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December 4, 2006
Final exam:
-Aphorisms – read the organon
-Everything we’ve covered
-Quizzes will be online, so review them
-quiz are more specific and tricky. So exam is less picky. Have a general understanding of the
organon, case taking, and material medica. More breath, less depth.
Lycopodium continued…
Thirst: Key note gallbladder colic (pain from hypochondriac extends to back)
Constipation: constriction as a result of anxiety, can’t relax (so don’t put on a diet for
constipation or increase fiber).
Genito-urinary: key note red sand in urine. Key note back pain better with urination.
Male can masturbate but can’t have an erection in the presence of others (i.e. in performance).
Female not able to release, let go, and enjoy themselves. Vaginal spasm and sensitivity. Key
note increased sexual desire during menses.
Window into women’s personality is during PMS. Can gain up to 5 pounds before menses.
Predominantly right-sided remedy or left side extending to right.
Circulation: cold, especially hands and feet. Sweat easily when anxious. No perspiration as soon
as sleep.
Prefers to sleep on right side. Remember – when a person always has to sleep in the same
position, they are stuck. Need to protect themselves. After remedy, can sleep in any position.
Does not like the morning and 4-8pm. Get second wind after 8pm and then can’t go to sleep.
Themes:
Anger versus vexation
Anxiety/fear versus calm
Pain versus anaesthesia
Accute/sudden versus slow/sluggish
Sensitive versus insensitive
All emotions are felt intensely in this family. Main = anger, fear, grief
Shock-like pains. Morbid sensitivity. Sensitive to trifles. Insulted (feeling of being insulted,
sensitive to insult, suppress anger staphysagria). Bursting.
Pulling pains in pulsatilla.
Dulling Helleborus
Pulsatilla nigricans:
3 main themes:
1. exaggeration of personality
2. Changeableness
3. Yielding
Imbegriffe: I am not adequate in myself and dependant and so I have to cover up.
If you don’t see these three themes, question prescription. Psychotic miasm. Fear of not being
supported because of dependency (hide anger and irritability). Action: avoidance. Sensation:
easy excitement.
Initial shyness feeling and then will open up. Then there is conserving how much they open.
The person attracts you (color) and you feel like you want to help them.
DDx: lilium tigrinum. Feels excluded. Attractive behavior. Too occupied by religion and sexual
excitement. Have to suppress sexual side because it is dark, wrong. Good person and expressing
sexuality is bad to suppress it. Often seen in people in the closet. Can be sexual orientation or
other aspects of life.
Target organs of pulsatilla: circulation (sepia – vigorous, rigorous exercise. Pulsatille – slow, do
not want to overheat). Hyposystole – weak contraction of the heart. Anaemic constitution –
fainting easily especially in a warm room. Do not utilize iron levels very well.
Slow digestion, like of tonicity. Crave rich fatty foods. Hypofunction of GB and loose it at
young age.
Can have infections in any openings. Discharge abundant (vaginitis with heavy leukorrhea).
Key note discharge will start clear and goes to yellow/green overnight – i.e. if child has this
during a runny nose, know to give pulsatilla. Leukorrhea is corrosive! Everything else is bland.
Hypopituitary function – hypofunction of ovaries and thyroid. Tend to obesity. Crave fatty
foods. Varicose veins. Weeping and crying.
Arthritis – wandering pain. Slow and gradual moving, not vigorous (to not overheat).
Lots of hormonal problems. Pregnancy – nausea better while eating, or nausea in the early
trimester (sepia) pulsatilla nausea in late trimester – but take the case! MOST COMMON
remedy for mal-positioned fetus (2-3 weeks left before delivery) when feet are down WORKS
WELL. High risk pregnancy. Important to turn fetus. Pulsatilla will work unless chord is too
small or wrapped around the baby.
Trauma during pregnancy – arnica. Give repeatedly. Second stage of labour, give during every
contraction. Give to baby as well.
Post partum – slow or absent milk. Depression and no milk – agnus castus. Galactorrhea in non-
pregnant. Irregular menses.
Important eye remedy – especially inflammation. Loss of vision during menses. Baby with
blocked lacrimal duct – really good remedy that should clear it up overnight. If not, use another
remedy.
Big remedy with Otitis media – whining and want help! Also chamomila, if the child reacts
with anger and parent can’t make them better – feel like want to slap child. Hep-s pick out
very quickly, don’t want to be examined.
Nose – prone to hay fever. Discharge watery in evening and goes to late stage quickly (yields
both physically and emotionally – but note that emotionally they may stick with it).
Sinusitis – chronic case can be helped very quickly if constitutional.