Oplopanax horridus A 64-year-old woman, she is lightly built, with a straight posture that appears very controlled. She moves decisively, with measured but supple movements. She is alert, with an open and watchful face. Her eyes are strikingly clear, as if they give off light; her eye contact is intense, she registers a lot, but remains remarkably distant and controlled. She searches for her answers with her eyes high in the air or with her eyes closed. She speaks in a businesslike, descriptive manner, without emotional involvement in the story and what happened.
The year before, she had a heart attack, with a rupture in the in the aorta. She has a hereditary coronary artery dysfunction, in which the arteries cramp up daily. She uses nitrobat at least three times a week, in addition to other medications. It feels like angina pectoris, as if a large hand is squeezing her heart. A tight, oppressive feeling, accompanied by pressure between the shoulder blades, heavy upper arms, tingling in the left wrist, and a slight squeezing sensation on the right that radiates to the throat and stomach. This feeling is there every day; she wakes up with it. It is worse when she moves, bends over, in hot weather, or when she is emotional. She can no longer work or cycle, as it causes stabbing pains and makes her very tired. Since the heart attack, she has had to give up her work as a teacher and coordinator, and her spiritual practice. She was always very busy and worked hard out of enthusiasm. She has always tired easily, ever since childhood. “My will is stronger than my physical body.” The fatigue is exhaustion, which she is ashamed of: she is not in balance. Out of enthusiasm and a sense of responsibility, she pushed herself beyond what her body could handle. She lived in a spiritual community for a year.
Her body is tired, she has headaches, which are worse when she is more tired, she often wakes up at 3 a.m., and her mind is then ‘on’. She walks a little, she likes to read, she meditates, and she spends time with her children and grandchildren. After school she used to work in nursing, immersed herself in human images, and later went into education. She is the eldest of a lot of children; her mother had emotional trauma and was unable to give love or support to the children. Even as a child, she stood up for her mother and helped her, adapting by absorbing her father's irritation. Now that she no longer works, she misses the dynamics of contributing. She is always cold. The liver area is sensitive. She does not express herself easily, not wanting to burden other people with it.
AnalysisSeries 6,
Gold series: heart and blood vessels, responsibility based on a vision, her childhood has a lanthanide theme; caring for her mother. Wanting to contribute. Her own practice. Mental strength. There are no indications for other series; her spiritual activities and statements point to an intellectual involvement, like a protective layer around herself.
Phase 5: After stopping work, she misses ‘dynamism’; she is always active. Fatigue fits
Phase 6 or
Stage 16, but not as a burdening factor; it is not a layer in her consciousness from which she lives or acts, or feels, not as a theme.
With these starting points, you look at the
Araliales.
Stage 8: working hard, pushing oneself (the triggering factor within the
Series 6 concept). Going beyond what your body can handle.
Prescription:
Oplopanax horridus C30.
Follow-upTo her surprise, she improves quickly; within two weeks, everything is almost gone, including the angina, the tingling, and the radiating pain. After a month, she worries about the children, she sleeps poorly, and as a result, the symptoms return slightly. But after a good night's sleep, she feels better again. She has never been a good sleeper and finds it difficult to relax; she always reacts quickly to stress. She no longer takes medication 3 times a week, but only once this entire month. She can handle more effort, and she can also accept the situation better. The headache is always slightly present, it gets worse when she is tired, and it buzzes or stings temporarily. The liver area remains sensitive to touch. She calls herself a bottler.
A Q-search with the keywords “squeeze” and “heart” gives the option
Oplopanax horridus in
Series 6,
Phase 5, and
Stage 8. We see similar themes with the
Apiales (mental, mother distant, cold) and the
Lamiales (lively, ideal child, driven), both families with some same theme’s, ‘neighbors’ within the
Qjure system.