Ulcera varicosa de miembro inferior: relato de un caso clínico tratado con homeopatía / Tratamento homeopático de úlcera varicosa: relato de caso / Homeopathic treatment of venous ulcer: case report

El artículo relata el caso de una mujer de 86 años, con una extensa úlcera varicosa en el miembro inferior izquierdo de 15 meses de evolución, tratada únicamente con el medicamento homeopático Pulsatilla nigricans en diferentes diluciones. La paciente mostró una rápida respuesta favorable, que llevó a la curación casi completade la úlcera en menos de 5 meses de tratamiento.

O artigo descreve o caso de uma paciente d 86 anos de idade com extensa úlcera varicosa na perna com 15 meses de evolução, tratada exclusivamente com o medicamento homeopático Pulsatilla nigrincas, em várias diluições. A paciente melhorou rapidamente e úlcera curou quase completamente em menos de 5 meses.

This article reports the case of an 86 year-old woman presenting an extended varicose ulcer in her lower left limb for 15 months, treated exclusively with homeopathic medicine Pulsatilla nigricans in various dilutions. The patient improved quickly, and the ulcer cured almost completely in less than 5 months.

First Edition of Hahnemann's Organon: celebrating its 200th anniversary: [editorial]

With this special issue, IJHDR celebrates the 200th anniversary of the first edition of Hahnemann?s Organon, published in 1810. By 1796, in a previous foundational article published in Hufeland?s prestigious Journal of Practical Medicine [1], after criticizing with fine reasoning the usual ways of studying the ?curative properties of medicinal substances?, namely according to their chemical actions, their effects on animals, their external aspect or sensitive properties, their taxonomic classification, or the random use of multiple drugs by the so called empiricists, Hahnemann stated what can be regarded as one of the cornerstones of homeopathy: ?The true physician, whose sole aim is to perfect his art, can avail himself of no other information respecting medicines, than ? first, what is the pure action of each by itself on the human body? Second, what do observations of its action in this or that simple or complex disease teach us?.