Tiger blood as a medicine in a case of dysmenorrhoea and depression.
The contradiction: "being awake, ready to fight, so to speak – and then so small, weak, constantly crying" characterises the lived experience of a manic‑depressive patient. The exploration of her experience using the sensation method reveals typical features of the felids with a differential diagnosis of Lac leoninum and Sanguis pantherae tigris altaicae.
KEYWORDS: depression, dysmenorrhoea, Felidae, Lac leoninum, Panthera tigris altaica (sanguis), big cats, mammals, tiger
