re a remedy for our times
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2001 6:30 am
I have recently taken a remedy myself which turned out to be the first deep
acting constitutional remedy in almost my whole connection and practice of
homeopathy (20 yr.). Many well known homeopaths have treated me with varying
degrees of success. In the past 10 or more years little has affected me
except for an acute prescription here and there.
The remedy is Plutonium.
I have since given it to a few other people. I am a classical homeopath, but
in the wake of occurrences in the US this has actually been very timely; I
almost am suspecting it is a type of genus epidemics.
It has followed a divorce that was necessary but extremely painful; nothing
had touched this emotional stickiness. Believe me when I tell you that over
the 3 yr course of deterioration of relationship and subsequent divorce I
have tried just about every reasonable choice in the ailments for
disappointed love and grief rubric. Still in spite of this she remained
totally engulfed in fear and emotional pain. I don't have time to put the
whole case on line now, but the following rubrics, and then the proving from
MacRep will give you a sense of the power of this remedy. Everyone who has
taken it to date has felt a dramatic shift (of course there were different
reasons for choosing this one for each person.
The theme is disintegration of the nucleus with an emphasis on trying to
hold it together and feeling overwhelmed. One prover said "I feel I am
finally able to act out of my own essence." So far those who have taken it
(including myself) say that there is a sense of energy coming together
within the individual, an inner strength and clarity, a curing of
"scatteredness" of energy and emotions. Consider after divorce for adults
and children, and after catastrophies. This appears to be a major remedy for
the fear of our time,
The proving from Links 1995: proved by Hans Eberle, MD. sold from Helios
Pharmacy in England
In the proving of Plutonium (11 provers, one dose of C30 or C200, all
aware of what was being tested), the following groups of symptoms or themes
could be established (see also Fig. 1):
- Feeling of extreme gravity
- Fatigue, exhaustion
- Feeling of decay, disintegration into different identities
- Permanent feeling of existential threat
- Spontaneous reckless aggressiveness
- Deep religious feeling or philosophical thoughts
A number of provers put things in order; others started to clearly
follow their own intuition; their confidence in their personal activity
increased.
The above symptom groups became more and more apparent during the
proving and served as a guideline in the more than 70 cases where we
prescribed Plutonium.
Feeling of extreme gravity
- which presses down and which could even push through the floor (1)
- wish to lay down on one's back and on the floor (1)
- feeling as if having put on 20 kilos over night (5)
- body seems to be like lead (5)
- the head is very heavy, like an enormous weight; has trouble keeping
his head upright, he has to support it so that it doesn't fall (4)
- holds his head with both hands at his temples and his forehead, only
his little fingers touch each other (1, 4)
- feels the weight of his body/the pull of gravity (2)
- notices that the earth sticks to him, annoyed that he depends on
earth to that extent (2)
Fatigue, exhaustion
- continuous attacks of fatigue, but they disappear quickly (2)
- fatigue (5, 2)
- paralysing fatigue (6)
- work takes a lot of effort (5, 2)
- lack of enthusiasm (5)
Feeling of decay, disintegration into different identities (1)
- the prover feels that he changes identity depending on where he is
and whom he is with (1)
Permanent feeling of existential threat (1, 2)
- fears his own defeat, if he dared to insist on his own will and
inclination (1)
- notices a worrying and menacing pressure he cannot deal with when he
is with people (2)
- sad that she cannot live as she would like, feeling of too much
obligation/constraint (3)
- fear of ecological catastrophes (1, 2)
Spontaneous reckless aggressiveness; the prover would like to clear her
way of people who are driving slowly in front of her, showing no compassion.
The prover felt like a machine with a fixed speed that wouldn't accept any
obstacle. (11)
Phylosophical / Religious
Deep religious feeling (1, 2, 6)
Philosophical thoughts (1, 2, 6)
The provers 1, 2, 7 and 9 put things in order after having taken the
medicine.
The provers 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 and 10 clearly follow their own intuition
more; their confidence in their personal activity increases.
The number(s) following each symptom correspond(s) to individual
provers.
Fig. 1 Symptom Groups of the Plutonium Proving
The central idea of plutonium
is the sacrifice of the own inner way/destiny or the suppression and
blocking of one's inner human powers. Consequently man is not able to learn
about his destiny. His essence/being ('atomic nucleus') decays into various
personalities ("multiple personality", a topical term in psychotherapy).
These different personalities stand for various constraints and they become
apparent as masks or different roles which the individual tries anxiously
and compulsively to fulfil. Therefore strong efforts are made to
compensate/to hide this decay.
High ideals and relapses into chronic exhaustion (chronic fatigue
syndrome), depression and feelings of inferiority result from this
disintegration. A further attempt to stop decline and decay is an increased
sense of responsibility, such as children who try to prevent the family from
disintegrating. When essence/being decays, extreme tension and feelings of
panic can emerge. Those around perceive this as 'unshakeable will',
outbursts of reckless aggression or severe depression. Clinically, we were
able to observe the curing of auto aggression diseases, asthma, heavy
menstrual bleeding, anorexia, chronic fatigue syndrome, hypertension,
neurodermatitis, multiple allergies and hypersensitivities, immobilising
sacroiliac pains, severe gastro-enteritis with menacing exsiccation,
psychosis of a 13 year-old boy with the delusion: 'every adult, parents
included, is a teacher.'
We think that the Plutonium disease can be cured if we admit with
confidence the often painful disintegration of masks and roles, and if we
abandon expectations, constraints and moral ideas about how life ought to
be. Instead we need to accept being as it is and return to our essence, that
is to say to move from strict ideas about being into conscious being itself.
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P L U T O N I U M Register of Symptoms
Symptoms of mind and temper
1) Decay and disintegration
- Feeling of decay and disintegration into different identities (1);
- the prover felt clearly that he changed identity depending on where
he was and whom he was with. (1)
2) Threat and fear
- permanent feeling of existential threat (1, 2)
- fears his own defeat if he dares to insist on his personal will and
inclination (1)
- intense sacralgia forces him to walk on all fours. The candidate
feels like an animal (dog) or like a disrespected little child who is not
yet able to walk upright and who is not integrated. This feeling of
disregard is conveyed/created by his brothers and sisters.
- annoyed that he is abandoned with his pain
[Plutonium-topic: the hurt child; as for the adults, their inner child
is hurt. Furthermore children are often exposed to superior adults and
consequently not able to get their own way.]
3) Obligation and expectation
- sad that she cannot live as she likes, feeling of too much obligation
(3)
- the feeling of being externally forced to keep on going and to do all
kinds of things; she feels too much is asked of her (3)
[This prover had also a series of dreams in which she expected things
or reactions from other people which she didn't get; even while dreaming she
realised that her expectations were not justified. Thus, this attitude of
expectation is only the counterpart or complement to obligation. We often
found the symptom of feeling obliged to meet the expectations and
obligations of one's environment coupled with very high expectations towards
one's surrounding]
- more defence towards moral and obligation (2,3)
4) Fears
- fear of falling ill, the prover's fear of getting cancer improved
(11)
- fear of having a slipped disc with sacralgia (2)
- fear of ecological catastrophes (1,2)
- state of panic (various times clinically cured)
- claustrophobia with state of panic, e.g. in an aeroplane (various
clinical cures)
5) Aggression
- spontaneous reckless aggression; the prover would like to clear her
way of people who are driving slowly in front of her, without showing
compassion. The prover felt like a machine with a fixed speed that wouldn't
accept any obstacle. (11)
- aggressive fantasies; the prover had fantasies about what would
happen if he threw his own son over the bridge or if he went at full speed
by car through the pedestrian precinct.(2)
6) Sadness and weeping
- extreme weeping (2)
- weeping because of extreme pains in the sacrum area (2)
- weeping because of physical pain develops into weeping because of
emotional pain (2)
- sadness is improving in the presence of others (6)
- sad, quiet; if alone a profound introverted feeling (2)
7) Restlessness, memory, concentration
- restlessness (1,4,5)
- restlessness; doesn't find any place, or position in which he could
relax, is hanging with his stomach over a chair (1)
- restless walking around (1)
- higher mental lucidity and better concentration (2,10)
- commits writing mistakes, mixes letters up (2)
- forgets nicknames of his closest relations linked with an improved
general mental performance and ability to learn (2)
8) Relationship
- relationship disturbances (2)
- notices more distance between him and his wife (2)
- he reproaches his wife (2)
- sensation that he gets love and affection for granted makes the
prover very happy (1)
- feeling that he can allow other people more space when he meets them
(10)
9) Order and work
- puts things in order (1,11,2,7,9)
- buys new files (7); feeling that she is keeping too many things in
her old files
- he enjoys tidying things up, doesn't feel obliged to do so as he
would normally feel (11)
- high degree of willingness to work (11,2)
- he feels more like working (2,9)
- dislike of work (2)
- performed immediately all tasks that required to have been done for a
long time (2,9)
- more determined and active, he is in a good mood (2,9)
- missed an appointment by oversleeping (5); (which had never happened
to the prover before)
- dislike of attending patients, would be happy if some of them
cancelled their visit (2)
10) Intuition, own will and expression, philosophy and religion
- more confidence in his (own) intuition and activity (1,2,6,8,9,10)
- feels more self-assertion (10) e.g. prover realises that it is the
person working for him who has to meet his (the prover's) requirements, and
not vice versa
- increased determination (10)
- full of energy (2,5,8)
- intense, religious feeling (2,1,6)
- more balanced, calmer, more patient (8)
- calmer, less irritated/annoyed being with his family (9)
- within the proving period prover 1 takes the decision to go to New
York together with his double-bass, wishing to practice his favourite music
style, improvisational music, at Cecil Taylors and there he develops a
strong passion for Sufi-literature.
GENERALITIES
- feeling of extreme gravity which presses down and which could even
push through the floor (1)
- wish to lay down on one's back and on the floor (1)
- feeling as if having put on 20 kilos over night (5)
- body seems to be like lead (5)
- feels the weight of his body and the gravitational pull (2)
- notices that earth is sticking to him, annoyed that he depends on
earth to that extent (2)
- continuous attacks of fatigue, but they disappear quickly (2)
- fatigue (5, 2)
- paralysing fatigue (6)
- work takes a lot of effort (5, 2)
- feeling of heat with increasing restlessness at night which prevents
him from sleeping, slight perspiration in his face (2)
- feeling of having goose pimples: shivers, cold spells creep down his
spine every few seconds; they stop at the end of the lumbar region (4)
(describes the shivers as slight electric shocks)
- his whole body is shivering (6)
- he/she is cold (7)
HEAD
- intense feeling of heat in the head and face area (2)
- his head is very heavy, like an enormous weight; has trouble keeping
his head upright, has to support it so that it doesn't fall down (4)
- holds his head with both hands at his temples and his forehead, only
the little fingers touch each other (1,4)
- strong headache, feeling of pressure in the forehead area, feeling as
if his top of the skull went up, exploded (5)
- dull feeling in his head (9)
THROAT
- feeling as if his throat was dry, so that it would be impossible to
swallow food (6)
SENSE ORGANS
- mucus discharges drain away over the choana, but dissolve with
difficulty (3) (a patient had strong symptoms of extreme adenoids which were
cured by Plutonium)
- ear secretion which had lasted for four years was cured (2)
- feeling of heat in the face area
- feeling of electric shocks close to the left eye (like winking) lasts
for about three hours (5)
CHEST
- right breast enlarged and aching, feeling of heaviness and
fullness/tenseness in her breast (11)
- tension in her breasts, feeling that wearing a bra would be
comfortable, chest being raised would be nice (4)
- palpitations (6, 3)
DIGESTION
- frequent stools (2)
- stool together with release of flatulence (distension) (2)
- slimy stool (2)
- insecurity during release of flatulence in the rectum (2)
- sharp pain, in the abdomen, like knives, contraction of the body
releases pain (7)
MENSTRUATION
- menstruation starts with a two-day delay (7)
EXTREMITIES
- extreme pain in soles because of blisters growing on the
toes/callouses; toes hurt the most (11)
- pain in the left knee, extreme aching, pain and sensitivity to cold
in the right shoulder (when there was an alleviation in the right shoulder,
the pains in the left knee got worse) (3)
- tension in the psoas muscle (7, 2)
- pains in the knee, lateral (9)
- left leg pulls towards the inner side (7)
- feeling as if the left leg was shorter (7)
- cramp in the left calf (5)
- backache in the sacrum area/spinal column area (2, 7, 8)
- together with extreme restlessness at night (2)
- relief after having a long afternoon nap (2)
- pain as if broken or twisted (2)
- is not capable of walking upright (2)
- weakness of the legs because of pain in the sacrum area, legs are
powerless (2)
- crawls on all fours and feels like an animal or an ignored baby (2)
- pain in the sacrum area concentrated on the inner thigh side (2)
- pain in the sacrum area makes person cry (2)
- pain in the sacrum area is combined with insomnia and restlessness,
tries constantly to find a position free from pain (2)
- block in the hips: left leg is shortened (2)
- pain in the sacrum area radiating in the direction of the back of the
thigh until the knee (7)
- warmth relieves, sitting in the sun (7)
- massage alleviates, strong pressure helps (7)
- pains in the lumbar region (5,9)
SLEEP
- insomnia with feelings of heat and restlessness (2)
- wide-awake at one o'clock in the morning, can get up and work,
nevertheless he is not tired during the day (2)
- short sleep offers quick relaxation (2)
- insomnia because of extreme sacralgia from 12 to 5 am., combined with
extreme restlessness.
- bad sleep until three o'clock in the morning (5)
- missed an appointment by over-sleeping (that had never happened to
the prover so far)
DREAMS
- prover 10 dreamt of a car accident, in which he crashed into the rear
of another car; he felt embarrassed about the accident and couldn't accept
it. Several patients had similar dreams of car accidents after taking
plutonium. The German notion "Auto" (car) derives ethymologically from the
Greek word auto = self; thus, auto in the interpretation of dreams could
stand for the basis of human nature itself, that wants to be auto- nomous
and to act correspondingly.
CASE STUDIES
Case 1
Woman, born in 1966. Diagnosis: asthma
The patient arrives with severe difficulties in breathing at the
surgery. She reports:
Asthma since her 8th month, "Nobody cared about my treatment" she says
and tells immediately about her family:
mother: addicted to alcohol and medicine, attempted suicide
father: violent, "quite a lot has happened". Her father hit her, when
her opinion was different to his.
She had to prevent her mother from drinking alcohol and protect her
from her violent father. She tried to bring her family together and felt
responsible for her mother in particular. Her father blamed her for the
suicide attempt of her mother, because she had moved out of her parents
home.
The patient has a very high expectation of herself to do well. Also
concerning her disease she tried everything, psychotherapy, homeopathy etc.
As nothing helped she has reached a certain point and cannot continue. She
thinks of suicide.
Three weeks ago she aborted a baby which was not from her boy friend.
Analysis:
The patient tries to be responsible for the whole family situation
which is in a state of disintegration. The patient is completely unable to
cope with this situation.
Course after Plutonium:
After having had strong first reactions, the patient showed up again at
the surgery a fortnight later. She said: "I am fine, I have never ever lived
as intensely as I have these two weeks. I could let go of everything, I can
accept my boy friend as he is, that is a completely new experience for me. I
have learnt to act and decide for myself now." (To act and decide out of
one's own essence. that is a cured Plutonium state!).
Her whole life and her asthma took a noticeable turn since.
Differential diagnosis: Carcinosin
Case 2
Mrs O., born in 1963. Diagnosis: Hypermenorrhea and chronic state of
exhaustion.
The patient suffers from strong menstrual bleeding. The haemoglobin
dropped several times to 5.
Several hospitalisations and blood transfusions had been necessary. The
removal of the uterus should take place in five days.
For one and a half years the patient has been suffering from two
difficult family situations:
1. her sister's divorce in which the patient assumed the role of an
mediator and was abused. " Everybody comes to me and tells me everything."
2. her father decided at that time not to leave his bed anymore and was
only drinking alcohol. "He simply gave up on himself." The patient and her
mother had cared for him the one and a half years until he died three weeks
ago.
The patient reports that it has always been like this, that people come
to her and confide in her. She simply cannot say NO: " I feel responsible
for more than I should."
Absolute favourite book: Stephen King, IT.
In order to encourage herself in unsafe situations, the patient has
even learned by heart one sentence from this book, in which the stutterer
dares to speak to the cruel IT.
Frequent dream:
She drives her bus close to the abyss, but always manages to turn the
steering wheel.
Temperature: freezing, cold hands and feet
Desire: Tomatoes with mozzarella, sometimes voracious appetite for
chocolate, fish
Other: Caesarean when having her first baby.
Analysis:
As in case 1 we can find again the patterns of disintegration, threat
and, as a consequence, the attempts to solve the situation.
Disintegration: her sister's divorce, her father who was addicted to
alcohol and needed care.
Threat: the threat, which is reflected particularly in the patient's
favourite book (Stephen King, IT), is a result of disintegration.
Rescue: in this case again, the patient's 'attempts to rescue' are the
main cause for her illness.
Clinically the longing for fish and chocolate were noticed several
times when plutonium was taken.
Course after Plutonium:
The bleeding stopped within some hours after she had taken the dose.
The patient cancelled her operation with joy. A fortnight later, the patient
seemed to be calm, stress had fallen from her and she felt a clear distance
to her sister and her brother-in-law.
Differential diagnosis: Natrum muriaticum; Carcinosin
Case 3
Boy born in 1990. Diagnosis: Neurodermatitis, behavioural disturbances
The patient suffers from neurodermatitis at his wrists, elbows and knee
joints.
He is aggressive, throws things around (even aiming at people); on the
other hand he is very sensitive.
He insists on what he wants and wants either everything or nothing at
all. He always wants to be the centre of attention and plays up when being
observed. If nobody takes notice of him, he becomes angry.
He enjoys dancing to rhythmic music.
I prescribed Tarantula hispanica in high potency for one and a half
years with success. When his father was taken ill with a dangerous
carcinoma, another relapse was provoked. Tarantula didn't help anymore.
The behavioural disturbances of the patient are even more striking now:
He developed into a complete outsider, 'he behaves like the boss himself',
however, he reacts extremely sensitively when being blamed. When furious, he
growls like an animal. He shouts stupid words such as 'you potato king'.
Although it's his father's life which is in danger, he says to his mother:
'if you die, I will dig you up'.
Desire: a thick layer of butter on his sandwich, pickled gherkin, and
recently meat.
Analysis:
A clear disintegration of his personality/nature:
- on the one hand very aggressive, on the other hand very sensitive
- dominant behaviour but nevertheless intense sensitivity
- the disintegration into human being and animal, the patient growls
like an animal when he is furious which contributed to the idea of
prescribing him Plutonium.
- The existential threat of a possible death of one parent.
Course after Plutonium: neurodermatitis is healing, his behaviour is
improving.
Differential diagnosis: Tuberculinum, Tarantula
Most frequent differential diagnosis with plutonium: Tub, Carc., Nat -
mur, Med., Tarantula, Lac. Can., Scorpio.
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acting constitutional remedy in almost my whole connection and practice of
homeopathy (20 yr.). Many well known homeopaths have treated me with varying
degrees of success. In the past 10 or more years little has affected me
except for an acute prescription here and there.
The remedy is Plutonium.
I have since given it to a few other people. I am a classical homeopath, but
in the wake of occurrences in the US this has actually been very timely; I
almost am suspecting it is a type of genus epidemics.
It has followed a divorce that was necessary but extremely painful; nothing
had touched this emotional stickiness. Believe me when I tell you that over
the 3 yr course of deterioration of relationship and subsequent divorce I
have tried just about every reasonable choice in the ailments for
disappointed love and grief rubric. Still in spite of this she remained
totally engulfed in fear and emotional pain. I don't have time to put the
whole case on line now, but the following rubrics, and then the proving from
MacRep will give you a sense of the power of this remedy. Everyone who has
taken it to date has felt a dramatic shift (of course there were different
reasons for choosing this one for each person.
The theme is disintegration of the nucleus with an emphasis on trying to
hold it together and feeling overwhelmed. One prover said "I feel I am
finally able to act out of my own essence." So far those who have taken it
(including myself) say that there is a sense of energy coming together
within the individual, an inner strength and clarity, a curing of
"scatteredness" of energy and emotions. Consider after divorce for adults
and children, and after catastrophies. This appears to be a major remedy for
the fear of our time,
The proving from Links 1995: proved by Hans Eberle, MD. sold from Helios
Pharmacy in England
In the proving of Plutonium (11 provers, one dose of C30 or C200, all
aware of what was being tested), the following groups of symptoms or themes
could be established (see also Fig. 1):
- Feeling of extreme gravity
- Fatigue, exhaustion
- Feeling of decay, disintegration into different identities
- Permanent feeling of existential threat
- Spontaneous reckless aggressiveness
- Deep religious feeling or philosophical thoughts
A number of provers put things in order; others started to clearly
follow their own intuition; their confidence in their personal activity
increased.
The above symptom groups became more and more apparent during the
proving and served as a guideline in the more than 70 cases where we
prescribed Plutonium.
Feeling of extreme gravity
- which presses down and which could even push through the floor (1)
- wish to lay down on one's back and on the floor (1)
- feeling as if having put on 20 kilos over night (5)
- body seems to be like lead (5)
- the head is very heavy, like an enormous weight; has trouble keeping
his head upright, he has to support it so that it doesn't fall (4)
- holds his head with both hands at his temples and his forehead, only
his little fingers touch each other (1, 4)
- feels the weight of his body/the pull of gravity (2)
- notices that the earth sticks to him, annoyed that he depends on
earth to that extent (2)
Fatigue, exhaustion
- continuous attacks of fatigue, but they disappear quickly (2)
- fatigue (5, 2)
- paralysing fatigue (6)
- work takes a lot of effort (5, 2)
- lack of enthusiasm (5)
Feeling of decay, disintegration into different identities (1)
- the prover feels that he changes identity depending on where he is
and whom he is with (1)
Permanent feeling of existential threat (1, 2)
- fears his own defeat, if he dared to insist on his own will and
inclination (1)
- notices a worrying and menacing pressure he cannot deal with when he
is with people (2)
- sad that she cannot live as she would like, feeling of too much
obligation/constraint (3)
- fear of ecological catastrophes (1, 2)
Spontaneous reckless aggressiveness; the prover would like to clear her
way of people who are driving slowly in front of her, showing no compassion.
The prover felt like a machine with a fixed speed that wouldn't accept any
obstacle. (11)
Phylosophical / Religious
Deep religious feeling (1, 2, 6)
Philosophical thoughts (1, 2, 6)
The provers 1, 2, 7 and 9 put things in order after having taken the
medicine.
The provers 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 and 10 clearly follow their own intuition
more; their confidence in their personal activity increases.
The number(s) following each symptom correspond(s) to individual
provers.
Fig. 1 Symptom Groups of the Plutonium Proving
The central idea of plutonium
is the sacrifice of the own inner way/destiny or the suppression and
blocking of one's inner human powers. Consequently man is not able to learn
about his destiny. His essence/being ('atomic nucleus') decays into various
personalities ("multiple personality", a topical term in psychotherapy).
These different personalities stand for various constraints and they become
apparent as masks or different roles which the individual tries anxiously
and compulsively to fulfil. Therefore strong efforts are made to
compensate/to hide this decay.
High ideals and relapses into chronic exhaustion (chronic fatigue
syndrome), depression and feelings of inferiority result from this
disintegration. A further attempt to stop decline and decay is an increased
sense of responsibility, such as children who try to prevent the family from
disintegrating. When essence/being decays, extreme tension and feelings of
panic can emerge. Those around perceive this as 'unshakeable will',
outbursts of reckless aggression or severe depression. Clinically, we were
able to observe the curing of auto aggression diseases, asthma, heavy
menstrual bleeding, anorexia, chronic fatigue syndrome, hypertension,
neurodermatitis, multiple allergies and hypersensitivities, immobilising
sacroiliac pains, severe gastro-enteritis with menacing exsiccation,
psychosis of a 13 year-old boy with the delusion: 'every adult, parents
included, is a teacher.'
We think that the Plutonium disease can be cured if we admit with
confidence the often painful disintegration of masks and roles, and if we
abandon expectations, constraints and moral ideas about how life ought to
be. Instead we need to accept being as it is and return to our essence, that
is to say to move from strict ideas about being into conscious being itself.
-
P L U T O N I U M Register of Symptoms
Symptoms of mind and temper
1) Decay and disintegration
- Feeling of decay and disintegration into different identities (1);
- the prover felt clearly that he changed identity depending on where
he was and whom he was with. (1)
2) Threat and fear
- permanent feeling of existential threat (1, 2)
- fears his own defeat if he dares to insist on his personal will and
inclination (1)
- intense sacralgia forces him to walk on all fours. The candidate
feels like an animal (dog) or like a disrespected little child who is not
yet able to walk upright and who is not integrated. This feeling of
disregard is conveyed/created by his brothers and sisters.
- annoyed that he is abandoned with his pain
[Plutonium-topic: the hurt child; as for the adults, their inner child
is hurt. Furthermore children are often exposed to superior adults and
consequently not able to get their own way.]
3) Obligation and expectation
- sad that she cannot live as she likes, feeling of too much obligation
(3)
- the feeling of being externally forced to keep on going and to do all
kinds of things; she feels too much is asked of her (3)
[This prover had also a series of dreams in which she expected things
or reactions from other people which she didn't get; even while dreaming she
realised that her expectations were not justified. Thus, this attitude of
expectation is only the counterpart or complement to obligation. We often
found the symptom of feeling obliged to meet the expectations and
obligations of one's environment coupled with very high expectations towards
one's surrounding]
- more defence towards moral and obligation (2,3)
4) Fears
- fear of falling ill, the prover's fear of getting cancer improved
(11)
- fear of having a slipped disc with sacralgia (2)
- fear of ecological catastrophes (1,2)
- state of panic (various times clinically cured)
- claustrophobia with state of panic, e.g. in an aeroplane (various
clinical cures)
5) Aggression
- spontaneous reckless aggression; the prover would like to clear her
way of people who are driving slowly in front of her, without showing
compassion. The prover felt like a machine with a fixed speed that wouldn't
accept any obstacle. (11)
- aggressive fantasies; the prover had fantasies about what would
happen if he threw his own son over the bridge or if he went at full speed
by car through the pedestrian precinct.(2)
6) Sadness and weeping
- extreme weeping (2)
- weeping because of extreme pains in the sacrum area (2)
- weeping because of physical pain develops into weeping because of
emotional pain (2)
- sadness is improving in the presence of others (6)
- sad, quiet; if alone a profound introverted feeling (2)
7) Restlessness, memory, concentration
- restlessness (1,4,5)
- restlessness; doesn't find any place, or position in which he could
relax, is hanging with his stomach over a chair (1)
- restless walking around (1)
- higher mental lucidity and better concentration (2,10)
- commits writing mistakes, mixes letters up (2)
- forgets nicknames of his closest relations linked with an improved
general mental performance and ability to learn (2)
8) Relationship
- relationship disturbances (2)
- notices more distance between him and his wife (2)
- he reproaches his wife (2)
- sensation that he gets love and affection for granted makes the
prover very happy (1)
- feeling that he can allow other people more space when he meets them
(10)
9) Order and work
- puts things in order (1,11,2,7,9)
- buys new files (7); feeling that she is keeping too many things in
her old files
- he enjoys tidying things up, doesn't feel obliged to do so as he
would normally feel (11)
- high degree of willingness to work (11,2)
- he feels more like working (2,9)
- dislike of work (2)
- performed immediately all tasks that required to have been done for a
long time (2,9)
- more determined and active, he is in a good mood (2,9)
- missed an appointment by oversleeping (5); (which had never happened
to the prover before)
- dislike of attending patients, would be happy if some of them
cancelled their visit (2)
10) Intuition, own will and expression, philosophy and religion
- more confidence in his (own) intuition and activity (1,2,6,8,9,10)
- feels more self-assertion (10) e.g. prover realises that it is the
person working for him who has to meet his (the prover's) requirements, and
not vice versa
- increased determination (10)
- full of energy (2,5,8)
- intense, religious feeling (2,1,6)
- more balanced, calmer, more patient (8)
- calmer, less irritated/annoyed being with his family (9)
- within the proving period prover 1 takes the decision to go to New
York together with his double-bass, wishing to practice his favourite music
style, improvisational music, at Cecil Taylors and there he develops a
strong passion for Sufi-literature.
GENERALITIES
- feeling of extreme gravity which presses down and which could even
push through the floor (1)
- wish to lay down on one's back and on the floor (1)
- feeling as if having put on 20 kilos over night (5)
- body seems to be like lead (5)
- feels the weight of his body and the gravitational pull (2)
- notices that earth is sticking to him, annoyed that he depends on
earth to that extent (2)
- continuous attacks of fatigue, but they disappear quickly (2)
- fatigue (5, 2)
- paralysing fatigue (6)
- work takes a lot of effort (5, 2)
- feeling of heat with increasing restlessness at night which prevents
him from sleeping, slight perspiration in his face (2)
- feeling of having goose pimples: shivers, cold spells creep down his
spine every few seconds; they stop at the end of the lumbar region (4)
(describes the shivers as slight electric shocks)
- his whole body is shivering (6)
- he/she is cold (7)
HEAD
- intense feeling of heat in the head and face area (2)
- his head is very heavy, like an enormous weight; has trouble keeping
his head upright, has to support it so that it doesn't fall down (4)
- holds his head with both hands at his temples and his forehead, only
the little fingers touch each other (1,4)
- strong headache, feeling of pressure in the forehead area, feeling as
if his top of the skull went up, exploded (5)
- dull feeling in his head (9)
THROAT
- feeling as if his throat was dry, so that it would be impossible to
swallow food (6)
SENSE ORGANS
- mucus discharges drain away over the choana, but dissolve with
difficulty (3) (a patient had strong symptoms of extreme adenoids which were
cured by Plutonium)
- ear secretion which had lasted for four years was cured (2)
- feeling of heat in the face area
- feeling of electric shocks close to the left eye (like winking) lasts
for about three hours (5)
CHEST
- right breast enlarged and aching, feeling of heaviness and
fullness/tenseness in her breast (11)
- tension in her breasts, feeling that wearing a bra would be
comfortable, chest being raised would be nice (4)
- palpitations (6, 3)
DIGESTION
- frequent stools (2)
- stool together with release of flatulence (distension) (2)
- slimy stool (2)
- insecurity during release of flatulence in the rectum (2)
- sharp pain, in the abdomen, like knives, contraction of the body
releases pain (7)
MENSTRUATION
- menstruation starts with a two-day delay (7)
EXTREMITIES
- extreme pain in soles because of blisters growing on the
toes/callouses; toes hurt the most (11)
- pain in the left knee, extreme aching, pain and sensitivity to cold
in the right shoulder (when there was an alleviation in the right shoulder,
the pains in the left knee got worse) (3)
- tension in the psoas muscle (7, 2)
- pains in the knee, lateral (9)
- left leg pulls towards the inner side (7)
- feeling as if the left leg was shorter (7)
- cramp in the left calf (5)
- backache in the sacrum area/spinal column area (2, 7, 8)
- together with extreme restlessness at night (2)
- relief after having a long afternoon nap (2)
- pain as if broken or twisted (2)
- is not capable of walking upright (2)
- weakness of the legs because of pain in the sacrum area, legs are
powerless (2)
- crawls on all fours and feels like an animal or an ignored baby (2)
- pain in the sacrum area concentrated on the inner thigh side (2)
- pain in the sacrum area makes person cry (2)
- pain in the sacrum area is combined with insomnia and restlessness,
tries constantly to find a position free from pain (2)
- block in the hips: left leg is shortened (2)
- pain in the sacrum area radiating in the direction of the back of the
thigh until the knee (7)
- warmth relieves, sitting in the sun (7)
- massage alleviates, strong pressure helps (7)
- pains in the lumbar region (5,9)
SLEEP
- insomnia with feelings of heat and restlessness (2)
- wide-awake at one o'clock in the morning, can get up and work,
nevertheless he is not tired during the day (2)
- short sleep offers quick relaxation (2)
- insomnia because of extreme sacralgia from 12 to 5 am., combined with
extreme restlessness.
- bad sleep until three o'clock in the morning (5)
- missed an appointment by over-sleeping (that had never happened to
the prover so far)
DREAMS
- prover 10 dreamt of a car accident, in which he crashed into the rear
of another car; he felt embarrassed about the accident and couldn't accept
it. Several patients had similar dreams of car accidents after taking
plutonium. The German notion "Auto" (car) derives ethymologically from the
Greek word auto = self; thus, auto in the interpretation of dreams could
stand for the basis of human nature itself, that wants to be auto- nomous
and to act correspondingly.
CASE STUDIES
Case 1
Woman, born in 1966. Diagnosis: asthma
The patient arrives with severe difficulties in breathing at the
surgery. She reports:
Asthma since her 8th month, "Nobody cared about my treatment" she says
and tells immediately about her family:
mother: addicted to alcohol and medicine, attempted suicide
father: violent, "quite a lot has happened". Her father hit her, when
her opinion was different to his.
She had to prevent her mother from drinking alcohol and protect her
from her violent father. She tried to bring her family together and felt
responsible for her mother in particular. Her father blamed her for the
suicide attempt of her mother, because she had moved out of her parents
home.
The patient has a very high expectation of herself to do well. Also
concerning her disease she tried everything, psychotherapy, homeopathy etc.
As nothing helped she has reached a certain point and cannot continue. She
thinks of suicide.
Three weeks ago she aborted a baby which was not from her boy friend.
Analysis:
The patient tries to be responsible for the whole family situation
which is in a state of disintegration. The patient is completely unable to
cope with this situation.
Course after Plutonium:
After having had strong first reactions, the patient showed up again at
the surgery a fortnight later. She said: "I am fine, I have never ever lived
as intensely as I have these two weeks. I could let go of everything, I can
accept my boy friend as he is, that is a completely new experience for me. I
have learnt to act and decide for myself now." (To act and decide out of
one's own essence. that is a cured Plutonium state!).
Her whole life and her asthma took a noticeable turn since.
Differential diagnosis: Carcinosin
Case 2
Mrs O., born in 1963. Diagnosis: Hypermenorrhea and chronic state of
exhaustion.
The patient suffers from strong menstrual bleeding. The haemoglobin
dropped several times to 5.
Several hospitalisations and blood transfusions had been necessary. The
removal of the uterus should take place in five days.
For one and a half years the patient has been suffering from two
difficult family situations:
1. her sister's divorce in which the patient assumed the role of an
mediator and was abused. " Everybody comes to me and tells me everything."
2. her father decided at that time not to leave his bed anymore and was
only drinking alcohol. "He simply gave up on himself." The patient and her
mother had cared for him the one and a half years until he died three weeks
ago.
The patient reports that it has always been like this, that people come
to her and confide in her. She simply cannot say NO: " I feel responsible
for more than I should."
Absolute favourite book: Stephen King, IT.
In order to encourage herself in unsafe situations, the patient has
even learned by heart one sentence from this book, in which the stutterer
dares to speak to the cruel IT.
Frequent dream:
She drives her bus close to the abyss, but always manages to turn the
steering wheel.
Temperature: freezing, cold hands and feet
Desire: Tomatoes with mozzarella, sometimes voracious appetite for
chocolate, fish
Other: Caesarean when having her first baby.
Analysis:
As in case 1 we can find again the patterns of disintegration, threat
and, as a consequence, the attempts to solve the situation.
Disintegration: her sister's divorce, her father who was addicted to
alcohol and needed care.
Threat: the threat, which is reflected particularly in the patient's
favourite book (Stephen King, IT), is a result of disintegration.
Rescue: in this case again, the patient's 'attempts to rescue' are the
main cause for her illness.
Clinically the longing for fish and chocolate were noticed several
times when plutonium was taken.
Course after Plutonium:
The bleeding stopped within some hours after she had taken the dose.
The patient cancelled her operation with joy. A fortnight later, the patient
seemed to be calm, stress had fallen from her and she felt a clear distance
to her sister and her brother-in-law.
Differential diagnosis: Natrum muriaticum; Carcinosin
Case 3
Boy born in 1990. Diagnosis: Neurodermatitis, behavioural disturbances
The patient suffers from neurodermatitis at his wrists, elbows and knee
joints.
He is aggressive, throws things around (even aiming at people); on the
other hand he is very sensitive.
He insists on what he wants and wants either everything or nothing at
all. He always wants to be the centre of attention and plays up when being
observed. If nobody takes notice of him, he becomes angry.
He enjoys dancing to rhythmic music.
I prescribed Tarantula hispanica in high potency for one and a half
years with success. When his father was taken ill with a dangerous
carcinoma, another relapse was provoked. Tarantula didn't help anymore.
The behavioural disturbances of the patient are even more striking now:
He developed into a complete outsider, 'he behaves like the boss himself',
however, he reacts extremely sensitively when being blamed. When furious, he
growls like an animal. He shouts stupid words such as 'you potato king'.
Although it's his father's life which is in danger, he says to his mother:
'if you die, I will dig you up'.
Desire: a thick layer of butter on his sandwich, pickled gherkin, and
recently meat.
Analysis:
A clear disintegration of his personality/nature:
- on the one hand very aggressive, on the other hand very sensitive
- dominant behaviour but nevertheless intense sensitivity
- the disintegration into human being and animal, the patient growls
like an animal when he is furious which contributed to the idea of
prescribing him Plutonium.
- The existential threat of a possible death of one parent.
Course after Plutonium: neurodermatitis is healing, his behaviour is
improving.
Differential diagnosis: Tuberculinum, Tarantula
Most frequent differential diagnosis with plutonium: Tub, Carc., Nat -
mur, Med., Tarantula, Lac. Can., Scorpio.
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