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Maria Klompé with Alex Leupen
¦ Various Remedies
SPECTRUM OF HOMEOPATHY
29
HORMONES
¦
WISH FOR A CHILD
Following protocol:
Folliculinum
200K, once a month on
second day of ovulation;
Natrum muriaticum
200K, once a
week;
Pulsatilla
30K, once a day
The individual prescription is based on her anger (
Mag
nesium
) regarding her family
’
s attitude to her and her
infertility, as well as the childish impression that she
makes and the feeling of being an outsider among her
siblings. Mostly, though, her position of being a buffer (
Sil
)
between her parents, being the stable factor in their
marital problems.
Jan Scholten describes these two separate elements as
follows in
‘Homoeopathy and the Elements’
:
Silicea
•
Image
•
Relations, family
•
Family image
•
Father
•
Home, at home
•
Timid
•
Pointed
•
Family-minded
Magnesium
•
Uncertain relationships
•
Aggression
•
Pacifism
•
Excluded
Group analysis
Magnesium silicatum:
•
Aggressive, tough image
•
Pacifist image
•
Angry about separation
•
Quarrels at home
•
Quarrels with father
•
Excluded from the family
•
Pacifism and timidity
•
Aggressive and sharp
Follow-up:
Six weeks later she phones to tell me that she
is pregnant. The pregnancy and birth go well. Mother and
child are well and healthy.
CASE 2: 28-year-old woman, main complaint:
recurrent miscarriages
The patient is a 28-year-old woman of east European
origin who has now been living in the Netherlands for five
years and is happily married for that time with a 35-year-
old Dutchman. It is the second marriage for both of them.
Gynaecological history:
She has had recurrent miscarriages
within the first eight weeks of her pregnancies
–
five
miscarriages in the past year and a half. She has polycystic
ovary syndrome (PCOS). She has used oral contraception
for five years, between the ages of 15 and 17 due to
irregular menses: she menstruated twice per year. This
turned out to be due to the polycystic ovaries. She
bleeds during the ovulation, also now after induction
with Clomid. Her menses are not painful or otherwise
problematic.
Conventional medical treatment:
Ovulation induction with
Clomid and progesterone: she always fell pregnant and
subsequently had an early miscarriage. No medical reason
for the miscarriages has been found.
Homeopathic casetaking:
She makes the impression of
being closed and rather depressed. Her husband is calm
and supportive.
The casetaking of her husband does not reveal any
abnormalities. He finds his wife very sad and says that
it is not essential for him to have a child. When asked if
he feels that it could be a problem in the relationship if
there is no child, he denies that firmly.
Casetaking of woman:
The core of the case seems to
be in her early youth, which was highly charged. She
was the only child; she saw a lot of violence between
her parents. Her mother divorced three times; she stayed
with her mother. She was abused in an earlier marriage,
and experienced burnout and depression with psychotic
traits. She is disposed to addiction, especially at the age
of 16
–
21, for which she has been treated.
Family history:
There is an addictive tendency on her
father
’
s side of the family. No PCOS or miscarriages. There
are many divorces in the family.
Prescription:
From the protocol the following remedies are
chosen:
Natrum muriaticum
200K, weekly;
Progesteronum
30K in weeks three and four of the menstrual cycle;
Sabina
200K weekly
Constitutional treatment:
Magnesium carbonicum
200K
once every two weeks
FOLLOW-UPS
Follow-up after eight weeks:
She panics because she is
no longer pregnant. She seems even more depressed and
her husband is very worried. A psychological treatment
has just been started. She feels even worse:
“
If you can
’
t
have a child you are worthless.
”
How do you feel exactly,
when you are at your worst?
“
Like a load of shit.
”
Her grief feels animal-like. I explain to her that her body
probably needs rest and that in due time she will probably
fall pregnant again. Due to the fact that the problem has
to do with the implantation period and the animal-like
expression
“
I
’
m like a load of shit,
”
I choose the most
important remedy:
Placenta humana
200K, weekly. I had
learned of this remedy at a recent seminar from Jonathan
Hardy. ‘Placenta: not valued.’
Follow-up after four weeks:
She is calm and quiet; her
partner is glowing. She is not depressed and she realises
that it is a good thing that she is not pregnant at the
moment.