Piper methysticum An 18-year-old woman, she is small in stature, has a narrow build, but a mature appearance. She has been under a lot of stress for a long time. It causes her headache and sometimes severe diarrhea. She is always tired. The reason for this is that her parents did not approve of her relationship. Two years ago, they reacted to her choice by saying, 'You have to choose between him and us.' “I love my boyfriend, so I chose him.” It was only when she moved in with her boyfriend's family that she realized how unhappy she had been at home. Her mother was always stressed, and at home, she was never allowed to have fun or enjoy herself. It wasn't a pleasant atmosphere; everything was turned into a problem. It was difficult for her to put handle it. When she was seven, she left home for a while because her mother needed help at the time and couldn't give the children what they needed. Everything always had to be neat at home; her father got angry with her, and her mother got angry with her father. She also always had to be at home; she felt she had to take care of her mother and couldn't get out of it. She was always very positive; she is the ‘odd one out’ at home and felt responsible for everything. Now she lives with her in-laws, and she continues to be blamed and is not even allowed to meet up with her brothers. They call her a danger to the family. She took care of her parents at home, now she has seen color in life, since she started dating, she feels better about herself. She can stand up for herself, but always has doubts.
The headache is all over her head, a nagging or throbbing pain above her eyebrows or temporal, and if it lasts a long time, her neck also starts to hurt. The headache persists until she calms down.
Stress increases the pain; sitting in the dark and resting helps. When she visits her parents, she feels nervous and shaky. Loud noises make her tired, and she goes to bed, which makes her depressed. She has good days and days of despondency and doubt. The fatigue was already present in elementary school; every week, she was sick for one or two days, she was teased, and she didn't fit in. When reminiscing, she searches for the text with her eyes in the upper left corner. Sometimes she has stomachaches; after stress, her intestines go haywire.
She now has a nice job and has moved in with her in-laws. At her previous job, she often felt humiliated and was always working hard. Now she goes for a walk every evening, which allows her to let go of all her thoughts. At home, she didn't even want to go outside because “everyone rejected us.” The tension was “what will people think of this?” meaning her parents, the church community. At home, she could hardly sleep, but now she sleeps like a baby. She had dreams that she was getting married, but the dress didn't fit, and she didn't dare say anything, or looking in the mirror, the dress was black, dreams that her parents were angry about it, or that the people from the church were standing around her and calling her names. At home, she was never allowed to do anything fun. She had to take care of her little brothers and comfort them. When her father yelled at her, she got stomachaches.
AnalysisPhase 6 is prominent and should preferably be reflected in the choice of medication. No appreciation, intestinal complaints, being rejected, being teased, doing a lot, partner. Tired since her child time.
Stage 6: In her home situation, she dared to make her own choices and go against her parents, which was exciting and caused tension (which we know from
Neodymium and Tungsten), the themes of control and coercion (which we know from
Chromium).
Use was made of the rubric ‘mind, loss of sleep’, as this was a primary reaction to the tension and the price she had to pay for her choice. Lack of sleep undermines resilience, causes fatigue, and is a basis for headaches. The home situation is the cause, the sleep deprivation is the trigger, or the sleep problem is a concomitant that is characteristic. That rubric shows the remedy
Piper methysticum, fitting the picture of the
Piperales.
Class 2: The problem is the family she comes from, the norms and values.
3-622.60.00: Class 2 and
Phase 6 bring us to the
Piperales. One medicine stands out here, Piper methysiticum, known for ‘being rejected’, just like Cubeba. The
Piperales are associated with tension within the family, mores, a reference to Class 2, fitting with the
Phase 6 theme, and with emotional pressure or aggression at home. Distraction helps (going for walks outside, doing fun things). This medicine is placed with the Macropiperiodeae, placed in
Subphase 1. From this family, we recognize ‘neglected’ (the children were placed outside the home for a period), the theme ‘enjoy, entertainment’ (she was not allowed to do fun things), and ‘parents abusive’ (the shouting and arguing).
Phase 1: alternating good and despondent.
We can get an impression of the combination of
Phase 6 and
Subphase 1 by looking at the
Rosoideae, caring for others, involvement, spontaneity, mind is ‘on’, and sleep problems.
Prescription:
Piper methysticum C200.
Follow-upShe is improving rapidly, she is calmer, more relaxed, she feels less stress, and is now feeling good about herself. She feels more like doing things; she feels more active. Her energy levels have improved; she still feels tired sometimes, but she no longer needs to lie down in bed as often. She is sleeping well. After taking the remedy, she had a dream in which everyone was angry with her. After a month, she had a headache for one day, but was pain-free for the rest of the month. She can contact her parents again. In the months that followed, she continued to do well and moved in with her partner.