Medicago sativa

644.55.01 Medicago sativa, CaseWoman, 50, chronic fatigue syndrome.
She has been very tired for 20 years after a period when she was working very hard, running a household, working, studying for a higher degree and doing a lot of hobbies. She had chest pain and oppression and she feared a heart attack. It was diagnosed as inflammation of the joints of ribs to sternum. She was too tired to eat, could not even move a spoon to her mouth. She had pains in her joints, muscles and bones, cramps in legs at night, pain in her right arm and left leg and pain in her hand, dropping things. Her toes are cold as if dead or burning from heat for ten years, < warm applications, < valerian. She is so tired that small exertions make her weep. Life was useless but she carried on for her children.
She has big memory problems, forgetting the meaning of words, losing her way. She makes mistakes like putting meals in the refrigerator instead of the stove, wonders why the car will not start when she is sitting in the back.
Her husband was an alcoholic who beat her. She went on with him because he was always promising to stop and go to therapy. She always hoped it would become better. She did not tell anyone, including her family, because she did not want them to always see him as an alcoholic if he recovered. Her family was astonished when she left in the end.
She works as a teacher and is very patient in teaching. She is perfectionistic.
Fear: thunderstorms.
Dreams: running away from ex-husband over buildings, roofs, parking garages; busy all night, running and working; exhausting.
Weather: chilly, <- rainy, cloudy weather.
Desire: sweets, especially chocolate.
Aversion: cooked vegetables, meat.AnalysisIron series: teacher.
Fabaceae: chronic fatigue syndrome; <- rainy, cloudy weather; hope it would become better.
Phase 5: fear thunderstorms.Follow upAfter Medicago sativa she is 50% better in a month. She can have visitors like children and grandchildren. She starts doing nice things for herself. In general she feels stronger, can laugh, and is not despairing anymore. As a reaction she had dry itching cough. This had been present for more than 20 years. She had aphthae in the mouth which she had had before.
The Medicago was repeated monthly for a year. Her fatigue symptoms diminished 80% and she could function well.