The lady had excruciating pains in the knees. She tried all sorts of ointments, something which Kent warns us against. He says in his Lectures on the Materia Medica
Rheumatism that goes from the lower to the upper limbs. Not uncommonly you will meet such things. These "rubbers" that go around the streets with a strong liniment and considerable magnetism frequently do cause a rheumatism to leave the knee joint, and when it does that, the heart is likely to be the organ that suffers.
Then Kalmia, Aurum, Bryonia, Rhus tox., Ledum, Calc. and Abrotanum, and sometimes Cactus, are remedies that prove suitable for such cardiac affections. Rheumatic affections that are driven away in this manner are changed without being cured. The people cannot realize the danger, of merely removing symptoms. Every removal that is not in accordance with cure affects the centres of man, that is the heart and brain.
One of the ointment was so 'effective' that the knee pains disappeared. And the disease condition moved to the heart. She started having pains in the heart and high blood pressure.
That is when the lady consulted a leading allopathic cardiologist. The good doctor prescribed so good a medicine that the heart pains subsided. But a few days later the lady contacted pneumonia which later turned to tuberculosis.
The allopath promptly precribed the allopathic drug for TB; 4 capsules a day early in the morning, to be taken for nine months!
The lady took the capsules diligently for two days, then started vomiting.
It was then the family came to me. After understanding her case history, I realised that the TB was a result of the suppression of her knee pain. The aim was to bring back the knee pains. Otherwise the lady was moving deathward. (Pathology moving from less important parts to more vital ones. Prafull Vijayakar explains this in his Predictive Homoeopathy: Part 1).
The cure had to be TB>Back to heart preoblem>Knee rheumatism. If things moved that way, I could be sure, the lady would be saved. Hering's direction of cure. That would be real cure.
Kent mentions certain remedies for heart trouble arising from suppressing rheumatism of the knees. And out of them only Aurum Met is indicated for sycotic tuberculosis in Murphy's Repertory.
I promptly precribed Aurum met 200C to be given once a week. The lady's condition started aggravating. Even after some time things did not improve. I reduced the potency. I made it Aurum met 30C one dose every third day. I permitted her to continue taking the TB capsules but in a reduced dose.
Within a month her tuberculosis had subsided and her heart pains started. I told the lady to continue with Aur 30C.
After some days, the heart pains stopped and her knees starting aching again. The TB report said she was cured.
The lady complained about the knee pains. I explained to her that it either that or she could have the high blood pressure and TB back!
The lady wisely agreed to take the knee pains.
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