A 35-year-old man, he is calm, nonchalant, speaks alertly, and draws slightly. He is rational and organized. Analytical, level-headed, and critical. He sits steadily and is a good conversationalist, radiating control, yet alert and ready for initiative. He has hay fever and a fruit allergy that is increasingly flaring up. He is never ill, but is "sensitive to plant extracts." Therefore, it seems logical to him to combat this with homeopathy.
Antihistamines do help, but he is experiencing increasing side effects, and he's becoming a bit drowsy. Initially, he took them once a week; now, he takes them every day. It started six years ago, or more accurately, eight years ago, around the time his parents were getting divorced. Suddenly, in early spring, with lots of sneezing and such: after eating raw carrots, he suddenly developed swollen eyes and tongue. A test revealed trees. Which fruit now: apple, pear, cherry, nuts, potato, carrot, strawberry, tomato? Over the years, it's become increasingly sensitive. Even cutting an apple for the children makes him sneeze. It's getting worse, even in the rain. He looks tired, with runny eyes. This is largely due to the lack of sleep this week and a lot of sniffling. He sneezes very often, has burning eyes, and has a cold. On a bad day, he can have 30-200 violent sneezing fits of 10 or more bursts. He has a tremendous itch in his mouth, especially the roof of his mouth. It typically begins at the end of February and lasts for three months, but over the years, it has become more frequent and longer. Eight years ago, when it started, his parents separated, he had already been working in a garage, leasing old fashioned cars. He's always very stable, and I'm feeling good. Those cars—it began sudden with an idea during an event with a friend, "What if?"—and within a few weeks, they were up and running. They now have two large companies. He's never been stressed by it, though he is, of course, concerned about whether things are going well. Do people keep coming to you? He's nonchalant about it, myself. He doesn't have much of a separation between work and private life; his schedule rules him. He doesn't like things to be planned; he'd rather the phone ring and then have to go: I function best under hectic circumstances. A full schedule creates a feeling just like at school: "How are we going to do this?" He can explode at his personal to get things moving. He sleeps well; he needs a lot of sleep. As a child, he had eczema on the backs of his knees and elbows, and his mother also had hay fever. He loves fatty foods and doesn't like sweets. "They had a remarkable family for that time," he says, with a hint of discomfort in his voice for the first time. His mom had the same complaints. His lifelong he had eczema on his face.
AnalysisIron series,
Series 4: Practical, tackling, achieving. He is independent, but not concerned with a helicopter view; the shadows and nonchalance prevail, letting things happen, no vision (matching
Phase 1).
Fagales: The parental family as a theme, the unusual (or an important topic for him). When this fell apart (the divorce), the complaints began, including the skin as the only complaint that always remains.
Phase 4: He is stable, down-to-earth, and constant.
Phase 1: The complaint is explosive, the idea of work and the realization of a project within a few weeks; he enjoys hectic activity. New things, clear thinking, alert. Sudden emotions.
Betulaceae: pioneer, starting.
Stage 6: Exciting but still doing it, challenge, hectic circumstances, difficult but still doing it,
Stage 6 as a theme.
Prescription:
Alnus rubra MK.
Follow-upImmediately after taking, less frequent and less forceful sneezing, and more sniffling. After three weeks, the days of only sneezing are gone; now he sneezes 2-3 times instead of 10. The itching in his mouth is still there. Before, he was bothered even by an apple on the table. Yesterday, he ate a carrot, and it only bothered him slightly. He's calming down. In the following years, he has had minimal discomfort.