Mark presented in my clinic with chronic anxiety, acid reflux and skin rashes. This trio of symptoms began to occur after Mark was retrenched from his long-term workplace. Anxiety was the first change Mark noticed.

Mark is very sensitive and sympathetic by nature and likes to be around positive people. He is fastidious when it comes to cleanliness, health and money. Structure and order are very important in his life, so losing his job affected him deeply.

The acid reflux was the first physical symptom to arise. Mark tried various treatments. After a few months the stomach did improve but then he began to develop welt-like hives on his skin which were extremely itchy. His skin welts would become worse with heat, sweating, acidic food (especially tomato), scratching and after a bath.

At Mark’s initial consultation, I investigated his symptoms and obtained an overall picture of his constitution, medical history and life history. I was able to gain a clear idea of him as a whole person, so I could find a homeopathic medicine which matched Mark and his individual symptoms most closely.

At the first follow-up consultation two weeks later, Mark reported that the lower half of his body was healing to the point that only some residual itching and welts remained. Mark’s symptoms progressively improved. Two months after he first came to see me his stomach symptoms/reflux had completely gone. The skin was 90 per cent better with only some residual itching and rashes remaining. After the passage of more time, Mark  developed a sense of calmness within and found that he was less susceptible to negative people. Anxiety levels had significantly decreased.

MARTIN COSTIGAN, AHA professional member, Deception Bay, QLD