665.23.08 Gentiana lutea, Case
Case by Martin Jakob.
Woman, 40, bronchitis.
She has chronic bronchitis, cough is worse from exertion, motion and change in temperature and better from sleeping and relaxation. The cough is connected with a strong pressure in her throat. She has backaches.
She is nervous and insecure; for example she cannot manage her work. She is afraid that something could happen, that somebody of the family could die. She feels like a little grey mouse.
She does not like people who gossip about her and her partner and she has pulled back from their circle of acquaintances because she wants to be herself. She has had no contact with her parents-in-law for15 years because they think she is not good enough. Recently they are in contact again after her mother-in-law developed breast cancer. They did not have respect for other people and they never used the informal, familiar form of addressing her. She adds that she felt little for them and did not meet their expectations. They gave her the feeling that she is not at the same level in the social hierarchy as they are.
This problem is often a point of discussion with her husband. She is working on her own farm with horses, there is a lot of work and she feels that she has to finish her work before she allows herself to rest.
Analysis
Silver series: level in social hierarchy.
Lanthanides: wants to be herself.
Lamideae: conflict between cultural rules and inner freedom or inner authority.
Phase 2 Gentianales: part of the group, but unsure about it, feeling they have a minor position and follows the rules of the group, feels belittled and humiliated, but they feel they have a right to the position; grey mouse.
Subphase 3: confused what to do; adapting, not showing what she really feels.
Gentianaceae: not accepted by the family-in-law; anger pent up inside out of fear of losing their partner.
Stage 8: much work, must finish it before she can rest.
Follow up
After Gentiana lutea she has no more bronchitis. Her backaches are much better. Her nervousness and fears are much better. Her quality of live has risen from 25 to 80. There is now much more understanding between her and her parents-in-law. The situation with them is generally more relaxed. She feels stronger, can say what she thinks much more and she is no longer the little grey mouse.