Respiratory System Disorders and Therapy From a New - Louis Bolk ...

More documents

Recommendations

Info

document the different methods of homeopathic prescribing and how patients respond. 6.1.1. Therapy for the Consolidating Tendency in Asthma: Relaxation Table 6.1. The characteristics of the consolidating tendency in asthma ASTHMA particularly exacerbations Consolidating tendency Awareness Breathing Muscle tension Metabolic changes Anxiety Barrel chest Increased muscle tone Acidosis Therapeutic Goals a. Not infrequently, anxiety worsens the acute asthma attack. The increased smooth muscle tone in the bronchi is, in part, caused by the anxiety of the patient and those around him. The tendency for anxiety is also present in the chronic patient. The objective is, therefore, to help decrease the anxiety, both in the acute attack and in remission. b. The barrel chest in severe asthmatics and COPD is based on hypertonic muscles that put the chest in an inhalation position. The therapeutic goal is to relax the inhalation position of the thorax. c. The increased muscle tone in asthma can chiefly, but not exclusively, be found in and around the respiratory tract. It is matched by increased activity of the nervous system. Efferent motor nerves innervate the surrounding voluntary muscles of the chest, neck, and abdomen, including the diaphragm. The smooth muscles of the bronchi are activated by the parasympathetic nervous system. Both play an important role in the pathophysiology of hypertonic musculature in asthma. The objective is to achieve a relaxation of the muscle tone of these voluntary and involuntary muscles. The general objective of a, b, and c is to achieve relaxation. d. An existing metabolic acidosis needs to be corrected.
Treatment of the Consolidating Tendency in Asthma a. Anxiety can be treated first and foremost by the calming effect of the physician’s presence. Furthermore, it is important that the physician, by taking appropriate action, reassures the patient and those around them during an acute attack. In periods of remission, patients themselves can manage chronic stress or anxiety by consciously choosing a more relaxed rhythm in their lives, by learning techniques to handle stress and anxiety, and by protecting themselves from their hypersensitivity to impressions. Psychotherapy can greatly support this process of self-education. There is often anxiety due to the ‘consolidating tendency’ in asthma. Acupuncture studies have chiefly been done on the calming effects of anxiety treatment surrounding surgery. These studies show that anxiety can be decreased through acupuncture, particularly with ear acupuncture (Karst 2007; Gioia 2006; Pilkington 2007). In these studies, acupuncture is compared in a group of patients who were given fake acupuncture pricks in the ear versus a group who were pricked at the actual, verum points. There was clearly more effect in the true acupuncture group than in the control group who were pricked at fake points. In another study, the effect of acupuncture on anxiety in asthma appears positive, especially if the acupuncture is administered by a trusted person (Mehl-Madrona 2007). It is, thus far, unclear whether or not this suppression of the anxiety in asthma is caused purely by the acupuncture itself or if it is chiefly due to the evolved trust in the therapist. Anxiety is a good indication for such homeopathic medications as Aconitum, Arsenicum album, and Phosphorus. Phosphorus can be used for anxious patients who can lie on their right side but not on their left. Asthma attacks that are accompanied by mortal terror specifically require the medications Aconitum and Arsenicum album (Piltan, 2007). If the attacks occur around midnight (12.00-2.00 AM) and the patient does not want to be left alone, we can give Arsenicum album. Aconitum is particularly useful after catching cold. (Boericke/Phatak ed. 2005) b. The barrel chest is positively affected by working on the hypertonic muscle groups in the torso and limbs. The hypertonic voluntary muscles can best be relaxed by moving Bolk’s Companions RespiRatoRy system DisoRDeRs anD theRapy - 79
Page 1 and 2:
I N S T I T U T E Respiratory Syste
Page 3:
Respiratory System Disorders and Th
Page 6 and 7:
Contents Acknowledgments 6 Preface
Page 8 and 9:
Acknowledgments This Companion was
Page 10 and 11:
1. Introduction This Companion for
Page 12 and 13:
2. Clinical Signs and Symptoms in P
Page 14 and 15:
c. Her muscle tone is increased thr
Page 16 and 17:
Conclusion: In the acute asthma att
Page 18 and 19:
2.3. The Third Patient: Acute Airsp
Page 20 and 21:
2.3.2. Pathophysiology of Bacterial
Page 22 and 23:
2.4.1. The Physiological Healing Pr
Page 24 and 25:
dissolution. These diversions can l
Page 26 and 27:
Table 2.1. Pathophysiological chara
Page 28 and 29:
3. Characterization of Asthma and P
Page 30 and 31: 3.1.2. Breathing Problems The time
Page 32 and 33: Cough Sometimes, a persistent, dry,
Page 34 and 35: Muscle Ache The increased muscle to
Page 36 and 37: 3.1.4. Metabolic Changes Acidosis C
Page 38 and 39: Seasonal Influences The relation be
Page 40 and 41: it were, dynamically poisoned by th
Page 42 and 43: ut is normally different in the liv
Page 44 and 45: Abrogated Inhalation A patient with
Page 46 and 47: 3.2.4. Changed Awareness Sleepiness
Page 48 and 49: for years, if not a lifetime (fig.2
Page 50 and 51: Just think of the interface between
Page 52 and 53: Jetlag Who does not know the phenom
Page 54 and 55: Dissolving tendency Fig. 3.5. The d
Page 56 and 57: 4. Other Inflammatory Disease of th
Page 58 and 59: 4.3. Hay Fever Hay fever is accompa
Page 60 and 61: Lung fibrosis can be seen as an “
Page 62 and 63: developed acute asthma attacks as a
Page 64 and 65: factors: anxiety to meet certain pe
Page 66 and 67: In asthma, • There is an intensif
Page 68 and 69: from the mesoderm in the yolk sac v
Page 70 and 71: Fig. 5.2. Relation between ventilat
Page 72 and 73: 5.4. A Dynamic Concept of Disease M
Page 74 and 75: complementary medications and thera
Page 76 and 77: Classical, individual homeopathy is
Page 78 and 79: Infection/Injury Acute Fase Reactio
Page 82 and 83: them rhythmically. Normally, the in
Page 84 and 85: 6.1.2. Therapy for the Hyperreactiv
Page 86 and 87: we may consider Pulsatilla. Sulphur
Page 88 and 89: If the patient is exhausted, bother
Page 90 and 91: In fig. 6.2., a dynamic diagram sho
Page 92 and 93: 6.2.1. Therapy for the Dissolving D
Page 94 and 95: c. Treatment of the rising fever by
Page 96 and 97: d. Excess exudate is secreted in pn
Page 98 and 99: 6.2.3. Therapy for the Decreased Re
Page 100 and 101: The various treatment modalities th
Page 102 and 103: Sarcoidosis of the lung is a diseas
Page 104 and 105: Fig. 7.2. Rhythm in nature: sand an
Page 106 and 107: already observed in fever. This als
Page 109 and 110: Appendix Therapeutic Methods The me
Page 111 and 112: 2009; Chernyshov et al 2000; Kienle
Page 113 and 114: systematically noted and which can
Page 115 and 116: Study of Medicine. Louis Bolk Insti
Page 117 and 118: 10.1186/1472-6882-7-10. Hamre HJ, W
Page 119 and 120: Nishijo K, Mori H, Yosikawa K, Yaza
Page 121 and 122: BOLK’S COMPANIONS FOR THE STUDY O
Page 123 and 124: The Healing Process I N S T I T U T
show all

Respiratory System Disorders and Therapy From a New - Louis Bolk ...

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?