Remedy code: 3-655.33.01
A 5-year-old boy with restlessness and anger. He has a strong 'self', a strong will of his own. His parents call him a 'sponge': he cannot fall asleep. It takes about 1 1/2 hours. Everything from the day runs through his head, and he becomes restless. The mother is very clear with him, but everything the parents say to him in the evening doesn't sink in. He says, "I don't listen anymore, I've been listening all day." "I have voices (in my head), from the whole day." You can almost see the gears turning in his head. He has a lot of energy, and at school, where you have to sit still, he fidgets a lot. He needs to burn off energy outdoors. The turning point came at age four when the pacifier was taken away, and the sleeping problems started. The year after, it got worse; he became poorly behaved and had difficulty concentrating. Once asleep, he sleeps soundly and dreamless. He sleeps with a light on. Throughout the day, he keeps moving a lot and can have angry outbursts. He says he wants to be a policeman when he grows up so he can catch thieves. He says all this in a strange voice (cartoon like) that he often uses at home. He has a lot of imagination, plays well on his own, builds a lot, and thinks a lot in his way: how something works, and how things fit together. He builds a lot with Lego and asks many questions. He wants to know how things work: nature and the universe. At school, he is very attentive and listens well. Like his mother, he is very enterprising; she also wants to know how everything works. He can get angry when interrupted, saying, "I want to do it myself." Notable is the constant sucking on his shirt or putting his hands in his mouth. The pregnancy: the mother felt constricted, and her belly was in the way during work. Due to a narrow pelvis, an emergency C-section was performed. The start was otherwise good. While talking about this, the child jumps onto his mother’s lap (he seems to sense the tension this topic brings to his mother). So far, he has rarely been ill. He always has small but very severe patches of eczema in the folds. Recently, he had impetigo, which was also very severe. He also had a severe case of chickenpox. He understands a lot and looks at you, not directly in the eyes, but he listens. Afterwards, he explains things clearly. He plays well with others. At bedtime, he is always hungry. He is bursting with energy; he wakes up ready to go. Without structure, he starts playing and gets angry when interrupted. This restlessness is too much; he has a lot of temperament in everything. You can't stop him; there's no brake. The parents provide structure, which is important for him. The enormous anger he displays wasn't mentioned initially, only indirectly, as they assumed it couldn’t change. After Ceiba, he sleeps better for three weeks, can close the day more easily, and the rash disappears. There are still arguments, but he lies more calmly in bed. The strange voice disappears. Sometimes he sleepwalks. The day is still very exciting. He remains hyperactive, and struggles with "no." He still gets angry daily—this wasn’t mentioned earlier. The anger only happens at home. People don’t believe he can get angry. When he does, he gets angry and may hit. His parents feel he feels misunderstood. This anger has been there since he started school—it’s the pressure from school, or it’s related to becoming aware that he can achieve something.
AnalysisSerie 5: voice and expression (both as items and as themes), the vivid imagination, the sensitivity, the curiosity.
Silver series5: remarkable voice usage occurs in
Malvales, the sensitivity, the strong non-verbal expression capacity, he is very expressive, has independent thoughts (he is creating his own vision on the world).
Phase
Remedy code: 3: adaptation, he is still a child. The situation, and his awareness of it, is Phase
Remedy code: 3, his position: he still wants to learn a lot. Altogether, there are many Malvaceae traits: the need for tactile stimuli, noticeable voice usage, sensing emotions, releasing tension, and a 'sponge' for all impressions.
The spinning, the elusiveness, and the anger have been seen before in
Abelmoschus moschatus. Anger, the explosiveness, is known from Abelmoschus, placed in
Stage 1.
Stage 1 is also reflected in the severity of his physical symptoms.
Prescription:
Abelmoschus moschatus MK.
Follow-upIt quickly and permanently went well; he now sleeps well and calmly. The anger is much less intense, no more "oewaa" (as the mother explain his outbursts). He notices it himself too. At his mother’s request, he now says himself, though still in the strange voice, that he is less angry. He still licks his hands a lot, which he also does at home. He is cheerful and relaxed. If you now say "calm down," he does it after a while, and what they ask of him is now done too. Sometimes he still gets a little angry when he’s playing. Things are now good and stable, also within the family. They all notice it; things are better now. He moves, spins, observes, thinks, sucks, and fiddles a lot. The eczema stays away—other years, it was severe in the winter, and they were expecting it. He spends a lot of time with books and is very interested in being read to,
especially about how the world works. The parents feel like he is now in balance. He is happy, goes to bed with a smile, and wakes up looking cheerful.