Verbena officinalis A 67-year-old woman, slightly stocky in build, brilliant and wet eyes, she is cheerful and open when she talks actively, but all this is overshadowed by restlessness and a slight stubbornness when she falls silent during the discussion.
"It has been a difficult time; my husband had a relapse into depression. He does not want medication, does not want anyone to know: I could not express myself. We talk a lot, sometimes I am angry, and I contribute to everything. You become powerless (this already shows: she is open about it, she does not push the problem away, she takes action herself, faces the problem head-on, aware of the shadow, so
Lanthanides or
Series 6, she goes all in:
Stage 8,
Phase 6 because of ‘powerless’, partner, and taking responsibility without question is
Phase 4).
The joints are very sensitive. Pain in the pylorus: she has a heavy feeling when she eats, a feeling that she has to sigh it away, and the feeling of not being able to breathe. Her stomach feels ‘empty’. The strange thing is that she functions well at work, and she enjoys nature. The family: nothing is going well with the children, in addition to work, the relationship, it all comes at once, it's such a time, but that happens sometimes, we can normally handle it, now it's a lot. Sleep is good, dreams are about high bridges, water.
After
Rumex crispus, the tightness is completely gone, but suddenly she has enormous pain in her knees, which lasts for weeks, especially at night, and is worse on the right side. The tapping of her feet during a consultation, which she often did, is now also very noticeable. She has a tear in her right eye. Things are difficult at home: her husband is now on antidepressants, which is driving her crazy. He clings to her, and she sometimes can't take it. She is happy when she can get out of the house for a while. She is searching for her own balance, for peace; she thinks about it, doubts herself. What she finds unfortunate: depression takes away so much color and joy, it makes life heavy, living in a bubble of depression.
AnalysisLanthanides,
Series 6: autonomic, aware and facing the shadow of life, joint problems, eyes.
Silver
Series,
Series 5: Attention to beauty, including what she sees in my house; she looks around and points out details, the artistic atmosphere. Beauty plays a role in her life, alongside we see: vision, responsibility, familiar of
Series 6.
Recent work: responsibility (
Gold series,
Series 6), transferring ideas (organizing a conference) (
Silver series,
Series 5).
Phase 6: Partner, despondency as a theme, it is too much to ask in this atmosphere, this burden of how she experiences the world (
Series 65).
Phase 4: In her opinion, what she does is undoubtedly taking responsibility.
Stage 8: Forcing, heavy, as theme, ‘a lot’, getting angry.
Verbena officinalis: Knee right: mentions verbena, eye lachrymation: mentions verbena.
Prescription:
Verbena officinalis MK.
Follow-up After a month, the burning knees are gone, but the right medial side is still sensitive. The watery eyes are less: no longer indoors during the day, she walks around with a handkerchief, but her eyes still water in the cold. She feels better, she has taken more action herself, she is more autonomous, no longer doing everything with and for her husband. She is better able to put it behind her. She has decided for herself: no more talking about it all day long. Her eyes are calm, no longer ‘detached from the rest of her facial expression’, more peaceful, more closed off, and her posture is more decisive; the doubt is gone, and the forced affability, the visible discomfort, is no longer visible either. She is picking up her own life again. The blanket of gloom that lay over her husband and the whole house was the feeling of standing in a stream and having to hold on tight to avoid being swept away. Her feet are very still during the consultation; it is noticeable. When she wakes up, she feels her knees, but as soon as she becomes more awake, it is over. Before, she couldn't sleep because of it. Lately, she has had to urinate more often. She can draw a lot of energy from beautiful music, beautiful skies, etc., which nourish her. The interior design and lighting in her home also nourish her. She dreams a lot, something about caring for a baby. Her stomach is fine, her joints are fine, only little pain left.