3-433.12.13
Case by Jan Scholten.
Boy, 9 years old, autism.He was diagnosed with autism when he was six. But his speech stopped already developing at the age of two. The problem were aggravated by vaccinations, especially the MMR. After that vaccination he got stomach problems and lost his appetite. His abdomen became hard and his speech diminished. He started having constipation with small stools. Then he used only words like "mamma" and "dada". He started twisting objects, spinning and turning them around. He was very thin and losing weight but had a big belly like children with hunger oedema. Later his speech developed and he got a large vocabulary. Now he talks a lot and asks a lot of questions. But they are superficial, not going deeper. They are about everything except abstract things.
As a baby, he frequently had colics from formula milk. He got that because the breastfeeding was not enough. The colics came and disappeared suddenly, lasting for 2 to 3 minutes. They were better after defecation.
At five he was sad and grieving because his father left. He started misbehaving at the nursery, by taking toys from other children and pushing them. He couldn't accept the split of his parents.
His pregnancy was pretty much okay. His mother was working till the eighth month of pregnancy. The labour was one week too late and it became a Caesarean section because the mother had lack of contractions. As a baby he was okay. His development was within the norm. He had some problems with learning to bicycle. He was oversensitive to being touched on his head, hands and feet. He was hyperactive, jumping on the couch and constantly on the move. The toilet training went reasonably well using the potty and the toilet when he was three years old.
At school he's doing reasonably well. He has a lack of focus and concentration, and his short-term memory is low. Intellectually he is normal. He likes the interaction with children, but is unable to understand rules of more complicated games like football. He has difficulties to understand the unwritten rules and the teacher has to explain them especially to him. He can be daydreaming, switching off and staring for five minutes out the window. Then he is unable to see where he was. He's easily distracted, without any clear reason.
He likes to build towers and to cycle. But he doesn't like to play by himself, he wants to have the company of his father or mother. He needs reassurances from his mother, for instance by her holding his hand or wrist. He is compulsive, asking things over and over. He keeps on asking about holidays, what attractions will be there? Everything has to be planned and organised and he feels more at ease when his mother writes down all their plans. He has an aversion to have his nails cut and his hair and face washed.
He doesn't like board games. He has a fear of competition because he has a fear of losing. When he loses he becomes angry, slams with the doors and throws the board of the game in the air. He only shows his fear of competition at home, not at school.
He is very close to his mother, who raised him mostly alone. But he does not like to kiss her. His mother was very much relieved when his father went away because it was so difficult to handle his depressions and compulsive behaviour. His father was obsessed about germs and dirty things and had to wash his hands all the time. He needed to have everything cleaned. The burden of the father started already during the pregnancy. He was very absent, and had very irregular days, due to his depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. He couldn't handle the commitment and responsibility of a child. They have regular contact after the divorce, regulated by the court.
MindHe is afraid of insects and especially dogs. He then hides behind his mother.
He is closed-minded.
GeneralSleep: He falls asleep only when his mother is with him. When he wakes up he goes to his mother. He once had a dream that his mother is taken away by the rubbish collectors.
Dislike: he does not like to eat new things.
AnalysisPteridophyta: autism; retardation; contact problems; obsessive, compulsive father; lack of concentration, contact and abstract thinking.
Silicon series: there are aspects of the
Carbon series like aversion to hair and nails being cut, hair and face being washed, and aversion being touched. But his toilet training went easy and his speech recuperated quite well. And he is doing quite well at school. The biggest problem is his contact with other children. That fits better with
Silicon series. The grief of the loss of his father fits with that. That brings us to
Cyatheidae 3-433.00.00.
Phase 2: unsure, needs reassurances; father is weak, unable to handle responsibility:
Gleicheniaceae 3-433.12.00.
The rebellious behaviour after being abandoned by his father may fit with
Stage 13.
Prescription:
Sticherus truncatus, 3-433.12.13
Follow upAfter three doses of
Sticherus truncatus C30 and 6 weeks he is doing very well. He enjoyed a holiday trip with the school. He's more assertive. He's talking more and his speech has shifted. He is more present, showing his emotions. He cuddles, hugs and kisses his mother more. He opened up to children at school in the class and he tells more at home what he has done at school. He's very much busy with numbers, fixing the order of the days of the week and the numbers from one to hundred. His oversensitivity to touch is diminished. He is less hyperactive and sensitive to noise. He sleeps better, the whole night through.
His Quality of life went from 50 to 70.