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INFECTIONS
Mind; THOUGHTS; persistent; thinks of nothing but murder,
fire and rats (1): 3 Calc.
As Rajan Sankaran says in his book ‘
Structure
’:
“When,
despite showing a vital reaction, a
Calcarea carbonica
person
cannot manage to get the protection he needs, he develops
intense fears and ‘talks of nothing but murder, fire and rats’.
This rubric represents his fear of human (murder), animal (rat)
and natural (fire) elements.” Our patient had fears of human
(enemies, robbers), animals (dangerous wild forest animals) and
natural elements (the sea in her dream at one follow-up).
Finally, if one looks at the case through the eyes of the sensation
method, one clearly sees an issue of structure, role and function
pointing to a mineral remedy. The case clearly belongs to the
fourth series, where the issue is about protection and safety in
a dangerous world, money, health, work, etc. She clearly states
her need for a backup when in need of protection, pointing us
to the second column.
Her delusional world itself points us in the direction of the
source: during childhood, she repeatedly imagined living in a
small stone room with only one window to look outside. Inside
is a safe place where one is protected. Outside there are dan-
gerous wild forest animals. Inside you are in a covered small
nice room. This corresponds quite well to the inner reality of
oysters since
Calcarea carbonica
is prepared from the snow-
white portion that exists between the inner and outer surface of
the oyster shell, and their survival pattern is to shut themselves
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her grandfather had told her, because she did not herself live
through the war
), panic, don’t know what to do, where to go,
there is no way out. Very afraid, these animals (the enemies)
are coming to kill everybody.”
Dreams:
“This was not a dream, but when I was six years old,
I always imagined that I lived in a very small house, just one
room, made of stone. There is a window from which I can look
outside. I can see the forest and animals but I am protected.
The stone house is in a dangerous place where there are forest
animals. I am in a safe place and need protection. I feel very
protected. You are safe. Outside, things can happen, but you are
in a covered place. Outside there are dangerous wild animals,
but you are in your small nice stone room.”
She had fears for her health because “we live alone in this
country, with no family. If you are sick and have fever, nobody
can take care of you.”
ANALYSIS
Repertorisation:
There are several ways to analyse this case.
A traditional repertorisation is quite interesting: if one takes
seven simple rubrics (five physical rubrics and two mind rubrics)
that cover the case, it is notable that
Calcarea carbonica
is the
only remedy listed in grade 4 in ALL seven rubrics (Complete
Repertory 2011), as can be seen from the first repertory table .
Another concise yet powerful way to understand the case is to
take the following single-remedy rubric: