Key Symptoms & General Uses of Tuberculinum in English & Urdu Languages (Materia Medica)
Tuberculinum is a nosode derived from TB material. The proving of this medicine has been conducted by administering it to healthy individuals in homeopathy. Almost all medicines in homeopathy are tested on healthy humans to obtain symptoms, but symptoms of this medicine have been obtained by testing it on patients. Doctors Kent, Swan, and Brent conducted experiments with Tuberculinum on numerous patients and obtained its symptoms. In this materia medica related post of cliniconline.pk we shall discuss the main symptoms ad key uses of Tuberculinum in detail with references of famous homeopathic doctors and their experiences. In my personal practice i almost daily use Tuberculinum on chronic patients of flu and related symptoms. Lets discover the Tuberculinum.
General use of Tuberculinum:
Like other nosodes, this medicine is also used as a prophylactic measure, meaning it is administered as a preventive medicine to patients with a family history or past personal history of TB.
Preventive use for TB:
It is also used as a preventive medicine for TB prevention.
In addition to this, it is also used in viral flu and coughs, yielding excellent results.
Tuberculinum works best for patients with a history of pneumonia and whooping cough.
It is beneficial for patients who catch a cold with slight exposure to cold or seasonal changes.
For patients whose symptoms keep changing and despite best efforts, the patient is not getting better, administering Tuberculinum and repeating the case after some time and giving the medicine again will lead to the patient’s recovery.
Guiding Symptoms & Uses of Tuberculinum (Urdu & English)
Mental Signs and Personality of Tuberculinum
People with Tuberculinum often appear to be well-behaved and courteous at one moment, exhibiting qualities of balance and maturity. However, in the next moment, they can be envious and prone to malice, viewing life with a cynical mindset and passing through it with dissatisfaction. They are never content with themselves, always desiring completion of their tasks and seeking change in every moment, yet they harbor a sense of uncertainty and irritability.
Restless Youth
Youthful individuals lacking in contentment often exhibit unnecessary rudeness, even to their own detriment.
Struggles of Tuberculinum Patients
Patients of Tuberculinum face significant challenges, making it difficult for others to live alongside them. They tend to be resentful and spiteful.
Self-Centeredness
Patients of this remedy are self-centered, seeking only their own comfort, which they rarely find.
Constant Desire for Change
Individuals desiring constant change often switch professions, jobs, attire, and other things, wandering from place to place out of a longing to travel, sometimes out of necessity.
Frailty and Nervousness
Patients with frail, nervous constitutions feel their lives slipping away, thus hastening to complete their tasks swiftly.
Intense Sexual Desires
Those with intense sexual desires also desire change in their sexual affairs.
Fear of Cats and Dogs
Children of Tuberculinum often exhibit an unfounded fear of cats and dogs. Such children tend to be dissatisfied, often instigating destructive actions. They find pleasure in breaking important things.
Unruly Behavior with Mothers
Children showing disrespectful behavior towards their mothers often tear families apart and sow discord within them.
Importance of Calcium for Rickets
Children deficient in calcium suffer from Rickets, an important remedy for which is Tuberculinum.
Dr. Jay Surya’s Work
Dr. Jay Surya successfully treated over 400 children suffering from bronchopneumonia with a single dose of Tuberculinum. Among them, 399 recovered completely, while one succumbed to severe complications and suffered from multiple ailments.
Best Remedy for Recurrent Tonsillitis
Tuberculinum is the best remedy for recurrent tonsillitis in children.
Other Important Signs of Tuberculinum
Tuberculinum is a powerful remedy that can be indicated for various diseases if the patient has a history of tuberculosis or specific symptoms of Tuberculinum.
Drying Up of Diarrhea
When diarrhea dries up quickly in children.
Shiny Nails
Nails shining excessively. Dr. P. Sankaran diagnosed a case of Tuberculinum in a patient’s family history when the patient was denying it. When the patient asked her mother if anyone in their family had tuberculosis, her mother confirmed that she had tuberculosis.
Vital Remedy for Lunatics
Tuberculinum is the primary remedy for lunatics, followed by Medorrhinum.
Preference for Fatty Foods
Patients of Tuberculinum prefer fatty, spicy foods, enjoy spiced meat, prefer pork, and crave ice cream, often sweating profusely at night to the extent that their clothes become wet.
Additional Symptoms
The indications of this medicine increase when:
There is a change in weather from a cold, damp season to a windy one, before a storm.
Both intensity of heat and cold.
From the wind (lexus).
By wetting.
In the spring season.
From general cold.
Increased symptoms from motion.
Standing (Sulphur).
Lying on the right side.
Emotionally susceptible to grief, sorrow, and mental excitement from thinking about trivial matters.
From exhaustion.
Bathing.
From eating meat, milk, eggs (Sulphur).
From fat (Sulphur, Sulphuricum Acidum).
From pork (Medorrhinum).
From fruit, pork meat (Medorrhinum), potato (Sulphur, Elum).
From sweets, vinegar, etc., symptoms increase.
Diminishing Symptoms:
From fresh air, cold air, riding in cold air (Argentum Nitricum Plastilina).
During the evening.
Symptoms lessen from walking compared to standing, but intense exhaustion occurs from walking, with sweating (Nitrum Muriaticum Restacks).
The more sweating, the more pain increases. Sweat from every little effort, but there is no relief (Merck’s Sulfur Pajinum).
Symptoms decrease from bathing in hot water, and movement and symptoms from heat reduce.
Relationship of Medicines:
Clarke suggests that Baryta Carbonica and Tuberculinum are similar to each other and can be substituted for one another. Tuberculinum works better in dry regions, while Baryta Carbonica is more effective in humid regions. Tuberculinum should be given to warm-natured patients and Baryta Carbonica to cold-natured patients.
If Belladonna’s symptoms occur, and giving it leads to transient aggravation, then Tuberculinum should be given, and if symptoms worsen from it as well, then generally Natrum Muriaticum is required (Hahnemann’s).
There is a very close relationship between Calcarea Carbonica and Tuberculinum; both often alternate.
Also, there is a deep relationship between Silicea and Tuberculinum.
If weakness persists after a cold, Tuberculinum and Aviare are the best remedies (Hahnemann’s). Scotileria,
Supplementary Medicines:
Calcarea Carbonica, Calcarea Phosphorica, Calcarea Iodide, Phosphorus, Plumbum, Sepia, Thuja.
Complementary Medicines:
Calcarea Carbonica, Kali Sulphuricum, Sepia (Booger), Sulphur, Sulphur, Sulphur (Eileen).
Acute Medicines:
Aconitum, Belladonna (Eileen).
Potency of Medicine:
From 30 to cm.
For the effects of colds and influenza, 30, 200, 1m potencies are the best (Dr. Clarke).
Summary
In short, Tuberculinum, derived from TB material, has been tested on healthy individuals in homeopathy to obtain its symptoms, which were further confirmed through patient trials by Doctors Kent, Swan, and Brent. It is used as a preventive medicine for TB, especially in individuals with a family or personal history of the disease. Additionally, it is effective in treating viral flu, coughs, pneumonia, and whooping cough.
Mentally, Tuberculinum patients exhibit a complex personality, alternating between maturity and envy, often dissatisfied with life and themselves. Restless youth, self-centeredness, and a constant desire for change are common traits. Children may exhibit irrational fears, unruly behavior, and a preference for fatty foods. Tuberculinum is indicated when symptoms worsen with changes in weather, exertion, or specific foods, while symptoms may diminish with rest or certain temperatures.
It shares similarities with Baryta Carbonica and Calcarea Carbonica and can be complementary to Natrum Muriaticum or Silicea. Additionally, other remedies such as Calcarea Phosphorica and Sepia can complement its effects. Potencies ranging from 30c to 1m are recommended for various ailments, with higher potencies preferred for colds and influenza. We have also given the summary about key symptoms and uses of Tuberculinum in Urdu language on this page in image format.
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