polycystic ovaries case

[Joy Lucas]

Many thanks to Andy, Jean, Wendy, Dave and Jan for their contributions to
working out the case.

The remedy given was one of our most common remedies but has scant
representation in the repertories and Materia Medicas regarding the ovarian
cysts - but it IS there. This is why I thought it would be an interesting
case for you to read.

The remedy was SULPHUR.

Depending on what rep you are using you are most likely to find it under
Tumours, encysted, ovarian.

This is why it is so important to do as much cross referencing with rubrics,
even with a symptom that appears to be as straightforward as ovarian cysts.
It is always worth studying remedies that appear in relevant but satelite
rubrics because obviously the simillimum is so much better than nearly the
simillimum.

To me this was unmistakeably Sulphur and I was guided by the emotional and
mental aspects of the case initially..... so to reiterate

This woman is very sociable (and private), funny, open, confident, self
deprecating (from an intelligent point of view), loyal, intelligent.
Irresolute, doesn't like commitment, procrastinates, lazy, full of
indecision, her mind is elsewhere and easily distracted, loves her job very
much but wants to do something completely different, always wants change,
can't be trapped - fear of closed spaces, all or nothing, sees 'red' if
someone is rude, can't eat breakfast. And the there was the ultimate
suppression - the grief surrounding the death of her mother, even though she
had spent some time intellectualising this - Sulphur, always the
intellectual, it is all going on in the brain. Easily distracted.

The private side of Sulphur becomes evident when you know that it is in big
type in the Haughty rubric (Kent) and although they appear genuinely open
there is always this closed side as well - when the volcano is capped so to
speak.

So well known for being irresolute, lazy, dreamy, procrastination, full of
indecision - this is the idle volcano, the dormant one, waiting to erupt.

One of the worst conditions for a volcano is being suppressed, trapped, fear
of closed spaces, the huge need to erupt, either physically or mentally. No
need to mention the skin eruptions of Sulphur - always red, every orifice is
red and burning like the lava - she sees red with her temper!

Always wanting change - when the lava runs going off in all directions, all
over the place (untidy, messy, smelly even). This continues with the desire
to travel, escape all the time, escape the entrapment of suppression even if
it takes the form of using certain substances to aid this. Again, she
intellectualised this 'we all need to escape the mundanities of life'. Also
not caring too much about what she was doing to her body is much the same as
the famous state of sulphur - they don't care what they look like, have no
real shame or concern about their bodily appearance.

Another big keynote - can't and won't eat breakfast but they get really
really hungry about 11 am and then often stuff themselves.

The menstrual cycles of Sulphur are nearly always suppressed in some way or
another - either total amenorrhea or too late, short, scanty, irregular -
not flowing correctly! Sulphur also has cancer of the uterus and a tendency
for the reproductive organs to develop imperfectly - who knows the cysts
might have become malignant in time.

This isn't the only case of Polycystic ovaries I have had which has been
cured with Sulphur and I personally think you can upgrade the repertories.

Thanks again for your contributions.

Best wishes, Joy