Insulinum - An Understanding

Insulin is an aqueous solution of an active principle from pancreas which affects sugar metabolism. If administered at suitable intervals in diabetes mellitus, the blood sugar is maintained at a normal level and the urine remains free of sugar. It is found in islets of langerhans in pancreas of animals hence it is a sarcode.

The credit for proving this sarcode goes to Drs., William F Baker, S.K. Ghosh and L. Scheepers, K.P. Muzumdar, and  (miss) K. H. Matani.

History of Insulinum and cautions: - Long before the discovery of Insulin Dr. Pierre Jousset of Paris prepared a pancreatic juice on a glycerin base, which he administered to diabetic patients in doses of 10 or 20 drops a day in water and had results sufficiently good to consider pancreatic juice, orally administered, as a remedy of great value in Diabetes Mellitus. Dr. Cartier, practical successor praised it but insisted on smaller doses as large doses orally or hypodermic injections of it had no effect in ordinary Diabetes. Dr. William F. Baker advised the homeopathic strength of Insulin 3^rd to 30^th and reported happier results there from. Great Care must be taken not to overdose. Dr. William Boericke says that it maintains the blood sugar at a normal level and the urine remains free of sugar. Epileptic convulsions and mental derangements have been produced by hypodermic use of the hormone. 

Besides use of Insulin in the treatment of Diabetes Mellitus, restores the ability to oxidize carbohydrates and again storing the glycogen in the liver, some use of it homeopathically has been made by Dr. William F. Baker, showing its applicability in acne, carbuncles, erythema with itching eczema. It is useful in gouty transitory glycouria with skin manifestations when given three times daily after eating. Given a persistent case of skin irritation, boils or varicose ulceration with polyuria, if administered at suitable intervals in Diabetes Mellitus, the blood sugar is maintained at a suitable level and the urine remains free of sugar. Over dosage is followed by weakness, fatigue tremulousness and profuse sweating.

Diabetes Mellitus: - It is evident that we should not ignore Insulinum and we should use it in homeopathy according to the habitual methods. But we should avoid it to give frequently and we should not give it in gross doses because of its dangers. It should be prescribed in grave cases of Diabetes Mellitus, in lean and thin consumptive patients and also in coma and in menace of coma as a remedy of urgency. But we know also how to use diluted Insulin either in lower dilutions 1x or 3x in the same sense of natural product but it should be used orally, or in medium dilutions, or in high dilutions as check, or regulator as it is done in France by Martini, and in America by William F. Baker. 

It especially affects the following parts of the human body:
Perihepatorium; Upper digestive tract; Mucus memberanes; Nutritional and absorptional process; Blood; Cellular tissue; Ears and Skin.

It is principally useful in TUBERCULAR AILMENTS; ULCERATIONS; SUPPURATIONS and TORPIDITY.

Strong Indications: -

• Enlarged liver with suppurative conditions such as chronic suppurative otitis media, boils, carbuncles, sinuses, suppurative tubercular glands but with enlarged liver.

• Enlarged liver with chronic diarrhoea. THE MORE CHRONIC IS THE DIARHHOEA THE MORE INSULINUM IS INDICATED.

•  Enlarged liver with chronic eczema. In some cases of eczema with chronic disorders of liver. It is a great reactive remedy in ALLERGIC ECZEMA.

• Infantile liver when there is great tenderness.

• Ailments with emaciation, debility, enlarged liver, when the indicated remedy does not react.

  Causes, diseases and Characteristic symptoms:

• Enlarged liver with chronic toxicity after typhoid, pneumonia.

• Liver is enlarged but not tender or painful. Tongue coated white.

• Intermittent fever with foul breathe.

• Chronic functional derangement of liver. Chronic suppurative otitis media with enlarged liver.

• Hunger pains of duodenal ulcer.

• Chronic otorrhoea and mastoditis in emaciated children with thin pus with enlarged liver and sequlae of acute infections.

• Obstinate acne.

• Vertigo worse fasting, hunger, anger, looking up, moving.

• Tongue white coated. Fetor oris.

• Headache from constipation.

GENERALTIES: -

Patient is debilitated. Asthenia. Broken down constitution from acute infections or suppurations.

Craving for sweets. Varacious appetite. Emaciation with loose bowls. Pain all over the body worse when constipated. Worse cold weather. Feels as if constipated. Weakness worse after stool.

REPERTORY: (Gradation: Ordinary letters denote , bold 2, and CAPITAL 3)

1. Face, eruptions, acne.                                                                           
2. Abdomen, liver and region of liver, complaints of, chronic.                     
3. Urine, acetenouria.                                                                      
4. Urine, copious.
5. Extremities, joints, gouty.
6. Skin, eruptions, boils.
7. Skin, eruptions, carbuncle.
8. Skin, eruptions, eczema.
9. Skin, eruptions, eczema, itching.
10. Skin, eruptions, erythema.
11. Generals, blood vessels, complaints, of.
12. Generals, diabetes mellitus.
13. Generals, diabetes mellitus, accompanied by, carbuncle.
14. Generals, diabetes mellitus, accompanied by, boils,
15. Generals, diabetes mellitus, accompanied by, eczema.
16. Generals, diabetes, accompanied by, eczema, itching.
17. Generals, diabetes mellitus, insulin dependant.
18.  Generals, varicose veins, ulcers.

VAN ZANDVOORTS R., COMPLETE REPORTORY  (RADAR 10.2 ): -

1. Mind, DISCOURAGED.
2. Abdomen, liver and region.
3. Abdomen, cancer, liver.
4. Kidneys, suppression of urine, anuria.
5. Skin, eruptions, boils, carbuncle, eczema.
6. Generals, Cholestrol, increased.

MURPHY'S REPERTORY (RADAR 10.2 )

1. Mind, DISCOURAGE.
2. Disease, Acetenouria.

COMBINED REPERTORY (ISIS - MAIN) V. 200,0006 by MICCANT CONTROL CENTRE.

1. Pupils, contracted.
2. Taste, bitter, drinking, after.
3. Stomach, pain, lancinating.
4. Kidneys, Acetonuria.
5. Erections, Continued.
6. Erections, Pollutions, during.
7. Erections, pollutions, without.
8. Pollutions, erections, with.
9. Pain, lancinating, dorsal region.
10. Pain, lancinating, dorsal, scapulae, between.

BOERICKES'S REPERTORY (ISIS MAIN) VS 00.0006 BY MICCANT CONTROL CENTRE

1. Mania, erotomania, (nymphomania).
2. Headached, local, occipital.
3. Headache, semilateral, hemicrania.
4. Vertigo (dizziness).
5. Vision, diplopia (double vision).
6. Redness
7. Tonsils, inflamed, (tonsillitis), acute.
8. Hiccough, (singultus).
9. Hypochondria, pain in right side.
10. yphilitis, appendicitis.
11. Meatus, itching.
12. Urethra, itching.
13. Desire increased.
14. Spermatorrhoea, sexual debility.
15. Spermatorrhoea, with rheumatic pains.
16. Testicles, pain, bruised, crushed, sequeezed.
17. Testicles, pain in general.
18. Back, coldness.
19. Back, lameness, stiffness.
20. Back, Pain, bruised.
21. Extremities, lame, stiffness.
22. Extremities, pain, cramplike, constricting.
23. Extremities, weakness, debility.
24. Fingers, burning.
25. Hand, enlarged feeling.
26. Joints, cracking on motion.
27. Joints, cracking, pain, drawing, tense.
28. Joints, stiff.
29. Loins, lumbago.
30. Rheumatic, articular, acute, rheumatic pain.
31. Thighs, legs, eruptions.
32. Thighs, legs, heaviness.
33. Adynemia, from excesses, vital drains.
34. Neuralgia, worse night.
35. Sciatica.

# "Do you have the confidence to use the nosodes? Or do you prefer to treat safely on the familiar ground of the classical remedies? Nosodes are not small remedies but "deep speaking unto deep". May I suggest that if you find any mention of a nosode in the course of repertorisation that it may be the one that will best to use intercurrently as a part of the treatment project."

"Perfection is an attitude of God, and to that extent is God Himself, and as He is perfect, so has He shaped all things in perfection. Imperfection is contradictory to His Nature and contrary to all that is required of us in our relations with man as well as with HIM."
                                                                                                                    ....... Dr. R.A. Phelan, M.D.

 Reference:

1. Dewey W.A., Practical Homeopathic Therapeutics, 1^st Indian Edition, 1960, Published by M. Bhattacharya, Calcutta.
2. Mathur, K.N., Systematic Material Medica of Homeopathic Remedies, 1^st edn, 1972, Published by B. Jains, New Delhi.
3. Tarkas P. Ishwardas, Ajit Kulkarni, A Select Homeopathic Materia Medica, Revised and augmented edition, 2002, Published by B. Jains, New Delhi.
4. Boericke William, New Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory, Augmented edition based on 9^th edition, 200 , Published by B. Jains, New Delhi.
5. Sukerkar, Muzumdar and Matani, their experiences on Insulinum.
6. Bernoville, Diabetes Mellitus, ISIS - MAIN, V. 00, 0006, by Miccant Control Centre.
7. Scheepers L., The Provings of Insulinum Humanum. EH RADAR 10.
8. Pavri Keki R.S., Essentials of Diabetes Mellitus, EH RADAR 10.
9. Varma P.N. and Indu Varma, Encyclopedia of Homeopathic Pharmacoeipia.
10. #Berkely Squire, A Repertory to the Homeopathic Nosodes and Sarcodes, 1^st edn. 1997, Published By B. Jain Publishers, New Delhi
11. Repertories: SynthesisRADAR 10
                     Complete Rep, RADAR 10
                     Robin Murphy'S Rep RADAR 10
                     Combined Rep ISIS MAIN V 00,0006 By MICCANT CONTROL CENTRE
                     Boericke's Repertory ISIS MAIN V 00,0006 By MICCANT CONTROL CENTRE.