Ampelopsis arboreaRemedy code: 3-643.16.06.
A woman of 35 years old, in appearance and behavior she is even-keeled and not very expressive, hushed, but here below you can see a sparkle and a sufficiency to herself, she does have good contact and overview of what is happening around her. She is soft, like she is holding back, or sparing herself. Calm in her attitude and expectant in the way she talks, she is attentive to the children she came before. She has three small children, between 2 and 5 years old. She is quiet, regularly suppressing a yawn, always coming across as someone you would expect to say “I'm going to bed in a moment”. She presents with a rash on the left hand, and the palm, the base on the pinky side is scaly, and there are fissures, on that spot the skin is hardened, red, and itchy. There is also a spot on the foot, the reflex site of the uterus. The skin of the feet is dry. She often has fissures in the fingers, thumb, and heels, everything is dry. She goes to a pedicure. Around the eyes and under the nose it is also red, this itches and pulls, but she does not like it, she feels ugly with that. It started two years back around the mouth, and it goes up and down, after alcohol it is worse. The scalp has been hard and scaly for a long time. It gets better in the winter and now that she uses neutral shampoo. Other than that she is never sick. The right leg does not feel good, it is a weird annoying pain, sometimes very bad for a few days. After a night out it is bad, at night it bothers her. This started during the pregnancy with pelvic pain. It is a good time she says, but she suffers from everything, she is tired. Always she was tired, she doesn't remember how long, she was always ‘good at sleeping’. The eyes feel tired and are colored slightly red. She works three days, she has many customer contacts, she gets appreciation, likes it, and she manages the whole team. The menses are without problems, and sleep is good. Back home it was always cozy, she thinks it was a good base, and both parents were home a lot. Like her father, she suffers easily from the ears, regularly the ear is sprayed out. She has no hobbies, she used to go cycling. After
Strophanthus hispidus, the complaint of the leg disappears, the skin is unchanged, and the energy seems to become even less. She is busy with her work, and taking care of the children. Because of the fatigue, she is no longer sociable with the children; she acts ugly in her own opinion. She has cold feet more than usual.
AnalysisWhat keeps her busy, where is her focus, this refers to the appropriate class.
Silicon series: family, contacts at work, skin.
Silicon series: of
Liliales is known complaints in the head and pelvis, indications of this are the rash on the head, and the pelvis (pain in the leg, radiation, the spot on the foot refers to the uterus). The spot on the hand is at the course of the heart meridian, TCM indicates turmoil in the head with this, too-active awareness. Later she confirms that it is very busy in her head.
Iron series: work, being functional, keeping things going at home and work, connective tissue (the cracks refer to the
Fabidae). Talking about the fatigue she mentions the alcohol, going out, fun and enjoyment is also a theme known from the
Fabidae, this can be extrapolated to
Iron series. Q-search under search term ‘itch’ within
Iron series gives Ampelopsis, among others, given the fatigue and the complaint is that she finds herself “ugly,” she is not nice anymore. This refers to
Phase 6. Since this is the outer layer, visible to herself and the outside world, this is the Subphase.
Phase 1: exhaustion (compare the
Acidums).
Phase 6: fatigue.
Prescription: Ampelopsis arborea C30.
Follow upThings improve quickly, after only a week she doesn't have to apply ointment and hormone cream anymore, it still itches now and then. The hand does not open anymore, the fissures are gone, and there is no more itching. The scalp is much better. Energy is still low, after a month, she gets little sleep because of the children. Her head is busy, she keeps thinking about everything, what still needs to be done. I don't see the yawning anymore. She is warmer and more sociable. Over the next few months, she feels she is getting fitter and happier. The busyness in her head is rarely there anymore.