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LAMIACEAE ¦ PIPERACEAE

SPECTRUM OF HOMEOPATHY

ANGELIKA BOLTE, JÖRG WICHMANN ¦ 

PIPER METHYSTICUM: PIPER NIGRUM: TEUCRIUM SCORODONIUM

AUTHORS ¦ Angelika Bolte, Jörg Wichmann

SUMMARY:

two cases of adolescent patients clarify

the typical vital sensation of the Piperaceae, with

the polarity between boredom, limpness, and pain

versus enjoyment, amusement, and variety. The

Lamiaceae, on the other hand, seek more sensual

stimulation and tend to suffer from addiction,

as shown in the third case. A comparison from

an evolutionary perspective between the two

plant families elucidates the differences in the

vital sensation.

KEYWORDS:

addiction, eczema, Lamiaceae, Mag-

noliaceae, miasm, mononucleosis, plant evolution,

Piperaceae, Piper methysticum, Piper nigrum, puberty,

Rubiaceae, sensation level, temperature regulation,

Teucrium scorodonium, vital sensation, Yakir

Routine processes and permanent pressure to perform in the

world of work on the one hand and overstimulated, advertising-

driven leisure on the other cause many people to fluctuate

between excessive tension (“stress”) and relaxation (“lazing

around”) without finding the sweet spot, unable to establish

that creative tension we could call the “spice of life”. Some im-

portant plant families provide us with remedies to influence the

patient's sensitivity to stimuli or lack of stimuli, to over-intensity

or under-intensity, experienced as boredom. These families

include the Piperaceae, Magnoliaceae, Lamiaceae, and Ru-

biaceae. In this article, we show how to differentiate the vital

sensation of two of these families – Piperaceae and Lamiaceae.

We would also like to discuss how an understanding of the

developmental stages of the plant families help us to better

classify them so as to achieve a clearer overall picture of the

Plant kingdom.

Case 1: sixteen-year-old boy with recurrent tonsillitis

and extreme fatigue; he is seeking “something

to do where I don't have to really do anything!”

Casetaking:

Sebastian is an intelligent sixteen-year-old teenager

who, following an episode of mononucleosis, is suffering

above all from tiredness. He starts by telling me about his

last year’s medical history. There is still a question mark as

to whether he needs to have his tonsils removed because

they are so often infected. He is also suffering from severe

sleepiness.

CASETAKING

What's your main problem at the moment?

Pffff (long sighing exhalation with a pfff sound). Well, particularly

this sleepiness.

That is since the glandular fever?

Pffff (…) that was quite a while ago (…) pffff, yup, since then.

Describe your sleepiness.

I have days when I can get up, I'm awake, and things are OK,

but that's rare. Usually, I'm tired for an hour or two and then

I do more things and then it's OK again. And then there are days

when I feel like I could immediately fall asleep again, and that

doesn't depend on whether I've done anything or not.

So, when do you get tired then?

Pffff, in the morning in any case, and the afternoon. In the

evening, it depends, that's rare.

Tell me a bit more about your sleepiness.

Well, it mainly comes out in the feeling that I simply (…), that

my body is heavy, that I feel like my eyes could close. (This all

dates from before the mononucleosis, since fourth grade.)

What does it do to you?

Pfff (…). The (…) in the end, it means there's absolutely no

motivation because I, as I said, it's pretty hard to start anything

because it feels like I'm totally tired. I normally notice it when I

start doing something that's fun and it slowly goes away. Just,

er (…), I normally can't motivate myself to do it.

How is that?

In the end, I don't want to do anything, just lie and sleep.

Sometimes, it happens that I fall asleep but not often. Instead

(…) pfffff (…) I'm bored and somehow try to find something to

do, something where I don't really have to do anything.

What does that mean?

That I can lie in bed and (…) pffff (…) and, for example, just

watch a film or something. Although I often can't be bothered

after twenty minutes. It's better on days when I have a lot to do.

That doesn't make me any more tired. Only if there's nothing

going on, that's when I get so tired and can't motivate myself

to do anything at all.

How does it actually feel physically when you're so tired?

In fact, I feel pretty relaxed but at the same time really lazy.

Can you describe that?

Pffff (…) Well, it feels a bit like I was just about to fall asleep.

It's actually like everything relaxes and I mostly stop thinking

about anything much. I feel my body parts pretty accurately,

my hands and my legs. It's intense. Everything feels light but I

guess that's this relaxation.

What happens then?

Usually, I immediately fall asleep in two or three minutes, but

I'm not aware of that anymore. When my mother wakes me,

I never know about it. Or I turn off my alarm clock without

noticing. It feels like being in a dream, as if I was still sleeping.

What does this state feel like?

It doesn't feel bad in itself but I realize I'm totally bored. Yet, I

still can't start doing anything.