In the patient's words:
It's only after starting Homeopathic medication at Speciality Clinic that my renal functions have stabilized; and I am very thankful for that. Homeopathy and Speciality Clinic have been a boon for me.

Male/ 62 years
Diagnosis: Chronic Renal Failure

62 year old male patient consulted us with the following complaints:

• Ever-increasing levels of serum creatinine and serum cholesterol
• Hypertension
• Increased frequency of urination at night
• Edema feet
• Giddiness
• Difficulty and stiffness in walking with cracking of the knee joints
• Pain in multiple joints

All these complaints were making him worried and it was a cause of mental torture, he said.

Besides the above problem, he had severe Cervical Spondylitis. The pain was continuous and radiating to the right hand. There was decreased sensation on the right side of the body. He felt nervous and didn't feel like talking when the pain was there.

The patient came from a big joint family. There were 8 brothers and 1 sister in all. Due to poor financial condition of the house, he had to stay with his elder brother (22 years elder to him) for educational purpose. He stayed with him till 23 years of age and didn't get motherly or fatherly love in childhood. There were differences with his sister-in-law but he used to do things the way she liked; it was not a pleasant situation but he didn't want to hurt anybody. Loneliness was constantly there and he never enjoyed his childhood and wept whenever he was alone.

This went on for 12 years; he completed his graduation and took up studying law but was unable to complete it. Then he took up a job and was liked very much by his colleagues. His friends who used to work for the workers' union asked him to join them as he would be able to help the workers to solve their problems. He was very honest and disciplined- he used to do his office work and then the union work. Thus, he was under constant tension for 15 years. But he gave it a tough fight. He said he never gave wrong advice to the staff so that he might gain financially. The company also gave him a promotion but he refused to take it because people would have thought that he was influenced by the authorities and so he got promoted. Due to this, he had to suffer major financial losses.

A very emotional person, he would get hurt easily if someone said something wrong. Yet, he would not react; would keep all things in mind and think of them. His whole body would tremble when he would be angry.

Being very sympathetic, he could not see others suffer; he would go and help those people who genuinely needed help. He liked music and felt better in general after listening to it. Fear of going out alone was a prominent symptom noted during the case. His sleep was disturbed and he had lot of anxious dreams.

The patient was prescribed Mag-Sulph based on the above history. His first follow up was after 4 weeks; he was remarkably better. His frequency of urine at night was reduced by 50%. He did not feel as tired as before and was feeling much refreshed. His creatinine level had not increased further though it was still on the higher side. His sleep was sound and was not disturbed by dreams. He was again seen after 4 months; the serum creatinine which was increasing previously had stabilized now and so was his lipid profile. Over a period of time, his renal function tests showed improvement, his edema reduced and his joint pains were under control. His reports have been summarized below:

In the patient's words:
I am happy after starting treatment with Dr. Shah I am at much peace. My physical complaints have improved and I can move about with ease.

Female/ 59 years
Diagnosis: Chronic Renal Failure

The complaints of Ms. MDT had started about six years back with hypertension and swelling of feet. The patient would get breathlessness on walking, talking or ascending stairs. She had also developed dark pigmentation on the face. Since a year and half she used to get lightening like pains in the back and cramps of the legs. On investigation it was found her creatinine levels were high and Ultrasound (USG) showed renal cyst. She habitual user of tobacco since 1983.
P/H: Pneumonia, Pulmonary tuberculosis, Hysterectomy, Rhinoplasty and Ovarian cyst.

She grew up in a big family with many siblings. Her father was rich and she had four brothers. Unfortunately all her brothers died when she was small. Her parents wished she should have died instead and this shocked her. As a child the patient was very good at studies, but when she was only 13 yrs old she got married. Her husband was 10 yrs older to her and she had her first child when she was 14 yrs.
Currently she is staying with he husband and working in a Bank. She has 2 sons and both are married and settled.

As a person MDT was very sensitive and wept often. She also got angry very easily but does not express her anger and keeps quite. Her husband was very dominating and an angry person by nature. Now she is married for 37 yrs but still fears her husband. All this stress and emotions brought on suicidal thoughts in her, she had even attempted suicide once. The patient could not tolerate noise and contradiction.
She had a generous nature and could give away things easily.
She could not tolerate tight clothes since the beginning and did not like necklace as she felt suffocated by them.
The patient had carving for salt, groundnuts, grams, and sweets.

Patient did not give many details; there was a constant block in communication this block in the communication was compensated by dreams. She had lots of dreams; fathers house, farms, frightful dreams as if somebody is coming to kill her, dreams of dead people, etc. She would wake up startled from sleep at night with fear.

After evaluating her case she was prescribed Nat-mur 200. She was next seen after 6 weeks the swelling on her feet had improved. She was much calmer and her sleep and appetite was better. Over the period of next few months she showed further improvement and her renal functions improved her edema feet has almost recessed. Mentally she was much better and her sleep was sound and her frightful dreams were a rarity now.