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Ytterbium phosphoricum
Year 2026, Issue 2, Article 7CaseAuthor: Jan Scholten
Man, 70 years, apoplexy.Alain is 67 years old and recently suffered a stroke. Since then, he has been staggering when walking and his right field of vision is blurred in spots, as if he were looking through a broken pane. The right side of his body is slightly numb and stiffer than the left. The right leg feels swollen. Short-term memory is also affected. Funnily enough, he says, it works well one day and not the next. Alain also suffers from a new lack of concentration and has trouble understanding what the other person is saying. Before the stroke, he had so-called transient ischaemic attacks (TIA), during which he had double vision for a few minutes.
Alain is a friendly, optimistic and lively joker to whom freedom means a lot and who approaches life playfully. When necessary, however, he can also be dominant. He is a loner who has little interest in other people. He used to be a regional manager of a chain of shops, but although he was happy in his job, he changed jobs because he was bored. After retirement, he opened a consultancy office.DreamsDreams: usually adventurous.
Dreams: about pursuits, interesting quarrels.
Dreams: about missteps in which he falls down into a bottomless pit.
Dream: disagreement so that he falls down.
Dreams: about ghosts and a humorous joker.Other complaintsReduced libido
Urge to urinate at night
Sweats quickly
Frosty person
Likes sweets, alcohol, fat and milk; dislikes sour and bland foods
Time: < 7 to 9 am.AnalysisGold series, lanthanides: Apoplexy (CNS =).
Lanthanides: own company; sub-chef in another company, no director; urge for freedom
Stage 17: free, loner; humorous, illness is amusing.
Luthetium: life is a game; ultimate freedom.
Prescription: Luthetium metallicum MKFollow upAfter Lutetium metallicum he is doing much better. His short-term memory is better and his vision problems have greatly diminished. The dreams about quarrels and disagreements have stopped. His
feeling of inner joy and wealth has increased dramatically.Luthetium oxydatum was prescribed before, but had no effect.
Alain is a friendly, optimistic and lively joker to whom freedom means a lot and who approaches life playfully. When necessary, however, he can also be dominant. He is a loner who has little interest in other people. He used to be a regional manager of a chain of shops, but although he was happy in his job, he changed jobs because he was bored. After retirement, he opened a consultancy office.DreamsDreams: usually adventurous.
Dreams: about pursuits, interesting quarrels.
Dreams: about missteps in which he falls down into a bottomless pit.
Dream: disagreement so that he falls down.
Dreams: about ghosts and a humorous joker.Other complaintsReduced libido
Urge to urinate at night
Sweats quickly
Frosty person
Likes sweets, alcohol, fat and milk; dislikes sour and bland foods
Time: < 7 to 9 am.AnalysisGold series, lanthanides: Apoplexy (CNS =).
Lanthanides: own company; sub-chef in another company, no director; urge for freedom
Stage 17: free, loner; humorous, illness is amusing.
Luthetium: life is a game; ultimate freedom.
Prescription: Luthetium metallicum MKFollow upAfter Lutetium metallicum he is doing much better. His short-term memory is better and his vision problems have greatly diminished. The dreams about quarrels and disagreements have stopped. His
feeling of inner joy and wealth has increased dramatically.Luthetium oxydatum was prescribed before, but had no effect.