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Graphites (HMT)
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Graphites (HMT) Reference Specimen
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🧬 Remedy Miasm: Tubercular Miasm
The Tubercular miasm is a combination of Psora and Syphilis. It manifests as a susceptibility to respiratory illnesses, rapid weight loss, and a constant desire for mental and physical change.
📚Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Materia Medica:
This homeopathic remedy profile is compiled directly from the authoritative Materia Medica lectures of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), former head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and a renowned homeopath. It presents clinical insights, comparative analysis, and potency guidelines.
🧠General & Mental Health
▲GENERAL
Graphite has commonly been describe d in reference to the treatment
of heavy, strong and obese women.
But I have not seen it effective in
obesity.
I have used it in various potenc ies but have not seen a single
obese woman getting slim with it.
However it has certainly proven
useful in the treatment of other di seases mentioned in the chapter of
Graphites.
I always use it in potency 200 or over.
I have never used it
in potency 30.
As far as the treatment of obesity is concerned, I have
found the following three remedies most useful: Phytolacca Berry and Fucus.
In Graphites the menses are scanty.
The bleeding lasts for two or
three days and the quantity of the blood loss is also much less.
This is
probably the reason for their tenden cy towards being obese.
Perhaps
Graphites is linked to the treatment of being overweight on this basis.
Once the menstrual cycle becomes normal, one can hope to lose
weight.
The discharges of Graphites patient are usually very sticky.
Eczema of Graphites is recognized on the same basis.
This eczema is
usually found behind the ears, over di fferent areas of the head and
over the joints of the elbows and hands.
There is always some sticky
secretion coming out which subsequen tly changes into a hard scab.
In
Mezereum too, the discharge is stic ky which then turns into a hard
scab, making a sort of cover over the head.
Some young children
develop a severe type of eczema, which bleeds on scratching.
The
condition becomes really troublesome.
The overall symptoms of their
eczema resemble Psorinum as well as Graphites.
This is due to the
latent presence of some sinister substance of a deep-seated illness in
their body.
Whenever I gave Silic ea to the children who, based on
their symptoms require to be treated with it, without any exception the
foul matter bursts open.
This effect of Silicea is well established.
However, if with the treatment of Silicea the foul substances only
surface to the body but are not eliminated, then we must look for
another suitable, similar related medicine.
Next in order to Silicea are
Psorinum and Graphites.
Psorinum often dries up the eczema, yet
sometimes it does not offer complete cure.
The dry skin keeps on
itching, although there is definitely so me relief of symptoms, so much
so that the child can sleep pea cefully at night.
However, the
eczematous skin starts discharging again after some time.
In this
condition, Graphites should also be used as an adjuvant.
It helps to a
certain extent.
Therefore, it is better that the resistant type of illnesses
like eczema should be treated with a number of similarly acting
remedies, complimentary to each other.
If the itching amounts to
restlessness, Arsenic 1000 will also be very useful.
It is especially
very effective against dry eczema.
Even if all the symptoms are not
present, the element of restlessness is such that Arsenic will benefit to
some extent although the relief may only be temporary.
No doubt, the
proper use of Arsenic would be of avail where the patient exhibits
most of the signs and symptoms of Arsenic.
It must be well remembered that the treatment is proper only when the
nature of the medicine, as well as the constitution of the patient, are
properly evaluated and matched.
The assumption that a medicine that
is effective against a particular disease will cure all the patients of that
disease is only wishful thinking.
At the same time it is not necessary
that an effective cure for each di sease has been discovered, or any
doctor has full knowledge about the treatment of every sickness.
Therefore it is not right to prolong the illness of a patient
unnecessarily while the patient is not getting better under the
treatment of one doctor.
One should honestly admit that some other
doctor may be able to offer a better treatment.
There is no harm in
accepting defeat.
The patient shoul d be referred to somebody more
qualified.
Graphites is a very useful dr ug for its own specific kind of eczema f
the patient has other symptoms of Gra phites, then this drug alone will
suffice.
Otherwise, in cases of various types of eczemas (with super-added infections) Graphites is only used as an adjuvant remedy.
If the
skin becomes raw and red, as is the case with early symptoms of
Psoriasis, then Graphites should be prescribed.
This symptom of the
skin is also associated with Silicea.
However, the indication of
Graphites is the sticky exudate oozing from the skin.
Graphites is also very useful for the treatment of cancer.
The
tendency towards the formation of a cancer is in the nature of every
carbon compound.
Having healed, some wounds burst open again and
again and ultimately become cancerous.
Even after surgical removal,
they tend to recur after some time.
In such cases, one should always
remember Graphites s hould be given in potencies 200 or
1000.
The treatment must be repeat ed until the positive effects of
treatment become apparent.
Graphites also has an effect on the muscular system in the body.
Particularly, it has significant effect on the back of the thighs
(hamstring muscles).
The patients w ho feel difficulty in standing or
sitting are of two kinds.
In one group, the movement becomes
difficult due to backache and paraly tic symptoms.
Graphites has no
effect on this group.
In the other group, the muscles have become
tense and contracted , as if they have become shrunk and are neither
stretchable not contractable withou t discomfort.
There is severe
tightness on the back of the thig hs.
This group is amenable to
treatment with Graphites must definitely be tried in this
group even if other particular symptoms of Graphites are absent.
Such
kind of partial treatment becomes necessary on and off.
Graphites is associated with severe constipation.
Faeces pile up in
the distal part of the intestines (rectum) as large hard masses packed in
layers.
When there is generalised inflammation of the intestines,
often, such a patient may get temporary relief from Bryonia.
The
difference between Bryonia and Gra phites is that in Bryonia, the
faeces are generally hard in the be ginning and then become somewhat
softer.
In the case of Graphites, the faeces are and remain hard and
very dry.
The patient remains constipated for several days.
If
diarrhoea starts, the stools become very watery, black and happen to
contain undigested food.
Herpes is a disease in which blisters form along the course of the
nerves.
The skin becomes raw.
The patient feels severe burning
sensation, discomfort and pain.
Herpes is of two types.
Herpes Zoster
or “shingles” appears due to the aff liction of nerves with the virus.
The blisters burst open and prom ote further spread of blister
formation.
The other type of herpes is genital herpes, which results
from improper sexual behaviour.
It tends to recur frequently and is
related to external genitals.
It is a very painful disease.
Once
established, the disease lasts forever.
Graphites has a special merit for
the treatment of this type of herpes .
However, Graphites alone is not
enough.
Some other medicine also needs to be used along with
Graphites.
I have devised a standard formula for the treatment of all
kinds of herpes .
This includes Arnica, Le dum and Arsenic.
This
formula also offers cure for snakebite.
The prescription is very useful
when the pain has started in the previously afflicted snakebite wounds,
associated with burning, sensation of heat and the involvement of
nervous system.
With these medicine s, herpes gets cured fast.
The
genital herpes being very obstinate with the probability of recurrence,
the treatment must be continued for about six months with intervals of
seven to ten days in between.
The patient of Graphites is of cool temperament like th at of Psorinum
and Silicea.
When the medicines of similar temperament and efficacy
are used one after the other, they do not lower the efficacy of one
another.
The drugs help each other in curing the disease.
The patient of Graphites does not lik e the open air, yet leaves the
windows open.
Despite the body being co ld, the draft of cold air does
not bother him, while in most patie nts; the draft of air is also
unbearable.
The Graphites patient dislikes cold.
He feels comforted
with heat, but the internal body h eat resulting from exercise, jogging
or walking intensifies his symptoms.
The symptoms of paralysis are al so found in Graphites.
Like
Causticum, the paralysis of Graph ites affects only certain organs,
especially the lower part of the body.
Graphites is very effective in the
treatment of the paralysis of legs .
It is also of great use in the
treatment of epilepsy devel ops as a result of some serious
deep-seated illness of the body.
Natu rally, its treatment also requires
to be conducted with an appropriate remedy of matching nature and
profound effectiveness.
Graphites is certainly one of those drugs.
Graphites being pure carbon, rese mbles Carbo Veg.
Each carbon
compound may exhibit symptoms of spasms/convulsions.
Carbo Veg
is the best treatment for the painful muscle cramps of the legs.
Once
these cramps lead to the development of epilepsy, and the other
specific symptoms of Graphites being present, Graphites would
certainly work.
The distinctive beauty of Graphites is that if it is
effective against a disease, it will produce excellent results.
The
disease may either completely disappear or rendered so mild that the
epileptic attacks may never recur.
Graphites is an excellent treatment
for depression.
But this symptom alone cannot be enough to arrive at
proper diagnosis, because depression is so common that everybody
seems to have suffered from it at one time or another.
A Graphites
patient is always anxious, sad and de jected.
His mind gets confused.
He loses the ability to think, understand and make decisions.
On
getting up in the morning , the patient becomes dizzy.
The mind is
dulled and the light becomes unbearable.
The eyes burn and become
red with watery secretions.
The sense of smell becomes very sharp.
The patient cannot tolerate the sme ll of the flowers.
The nose is
painful and dry.
The nasal secretions dry up in the form of scales.
The patient feels as if his face is covered with cobwebs.
Itchy kind of
blisters form on the skin.
A wet type of eczema develops around the
mouth and on the chin.
The mouth smells foul.
Blisters with
burning sensation appear on the tongue.
A patient of Graphites usually dislik es meat.
Sweets provoke nausea.
The patient tends to nauseate and vomit after every food.
Women
feel nausea in the morning, during menstruation.
There is a feeling of
pressure and burning sensation over the stomach , increasing the
appetite.
In Graphites, there is severe pain over the neck, shoulders,
back and upper arms .
The backache causes severe weakness.
The
left hand becomes numb and the left arm too.
The fingernails become
thick, black and ugly.
Over the toes, there is a feeling of stiffness
and pinching .
The nails become thick, deformed and are very
painful.
The Graphites ailments become more intense with heat, at night, as
well as during and after the menstruation.
Darkness and covering with
a piece of cloth relieve the symptoms.
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This clinical profile is compiled from: Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad — Homoeopathy: Like Cures Like (English Rendering of Lectures delivered on MTA International). Compiled exclusively in accordance with the clinical insights and Materia Medica of Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra).
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