TAXUS BACCATA
Marguerite Pelt, homeopathic physician in Lelystad, describes the following about this drug:
Summary
Yew baccata is for vulnerable and gentle people, with a high sense of responsibility and good intelligence. They know very well what they want, but they can't or don't dare to express it. In later life, they hide their vulnerability behind thick skin, both literally and figuratively. Rugged skin, warts, calluses, hair in unusual places are a physical expression of this. Furthermore, the mucous membranes in particular are a weak spot: gastrointestinal tract, sinuses, bronchi and uterus. There are keynotes in the register that can support the prescription.
Many of these keynotes can be explained by the HCN (hydrocyanic acid) effect. A parallel can also be drawn with Potassium, which is more often the case with Gymnospermae (gymnosperms). The healing process is slow, as is the growth of the tree. But prescribed it can bring about a deep healing.
Homeopathy
In the homeopathic literature a whole list of intoxications has been described. There are only a few provings, and not even in high potency.
Gasnier did a proving with D2 taken for breakfast for 3 days. Heinrich and Billberger diluted yew up to 1/20th. At the beginning of 2001 I came into contact with a proving of Taxus baccata 30C by Steve Olsen, unfortunately with only two provers. He also described two cases to which he successfully prescribed the drug. The same Steve Olsen observed a dullness in the people who need the drug, a dullness that I have since recognised in my patients. They have a slowness, analogous to the slow growth of the tree: 'the mind is slow to learn, disorganized easily. Poor memory, fuzzy and foggy'. Sleepiness in the day. I also notice a kind of paralysis, a lack of decisiveness. At the same time, my cases have the restraint that he also describes: 'Timid, mild and insecure. Easily feels ashamed. Won't try new things for fear of making a mistake. Question their own abilities. She feels self-conscious, and inferior to others'. Fear of responsibilities'. ' Difficult to be assertive and say No'.
Known and interesting symptoms from the classical homeopathic literature are indicated below.
Since yew contains hydrocyanic acid (HCN), I have indicated when the symptom is due to the hydrocyanic acid.
Also the symptoms known to other conifers have been indicated and finally the similarity with Potassium has been elaborated, since many trees and especially gymnosperms possess the properties of Potassium. The septum (Sabina), for example, contains a lot of potassium.
Head, drawn sideways (HCN)
Head, pain above eyes (HCN)
Head, pain temples on coughing (Potassium)
Eyes, lacrymation during headache (Potassium)
Eyes, pupils dilated (HCN)
Nose, red discoloration tip (Potassium)
Mouth, hot saliva and heat in tongue
Stomach, empty feeling must eat frequently (HCN) (conifers)
Urination, retarded must press a long time before he can begin (Potassium)
Male, weakness after coition (Potassium)
Extrem., knee pain sore, cutting and weakness
Perspiration, sticky, offensive at night (Potassium) (conifers)
Skin, blue discoloration (HCN)
Skin, pustular skin affections (HCN)
Generals
Fainting, collaps (HCN) (taxane)
Hairy parts become denuded after yew
Modalities
< coffee
< wine
The only described mindsymptoms
Impatience, which unfits the patient for mental application
Delirium and stupor
Helplessness
Sighing
Restlessness in bed
In Dynamis, Nel Struik reports on a lecture by David Warkentin and Asa Hershoff. They describe a slow and lazy type, which seems superficial, but has a rich inner life. Persons in need of Yew, the 'death tree', are closed, resulting in depressions, and even a death wish. There is a fascination with death, with fear of deceased and ghosts.
Typical is a predilection for organ music. I have not yet asked my patients about this because this article came to my attention only recently, so I cannot yet confirm this symptom. Patients would not be interested in sex, and children would tire them. Physically, fainting, convulsions, petit moulds or some kind of anaesthesia are called, reactions with which one flees from difficult situations (taxol and H.C.N. symptomatology).
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Image at the waist
The yew tree is relatively small and would like to be larger. Its strength lies in the structure of its Being. It has stiff needles that symbolize its nature, as well as its gnarled, winding trunk.
Taxus baccata is a tool for people with a high sense of responsibility, so high that what they bring out is never good enough. This feeling of inferiority is paralysing.
These are generally intelligent people with a good education, who always measure themselves against the capacities and results of others. They do not see what they themselves can and possess. They have structure (a job, social patterns), perseverance and a sense of responsibility. They are loyal, loyal and honest. They are certainly not on the fringes of society.
However, they are so concerned with performance that in the end nothing or little comes out of their hands. They are blocked by their need for perfection.
The person who needs Taxus baccata protects his vulnerability by a thick skin, both literally and figuratively. They are not open, their emotions are under that thick skin. They seem intellectual and rational. The vulnerability and the essential emotions, needs and desires are covered.
Their life theme is learning to show vulnerability and do what is essentially good for them. Not only do they have a high sense of responsibility, but they also adapt to what is socially desirable. Yew, for example, is a tool for people who find it difficult to accept their homosexuality or their sexual orientation.
Yew helps to show the world who you really are.
People who need the drug know very well what they want, but don't dare to reveal it. They are mentally minded and basically gentle, 'there's no harm in it', but they are a bit stiff.
Body
Head: pressure pain sinuses, headache right forehead-
feeling of compression in the stomach. Preference salt-
Abdomen: diarrhoea or constipation -
Urine: too much or too little miction -
Genitalia:
Chest: bronchoconstriction -
Extremities: pain Achilles tendon. Knee pain-
Skin: a somewhat stiff, rough skin, a kind of pork skin..
rough knuckles. Calluses
Mycosis
down hair in places where it doesn't belong
(e.g. in the woman's face)
thin toenails. sweaty/sticky skin
D.D. Thuja-
Thuja people also have a high sense of responsibility, but they show their vulnerability more clearly. They are concerned with religiosity, seem less egocentric, but do not know who they are. Their boundaries to the outside world are less clear and thick than with the Taxus baccata.