treating lupus without tinctures

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Dear List

I have a new patient, a 55 year old woman with lupus diagnosed last December.

Her main problems have been constant sharp pain in chest (4 years), pain

migrating through limbs, swelling coming and going in hands, feet and sometimes

legs, itchy skin and what she describes as 'popping off' of blood vessels when

she overdoes things by walking too far or being stressed, severe headaches in

occipital area, tiredness.

She's on a lot of medication inc Hydroxychloroquine, Atenolol (15-16 years) but

I found her diastolic pressure high, ?Lofepramine (TCA), Ibuprofen, Cocodamol,

Amitryptilene.

Depression since childhood inc suicidal thoughts last few years. severe

headaches started in menopause 12 years ago.

2006-09 she worked in a drycleaning environment and wonders if this is a factor.

At 5 years old she had hepatitis A which involved a long hospital stay on a drip

(in Russia where she's from). The tincture I gave her was:

Bosw serr

Card mar

Crat oxy

Rehm raw

Urt fol

Vacc

Total 115ml, 5ml tds

It relieved her chest pain effectively which she feels was due to improved

circulation. But she didn't get on with it because she said it made her liver

'swells'. Boiling the alcohol off doesn't improve this sensation and she is

adamant about this.

Have you any ideas? I'm wondering about medicinal mushrooms.

best wishes and thanks

Katharine (Locke)