Tellurium

5.16 Tellurium, Case 1A 40 year old man has problems with his arm. It started after he strained himself playing an old musical instrument called a dulcimer, which he had to hold like a guitar. Afterwards he couldn’t stretch his arm anymore, the muscles in the hollow of his elbow were too tense, with the pain radiating to his hand. He couldn’t bring his hand up to his shoulder anymore either. Physiotherapy did not help.
He also had problems while playing tennis because he is left handed. But he won a veteran tennis tournament the other day. In the past the public did not support him, but he did not exactly make himself popular either. He used to challenge them if they only applauded when the home players was scoring a point. If they did not clap when he hit a winning point he would shout: ‘how about a bit of applause for this shot?’ He used to get very angry during these games, throwing his racket around from time to time, which caused the crowd to jeer at him. Later on he still used to make provocative remarks, but he tried to keep it funny, so that he eventually got the people on his side.
He has been a bit depressed lately. He is an architect but he feels his work is not really appreciated and business isn’t going very well. He always seems to attract people who want something very ordinary, nothing on which he can let his imagination run riot. It has to be cheap and normal and he has to accept these commissions because he has to earn a living, but he doesn’t like it. He would love to design something really extravagant, also because his studies incorporated the most advanced ideas of the present times.
He doesn’t really earn enough to make a living, so they depend on his wife’s income, she is an art teacher. Because of this precarious financial situation he hasn’t got the money to start any new projects, to buy a place to start his own advisory office.
He has got all sorts of fantastic plans for the future, but the area in which he lives is very conservative and they are not interested in his outlandish ideas. A while ago he had designed a huge project all by himself but handed it over to a development firm which did not do anything with it. So it has come to nothing and he has lost all control over the situation. This was a terrible disappointment. Since then he is afraid of losing out all the time because he has got no financial backing anymore. He is afraid of raising his hopes too much in case things go wrong again. He ridicules his own plans and tries to avoid responsibility of having a go. His environment thinks he is a bit strange anyway, but he pretends it doesn’t matter to him.
His presentations were shabby and disorderly, especially before he had a computer. They still lack commitment, as if he doesn’t take himself seriously. After a visit to a client, where he laughs about his own plans, he returns home feeling angry that nobody understands him. He spends most of his time living in a world of fantasy.
His father used to have a big architects agency. He should have really taken this over, because then he would have had the backing of a large firm. But he did not get on with his father who did not take him seriously.
He loves playing the piano, but only freestyle. He recently gave a concert together with a friend in which they played a piece they had written themselves, with a lot of improvisation in between. The audience did not like it on the whole, although a few of them thought it was great. They gave several performances, some of them turned out all right, others didn’t. When it goes well it is a if a whole new world opens, in which they can improvise to their hear’s content.
What he loves most of all is singing. When he sings he feels he can really get through to the core of things. He would love to express himself in this way all the time, but it never really happens, because nobody seems to be interested. He would feel embarrassed if he tried, because it doesn’t fit in the daily life of ordinary business. He once sang in the streets when he was abroad and nobody knew him. That gave him a ‘buzz’.
He often dreams about a friend who died. In the dream they go out and have a good time together and he says to his friend: ’So you are not dead after all?’. This was an old friend from university who was very intelligent, a genius really who could turn his hand to anything. But nothing succeeded in the end and he eventually committed suicide.GeneralsWeather: warm, < too much heat.
Perspiration: profuse << exertion.
Time: < morning.
Desires: ice-cream, raw vegetables, steak, fruit.
Aversion: purslane(2), melon.
Sleep: good.AnalysisHe is an architect who likes to draw up plans, which indicates a remedy from the Silver series. But his plans are not appreciated and they come to nothing, so he resorts to fantasies, which is Stage 16. This brings us to Tellurium, further confirmed by the other symptoms. He makes up many plans (Silver series) in his mind (Stage 16). He used to provoke (Stage 16) the audience (Silver series). He used to get very angry which amused (Stage 16) the audience (Silver series). He makes extravagant (Stage 16) designs (Silver series). He has many ideas and plans (Silver series), but they all came to nothing (Stage 16). His shabby and disordered (Stage 16) in his presentations (Silver series). He doesn’t take his designs seriously (Stage 16) when he presents (Silver series) them. He loves playing the piano (Silver series), improvising (Stage 16) all the way. He is the odd one out (Stage 16) in the area (Silver series), but it doesn’t matter to him (Stage 16).
Other Tellurium symptoms: warm, profuse perspiration, -> ice-cream, fruit, <- melon.ReactionJust the sound of the word Tellurium alone makes a deep impression on him. It sounds good to him, especially because it is an unusual remedy, which acknowledges that he is a special person.
One month after Tellurium 1M the pain in his arm is almost gone. He is much more self assured in his presentations. He takes himself more seriously and dresses in ordinary clothes when he visits his clients. He knows he is good at his job and this is what he radiates out. He doesn’t ridicule his own designs anymore and is prepared to work for it. He feels more active, more optimistic and more positive.