Aloe socotrina
Remedy code: 3-633.5.7.16
A 74-year-old man experiences issues with emotions, his neck, and his intestines. He comes to the appointment at the insistence of his daughter, who brings him. He finds himself overly emotional and has neck problems due to tension, naturally. Before leaving the house, he needs to go to the bathroom 2-4 times and even has to go back inside once he is already outside. This has always been the case. Twice a year, he goes away with friends, and then it is much worse. It feels like an urge for normal bowel movements, but within a minute it becomes 'liquid butter'. The rest of the day is fine. He once had a colonoscopy, and everything was fine. He gets enough exercise, goes to the gym twice a week, and eats heartily. The friends: he loves being outdoors; they are old friends from the past. He gets emotional and thinks a lot. Seven years ago, he had an angioplasty, and since then, he has become very emotional, tearing up during movies or stories. He casually mentions that he went to a doctor before with his other daughter and was admitted for depression. He became nonfunctional and was later declared unfit for work; this was 15 years ago. The tension: he felt lifeless as if his head would explode. Regarding his wife: he feels 'no joy' anymore. They quarrel over trivial matters, she close the door emotionally. He finds that terrible. During the time of his disability, she drank a lot of alcohol. Taking medication does not solve it, the relationship with his wife 'should be good'. He now speaks emotionally and gets worked up, with intense eyes but a very mild and gentle demeanor. He desperately wants to go out with her again. Why so hostile? So much stems from the relationship. He is extremely annoyed. He wants to grow old together, and 'the family should move forward'. He goes to a gym, which is not really for him, but it is an old building with familiar people. When walking: it feels like walking on balls, on eggshells, it's sensitive. He sometimes feels alien, and dizzy. Often awake at 5 a.m., sometimes with urgency. 'That ridiculous feeling, the restlessness, that's the worst,' he can live with the bowel issue.
Analysis
Silicon series: Relationship as the cause, the family plays an important role, daughters take care of him, familiar group of people as a base. Even work was more about 'familiarity, the group,' sports and friends too. Complaints in the head and pelvis: theme Liliales. Phase 5: restlessness, wanting more, 'this isn't it,' all fitting Phase 5, wanting to get out. The restlessness 'drives him crazy'.
Phase 7: a problem was his disability (think of Bromum), his wife's alcohol use (think of Fluor), not having contact anymore (think of Chlorum), and 'it's over' in his mind. Alien in an other world, he is ‘out’.This places us within the Liliidae (633) at the Asparagales in Phase 5 and within this Class at SubUranium series or the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, family 633.57.
Stage 16: intestines: already fits the theme of Stage 16, wanting something back, think of Oxygenium, love think of Sulphur.
Prescription: Aloe socotrina C200 single dose.
Follow up
the next month, things go 'relatively well'. He has much less trouble with his intestines, not as often, just occasionally for a single day, and less tense. The first three weeks went fine; afterward, he sometimes wakes up feeling grumpy, as if he had a bad dream. But it quickly passes. The vacation also went well, normally he has to adjust a lot in a strange environment and feels much worse. Sleep is now good, he still wakes up early but no longer 4 times during the night, just once at 4 a.m. The stools are now thicker, he doesn't have to rush anymore. Still has bowel movements 3 times daily. Things with his wife are better during this period, they even make outings. The emotional swings vary daily, but not as often. The neck remains good, the intestines are still sensitive but no longer bothersome. Dissatisfaction no longer plays a big role, he makes the best of it despite the situation being the same. After a year, a slight relapse.