleeplessness:
#3. CC15.6 Sleep disorders…one dose half an hour before going to bed
After 5 weeks she reported there was no vomiting or dryness in the mouth, bleeding had not recurred, and she was eating well and getting good sleep; only swelling in the ankle and wheezing remained.
On 1 March 2019, #3 was stopped and #2 was replaced by:
#4. CC3.1 Heart tonic + CC8.1 Female tonic + CC13.1 Kidney & Bladder tonic + CC19.3 Chest infections…6TD
After 3 weeks, the patient stopped taking allopathic medicines. After another month, when she met the practitioner on 22 April 2019, she reported that except for slight swelling in the ankles, she was happy to be free of all her symptoms. She was asked to reduce the dosage of #4 to TDS. She took this for a month and then stopped. As of June 2019, she confirmed that she was fine with no recurrence of any symptom.
Practitioner’s comment: CC8.9 Morning sickness was included in #2 based on intuition as her vomiting was not stopping.
Editor’s note: As 6TD is meant to tide over an acute phase, the dosage of #4 should have been reduced toTDS at the time of patient’s visit on 1 March and later to OD.