| This history shows a sensation type of history which
also overlaps with traditional rubric analysis. It also shows an
expanded 'mental/emotional' theme of a remedy often prescribed on
acute indications alone. The history has been abridged by not repeating
themes already stated, and I did not include my questions which
asked the patient to expand upon her descriptions/experience.
This demonstrates that a patient can often provide a clear picture
of the substance in nature that they need for healing. In this case
the choice was also be supported by classic repertorization and
confirmation through materia medica. (I initially found the remedy
not through repertorization, but by doing a word search in Reference
Works using 'small purple flower' and 'veil', and then was able
to confirm it through materia medica.)
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I have a wart on the back of my thumb. It was treated with liquid
nitrogen, but it's still very sensitive and isn't going away.
I'm in the middle of a lot of transitions right now. I want to
stay as strong and as healthy as I possibly can during this time.
I'd like to build a stronger base, to feel a source of balance and
strength.
I want to work with people without feeling burnt out. My mother
has dementia, and it feels very draining. It drains my energy. It's
been 3-4 years of making changes, trying to accomodate her needs.
There's a lot of sadness; everything is different; there's nothing
to work from. It's sad and drains my energy. I feel tired; it sucks
the energy out of me. My own energy becomes blocked, stagnant, slow.
It's like dampened feeling--heavy, compressed, draining. It's distracting--it
weakens me. It puts a veil on things. Going out in the world isn't
as clear or bright. Rather than seeing beauty naturally, I have
to look for it. It's like a veil; I have to open it up.
There's a heaviness, a pulled down, veiled over feeling. I feel
like it's temporary, transient, not there all the time. I try to
support myself when this heaviness is around.
It's draining and tiring to have the veil pulling me down. It's
complicated and difficult, a dark, lifeless, energy sucking element.
It's heavy and exhausting. My energy is pulled away.
In the winter I feel more pulled down and dampened. I'm better
in the spring and summer.
Maybe this has to do with cycling--the seasons, the cycles of life.
I have an aging mother, a growing son.
Something is taking away from the normal energy I feel in my life.
The veil is like a screen which makes it harder to tune into the
beauty, goodness and abundance of life.
I feel cold, damp and dark in the drained state. But temperature
and water are a part of nature. Darkness is a part of nature. Dark,
damp and cold are all draining for me. I'm definitely not a water
person.
I want to stay healthy, strong and balanced. Life is full of things
that are hard. I want to take those feeings and balance them with
everything else in life. I want to experience that vitality, energy,
growth and light.
It's like a beautiful blooming bush or fruit tree. There's good
energy--able to grow, have vitality, give something off--fruit,
flower in full bloom, a vine with berries.
It's like being hooked into the cycle of life--growing, being healthy,
giving back something you've received, bringing joy. Whoever can
appreciate it can see it.
It's like a violet plant with small petals, just as beautiful as
a big sunflower. It's precious, but not everyone sees it. How sweet,
how lovely this plant. A little lavender flower--it's there, but
not in your face.
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Rubrics:
Worse dark, damp.
Worse change of seasons.
Sensation of a veil.
Extremities warts fingers.
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Sensation method leads to a plant/bush with with small purple flowers.
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The client was given dulcamara 200, single dose. The wart resolved
within a week, and the dose was repeated in 3 months when the wart
slightly re-appeared. The client also experienced dramatic improvements
in energy and mood, and has not needed a repetition since her last
dose 2 years ago.
Anonymous
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