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within the family: for the first time when her bigger sister was bothering her, she reacted violently and in the end the sister was afraid of her. She became very clear in her needs and changed into a young self-confi- dent – and as her mother said – very special and reflecting teenager.
Case II “Murli”, a very shy and timid female cat with crusty eczema all over the body worst around the tail. “Murli” had huge problems in social skills (casetaking 1999). She could never fight or stand up for herself. The eczema was neither very painful nor itchy. In times of stress the crusts aggravated.
She was a very curious little fragile girl and interestingly she moved her head by craning her neck and then turning it carefully to the direction she wanted to look. When being touched or held, she became very stiff and my impression was she retreated herself in her body. She never hissed or hit me with her paw. She avoided every confrontation with other cats in the garden. As repertorisation couldn’t give me any reliable result, I followed my instinct and gave her Cepaea Hortensis C30.
Follow-up: again the results were extraordinary and the remedy worked until she died 15 years old in 2004. Her crusts had nearly disap- peared within 14 days, hairs regrew much quicker than expected. Although she kept being a very mild personality, she started to stand up for herself and now and then chased other cats out of the garden. A few repetitions of the remedy were needed throughout the years when there were stressing events like a new aggressive tomcat moving into the neighbourhood.
So the idea was born to prove the remedy to get a complete picture.
The Proving of Cepaea Hortensis
The proving took place in February/March 2000 as a single blind (unknown remedy for the provers) proving with 25 volunteers, mostly homeopathic doctors and vets, both sex, age 22 to 78 who were partici- pants of a congress in Germany. The proving started 4 weeks before the congress with answering a questionaire and daily protocols. Sympthoms were processed and gathered at the congress. About 600 symptoms occurred related to the proving, leading to 324 registered rubrics (old and new)
Compared with other provings (30 supervised provings by the author) the distribution was regular: the variation was all over the chapters of the repertory with over-average [number of] topics.
Summary
Type: Fragile, slim, sensitive and shy, silent, mild, problems setting boundaries, lack of self-confidence, incapable of fulfilling tasks
Mind: Sensitive & sympathetic (animals); unfriendly, rough, irritability; euphoric, under the influence of drugs, ‘high’, lack of emotions; under- developed; fear of intoxication.
Dreams: Sexual & attraction, new clothes, dressing.
Extremities: Swelling,pain,sensation,sweat.
Secretion: Eye-nose-mouth-lungs-urine-skin-sweat: slimy, excessive, frequent, rejected, dry.
Vision and eye: Burning, swelling, dry, twitching, cramps. Internalthroat: Pain,rough,burning,agg/amel:eating,pressure,warm. Stomach: Nausea, vomiting, appetite & thirst, burning. Muscle/joints: Pain, cramps, walking agg, stairs agg.
Skin: Especially cats have crusty eczema all-over, loss of hairs (seen in 5 successful cases).
Case III Cat “Schnurrli”, male, European Short Hair, born 1999.
Case taking 1 month after moving to the flat 26.5.2004.
Mind: Deepdepressionaftermoving,stoppedeating,playing&seeking contact. Terrible fears of nearly everything, hides under a blanket when afraid, lived 3 months only under the blanket after we moved, took very long to allow being touched by me after he came to me 2003.
Fear agg darkness, evening or night, cries until the neighbours come
Fear of strangers, fire, noise, water, being alone in the garden.
Fear of being held in my arms, agg on balcony, fear of open windows. Very friendly towards me now after a long period of adopting (owner is very sensitive and caring for her cat).
Mildness, never fights, escapes, hides.
Likes watching animals on TV.
Extremely clean, never uses the litter tray twice, gets me to clean him.
Generals:
Changes always happen during new moon, moon agg/amel. Aversion to computer – leaves the room.
Salivate profusely on everything like bags, shoes, food etc. Strong desire for sun bathing, likes warm places.
Food: Desire for spicy and salted crisps, catmint.
Does not like chewing on hard or dry food, has to be like jelly. Aversion: Butter, milk (diarrhoea), cream, raw meat, alcohol.
Stools & urine: Urinating immediately after passing stool.
History: For the first 4 years of his life he was in a family with 3 small sons, who were chasing him all the time and didn’t let him rest, finally he was brought to the animal-rescue centre, where the new owner picked him up.
Medication: 9.6.2004 Cep-Hort 1M (single dose 3 globules)
Follow-up’s “ Schnurrli”
20.07.2004: He changed completely within one week, very happy and playful moods, salivation totally disappeared, no more fears of hights, can be held and carried even on the balcony, no more spraying on unknown and new thing, timidity 80% reduced, makes contact with strangers quite quickly, eats dry cat-food.
Therapy: No medication.
23.12.2004: starts urinating at things again, becoming more timid again, little sadness and inactivity, normal appetite.
Causa: Unknown.
Therapy: Cep-Hort 1M (single dose 3 globules).
Response: Within 24 hours everything is well again, he is playful, joy- ful, for 2 days he has a ravenous appetite, no more fears.
27.04.2005: After 2 weeks starts spraying again, inactivity and sad- ness, doesn’t play, salivation started again.
Causa: All day the owner is away (working in a hospice, watching over a dying girl) for 3 weeks.
Therapy: Cep-Hort 1M diluted in water, single dose with quick positive result.
Follow up for the future!
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