Hermannia salicifolia

A man of 58, recovering from a cerebovasculair infarct (attack) four months ago. He had a right-sided deficit; the right leg has residual symptoms, difficult walking and a drop foot. He feels a lot of restlessness, 'this isn't myself'. It is sometimes as if he walks beside himself, looking at his body. Preceding the heart attack there was already an extremely restless feeling; it came from the chest and radiated over the whole body, arms to the fingers, the legs: it feels as if he continuously has a shot of adrenaline. He sleeps until 4 o'clock and is then wide awake. In the months before this he also had restlessness, was emotional, everything hurt. He was muddled, very forgetful, his concentration was poor. He has a lot of pain at the anus and the perineum, the penis feels inflamed and numb. He no longer has any libido and no erections since the heart attack. The belly is bloated, the belly gurgles a lot and there is often diarrhea. He has asthma and an allergy to smells; he then feels the sinuses ticking, temporally. He has always been sensitive, quickly tired: the battery can suddenly be empty. He suffers from over stimulation, smells, sounds, light, sometimes he does not recognize a smell. Lately he has worries about the children, he feels tension and negative energy. 'I absorb the tension'. He senses atmosphere, he senses people, he senses energy. He worked in a book printing house, but has been out of circulation for years because of his sensitivity. He feels happy, and is delighted that a body can recover like this. The reason for the appointment is the impotence.
recovery from a heart attack demands a lot; the sensitivity that was already there comes to the fore.AnalysisMalvidae, Series 5, Silver series: sensitivity, sensing atmosphere.
The rubric 'impotency' was gone through, for him the most important complaint, in search of a fitting remedy within the Malvales. Abroma augusta catches the eye, but the Stage does not fit. Within this family the search continued.
Malvales, Phase 3: sensitivity to energy, softness, airways, mucous membranes.
Byttneriaceae, Phase 6: tired, out of circulation, bowels, his deficit does recover (not damage of tissues, so not Phase 7).
Stage 5: doubt, his carefulness, the recovery too is 'waiting and seeing'.
the first week he notices nothing, after that he starts to feel extremely well. His head is open, it became 'spring' in his head, the energy was good. The mucous membranes were clean, he had always had swollen nasal mucous membranes. The bowel and anus were gone, the pain in the lower abdomen went away. He feels young again, like a child, full of energy, 'living from the soul'. (the poetic descriptions fit within the Silver series). The libido returns. After four weeks there are still residual complaints from the heart attack: after a day with a lot of exertion he has to take it easy the next day, when he is tired the right leg starts to pull a bit, and when it is quiet and he is tired he hears a whistling tone on the right.