A Case of Senile Dementia

Summary

This case has taught me that at times we need to take a different approach in prescribing when a clear-cut image or a picture of a remedy does not emerge. Sometimes we need to consider the characteristic odd behaviour in the person, which makes him or her different from others. Even if we prescribe a rare or less used remedy about which not much information is available in our literature written by our old masters, the cure should take place according to Hering's Law. Unless and until Hering's Law is seen in the follow-up, we cannot label the improvement in the case as permanent and be sure that the remedy is the right one for the patient.

Key words

Senile Dementia - Ischaemic heart disease - Baryta phosphorica - Vijaykar - Scholten

Reference

• 1 Scholten J. Homeopathy and Minerals. Utrecht; Stichting Alonnissos 2000

1 Mesoderm is the middle layer of the embryo. The outer layer is ectoderm and the inner layer is endoderm. According to Dr. Vijaykar's understanding of the hierarchy of importance of the organ system, those derived from the outermost layer are less important than those organs originating from the innermost layer.