Silybum marianum

A 46-year-old woman, she has big eyes, a firm posture, and a face that radiates calmness. She looks clearly, keeps a good energetic distance, talks and thinks with efficiency. She is working in management. She has whiplash complaints after a car accident. She had a rear-end collision six months ago. "I struggle with all kinds of things; I have difficulty managing energy and emotions." The moment itself did not bother her; she was shaking like a straw, but had after a few days pains in the neck, shoulder, right arm, and headache started. She now suffers a lot from muscle pain in the right upper arm, often tingling that radiates to the hands and fingers. The ear feels dull, as if there is cotton wool in it. She quickly suffers from to much sensory stimulation, by noise, by moving images on TV, and in a busy shop. It's all too much for her, she wants to hide herself into a hole, and she gets more headache. The headache was on the left side for the first few weeks; now she can only lie on her back, her preferred position for good sleep is on her stomach. Thinking about images of an accident can make the pain worse. She is unable to work; an hour a day is too much. She drifts off, her thoughts wander, her eyes are different, and she can no longer keep up. She is very emotional, she is easily moved, she starts to cry getting a bouquet, while she is normally very down to earth. Work is never boring, there is always something going on, there are challenges, she was once asked for this position. 'I am always combative, I will make myself heard, I will defend myself. ' With the pain, she can now get out of her way. Castanea vesca gives her fewer headaches, and she sleeps better for only a few days.AnalysisAsterales, 3-666.40.00: damage, pain as a theme.
Phase 4: wanting to maintain control, stability. The peace and stability she radiates, the certainty. Managing pain and emotions.
Carduaceae, Phase 2, 3-666.42.00: being powerless, she struggles for her means of defending herself, defending her autonomy (Series 6, Lanthanides). Struggling with everything. Irritation, acting out (compare the Magnesium salts, Phase 2).
In the repertory rubric 'pain arm rising', mentions Carduus marianus (synonymy for Sylibum marianum in homeopathic literature), which fits in with the above concept.
Stage 12: we see the keywords 'powerless' (compare Cadmium), 'fight and defend' (compare Dysprosium).
Prescription: Sylibum marianum C200.follow upThe night after taking it, she had a lot of pain in her arm, which woke her up, and she had palpitations; she was restless and could not fall asleep again until morning. Things have been going amazingly well since then. There have been hardly any headaches since then; she now sleeps well, there is no more radiating pain, and no more tingling. She still feels something in the right upper arm laterally. She is less tired, no longer 'empty' at 6 p.m., and she can start building up the work. She is less emotional. She is no longer irritated. Noise and crowds still cause problems during the first three weeks. After confrontations with the manager, her head is restless, but she sleeps well. In the following two months, she builds up work and continues to feel good; there are no residual complaints.