A 70-year-old man has shingles. It is on the right chest under the nipple and from there to the back: small red vesicles, the pain is severe, burning, and it feels like bruising pain. Touch makes it sensitive. He has been on prednison medication for decades because of an organ transplant, but his condition was good. The months before this were a tense time. For years things have been very tight for him financially. Because of his expertise, he became a middleman in the art trade. Selling went well, they are in a start-up phase, and there is now disagreement about the money and uncertainty about what the tax will do, he has already hired a lawyer. He thinks about it a lot: what is hanging over my head? Medication from the family doctor does nothing, now he is on vacation far away, and call me. He is philosophically inclined, and always an advocate for the less fortunate. In his own words: I was working at the time, in my spare time, with a person where I was experiencing severe pressure, experienced through battle of words and confrontations, which affected me deeply. There was great disappointment in me. Because of the whole situation, I had also become very tired and finally I ended the contact.
AnalysisTheme struggle plays a role, in litigation, and conflict. The threat is financial. From this theme, you come to
Stage 12. Both the aspects of “trade” and “art,” being a “middleman,” having to sell something, or the aspect of presenting yourself, fit the Silver
Series and thus refer to
Silver series. The breast area fits the
Malvidae. Not being able to express yourself (sufficiently) fits the
Malvales. Enough to start looking within the
Malvidae,
Silver series, within the framework of 3-655.00.12. The situation is uncertain, the project is in the making and is about to “unfold,” fitting
Phase 2 (brings us to the
Cistales). His dependence, on the project to grow, fits
Phase 3 (brings us to the
Cistaceae). This gives the building blocks that refer to Crocanthenum canadensis in the present
Qjure.
Prescription:
Crocanthemum canadense C30.
Follow upAfter taking the remedy, things improved quickly, within a week the pain was gone. The choice of drug was based on the emotional strain the weeks before the virus struck. Shingles have usually been “hidden” in the nerve pathways for years, and it manifests at times when the resistance is down, due to fatigue, to stressful factors, often including age. Cistus is known for the following themes: disappointment in idealism, suffering from confrontation or (word) struggle, and not being able to express oneself sufficiently. The situation was in the early stages of a new path for you (the art trade), he was dependent on third parties and still in the process of setting it up. These circumstances confirm the framework within which the homeopath should look, the pain was burning, bruising pain, and touching was very painful, common with Herpes, the region ‘chest’ is characteristic of
Malvidae, painful eruptions on the chest is characteristic of Cistus, synonym for Crocanthenum.