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I really have tried but how so I rep a fear of being trapped/caged in etc. Am just typing up the case of a patient who when I asked about fear she said "Fire - I always check for the way out when I go somewhere." On enquiring further it is a fear of being trapped. She has a fear of having a car crash and not being OK - of being strapped in a wheelchair. She keeps a hammer in the bathroom in case of fire to smash the double glazing and climb onto the flat roof. "I'd rather be dead than unable to do things for myself."
Any ideas on rubrics for this. I have prescribed as she came for an acute catarrh situation for which Kali Bic fitted so well that I don;t know what I shall give if it does nothing!! She is on asthma inhalers though!!

Regards,
Rochelle

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Hi Rochelle,

Rubrics from Complete:

MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; trapped, he is (5) : falco-p., germ., haliae-lc., lac-eq., lap-c-b.
MIND; DREAMS; trapped, being (2) : falco-p., lac-lup.
MIND; DREAMS; trapped, being; under water (1) : lac-lup.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; narrow, everything is too (K30, SRI-326, G24) (2) : guai., plat.
MIND; FEAR; general; narrow place, in, claustrophobia (K46, SRI-513, G37) (45) : absin., acon., ambr., aran., aran-s., arg-n., ars., bry., calc., carb-an., carc., caust., chin-ar., cimic., cocc., dulc., dys-co., falco-p., ign., kali-ar., kali-c., lac-d., lach., Lyc., lyss., manc., med., merc-i-f., morg., morg-g., nat-m., nat-s., nux-v., plb., psor., Puls., ruta, sep., staph., stram., succ., sulph., tab., til., valer.
MIND; FEAR; general; narrow place, in, claustrophobia; vaults, churches and cellars, of (SRI-514) (11) : acon., ars., calc., carb-an., carc., caust., dulc., nat-s., puls., sep., stram.
VERTIGO; NARROW streets, places, in (2) : arg-n., ars-h.
VERTIGO; WALKING; agg.; bridge; narrow, over a (K106, G87) (4) : bar-c., ferr., ovi-g-p., sulph.
VERTIGO; WALKING; agg.; path, along narrow (K106, G87) (1) : bar-c.
URETHRA; NARROW; sensation; urination, during (2) : bry., stram.
MIND; DREAMS; claustrophobic (1) : bell-p.
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; body, body parts; legs; tied together (1) : syph.
HEAD; TIED, as if (K232, G193) (1) : colch.
EXTREMITIES; TIED, as if (7) : abrot., alum., ars-i., caj., glon., nux-m., syph.
EXTREMITIES; TIED, as if; upper limbs (K1207, G998) (5) : abrot., alum., caj., glon., nux-m.
EXTREMITIES; TIED, as if; upper limbs; wrists (K1207, G998) (1) : glon.
EXTREMITIES; TIED, as if; lower limbs (1) : syph.
BACK; PAIN; constricting; caged, as if (2) : cact., med.
GENERALITIES; CONSTRICTED sensation; external; caged with wires twisted tighter and tighter (K1350, G1115) (2) : Cact., med.

Sum of remedies:
Combined Rubrics: abrot., absin., acon., alum., ambr., aran., aran-s., arg-n., ars., ars-h., ars-i., bar-c., bell-p., bry., caj., cact., calc., carb-an., carc., caust., chin-ar., cimic., cocc., colch., dulc., dys-co., falco-p., ferr., germ., glon., guai., haliae-lc., ign., kali-ar., kali-c., lac-d., lac-eq., lac-lup., lach., lap-c-b., Lyc., lyss., manc., med., merc-i-f., morg., morg-g., nat-m., nat-s., nux-m., nux-v., ovi-g-p., plat., plb., psor., Puls., ruta, sep., staph., stram., succ., sulph., syph., tab., til., valer.

REFERENCEWORKS F search
Trapped/narrow places/claustrophobia/pinned/tied/constrained/confined: absin., acon., agar., aids, am-m., ambr., aran., aran-s., arg., 3Arg-n., arn., ars., bact-coli., bar-c., benz-p., bism., brom., bry., calc., calc-ar., carb-an., 2carc., caust., chin-ar., cimic., cocc., dulc., dys-co., falco-p., gels., ign., ignis, kali-ar., kali-c., lac-d., lach., lith-c., lyc., lyss., manc., mand., med., merc., merc-i-f., morg., morg-g., mygal., naja, nat-m., nat-s., nux-v., oci-s., ol-suc., pancreas, phyt., plb., plut-n., posit., psor., puls., ratt-r., ruta, sabin., sep., sil., staph.,
staphycoc., stram., succ., sul-ac., sulph., tab., tarent., thuj., til., valer., zinc., zinc-val.

Combine the above two paragraphs:
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claustrophobic-typerubrics (97) : abrot., absin., acon., agar., aids, alum., am-m., ambr., aran., aran-s., arg., Arg-n., arn., ars., ars-h., ars-i., bact-coli., bar-c., bell-p., benz-p., bism., brom., bry., caj., cact., calc., calc-ar., carb-an., carc., caust., chin-ar., cimic., cocc., colch., dulc., dys-co., falco-p., ferr., gels., germ., glon., guai., haliae-lc., ign., ignis, kali-ar., kali-c., lac-d., lac-eq., lac-lup., lach., lap-c-b., lith-c., Lyc., lyss., manc., mand., med., merc., merc-i-f., morg., morg-g., mygal., naja, nat-m., nat-s., nux-m., nux-v., oci-s., ol-suc.,
ovi-g-p., pancreas, phyt., plat., plb., plut-n., posit., psor., Puls., ratt-r., ruta, sabin., sep., sil., staph., staphycoc., stram., succ., sul-ac., sulph., syph., tab., tarent., thuj., til., valer., zinc., zinc-val.
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Cross the above rubric with RESPIRATION ASTHMATIC yields:
Elimination: acon., agar., alum., am-m., Ambr., arg., Arg-n., arn., Ars., Ars-i., bar-c., bell-p., brom., bry., cact., calc., calc-ar., carb-an., carc., caust., chin-ar., cimic., cocc., colch., dulc., ferr., gels., glon., guai., ign., Kali-ar., Kali-c., lac-d., lac-eq., lach., Lyc., manc., med., merc., morg., morg-g., naja, nat-m., nat-s., nux-m., nux-v., oci-s., phyt., plat., plb., psor., Puls., ruta, sabin., sep., Sil., staph., Stram., succ., sul-ac., Sulph., syph., tab., thuj., valer., zinc., zinc-val.

cross the above rubric with NOSE CATARRH yields:
Elimination: acon., agar., alum., am-m., Ambr., arg., Arg-n., arn., Ars., Ars-i., bar-c., bell-p., Brom., bry., Calc., calc-ar., carb-an., carc., caust., chin-ar., cimic., cocc., colch., dulc., ferr., gels., guai., ign., Kali-ar., Kali-c., lac-d., lach., Lyc., manc., med., Merc., morg., morg-g., naja, NAT-M., nat-s., nux-m., Nux-v., phyt., plat., plb., Psor., Puls., Sep., Sil., staph., sul-ac., Sulph., syph., tab., thuj., zinc.
It's general, but relatively thorough, so can play with whatever rubric you want with the rest of the case.

Best to you,
Andy

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PS more rubrics (from a previous post where crowds and elevators were more the symptom:
(complete rep)
MIND; FEAR; general; crowd, in a (K6, SRI-71, SRI-485, G5, G35) (60) : Acon., aloe, am-m., ambr.,
arg-n.,
arn., ars., ars-s-f., asaf., aur., aur-ar., aur-i., aur-s., bamb-a., bar-c., bar-s., bell., bufo, calc.,
carb-an., carc., caust., cic., con., dios., ferr., ferr-ar., ferr-p., graph., hep., hydr-ac., kali-ar.,
kali-bi., kali-c., kali-p., lac-cpr., lac-del., led., levo., lyc., morg., morg-g., nat-ar., nat-c.,
nat-m., nat-s., nux-v., petr., phos., plat., plb., PULS., rhus-t., sel., sil., stann., stram., sulph.,
tab., til.

GENERALITIES; CROWDED places agg. (K1398, SRII-566, G1153) (26) : ambr., ant-c., apisin., arg.,
arg-n.,
ars., bar-c., carb-an., con., hell., iod., kali-i., lil-t., lyc., mag-c., nat-c., nat-m., petr., phos.,
plb., puls., sabin., sep., stann., stram., sulph.

MIND; FEAR; general; trains and closed places (SRI-97, SRI-513, SRI-519) (9) : acon., arg-n., bar-c.,
cimic., dys-co., ferr., nat-m., puls., succ.

MIND; AILMENTS from; crowd, society, in (37) : agar., Ambr., Arg-n., ars., Bar-c., Bell., bov., Bry.,
Calc., calc-p., carb-an., carb-v., con., ham., hell., hydr., hyos., ign., iod., kali-i., lap-gr-m., Lyc.,
mag-c., Nat-c., Nat-m., pall., petr., phos., plat., Plb., Puls., rhus-t., Sep., stann., stram., sulph.,
Thuj.
all above rubrics combined into one:
Fear, in crowds, narrow closed places combined rubric: absin., Acon., agar., aloe, am-m., Ambr., ant-c.,
apisin., aran., aran-s., arg., Arg-n., arn., ars., ars-s-f., asaf., aur., aur-ar., aur-i., aur-s.,
bamb-a., Bar-c., bar-s., Bell., bov., Bry., bufo, Calc., calc-p., carb-an., carb-v., carc., caust.,
chin-ar., cic., cimic., cocc., con., dios., dulc., dys-co., falco-p., ferr., ferr-ar., ferr-p., graph.,
ham., hell., hep., hydr., hydr-ac., hyos., ign., iod., kali-ar., kali-bi., kali-c., kali-i., kali-p.,
lac-cpr., lac-d., lac-del., lach., lap-gr-m., led., levo., lil-t., Lyc.,
lyss., mag-c., manc., med., merc-i-f., morg., morg-g., nat-ar., Nat-c., Nat-m., nat-s., nux-v., pall.,
petr., phos., plat., Plb., psor., PULS., rhus-t., ruta, sabin., sel., Sep., sil., stann., staph., stram.,
succ., sulph., tab., Thuj., til., valer.

claustrophobia in crowd:

ambra (case)
I am claustrophobic and have difficulty in crowds. I avoid elevators and stand with my finger on the
emergency button when I ride in them. I don't trust anything man-made. I'm very safety conscious and
very aware.

chocolate (case)
She suffers from panic attacks. 'I get panicky in public places. Especially when in a line-up, I often want
to stand up and leave. Crowds make me feel claustrophobic, as if I'm going to suffocate. Sometimes I get
short of breath then, and fear I am going to faint. I get hot and sweaty, with waves of heat rising up to my
head. I feel like screaming then, wanting to escape, but not wanting others to notice my distress. They'd
think I'm crazy. I also feel trapped when in traffic jams. I never drive on the highway. Your life is in
danger there (chuckles).

ignis alcoholis (proving)
A Definite need for space and expansion. Find myself getting very claustrophobic in crowds and closed
spaces. Today I was in a multi-story car park and had to slow on one of the ramps. I could feel the whole
place closing in on me. I felt like screaming and screaming, but controlled myself.

lyssin (case)
fear in a crowd, claustrophobia, elevators.

tarent (case)
claustrophobia in elevators, cable cars and other narrow places,

tela araneae (proving)
Went to a bar ? felt claustrophobic ? not in the sense of being in a small room or space, but people
touching me and invading my space (the bar was very crowded).
rochelle@ntlworld.com wrote:

Rochelle
radar lists this rubric and rx

MIND - DELUSIONS - trapped; he is
dendr-pol.;1;sk4 falco-pe.;1;nl2 haliae-lc.;1;srj5 lac-e.;1;hrn2 lath.;1;mrr1 limest-b.;1;es1 positr.;1;nl2 sal-fr.;1;sle1 stry.;1;mrr1
however, i, too, would be interested in a broader view of this concept. i find it very often that people report feeling trapped in their lives. often it is a feeling of being stuck and not being able to get out. but other times they feel trapped, caught up in the web of their lives and cant find a way out.

tanya

Dear Tanya and Andy,
Thanks a lot for your rubrics. This is not a claustrophobia as I really checked through that one. One thing Andy from all your eliminations in that Ars,. and Nux came up in nerly everything and it is one of these two remedies that I see as a constitional but will have to do some more talking with her before I choose. It looks as if she may be Ars. now but was very Nux in her younger days.
All the best
Rochelle

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Hi again Rochelle,

Following on from Tanya's deeper picture, and for what it's worth -
immediately thought of Tub: asthma + feeling trapped/confined ... ?

All the best,

Barbara
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Dear Rochell, apart from all the obvious 'trapped' and 'encaged' and 'fire'
and 'escape' and 'fear of being hurt' and also 'under the control of
someone else' as well as 'against her will' rubrics, I felt that what she
said ....."I would rather be dead than unable to do things for myself" to be
the core of this.

You suggested Arsenicum in another post which seems to be the reverse of
this situation - they need a lot of support systems in place. There are so
many 'breaking' out remedies that perhaps you need some physicals to help
out here.

The Kali bich catarrh is very specific - Hydr and Lyss come close - the
inhalers might be masking some symptoms - hopefully you know what the
condition was like before she started on them which might give a more
reliable picture. Inhalers might well produce a clogged up and stringy
catarrh that resembles Kali bich.

Lungs, suffocation, trapped mucous, against her will, needing to expand etc
- even reducing in this manner suggest many cross references - tuberculinum,
sepia, the snakes, that I would look towards some key modalities or other
physicals to get a clearer picture.

Best wishes, Joy

Ps, as an after thought the cuprums come to mind as well.
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Dear Joy,
Thanks for your suggestions. I am having her back in after she has been abroad as she says everything is better in the warmth. She has been on inhalers since 1980 so I haven't really a cat in hells chance of finding the symptom picture before this!! It started after her first child so maybe that is where I will look. Because 12 years ago she had nasal polyps successfully removed I was thinking more of Sycosis and Thuja than Tub. but we will see. As usual the cases I tend to get are rarely straight forward.

Kali Bi was chosen because she wakes starving every morning despite having a snack before bed, she drinks 1 .5 litres of water in the night, crusts up the nose in the morning, a hot cup of tea amel, coryza fluid night etc etc!!!

In my rep for all her symptoms Nux is top followed by good old Sulphur (not indicated) then Kali bi , then Thuja and Ars. We will see how the case progresses.

All the best
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Rochelle, A couple more rubrics. Please forgive the rambling on some ideas. Maybe one will be helpful.

Complete plus Synthesis:
MIND; DELUSIONS, imaginations; trapped, he is (5) : dendro-p., falco-p., germ., haliae-lc., lac-eq., lap-c-b., lath., posit., salx-f., stry.

Complete:
MIND; DREAMS; trapped, being (2) : falco-p., lac-lup.
Of these,
=dendro-p would be a depressed, mean snake type possibly with confusion of sexual identity

=falco-p

fire:(from poem written by prover):
Which burns, desire which turns in falcon's gyre
upon up-draft above the raging fire
which we have lit. Our terror is that conflagration
consume the world and become our funeral pyre!
Then falcon would have no returning
unless transformed to phoenix it aspire out of ashes
its nest to make! We must take heed of motives
if we are not to cinder in the burning
when flashing storms crash upon the lake.

trapped (from proving):Remained feeling very caged, trapped and wary with partner. Terrified, not sure, how he is going to be with me. 02P 041 XX.XX NS
I could forcibly assert myself and go yet this home life makes me feel trapped. 02P 057 XX.XX IOS
I feel like that reined in wild stallion who is terrified and has to fight free. I became totally detached and very angry and vengeful even though I knew these were wasted feelings. 02P 057 XX.XX NS
-
=germanium would be toward a "civil servant" type, do it by the book

=lac-eq would have had a hard life and be interested in serving others

=lac lup (one prover): #10 Dream: Pursued through old building.... Despair of being trapped with no way out. -(but also prominent was fear being trapped under water) Lac-lup is thrilled by danger and risk and puts themselves in risky situations which amel. Lac-lup is self-contented, little concern for what others think of them, wants to work efficiently, wants to sit and watch the world go by.
-
=lap-c-b would be a mineral; nature-lover who feels unappreciated

=lath- some paralytic sx or hx with emotional imprisonment feeling

=positron-trapped feeling more around past abuse (F. Master): (from proving: "Facing my worst fear; being trapped, as in a basement or cell, with a man who is going to torture and kill me slowly with great malicious delight."

=salix-f-one proving sx only: Feelings of despair continued. Desperate need to get things clarified with partner as to future plans and goals. Feeling trapped and burdened. Partner appeared to be shutting off which made me feel more hopeless and desperate. Is warmth seems to go against it), Acon is a primary complement of sulph (as is nux), and has any kind of "over the top" fear state, but of course hard to give if not referrable to a past incident, and is not listed for trapped per se although certainly can be claustrophobic(!) and has ailments from parturition. Acon can be a chronic state. Stram has ailments from delivery and is a big fear remedy of course.

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Interestingly Hahnemann actually states fear of fire (per se) as a symptom of latent psora in the Chronic Diseases. Since fire is an "element", it could be significant, and from your description was the first thing she mentioned re: feeling trapped--i.e. methods to "get out". But there are other trapped modes she brings up. If we do consider Fire to be a very important component of the fear, then the nasal polyps, and generally > warmth might bring Psor to mind, although there is nothing else seemingly to indicate it skin-wise or otherwise. If the "trapped" is part of a
general fear state, then the rubric as looked at above may not be helpful, which is what may be the case. Ignis alcoholis (fire) has not the fear of being trapped.

The "I'd rather be dead than unable to do things for myself." may not actually indicate self-reliance, but may be compensatory actions/feeling knowing that she is actually really dependent, so I might not rule out a "dependent" remedy just on this, although as Joy states, Arsenicum would not nec. be expected to do all these precautionary measures on their own.

Joy brought up the Cuprums, these in the "defense" (soldieresque) section, and your client seems to be bent on preparation (defense) from the possible dire circumstances of fire or other mishap which could entrap; and Cuprum also has a strong fear of fire. Any other evidence for Cupr?

Teucrium has polyps and the sxs:
---Continued stoppage of nose after removal of polyps. (not sure this was in case, but if Kali-bi given, I infer it must have been)
--Irritability when TOO MUCH MEDICINE (eg inhalers since 1980?) has produced an oversensitive state and remedies fail to act [3; Ph-ac.]. (In this case the "trapped" would be seen as the "oversensitive state" which is of course a big stretch
Could the polyp removal be important as an etiology (eg when was her 1st child?)
Here's an interesting tidbit which came from Harry Van Der Zee (I believe) bit on miasms which is in the RFWorks library; it refers to a fear relating to a past-life (ie not this life) trauma being healed by a remedy. Not to go too far afield, but where does this trapped feeling really come from? This would probably be an area to investigate--if necessary and remedies don't act, hypnosis is a good way to investigate it if there are not dreams or waking feelings which indicate origin:

excerpt:
There are indications that taking into account memories of past life experiences can help to solve a case. Deborah Colllins has reported several cases of people who during regression therapy re-experienced being murdered in the Nazi gas chambers. She treated them successfully with Hydrocyanicum acidum, one of the constituents of Cyclon-B, the gas the Germans used for exterminating the Jews. She was able to confirm the remedy by their present complaints.
some ideas for sunday afternoon study. Thanks Rochelle.

Best to all,
Andy

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rochelle@ntlworld.com wrote:
ubject:
Re: [Minutus] trapped
Date:
Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:34:37 +0000
From:
"Joy Lucas"
Reply-To:
minutus@yahoogroups.com
To:
minutus@yahoogroups.com
Dear Rochell, apart from all the obvious 'trapped' and 'encaged' and
'fire'
and 'escape' and 'fear of being hurt' and also 'under the control of
someone else' as well as 'against her will' rubrics, I felt that what
she
said ....."I would rather be dead than unable to do things for myself"
to be
the core of this.

You suggested Arsenicum in another post which seems to be the reverse
of
this situation - they need a lot of support systems in place. There are
so
many 'breaking' out remedies that perhaps you need some physicals to
help
out here.

The Kali bich catarrh is very specific - Hydr and Lyss come close - the
inhalers might be masking some symptoms - hopefully you know what the
condition was like before she started on them which might give a more
reliable picture. Inhalers might well produce a clogged up and stringy
catarrh that resembles Kali bich.

Lungs, suffocation, trapped mucous, against her will, needing to expand
etc
- even reducing in this manner suggest many cross references -
tuberculinum,
sepia, the snakes, that I would look towards some key modalities or
other
physicals to get a clearer picture.

Best wishes, Joy

Ps, as an after thought the cuprums

Dear Joy,
Thanks for your suggestions. I am having her back in after she has been
abroad as she says everything is better in the warmth. She has been on
inhalers since 1980 so I haven't really a cat in hells chance of
finding the symptom picture before this!! It started after her first
child so maybe that is where I will look. Because 12 years ago she had
nasal polyps successfully removed I was thinking more of Sycosis and
Thuja than Tub. but we will see. As usual the cases I tend to get are
rarely straight forward.

Kali Bi was chosen because she wakes starving every morning despite
having a snack before bed, she drinks 1 .5 litres of water in the
night, crusts up the nose in the morning, a hot cup of tea amel,
coryza fluid night etc etc!!!

In my rep for all her symptoms Nux is top followed by good old Sulphur
(not indicated) then Kali bi , then Thuja and Ars. We will see how the
case progresses.

All the best
Rochelle_
www.rochellemarsden.co.uk

It may be way off, but maybe ask: how did she deliver her child, did it 'get
stuck', and how was she delivered (get born) herself? (While being delivered
there isn't a lot you can do yourself).

Hennie

Hi Rochelle,

The way she expressed about her fear makes me think of fear of losing
control. Staph is one of the remedies listed, which might relate to the
circumstances relating to the birth(Caesarian?) of her child. Apart, from
that similarity, Staph quite possibly doesn't fit with the rest of the case.
I think Hennie mentioned this(birth) being linked to the time the fear
began - so makes you wonder what was it about the birth/pregnancy did she
lose control. Patient really doesn't want to be left in the situation where
she would be unable to look after herself if injured/disfigured etc.

Gotta dash off to work,
Rhonda