Onosmodium virginianum

Onosmodium virginianum A 60-year-old woman, accompanied by her husband, who had previously sought advice for her. He has a strong presence, modestly, providing strict guidance that she does not really need, but they work very well as a ‘team’. Later it becomes clear that the man has had to take on many tasks and functions, or prevent her collapse with his care. She is not yet able to walk independently. Earlier, he had asked over the counter for ‘something for headaches’, and when asked about a fall, Hamamelis mother tincture was given, which improved things greatly, hence the appointment. As the conversation progresses, it seems that she has learned to live with the complaint; she experiences it and sees it as insurmountable but very burdensome. She tells me the bare minimum, always exactly the things I am fishing for or what I mean. She seems to pick up the words well or tune in to their meaning. Five weeks ago, she fell ill with a headache. It started with a fever of 39.5, muscle pain, and she was bedridden for two weeks, then developed (even more) pain in her head. She still has a fever. Six years ago, she fell and hit her head against a wall. Her head ‘didn't feel right’ at the time, but the GP reassured her. When she has a complaint, she also gets a kind of net on her head, at the vertex. She is still very tired. Everything goes slower. After sleeping, her forehead is swollen in the morning, as is her nose (root). That fall: I didn't feel well, I looked terrible, my whole face was swollen, and bruises spread across my entire face. Not feeling well means that everything was blurry and slowed down. She keeps everything that comes at her out, which is necessary protection: light, sound, emotions. She built up that protection herself, keeping things out, which I learned through training. She was sensitive as a child, and still is, for example, when eating strawberries. She wasn't really a group person. Her children also react strongly to stimuli. Her approach to parenting was “there are no difficult children,” we will do something about it ourselves. She can gauge someone very easily, she can even pick up on someone's thoughts if she wants to. It is never burdensome (this sensitivity).
How did things go after the fall? At the moment of the fall, she knew, ‘I've lost my protection’. The moment she fell, she knew in a flash that something was wrong. Strange, she thinks. For the six years since the fall, she has been getting tired quickly. In the beginning, there was improvement, but only minimal for weeks. In the beginning, she sat on the couch, she was emotional, with a little too much light or noise, a setback, she was in tears. She didn't dare to drive a car, she sees things too late, there is some delay in processing. Everything had to go according to certain lines, otherwise she was upset. She suffered from criticism at work, ‘I make that very big’. She has been working in administration for 40 years. After a merger, she no longer enjoyed it and went into healthcare. The nice thing is to enable people who have something wrong with them to do something again. She quickly sees if and what is wrong with someone. This work is not her ‘life's work’. Freedom is more important, feeling free, not feeling obligated. She has difficulty with repetitive tasks. This conversation is also intense for her. She has no hobbies, but she enjoys cooking. She cannot quickly stop her thoughts; she is very busy with the children, her parents, and work. She used to take on everything and was very busy with it. She has an allergy to sulfite, which causes her to swell up and turn blue. In the past, she had a lot of stomach pain and intestinal problems, but without gluten it is less. She still suffers from fatigue, she feels the spot where she fell, it is as if she feels a splinter in her skull (vertex) pricking her, and her forehead still feels as if she has just fallen.
When she looks up, she gets dizzy, and when she bends over, too. That has been the case since the fever. Low blood pressure. In the beginning, she could work for 1½ hours and then sleep for 3 hours. Noise made everything worse. She could no longer read a book; she couldn't take it in. Now she can read quickly again, thick books, she has a very broad range of interests. She couldn't stand not being able to solve it herself; she wants to be ‘in control’. Control over her freedom, in thought and action.AnalysisTrauma with long-term consequences, look at predisposition. Recovery calls on the tissue and energy distribution, the distribution of tension and sensitivity, the ‘antennas’, all factors that we can express and name in themes. The analysis is from before the publication of Qjure, based on Plant Families. We searched for the symptom ‘time slowly’ where Onosmodium virginianum is mentioned (among 127 others, going through the section with the above story in mind, looking for a point of recognition, which requires some prior knowledge). What we now recognize in this case: Lanthanides theme, Series 6: her Way of speaking is independent, with good word choice, contemplative, freedom. Trauma, pain, loss of protection, autonomous
Malvidae, Series 5: good intuition, able to ‘read’ people, feel and sense, able to ‘gauge’ someone, loss of protection, broad interests, reading: Series 6. Sensitive, empathetic, conscious, atmosphere at work.
The severity of the complaint, the strong influence on consciousness, fatigue, refers to a possible irritation of the meninges, known from Boraginales, particularly Onosmodium virginianum. Placement at Stage 5, ‘doubt how’ may be characteristic of recovery not getting started. She wants to cure herself (Lanthanides), driven to do that, frustration is Phase 5, that is doesn’t work yet Phase 3.
Boraginales: the medicines from this plant family suit gentle people with interest, they are cautious yet powerful, they want to make their own choices, the keywords are ‘pleasing, adapting, empathic’. Their facial expression may be slightly ‘bewildered’, they stand their ground, they have strong intentions, protecting the family. Physical or emotional hurt remains present for a long time, continues to bother them, but they continue to resist it, want to get over it.
Prescription: Onosmodium virginianum C200.Follow-up After 5 days, something happened: her head felt different, more normal. She had less fluid in her forehead in the morning. She was able to get up more easily. I am having difficulty going to the toilet again, just like thirty years ago. Once every four or five days. She then feels bloated. Bowel movements are painful and rock hard. Her head has improved by 60% in one month, but I still feel that bump on top of my head. She has less pain, less stabbing, except when she gets very upset or angry, which happened after a very hurtful email about family issues. She is still easily irritated since the fall. She has a short fuse, but things are getting better. She always avoids confrontation. People sometimes take advantage of her; she is too nice to her colleagues. She holds back; she used to be able to say things diplomatically, subtly. Now she only says them days later. She feels like she shouldn't say anything; it's too stressful. After a few weeks, she also has more energy, she can cycle again, she no longer falls asleep during the day. Now, for example, she can carry her shopping downstairs herself, something she always had to ask someone else to do before. She can tolerate light and sound better. There is no longer any panic when the sun shines (the light is too bright). She can now wear her glasses without it hurting, she is less bothered by the TV, which used to cause bright images or a strip of white light, and she is also less bothered by noise. She sleeps well. Before, she would sometimes have frightening dreams about being chased. She is very aware of the hustle and bustle around her and withdraws as a form of protection, which can sometimes irritate her family. She is very aware of herself, as if she is observing herself from a distance. She has always been like that. When she is very calm, she can see, hear, and feel what another person is like. She has had this ability since she was a child, and it makes her feel good. “If I lost that, I wouldn't be myself.” That was the case at first, because of the blow. She no longer feels dizzy when bending forward or backward. She feels that her head is more firmly on her neck, straighter. Things continue to go well, but after three months she has an allergic reaction (pain in the intestines, constipation) with a temporary relapse. Her ears are sensitive; when she cycles in the wind, it ‘roars’. A cotton ball in her ears hurts. Groups of people are annoying, as is concentration. In the years that follow, she is doing well.