ACONITUM in a case of TYPHOID FEVER by BALA RAM KISI and dr ROB BRIK

Aconitum in a case of Typhoid fever by Bala Ram Kisi and dr Rob Brik

I sit at the back of the motor of Bala Ram when we leave the city of Bhaktapur and drive out into the fields, where his family has a chicken farm. Bala Ram a student of the BIHC, treats the farmers from the surrounding villages with homeopathy.
This morning a young woman of 29 years old comes to his place. She is married, has 3 daughters and runs a small farm together with her husband. What they earn from their fields is hardly enough to provide the family with food
Nearly a week ago her husband got ill; Soreness of whole body, severe headache, profound weakness, dryness of mouth, body very painful so he could hardly move. He was given Bryonia C-200 by Bala Ram on which he slightly improved. Then his brother took him to the hospital where they diagnosed Typhoid fever and he was treated with antibiotics. In hospital his wife had to take care of him. After 5 days he could leave the hospital.
Then his wife got sick. She suffered from almost exactly the same symptoms; soreness of whole body, headache, fever 102F(=39.5C), chest pain, sore throat, accelerated respiration and profound weakness. When we see her she tells to be very restless and a bit fearful. We notice her perspiring on the upper lip. She has a dry mouth, with a bitter taste.
After repertorisation we choose Aconitum C-30. That same evening she is feeling better already. She gets a dose of aconitum each day ans improves quickly. In two days she is back at regular work again. With homeopathy we saved her a lot of money for hospital treatment.

Typhoid fever
Typhoid or enteric fever is caused by the Salmonella Typhi an enterobacteria, mostly transmitted by contaminated water sometimes food. It starts gradually,and goes on for about 14 days in which the temperature rises to 39.5-40C. People can become really sick, with headache, malaise, abdominal pain, prostration, joint pains and diarrhoea (esp. in young children) . From the 16 million cases of typhoid fever annually about 600,000 die.In his World Travellers Manual of Homeopathy dr Colin B Lessel suggests the following remedies ;Acid-mur,Bapt,Bell,Chin-o,Gels,Ip and Nux-v.

Inspiration;Monera by Frans Vermeulen-Emryss Publishers
The World Travellers Manual of Homeopathy by dr Colin B. Lessel -C.W.Daniel Company Limited