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Crotalus cascavella
Year 2015, Issue 8, Article 3CaseAuthor: Rajan Sankaran
The evolution of homeopathic practiceby Rajan SankaranCase 2This is a case of a forty-six-year-old woman who came with joint pains and asthma. After she told about her physical complaints in great detail, I asked about her fears.
Patient: “I am scared of the dark. When in the dark, I feel two hands coming from behind me to grab me. I do not go into a dark room; I send my children before me to switch on the lights. If I see any little reflection in the night, I feel someone is coming to grab me, to kill me. If I am alone at home with my servant, I feel ‘now he is coming to grab me.’ Wherever I am sitting, I can only think of my death.”
I asked her to tell more about this fear
P: “I had gone to secure a transfer for my daughter to a college in Bombay. The man handling it told me that it won't be possible. That night, I dreamt that I killed both of the men in charge.”
This was the point where I asked about dreams
P: “I always see somebody doing something bad to me in my dreams, but if you were to actually see it I am doing something bad to them. If somebody is sitting next to me, I may be talking nicely to her but inside of me I am thinking that I am better than her. I feel ‘what was there in her?’ I was just talking to her nicely and putting her up.
“I am different outside and different inside. That is the reason I do a religious chant, and even while chanting, I am thinking something bad. I am really weird. On the outside, I look very saintly. I think that there must be no one as saintly as me. I give people religious lectures. Inside, I don't believe in God myself!”
I asked her to tell more about her dreams.
P: “I was the richest woman in the world, living in my own beautiful, big house and able to do whatever I wanted to. But if anyone gave me misery, I had people around me who could do what I wanted him or her to. When you become big you have a lot of enemies around you. I thought that I was the biggest person, so I must have enemies.”
I asked her to tell about her nature.
P: “That bullying nature is still there in me. I want to show everyone that ‘yes I am really big! I am better than you!’
“I feel that there is somebody talking constantly inside. Whether I am occupied or not, I see those two people talking, constantly talking. Whenever I am cooking, I can see these two people; one says to do one thing, the other says not to do it. I can constantly see these two people talking within me.”
Understanding the case
In the Animal kingdom, there are issue of survival, competition, victim aggressor, sexuality and attractiveness, hierarchy (superior and inferior, high and low), a split within themselves (an animal side and the human side), deceitfulness, maliciousness, and jealousy. The human being who needs an Animal remedy will have all of these issues. Among the animal remedies, different groups and classes will each have their own characteristics.
In humans, we can see the reptile expression in the form of camouflage, where these individuals remain hidden and employ devious tactics to go unnoticed. Suddenly, they will spring into action or change their behavior. There is a constant feeling that they are at a disadvantage, and potential for extreme violence follows. Snake remedies, when compared to other animal groups, are especially jealous, deceitful, silently malicious, and garrulous.
The main feeling of this case was the fear that someone would kill her from behind; the danger was from behind. In Reptile remedies, this idea mimics the hidden tactics and camouflage, followed by a lunge and attack in the snakes. The other features of duality, loquacity, jealousy, and deceitfulness are common to all Snake remedies, not only Lachesis.
I selected the following rubrics:
• Delusion, people sees, behind him someone is
• Thoughts of death when alone
• Dreams of murderPrescription: Crotalus cascavella 200C and with this, her asthma and her joint pains improved. Her overall mental state, suspiciousness, jealousy, and fears of the dark and of being killed also improved remarkably.Keywords: synergy, Guernsey, Allen, Kent, Phatak, Boenninghausen, Boger, modern homeopathy.
Remedies: Belladonna, Crotalus cascavella, Kalium bromatum, Stannum metallicum.
Patient: “I am scared of the dark. When in the dark, I feel two hands coming from behind me to grab me. I do not go into a dark room; I send my children before me to switch on the lights. If I see any little reflection in the night, I feel someone is coming to grab me, to kill me. If I am alone at home with my servant, I feel ‘now he is coming to grab me.’ Wherever I am sitting, I can only think of my death.”
I asked her to tell more about this fear
P: “I had gone to secure a transfer for my daughter to a college in Bombay. The man handling it told me that it won't be possible. That night, I dreamt that I killed both of the men in charge.”
This was the point where I asked about dreams
P: “I always see somebody doing something bad to me in my dreams, but if you were to actually see it I am doing something bad to them. If somebody is sitting next to me, I may be talking nicely to her but inside of me I am thinking that I am better than her. I feel ‘what was there in her?’ I was just talking to her nicely and putting her up.
“I am different outside and different inside. That is the reason I do a religious chant, and even while chanting, I am thinking something bad. I am really weird. On the outside, I look very saintly. I think that there must be no one as saintly as me. I give people religious lectures. Inside, I don't believe in God myself!”
I asked her to tell more about her dreams.
P: “I was the richest woman in the world, living in my own beautiful, big house and able to do whatever I wanted to. But if anyone gave me misery, I had people around me who could do what I wanted him or her to. When you become big you have a lot of enemies around you. I thought that I was the biggest person, so I must have enemies.”
I asked her to tell about her nature.
P: “That bullying nature is still there in me. I want to show everyone that ‘yes I am really big! I am better than you!’
“I feel that there is somebody talking constantly inside. Whether I am occupied or not, I see those two people talking, constantly talking. Whenever I am cooking, I can see these two people; one says to do one thing, the other says not to do it. I can constantly see these two people talking within me.”
Understanding the case
In the Animal kingdom, there are issue of survival, competition, victim aggressor, sexuality and attractiveness, hierarchy (superior and inferior, high and low), a split within themselves (an animal side and the human side), deceitfulness, maliciousness, and jealousy. The human being who needs an Animal remedy will have all of these issues. Among the animal remedies, different groups and classes will each have their own characteristics.
In humans, we can see the reptile expression in the form of camouflage, where these individuals remain hidden and employ devious tactics to go unnoticed. Suddenly, they will spring into action or change their behavior. There is a constant feeling that they are at a disadvantage, and potential for extreme violence follows. Snake remedies, when compared to other animal groups, are especially jealous, deceitful, silently malicious, and garrulous.
The main feeling of this case was the fear that someone would kill her from behind; the danger was from behind. In Reptile remedies, this idea mimics the hidden tactics and camouflage, followed by a lunge and attack in the snakes. The other features of duality, loquacity, jealousy, and deceitfulness are common to all Snake remedies, not only Lachesis.
I selected the following rubrics:
• Delusion, people sees, behind him someone is
• Thoughts of death when alone
• Dreams of murderPrescription: Crotalus cascavella 200C and with this, her asthma and her joint pains improved. Her overall mental state, suspiciousness, jealousy, and fears of the dark and of being killed also improved remarkably.Keywords: synergy, Guernsey, Allen, Kent, Phatak, Boenninghausen, Boger, modern homeopathy.
Remedies: Belladonna, Crotalus cascavella, Kalium bromatum, Stannum metallicum.