Case
A 36-year-old German woman, very tall and very slim. She is wearing a long, flowing, floral dress. She is calm, precise and sits upright.
Main complaint
She has endometriosis and a malignant tumour in the uterus. The cancer caused bright red bleeding and severe pain. The endometriosis and the tumour were both removed, after which she had chemotherapy for five months. Since then she has not had a period. Her ovaries and uterus are healthy and the patient wishes to have a child.
“I go to psychotherapy. My history includes incest with my father. I wasn't forced; I did it voluntarily. I didn't realise I had been sexually abused until I went to my therapist for panic attacks during my period. As a child I was lonely and I remember always being afraid before exams. My father practised with me for hours and I didn't want to disappoint him. My mother was very critical of me. She was very jealous because I got what she could not get from her husband. I came to the USA as an exchange student. I needed the distance. I never went back. I'm now in a relationship. I am a virgin – except for my father. I want a child, but only by artificial fertilisation. I'm afraid of being intimate. I think these are feelings of guilt that I haven't resolved yet.
During my cancer I had a terrible experience with a doctor. He became very abusive. I simply left and that was the best thing I could have done. He wanted to talk me into a hysterectomy. He claimed I would be dead in two months. That was 2.5 years ago and I am still healthy. It's just my period I haven't had yet.
Dreams:
“I'm in bed with my father and the Nazis come and throw me into a concentration camp.”
“It's the Second World War and cartridges are flying around me. I have a baby and I try to protect both of us with a frying pan. When the shooting stops I can't find my baby and I am terribly afraid.”
“A doctor from the hospital comes into my room and tries to rape me. I disappear into the inside of the earth, where God lives. I sit there and recharge my energy before I go back up to earth to confront the doctor.”
Prescription: Trillium pendulum C200. Two doses two hours apart.
Analysis
Trillium pendulum belongs to the lily family. Jan Scholten teaches that the basic feeling of Lilium tigrinum can be described as ‘Have I acted in purity, or not’. My experience is that this also applies to Trillium. One can recognise the theme in the patient's dreams and also in her statement “I am a virgin – except for my father.”
In English Trillium is also aptly called “birthroot”. The Native Americans had many uses for the tuberous root. The therapeutic spectrum of Trillium includes uterine bleeding, threatened abortion and anxiety during menstruation. Lou Klein writes that Trillium has the delusional idea ‘she is separate from the womb’, which in the present case is very likely.
Follow-up six weeks later
“Everything is going quite well. I was worried and phoned you, if you remember, because I had such heavy bleeding a few days after taking the remedy. I was glad that I was bleeding, but also a little nervous. You said I should wait a few days longer and then call you. The next day the bleeding had completely stopped. Twenty-eight days later I had a period! It was normal. A light bleed and about four days long.
Dream:
“I was pregnant and in the woods. I dug a large hole and gave birth to my child in it.”
Plan: One dose of Trillium C200.
Follow-up twelve weeks later
“I am doing very well. I have had my period twice. They are normal and I feel very strong. It was like a miscarriage, but I knew I wasn't pregnant. I have decided not to have the baby by artificial fertilisation, but with my boyfriend. We are now intimate with each other and he has moved in with me. We have talked about having a child and we both believe it is the right thing.”
Dream:
“My father is a judge in a small town. There is a woman there who severely abused animals. It is my father's responsibility to sentence this woman. He sentences her to a fine of $100!! I keep telling him again and again that the penalty is too low for what she did. When I woke up, my thought was that my move to the USA was the $100 fine for my father. He got away far too lightly.”
In recent years I have accompanied the patient on her path to health. She is married and has one child. I am currently supporting her in her second pregnancy. Except in a few acute situations she still responds well to Trillium pendulum.
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Category: Cases
Keywords: Trillium pendulum, uterine cancer, endometriosis, infertility, incest.
Remedy: Trillium pendulum
Original article: Interhomeopathy.org
