Holmium

13.2 Holmium metallicum caseWidth 9, Depth 9, Cure 6, Duration 7A boy of 11 years of age has severe muscle pains. It's diagnosed as a rare inborn connective tissue disease. It expresses itself in retarded growth and is progressive. He has pains in arms and legs, hands, feet, chest, back, hips. It's worse from walking and sport and worse in the night around 3 and 4 am. It's worse from lying too quietly and from physiotherapy. About twice a week he has severe cramps. His legs moves in a shaky jerking way. His body is not straight, but distorted from the jerking of his legs. His mobility is lowered due to a lack of power and he cannot join all the sports at school. He has had this already for 6 years, but the last 2 years have been worse.
It started after the death of his father in a car accident. His mother has the impression that his accident might have been a kind of suicide. The parents had lots of quarrels, although they loved each other very much.
He also has asthma.
The pregnancy was difficult. His father didn't want him because he was depressed and wasn't communicating with the boy's mother. Labor was a nightmare, with a lot of pain and no dilation. The birth canal tore with lots of bleeding. His mother had lots of pain after labor. He was a blue baby.
He as very active as a baby. His mother had no milk. He was a nice sweet boy. He often woke at night screaming, especially when alone, better when comforted.
He started walking up and downstairs at a young age. He learns easily. He has trouble sometimes with his teacher. His teacher tries to humiliate him and push him down. The teacher calls him a "cissy". The teacher doesn't maintain any discipline in class, it is chaos. He takes revenge on his teacher subtly, in few words. It silences the teacher. He also has problems with boys at school. He fights back verbally.
He has a fear of losing his father or mother, which got stronger after his father died.
He's a deep thinker, especially about problems in the world. His deep thinking makes things more complicated. He is wise and interested in everything. He knows a lot about history, plants, and animals. He's a perfectionist.
He is stubborn and sticks to his own opinions. He doesn't make problems but he runs into them from being stubborn.
He's very sensitive to other people. He knows where the pain is when massaging his mother. He knows when the neighbors have their television turned on or off. He's sweet and warm.
He is serious and not very talkative during the consultation, but very alert and behaves as if much older than he is.His father was manic depressive, alcoholic and could beat his mother. He could also be very cheerful and host parties. His father had a difficult upbringing because his mother was quite depressive. He was given away at 3 because his father went into a psychiatric hospital. The grandfather got hurt in the war and later abused his own sister sexually and was sent to prison.
His mother wanted to leave his father but they stayed together until he died in the accident. He used to sit in a chair knowing father was threatening mother.Dream: falling to the ground from a high building.
Dream: someone pushes him from a building.
Dream: father and mother died.
Dream: a threatening ghost.
Dream: African statue that starts to move and wants to kill him.GeneralsWeather: Warm especially at night, -> autumn and winter.
Sweat: in summer.
Desire: eggs, corn, chicken, broccoli, salad, pork, fish, meat.
Averse: liver, onion, Brussels sprouts, sardines.
Food: wheat bread makes him tired.AnalysisHe's serious and heavy and his pathology is the same. This indicates the heavier series like Silver, Gold or Uranium. Other symptoms pointing to the same series are the dream of falling from high buildings and his precocity.
His sensitivity to people and especially to electromagnetic fields is typical of the Lanthanides.
He is confident, as can be seen from how he handles his teacher. Therefore it's one of the later Stages, on the right side of the periodic table. He is attacked by his teacher, indicating Stage 12 till 15. He half fights back, with few words. This is typical of Stage 13. It is not easy to maintain his position. He can’t hold his position completely.
Stage 13 of the Lanthanides is Holmium.ConfirmationsGold series: high buildings, killing.
Lanthanides: Precocious, sensitive to people, sensitive to electric fields like television, tension, deep thinking, wise.
Stage 12 till 15: threatened, humiliated, revenge.
Stage 13: half pushed down, revenge, stubborn.Follow upOne month after Holmium metallicum he's less depressed and his energy rose.
For two days after the remedy he had thoughts of suicide, after that he became more balanced and less nervous. He used to be intolerant of the stupidity of others, but now he lets it be. His asthma is gone. He didn't wake from pains anymore. The cramps were reduced.
Six months later he's 50% better. He had some abdominal pains as if nails were driven into his abdomen. His depression is much better. He walks better, his shuffling gait is gone.
Four years later he's doing fine. His quality of life has gone from 0 to 50. The complaints are gone for 50%. His depression is completely gone. He still has pains in muscles and bones when he exerts himself too much. He has learned to live with his limitations.He has also had Syphilinum as an intermediate, which helped, but not as deeply.