Hydrangea arboresens A 13-year-old girl, she is large in stature, and young in behavior. Her mother brings her along. Three years ago, she had an amelioration after Ornithogallum. She tells a little bit herself each time, and her mother adds to it and steers the conversation and the way of telling it almost forcefully: she does this by overwhelming her, keeping a tight grip on the reins, though softly and with attention. This natural and fluid division of labor seems to be the normal course of events.
A lot is going on: 'I stress a lot at school, but I don't do anything about it'. Once she thought she had a failing grade at school, went through a week with a feeling of panic, and couldn't sleep well. It is more the problem that 'when other people say something about it'— she says with a dejectedly expression this has always been the case,—that the opinion or judgment of others is more important than what she thinks herself. When people say something, and she isn't sure, it causes tension. She doesn't trust them.
She gets inflamed tonsils monthly; then she can barely swallow (it feels compressed, stinging). She has to stay home, often because she isn't feeling well. Blood tests are fine. Another thing that really bothers her is that when she goes running during gym class, her face turns red very quickly. Even afterwards, she gets comments, which is very annoying for her That red face, she can even feel it throbbing, and she gets very angry about it; it is noticeably red except around the mouth, where it remains white like a mask.
This summer, she suffered a sunstroke on sports day, accompanied by vomiting. Heat makes her nauseous quickly, like being pushed together, and short of breath. That is why she doesn't like going to the gym. She is insecure about herself. 'I am too fat. She sleeps poorly, waking up every time. A scary dream: ‘a burglar hitting me on the head, or a dream with a big scare, or turning over, and then there are scary things – something I don't want to see’. It is difficult for her to surrender to something, to someone else, for example she used to be afraid of being on the back of a bicycle, now on a plane or in an amusement park; she was already afraid beforehand.
As a child, she already had sleep problems; she scared herself, with 'what if' thoughts, she would have to cry. A few months ago, she got huge striae on her legs. She has menstrual periods with heavy blood loss and severe pain. She used to find growing scary; she was afraid of becoming very tall, 'then you stand out so much to the others in the class'. Last year, she had regular headaches, accompanied by a bit of nausea and a stinging sensation in her throat. School is going well, no, it is not fun: she misses the children from her old class, she now has longer days than her friends (first year of secondary school). Sometimes she tries something, like a handstand, then she perseveres, just keeps trying, just keeps going. She was very firm about choosing a school: she didn't want another school; that one ‘looked like a hospital, and it smelled like one, too’. She wants to become an architect, but she also wants something exciting. Standing in front of a class? No, definitely not; they'll start hating you. She can never keep her feet still.
AnalysisWe see many aspects of
Series 5: atmosphere, art, ideas, and inventing.
At this age, we often see
Series 6 problems, and themes emerge: independence, no longer being a child.
Belonging to the group, standing out, as a theme, is known from Labiaceae, and can be extrapolated to
Lamiales.
This already brings us to 3-665.00.00, the
Lamiales.
Phase 1: Childlike, not feeling at home in the group, not in the world, also just naive, fantasy fits. The start of menstruation could also be a possibility, a trigger, a new situation, not feeling at home yet.
Her father recovered well from a burnout years ago after the remedy Cornus ciricinatus; it is worth considering a solution for the daughter in the same order in a family: Class 3-665.10.00
Phase 5: Restlessness, tension regarding what she wants – discovering the world, wanting to move forward, but
Phase 5 is also visible in the 'pushing' by the mother, the expectations, and even her redness. Two varieties of the Hydranchea family are known, placed in
Stage 6 and
Stage 8. Being observed, having to take an exam, wanting to prove oneself. The response in this case of
Hydrangea arborescens argues for the placement of this plant in
Stage 6.
Prescription Hydrangea arborea MK.
Follow-up after 10 weeksThings are going very well. She doesn't get so stressed out at school anymore, though she is still bothered a lot by those tonsils. Her mother has to indicate what she is still bothered by. She didn't have any trouble with menstruation at all this time, with almost no blood loss. She hasn't had headaches anymore, only occasionally after exercising, but she doesn't need painkillers anymore.
The tonsils can still feel raw, just as if something is stuck in her throat. The pain persists, and there is bad breath. If she stays home for a day to rest, it is over. Congestion in the face; the redness is still there. Her knees also turn red and warm; she even feels it when pulling and bending them. She had experienced this more often after showering. Her upper legs are still vulnerable; the skin breaks open easily through clothing. Sleep is good, though sometimes she still has a scary dream after a suspenseful movie. The symptoms disappear after some more weeks, and she does well for the next 10 years.