Camellia sinensis
Remedy code: 3-664.53.08
A 40-year-old woman with an intense gaze, she is always cheerful and comes across as strong, with a wait-and-see attitude. She has had sleep problems for years. Sometimes things are a little better. During pregnancy, she slept well, but now that her child is 6 months old, she is sleeping very poorly again. She thinks it all has to do with the fact that 'all the curtains are open' during the day, she does not shut herself off and all the stimuli come in. She tried to exercise more, do meditation, and use herbs, but nothing helped. She can doze off on the couch in the evening, but then she suddenly wakes up with a start. At some point, she is then past the point of sleep and lies awake until 3 a.m. She tries not to get frustrated and stays clear-headed. She always sees obstacles ahead, 'Will it be okay', that starts weeks in advance, 'What if this or that happens'. She feels constant 'pressure', she has to do this or that when she wakes up. Ten years ago, she had a severe burnout, which she calls a “meltdown,” and since then she has been very sensitive to stress. At work, it was a period of reorganization, impending layoffs, and a lot of anger, a period of retraining and starting her own business at the same time. They had been trying to get pregnant for three years, which caused tension.
That burnout: for 30 years she had been doing what others wanted, never thinking about what she wanted herself. Going along with everyone, trying to meet the expectations of others. She also had a boyfriend who wasn't quite right, he only thought about himself, and then she collapsed. She couldn't do anything anymore, she had panic attacks, and she woke up in the night and started hyperventilating. As a house of cards that collapsed. After that, she learned in therapy to stand up for herself, which is going very well. She worked in social work, probation, and addiction, she kept up the pretense that everything was fine. She wore a mask for years: no idea what I was doing, she hated it. The uncertainty was about 'what use am I to them, to this conversation'. After school, she didn't know what she wanted, she didn't know what she liked, and she just chose a study program at random. When someone is angry, she feels it in her stomach. Her childhood was good, she had a dominant mother, and she did listen. Her father used to work a lot, he doesn't talk about feelings. She argued a lot with the other children. She regularly has migraines, when she worries for days, and pain in the neck. The pain starts in the left shoulder and the trapezius muscle, radiating upwards, temporal, ear, higher and higher until on the fourth day there is a stabbing pain at the vertex. Light and sound make the pain worse, an unpleasant feeling behind the eye. She has a herniated disc L4-5, she thinks it's something psychological. This came after a year of intensive cross-fit training, when she also did odd jobs after moving in with her new boyfriend (i.e., after overexerting herself). She already had back problems at the age of 18. She has no dreams and wakes up feeling fit. Her hormonal balance is good; four years ago, she had a miscarriage, after which her cycle was disrupted. She has always been interested in nutrition, she studied dietetics and then naturopathy. Her mother had her own home-based business, her father was self-employed, but when she was 15, he was unemployed and stayed at home. As a child, she had tantrums when people didn't listen to her. After that, she decided to go with the flow and not stand out. It is exciting for her to step out of that safety zone. If anything happens, she goes into a tailspin, she collapses like a small child, like a stomping toddler. She always feels a lot of tension in her body, as if the adrenaline is at its peak. I have that in the evening, a bubbly feeling. It's like having to take an exam, sometimes it starts at 6 p.m., or at 8 p.m., it varies, it lasts all evening until she goes to sleep. It's a constant nervous feeling as if something is about to happen, and then she feels her muscles tense, everything is on edge. That's been the case since her burnout. Before that, she didn't want to feel anything, but during bodywork therapy, she heard, “You're stuck in your head.” She is disappointed when something doesn't work out, like yoga, etc., and that feeling gets in her way. She is sensitive to stimuli, crowds, shops, noise, and people. Then she has to go home and tidy everything up. Then she becomes very chaotic in her behavior and reacts to everything; everything has to be orderly. Ilex aquifolia fits the situation (Cold series because of independence, and autonomy, Phase 1 because it has never been developed), but it does not produce any reactions.
Analysis
We look for recognizable, identifiable characteristics that can be linked to the focus on or influences of the person's inner and outer worlds. Can you find your arguments for a Class, Phase, or Stage, and does that apply to multiple aspects of her life?
During her childhood, her parents provide clues: a dominant mother: Phase 5.
Father was less present, Subphase 2 or 3. Father was not a strong person in terms of 'own business', the Cold series aspect, and not getting anything done here is Iron series. A starting point in her life to think about the Styracales, Cold series4.
Taking action, independence as an item, and working on herself is something she enjoys and helps her, her own business, here we also see Iron series and Cold series. Standing firm, and taking action, what she has always done is known from the Ericidae.
Earning a living, problems at work Iron series, disagreeing Cold series (having her own opinion, aspiring to have her own business), wanting something else Phase 5. Feeling tension Phase 5, adrenaline. Pressure is imposed from home, Phase 5, adapting Phase 3.
So we can look for a combination of Phase 53, or Phase 52, and compare this combination with other Classes. Theaceae stands out here because of the main complaint, not sleeping (think of the effect of theïne).
Stage 8, forcing is what caused it to break down, and the burnout occurred.
Prescription: Camellia sinensis C200
Follow-up
she sleeps well from the first night, going to bed at 10 p.m. and dreaming a lot. Sometimes she wakes up during the night. After a week, her sleep is poor again for a few nights, restless, but then it is fine again. She has not had any more migraines, she has started exercising again, her back can handle it now, and she is going out again: she has the energy for it again. There is still uncertainty: she has no clients, and no money, how should I deal with this? She is calmer about it and can now respond more calmly. She used to find everything stressful: school, friends, “do they like me,” jobs, are they waiting for me? She always wore a mask, and always adapted, but now: I can handle the world (Stage 8). As a child, she often had colds, her ears were always blocked. She expects a lot from herself. The complaints remain away, she becomes calm inside, she stops forcing herself, and chooses quiet work.