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dr reckeweg products - r21 / r23

I have a question about Dr Reckeweg's products. My Dr has given me R21 and R23 for my chronic eczema. R23 initialy helped but 4 months (taken 3 times a day) on, my skin is unbearable. The Dr has changed this to R21 but this is made it watery , sticky and Im unable to cope. I have temporarily stopped the medication (since Thursday) for a few days and started taking sulphur instead for about 4 days(since saturday, with Dr's advice) to help the skin to calm down but it hadnt made much difference. I dont have much knowledge of homeopathic medicine but my understanding is that homeopathic medicine is individual to the persons's symtoms, feelings, state of mind etc. There are so many different medications out there to help a problem, take eczema alone, I know of sulphur, dulcamara, pulsatilla, etc. Therefore I's like to know how can hoemepoaths prescribe ready made products by Dr Reckeweg to fiz a problem, surely they will need to take into account the above. What if R21 or R23 is not the right medication to cure eczema for a patient and he/she needs something entirely different? Any advice on the above would be useful.My eczema had got so bad that I cant even go outside, have no energy and depressed (have recently resigned from work as well). Thanks.
 
  Henna on 2010-06-28
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
dear henna,
you have hit the the bulls eye ,i have started a new thread and invited the comments of our learned members,these combinations may help some body and may not help others,if there are remedies which present a similimum for the patient they are sure to help and vice versa,this is my opinion,i invite and open for further development of thought process.the link is http://abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/231741/
one more thing in a combination,there are always some remedies which are not indicated for a patient,in that case he may feel better but may come up with newer problems.
you can see the topic of reckweg
 
bapu4 last decade
Dear Bapu4

Sorry I didnt realise you had already started a thread on Dr Reckeweg.

Will be interesting to see response from homeopathic Doctors on this.

Thanks Henna
 
Henna last decade
I AM PASTING HERE THE TREATMENT FOR YOUR BENEFIT
'I have treated several cases of die hard eczema systematically with following method:

If patient lives in temperate and humid place Arnica-30 should be tried and if Arnica-30 fails or patient does not live in temperate and humid place:

Start with:

Petroleum 30
One weekly dose.

If it does not work
Next week one weekly dose of
1. Graphites 30
2. Petroleum 30
Each medicine on separate day.

If still it does not work satisfactory
Next week one weekly dose of
1. Graphites 30
2. Petroleum 30
3. Sulphur 30
Each medicine on separate day.

If still it does not work satisfactory
Next week one weekly dose of
1. Graphites 30
2. Petroleum 30
3. Sulphur 30
4. Alumina 30
Each medicine on separate day.

If still it does not work satisfactory
Next week one weekly dose of
1. Graphites 30
2. Petroleum 30
3. Sulphur 30
4. Alumina 30
5. Sepia 30
Each medicine on separate day.



If still it does not work satisfactory
Next week one weekly dose of
1. Graphites 30
2. Petroleum 30
3. Sulphur 30
4. Alumina 30
5. Sepia 30
6. Psorinum-30
Each medicine on separate day.




The reason for multiple medicines is that a medicine taken may work very slowly and results might be apparent after few weeks time but patient gives up on the medicine and moves along to next line of treatment.
Indeed this happens almost always.

I bet my life that after six weeks, either eczema would be gone or a significant visible permanent improvement would happen. This is the way I am treating my eczema patients these days. (Of course with great success)
 
bapu4 last decade
this treatment is not mine it is on of our very learned and experienced member dr.kuldeep
 
bapu4 last decade
Dear Bapu4

Many thanks for your email.
I live in the UK so I guess I should just start with petroleum and not arnica?

You mentioned one weekly dose? Does that mean about 10 drops only once a week for each medication on different days?
If any impovement is shown within a week then do I just continue on the existing weekly does and not add the new medicine?

I have chronice eczema with alot of food allergies as well. :( can anything be done about those?

Many thanks for your help. look forward to hearing from you.
BTW where are you based, are you by any chance in the UK?
 
Henna last decade
you are wel come,
no i am from bombay,india if you are not living in humid area, you can start with petrol 30, one dose means 4-5 globules or 4-5 drops of liquid.
 
bapu4 last decade
ya ,you have to stop adding new remedies when you notice improvement and continue that combination only.
 
bapu4 last decade
Thank you Bapu4

What about food allergies, I seem to react to too many foods.

Will the allergies get better when the eczema gets better or are you able to treat that?
 
Henna last decade
Also forgot to ask is eczema supposed to get worse before it gets better in homeopathic treatment? (apparently - if it causes aggrevation then its the right treatment). Ive heard this so many times, yet you have advised that one should notice improvement on a weekly basis?
 
Henna last decade
you have suffered enough,now there should be improvement only,petroleum is a slow acting rmedy,it may show effect after 10 days also.you continue the regime as per schedule.
 
bapu4 last decade
Sorry for asking you so many questions. I use vaseline (peroleum jelly) on my skin, will this affect the petroleum medication?
 
Henna last decade
no,meanwhile you can fill up your case history as per your convenience on standard format of this forum
 
bapu4 last decade
Please copy the Questionnaire from the following thread
http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/188925/
and post all the questions here duly answered. On that basis your remedy may be worked out.
 
kadwa last decade
My daughter has bad eczema around her neck and is spreading to her face now. We have tried all kind of herbal creams and cordizones but no permanent relief. Few weeks ago I came across your remedy of Petroleum, Graphite, Sulphur, Alumina etc listed in this thread. This is the start of 4th week but so far itching and inflammation has only gotten worst. Is this expected? Is there any side effect for these medicine?
 
makrani last decade
Yes there are side effects from homoeopathy, especially when multiple medicines are used at one time. You must stop this treamtent immediately before you make your daughter' eczema worse, possibly more difficult to cure or even treat.

There are hundreds of known homoeopathic medicines for eczema - the specific one your daughter needs can only be deterined by taking a detailed case.

I treat eczema quite frequently in clinic.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Where is your clinic? I am on the west coast of BC in Canada. The treatment I was referring to is in this thread and is by bapu4. His post suggested this as a guranteed cure, or did I read it wrong?
 
makrani last decade
You cannot be guaranteed a cure in homoeopathy unless the principles of our medicine are followed closely. Prescribing multiple remedies without taking a proper and full case based on merely the name of the condition, is almost the complete opposite approach to the homoeopathic one. Homeoopathy is not like orthodox medicine at all, attempting to make it work that way is quite problematic.

Even when following the principles, there are failures. Human health is tricky, one must often overcome a variety of obstacles to cure. The philosophy guides us through many of those obstacles, and it requires intelligence and patience from both practitioner and patient.

Unfortunately my clinic is in Australia so I am not close enough to help. Eczema in children or adults usually isn't easy to cure, it takes time and cautious dosing to avoid aggravation of the skin.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade

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