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Q U I Z : Find the chronic remedy solution –
by Edward de Beukelaer, UK
The answer:
As always I repertorise nearly every case. In this case I threw in all the mind symptoms that were present, just to see what remedies would come up.
I made a group containing:
Mind, fear of unfamiliar objects, of the unknown, of undertaking new enterprises, of change, sensitive to external impressions.
A second group with:
Mind hiding, looked at cannot bear to be looked at, longing for anonymity, fear of open spaces.
And a third group reflecting her general stiffness:
General, stiffness; back, stiffness; extremities stiffness.
This is not a very clever or artistic repertorisation but the purpose is to rake as far as possible, have as many possible remedies coming up, even remedies that are not very present in the repertory. None of the remedies that come up in the three symptom groups seem to capture the dynamic of this case though.
The combination of the symptoms: ‘she is totally confident in herself’ (she knows, who she is and what she wants to do), ‘she thinks too much’, and she is frightened of anything out of the ordinary (she never really adapted to her new life in a house and going outside, since she was ‘res- cued’ from the kennel, she lived in until after her 1st birthday), makes me prescribe Aconite (which covers 2 groups only in my repertorisation).
How does this compare to a few other ‘panic’ remedies?
• Sul-ac resembles Aconite but this remedy panics because it knows it is going to panic: it is the panic because of the panic that is going to come up; hence the restlessness that is associated with the fear of sul-ac.
• Gelsemium is worried that he/she is going to get caught out again and is paralysed about it.
• Arg-nit does not have the space or time to respond; there is a space and time constraint.
• Arnica is worried about the injury itself or others may sustain.
She receives 2 doses in a 200 dilution. That is all it takes for her to start living more normally. (A few peo- ple, who knew her, won- dered what had happened to Mosie). She received the two doses 2 years ago and has not needed any repetition of the remedy. She is also much less stiff, than she
tion to the real situation of life.
I was then told that most of her fears had gone (she walked freely in
the surgery and made a tentative approach to me rather than lying trem- bling in a corner) and that her spatial orientation was normal now: she did not walk into doors or fall into holes anymore. She is also not thinking as much as she used to, she does not weigh up situation as much anymore.
Bamboo Arundinacea
It is interesting that her cough was helped by Bambusa which is a reme- dy that has very little capacity for adapting due to their feeling that things are set to happen the way they happen right from the beginning of their life: a sense of everything being already determined for them.
A few months ago, Mosie devel- oped a mild digestive problem (V+ of food), which responded to Mag-c. This remedy yearns for the carefree time of being a baby; again there is the incapacity (avoidance) of adapta-
Mosie – a female Lycopodium? Answer by Douglas Wilson
I suggest Lycopodium for Mosie. I would give Lyc LM1 BID3, then
SID for a month and re-evaluate.
This is supported by the following rubrics (Radar10)
MIND – FEAR – approaching; of – others; of full of fear
happens, something will
new situations
unfamiliar objects
tremulous
SUSPICIOUS
AMBITION – increased – competitive CONFIDENT
TIMIDITY – public; about appearing in GENERALS – STIFFNESS
BACK - STIFFNESS
I would weight (underline) the rubrics associated with fear of being approached by others, and stiff back.
What do others think? Could you repertorise ‘wants to live (fall) in a hole’
Monkshood Aconite
used to be. She is still not the bravest of dogs but her life is not impinged by a constant fear anymore.
It is suspected that Mosie did not have a very happy life before the owner ‘rescued’ her but nobody knows whether she had suffered a fright at some point. This is not required to prescribe aconite. Whether there was a real event or not, Aconite lives with the memory of something very frightening having happened to them. They cannot reason their way out of this, they cannot benefit from any support from those around, their mind is locked on the problem. Therefore they live in a situation of: “I have panicked once in a bad situation, I may as well start to panic now straight away because I will panic again”. They don’t have the capacity to reason their way out of the situation: the solution has to be there at once. They will only feel relaxed with those that do not make any effort to help, or bet- ter, cannot provide help: Mosie was always attracted to and relaxed around pups and would allow herself to be completely dominated by them. This is because there is no reasoning happening here, the pups just act relaxed, they don’t anticipate any problems. It is the thinking about the frightful things that is Aconite’s problem: I panicked once and because I will panic again, I might as well start to panic now.
It is really the phrase ‘she thinks too much’ that made me prescribe Aconite. Thinking is not a typical attribute of this breed (pointer). I may not have appreciated the same phrase in the same way if the patient were a working border collie.
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