Remedy code: 3-655.33.15
A woman aged 48, small length, compact build, with a boyish appearance and hairstyle. She is gentle, sensitive, cautious, sometimes with hints of mild suspicion, easily hurt.
She started experiencing extreme headaches at the age of 14, coinciding with menstruation, often rolling on the ground in pain. It worsened over time, dominating my life. The pregnancy went well with the same headaches, without ant stress. ‘Things started passing me by, and my mental abilities decreased. I got almost daily headaches. Doctors diagnosed 'stress,' and 'psychological' issues. At 42, I was frequently bedridden for 5 days, vomiting, after that a few days to recover. Blood in the urine appeared but disappeared after an antibiotic course. However, a phrenologist diagnosed high blood pressure (230/?), and medication relieved both the blood pressure and the headaches (after 28 years of pain). The blood pressure medication made me extremely tired; it still does, physically slowing me down. I gradually built up my fitness, and last year I could finally address my past: the troubles, emotions, and sorrows emerged. After that, I felt so calm, a sensation I had never experienced before. I began reducing my medication, and it continued to go well. I could be myself. Since then, I've noticed my sensitivity to stimuli and emotions.
I also started exercising, something I had never been able to do before; it affects you emotionally (she says with emotion in her voice and on her face). A knee injury caused stress, leading to an increase in blood pressure.
Now, with medication again, I'm very tired; I can just manage work and come home exhausted. Work is stressful with high pressure, and many layoffs, dominating my life. I feel all the stress and emotions of others. I'm also taking a course to learn how to deal with it. Occasionally, I still take medication, but then I can't function. Sometimes, my blood pressure reaches 180/100, and I feel restlessness in my body, a slight headache, and a palpable heartbeat. I play music in an orchestra, and cycling there causes muscle pain. Sensitivity: I can suddenly feel down, not caused by feelings of myself (she makes busy arm movements while talking). It's someone I know or it is someone nearby. I can also have a premonition, for example, about my daughter, or about a colleague, or acquaintances.
Music is a hobby since the age of 19, I couldn't play for years due to headaches, it is a brassband. In the last two years, I resumed playing the instrument; the teacher was also a breath therapist and provided exercises. That's when all the emotions surfaced: anger, sadness, fear, with few memories, she says. About her family: I'm the youngest of three; the oldest needed much care. There was no communication with my parents, no space for me, amounts to 'emotional neglect.' I'm on a different wavelength than my parents. I felt this way even in the past, just always. Primary school was good, very pleasant. High school: no self-confidence, poor self-image. Menstruation: headaches started, along with much abdominal pain. She studied youth welfare work, and enjoyed it but struggled, so she opted for mathematics because it got better grades. Got married (21 years ago), had a child, and separated after six months. During pregnancy, she already questioned if this was it, after she expressed it, he 'derailed.' Later she had another relationship.
Sometimes headaches at the vertex, light. Previously felt like my head was exploding; I even pushed my head with my hands. Painkillers helped, and propranolol provided temporary relief.
Music has always been a part of me, playing instruments; through school, I joined a choir, and that introduction stayed with me; there were nice people. Music is crucial to me; I'm the only one in the family who is into it. I'm also very sensitive to the atmosphere at the music association. Sleep: sometimes she has trouble falling asleep.
Dreams mix reality, often work-related. She tells about a vacation in Africa; so impressed by the society there. The gap between rich and poor, the security, the confrontation with poverty, it's overwhelming. Very strong: if someone talks about something there, I have to listen. Previously, constantly alert to what my parents and brothers did, I think it was automatic, paying attention to their reactions. A year ago, I severed ties; I already saw them rarely, related to the psychologist, blood pressure, and family are connected; I shouldn't encounter them.
Analysisthis analysis was made before Wonderful
Plants was presented, based on Plantfamilies, Scholten and Mavales 1, Plantlessons Maarten van der Meer.
Sensitivity to 'atmosphere', reading the environment, expressing emotion: Malvaceae. Cutting off contact is a painful point. Music, atmosphere, idea, culture, this are all silverserie aspects. Within the Malvaceae, Abel moschus and Hibiscus are possibilities, stage 1 (unity, ideal) and stage 15 (charge, boundaries as a theme). Blood pressure leads to Hibiscus (as a herb it is used in hypertension).
Afterwards, we can see confirmation in the themes as presented and used in
Qjure.
Silver series: social work, atmosphere, music, tension
Phase 3: adapting, making an effort to fit in
Stage 15: bloodpressure, unrest, feeling cramped at home, insufficient space now, head exploding, victim, refusal (= victim, music didn't work, studies didn't work), improved through sports.
Silver series: presenting, comparing, appreciation, philosophy. Blood pressure: as a regulatory system.
Closing off and setting boundaries are the burdensome themes. Work is not the issue, but rather the busyness (stage 15) and atmosphere (
Silver series) at work. Feeling others' emotions is a burden; consider
Phosphorus, also stage 15.
Prescription: Hibiscus sabdarifa MK
Follow upAfter 3 weeks she tells it's positive; I notice a change. I am calmer inside, and when I sit down now, the blood pressure also decreases; there are still fluctuations but less intense. The first few days after taking it, I had to urinate frequently. Fatigue is now subsiding; it's not the intense fatigue anymore, no dull head either. Slept a lot in the beginning, and went to bed early the first night. Can sleep peacefully now, similar to before, still variable. I feel a change, for example, at work; it's a mixture of emotion and stress; work pressure is high, and the atmosphere significantly worsens. All of that has less impact on me now. Music: it plays more relaxed; I notice it; the atmosphere has less influence on me. I am less shy and feel good about myself. The previous blood pressure was 180/105; now, in relaxation, it drops to 130/90. When I think of something unpleasant, my blood pressure still rises at 170; then I feel restlessness around the heart area and a slight headache. It's now less frequent and less prolonged. Still happens at work or with certain thoughts: I can be very enthusiastic, and find something fun, but if something on TV is too suspenseful, it affects me too much. Started running six months ago; I couldn't go beyond a few minutes and got an injury. In the last few weeks, it's much better. Sensitivity to 'listening' is still present but less severe; I don't have to listen compulsively anymore, although it still happens with irritation towards a colleague. Volume: still happens when a motorcycle passes by; I can cringe. I can listen to music loudly.
She speaks animatedly, both arms move symmetrically while expressing herself. Her eyes are now clear, giving a stronger impression. Works long days, 6-18 hours, including work and travel time.
After 10 weeks: I've never felt like this before! Considering the circumstances, things are going quite well. Work is busy with a lot of layoffs, and it can still make me mentally exhausted. There are moments when I feel on the verge of collapsing; last week, I burst into tears when I received criticism. My blood pressure occasionally spikes (180/105), but there are also moments when it's normal (130/90). I feel great, in good spirits, with minimal headaches—sometimes experiencing tension headaches on one side of my head. I've been engaging in a lot of sports. Sleep has been challenging; I often wake up after an hour, contemplating work. Herbal tea helps. When I talk about it, my neck turns bright red.
It's my nature—hard work and pushing through. In recent weeks, I've been contemplating a lot. I realize I shouldn't take on everything, and I'm learning to distance myself. It's finally working, although it still requires effort. I handle discussions differently now; I understand what's happening, allowing me to walk away instead of letting it create unrest. Internally, it feels pleasant, and I find joy in the things I do.
After 12 weeks the blood pressure is excellent; even during peaks it stays below 150/90. Work is extremely busy. In my body, I sense calmness, although my head can still feel restless—it's a new sensation as if it belongs to me. I'm gradually reducing medication: now taking 1/8 of the prescription in the evening and nothing during the day. There was a moment at work when I was exceptionally tired, and I couldn't tolerate anything from colleagues, and had an outburst. Normally, I keep everything inside. The fatigue now manifests as reduced concentration, lots of sleep, and a lack of interest in everything. I'm not very cheerful but extremely emotional.
Still, I'm better than ever; the workload is intense, understandably causing fatigue, but now in a 'healthy' way.