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GOLD SERIES
SPECTRUM OF HOMEOPATHY
Ulrich Welte ¦
Thallium
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AUTHOR ¦ Ulrich Welte
SUMMARY:
Four cases with differing clinical pictures
all feature similar problems of withdrawal from au-
thority with the transfer of power in positions of lead-
ership. Depending on the area where such problems
occur, various Thallium salts are indicated. These can
work both for those who have to relinquish power
and those who have difficulty taking it over.
KEYWORDS:
alopecia areata, carpal tunnel syndrome,
colour preference, depression, Gold series, hair loss,
handwriting, hydrocele, I Ching, retinal thrombosis,
sciatica,
Thallium, Thallium carbonicum, Thallium ox-
ydatum, Thallium sulphuricum
, weak eyesight
Thallium as stage 13 of the Gold series:
Thallium is the con-
trolled withdrawal from power. Responsibility is partially relin-
quished, mostly to a younger successor. The powerful person is
restrained or they voluntarily limit themselves as they withdraw,
which naturally occurs at an advanced age. Mostly it concerns
withdrawal from a leadership role requiring experience. The
will to power has already been crowned with success, and the
pressing issue is to hand on to someone else because now the
time has come. The person who procrastinates too long loses
their position of strength, which is already in question. The
rapid over-reaction of stage 12 no longer leads to the desired
success. A certain flexibility is required. But there is a tendency
to obstinacy, which is very unhelpful at this point.
‘Dun’ or retreat does not mean fleeing but is rather a considered
making way, and the crucial aspect is the timing. One still has
enough power to have a say in determining how and when
one withdraws. Yet the enemies or successors are advancing,
accordingly exerting pressure. One can no longer so easily assert
one’s former position of power since the zenith has already been
passed and one’s strength is gradually failing. The first signs of
weakness and aging are becoming apparent and now is truly
the time to go. The important thing is to recognize the right
moment and to act accordingly, so that one can make way
voluntarily without bad blood. Whoever succeeds in this can
free themselves benevolently from the apparent predicament.
THE FOLLOWING CASES SHOW HOW THE
SITUATION OF THALLIUM CAN MANIFEST IN
PRACTICE
CASE 1:
Thallium metallicum
: the son inherits the
father’s company and will no longer talk to him
or the brother.
An old man, an entrepreneur with a pilot’s licence, very inde-
pendent, comes to the practice due to problems with his sons.
He had a metalworking company which he earlier inherited
from his father, and which he handed on voluntarily at an ap-
propriate time to his eldest son. But since then there has been
nothing but strife in the family. In particular his two sons have
stopped talking to one another because the eldest son was the
sole inheritor of the company and he has ignored his brother,
who was given a different form of inheritance. The eldest son
has also stopped talking to his father, which causes the patient
great heartache. He thinks his son has become really ruthless:
power has corrupted his character.
Analysis:
Due to the themes of the handover of power and
retreat, the father is given
Thallium
30C. But astonishingly he
does not take it himself but decides on his own to secretly
give it to his eldest son! This rather unorthodox manoeuvre
turns out to be thoroughly beneficial for all concerned: since
the son unknowingly took the remedy, peace has returned.
The son behaves in a far friendlier manner, both to his father
and to his brother. After 18 months the son again becomes
awkward, treating his brother and father in a contemptuous
and condescending way, ignoring them and no longer talking
to them. The father does the same thing again, with renewed
success. Three years have now passed and they are still getting
on well with one another.
CASE 2:
Thallium metallicum
: weak eyesight following
retinal thrombosis
The patient is a withdrawn man with a very striking face – a Jack
Nicholson doppelganger. He seems sharp and tense. He comes
for vision problems since he can no longer see clearly. He cannot
Thallium and the I Ching:
This situation is very precisely rep-
resented by the 33rd hexagram of the I Ching, dun: ‘retreat’.
‘Dun’ also contains some characteristics of stage 14, Lead, but
the emphasis is on stage 13, Thallium.
The I Ching, with its archaic form of expression, is primarily
directed at responsible people who prefer to determine their
fate themselves rather than put it in the hands of others. It
addresses ‘the noble’ in every person and therefore resonates
especially strongly with the striking features of the Gold series.