Regarding GERD - Attn Dr.Joe

I believe that the reason for your GERD not being cured is because you have not used the Nat Phos 6x tablets dose 2-4 tablets after meals. The Arnica 30c in the Wet dose is designed to rebuild the inner tissue of the Esophagus which is obviously badly eroded by the gastric juice. You have already experienced the relief that you get from the Arnica but it is just the fact that you have not prevented the build up of acid that seems to be filling up in your stomach after every meal that you are experiencing that burning of your throat which in time can be very serious unless treated.

You have inquired whether it is safe to take Arnica in the Wet dose daily and you may like to know that I have taken it myself since 1996 nightly and am convinced that I owe my present state of good health to its use at my advanced age of 80 years with a BP of

You will notice some improvement in your GERD status in the next few days.

The pain which you complain of near your ear is some reflex pain from your Esophagus which I believe is communicated through a nerve to your ear.

I have noticed that some members feel that they can impose on the goodwill of the consultants on this and other forums by needlessly repeating their questions which have already been answered by the prescriber.

In your case I have already replied your original query on April 3 and again last night. I notice that you have posed the same question again without, I presume reading my reply and perhaps not even having taken the medication that was originally prescribed.

You must understand that we who try to help patients who post their ailments on this and other forums are not paid to help them and do so purely on a voluntary basis as I have done for the last 15 years.

It is time that persons like you appreciate the dedication that we display by helping patients to be cured of their ailments and NOT impose your questions again and again, all of which impose on our time. You may like to know that I am not a qualified Homeopath but have the experience of about 40 years in helping others with my own form of Homeopathy which is also referred to by the classical homeopaths as 'Joepathy'. Homeopathy to me is only a Hobby to which I am passionately dedicated at my advanced age of 80+ years and I hope that you will appreciate this fact.

I could well have ignored your post and saved myself the time that I am now expending on typing this protest you but I felt that I should register my protest so that you and others like you will realize that our service in curing is purely voluntary and we do not therefore expect to be imposed upon by the patient.

It is interesting to note that even after my last post to you, you do not seem to have read my post to you of April 3 fully and understood it. I presume therefore as a result that you have not taken the 2 remedies that I prescribed which I shall copy below:

'I believe that the reason for your GERD not being cured is because you have not used the Nat Phos 6x tablets dose 2-4 tablets after meals. The Arnica 30c in the Wet dose is designed to rebuild the inner tissue of the Esophagus which is obviously badly eroded by the gastric juice.

You have already experienced the relief that you got from the Arnica but it is just the fact that you have not prevented the build up of acid that seems to be filling up in your stomach after every meal that you are experiencing that burning of your throat which in time can be very serious unless treated. '

You responded on April 4:

re: regarding gerd - attn dr.joe

From KumaranKumaran on 2010-04-04

Dear Dr.Joe,

Thanks a lot for your reply.
I'll follow what you said and get back to you in about months time.

By the way, I am feeling pain near ear(lower part) because of this reflex. Can you suggest any medicine for this?

Thanks a lot....

Regards,
Kumaran

Here is my reply:

re: regarding gerd - attn dr.joe

From Joe De Livera on 2010-04-04

You will notice some improvement in your GERD status in the next few days.

The pain which you complain of near your ear is some reflex pain from your Esophagus which I believe is communicated through a nerve to your ear.

You stated in your post of today:

'In the response(on the 3rd) you answered my first question but not the second one. I can guess my ear pain might be connected to Reflux but my pain is so intense that I expecting some sort of pain killer or reliever from you. As I didn't see any response from you I asked it...whats wrong in that???'



If you still cannot read and understand what I have advised in response to your question about the pain in your ear, I can only suggest that you request someone else to read my advice and to repeat it to you in a more simplified English that you can understand.

The first sentence in your post of today reads:

'I read your last post and on repeated questions !! Quite surprised and annoyed after reading it. '

You are free to be surprised and annoyed at my last post to you but I refuse to accept your irrational and insulting attitude when the least that I could have expected was an apology from you for not having read and understood my instructions and used my therapy.

I repeat again that we the consultants on this Forum freely extend a service of healing which in my case I do because it gives me deep satisfaction to cure patients like you who have suffered from GERD for 3 years during which time you would obviously consulted many doctors and perhaps even homeopaths, all of whom were not able to help you.

I regret that I have no more time nor the patience for people like you who are both irrational and insulting and regret that you leave me with no alternative but to withdraw from your case.


Joe De Livera
Colombo