Rauvolfia serpentina

Case by Maarten van der MeerA woman of 52 years, she has hypertension. Six years earlier she had lung problems, the asthma disappeared after Samariam oxydatum and Althea officinalis. She works as a therapist, TCM, and spiritual approach, she is doing a lot of self-development. Her blood pressure was always low, and hypertension now for the first time. There are many heart problems in the family, and she does not want to go on medication. She is a “do- it-yourselfer,” exercising, eating healthy, herbal therapy and working on herself. The only thing she can't control is stress. In recent weeks, she feels her heart beating, under the sternum, then she doesn't feel good. Sometimes the heart skips a beat, and then she feels tension throughout the body, which is strong in the arms. Also, some mucus comes again. She has not been sick for years (since Althea), despite having COPD. The stress: there was another solid marriage crisis. She attracts patients who have big problems, they come her way. For example, when counseling a depressed client: mentally she distances herself from it, but it doesn't bother her. She feels sad, she is always on her guard. Her parents are very ill at the moment, which requires care, and she is in menopause. In general, things are going very well, she sets up projects, and the practice is going well. Three years back she had a brief cardiac arrest, then there was also a marriage crisis, she had been so busy. It was a complete lack of warmth and love. Often she calls it street-fighting. It feels (the last month) like a Michelin male. She is pumped up, restless, and agitated, in spite of all the meditations. With inspiration or with something beautiful, the heart starts beating palpably, then she goes to miss an intermediate beat. In recent months, she has been busy with many “heavy” patients. She can't afford to get sick. This spring, she had lots of tears, more mucus in her upper respiratory tract, and a globus in her throat. Her body always reacts strongly to weather influences, a weather change, or a full moon. She is coming down to earth much more, with her toes and feet on the ground. The rheumatism is coming up again, with pain in the hands, hips, knees, and just above the crista on the right. She has severe pain with standing up. The fingers are slightly thicker, there is fluid. Transition: for a time she had flow almost every week, and then the symptoms came. Lately, she has had more dizziness, and a short time getting lightheaded. Sensitivity has increased, for patients treated. Occasionally she has a big cry, that discharges, the stress is off. With stress she goes back to eating a lot of dark chocolate, in the past it was always comfort food. 'You need more security, I didn't even have that in my home'.AnalysisSpiritual, looking beyond boundaries, transferring ideas and knowledge: Gold series5. Tension: Phase 5, this Phase is also reflected in her drive. Discharge Phase 5. Heart disease fits Series 6, the Gold Series, and rheumatism fits Series 6, Lanthanides. Working on oneself: Series 6 and Gold series. Control: Series 6 Silver series: Lung, throat area, sensitivity to energy and atmosphere Later she says: As a child, she never did well, she was not allowed to be there (Phase 2). She was always being corrected, there was a lot of 'having to ' (Phase 5). Uncertainty as a basis, probing and waiting, from Phase 2. Developing herself, wanting a lot as a continuation theme (Phase 5). Struggle with husband, repetitive, 'again' struggle, also struggle for existence, feeling threatened: Stage 12 Rauvolfia: hypertension, concern for parents, complaints after menopause, comfort eating.
Prescription: Rauvolfia serpentina MK.Follow upWithin a week heart skipping is gone, and palpitations are gone. She feels less agitated, only once but she quickly got it under control. Occasionally she is still agitated for a few hours, but not all day anymore. She is more powerful, without taking her more energy. She can now cut people short who want to claim her or influence her. She can keep a better distance from clients, without having to close her heart, without feeling guilty that she would do too little (she used to teach that at home). Her voice is very powerful now, she stays well to herself, and her energy is on the outside though, very compact. She doesn't get carried away any more. She had old pain during a session, from a rape, but she could handle it well. Relational she can now keep it short without escalating. For months she had many dreams. The dreams changed now, situations where you would be ashamed normal, or out of balance. She used to have nightmares. Dreams now: a group or people are slandering about her, and she is trapped (Phase 5) but she deals with it calmly. Many people, many acquaintances. She is no longer looking for faults and shortcomings in herself (Phase 2), she used to always look for her faults, and she was never satisfied. Muscle pain remains, and blood pressure is still 150/90 the first month. Check via GP after four months: tension is good. Nightmares used to be aboutsnakes, a snake strangling her, or eating her, the snake was so big it disappeared in her mouth. Now she was given “snake root”. As medicine. The years after this she continued to go well.