These are the nicest people in the materia medica. (Hey, this must be my remedy!) Sweet, selfless, concerned about others, sympathetic…it all fits! Worse from heat and the sun, ailments from sun exposure–I hate the sun! Easily chilled and over-heated, like Mercurius–that’s me! Nat-carb.’s big issue is
These are the nicest people in the materia medica. (Hey, this must be my remedy!) Sweet, selfless, concerned about others, sympathetic…it all fits! Worse from heat and the sun, ailments from sun exposure–I hate the sun! Easily chilled and over-heated, like Mercurius–that’s me!
Nat-carb.’s big issue is assimilation! They can’t assimilate certain people, they can’t assimilate certain foods…certain foods just don’t digest, they sit there. Gas and bloating is the result. Milk is the worst (I’ve never liked milk!). They may have gas and bloating or diarrhea from milk. They may crave starchy foods but develop gas and bloating from them. You may be thinking, “This case must be Lycopodium!” But you don’t see the 4-8 PM aggravation time, and Nat-carb. could never be the braggart and bully that Lycopodium can be!
They can’t “stomach” certain people either. Certain people–obnoxious people, offensive people, aggressive people–offend them. They do their best to avoid stressful people and stressful situations. Nat-carbs monitor the environment for things that might distress them so they can avoid them.
They are very refined, delicate, polite, soft, philosophical, composed, intellectual, stoic, dignified, unobtrusive, quiet, all the things that I am, basically. There’s a narrow range of things they can tolerate, whether it’s temperature, food, friends or music. They’re easily put-off. They can’t tolerate certain stimuli, like noise or a certain kind of music…. “Turn it off!” they might say, or, “Hey! You call that music? What’s the matter with you? Those aren’t even real instruments! The record label was too cheap to hire musicians, and where’s the arrangement? They were too cheap to hire arrangers, or writers! Why are people putting up with mediocrity, allowing themselves to be duped by big business interests, perpetuating an ‘anything-for-money’ fraud in popular music?” Hello? Is anybody still there?
Elaine! Elaine, quick, breathe into this paper bag and concentrate on your picture of Dionne Warwick!
OK. Good idea, Dr. B. Dionne Warwick…Dionne Warwick….
Now, repeat after me:
Do you know the way to San Jose…
I’ve been away so long, I might go wrong and lose my way
Do you know the way to San Jose, I’m going back to find some piece of mind in San Jose
LA is a great big freeway, put a hundred down and buy a car
In a week, maybe two, they’ll make you a star, weeks turn into years, how quick they pass
and all the stars that never were are parking cars and pumping gas…
You can really breathe in San Jose
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
Can’t wait to get back to San Jose
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa!
Wow, Dr. B, I didn’t know you could sing, and I didn’t know you were so….cool! I’m fine now.
Are you sure?
Yes, I’m back to being myself. Now, where was I?
They don’t like noise, and you might want to try Sulphur!
You don’t think I’m Nat-carb? Anyway, they’re easily offended.
I think we’ve assimilated that.
It’s their narrow range of tolerance that’s thematic here.
You might look at Nat-carb. as a combination of Calc-carb., Nat-mur., Lycopodium and Mercurius. They are mild, down-to-earth, sensible and practical and loving and giving with their family like Calc-carb. They have the sensitivity, introversion and perfectionism of Nat-mur., the gas and bloating of Lycopodium and the narrow range of temperature tolerance of Mercurius.
They’re cheerful. If anything is troubling them, they won’t tell you. They don’t want to be a burden.
The digestion is weak and the ankles are weak too with easy dislocation and spraining.
Always eating, always nibbling. Eating ameliorates.
(News flash: The Brownie Diet doesn’t work–in case anyone’s interested.)
Let’s close now, shall we, with the one and only, Miss Dionne Warwick singing, “Do You Know The Way To San Jose”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQgrWabp46w
Elaine Lewis
terrific! the way to learn homeopathy!
One thing that will clinch the matter if you are in doubt about it being Natrum carb. is this: if you have a big book on your desk and let it drop on the floor with a bang, they will fairly damn you. if you don’t get that reaction to a sudden noise, it is not Natrum carb.
- Dr. Margery Blackie
Elaine take it once again! Three cheers!!!
I don’t have a big book on my desk. I’ll have to drop my big box of kleenex. Thanks for the tip!