Paulownia tomentosa

Remedy code: 3-665.56.10
A 35-year-old woman, sturdy, overweight but strong and athletic. Her expression is often wistful, her eyes turn inward when she’s thinking. She comes across as strong and has an open face. She’s easily irritated with her children. She came in due to hay fever, causing a tickling in her nose and eyes, a runny nose, and shortness of breath with exertion. She experiences symptoms year-round, worse in the summer and heat, reacting to pollen and dust. She’s had severe intestinal issues since childhood, often with bleeding during and after bowel movements. She suffers from severe menstrual symptoms, PCOS, and possibly endometriosis, and also deals with excessive hair growth. Her pregnancies went well, though hormones were necessary. She takes metformin and follows a diet. She works as a nurse, handles night shifts well, and sleeps when the children are at school. She used to be very tired but never gave in to it. Her hobbies include cooking and baking, and she spends a lot of time with her children. Over the past year, she’s been in psychotherapy, as she had exhausted herself and suffered from a negative self-image. She wore a mask, putting herself down in advance. As a child, she was bullied; her sisters were also bullied at school, and she wanted to avoid that, thinking, “That won’t happen to me.” She was already heavy at the time, used self-deprecating humor, joined popular kids, and learned to make herself invisible. She has a bad back, with cartilage issues, often experiences headaches stemming from her neck, and back pain radiates to her arms or legs.AnalysisGold series5: Lamiaceae are known for “wanting to belong,” adjusting behavior, and bullying themes. Gold series: allergy.
Silver series: hormonal system.
Phase 5: her humor, perseverance, and weight.
Phase 6: fatigue, bullying, intestinal issues.
Stadium 10: her genuine and strong demeanor, persistence, the theme of balance and confidence (note that the stadium itself can be seen as a theme, alongside the characterization of “action”).
Prescription: Paulownia tomentosa C30.Follow-upIn the first few weeks, she needed less nasal spray, no longer needed eye drops, and no longer needed inhalers. Her intestines were calmer, her stool became firmer, and she occasionally saw yellow mucus in her stool. She contracted COVID again but recovered quickly. Her headaches were gone, she no longer had back pain, and she was less irritable. Colleagues noted that she seemed calmer. She experienced some discharge. After two months, her energy improved; she could do things in the evening and felt relaxed, worrying less about things she couldn’t control. When lying down, her nose would still block up, requiring nasal spray (which she’s used since childhood). After six months, everything was still going well for her.Notes from the past show significant traits of the Lamiales, namely seeking connection, having high expectations, being the ideal child, and a serious element of reflection and control (Gold series) and the theme of self-presentation, active engagement, and attentiveness (Silver series). As a young child, she had germ phobia and compulsive actions, feeling dirt clinging to her fingers after touching a doorknob or after watching a film with bugs. In adolescence, she gained weight and went on a diet, acting overly nice with family (Lamiaceae) and sometimes telling her parents, “I just want to be normal again” (Phase 6). She sought attention by touching people while talking to them. For a while, she thought her parents were not her real parents. At school, she felt excluded and wanted to belong somewhere (Lamiales). She was very social, acted very cheerful with others, was empathetic, always put others first, and shared generously. She had dreams about dying and funerals (common in Mimulus, also a Phrymaceae, but placed in Stadium 2). She had as a teenager serious conversations with her parents about “who am I,” was observant of how children interacted and searched for “real” friends.