665.25.12 Rauvolfia serpentina, Case
Woman, 40, breast cancer.
She had breast cancer twice with an operation, reconstruction, ovary removal, radiation and chemotherapy. Due to that her thyroid did not function well anymore. She has osteoporosis and she easily hurts her ribs.
She has pain in the bones of her feet, a neuralgic and pulsating pain worse from walking and touching the ground with her feet. It feels as if she does not have flesh on her bones.
She has a dorsal backache with fatigue, better lying.
She is very vivacious. She has had turbulent relationships. Her second marriage stopped when he became orthodox in a religion and did not allow her to show her emotions or play the guitar anymore. This 3rd relationship is very good; her husband is loving and caring.
She wants to become an actress, but works in public relations.
She feels she has no roots, searching for herself and she travels a lot. She has the feeling that she does not really belong to society and she feels she is a foreigner.
She is quite fiery and easily irritated.
She likes to be at the centre of attention, the centre of a party so that people see her. She wants to be important, getting value and respect. She was very hurt when an employer did not value her.
She can play the clown, being funny in order to be loved.
Her mother was fierce, but reserved. As a child she felt her mother was cold, but as an adult she saw that she did not show her feelings. Her father was more emotional and said that her mother was very passionate. Her parents did not have much time for the children because they were more concerned about each other. They let their children go their own way and be independent. They told her not to show her emotions, but she was always cross and talked intentionally about sex and the military in the form of jokes.
As a child she was a very social and sweet and everyone loved her very much.
In puberty she was playing the clown, getting the whole class to the point of laughing at the teacher. She did it to get attention, but was thrown out of school.
Her eyes are painful, dry, burning, worse from watching television and better blinking her eyes.
Dreams: a brother gave her something to drink so that she could die.
Dream: shots in the street and she is shot in her leg.
Dream: people can see her sitting on the toilet.
Weather: easily warm; > mountains and the sea.
Desire: bread; shrimps, everything from the sea.
Aversion: liver !; organs, raw meat.
Food: < liver, it causes belching for a day.
Follow up
After Rauwolfia serpentina MK she is gradually doing better. Her energy increases and she becomes quieter. Her pains diminish and feels less pain in her ribs. A year later she is doing fine.