Bambusa arundinacea Anhang
Antwort auf Überlastung, Erschöpfung, Zusammenbruch, wenn uns alles über den Kopf wächst (Bambus ist ein Gras, das uns meterhoch überragt, wie ein Wald).
Geschichte: in der der Bambus im Garten des Meisters diesem mithilfe des Windes zuraunt, er würde alles für ihn tun. Und der Meister sagt seinem Bambus jeden
Tag, er sei ihm die liebste Pflanze seines Gartens. Jahre später fordert der Meister den Liebesdienst seines Bambus ein und bittet ihn darum, ihn abschlagen zu dürfen.
Voller Erschrecken sterben zu müssen, fragt dieser: „Warum, ich bin doch Deine liebste Pflanze, Du hast mir immer wieder gesagt, wie sehr Du mich liebst.“
„Ja,“ sagt der Meister, „aber jetzt brauche ich Dich, um aus Deinen Halmen ein Bewässerungssystem für den gesamten Garten zu machen.“ Erst da erkennt der
Bambus seine ehrenvolle Aufgabe fürs Ganze und gibt sich hin.
In dieser Geschichte steckt die ganze Essenz des Bambus, die innere Verneigung vor dem Dienst am Ganzen, die innere Größe, das eigene Leben zu geben, damit
andere leben können, die Gelassenheit zu vertrauen, daß alles gut wird.
Bambus richtet uns innerlich wieder auf, wenn wir gebrochen wurden (geschlagene Kinder genauso, wie politische Gefangene, ebenso Tiere aus Tierheimen oder Tiertransporten) und alle körperlichen Beschwerden durch eine überlastete Wirbelsäule, sei es durch Prellungen, Unfälle oder einfach die Last des Lebens.
Bambus hilft bei Schicksalsschlägen aller Art (ein Rohrstock, mit dem früher geschlagen wurde, ist aus Bambus), und gestattet uns, den Kopf oben zu behalten.
Vergleich: + Trifloris-Essenzen
Strength and Hardness: Bamboo is a strong upright cane. The remedy is
hard. The strength of bamboo can manifest as determination and a strong work
ethic (Massimo)
but when things do not work out they suffer.
As with other Gramineae there are feelings of having no emotional
foundation. There is a deep lack of self-confidence but they have great
aspirations and dreams.
Perhaps they desire to be perfect, someone good, (self-image is
important in Silica) so they try to do the best they can in one field or in one
relationship.
Lack of self-confidence.
Feels like a failure.
Desire for change.
Dreams: Beautiful cities.
Sexuality: Bamboo Groves may
not flower for years then suddenly flower all at once, produce masses of seeds
and then die as if by magic.
Anxiety of conscience. She is
blamed for partners mood.
Ailments from emotional
excitement (anger).
Amorous. Jealousy
Connection: They can become disconnected from the family and feel that
there is no-one to help them. They begin to feel weak and alone. Perhaps these
symptoms reflect
the life-cycle ... after flowering there is nothing left: In Human terms
this could signify redundancy, retirement or life after the loss of a partner.
There is nothing so sad as
the image of an old lady coming home after the funeral ...
Disconnected.
Company, aversion to. Aversion
to caring for others. Indifference. Loathing.
Delusions: Forsaken. Alone in
the world. Everything is meaningless.
Miasm: Tubercular
Therapeutic affinity: Spine. Neck. Sciatica. Cold hands.
DD.: Ferrums: Chromium, Silver Series: Molybdenum, Gold Series:
Tungsten, Lanthanide: Neodynium. Puls. Plat-met. Hyos. and Stram.: The
combination of Amorous,
whilst having an Aversion to company, yet Feeling alone and forsaken,
with loathing, jealousy, and anxiety of conscience
DD.: Cross kingdom comparison
a. How they cope with the situation
Lack of confidence in earlier
stages. Stage
6, Bamboo is Hard and Tough! They have to push forward despite insecurity,
timidity and doubt so they find criticism
can be very discouraging.
b. The expression and its modalities
Stage 16 is still trying to make relationships work to
some extent. Disconnection is a signifier of Stage 17. Bromatum has the
symptom: Company, aversion, sits in room does nothing
c. The mineral-salt combination
Neodymium-br. has the feeling,
"I must try to survive with my loneliness to the end".
[Nick Churchill]
[Transcript from a seminar given to the Czech Homeopathic Society in
March 2000]
We're going to have a look at the proving of Bamboo (= Bambusa
arundinacea). A major new proving by Bernd Schuster in Germany, and it's going
to be a very useful remedy. It was an excellent proving, there were many
provers and they brought out a full and rounded picture of the remedy. You
really feel when you read it that here is a vivid picture of what this remedy
can do. Nine out of ten provings, you read them and there's not really much
going on there - just a few vague symptoms, perhaps one or two characteristic
ones. Nothing that really comes together or hangs together. Often you can't use
the remedy because you're left feeling you don't know it well enough.
When I study a full proving that has properly brought out the image of
the remedy, I'm looking to answer the following questions:
Which parts of the human body
- which organs and systems - does this remedy affect (including the mind and
the dreams if these are strongly affected)?
What sort of symptoms occur in
each part of the body?
What are the physical and
emotional sensations this remedy produces?
What are the themes in the
mental symptoms?
What are the themes in the
dream symptoms?
What relation do the dreams
have to the mental symptoms?
You see that the first question is, Which parts of the human body does
it affect? Most people when they look at a proving or a remedy, they go
straight for the mental symptoms. Because they're the easiest to understand and
they have the most immediate interest and impact. And of course they are very,
very important. But I feel it's a mistake to look at the mental symptoms first
because once you've read them it's very hard to focus on the physical symptoms.
I find it much better to work the other way around. I'll start reading a
proving not on page one but where the Vertigo section is. And when I get to the
Sleep and Dreams section I only read the Sleep section, leaving out the dreams.
When I've done all the physicals, I then go back and read the mental symptoms.
The dream symptoms I read last of all. I just find this is the most effective
way to deeply understand a new remedy - or any remedy come to that, as long as
you're studying the original proving of it.
I also think it's important not to get too distracted by what the remedy
is made of. Because if you see a picture of bamboo it makes you think, What
does bamboo mean, what are all its associations? It takes you into speculation
just at the moment when you need to stay cool headed. Because you're about take
a look at the inside of this remedy, not its appearance, its associations, its
uses or its mythology, which are all so to speak on the outside. You can't know
the inside until you've studied the proving. You can make all sorts of
associations and you will get some useful information, but it won't by itself
be enough to prescribe on. So starting with the substance is what you might
call the fallacy of the doctrine of signatures. And it seems that many people
fall into this trap, unfortunately. I always look at the relationship between
the substance and the remedy last of all.
Another place not to start when you're learning a new remedy is with the
proving master's interpretation of it, although most published provings have
this as the main feature of the book. I tend to find that if you are offered a
lot of interpretation with a new proving, it's often covering up for the fact
that not much useful information came out of the proving itself. And vice
versa. The best provings really are materia medica pura. They speak for
themselves. We naturally tend to look to proving masters for guidance about a
new remedy, but for various reasons they may not actually be in the best
position to give it. Read their interpretations by all means, but I would
suggest that you do it only after you've tried to understand the remedy for
yourself.
When I take a new proving to study it, I'm first of all looking to see,
is it the respiratory tract that's affected? Is it a remedy that primarily
affects the female reproductive system or that has a particularly strong
influence on the stomach and digestion? Or does it really have a primary impact
on the mind, over and above the other systems? - Like Cannabis indica, which
unquestionably has a significant impact on the mind. Of course all remedies
affect the mind to a large degree but as this stage I'm still looking at the
whole body and which systems are very much affected. Because in a sense the
mind is just another organ in the body. Each remedy has an affinity to specific
parts of the body and it's different in each remedy.
After I've answered these six questions, I'll ask:
Taking the physical, mental
and dream symptoms together, is there an overall theme that unifies all of
them?
This leads into more complicated questions further down the line. Like
what is the 'situation' of this remedy, in Rajan Sankaran's terms? Or what is
the 'essence' if you're George Vithoulkas?
Or the 'verb', the 'stuck motion', which is how Jeremy Sherr likes to
look at it. But that comes much later, you can only establish this later on,
once you have a good understanding of the symptoms of the remedy. To really
understand something you always have to work from the bottom up.
So when I pick up the proving of Bamboo I see that the biggest impact
this remedy has is on the neck, the back and the extremities. This is its main
sphere of influence. And when I come to prescribe Bamboo as a remedy, I will
first of all be looking for cases that have a significant problem with the
back, the neck and the extremities. In fact, now that I know this remedy,
whenever a patient comes in with a problem in these areas, I immediately put
Bamboo into the differential diagnosis, because it affects those parts so
strongly.
Let's look at some of these symptoms. First of all there is a great
stiffness of the neck. 'Very difficult to turn the neck.' Many provers had this
and they had it very strongly. There is tension and stiffness in the back and
neck. The muscles have seized up and this condition is worse from damp, cold
weather and from being outdoors. The problems can extend and the stiffness and
tension can radiate into the arms. The stiffness is really very intense, one
patient described it as 'like a poker'.
Along with this predominant stiffness there are many other kinds of pain
in the back and the neck. Mainly these pains are cramping, aching and dragging
pains. What happens is they tend to radiate downwards into the extremities -
down the arm into the hands or down the legs to the knees. There are also
neuralgic and rheumatic pains in the shoulders. All these pains are better for
rest and for heat. This is a strong modality of this remedy. Rhus tox is much
better for heat and continued movement, while Bamboo, which is similar to Rhus
tox in some ways, is better for heat and rest.
There is a weakness of the hand, difficulty in writing. There are
problems all down the back, all the way to the buttocks and the lumbar and
sacral regions. Again a cramping pain, tension, a knotted feeling. As well as
the strong amelioration from warmth like a hot bath and rest, the back symptoms
have a lesser amelioration from coughing and defecation, though it's not as
marked.
So this is the main picture of the back symptoms, and I would just add
that one prover described a curious feeling as if water was lapping against his
internal organs. He described it as 'a wave of pressure coming from my abdomen
upwards to my throat'. Another prover described a feeling of burning along the
spine and said 'the heat comes in waves'. So we see that somewhere in this
remedy there is a relationship with water, even though at this point we can't
understand what it is. But it will become clear later on as we study. We'll
move on to the extremities now, but I hope you can already see that if you have
any patient with back problems, you could think of Bamboo. And then you could
look to see if the modalities fit and if the nature of the pain fits. Bamboo
seems to have such an influence on the back and the spine that you could think
of it in any case of a bad back.
When we look at the Extremities symptoms it seems in some way that they
are dependent on the back and neck symptoms, as though they're caused by the back
symptoms. Because the spine is so affected in this remedy, of course it is
going to have a referred affect on the extremities. And the symptoms we get are
first of all are numbness and tingling starting in the back and spreading down
into the extremities.
One prover described a feeling that her right hand was thicker than her
left. There is a strong feeling of weakness and heaviness. Someone said, 'a
totally unfamiliar heaviness of the limbs on waking'. Many of the symptoms are aggravated
in the morning on waking. So we have the strong amelioration by a hot bath and
rest, and the lesser amelioration by coughing and defecation.
We have the strong aggravation from cold and damp, and an almost as
strong aggravation in the morning on waking.
Another set of symptoms we have in the extremities is icy cold hands and
feet. 'An extreme feeling of coldness starting from the shoulders and radiating
downwards'. There is a great deal of radiation in this remedy from the back and
the shoulders down the limbs. Along with the icy coldness of the extremities
there can also be the opposite - a burning in the soles of the feet. One prover
had a feeling of heat in the feet although she was objectively cold. This is an
unusual symptom in itself. Of course any proving where you get cold feet you
would also expect to get hot feet, because the opposite polarity usually
emerges. But generally one end of the spectrum will be much more strongly
stressed and in general terms, in whole person terms, Bamboo is a chilly
remedy.
A further symptom we get in the extremities is clumsiness and
awkwardness. 'Dropping things and bumping into things when walking'. We get
twitching in the extremities, swelling of the ankles.
One prover said they had the 'feeling of a foreign body in the shoe'.
There is itching in various parts of the legs, also in the groin, the top of
the legs and the shoulder at the top of the arms. There is contraction and
spasms in the hands. The fingernails are altered, there are small indentations
in the fingernails.
Another major area this remedy affects is the sciatic nerve. Many
provers had strong symptoms of sciatica. You could predict this area would be
affected from what we know already of the remedy.
In some way the remedy must affect the nerves as they come out of the
spine, and then these pains are referred to the distant parts of the body.
There are so many symptoms of sciatica. One prover says 'painful electric
currents running down the sciatic nerve to the hollow of the knee. So intense that
the whole body trembles and shivers'. At the same time the prover had a feeling
of coldness in her face
and a sense of nausea. It led to a state of complete collapse and she
had to be helped into bed. Another prover could hardly walk in the morning, she
was walking stooped, bent over. 'Weakness from the hip down to the knee as if
beaten'. These pains are worse for motion and better for pressure. They come in
the morning around 7 h., and there is also a corresponding aggravation at the
opposite end of the day, around 19 - 21 h.
Along with the sciatica there are many sudden sharp, stitching pains in
different parts of the extremities. Especially in the knee or the foot, but
also the fingers, arms, forearms, you name it, and also in the legs. The left
knee particularly is affected by the stitching pain. There are strong symptoms
of rheumatism and also some of gout. A characteristic quality of these pains is
that they are wandering or wave-like pains, coming in waves. But it's
especially this radiating pain and the left side seems to be particularly
affected. Pains also as if dislocated or beaten, and several provers had a
feeling as though they had pain from over-exertion, like Rhus tox again. Really
I think this remedy will compare very closely with Rhus-t. I think it will be
prescribed very, very frequently.
Not all the other parts of the body are strongly affected, but some of
them are. The head is one. There are a lot of headaches in this remedy and
again this may well be referred pain or due somehow to the problems in the back
and the spine. The particular nature of the headache is a pressing pain, and it
can either be pressing from outside in - one prover describes a feeling of a
band around the forehead - or it can also be a pressing from inside outwards.
These headaches are worse for physical exertion and cold wind, and also for
bending the head forward. One prover said 'a pain like a stick in the back of
my head', so again we see some connection with the spine. There is an
amelioration from pressing the head with the hands, but these headaches can go
as far as being very bad migraines. One prover said 'I feel like death, I just
want to rest, I don't want to see or hear anything'. This prover actually had a
bad aggravation from lying, the head symptoms were very, very strongly
increased. So here the amelioration is from rest but in a lying position. The
time modality is pretty much the same, early morning or early evening.
The eyes are not so strongly affected but there is a strange symptom in
the eyes: they feel as though they are being pressed or pulled into the head,
pressed from outside or pulled from inside.
Or like with the head, the pressing can go outwards. And the vision can
be either very much improved or made very much worse.
Then we get to another area that the remedy affects very strongly and
this is the nose, throat and upper respiratory tract. In this area it produces
symptoms very like colds and 'flu. You could think of giving Bamboo in certain
'flu cases, though obviously it would be very nice if there were back symptoms
too. In the upper respiratory tract we get sneezing, a blocked nose, a watery
discharge, burning in the nostrils, which are blocked with mucus, and a
'feeling of the nose as if tickled by a feather'. Frequent sneezing and itching
of the nose. A very marked feature of the blockage of the nose is that it
alternates sides. This could be a very useful clue in prescribing it for colds
and 'flu. Can I just check is it normal in colds and 'flu for there to be an
alternation of sides or is it quite unusual? [answers from the audience] Some
people say yes, some people say no. OK, be careful with that one then.
There's dryness and a numbness of the nose. A strong sensitivity to
smells. One male prover said 'I am sensitive to smell like a pregnant woman'.
The face is much affected, there are flushes of heat and redness. Not to the
extent that it would immediately make you think of Bambusa as a remedy for
menopause but more as it comes in colds and 'flus. There is some tightness in
the mouth and jaw but you would expect that, given the tension very close by in
the shoulders and neck. The provers looked unhealthy, with dark rings under the
eyes and a paleness of the face. An unwell look. The skin of the face feels
very dry and tight. One prover said that their skin felt very thin, which is
curious. That's something an old person might feel. The mouth is also affected,
with a watering of the mouth. It is full of saliva, one prover had so much
saliva in their mouth it felt as if it was running out when he talked. Or
alternatively there is a very dry and thirsty mouth. A soreness of the oral
mucosa and the tongue, and a feeling as the tongue was burnt. Also a foul taste
in the mouth.
Staying with the upper respiratory tract, the nose and the throat, which
all go together, there is a great deal of roughness and soreness in the throat.
Difficulty in swallowing, having to clear his throat a lot, very much a feeling
like you have in a cold. There are many different symptoms in the throat,
particularly a burning sensation and several provers describe a feeling of
influenza. There's a very strong sensation of a lump in the throat which may
actually be caused by buildup of mucus in the throat. The mucus is difficult to
hawk up.
There's a marked > hot drinks. We can see that it is definitely a
remedy that has 'flu-like symptoms. Of course in the 'flu very often your back
is affected, with all kinds of aches and pains in the back. Mostly cases like
this tend to get Eupatorium perfoliatum. It's known particularly for a pain in
the bones, but it also has a bruised and sore feeling in the muscles.
DD.: Eupat-per. both < 7 to 9
h./cold air/motion, but Eupat-per. > cold drinks, Bamb-vg. > hot drinks.
Another area that is affected is the digestive tract, although not as
strongly as the other two areas we have already discussed - that is to say the
back, neck and spine in first place and the nose, throat and upper respiratory
tract in the second place. In the stomach we get insatiable hunger or hunger
with no appetite. There is quite a strong aversion to fat and also to beer and
< beer/wine. Quite a lot of nausea. Desires: wine and cheese/spicy food. A
desire to smoke, though that's not really a stomach symptom. It seems there is
a desire for stimulants in general, including coffee.
The abdomen is significantly affected. There's a lot of wind. One prover
had a 'feeling as though a big bubble in the navel was moving around'. Another
prover couldn't bear the pressure of her waistband. Pains > hot water
bottle. The gall bladder seems to be affected, there's a tenderness in the gall
bladder region and bilious complaints. That's probably why there is an <
fats.
Along with the flatulence there is diarrhoea. One prover said it came
out 'like a fire hydrant, like a gush of water'. Two provers had 'an imperative
urge' which they could not resist, they had to go immediately. There is bad
smelling flatulence and some constipation though not as much as the diarrhoea.
The stool tends to be greasy and fatty.
In the chest, the remedy affects the lungs and the sternum as well as
the heart region. There is a stitching, burning pain and stiffness, a dragging
in the heart region and a feeling of a lump near the sternum. The symptom of a
lump does appear in quite a few different parts of the body, the top of the
head for instance, and it has become something of a keynote for the remedy.
Another important area of affinity is the sleep. Lots of sleeplessness,
restlessness, tossing and turning. When the provers lie awake at night there is
a tossing and turning in the mind. 'Constantly turning ideas over in the mind'.
Provers seem to wake between 3.30 - 4.30 h., that's the main time, though it
can be earlier or later. There were a lot of problems with sleeplessness.
In terms of generalities, as I said, it's a very chilly remedy with a
desire for a hot water bottle or a hot bath. So the patients you see who need
this remedy are unlikely to be feeling hot. If it was a patient with a bad back
you would generally not expect them to be a warm blooded person. However in the
acute state there can be quite a lot of fever with perspiration and flushes of
heat.
It may be that when the remedy comes to be used in practice a lot it
will turn out to be a menopausal remedy because of the flushes of heat, it's just
a little difficult to tell right now.
One prover wanted to sleep naked and run around naked. Another prover
wanted cool fresh air, but mainly > heat. So that is the physical side of
the remedy taken care of, we've done the first part of the job.
Four major areas are affected: In order of importance they are the back,
neck and spine; the nose, throat and upper respiratory tract; and in equal
third place the digestive tract and the sleep.
From the back, neck and spine you can make a sub-section 'Head and
Extremities', because they're dependent on them. They're in the same category.
So at this point it is safe to ask what is bamboo, what does it look
like? [holds up a picture of bamboo; answers from the audience] Of course it is
famous for looking like the spine. So it's no surprise to see that it affects
the spine so strongly, that it's the major area of impact. But it wouldn't have
been a good idea to look at the picture first of all and say 'Oh this is
bamboo, it must affect the spine', because that would have closed your mind to
thinking that it has such an affect on the upper respiratory tract and other
parts of the body.
Now having done the physical symptoms we need to look at the mentals and
the dreams. I said in every remedy the mind may or may not be strongly
affected, but that we tend to give too much weight to the mental symptoms. In
Bamboo the mind definitely is strongly affected. And the picture that comes up
mentally is one of depression and apathy and listlessness. Despair and anxiety.
This comes up very strongly. There seems to be a clear situation in this mental
state, it's very easily detectable. We'll come to it at the end, I'm sure
you'll be able to see it.
First of all there is a depression with a strong fear of poverty.
Anxiety about the future but in its financial aspects - What does the future
hold for me? One prover said 'There's just a huge mountain of things to
overcome'. 'Anxious about not being able to deal with what is in store for me
over the next few years.' 'Everything seems uncertain to me.' There is a
depression with a feeling that the prover would never get well again. Sadness
with weeping. One prover said, 'Emotionally very sensitive, I feel inferior in
some way. I can't help crying over trivial things'. Provers felt deserted by
their spouses. There's a general feeling of betrayal and desertion. One prover
said, 'I never feel I can wholly depend on my wife. She has never fully opened
up to me'. And yet this man also says, 'I find too much closeness in the
relationship suffocating'. So there is both the desire for closeness but a
problem with it at the same time.
That same prover said something that is an interesting theme in the
mental symptoms. He said, 'I feel as if my emotional foundations are lacking. I
say something and feel that what I am saying is not quite right because I am
not in touch with my feelings at that moment. It is like a separation between
emotion and intellect' . This seems to be a deeper aspect of the mental state.
The same prover said later on,
'A sense of not having any emotional attachment to certain things. It is
as if there is something missing'. Naturally this state would lead to
depression. There's a female prover who says, 'I think I am starting my
mid-life crisis. Very touchy and vulnerable all day. A feeling of
pointlessness'. Another prover said 'Depressed when there is no work'. Or,
'Depressed with no real interest in life.' 'Don't want to go out, want to be
left alone.' 'Helpless feeling, tearful, depressed, black despair'.
There's quite a strong theme of wanting peace and quiet. Several provers
just wanted to be left alone on their own and not have to do anything. Of
course this reflects the physical state of > stillness.
So the mental picture is of one of closing down, a lack of activity.
Various other aspects of that come out. There's a lot of listlessness and
apathy - a great deal, it would be in bold type in the repertory.
'Indifference, no desire to get out of bed.' 'No inclination to do his work or
the housework.' One prover said, 'I couldn't care less about anything. All I
could do was laze about in bed. Don't want to get up'. This is a very strong
feature of the mental state. There's also quite a great deal of irritability. One
person said, 'There's no pleasing me, nothing pleases me'. And, 'Constantly
arguing about trivial things.' 'Everything seems too noisy for me.'
'Irritability in company.' 'Things get on my nerves.' So you can see, in this
state of stillness and quietness the patient is very easily disturbed by any
stimulus. And these symptoms are worse at around 6 or 7pm. So we can see there
is a strong time modality in this remedy of < 6 or 7 h. and 18 or 19 h.
There is a sluggishness of thinking, a confusion of mind, difficult
concentration. One prover said, 'I cannot even remember my friends' names'.
'Utterly forgetful.' 'Totally incapable of concentrating.'
'Like in a dream'. Another prover said, 'Things keep coming into my head
and I don't know if I have dreamt them or experienced them. I feel as if
memories of dreams are entering my consciousness'. And this is an interesting
observation; 'I feel as if there is no separation between the dream world and
the real world'. Somehow this seems to reflect or accompany the dislocation
between emotion and intellect that the prover described earlier. Because of
some kind of weakness of mind there is no separation between emotion and
intellect, between the dream world and the real world. It is not a violent
separation of the two, it's more of a weakness that causes this to arise. There
is a lot of forgetfulness, a befuddled feeling, spelling mistakes of various
kinds. Two different provers found their food was very bland and boring and had
to add things to it to make it seem more exciting.
There was a strong sense that their life was going by and they had not
fulfilled what they wanted to do. One prover said, 'I am dissatisfied with my
whole life, although there is not reason to be. I want to do everything afresh,
to do again things that I have neglected for so long'. 'I wish I were more
persistent at pursuing my own interests without suffering a bad conscience. I
feel cut off from the right kind of life. All I have are obligations, work,
earning money. My needs fall by the wayside. There is no chance for my soul to
take flight. No freedom from and freedom for other things'. So you can see this
really is quite a crisis. If someone comes to a point in their lives where they
feel as strongly as this it's a crisis and perhaps a turning point. Another
prover said, 'Discontented with my condition, totally dissatisfied with
myself'. One male prover shaved off the beard he had had for thirty years. He
even shaved the hair under his armpits. So he must have been feeling pretty
bad!
So you see the picture is of a real feeling of depression and
dissatisfaction. 'Don't want to be responsible for everything and everyone all
the time. It's too much for me'. One prover said, 'My brain is entirely empty
and hollow'. 'Irritability when my daughter was too demanding.' It is not a
remedy with aversion to the family, it's more just an irritability at any
disturbance. One prover was thinking about Conium a lot, and its relationship
with cancer. It's quite interesting because the mental picture of Conium is not
very dissimilar from Bamboo, in the sense of its closing down, a loss of
vitality. A consciousness of the suppression of one's needs and instincts.
Another prover made an interesting comment, 'I meditated in the morning and
this made me very sad and cry a lot because my will is subject to higher
forces. I have a sense of despair because I can only go with the flow of the
times and yield to events, because everything is the will of destiny. I know
nothing and I am insignificant. What I want is unimportant'. Lastly the same
prover had 'Despair at night that death will separate me from my children.
Grief and rejection when thinking about my past life'.
So what is the situation of this remedy mentally speaking, suggestions
please? These mental symptoms seem to point strongly to a specific situation
that someone could find themselves in at one particular time in their life. Is
it a remedy for a young person? [from the audience: - No, it is not. It is a
time when people go on pension.] Exactly, it seems to be a remedy for just this
time of life. When the active part of one's life is over and there is nothing
to look forward to. Just regrets about the past and anxiety about the future. A
desire for peace and quiet and an irritability when disturbed. You can imagine
somebody sitting in an armchair feeling grumpy and moaning. This seems to be
the state of the remedy, but it doesn't mean that you only give it to people of
this age. You could find person in their twenties who is behaving like this,
who is behaving as though he was 65 years old. It would be more strongly
indicated in a 25 year old than in a 65 year old when it is normal perhaps to
be a bit like that. But equally I think it will be a very common remedy for
people approaching old age. Many elderly people have problems with their backs
or sciatica or rheumatism. When that woman said she was approaching her
mid-life crisis, it shows how the proving transported the provers to somewhere
different in time and space. It suddenly made her feel older.
Do you remember the Circle that we talked about before? I told you the
last time I was here about this method of analysis. It recognises that all
events and qualities in nature, in time and in human life are cyclical. They
correspond with each other and can be plotted on a big circle. Everything from
birth all the way round to maturity and old age, the time of day or the season
of the year. Colours, qualities, types, conditions. And there will be a
correlation between them. Then we can plot each remedy on its specific part of
the Circle. We can do this quite easily with Bamboo. The time aggravation is
between
7 – 9 h. and also 19 – 21 h., and the situation of this remedy is old
age, retirement. That's down here as well. So already we have this kind of
alignment on the Circle and it is also confirmed by the physical symptoms. This
axis is very much the axis of contraction, of bitterness, of approaching
darkness and a decline towards death, which is at the bottom of the Circle.
This axis here is the axis of structure and fluidity - structure on this
side and fluidity on that. So we're a little bit beyond that axis but very
close to it. The way that structure relates to this remedy is that there's too
much structure. All the muscles have seized up, the neck is tight, the mind is
closed and contracted. So really this remedy fits very nicely on the Circle in
about this alignment. And because it fits so well, of course it has its
opposite. Although most of the provers had a feeling of hopelessness and
depression and despair, there was also a secondary reaction of increased
optimism, the ability to get things done and to put their affairs in order, to
look after their own needs. I'll just give you a few examples: 'I feel more
composed and in a stronger relationship with myself. More aware of my feelings
but less dependent on them.' 'I feel a lasting positive change on the
medicine.' Other provers were more relaxed, able just to take things more
easily. 'Burst of energy. I say what I think whether or not people like it'.
'More independent and self-confident. Able to give up smoking.' 'Nothing feels
like pressure.' 'Well balanced and communicative. I feel great.'
So you see this is the complete opposite of the main mental state of this remedy. And it may be that you have to prescribe this remedy in this positive mental state to someone with severe back problems. However I think it is much more likely that in the pathological state you will see this depressed mental picture. The positive state may well be the reward that the patient has when you give them the remedy. In the sense that if they are able to resolve this problem in their lives and to free themselves from this stuck point, then they will get the reward of moving out of that situation. So a person who is retiring, who feels that there is nothing left in life, that all they have to do is sit in an armchair, if you give them the remedy they might suddenly jump up and enjoy their retirement and free time and do all the nice things they wanted to do for so long but couldn't. It's a very clear cut mental state.
[Bernd Schuster]
Die Entdeckung eines großen "Frauenmittels"
Die homöopathische Arzneimittelprüfung von Bambus wurde im Herbst 1994 durchgeführt. 19 Kolleginnen und Kollegen (12 Frauen und 7 Männer im Alter zwischen 29 und 50 Jahren) waren als Prüfer im geregelten Selbstversuch beteiligt. Geprüft wurden die Potenzen C 6 und C 30 als Globuli, hergestellt von der DHU. Erstmals wurde auch eine Q 3, als Dilution, in eine homöopathische Prüfung mit einbezogen.
Der Bambus gehört in den asiatischen Ländern zum täglichen Leben ("Der Bambus ist mein Bruder" ) und wird in vielfältiger Weise genutzt, angefangen vom Gerüst bis zum Musikinstrument (Panflöte).
In China steht der Bambus für Elastizität, Ausdauer und Hartnäckigkeit. Der Stamm bricht nicht bei Sturm, die Menschen suchen im Bambuswald Schutz bei Taifun. Die Blätter sind immergrün.
Bambus ist fest verwurzelt und wird in Kolumbien zur Befestigung von Uferböschungen und zum Bau erdbebensicherer Brücken und Häuser verwendet.
Bambus hat den Ruf großer Dauerhaftigkeit, den Ruf immer Sieger zu bleiben. Er verkörpert die Idee des Taoismus: nachgeben (flexibel sein), zurückkommen und siegen.
Bambus wächst ungeheuer schnell. Er ist die größte Grasart ("wächst über sich hinaus") und erreicht Rohrhöhen von 30 Metern und Stammdurchmesser von 30 Zentimetern.
Die Blüte des Bambus ist voller Geheimnisse. Sie findet sehr selten statt, teilweise nur alle 100 Jahre und führt meist zum Tod der Pflanze. Bambus enthält im Holz viel Kieselsäure (Silizium) und bildet im Inneren der Halme eine "Siliziumknolle", die man "Tabaschir" nennt. Diese Substanz wurde früher mit Gold aufgewogen. Die Signatur der Pflanze zeigt sich deutlich in den Symptomen der Prüfung.
Phytology:
Blutstillung,
Menses- und Lochienförderung, Uterusleiden.
Regulierung
spärlicher oder unregelmäßiger Menses.
Zur
"Säuberung der Gebärmutter nach Geburten."
Bluterbrechen,
Respiratorische Krankheiten.
Unterstützung der Verdauung, Wundreinigung, Magenstärkung.
Fall:
1. Eine 1946 geborene Frau, zwei Kinder, davon eine Tochter, die zeitweise unter Magersucht litt und anschließend nicht mehr menstruierte, kommt am 11.03.93 wegen einer seit der Menarche bestehenden Dysmenorrhoe schlimmsten Grades zur Behandlung.
Der Vater hatte Tb., die Mutter Rheuma und Gicht.
Vor den Menses leidet sie unter: Depression, Weinkrampf, Reizbarkeit, Ruhelosigkeit, Spannen der Brüste, Übelkeit. Beim Einsetzten der Blutung bestehen: krampfhafte Leibschmerzen, Migräne, sie kann nicht aus dem Bett aufstehen, macht kalte Umschläge, dazu Übelkeit mit Galleerbrechen, Durchfall. Sie ist "total fertig mit der Welt".
Daneben bestehen Magen- und Pankreas-Probleme, kann gar nichts Fettes essen, Sodbrennen, saures Aufstoßen, Völlegefühl nach Essen. Durchfall nach Eiern. Sie kann nur kleine Portionen vertragen. Durst fehlt, muss sich zwingen zum Trinken.
Angst um die Zukunft, leicht zum Weinen geneigt, auch beim Ansehen von Filmen.
Sie hatte oft Blasenentzündung. Unwillkürlicher Urinabgang beim Husten. Die Patientin kann keine Sonne vertragen, sie bekommt Kopfschmerzen. Wiederholt wurde eine Anämie festgestellt. Schwindel morgens beim Aufstehen. Druck auf den Ohren; sie hatte als Kind eine Mittelohrvereiterung. Schlechter Schlaf, erwacht oft um 3 Uhr. Viele Rückenschmerzen, besonders nach langem Sitzen. Stechende Schmerzen im Rücken und im Ellbogen. Allergisch gegen Kamillentee, kann ihn nicht riechen. (Weint beim Erzählen).
Es wurden gegeben: Pulsatilla LM 6 und später LM 12 (Arcana), verdünnt bis Dil. 3, weil das Mittel schlecht vertragen wurde. Es gelang immer, die Magen-Darm-Probleme zu bessern, nicht aber die furchtbaren Menstruationsbeschwerden.
Dies gelang auch nicht mit den in der Folge gegebenen Mitteln: Sulfur, Lycopodium und Lachesis.
Sie wurde wegen eines akuten Bandscheibenvorfalls in der LWS stationär mit Kortison behandelt, was sie völlig krank machte. Insbesondere hatte sie Magenschmerzen und starke Übelkeit mit Erbrechen.
Nux vomica C 200 behob diese Beschwerden und besserte auch die folgende Menstruation etwas.
5.05.95
Starke Schmerzen in der HWS, vom Nacken ausstrahlend in den Hinterkopf.
Die bekannten Mensesbeschwerden.
Bandscheibenvorfall in der BWS, starke Schmerzen in den Armen und Schultern. Die Bandscheibe LWS 4/5 ist nicht in Ordnung.
Taubheitsgefühl in den Beinen. Linksseitiger Ischias.
Neigung zu Diarrhoe, verschlimmert um die Zeit der Menses. Der Stuhldrang ist imperativ, sie muss sich beeilen beim Gang zur Toilette.
Der Stuhl schießt in einem Strahl heraus.
Sehr empfindlich gegen Kälte. Sie fühlt sich mit der Wirtschaft, die sie betreibt, und dem Hausbau der Tochter, bei dem sie auch noch helfen soll, total überfordert,
zumal sie mit dem kranken Rücken eigentlich nicht helfen kann.
Repertorisation
Kopfschmerz; ALLGEMEIN; Menses; vor**
Rücken; SCHMERZ; Cervicalregion; erstreckt sich zum; Kopf*
Gemüt; SCHWERMUT, Depression, Traurigkeit; Menses; vor*
Gemüt; REIZBARKEIT; Menses; vor*
Magen; ÜBELKEIT; Menses; vor*
Rücken; SCHMERZ; Dorsalregion; erstreckt sich zu; Schultern, zu den*
Gemüt; ÜBERFORDERT, Gefühl als ob*
Rectum; DIARRHOE; Menses; während*
Stuhl; SCHIESST heraus**
Brust; SPANNUNGSGEFÜHL; Mammae, in den; vor den Menses**(!)
Verordnung: Bambus Q 12 Dil. 1 (Enzian Apotheke, München).
17.05.95
Es geht besser.
Die Periode ist da, zum ersten Mal im Leben ohne Beschwerden!
2.06.95
Der Ischiasschmerz links ist weg. Die Rückenbeschwerden sind viel besser geworden. Alle Beschwerden in Armen, Schulter und Bein sind gebessert.
Anfangs auf das Mittel "etwas kribbelig", eine gewisse Unruhe.
Beschwerden mit Hämorrhoiden.
Verordnung: Bambus ist weiter einzunehmen.
18.07.95
Auch die zweite Menstruation war -oh Wunder- ohne Beschwerden, kann es noch gar nicht glauben, zumal sie seit 35 Jahren (!) damit große Beschwerden hat.
Hat öfter Durchfall nach dem Essen (Überdosierungserscheinung?).
Bambus reduziert auf Dil. 2, soll es weglassen bis eine Woche vor der Periode.
10.08.95
Periode mit leichten Beschwerden, etwas Nackenkopfschmerz, leichte Übelkeit, aber kein Erbrechen oder Schmerzen im Leib.
Es fällt etwas schwer, die exakte Dosis zu bestimmen, die weder Überdosiserscheinungen macht, noch durch zu langes Weglassen die Wirkung einbrechen lässt.
Bambus ist bei weitem das bisher beste Mittel.
5.10.95
Prämenstruelle Beschwerden weiter sehr gebessert.
Sie "bekommt zuviel Power, wenn sie Bambus täglich nimmt."
Sie hat teilweise Hitzewallungen nachts.
Etwas Verschlechterung des Rückens, es zieht manchmal wieder schmerzhaft ins Bein. Schmerzen der Handgelenke.
Diagnose: Überdosierung.
Bambus Q 12 abgesetzt. Versuch einer Umstellung auf C-Potenzen. Ich schicke eine C 200 zu, die acht Tage vor der Menstruation genommen werden soll.
11.12.95
Eine Krise. Die Menstruation dauert zu lange. Kopfschmerzen und Übelkeit morgens. Deutliche Reizbarkeit.
Schmerz in der Lumbalregion. Abneigung gegen Süßes.
Alles wird schlechter durch Wein trinken.
Verordnung: Nux-vomica C 200, fünfmal fraktioniert.
13.12.95
Es ist wieder alles in Ordnung.
Die Rückenschmerzen sind deutlich besser.
09.02.96
Der Rücken ist weiter gut. Beim Frauenarzt wird eine Uteruszyste festgestellt.
Akute Kopfschmerzen aus dem Hinterkopf nach oben ausstrahlend, mit Steifigkeit des Nackens.
Ich entscheide mich für Silicea als Folgemittel: Silicea LM 6, Dil 1 (Arcana), u.a. weil mit Bambus bisher keine positive klinische Erfahrung bei Uteruszysten vorliegt, wohl aber mit Silicea.
Die Ähnlichkeit beider Mittel ist sehr hoch, so dass man Bambus als "Akutmittel" zu Silicea ansehen kann. Ich habe gelernt, dass Pulsatilla ein Mittel ist, das Silicea oft vorangeht oder folgt. Wie dieser Fall zeigt, passte Bambus hier vor Silicea viel besser (Pulsatilla wurde auch schlecht vertragen!) und ist immer in die Überlegungen, die einer Verordnung vorausgehen, mit einzubeziehen.
1.08.96
Der Patientin geht es ausgezeichnet. Sie hat bisher weder mit der Menstruation noch mit dem Rücken Probleme gemeldet.
In der letzten Zeit zeigen sich Vorboten des Klimakteriums.
Verschreibungskonzept:
1. Wirbelsäulenbeschwerden (auch mit Bandscheibenvorfall), besonders in der Halswirbelsäule. Kopfschmerzen aus dem Nacken zum Kopf ziehend. "Hartnäckigkeit", verspannter Nacken vor und bei der Menstruation.
2. Beschwerden mit der Menstruation und prämenstruelles Syndrom (PMS), hier Brustspannen und Krampfschmerzen des Uterus. Beide Beschwerden deuten auf eine (hypophysäre?) Regulationsstörung im Östrogen-Gestagen Zusammenspiel hin. Beschwerden nach der Geburt.
3. Die psychogene Symptomatik: Der nicht recht eingestandene, aber doch deutlich vorhandene Ruf nach Unterstützung, infolge des Gefühls, überlastet zu sein oder die faktische Überforderung.
4. Das große Verlangen nach Wärme, die Besserung des Rückens durch Wärme, besonders das Verlangen nach warmen Bädern.
5. Die Schmerzqualität "stechend", besonders kurze, plötzliche Stiche an kleinen Stellen sind typisch für Bambus.
2. Depression nach der Geburt:
Frau B., 1965 geboren, kam 1991 erstmals in meine Behandlung mit Globusgefühl, Erstickungsangst, rezidivierenden Halsentzündungen und großer Empfindlichkeit gegen jeden Kleiderdruck. Sie bekam eine Dosis Lachesis C 1000 (DHU).
Ihre Beschwerden verschwanden.
Ich sah sie erst 1995 wieder, schwanger in der 22. Woche mit ihrem ersten Kind.
Sie klagte über lautes Herzklopfen, Krampfschmerz und Stechen am Herzen mit Schmerzen im linken Arm. Es bestand große Eifersucht gegenüber dem Ehemann.
Sie konnte nicht auf der linken Seite liegen.
Verordnung: Lachesis C 200 (DHU), was sofort alle Beschwerden besserte.
Dann kam sie am 15.08.95, zwei Wochen nach der Geburt ihres Kindes (ein Mädchen) wieder in die Praxis. Die schwere und langwierige Geburt, begleitet von Durchfall und Erbrechen, ein großer Dammschnitt mit Hämatom und die Belastung mit dem neugeborenen Kind hatten sie völlig verändert.
"Nie mehr!!" wollte sie so etwas noch einmal erleben, sagte sie wiederholt.
Sie hat 5 kg an Gewicht verloren, ist sehr unruhig und schwach, "als hätte ich keinen Tropfen Blut mehr in mir". Sie fühlt, dass das Stillen die Schwäche vergrößert und nimmt deshalb seit gestern ein Abstillmittel.
"Ich habe ein furchtbares Gefühl beim Stillen, es ist mir dann so wie beim Tode meiner Mutter. Ich muss ständig weinen beim Stillen. Ich kann und will nicht mehr stillen, ich fühle mich leer, elend und depressiv, wie leer gesogen. Ich bin kein Typ, der lange stillen kann".
Frau B. fühlt sich völlig überfordert, regelrecht verfolgt vom schreienden Säugling.
Sie liegt den ganzen Tag im Bett und kann nicht den Haushalt versorgen, ihr Mann musste von der Arbeit zu Hause bleiben, dann musste die Schwiegermutter einziehen um ihr Unterstützung zu geben. (Stützt wiederholt den Kopf stark auf.)
"Ich kann das nicht schaffen. Ich kann nicht allein bleiben, ich rufe ständig meine Zwillingsschwester an, sie soll kommen. Ich habe Angst, wenn ich ganz allein für das Kind zuständig bin. Ich habe mir die Beziehung zu dem Kind inniger vorgestellt. Ich brauche jemanden, der mir hilft. Ich habe einen Drang nach meiner alten Familie, ich habe Heimweh (weint). Ich habe nur einen Gedanken: das Kind! Es sitzt mir ständig im Nacken, will ständig etwas Anderes!"
Rubriken:
Gemüt; ABNEIGUNG, Stillen, gegen das (!): bamb-a.1184 (klinisch)
GENERALITIES; PARTURITION; after (!): bamb-a.1184, kali-c.12
Gemüt; ÜBERFORDERT, Gefühl als ob (!): bamb-a.1184
Gemüt; HILFLOSIGKEIT, Gefühl der; Unterstützung, sucht (!): bamb-a.1184
Kopf; STÜTZT DEN KOPF (!): bamb-a.1184 (klinisch)
Verordnung: Bambus Q 6 Dil. 1 (Quelle: Enzian Apotheke, München).
Verlauf: Wiedervorstellung am 15.09.95
Sie kommt diesmal mit dem Kind, mit dem sie in Gesprächspausen lacht.
Die ganze Situation ist sehr gebessert. Sie kann viel besser mit dem Kind umgehen.
Das Gefühl von Leere und Depression ist gewichen.
Sie kommt auch ohne Hilfe zurecht, hat an Kraft und Leistungsfähigkeit gewonnen.
Sie hat 3 kg zugenommen.
Teilweise im Unterbauch das Gefühl, als wollte die Periode kommen.
Leichte Magenbeschwerden in den letzten Tagen.
Teilweise verspannter Nacken.
Verordnung: Bambus Q 6 wird weitergegeben, alle zwei Tage eine Gabe Dil. 1.
Ich habe die Patientin seither (1.08.96) nicht mehr gesehen, weiß aber (von anderen Frauen, die sie zur Behandlung geschickt hat), dass sie wohlauf ist.
Ich habe in verschiedenen Fällen die Beobachtung gemacht, dass die Zeit nach einer Geburt eine Bambus-Krankheit leicht entstehen lässt. Dies wurde mir auch von Kollegen bestätigt, die schon mit Bambus geheilte Fälle haben. Die Zeit nach einer Geburt ist immer eine Zeit hoher Anforderungen an die Mutter und die ganze Familie. Es findet eine totale Umstellung des Lebens statt, die einher geht mit Schlafmangel, ständiger Bereitschaft, Stillen, Sorgen wegen Krankheiten des Kindes. Dazu kommt noch oft zusätzliche Berufsbelastung und Arbeit für die restliche Familie.
Es ist eine Zeit, in der die Mutter oft überfordert ist oder sich so fühlt. Dieses Gefühl der Überforderung und Anspannung, oft verbunden mit der delusion "es nicht zu schaffen" und der daraus folgenden Suche nach Hilfe und Unterstützung ist die zentrale Idee des Bambus auf der Gemütsebene. Bambus selbst wird ja oft als Stütze, Gerüst oder Stabilisierung verwendet. Bambus ist hart, zäh, unverwüstlich, festverwurzelt, Schutz und Sicherheit vor Taifun und Erdbeben gebend. Dies sind Eigenschaften, die auch die homöopathische Arznei in sich trägt und der Mutter hilft und sie stabilisiert.
Die Bambussprosse ist ja selbst ein "Pflanzenembryo", und befindet sich im Zustand des Geborenwerdens. Es besteht somit eine große Ähnlichkeit zur Lebenszeit nach einer Geburt. Während der Schwangerschaft habe ich Angstzustände mit dem Thema des Versagens beobachtet.
In einigen Fällen hat sich Bambus auch als Sepia-Vergleichsmittel gezeigt.
Bemerkungen wie "Ich hänge mir doch kein Kind an die Brust!" und gespanntes, gereiztes Verhalten gegenüber den eigenen Kindern ("Diese Schreihälse!") sind zu beobachten. Schwangerschaft ohne eigentliche Kinderwunsch (um einen Erben zu erzeugen), scheint auch eine Bambussymptomatik zu erzeugen.
Abneigung gegen das Stillen ist ein Teil davon. Die Ambivalenz, das "Komm-her-geh-weg" der Sepia fehlt bei Bambus, soweit ich das bisher verstehe.
Bambus wurde u.a. bei folgenden Beschwerden erfolgreich eingesetzt:
Prämenstruelles Syndrom, Rückenschmerzen, Tortikollis, Bandscheibenprolaps chronisch, Gliederschmerzen (besonders Hände und Füße), Ischialgien, hypermobile Wirbelsäule, PCP, Migräne, Depression im Kindbett, Blutung während des Stillens (zwei Monate anhaltend), Verhärtung der Brüste, Knoten in der Mammae, Schmerzen bei der Menstruation, unterdrückte Menses, Diarrhoe bei den Menses, chronisches Unwohlsein bei den Menses, Erbrechen und Übelkeit, Heuschnupfen, Haarausfall bei Frauen, Neurodermitis, Wechseljahrbeschwerden mit Hitzewallungen und Schweißausbrüchen, seelische "Verspannung", Überlastungssyndrom, Spaltungsgefühl.
Bei Männern zeigt sich neben Rückenbeschwerden und Gliederschmerzen auch eine Beziehung zu Nux-v. Symptome wie geschäftliche Überlastung, Stress, Überreiztheit sind bei beiden Mittel vorhanden, geht man aber in die Details, sieht man auch Bambus.
Zur Zeit habe ich gerade den ersten Kinderfall mit Bambus, da Bambussprossen auch in einem kindlichen Stadium sind, sollte dies auch ein "Kindermittel" sein. Das Erkennen des Mittels bei Kindern ist allerdings auch für mich noch schwer.
Es handelt sich bei Bambus nicht um irgendein kleines, neues Mittel, sondern um die Entdeckung eines Polychrestes, das häufig in der Praxis gebraucht wird.
Die Prüfung und die klinischen Erfahrungen führen zum Vorschlag von über 2000 Nachträgen im Kent-Repertorium. Die Nachträge sind von Roger van Zandvoort bereits ins Complete Repertory 4.0 eingearbeitet.
Es liegen in meiner Praxis seit Ende 1994 ca. 100 Fälle vor, in denen Bambus ausgezeichnete Wirkung hatte. Bambus ist leicht zu verwechseln mit großen Mitteln wie Sil. Calc. Rhus-t. Phos. Lach.
Der miasmatische Charakter ist sykotisch-tuberkulös.
Eine Kasuistiksammlung, Erfahrungen aus der Praxis, alle Nachträge zum Kentschen Repertorium, der vollständige Text der homöopathischen Prüfung, die statistische Auswertung, ausführliche Beschreibung der Botanik und Signatur des Bambus (mit Farbfotos und Graphiken), u.a. ein Kapitel über die Anwendung von Q-Potenzen, findet sich in meinem Buch "Bambus - Homöopathische Prüfung und Verifizierung". Das Studium des neuen Polychrestes ist wichtig und profitabel und das schön ausgestattete Buch sollte das Studium zu einer Freude machen.