A 61-year-old woman, she is lightly built, her posture is somewhat stooped, and her eyes are intense and troubled. She comes across as analytical, and concrete, she keeps asking questions, wants to understand what and why she is being asked during the consultation, and seeks a diagnosis herself. She often reads from a diary and takes notes in it during a consultation. She comes in for acute polymyalgia rheumatica, the diagnosis is based on a blood test She has been suffering from pain in her upper legs, arms, neck, and sometimes lower back the year before. She could not put on her socks; she had to slide out of a chair. She could not bend over normally. Running was painful. Her right upper arm is still painful at night, lying on her arm hurts, and it wakes her up. Bumping into things is painful. Bowel movements are also more difficult. She has red eczema on the side of her right eye. As a child, she had psoriasis and often had small patches of eczema near her eye. It started last year with stiffness, she thought it was stress, and she usually has something. Emotionally, she says that they moved during that period, she lived so nicely and a different environment takes some getting used to. Letting go of the previous house, the move didn't interest me, her feeling is still ‘I'll pack everything up and leave again, never mind’. They moved because of the necessary informal care for her mother. Her hobbies are painting and sports: tennis, running, cycling. She is now more tired and less agile. She has to take everything into account, but with a lot of exercise, everything loosens up. She gets tired more quickly but just keeps going. She feels the fatigue in her eyes. A lot of stiffness. She works as a sales representative and drives around the country a lot. She enjoys traveling, and the companies and other environments are interesting. She had a happy childhood in a safe environment on a farm. During vacations they visit cities, driving a lot, seeing a lot. Things went well for a few months after Jasminum officinalis, then she started getting more muscle pain in her legs again and woke up from the pain in her arm. It gets better during the day. The stiffness is still the same. The rash on her right eye is bright again. She sleeps well, but often wakes up after 5 hours or between 4 and 6 hours. Her energy levels drop again, and her arm is still painful with certain movements, then it shoots through and you have to wait until it passes. Her enthusiasm for making the house more beautiful sometimes gives way to passivity.
AnalysisThings are much better, but the complaint persists. A reason to continue searching for a better alternative. Severe shoots now seem to be a characteristic. With such a reaction, you can search within the same plant family, by reversing Phase and Subphase, or by looking at the
Phases used in another Class. You then have to feed back the result. Here, a different search term was used, within the
Oleaceae.
Q-search gives for the search term ‘sore’ in the
Rubiales (3-665.40) Forsythia,
Stage 1 matches the severity of the pain. The search term ‘mother’ also gives Forsythia, and the search term ‘homesick’ gives
Syringa vulgaris, placed at stage 13. If we select based on the Stage,
Stage 1 is a better fit than
Stage 13.
Prescription:
Forsythia viridissima MK
Follow upShe comes in cheerfully for the first time, she seems much more relaxed, less withdrawn, and less stiff, her eyes are calm now, and there is less tension in her face and her movements. After taking the medication, her arms immediately relaxed and her muscles felt better. After two weeks, things took a turn for the worse again, her shoulder and neck were stiff, and she had difficulty getting up. That lasted two weeks and then changed: the last three weeks have been much better, she can now cross her arms but still has pain when lying on her right arm. The eczema has now been gone for six weeks. Her legs are still stiff when she gets up. Cycling is going well, and tennis is going well. Her sleep is much better now; she is rarely awake at 5 a.m. Her enthusiasm has improved; she is no longer bothered by her resignation, “it is what it is.” What has returned is a tingling sensation in the middle fingers of her left hand, which she also had 10 years ago with carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands. At the time, she was given three cortisone injections. The third time, they wanted to operate, but after she insisted, she was given a third injection and it stayed away for years. Her mother has the same complaint. The tingling now lasts 5-10 minutes and then disappears. After four months, all complaints are gone, she can use her arms normally, exercise, work, and sleep well. Her left knee is sensitive when climbing stairs, below the kneecap. There is still stiffness in her upper legs, a kind of acidification that she did not have before. This disappears when she walks. She still has tingling fingers from time to time. The complaint now seems to manifest itself more in the shoulder girdle, consistent with
Series 5. This may be the reason why the hands and blood circulation are acting up again, or it may be an “old complaint.” A good response, such as the response to Jasminum officinalis here, can often be improved by looking further within the plant family. There is certainly overlap with the complaint, given the progress, but as long as there is a relapse or stagnation, it is advisable to look further. Is there a medicine that does not stagnate, and does not need to be repeated?
Plants within a botanical family have overlapping effects, work on similar sensitivities, and the patterns in the responses that the body seeks, responses that determine health. Forsythia brings her back into balance. Case studies help to interpret the information from a proving, if the theme is appropriate, which we can find or organize in
Series, Phase, and Stage.