After five days, her bleeding stopped completely.
At a Glance
Age: A forty-seven-year-old woman
Main Concern: continuous severe vaginal bleeding
Duration: the previous six months before the consult
Medical Consultations: She had seen two gynecologists
Diagnosis / Finding: a large uterine fibroid
Recommendation: both recommended surgery to remove a large uterine fibroid
Decision: She refused the surgery.
Remedy: Pulsatilla
Potency: one dose of 1M
After Five Days: her bleeding stopped completely
Case 2
Forty-seven-year-old woman severe severe vaginal bleeding
The Case
A forty-seven-year-old woman came to see me about continuous severe vaginal bleeding, which had occurred for the previous six months before the consult. She had seen two gynecologists; both recommended surgery to remove a large uterine fibroid. She was given no alternative. She refused the surgery.
The Remedy
The patient showed clear symptoms of Pulsatilla. I prescribed Pulsatilla one dose of 1M.
After 5 days
After five days, her bleeding stopped completely.
Reflection
No matter how uncomplicated the case, I always worry about the outcome. In both case 1 and case 2, the clients’ symptoms were severe, but they showed clear pictures of an indicated remedy. This means that the pathology was not very deep. Again, I cite an insightful planation from Kent:
“In proportion as the pathology progresses, the signs and symptoms decrease.”
[Kent’s New Remedies, Clinical Cases, Lesser Writings, Aphorisms and Precepts, Clinical Cases, Part II – Lesser Writings]