12.6 Dysprosium nitricum case
Width 8, Depth 5, Cure 8, Duration 7
A man of 35 has had hypertension of 170 over 115 for the last 15 years. Sometimes he feels bloated, especially the veins in his arms feel bloated, as if they could explode, as if the adrenaline is rushing through his body. He feels restless and hurried.
He has burning in his stomach with reflux, worse in the evening and night, worse lying down, better lying on a cushion, worse from eating fast, worse from orange juice and alcohol, better drinking water or sparkling water and better from eructations. It feels like a heavy block, as if a fight is going on with a lot of rumbling. He often feels bloated and blown up, especially if he has pressure at work.
He has palpitations, missing beats, with the fear that he will die. He can sometimes feel a rushing in his heart. He has had a weak spot in his lower back since a fall from a balance bar. He had to lie down on the bed for a week, with no power in his legs.
He has red and scaly eczema with enormously itching feet, between the toes and on the soles of his feet. It can burst and crack from walking on beaches. The skin of his inguinal region and scrotum is swollen, red and scaly, better being busy, worse in the evening and worse from summer heat.
He’s always been very ambitious. He’s a project manager. He reached that position in a big company after just one year. Before that he had several positions at other companies but when he felt insufficiently appreciated or having too few opportunities for promotion, he changed jobs. He wants to do something that gets results. He wants people to say he is special, a man with class. He wants to be appreciated for his work, financially and with a big car. He can be very irritated and impatient. He wants to be right and to have the last word. Everything is a game and a competition for him. In the past he always had the feeling that somebody could get him from behind. He always stood with his back to the wall. He always wants to win in sports and games.
He likes to enjoy life. He likes to go out to parties and have fun. He likes to go to winter sports with a group of 20 friends. He’s exuberant, loves to eat and drink a lot. He’s very sensitive and will do anything to help others. He’s empathetic, and becomes emotional from the feelings of others.
His parents divorced when he was 13. He lived with his mother but they quarreled a lot, because both wanted to be right. He missed a family as his mother was often away working. He is married and has one child.
He’s widely read, and believes in reincarnation. He desires freedom.
Fear: death, night, alone, ghosts, dogs, narrow, space.
Dreams: air planes crashing, not getting off the ground, getting into the air without enough lift and crashing against the face of a mountain.
Dreams: fatally shot in the head by the Mafia; wakes screaming.
Dreams: fights, with bare hands, with dogs and people with knives.
Dream: he has to climb mountains; it’s tiring.
Dream: teeth breaking off, falling out.
Dream: He is a pilot and his airplane crashes in the dark.
Dream: airplanes are crashing, he's driving a car and has to drive fast to prevent the airplane crashing onto him.
Dream: someone comes into bedroom and attacks him.
Type: big, bloated, red face, big jowls, prominent eyes with the whites under pupils showing; tense.
Migraine, pain in his neck, with nausea, < stress, > lying, < night, > pressure, > cold applications.
Hyperventilation.
Weak lower back.
Vertigo when stooping.
At the age of 13 his appendix was removed. While pregnant with him his mother had nausea for 9 months, as he was very active in womb. As a child he had hepatitis and otitis.
Weather: warm, -> open windows.
Sweat: << exertion.
Time: < morning, < 1-2 pm after eating: tired.
Desires: chocolate, sweet, skewered meat (3), sauces, red meat, sour herring, cheese, peanut butter, salads.
Aversion: potatoes mixed with vegetables.
Food: < alcohol, salt, fat from meat.
Analysis
The dreams about fighting are typical of Dysprosium. The fighting is an expression of the more general feeling of being attacked of Stage 12. It’s also expressed in his fear of being attacked from behind, and thus standing with his back to the wall. Stage 12 is well confirmed.
The Lanthanides are not very obvious, but there are enough themes to confirm them. His desire for freedom and independence are a strong sign.
The nitrogen theme is obvious. He needs to enjoy life, eating and drinking a lot, having parties and holidays.
Confirmations
Gold series: headache.
Lanthanides: -> freedom, independence, prominent eyes, tense.
Stage 12: dreams of fights, shot by Mafia.
Carbon series: fear alone, fear night.
Nitrogen: fear death, exploding veins, < warm, < morning, > alcohol, -> peanut butter, -> cheese, -> herring, -> fat, fear narrow.
Follow up
After Dysprosium nitricum MK he’s really doing better. The pressure is gone, both in his life and work. He feels less frustrated and everything is going easily. His ambition is much reduced. The enormous hypertension disappeared quite fast. 3 years later he still feels good. His fears have disappeared. His pressure and tension are gone. The palpitations and stomach ache are gone. He has discovered that his stomach ache comes on when he feels threatened.
After Dysprosium metallicum MK he felt better for 18 months. He could find rest, but still kept feeling the pressure. But then he came back with a hypertension reading of 160 over 140, with feelings of restlessness.
Remedies that didn't help him or only temporarily were: arg-n, acon, lyc, ign, nitrog, Calcium sulphuricum, caust, all-s, merc, verat-v, manc, petr, sulph, cob, ferr, ferr-n, syph, dros, caps, nux-v, sulph, lant-s, bell, sul-ac, med, sars, bufo.