Camellia sinensis Remedy code: 3- 664.53.08
A 44-year-old woman with dark eyes, she comes across as warm and intense when you talk to her, but outside on the street she always seems aloof, as if she were sitting on an island, observing the world around her from a distance. The year before, she was prescribed Euphrasia for menstrual complaints and burnout. She recovered, went back to work, became calmer, felt better emotionally, and was less gloomy, but many complaints remained. She often experiences pain in her left groin, which is related to stress and incorrect movements during exercise. It happened more often but then went away on its own. Now there is work stress; she has a different job, which she is happy with. She wants to earn her own money. It is a nice job, but her husband now has to do more for the children and the household, which he is not used to. It caused so much friction, and she thought for a moment: I'll throw in the towel. It felt like a failure, and she cried a lot. She always did everything alone in the family, she felt his “sighs,” he has to adapt, but she thinks he should do something too. It's been wrong for weeks now. She has always given more and more, now it's time for her to develop herself.
Hormonally, she is a time bomb, with increasing PMS. At home, it's hectic, the children are noisy, and she gets annoyed easily. When she gets annoyed: bam! Afterward, she feels guilty. The doctor gives her painkillers. The pain in her hip is burning, and stinging, and radiates from her hip to her leg. Walking is fine until she suddenly collapses. She sleeps well, has many dreams: and worries, “If the car ends up in the water, will the children know what to do?” Things don't work out. She finds it stressful when she has to ask for time for herself, she gives up a lot of freedom, the evenings with friends, and the weekends away. Her husband sees her as the main caregiver for the children and says, “You wanted children.” She doesn't think that's fair. The pain is also an old trauma from her pregnancies, and after she started exercising a lot last year, it got worse. Now she starts crying too: 'I struggled with the children, my husband wasn't there, I got sciatica and I've been depressed' (you can still see this in her eyes). This pain reminds her of the period when things weren't going well in the relationship. At the time, she was driven crazy by the pain, she felt guilty, she lost her job, she had a lawsuit, she couldn't give the children any attention, and all that time her partner wasn't there: just solve it yourself. The stress now, last year: a new job, she feels fitter than ever, but her husband is stressed by her new work rhythm, he was impossible to be around, like a prickly cactus, that's the atmosphere: “Everyone is holding their breath, he's getting ailments, she has a big kid on her hands.” She adapts again. She needs a lot of freedom and gets stressed when she can't do what she wants. As she gets older, this becomes more and more the case; the straitjacket causes tension. She is frustrated that her husband doesn't see everything she does, juggling everything, she wants that appreciation sometimes. She has always made his bed, but now she is asking for something herself. She has been working on spiritual development for some time, awareness of the meaning of life. She is quite feisty at home and makes herself heard.
After
Alpinia officinarum, the pain got worse (chosen on the theme of the
Liliidae pelvis (the pain) versus head (the restlessness), the drive, wanting more, of
Phase 5, and perseverance and caring for
Stage 11).
AnalysisThe themes of pain and independence, as both a burden and a motivating factor, are indicative of
Lanthanides and
Gold series.
Work is a theme: a burden, but also a solution. For her, being independent and getting things done at home are aspects of the
Iron series and
Iron series. This brings us to the
Ericidae, known for the keywords that fit this case: “tackle, roll up your sleeves, get to work.”
Phase 5: wanting more, wanting to go further, feeling pressure, wanting freedom, outbursts, and the tense situation at home.
Phase 3: not being strong enough, adapting, and giving in, both as a strength (problem-solving ability) and as a stressful factor.
Together, this interpretation gives the family of the
Theaceae.
Forcing,
Stage 8: both the worsening of the pain in the hip and the years of 'keeping all the balls in the air'.
Qjure search also gives
Camellia sinensis, synonymous with Thea sinensis, the tea plant, with the search term 'left hip' and
Subphase 3 and
Stage 8.
A Phase is recognizable in the 'ground layer', the basis from which someone feels and lives, the capacity, whereby someone feels good. Above that, making the Subphase more visible, contrasting or complementing the Phase. Above this, the Stage is visible, the action, the taking action, and the self-direction (whether by free choice or imposed by circumstances).
Thea (
Camellia sinensis) is appropriate for the hip, the forcing (
Stage 8) of the connective tissue (capsules, ligaments are appropriate for
Iron series), which becomes inflamed and painful (
Gold series). In addition, much of the theme can be recognized in her attitude in life, striving for and needing independence, and self-development, with the addition, coloring, or even “split” of the practical, task of
Iron series.
Prescription:
Camellia sinensis C200.
Follow-upthe first day she was very curt with visitors, she had no patience, and she was embarrassed about it. The next day, she suddenly felt much more at peace in her body, more patient. Her period came a week later, without pain and with little flow, without emotional swings or outbursts. The hip pain is still there at times, but the pain has literally 'subsided', less in the hip, the radiation in the groin is gone but now more in the lower leg, and she still feels it when bending and cycling. For the first two months, her hip still feels ‘tight’ on the side. She wants to stop menstruating and is considering using hormones. She imagines that if her periods become irregular, she will lose her enjoyable life. She wants to be able to plan a weekend away or a night out. She dreads the menopause. She sleeps well and dreams a lot. Things are going well at home, she is no longer annoyed, and the tasks are better distributed now. The theme of
Phase 5 is now clearly articulated: wanting to do fun things, aspiring to freedom. She is still intensively engaged in spiritual questions and development. After three months, the pain is gone for good, and she continues to feel well.