Magnesium fluoratum

Magnesium fluoratum CaseIn the description of this case I will add in brackets either (Mag) or (Fluor) where applicable.
A man of 24 came to me with urethritis (Fluor). The main complaint was a severe pain in the lower abdomen and the anal region. All his muscles in his buttocks and around the anus would go into a cramp (Mag), as if everything was locked solidly.
The pain came in attacks of 5 or 10 minutes. The pain started mainly at the end of urination, and was so severe that he almost did not dare to urinate anymore. After coitus he also got these pains (Fluor). The pain was ameliorated by bending double (Mag), kneeling, and walking around in circles (Fluor). He used to be hot during these attacks, with tingling feet and milky white urine.
A second complaint was pain in his stomach, a feeling as if his stomach was tied in a knot. This pain was accompanied by tension in the whole body (Mag), tension in the jaws, sweating, nausea with retching or vomiting. The pain was < cold, > clearing the throat, > vomiting, > lemon brandy (Mag for the lemon, Fluor for the brandy). These pains were worse thinking about them, and any anticipation made it worse, too (Mag). When he has to go to the dentist, or has a date to go out for dinner, or to visit someone, the pain starts, which often prevents him from going out. It has even got so bad that he has started to avoid those places and situations where he has once had these pains. He always has the feeling that they might start again at any moment. It is particularly bad in narrow spaces. This complaint first started during an exam.
During the period that these complaints started, when he was about 18, he was trying to cope with two problems. The first was his future father-in-law. This man used to drink a lot and when he was drunk he used to be aggressive to his wife. This caused him a great deal of anxiety, because he wanted to get angry (Mag) with his father-in-law, but did not dare in case he would lose his future wife (Fluor).
The second problem was his job. He worked at a bank and had managed to climb up to quite a high position in a short time (Fluor). But here too he had to constrain himself towards aggressive (Mag) clients, because you just can’t let yourself go in such a situation. But on the other hand he felt deep inside that he would never bend his head. He was even a bit afraid of his own aggression (Mag), for if it got out of hand it might have cost him his job (Fluor).
He told me that he liked to have success (Fluor). When he was 14 he had seen a film about some people who had to count every penny, and he decided then that that would never happen to him if he could avoid it. He fantasises a lot, spends hours thinking about an (imaginary) conflict (Mag) and what he would say and do etc. He gets angry very quickly, but it soon passes. He likes talking and making jokes. He used to be the clown at school, as he would rather that they laughed at his jokes than at his shortcomings (Fluor).
He used to be the black sheep in the family and was the only one who ever dared to open his mouth.
He used to dream about getting rich and giving all his brothers a big, shiny car (Fluor).
He describes himself as easy going, honest, lively, a real 'yuppy' (Fluor).
His is happily married. He always used to have glamorous, long legged, blonde women as girlfriends: 'You had to, to be with it' (Fluor). His wife is a different type: brown hair, small and plump, but very intelligent and warm hearted. He feels much more at ease with her. But he still spent a long time wondering if she was the right one for him (Fluor), because she wasn’t the gorgeous blonde that he used to be seen with.
General characteristics:
Temperature: cold, with cold feet; likes thunderstorms.
Perspiration: at night. < morning.
Desires: spices (3) (Fluor) and meat (2) (Mag).
Aversion: sour and meat; grinding teeth at night.AnalysisHere we see the themes of Mag and Fluor clearly combined. The aggression and the fear of it, belonging to Mag, and the desire for success, money and glamour belonging to Fluor. The way that the two themes are linked is quite clear as well. He is afraid of getting angry because he might lose his wife or his glittery job. This shows that it is not only necessary for both themes to be present, there should also be a clear link between the two. In this case we have many characteristics of both Magnesium and Fluor. Note the desire for lemon brandy, the lemon for Magnesium and the brandy for Fluor.ReactionThe reaction in this case is also very interesting. I had treated this patient for one year, giving him anacardium, nux vomica and gelsemium. He had similar reactions to all three remedies. First there was an aggravation, followed by a gradual amelioration for 1 or 2 months. The amelioration was always only for part of the complaints, including the mental symptoms, but each time he used to fall back to the old level. There was never a real amelioration. But after Mag-f 1M he improved and the improvement lasted for more than a year. He changed his view of the world and realised that his showy behaviour, drinking a lot etc., was very superficial and unfulfilling.