Homoeopathy rescues hapless hubbies

5th February 2003, 10:31 AM

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For husbands tired of frequent tirades from quarrelsome wives, an Indian homoeopathic doctor claims to hold the key to happiness.

"Homoeopathy has a readymade medicine to cool down angry wives who harass their husbands for no fault of theirs," homoeopathy practitioner S.M. Singh said in the Bihar capital.

Singh, who is based in the Uttar Pradesh town of Allahabad and was here to attend the All India Homoeopathic Congress 2003, claimed a dose of Kailomilla -- taken only after consulting a homoeopathic doctor -- could work miracles and calm belligerent wives.

He said the medicine could be a boon for husbands who look forward to peace at home after a long day at work but instead have their dreams dashed because of the quarrelsome nature of their wives.

Hmm...maybe there is something to this!

Goshawk · 5th February 2003, 10:48 AM

"Kailomilla" sure sounds like "calomel", or mercury chloride, which was used in earlier, less-enlightened eras as medicine.

http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/iht429738.html

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Early in the war, the favorite purgative administered to diarrhea patients was calomel, a violent laxative that was probably therapeutically useless.

http://www.n-a.co.uk/med.htm

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Purging was the most used treatment of the three. Purging was the administration of medicines that would make the patient vomit and evacuate his/her bowels. In this period they were called emetics and cathartics. The most used emetics were Ipecac,alum, tarter emetic, ammonium carbonate, zinc sulfate, senega, syrup of squill(from sea onion) and mustard. Cathartics, now called laxatives, included calomel (Mercury Chloride),Rochelle salts, Epsom salts, potassium sulfate, rhubarb, senna, alap, castor oil aloes and gamboge.

From 1911.
http://89.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CA/CALM.htm

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Internally the salt is given in doses—for an adult of from one-half to five grains. It is an admirable aperien.t, acting especially on the upper part of the intestinal canal, and causing a slight increase of intestinal secretion. The stimulant action occurring high up in. the canal (duodenum and jejunum), it is well to follow a dose of calomel with a saline purgative a few hours afterwards. The special value of the drug as an aperient depends on its antiseptic power and its stimulation of the liver. The stools are dark green, containing calomel, mercuric sulphide and bile which, owing to the antiseptic action, has not been decomposed.

So yeah, if that's what this doctor is handing out as "kailomilla", I guess giving the cranky hubby a dose of a powerful laxative would probably calm her down quite a bit.

At least it would keep her busy in the bathroom for a while...

5th February 2003, 12:20 PM

I would think that, in line with homeopathic "theory", the cure for the husband with a quarrelsome wife would be to take a small bit of the wife, put it into a very very dilute solution and drink that.

I'm not sure how the wife would feel about this, but it would be a very very small piece.

Cheers,

Captain_Snort · 5th February 2003, 01:17 PM

talking of homeopathy, I just cme across this...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2710107.stm

Blue Monk · 5th February 2003, 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by BillHoyt
I would think that, in line with homeopathic "theory", the cure for the husband with a quarrelsome wife would be to take a small bit of the wife, put it into a very very dilute solution and drink that.

I'm not sure how the wife would feel about this, but it would be a very very small piece.

Cheers,

Nothing new here.

I'm pretty sure going home for a piece is a time honored way of soothing the ill-tempered wife.

xouper · 11th February 2004, 10:41 AM

bump

drsabbylewis · 24th July 2007, 10:42 AM

[quote=Goshawk;22850]"Kailomilla" sure sounds like "calomel", or mercury chloride, which was used in earlier, less-enlightened eras as medicine.
The medicine that has been talked about is probably Chamomilla and not calomel.This drug is prepared from the chamomilla plant and is commonly used by us homoeopaths.This drug produces a state of irritability in the prover and is used in conditions where such a mental state is present.The suggestion given by the doctor is certainly stupid as this is not the method in which medicines are prescribed but that does not mean that the whole system is wrong or fake.

Oualawouzou · 24th July 2007, 11:02 AM

Ok, why the heck bump an over 4 years old thread?

HghrSymmetry · 24th July 2007, 11:03 AM

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Pipirr · 24th July 2007, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by Oualawouzou

Ok, why the heck bump an over 4 years old thread?

New poster to the forums, responding to threads that look interesting.

My guess. And, no harm done.

Eos of the Eons · 24th July 2007, 02:14 PM

Yeesh, imagine someone in America saying that about his wife...

quarrelsome my @ss, pick up your own darn socks and get your own beer!

Don't need no alcoholic water drops, just get that leaky faucet fixed!

Sugar pills? Get me an ice capp!

Eos of the Eons · 24th July 2007, 02:19 PM

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The suggestion given by the doctor is certainly stupid as this is not the method in which medicines are prescribed but that does not mean that the whole system is wrong or fake.

Whole system? Sugar pills and alcohol laced water are hardly something that can be considered "medicine", even if you need a lollipop after you get a knee scraped. I'd recommend washing the knee with soap & water, and then covering it with a bandaid. Who needs to pay good money for stupid sugar pills? If I wanted alcohol, I'd get a nice cold lime cooler.

CapelDodger · 25th July 2007, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by Eos of the Eons

Yeesh, imagine someone in America saying that about his wife...

quarrelsome my @ss, pick up your own darn socks and get your own beer!

Don't need no alcoholic water drops, just get that leaky faucet fixed!

Sugar pills? Get me an ice capp!

The crazy idea is to marry someone before you've lived with them. Let alone got carnal. If it doesn't work, you'll soon enough find out and can disengage. So to speak

.

It's no surprise that the featured "doctor" is Indian not Western, but it is surprising that he's a homeopath, since that's a Western invention. Is India importing woo these days? That's a turn-around.

Eos of the Eons · 26th July 2007, 06:59 AM

Where have you been?

Indian homeopaths think they invented that particular woo.

drsabbylewis · 31st July 2007, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Oualawouzou

Ok, why the heck bump an over 4 years old thread?

I am sorry for posting on a such an old thread I did not pay attention to the date

CapelDodger · 31st July 2007, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by Eos of the Eons

Where have you been?

Indian homeopaths think they invented that particular woo.

Oh my ...

.

CapelDodger · 31st July 2007, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by drsabbylewis

I am sorry for posting on a such an old thread I did not pay attention to the date

Hey, no problem, it was worth another look

. Some jokes never get old.

And welcome to the sane-house.

drsabbylewis · 6th August 2007, 09:54 AM

Well thanks

5th February 2003, 10:31 AM	#1
Iwentsouth Guest Posts: n/a	Homoeopathy rescues hapless hubbies Homoeopathy rescues hapless hubbies Quote: For husbands tired of frequent tirades from quarrelsome wives, an Indian homoeopathic doctor claims to hold the key to happiness. "Homoeopathy has a readymade medicine to cool down angry wives who harass their husbands for no fault of theirs," homoeopathy practitioner S.M. Singh said in the Bihar capital. Singh, who is based in the Uttar Pradesh town of Allahabad and was here to attend the All India Homoeopathic Congress 2003, claimed a dose of Kailomilla -- taken only after consulting a homoeopathic doctor -- could work miracles and calm belligerent wives. He said the medicine could be a boon for husbands who look forward to peace at home after a long day at work but instead have their dreams dashed because of the quarrelsome nature of their wives. Hmm...maybe there is something to this!
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5th February 2003, 12:20 PM	#3
Guest Posts: n/a	I would think that, in line with homeopathic "theory", the cure for the husband with a quarrelsome wife would be to take a small bit of the wife, put it into a very very dilute solution and drink that. I'm not sure how the wife would feel about this, but it would be a very very small piece. Cheers,
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5th February 2003, 01:17 PM	#4
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24th July 2007, 10:42 AM	#7
drsabbylewis Student Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 33	[quote=Goshawk;22850]"Kailomilla" sure sounds like "calomel", or mercury chloride, which was used in earlier, less-enlightened eras as medicine. The medicine that has been talked about is probably Chamomilla and not calomel.This drug is prepared from the chamomilla plant and is commonly used by us homoeopaths.This drug produces a state of irritability in the prover and is used in conditions where such a mental state is present.The suggestion given by the doctor is certainly stupid as this is not the method in which medicines are prescribed but that does not mean that the whole system is wrong or fake.
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5th February 2003, 10:48 AM	#2
Goshawk Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Decatur, Illinois, USA Posts: 1,453	"Kailomilla" sure sounds like "calomel", or mercury chloride, which was used in earlier, less-enlightened eras as medicine. http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/iht429738.html Quote: Early in the war, the favorite purgative administered to diarrhea patients was calomel, a violent laxative that was probably therapeutically useless. http://www.n-a.co.uk/med.htm Quote: Purging was the most used treatment of the three. Purging was the administration of medicines that would make the patient vomit and evacuate his/her bowels. In this period they were called emetics and cathartics. The most used emetics were Ipecac,alum, tarter emetic, ammonium carbonate, zinc sulfate, senega, syrup of squill(from sea onion) and mustard. Cathartics, now called laxatives, included calomel (Mercury Chloride),Rochelle salts, Epsom salts, potassium sulfate, rhubarb, senna, alap, castor oil aloes and gamboge. From 1911. http://89.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CA/CALM.htm Quote: Internally the salt is given in doses—for an adult of from one-half to five grains. It is an admirable aperien.t, acting especially on the upper part of the intestinal canal, and causing a slight increase of intestinal secretion. The stimulant action occurring high up in. the canal (duodenum and jejunum), it is well to follow a dose of calomel with a saline purgative a few hours afterwards. The special value of the drug as an aperient depends on its antiseptic power and its stimulation of the liver. The stools are dark green, containing calomel, mercuric sulphide and bile which, owing to the antiseptic action, has not been decomposed. So yeah, if that's what this doctor is handing out as "kailomilla", I guess giving the cranky hubby a dose of a powerful laxative would probably calm her down quite a bit. At least it would keep her busy in the bathroom for a while...

5th February 2003, 01:43 PM	#5
Blue Monk Graduate Poster Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,772	Quote: Originally posted by BillHoyt I would think that, in line with homeopathic "theory", the cure for the husband with a quarrelsome wife would be to take a small bit of the wife, put it into a very very dilute solution and drink that. I'm not sure how the wife would feel about this, but it would be a very very small piece. Cheers, Nothing new here. I'm pretty sure going home for a piece is a time honored way of soothing the ill-tempered wife.

24th July 2007, 11:02 AM	#8
Oualawouzou Critical Thinker Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 492	Ok, why the heck bump an over 4 years old thread?

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24th July 2007, 11:43 AM	#10
Pipirr Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Posts: 1,457	Originally Posted by Oualawouzou Ok, why the heck bump an over 4 years old thread? New poster to the forums, responding to threads that look interesting. My guess. And, no harm done.
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24th July 2007, 02:14 PM	#11
Eos of the Eons Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Alberta Posts: 13,894	Yeesh, imagine someone in America saying that about his wife... quarrelsome my @ss, pick up your own darn socks and get your own beer! Don't need no alcoholic water drops, just get that leaky faucet fixed! Sugar pills? Get me an ice capp!
	__________________ Motion affecting a measuring device does not affect what is actually being measured, except to inaccurately measure it. the immaterial world doesn't matter, cause it ain't matter-Jeff Corey my karma ran over my dogma-vbloke The Lateral Truth: An Apostate's Bible Stories by Rebecca Bradley, read it!

24th July 2007, 02:19 PM	#12
Eos of the Eons Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Alberta Posts: 13,894	Quote: The suggestion given by the doctor is certainly stupid as this is not the method in which medicines are prescribed but that does not mean that the whole system is wrong or fake. Whole system? Sugar pills and alcohol laced water are hardly something that can be considered "medicine", even if you need a lollipop after you get a knee scraped. I'd recommend washing the knee with soap & water, and then covering it with a bandaid. Who needs to pay good money for stupid sugar pills? If I wanted alcohol, I'd get a nice cold lime cooler.
	__________________ Motion affecting a measuring device does not affect what is actually being measured, except to inaccurately measure it. the immaterial world doesn't matter, cause it ain't matter-Jeff Corey my karma ran over my dogma-vbloke The Lateral Truth: An Apostate's Bible Stories by Rebecca Bradley, read it!

25th July 2007, 03:53 PM	#13
CapelDodger Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Cardiff, South Wales Posts: 16,744	Originally Posted by Eos of the Eons Yeesh, imagine someone in America saying that about his wife... quarrelsome my @ss, pick up your own darn socks and get your own beer! Don't need no alcoholic water drops, just get that leaky faucet fixed! Sugar pills? Get me an ice capp! The crazy idea is to marry someone before you've lived with them. Let alone got carnal. If it doesn't work, you'll soon enough find out and can disengage. So to speak . It's no surprise that the featured "doctor" is Indian not Western, but it is surprising that he's a homeopath, since that's a Western invention. Is India importing woo these days? That's a turn-around.
	__________________ It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward - Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) God can make a cow out of a tree, but has He ever done so? Therefore show some reason why a thing is so, or cease to hold that it is so - William of Conches, c1150

26th July 2007, 06:59 AM	#14
Eos of the Eons Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Alberta Posts: 13,894	Where have you been? Indian homeopaths think they invented that particular woo.
	__________________ Motion affecting a measuring device does not affect what is actually being measured, except to inaccurately measure it. the immaterial world doesn't matter, cause it ain't matter-Jeff Corey my karma ran over my dogma-vbloke The Lateral Truth: An Apostate's Bible Stories by Rebecca Bradley, read it!

31st July 2007, 10:03 AM	#15
drsabbylewis Student Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 33	Originally Posted by Oualawouzou Ok, why the heck bump an over 4 years old thread? I am sorry for posting on a such an old thread I did not pay attention to the date
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31st July 2007, 02:05 PM	#16
CapelDodger Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Cardiff, South Wales Posts: 16,744	Originally Posted by Eos of the Eons Where have you been? Indian homeopaths think they invented that particular woo. Oh my ... .
	__________________ It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward - Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) God can make a cow out of a tree, but has He ever done so? Therefore show some reason why a thing is so, or cease to hold that it is so - William of Conches, c1150

31st July 2007, 02:09 PM	#17
CapelDodger Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Cardiff, South Wales Posts: 16,744	Originally Posted by drsabbylewis I am sorry for posting on a such an old thread I did not pay attention to the date Hey, no problem, it was worth another look . Some jokes never get old. And welcome to the sane-house.
	__________________ It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward - Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) God can make a cow out of a tree, but has He ever done so? Therefore show some reason why a thing is so, or cease to hold that it is so - William of Conches, c1150

6th August 2007, 09:54 AM	#18
drsabbylewis Student Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 33	Well thanks
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