28 year old man had complained of severe gastric disturbances and lot of psychological issues.
D: Tell about your problems? P: My main problem is this (He shows me his tummy). Every day I had lot of gas and some time nausea also. When there is gas it takes over my entire being, I didn’t have piece anyway. Nothing is interesting for me. I’m furious then after and not like anything to do, just lie in the bed stealthily. Gas is basic problem of my life. Some time I had good days, but suddenly it appears and then my horrible stories started. Gas ruined my entire life. (He makes typical face).
D: How gas ruined your entire life? P: Actually gas is byproduct, main issue was different. (He takes pause) Just before 4 years I fall in love with one girl. (He smile and makes typical face.) At that time we were in college and we live as if one soul and two different body. Even single day cannot pass without each other’s company. (Smile with typical face) We eat together, drink together, study together, travel together and make lot of fun every day. She also tells me many times that she cannot think even without my presence in her life. She didn’t even drink a ship of water without asking me! She is ready to do anything for me and I’m also doing anything for her. Our couple is very famous in our college and everybody believes that we are married couple. (He cries, now!) …
… And suddenly she don’t come at college for one week and her mobile is also switched off and suddenly one day she came with one boy and tell me this is my new boyfriend. It was worst day of my life! (Crying!) First I argued a lot with her and became so much angry on her, and then I cry continues for whole one day. It was biggest shock of my life! I cannot digest that why she left me? She left me just only for one reason that her new man was looking little smarter than me? I cannot digest that why she let me without even single my fault!! Then after I stay in shocked for one week and then become rebellious towards her. Whenever they both go I was going behind them and try to torturing them. I tell her you ruined my life now I didn’t left you! I tell her… Now I show you that how you live your life peacefully with this joker! (His face becomes red) …
‌ Their presence creates lot of irritations in me, so I decide to leave the college but suddenly they decide to transfer the college because of me. So again my life becomes little smooth.
D: Talk more about what happened to you when they were with you in your life? P: (He smiles in his typical way) Crudely speaking doctor, at that time I was animal. I had only motto in my mind to destroy both of them. I was so jealous to them and became completely mad so if that boy might come alone in front of me then I’m sure I would murder him. (Smile) My anger was so violent, so sometime I feel I might become mad. (Smile) ‌
... At that time I had different kind of energy in me, sometime I was talking a lot and sometime there is total silence and complete sadness. Sometime I was very happy and suddenly without any reason become totally gloomy. I was feeling at that time like I’m totally under control of some huge influence. My talk, my behavior, my thinking everything was completely changed. I talk so much during that period of time; talk most of the time about my fears, and my girl friends. At that time I was so much under influence that sometime become violent and cruel. I was feeling that I’m surrounded by some enemies and they try to kill me, and that’s why became so much suspicious so I cannot trust anybody and feel that anytime I was poisoned or murdered or receive any kind of injury. …
‌ But sometime I was completely alright as if nothing was happened to me. (His talking speeds get increase and he talk as if he is wandering from one topic to another!) This kind of periods occur with me three times in my life, and I see one more change in me that I had lot trust in God at that time. At that time I trust only to the god and feel that God is only person who bring me out of this influence. One more thing happening to me at that time, I had lot of different-different unusual desires at that time and I demand a lot of unusual things which was never had in my demanding list with the families. Suppose I ask my father to bring certain kind of special food which was available in other city 40 km far away from me. And along with this demanding I was complain a lot for small-small things and as if not satisfied from anything.
D: You told me that you had three spells of this kind of incidences? P: Yes, doctor. In my college days I didn’t study seriously but during exam time I have concentrate on my study and reading, so I study constantly days after days without taking proper sleep and then this kind of strong influences start to happen with me. At that time also I talk a lot and become like a monkey jumping and talk incoherent and teasing others. As much as I read more and more I became more and more mad and at the pick of madness I had image of lot of snakes are surrounded me and I was playing with them. Sometime I feel that some big influential energy following me whenever I’m going. Sometime I had spurt of violent anger and then I break everything around me. ‌
‌ Sometime I can’t bear even simplest noise and I feel my all kind of senses become so acute. Sometime I show very-very horrible dreams and in each dream I show my mom is dead. I had sensual dreams also.
D: What are sensual dreams? P: (Typical smile) in the dreams I show something happening and in reality that happen after some days. Mostly I show this kind of dreams when I was over drunk.
Selected sentences from the case related to animal language: •When there is gas it takes over my entire being, I didn’t have peace anyway. •Gas ruined my entire life. •She left me just only for one reason that her new man was looking little smarter than me? •Then after I stay in shocked for one week and then become rebellious towards her. •I tell her: You ruined my life now I didn’t left you! •Now I show you that how you live your life peacefully with this joker! •Crudely speaking doctor, at that time I was animal. •I had only motto in my mind to destroy both of them. •At that time also I talk a lot and become like a monkey jumping and talk incoherent and teasing others. •At the pick of madness I had image: lot of snakes are surrounded me and I was playing with them.
Animal language in the case and corresponding rubrics: Mentals AILMENTS from disappointment, deception Mentals AILMENTS from love disappointed, unhappy Mentals ANGER, jealousy, with Mentals ANGER, violent Mentals CLAIRVOYANCE Mentals COMPLAINING trifles, of Mentals CONSCIENTIOUS about trifles Mentals CRUELTY, brutality, inhumanity Mentals DECEITFUL, sly Mentals DELIRIUM changing subjects rapidly Mentals DELIRIUM fatigue, study, over-exertion, from Mentals DELIRIUM mental exertion, from
Animal language in the case and corresponding rubrics: Mentals DELIRIUM study, from excessive Mentals DELIRIUM violent Mentals DELIRIUM TREMENS, loquacity, with Mentals DELUSIONS, snakes in and around her Mentals DELUSIONS, influence, is under a powerful Mentals DELUSIONS, injury injured, is being surroundings, by his Mentals DELUSIONS, injury receive, will Mentals DELUSIONS, loquacity, with Mentals DELUSIONS, murder someone, that he has to Mentals DELUSIONS, persecuted, that he is Mentals DELUSIONS, pursued, he is enemies, by
Animal language in the case and corresponding rubrics: Mentals DELUSIONS, religious Mentals DELUSIONS, senses, of Mentals DREAMS clairvoyant drunkenness, during Mentals DREAMS death, of one dear Mentals INSANITY, madness loquacious Mentals QUARRELSOMENESS, scolding jealousy, from Mentals TALK, hasty Mentals TALK, wandering
Phatak: Nervous; excitable. LOQUACITY; rambling; frequently jumping from one subject to another then sadness; or repeats the same thing. Compelling delusions; thinks herself under super human control; thinks she is dead and preparations are being made for her funeral; thinks herself pursued hated and despised. Persistent erotic ideas without ability. Insane jealousy. Suspicious. Mania from overstudy. Religious insanity. Predicts the future correctly.
Sankaran: The specific problem of Lachesis seems to be the problem of jealousy, or how to get the better of (be one-up on) a rival, especially in the situation of male-female relationships or in the sphere of sexual relationships. It is the situation of someone who has to compete against a person with better qualities, as for example a menopausal woman whose husband has a young girlfriend. She has the feeling of weakness within herself as she compares herself to her younger and more attractive rival.
Sankaran: She feels that there are conspiracies against her and this makes her suspicious of people around her. Her survival depends on her being one-up on her rival, and she does this with clever, manipulative talk. With her loquacity, she is able to attract and retain the attention of the listener; she can be witty, sarcastic, loud, animated, vividly expressive, excited.
LACHESIS
D: Now tell me what you feel during that your state of influences? P: Sometime I feel very happy, sometime I’m very sad. Sometime I talk a lot and sometime I’m very aggressive. Sometime very cheerful and sometime I’m very gloomy so doing nothing just sits in the sofa.
D: These are just your actions, I mean your activity. But what you feel within you when you have that influence? P: (He thinks!) I feel as if one other soul enters in me and it take over my entire being. (HG- he circulating his hand) Sometime I feel there no me in myself and sometime I feel myself as well as it both.
D: When it takes over your entire being at that time what you feel within you? P: It was very horrible situations for me. (Smile!) I feel as if I’m gone now. Within some minutes I will be finished and it was so terrific that if I can’t come out of it very soon then I really lost myself. (His speech is
little trembling now!) D: You are speaking very well; now tell me again what you experience within you at that time? P: I feel terrific fear in me. (Pause) it was not only fear but something more than simple fear, it was fright. As if you see a ghost! (His face becomes red) …
‌ During my last attack of this it was so huge that I totally lost myself and feel completely frighten from within. I was just scare at one place, wide open eyes. Even my family members also get scared from my situation! (He smiles!)
D: During that moment of fright what you experience within
you? P: It was terrific experience, not everybody can sustain it. As if you are suddenly standing in front of dinosaure. (His eyes get wider!) You lost your all capacity and your all senses; you are just as like statue. (He attaches his hands near his body) Your body gets total paralysis, nothing you can sense. Even your brain also gets frozen. Not even single movement you see in your body except your violent heart beats and lot of perspirations on entire body.
D: During that terrific experience what you feel within you? P: I feel nothing; even I was nothing at that time! (He laughs very loudly!) Fear was so terrific so you lost your all senses; even you lost your sense of thinking also. Your body becomes completely numb, dumb and paralyzed. Yes, I try to flee from there and go away from it as fast as I can. I want to come out of it anyway, but there is no body is there who even help you. If in case you get faint then nobody is there who bring you immediately to the hospital!
D: Now, talk about your fears during childhood? P: (He laugh very loudly again) my main passion and fear both are ghosts and horror. I liked so much horror movies but scared also from them very much. I never dare to go in the dark alone! (He smiles!)
D: What you feel when you get scared from the ghosts? P: Same as I told you, I lost completely myself at that time. (He attaches his hands to his body!) D: Okay, anything else you wish to tell? P: Yes, how much scope in your system about my illness? Because I tried all kind of treatment allopathic, herbals, mythological… but nothing work on me, so now I didn’t trust anybody so easily. Doesn’t mind, but I feel that everybody is ready to take your money and nobody is really bothering for your sufferings!
D: Don’t worry, you will see the effect and then believe in homeopathy. My words are not enough to explain you, just trust me for 2-3 months and then if you are not satisfied with my work then run away from me.
Hyoscyamus: Mentals ANGER, face color red Mentals CHEERFULNESS, alternating with sadness Mentals DELIRIUM trembling, with Mentals DELUSIONS, devils possessed of, is Mentals DELUSIONS, images, frightful figures coming to seize him Mentals DELUSIONS, possessed, he or she is Mentals DELUSIONS, spectres, ghosts Mentals FEAR alone, of being Mentals FEAR dark Mentals FEAR ghosts, of Mentals HIDE, desire to fear, from Mentals LAUGHING hysterical Mentals LAUGHING loudly Mentals LAUGHING trifles, at
Frans Vermeulen: JEALOUSY and SUSPICION. Thinks everybody DECEIVES, cheats, tricks him. Delusion partner is unfaithful; obsessively controls everything. Claiming; constant accusations that other people are favoured Can be SILENT for hours; just sits and STARES. "Pre-occupied with an internal state, sitting and muttering to himself, talking to absent people, to dead people; oblivious of their surroundings." Or LOQUACITY and mocking, slandering and gossiping. VIOLENT OUTBURSTS, especially from jealousy, suspicion or after DISAPPOINTED LOVE ["without sexual gratification"]. Wants to KILL everyone he sees; "wants to kill the guy who did it after a love disappointment."
Sankaran:
The main feeling of Hyoscyamus is that of being suddenly let down, disappointed, betrayed and deserted by the person on whom one is completely dependent. This situation causes in the patient acute fear and panic. It also causes a variety of reactions which are, on the one hand, attractive, e.g. loquacity, jesting, sexuality, etc., and on the other hand threatening, e.g. violence, striking and desire to kill.
Sankaran:
There is a tremendous fear of being alone and of facing the danger of the outside world all by oneself. The acuteness of the feeling creates a kind of insanity, which is foolish. The patient tries to attract attention by foolish behaviour, behaviour so ridiculous that it can provoke laughter. Like other remedies of the acute miasm the Hyoscyamus person is very excitable, and the symptoms appear and disappear suddenly.
Sankaran:
I have observed Hyoscyamus patients to be loud, excited and animated, so that it may often be mistaken for an animal remedy. They are quite suspicious and mistrustful, and therefore foolishly keep asking the physician the same questions repeatedly; this can elicit laughter and make them appear ridiculous. Their talk may be naive and childish, at the same time it is often shameless and they may reveal secrets or intimate details about themselves or others.
HYOSCYAMUS 1M