Cyanus segetum

Synonym: Centaurea cyanus
Remedy code: 3-666.42.05A four-year-old girl with a cough. For the past six months, she has experienced frequent ear infections accompanied by fever. Since she started school, she has been ill again: first with sore eyes, then a sore throat and cough. The cough has been getting worse for two weeks now, even at night. She eats very little, has a fever of 38.5 in the evening, and raves in her sleep. She lashes out and screams, her mind filled with terrifying images of animals. During the day, she coughs in fits and starts, all night long, worse when lying down, less so outside. Occasionally, her breathing is crackling, with crepitations in her right lung. Her stools are somewhat thinner, and she has a sour smell coming from her mouth. When she has a fever, she becomes more withdrawn, listless, with red cheeks and cold feet. Her tongue is dry and light brown. She is a quiet child, always observing, watching a lot, and preferring to play with her parents. She was breastfed for a long time, was able to stand quickly, and walked late. During the pregnancy, the parents lived in South America and had to travel back and forth a lot because of expiring visas. The delivery went smoothly. She withdraws into herself around strangers, is cautious in her interactions, and notices many details. She is being raised trilingually. AnalysisAsterales, 3-66.40.00: fever, infections, magical experiences (fantasy, play, dreams).
Carduaceae, Phase 2, 3-666.42.00: cautious, shy (compare Calcium aspects, which do not belong to the mineral but fit Stage 2 and, analogously, also Phase 2), the response to the infection is also ‘cautious’, fever as a broad-spectrum defense does not take hold properly. Wait-and-see attitude.
The course of the pregnancy is also characteristic of the Phase 4-2 combination: the parents are committed, take responsibility, but everything is uncertain because of the visas, cautious, weighing up the options of Phase 2.
We look within the Carduaceae family.
Stage 5: uncertainty about how, wait and see, and then start (the family situation), we also see this reflected in the course of the infection, its start, or the pregnancy, and her way of doing things.
Prescription: Cyanus segetum C30.Follow-upThe first night, she had a high fever and slept well. A few nights later, she perspired in her sleep. The cough went from hard and dry to mucous and gradually subsided, disappearing after a week. Every day she becomes fitter and more active. She is running and jumping again and singing all day long. After a week, she is eating and drinking well, her tongue is now clean and moist (the mucous membrane of the tongue reflects the mucous membrane in the body). She is using more words and explaining things; her language is rational. She is playing more independently. This increases over the following month. During the winter, she is no longer ill. The symptom of ‘homesickness’ is remarkable. The father left ‘home and hearth’, had to build a new life here, was on his own in his independence and individuality (Lanthanide characteristics, analogous to 3-666.00.00), he was sure of his choice and took responsibility, Phase 4, but everything was still in its infancy in terms of his independence and possibilities, in line with Phase 2.