A patient, born in 1948. She came back to my surgery in July 2001 because of her abdominal pain. I have been treating her for many years and have prescribed LYCOPODIUM to her several times, which always helped short-term but never cured the complaints.
She has now been signed off sick for two months because "I must rest". The current episode began with severe digestive disturbances, including vomiting, frequent belching and a painful bloated abdomen.
The patient is sensitive to criticism and feels worthless and rejected, a feeling she knew from her youth. She felt unappreciated by her family when she looked after her disabled
father. She was single, had no family of her own and had the impression that "everyone tramples on me".
For many years she worked hard on herself, underwent therapy and took up meditation to free herself from this condition. "I try to suppress my dissatisfaction with my work. I am exhausted. Basically I feel I have inherited a Calvinist legacy: You must work and are not allowed to enjoy life!"
"I sleep restlessly and have bad dreams. I dream that I am not good enough and will be abandoned."
"At my workplace I have always accepted the management restructurings and simply endured the extra pressure. But I no longer want to do that. I feel manipulated by them. I keep working more and never feel it is acknowledged."
Analysis: Flatulence, a tympanitic abdomen and belching are key symptoms of RAPHANUS SATIVUS from the family Brassicaceae.
The desire for recognition and above all the suppressed irritability and bitterness should ALWAYS be regarded as indicative of this botanical family, but at that time I did not yet know the classification into families and the associated themes. Only after several years could I develop a deeper understanding of this case. By now this patient no longer needs me. When I met her recently in the street, she told me that she feels "healthy and happy".
The essential theme of the BRASSICACEAE or CRUCIFERAE (according to Jan Scholten):
They must carry their life like a cross. They must work hard and do a great deal for other people. They are bitter and cynical and feel abused and exploited. They moan and complain that they cannot enjoy life. At the same time they feel not good enough. They cling to their old sorrow.
The remedy is placed in stage 16 because here the predominant feeling is of being trodden on and overlooked; of being a victim, cast out. This corresponds to the leprosy miasm of Sankaran.
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Category: Medicinal product
Keywords: Raphanus, chronic digestive complaints, Brassicaceae, Cruciferae.
Original article: interhomeopathy.org
