Heracleum sphondylium A 55-year-old woman who has been suffering from extreme pain and fatigue for years, possibly as a result of an arachnoid tumor. She has shooting and neuralgic pains, unbearable, most from the pelvic region upwards through all her body. She refuses radiation treatment. Due to the pain and her bedridden state, she lives in isolation, suffering from restlessness, depression, and anxiety, which exacerbate her condition. She has been taking orab and amitriptyline for twenty years. Several homeopathic medicines provided a temporary, slight improvement. She experienced long-term improvement after treatment with Streptococcus (4 months),
Platinum muriaticum (8 months), and then
Radium bromatum (1 year). Over time, she pushed her limits and suffered a relapse.
In addition to the pain, she suffers from a lot of tension, which is related to her ‘struggle’ for her place and acceptance in her family. This struggle continues in her dreams: she rides her bike to the big city, where she is not welcome, and just rides around. She has been working as a psychic healer for a few years, which goes very well when the pain is less. She senses a lot, takes on other people's pain and feelings, and people quickly pour their hearts out to her. The tension this causes her regularly has to be released through crying spells and depression. For years, she has been undergoing a lot of therapy, out of desperation and in search of the reason for her miserable feelings. She has been receiving coaching, participating in constellations, immersing herself in cosmic matters, etc.
She has always been prone to intense emotions, which has led to a lack of understanding among her family and relatives. In recent months, she has been suffering from an “inner ticking” in her forehead, eyes, and crown. At the same time, she finds herself counting everything: the corners of the room, the corners of her eyes, the windows, the books in the bookcase. This happens automatically and makes her tired. It has been going on constantly for a few months and is increasing in intensity. It gets worse when she feels rejected. The feeling of rejection, accompanied by depression and despair, has been going on for years. A disapproving look from someone immediately upsets her. She has a lot of pain in her calf, medially, and it feels like a lot of water is flowing. Her calves throb and hurt. The rejection: her children no longer want to have contact with her, her family rejected her some time ago, she lay in bed, in pain, crying, thinking about the meaning of life and her suffering, etc. The theme of rejection has been a recurring one in her life, ever since primary school. It makes her want to end her life when she is rejected. Another tic: pushing her tongue against the roof of her mouth. Her eyes are uncertain, and she cannot follow a story properly because she counts everything while listening. She cannot even sit at the table with her family without counting. She used to do that, too; there were always arguments at home. She feels a pressing pain in her sternum. A lump of pain, being pulled. She intuitively makes drawings: all black arrows from a center, pointing outward. It is as if she looks at herself all day, observes herself, and criticizes herself. At birth, she was the second of twins; they did not know she was coming.
Analysisthat time the analysis was bases on Plant family themes,
Apiales where leading and because her reaction on
Platinum, suggestive for
Stage 10. From the knowledge of
Qjure we can see now confirmation of the leading characterizations we call
Series, Phase and
Stages.
Series 6: depressed, she feels outside her body, outside transfer and contact, she is spiritual, she is concerned with the message of life, the meaning of life, the meaning lies beyond the boundaries of the ‘I’, the theme of putting things into perspective outside one's own body and life.
Lanthanides: aware of the shadow in life, being alone.
Phase 7,
Apiales 3-666.70.00: Outsider, being left out (
Phase 7 as a stressful factor), wanting to step out, distancing oneself (
Phase 7 as a resolving capacity). Did not receive affection from parents.
Subphase 5,
Tordylioideae 3-666.75.00: Restlessness, wanting to work on a solution, intense pain, arguments.
Stage 10, 3-666.75.10: theme of being stable.
Heracleum sphondilium: exhaustion, depression (Clarce). Meningeal tumor (case study).
Prescription: Heracleum sphondilium MK.
Follow-upSoon she feels well, her energy level is improving, her depression is lifting, her obsessive thoughts are becoming less frequent, her fears are disappearing, and she is no longer in pain. She regularly experiences a few hours of fatigue after treating clients and taking on their complaints (she is an energy therapist). “I am amazed at how I now perceive and observe everything differently.” The counting tic remains; it is less frequent but still very distracting in the first few weeks. She is working hard to reduce her medication; she first discussed this with the doctors (
Lanthanides and
Series 6 aspect), and she persisted (
Phase 5 aspect). Her vertebrae are still regularly stuck, but she can sometimes crack them by bending, which immediately removes the ‘tic’ as well as the accompanying tension in her stomach area. She now explains: 'We have been through so much as a family, I am on my own. It's as if I always see the big picture’ (aspects of
Series 6,
Phase 7).
She now dares to stand up for her choices. She wears bright colors, red, bright tights, and large colored buttocks (
Phase 5). Her drawings are now in pastel, no longer the rays, no longer the black and the arrows. After six months, things are still going well, despite the ongoing problems with the children. She no longer sees the need for all the therapy she used to follow. She later recounted a dream from the past that always stayed with her: I was standing with a group of people near a large hogweed; everyone was warning me to be careful. I had already eaten a leaf and was feeling very powerful.