Minutus

From Sankaran:

I have usually identified [remedy] by its very strong physical
cravings/concomitants, for example the desire for bananas (my observation),
oranges, salads, sweetened butter milk (in India, a yoghurt drink called
"Lassi"), ice, sweet, sour, milk. Its other symptoms which I have repeatedly
confirmed is the burning pain in oesophagus and stomach, commonly described
by the patient as "acidity" which is ameliorated by cold drinks - the cold
drink can be felt descending from oesophagus down to the stomach, where it
feels quite cold. Also the pain is ameliorated by lying on abdomen. This
cold sensation descending down the oesophagus and settling in the stomach is
unique to [remedy].
One of the dreams repeatedly seen in [remedy] is the dream of falling,
sometimes described as falling into an abyss or a pit.
My prescriptions were initially based on these physical symptoms, but
from clinical experience I have derived some idea of the mental state of
[remedy], which is as follows:
I find that the patients have a fear of falling down, losing their
position, their image in society. They like to maintain a very good image
and value the good opinion of others. One has to differentiate this remedy
from Palladium or sometimes from Platinum.
Their talk is quite animated and egoistic. They are loquacious and have
a tendency to put others down, but not in an egoistic way. They often come
from respected families and are multi-talented in the areas of leadership,
appearance, cooking, etc.
In one patient I observed a tremendous fear about the well-being of her
husband and daughter, especially if they were a bit late returning home. The
fear of high places is very strong. In this particular case the fears came
up mainly when the daughter had gone for rock climbing and the husband was
travelling by air.
To conclude, the most important features of [remedy] are the fear of
crashing down from a high place and the anxiety to uphold her image, the
fear that her image should stand and not crash down.
Rubrics:
o Stomach, coldness, ice-like, after cold drinks.
o Chest, coldness, internal, as if ice water were rising and
descending through a cylindrical tube.
o Stomach, pain, lying on abdomen ameliorates.
o Company, desire for, happen, as if something horrible might.
o Fear, happen, something will.
o Dreams of falling into a pit.
Kent:
o Aversion, bananas.
o Desires ice.
o Desires oranges.
Phatak:
o Drinks, cold, as if.

Regards
Wendy Howard
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