A female patient with chronic weakness, susceptibility to infections, joint pain and a positive Borrelia serology is initially treated unsuccessfully with Silicea. A key symptom leads to Lolium temolentum from the Silicea-like grass family. The typical symptoms and the polar vital sensation of this group of remedies are presented.
KEYWORDS: Allergy, arthralgia, Lyme borreliosis, grasses, Graminaceae, susceptibility to infections, Lolium temulentum, Poaceae, Silicea, sinusitis