The treatment of blood poisoning with Crotalus horridus

by Dr Krishnamurthy

Could Nirbhaya from Delhi (this refers to the 23‑year‑old Indian woman who was the victim of a gang rape in December 2012 and later died of her injuries; the case attracted worldwide attention) have been saved with a homeopathic treatment? Which remedy, given as a single dose of a high potency, could have saved this young woman? A true homeopath should not have to think long at this point!

Even Dr Hahnemann noted in his lifetime that only half of his pupils were true homeopaths, the other half being half‑hearted converts. Unfortunately, this regrettable fact still holds true today. The numerous seminars, newspaper articles and so‑called scientific treatises are nothing but pale imitations of true homeopathic healing art and make a mockery of those who still master the art of homeopathic prescribing.

The reader need not argue at this point that any remedy prescribed on the basis of the totality of symptoms would have saved the young Nirbhaya who died of blood poisoning. That statement is far too vague.

In emergencies nature speaks in an unmistakable language. The greater the danger to life, the more definite the symptom picture, and the more rapidly our homeopathic remedies act.

The treatment of the raped young woman from Delhi would have been as follows: A single dose of the remedy Crotalus horridus 10M could have saved Nirbhaya. Let us examine the case and the action of Crotalus horridus more closely.

BLOOD POISONING AS A RESULT OF HEMORRHAGIC TRAUMA

Malignant conditions that result in the putrefaction of the blood are, as if by magic, cured by a single dose of Crotalus horridus 10M. The following life‑threatening illnesses belong to its spectrum of action:

a)      Blood poisoning following a hemorrhagic trauma

b)      Uncomplicated cases of leukaemia

c)      Haemophilia

d)      Jaundice following a blood transfusion

e)      Infectious hepatitis

f)       Hepatitis B

“Blood poisoning” is a very general symptom. The term “traumatic bleeding” is also very broadly defined. A general symptom that appears as an accompanying symptom or modality to another symptom, however, is comparable to a verdict of the highest judicial authority. Beyond that there is nothing. In this case Crotalus horridus is the sole indicated remedy. On page 912 of Dr Samuel Lilienthal’s Homeopathic Therapeutics we find the following headings:

Pyæmia, septicaemia: acon., apis, arn., ars., calen., canth., carb‑ac., carb‑v., chinin‑arom., chinin‑m., chinin‑s., crot‑h., lach., nit‑ac., rhus‑t., verat‑v., zinc.
- for the bleeding: crot‑h., ergot., ferr‑m., kreos., nit‑ac., mur‑ac., tarent‑c., ter.
- for the weakness: camph., carb‑v., crot‑h., lach., mosch., phos., sil., sulph., verat., verat‑v., sulph.

Only Crotalus horridus appears in all three rubrics. I believe no further examples are needed to emphasise the necessity of this magnificent work. Samuel Lilienthal should not be missing from any homeopathic practice.

During the South Delhi Homoeo Association Conference, held in September 2013 in New Delhi, I asked the homeopaths present – about 150 – to raise their hands if they had either Dr A.W. Yingling’s Handbook of Obstetrics and/or Dr Samuel Lilienthal’s Homeopathic Therapeutics in their practice. I was very shocked when only half a dozen homeopaths raised their hands. Most of the homeopaths present had never even heard of these works.

Is homeopathy practised today as people please, or is it to be taken seriously as an exact and effective therapy?

In our clinic we have successfully treated three similar cases of blood poisoning: a boy who had been attacked with knives and suffered severe lacerations; the other two patients were victims of two road traffic accidents. In all three cases the bleeding was very heavy and septicaemia had developed several hours after the incidents, before transfer to a hospital. In all three cases the injuries were so severe that the conventional doctors had classified them as “hopeless cases”. All three patients were cured by us with a single dose of Crotalus horridus – to the great astonishment of the allopathic doctors. These three case reports allow us to say with confidence that Nirbhaya could also have been saved after the gang rape with a single dose of the remedy.

The concerned homeopath may express doubts about the high potency of the remedy given. Of course Dr Hahnemann did not prescribe higher than the 30th potency. Does that really mean that higher potencies are of no benefit? The answer to this question is found with Dr A.W. Yingling, who writes: “With the high potencies … frequently repeated doses become unnecessary …” (see Handbook of Obstetrics, Preface and Introduction).

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