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SPECTRUM OF HOMEOPATHY
CHRISTINA ARI ¦
ACUTE REMEDIES LEDUM AND BORRELIA / CONSTITUTION REMEDIES
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tended to indicate a pronounced weakness in her constitutional
defenses and a liability to exhaustion – which in its pronounced
form could be termed neurasthenia – rather than a severe
infectious illness. Here, we can see the advantages of homeo-
pathic treatment and viewpoint, in which specific symptoms
can be individually situated within a person’s behavioral pattern,
and this is precisely where and how the appropriate remedy
can be recognized. The headaches were presumably tension
headaches connected to mental stress. The other persistent
complaints, especially the continuing longing for her grand-
mother as well as the now apparent weakness and poor moti-
vation led me to prescribe
Acidum phosphoricum
.
Prescription:
Acidum phosphoricum
LM6, once a day
Marsh Labrador tea (Ledum palustre) is a plant species
belonging to the Ericaceae family, commonly known
as the Heath or Heather family. Subspecies occur all
over the world. Ledum palustre has been used in herbal
medicine. In homeopathy, it is given for insect bites
including tick bites.
copyright ¦ Jürgen Weiland
Progress:
three weeks later, she was already feeling much
better. All her physical complaints had improved. The joint
complaints had entirely disappeared. She felt more active and
happier. When asked about her homesickness for her old
house, she replied spontaneously: “Now, I’m at home here
in Burgenland!” I then gave her a single dose of
Acidum
phosphoricum
MK and recommended that she continue to
take the LM6 if the complaints returned, as required.
ANALYSIS
It was striking that there was an increased tendency to infec-
tions, followed by long-lasting weakness and a reduced ability
to recuperate in Tamara’s family. Her father’s health was,
from birth onwards, influenced by these factors, and her