Dengue
The menace to the society

DENGUE - HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT

Dengue Fever is an acute disease caused by a virus. The pathogenic vector is the female Aedes mosquito, usually Aedes aegypti. The incubation period is 3-15 days, symptoms may be seen between 7-10 days. It is found in the tropics and subtropics and is not an uncommon disease.

Symptoms:

The World Health Organization - WHO has classified dengue according to severity of the disease.

Grade 1: Fever with pain (in bones, body), nausea, headache.

Grade 2: Grade 1 plus spontaneous bleeding of skin, gums and gastro-intestinal tract.

Grade 3: Grade 2 plus circulatory failure.

Grade 4: Grade 3 plus shock with undetectable blood pressure and pulse.

HOMEOPATHIC REMEDY

Use the remedy, EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM 30C as a preventive as well as curative (for Grade 1) for dengue. It is easier to prevent than to treat.

Homeopathic doctors have several remedies in hand to tackle the various stages of dengue fever. For prophylactic and early treatment, Eup. Perf. is the remedy of choice.

What you need to buy from a homeopathic pharmacy are:

PREPARATION OF THE SOLUTION

Take a clean unused bottle which can contain 125 ml of water. Homeopathic pharmacies carry 4 ounces bottles (which is approximately 125 ml). Ensure that the bottle is cleaned with hot water. Fill the bottle with 100 ml drinking water (boiled and cooled).

Take 2 (only two) globules of Eupat. Perf. 30C and place it into the bottle containing the water. Use a spoon to transfer the globules. Do not use your hand, fingers. Usually this medicinal solution is preserved with a few drops of medicinal alcohol. If this is not available, keep this solution for a week only and dispose off. Prepare a fresh solution once a week.

Succuss (shake) the bottle just prior to ingestion 5 times. This slightly raises the potency and activates the remedy. Take 1 teaspoon of the medicinal solution (after succussion) and place it into 125 ml of water in another separate dilution glass and stir vigorously, 20 times at least.

Take 1 teaspoon from the dilution glass as a dose. Most cases are started with 1 teaspoon and the amount increased only if necessary. Children
should be given 1/2 teaspoon, infants 1/4 or less of a teaspoon. Throw away any remaining solution in the dilution glass.

A new dilution solution has to prepared any time a new dose has to be given. Give one single test dose and wait and watch for at least 4 days. If the first dose cause symptoms you already have sufficient action for some time.

If you see no symptoms repeat the dose every 4 days for 3 doses - as long as there are no symptoms. Then repeat the dose once a week. Any time you see the appearance of new symptoms stop the dose. As the epidemic wanes slow down and stop the dose.

Signs After Administration of Dose

At the first sign of symptoms, the remedy should be stopped immediately. This shows that enough medical reaction has been activated to provide protection. Our life force cannot be effected by two similar diseases at the same time. The strong homoeopathic potency will prevent the weaker natural disease from entering the organism. This starts to provide primary protection immediately. Over time the natural resistive power of our life force will provide a secondary protection.

One of the first signs of symptoms through this method is a feeling of malaise, of not feeling quite right, as if one is going to "get sick". You can also see the symptoms in the eyes of the patient which takes on a slight glassy look like a person who is suffering from a disease. Their look and actions reminds one of a person who is going to get sick "tomorrow". If the person just doesn't look or feel right, even if they cannot express exactly what is wrong, it is a sign to stop the remedy and wait and watch. These are signs that the remedy will soon produce symptoms if the dose is continued in the same manner.

If the person aggravates easily it is a sign that the person is very susceptible and would be the first to get sick in an epidemic. Here one must be very careful not to over medicate. If one is using the proper small amount of a medicinal solution that is made, such symptoms should only be from a few hours to 1 to 3 days. They should not pass the fourth day. A symptom that lasts longer than 4 days should be considered significant and carefully managed.

Those individuals who show no reaction to the repetition of the dose usually have little susceptibility to the similar natural disease. Most likely they would not get the natural disease as there is no idiosyncrasy to the remedy.

No sensitivity to the remedy means little susceptibility to the disease. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Dengue fever

If you know of anyone who have Grade 1 dengue fever, give the person according to age (adults=one, children=half, infants=quarter teaspoon) the following dose:

If fever is plus 104 F, give a dose every 2 hours until fever begins to recede. When fever reaches 101 F, give dose every 4 hours. When the temperature is normal, stop giving the remedy.

For Grade 2 and above dengue fever, you need a qualified homeopath to ensure an effective cure.

The good news is, dengue fever is curable!

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Adapted from a letter to Sarwar Ahmed, (syndhaka@bol-online.com) from Dr. David Little, a practicing homeopath. Visit Dr. Little's website on Hahnemannian Homoeopathy and Cyberspace Homoeopathic Academy at http://www.simillimum.com