Woman, 72, long covid.
A 72-year-old woman who looks younger than her age and moves with ease. She sits slumped, her posture is expectant and receptive, she has a tired look but clear eyes, open, and white curly hair. Four months ago, she had COVID-19 with fever and a headache. She recovered, but her condition remains very poor: after walking 100 meters, she is panting like a horse. The muscles in her chest, shoulders, and buttocks are sore. She regularly has heart palpitations in her throat. An ECG shows an irregularity. She feels a ‘hollow’ sensation in her chest, as if there is an air bubble there, and she feels very irregular palpitations in her neck, which she also had before. Her blood pressure was always low, but it is now 180/80. She also has severe headaches, as if her head is about to burst. The headaches can come on suddenly when she thinks she has to do something, and her ears start ringing. Her energy levels are low, she has little motivation, normally she does volunteer work. Hobbies: drawing lessons, walking outdoors, bird watching, singing, all ‘enjoyable things.’ Other than thit, she has no complaints. Her thyroid stopped working 20 years ago. At the time, she was depressed, had just gotten divorced, wasn't working in the right place, her father had just died, and her pet had died too. Those were tough years, the first ten. After that, she stopped working, and life became enjoyable. She was an art therapist, “the wrong place” because she couldn't get anything off the ground. It was a futile struggle. But she was divorced, so she had to work. Before she had children, she worked in healthcare. Later, she wanted to study art again, “I have to do something with this,” but her parents didn't agree, so she went into nursing. Otherwise, she is in excellent health, but her concentration is poor. She can't read a book, she quickly loses her train of thought, and she just potters around all day. She sleeps well and has few dreams. Her tongue is pale, indented at the edges, and red. No vaccinations. She feels resigned, she is nervous, social life is too much for her now, she gets sick again, her ankles swell, her hands fill with fluid, she pants when she walks, the tip of her nose is red and shiny. She cannot tolerate stimuli, noise, and light, which has always been the case. She cannot say much about her childhood; the children were well cared for, and she was the oldest. They had a dominant father who decided everything and allowed them little freedom, and a very obedient mother. She cannot remember ever sitting on anyone's lap and receiving a few words of appreciation. The period when her thyroid stopped working: she didn't enjoy her work, she dragged herself to work, everything was gray, and she also had to take care of her mother. Her employer told her she'd better leave; she was too well-behaved. After Nerium oleander, she no longer has headaches, her cough disappears, and she has fewer palpitations. She can walk a little more. The situation continues to fluctuate. The improvement is not sufficient, so we continue searching for better prescriptions: Myositis arvensis, Aralia racemosa, Aurum muriaticum, and Fragaria vesca have no effect.
Analysis
The effect of a virus is individual and depends on the condition; the symptoms tell us how the body is functioning. This also applies to past symptoms; interests and sensitivities also tell us about a person's makeup. We look at striking, prominent characteristics. Stressful situations for this person.
Phase 7: thyroid failure; at this time, the stressful factor was the death, and work stopped.
Phase 5: life is fun, wants to study, driven, head bursting, palpitations.
This allows us to search for a combination of Phase 5 and Subphase 7. Phase 5 fits her basic tone, liveliness, wanting to move forward, and the dominant father. Subphase 7 is the more visible upper layer, the theme of stressful factors, farewell, and loss, as her life comes to a standstill.
We have to look nos which Series are eligible. For this, you can go through the table (as published in Wonderful Plants, which provides an excellent overview of the possibilities, an orientation, possible associations, or experiential knowledge) or see if there are Plant Families that appeal to you or provide points of recognition. She is creative (Silver Series), independent (Lanthanides Series), which fits with the Lamiidae. Openness of Phase 5 predominates, no appreciation, too well-behaved, focusing on parents is known from Lamiales (read the article Lamiaceae). This brings us to the Orobanchaceae. Which stage? There are arguments for Stage 8, the must. Stage 7 is also appropriate, which we see in teaching and learning. Keep trying.
Prescription: Euphrasia officinalis C30.
Follow up
After taking it, she feels very tired for two weeks. She has to think about it for a long time but then says that it is the same tiredness she felt when her thyroid started acting up. After that, she makes great strides and feels good; she is quickly back to her old self. She can do more now; she goes for long walks and bike rides without feeling like she has a flat tire. Her blood pressure is back to normal, 120/70, whereas before it kept rising to around 180. Her mood is good. Her sensitivity to stimuli is still the same; she never plays music at home, as there is enough noise in life, and she can usually shut herself off from it, but then suddenly it penetrates her. She no longer retains fluid. Her internist wants to reduce her medication. Tongue: the color is now good, slightly indented. The tongue reflects the mucous membranes. Similar cases of the Orobanchaceae were characterized by “drive versus end or limitation.”