Bixa orellana A young woman aged 29, stocky build, slightly overweight, she is ‘chubby’ and has a soft face. She also speaks in a soft voice, cautiously and tentatively, with a light tone. During the consultation, she takes notes, writing in small letters, and occasionally drawings. When searching for an answer, she usually looks up to the right, with a receptive, calm gaze. When she talks about happy memories, she lights up and searches for words cheerfully, looking to the left, as if she is grasping the images. She suffers from nausea, her stomach acid is very high, and she used omeprazole for months, but that now gives her a swollen stomach. It has been six years, and she can no longer eat or drink anything acidic. Milk helps; drinking lots of water helps. She has trouble with high or low temperatures. Tests showed that she has low estrogen and possibly PCOS. She gets exhausted quickly. She has heart problems, palpitations, and rhythm problems. Last year, she seemed to have a heart attack. A monitor showed that her rhythm sometimes drops out at night and races when she exerts herself. It feels as if her heart is being pulled towards her back. When she bends over, walks a short distance, or spontaneously, she feels a pounding in her chest and feels light-headed, as if she is standing at a height. It is often constant, but there are also weeks when it is almost gone. In her youth, her blood pressure and heart rate were always very low. She really enjoys listening to music; she likes it to have tempo, but if the drums are too loud, it makes her feel restless. She has a special preference for Eastern music and she likes to dance. She is easily overstimulated by sound, high-pitched tones, and it feels as if someone is shouting in her ear. She is highly sensitive, used to have difficulty with social situations, is clumsy, has poor fine motor skills, and needs more time to process things. This led to a diagnosis of autism at school, and recently, a diagnosis of ADHD. Her mind is restless, and she has difficulty being on time. Her parents were always very protective and did a lot for her, and now she has a home care worker. Noise, light, and negative experiences exhaust her, and it takes her a long time to process them. Her resistance is good, but since COVID-19, she often has a runny nose. She always wants to wear a scarf; her neck must stay warm, otherwise her voice becomes hoarse. In the past, she was prescribed antidepressants and antipsychotics because of her hyperactivity. She stopped taking them because of the side effects, which included significant weight gain and stomach problems (this information only came to light later). She has daily crying spells after emotional events, too much noise, or disagreements. She does administrative work, and her hobby is drawing, but she doesn't always have the energy for it. She studied art for a year, but it wasn't a pleasant environment, so she then studied cultural sciences. She is also involved in activism, and it is difficult to balance everything. She has trouble going to bed on time and keeps looking at her phone. She sleeps well, but her dreams can “last for days”; she is traveling, dreaming about magic or concerts. Her tongue is indented along its entire length. She has difficulties in making contact, hiding herself in her house.
AnalysisMany aspects come to the fore, with many possibilities, so ‘what is outstanding’, we can look for what is typical for this consultation, this woman. Based on the atmosphere, her sensitivity, the waiting and probing in her gaze, speech, and even in her thinking, we have a strong reference to the
Malvidae.
Silver series,
Series 5: art, feeling talk, probing, neck sensitivity, chest area, voice, talking and expressing oneself is a theme.
Phases: When looking for a suitable phase, you can be guided by what someone radiates, what someone shows. Her caution and withdrawal refer to
Phase 2, which also fits with her stopping her education at an early stage, following an ideal (
Phase 1) within the Silver
Series. Her lack of independence (naivety, as we know from
Stage 1), her activism, being alone and having to shut herself off, not connecting, and enormous unrest) fits with
Phase 1.
Stage 16: digestion, exhausted.
Prescription:
Bixa orellana C200.
Follow-upAfter five weeks, she feels reasonably well, sometimes even better. When talking, she now makes good eye contact, with openness and calmness. She can go to bed earlier, sleeps more hours, and no longer spends hours staring at her screen. Her heart is calmer, but she still avoids many things. She still suffers from heartburn, but needs fewer antacids. She now eats until she feels nauseous; it is not enjoyable or tasty, and she does not feel full. She is more interested in her hobbies, reads more comic books, and wants to become a cartoonist again. She is excited about this and says happily, “I have a passion again.” She is creative again, making things, and has taken up embroidery again. She always drew a lot, and she happily says she has participated in an exhibition again. She goes “too far” with it and often daydreams about it at work. Her tongue is now soft pink, the edge is light red, and no longer indented (no more weakness in lymph or spleen energy). Her neck is still sensitive to cold and swells up quickly. She still tests herself regularly for COVID-19, even though it has been three years since the ‘crisis’, and still wears a face mask. She still often has a runny nose and mucus in her eyes. She is sensitive to eye shadow, but she is also obsessed with it and uses all kinds of colors. In the months that follow, she finds it easier to deal with people, makes better contact, no longer has to avoid things, and her stomach is now calm. She now dares to leave the house without a face mask. The year after she is fine.