Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Remedy code: 3-622.54.15
A woman, 62 years old, presents with stress, mononucleosis, sleep disorder, and hypertension. She is very direct and speaks loudly with a strong voice that often rises in pitch. It's as if she has no idea how her voice and also her body fills the space, there is no feedback. She has been through a lot in the last 6 years. Her husband was ill, and within half a year, he passed away. Now she had to work to make ends meet. She has never been able to process it, it doesn't come out, and two family members have died since then. She developed high blood pressure and irregular heartbeat, she takes medication for it, and sleep medicine. So much is coming up now. Two years ago, she became very tired, mononucleosis in her blood count. She noticed the fatigue, but because she was alone, she just kept going (these are indications for Lanthanides and Fabaceae). She also has stomach problems, a hiatus hernia, with a lot of heartburn. Without medication for blood pressure, she has a terrible restless feeling, as if they are after her. Tension has been there for years, it arose after the births of the children, and worsened after the 'family disaster'. Most likely; that must, that's what breaks me down (she often uses wrong word choices, with full conviction). She has to take time for everything and has to get everything in order herself. It's always there, the sadness. Often fall asleep after eating. The work, she does all sorts of odd jobs. She also provided care for her terminally ill father, which gave her peace. She is just tired, exhausted. Back then with mononucleosis, it was different, less severe, and now she feels like she needs to be completely 'shut down'. It's there. I feel it. Here (she points to her stomach), there is something, that needs to come out. Restlessness is especially present when she lies down in bed. It can feel like a switch flips then, grinding and pounding, beating. There are no other complaints. She once had a balance disorder, for 15 minutes, then the switch flipped and it was gone. The loss, after the death of her husband and her father, she emptied two houses in a short time. You think it's under control, but it's not working, that's scary. Tension: years ago she noticed restlessness. Palpitations occur when lying down, in the chest, and throughout the body. There is also a family dispute, they are very angry with her, and she finds that very annoying, another layer on top is about a difficult grandchild. 'I don't choose the easiest way. I am all about routine'. Everything is stuck, the muscles in front and back, she can't get going, and sleep is still poor. She does everything, 'you have to'. Burping a lot, terrible sighing is noticeable. Wear and tear of the thoracic vertebrae, the entire front is tense. The cramping comes on when she's tired. The restless feeling, then she just wants to get away. She feels uncomfortable everywhere, she dreads everything.
Analysis
At the time of this prescription, Qjure was not yet developed, but dictations about some Plant families had been published, including the Magnoliideae. A connection was sought within rubrics from the repertory. This was found in Anxiety chest: which mentions Cinnamomum, which stands out among the two hundred mentioned medicines. Connection is there in the following parameters:
Carbon series2: experiences everything in and from the body, it’s all about problems within the family, 'alone and vulnerable in an unknown world'. The situation in her life was new, she was thrown back on herself. Tired, her body.
Phase 5: wanting more, Subphase 4: certainty, central. Stadium 15: congestion, vital, enjoyment, restless. Loss. Prescription Cinnamomum MK.
Follow-up
The next two months things go well, and she has much more energy. Tension drops from 170 to 150. Hot flashes are half gone, especially at night. She now has a rash under her gold ring. She keeps talking undisturbed, despite the noise from construction outside, even shouting to remain audible. She feels
full of energy and feels that we are on the right track. Sometimes when going somewhere, she suddenly feels tired, but if she sits down for 5 minutes with her eyes closed, it suddenly disappears. Often it's at 4 p.m. The Stomach is still the same, bowel movements are usually normal, sometimes soft for a day. Her heart can still beat heavily, but the brakes come on quickly, now it's a few seconds, previously it lasted half an hour. The back muscle was completely overworked for weeks, after the birthday it came back: something between the scapulae. The energy between the body and legs is evenly distributed again. She still can't do without sleep medication. After three years, unrest returns, after a lot of arguing in her family. She becomes very restless and calls it an explosion, a storm, with heat congestion, tension to 170, radiation to the buttock, and the stomach restless. It seems like thirty years ago, she went to a psychologist then because of the enormous restlessness and fear. The stomach and back still cause complaints, with coffee it can suddenly shoot in, the stomach, back, and throat. As soon as she talks about the pain, her voice becomes very loud again, without any necessity. The pain is always on the left side, radiating to the left knee and neck. With pain, she also has cramps diarrhoea, and restlessness palpitations. She used to have left jaw inflammation, and when things go wrong like now, she still feels it. Prescription Cinnamomum MK repeat. The complaints are gone after six weeks. Tension is now 140/90. She is now 'calmer in her body', and the tension on the left has decreased, it's still a bit stuck in the head, pulling as if they are muscles. Shoulder pain can radiate to the elbow. Worse lying on it. The hip is over, bowels are calm. With calamus tincture, she can stop the stomach protectors. Sleep is now variable, she has many dreams, sometimes with palpitations: she is processing now, about her husband. The 'must' is still in her body, if someone asks if she wants to do something, she suddenly feels a constriction at the sternum, which only disappears when it's over, errands or visits. That has been a major obstacle, that she suddenly had to work, after her husband's death. It's as if her body says 'I don't want that', in that period when everything had to be done. Nowadays, she loves to sit at home, doing handicrafts, something for herself, wonderful, that you don't 'have to'. Occasionally she is so focused on her deceased husband, then she even gets angry about it, why did this have to happen to us? Never had it until now. The hectic time and worries about the children she can handle now give her peace and time to process. The following year, Cinnamomum was repeated once more for shoulder complaints. In the long follow-up, it becomes clear that the theme of 'must', 'congestion', and 'storm or explosion', play a major role.