665.16.08 Cornus rugosa, Case
Woman, 40, acne rosacea.
She has acne rosacea around her mouth. There are pimples and pustules that start with itching and pricking. It irritates her and she sees it as ugly. Nothing influences it, not the food, the weather, stress or her menses.
The acne started one year after she got married. He wanted to live simply with a house, garden and children. She did not want to have children and she wanted to develop herself. The first clash was when she started a study. She divorced after nine years. A few years later she had another relationship with a man who was 10 years older. She became his helper, but he was easily discontented. He became angry when she was cheerful or optimistic. She had the impression that the relationship would end because she cannot save everyone. She has the tendency to become an angel saving dependent men.
Her menses is very copious with violent tearing pains and fainting. She has fibromas. She has had abdominal cramps left of her umbilicus. It is in one spot and it will last sometimes for days, sometimes it’s worse in the middle of the night. The pain is connected to grief and being limited. It bubbles and fizzes, especially when she is alone and has no consolation. To the outside world she looks cheerful and happy, but that is an easy attitude and it feels real. The pains are worse sitting and better from lying. She also had an attack once of Meniere’s, she was dizzy and nauseous in the morning which lasted four hours. She couldn’t walk without holding herself, she had cold sweat and was frightened. It was worse looking at running water.
She comes from a family of eight children, five sisters and three brothers and she is the sixth. She had to fight for a place, to be able to go her own way. As a young child she was adapting and easy-going, not quarrelsome. Later she was the one that did not adapt to society. At a young age she wanted to leave the house of her parents, to leave the system. She wanted to become a nurse, but that was not possible. She did not feel easy with working so she started her studies. She became a social worker. She likes to work with people and is very concerned with her job.
It is important for her to develop herself, to get more out of life, to know herself, to discover herself. She wants to be in harmony with herself and her surroundings. She wants to be able to say at end of life that it was good, that it was worth living, that she has given what she could and she has lived in harmony and peace. She needs space for herself. She is not egocentric she doesn’t live only for fun. She is optimistic and cheerful. She has the tendency to put herself in second place, but doesn’t want to do that in relationships. Freedom is very important for her, she really needs that. She wants to make her own decisions, to be able to meet people. She feels blocked when her friend is limiting her, then she wants to go away, she needs her space. She is very much loved in her work, by clients, by friends, but relationships are difficult because they get too close.
She can easily adapt to situations. She is determined that she is not a fighter. When she cannot find a way she will leave and go somewhere else. She is very conscious of her choices, of what she wants and what she can do. She is doing what she has promised. She can become annoyed when people are too close and from noises, especially unexpected ones. She is sensitive to music in shops and to smells.
Her mother was cold and distant, although she was good to her children. She had good intentions but 8 children were too much, it was a punishment. If she had had a choice, she would have left her father because he always wanted to have sex. Her father was a warm and friendly man, but could also be very choleric. She longed for his love and respect, but her youngest sister was his loved one. When there are troubles and problems in the family they are one, present for each other. They were raised with the idea that they are normal, but that is already crazy enough.
She likes movies, especially sad and slow movies. Her favourite movie is “Five Girls and a Rope”, especially the story of a woman that kills herself when she has to marry. She does so because as a girl she saw her sister killed by her mother and the midwife when she was giving birth to the twin brother because the birth did not progress and they wanted to save the boy.
She likes plants, especially roses, lonicera and plants with a nice smell.
Dreams: friends; colleagues; boyfriends.
Dream: oppressing because she has to do things that she doesn’t want in a relationship.
Dream: a colleague asks a lot of attention and she gives a lot; this also happens in reality.
Weather: -> sunny weather, <- rain.
Time: > morning.
Desire: spicy, sweet.
Aversion: meat, shrimps, oysters.
Female: menses copious, violent tearing pain, fainting.
Analysis
Very peculiar in this case is her favourite movie “Five Girls and a Rope”. There a young woman is offered for saving her new born son. What does “offered mean in this sentence? We see here the theme of motherhood, muriaticum, the theme of relationships, sulphur and the theme of the victim, oxygen. These themes can also be seen in her case as a whole. She has difficult relationships which have a tendency to be abusive. Her husband wanted to have children, but she had an aversion to it because they would limit her.
Lanthanides: desire for freedom; own decisions; go her own way; develop and discover herself.
Cornaceae: prefer to stay single over being used and losing one’s freedom.
Stage 8: persevering; doing what she has promised.
Together this leads to Cornus circinata.
Follow up
After Cornus circinata MK she is emotional for two days, overwhelmed by trifles. The first morning she was dizzy. After that she had a kind of influenza, was very tired and stayed in bed for two days. She had coryza with red eyes and red eyelids, tears and a runny nose. She was dizzy in the morning on rising with the feeling that everything was turning around her. She had a slight fever and was cold and sweaty. It felt bad and nice because this time she felt good with it and had no feelings of guilt. In the past she had the idea that she couldn’t be sick that she had to be strong.
After that she felt better. She was more content, in harmony and directed to the future instead of feeling restless and struggling and mourning her old relationship. The acne disappeared.
In the course of five years she had three repetitions of the remedy when there is was a slight return of her acne.