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illustrate her constant male-like behaviour. I could have selected ‘Mind, mannish in women’ which would have given me the same repertorisation outcome but the female rubric being larger gave me more remedy options. I tend to go for many medicine options initially (larger rubrics) to limit things later to see how the results of the repertorisation change. I use small rubrics only when I am really sure they are very central of the case, usually as a second or third repertorisation at the end of the consultation.
Sepia sounded fine to me, especially to explain the behaviour towards strangers. Want to be friends but unsure whether she can trust them. Of course, the male behaviour in a female is also a very good argument for Sepia. Sepia being unsure about giving its love to others because she finds it difficult to know how to value others: Sepia desires relationships but thinks too much about them and does not know how to be sure about them. It is interesting that she has the best relation with a person she had a relation with since she was a foal. There is no need to think and reason about this relationship: it has always been there and is part of her youth and therefore there is no reason to doubt about it. In these cases, when there is perfect alignment of the two spirits, the love of Sepia can be passionate. Sepia has the impression somebody else inside her makes her decisions for her being the contrary of what she decided. Sepia has no structure; they find it difficult to express themselves.
In this case we have a reasonably well balanced sepia patient: things have not fallen apart yet but she needs to make efforts to keep things up; male behaviour, peculiar relationship attitude, keeps going regardless of serious injury (bang on the head and later surgery). They can/will be very physically active to keep things up.
Later they can decompensate and all the typical depressive and sagging symptoms arise.
Note: It is thought that the male Sepia will be somebody retracted at home with little confidence, not much to show for and not really interacting with his family. He prefers for somebody else to take on the responsibility or the job and have a quiet life. But he will seek a stimulating energetic physical activity in the form of physical work or sport.
Prescription: Sep 200C, 2 doses
Follow up
She gets brighter very quickly. The sinusitis slowly recedes over 3-4 months all the while the eruptions from the post-surgery osteitis came back and disappeared without causing issues. Initially she rubbed the old head injury for a while.
The droppings in her stable are not in a neat heap anymore. She still squeals a bit like a stallion but that is not an issue.
Seven months later, in the summer, there is no sinusitis any more. This case has a value in showing that our polychrests have many pictures to them and that recognising their dynamic is of more value that their ‘picture’. There is nothing of the sad depressed grumpy Sepia in this case.