Didelphis Virginiana Anhang
Obtaining The Source:
Inspiration for this proving ch.e from a
client in the NYSH student clinic who had told us of a vivid and unusual
vision; a drunken opossum (who had eaten compost from wine-making refuse) was
dancing on the roof of her garage.
Once research began, many intriguing features ch.e
to light such as the opossum’s unique reaction to stress (“playing possum” – an
involuntary, coma-like state), its unusual immune system, and its prolific
fertility. These features, h.ongst others, led us to believe opossum to be a good
subject for a proving.
Our opossum was humanely trapped in an urban location on Long Island,
New York. It had been coming to eat cat
food put out on someone’s porch and was captured by Jeffrey Gatz
from Bioreclh.ation Inc., using cat food as bait.
Capture occurred between the hours of 23 and 6 h. on Aug 2nd –
3rd, 2008. The source animal
was a young adult lactating female in good health although on the thin side,
presumably from nursing. There was no
evidence of young on or about her at the time of capture. There was no obvious evidence of disease,
illness or injury.
She did not “play possum” at any time and was described by Jeff as being
“pretty calm” throughout her capture and captivity. She was given fresh food and water during
her captivity, and was released once blood had been drawn. Jeff used a standard ACD vacutainer
to collect the blood (ACD is an anti-coagulant). It was then flown to the Hahnemann Laboratory
and Pharmacy in California where Michael Quinn and Sonya Sakaske,
made the remedy for us.
NATURAL HISTORY
Marsupials
The order Didelphimorphia includes only New
World marsupials, which are all species of opossum. Opossum appear in the North American fossil
record as far back as 100 million years ago. 66 species of Didelphimorphia
exist in the New World; eleven species of opossum reached as far north as
Central H.erica and only one, the Virginia Opossum,
is found in North America.
The opossum is a marsupial. Marsupial
mammals differ from placental mammals in that female marsupials have a
fur-lined pouch (marsupium) on their abdomens.
Young are born in an embryonic state after a very short gestation period
of just 12-13 days, and complete their development attached to a nipple inside
the mother’s pouch.
Marsupials have a skeletal system closer to that of reptiles. They have a less efficient reproductive
process and a more primitive brain than placental animals. The opossum’s brain is a third to half the
size of other mammals of similar size, and is primitive in structure. Results of some learning and discrimination
tests show that, in spite of their brain size, opossum are above dogs an on par
with pigs in regards to intelligence.
Physical Characteristics:
The opossum is a placid and shy omnivore approximately the size of a
house cat. Generally slow moving,
opossum are primarily nocturnal. They
usually weigh between
4-12 lbs., and measure between 15-24 inches long (not including their
tails). Males are larger and weigh about
a third more than females.
The opossum has an elongated snout, a pink nose, black eyes, and black
ears. Typically, the face is covered in
white fur and the body fur is primarily grayish
white, shading
to a dark grey on its legs. The
Virginia Opossum is unique in its coloration; the body has white-tipped guard
hairs that give it a grizzled appearance.
The further south they live the darker their coloration becomes. Opossum often show signs of frostbite on
their ears and tail because these body parts have no hair to protect them.
They have 50 teeth – more than any other land mammal. Research has
established that they are one of the few mammals, other than humans, to have color vision.
In addition, they have very good night vision.
Their hairless, prehensile tail is used like an extra hand to carry
nest- building materials to their den site and to facilitate movement through
trees and brush.
Young opossum may be able to hang upside-down for a short period of time
by their tails, they quickly become too heavy to be able to do this as
adults. It is a myth that
they sleep this way.
The legs of the opossum are short.
They have a plantigrade gate, meaning they are
flat-footed, walking with the entire sole of their foot on the ground. Their hind feet have
a halux an opposable thumb-like
appendage. This makes their
five-fingered, tracks very distinctive and easily recognizable. Their fingers are very dexterous, like those
of
a raccoon (with which they share habitat requirements).
Opossum have the shortest lifespan of any animal of comparative
size. Sources disagree on the exact
figure, but most claim an average lifespan in the wild of only 2-3 years. They don’t live much longer in
captivity. Males have a higher mortality
rate than females because they range further, making them more likely to fall
prey to predators or run over by motor vehicles.
Range and Habitat:
The Virginia opossum is commonly found throughout southeastern
Canada, through the Eastern U.S. and into Costa Rica. They were introduced into California, parts
of Arizona, Western Colorado and Idaho.
In recent years, opossum have been extending their range northwards as
winters have become more moderate.
Opossum are both terrestrial and arboreal. They have a varied habitat but prefer low, dh.p woodlands near permanent bodies of water such as
lakes, ponds, streh.s or rivers. They are known to be strong swimmers if
necessity forces them to it. As they roh. their territory, they tend to follow water courses,
making their ranges elongate rather than circular.
Opossum are solitary and nomadic, staying in a home range for as long as
the food supply lasts before moving on to new territory. A home range is between 15-40 acres but this
varies greatly according to the geography.
Individuals may wander widely, especially in the fall. Males tend to range farther than
females. Individual ranges overlap
and they tend to be tolerant of neighboring
individuals, but they will defend the area they are occupying at any given
time.
They have a vocal repertoire consisting of hisses, growls and screeches
when they are threatened. They also make
a metallic click used in a variety of situations, including mating, and in
aggressive encounters. Young will make a
chuff or sneezing kind of sound if they become separated from their mothers and
she will click back to them.
Playing Possum:
Opossum are most famous for feigning death or playing possum. They are very slow runners and usually try to
escape predators by climbing the nearest tree.
But, when faced with a danger it can’t easily escape, the opossum will
first bare all fifty of its teeth, hiss and growl. It may lunge at the predator or try to run
away. If this fails, it may then fall
onto its side, drool, defecate and exude a foul smelling green substance from
its anal glands located on either side of the cloacal
vent. This serves to make it very
unattractive to the predator that may have been threatening them, as many
predators prefer live prey. Unfortunately
this strategy has no effect on motor vehicles
This catatonic state is largely an involuntary stress reaction which may
last for minutes or even hours (like fainting in humans). In this state, their heart rate has been
recorded to drop by 46% and their respiration rate to drop by 30%. The animal can be poked, prodded, even picked
up and moved about without reviving. Yet,
when the danger is past, the animal somehow revives itself and resumes its
normal activities.
One source claims that only about 10% of opossum under study exhibited
this death feigning behavior. In addition, the shock that initiates this
state had less effect each successive time it was applied until, by the third
or fourth trial, the opossum showed no signs of impact at all.
Behavior:
The complexity of the placental mammal’s social system is much greater
than that of the marsupials. Opossum,
even young ones, don’t play or interact much and are generally pretty
lethargic.
Males are usually aggressive towards other males but rarely towards
females. Females tolerate each other (except when in heat) and some sources
claim they may even live communally. They
generally do not tolerate males except when sexually receptive.
Opossum are primarily nocturnal but may become active during the day in
warm weather when females need to forage more if they are pregnant or
nursing.
During bad weather or extreme cold, opossum may remain in their nests or
dens for several days at a time but they do not hibernate. Because they don’t store food and
their body reserves aren’t that extensive, they must forage on a regular
basis, even during extreme weather conditions.
Den sites include hollow trees, fallen logs, piles of brush, and the
abandoned nests and burrows of other animals – anywhere that’s dry, sheltered
and safe. They will also take advantage
of human made dens under porches, in attics, chimneys, etc. Opossum have been known to den in groups and
even share a winter den with rabbits, skunks, raccoons and woodchucks.
Opossum find different daytime dens or nests as they wander their
territories for food. Even pregnant and
nursing females will not keep a regular den.
This is highly unusual behavior for a mammal. But, because the young travel in the mother’s
pouch, she is free to continue in her nomadic ways throughout the birth and
rearing of her young.
Opossum wash their faces with their front paws like a cat does. They also use their hind thumb as a handy
grooming aid. Females pay particular
attention to grooming their pouch, particularly if young are present.
Reproduction:
Opossum have a primitive and bifurcated (forked) reproductive
system. Males have a forked penis and
females have paired, lateral vaginae. In more advanced mammals the reproductive
tube fuses in the middle to form a single canal.
Opossum have a very short gestation period of just 12-13 days. Each baby is about the size of a honey bee at
birth. The number of babies averages
between 13-21 per litter but much larger litters are not uncommon. Females usually have 13 mh.mae,
not all of which may be functional. Each
embryonic baby must make its way from the vaginal opening to the pouch and
attach itself to a nipple where it will complete its development for several
more weeks. The babies who are the first
to attach themselves to working nipples survive, the rest will die and the
mother will remove them from her pouch.
While the litter is attached to the nipples, females will lick the
babies and clean the pouch. But once
they emerge from the pouch they must groom themselves.
Young begin to fend for themselves at about 3 months, emerging from the
pouch and riding around on their mother’s back.
Males are not involved in rearing the babies at all, and not much
maternal behavior has been observed in female
opossum. Once they get too big to ride
on the mother’s back, it seems they are on their own and the litter generally
disperses within one month of weaning.
Females can mate soon after the litter is weaned, thereby producing two
litters in one season. The young from
the second litter are usually weaned and on their own by September or October
but in some localities, late litter young may over-winter with their mother
until the following spring.
Opossum have a high mortality rate; even the mortality rate of young in
the pouch ranges from 10-25%. Of those
that survive until weaning, fewer than 10% live more than one year.
Diet:
Opossum are omnivorous and eat anything that’s available. They tend to eat more plants and worms in the
spring, while eating insects, snails and amphibians in the summer. They eat grains, fruits and nuts in the fall,
and hunt small rodents like shrews, voles, rats and mice in the winter. They are especially fond of persimmons and
can often be found in the southern United States perched in a persimmon tree
enjoying their favorite fruit.
Opossum also eat rattlesnakes, copperheads, and water moccasins and have
apparent immunity to pit viper venom. They love cat food which brings them into
suburban areas, and they are known to kill rabbits and chickens and to take
eggs and nestlings.
Opossum seem to prefer decomposing fruit or meat to fresh food. One source notes that arrion
with maggots is a year-round treat and that more opossum were caught using
decomposed bait than fresh. Road kill makes up a favourite part of their
diet. This preference is often
responsible for their demise as they can’t get out of the way of traffic
quickly enough. They have earned the
nickname of “nature’s sanitation engineers” because they keep urban
environments free of unwanted pests and dead animals.
They put on a thick layer of brown fat in late fall and early winter to
help them get through the coldest months.
They can lose up to 45% of their body weight over the winter. Possum fat is a well known folk remedy and is
traditionally used as a base for herbal salves to alleviate inflh.matory
conditions like arthritis and rheumatism.
Unique Immune Features:
Opossum are unusually resistant to many infectious diseases, including
rabies (very unusual for a mammal). This may be due to their relatively low
body temperature of 94-97° which makes
it difficult for the rabies virus to survive.
As mentioned earlier, opossum have the ability to eat poisonous snakes
and research suggests that their blood contains a factor that makes them immune
to normal doses of pit viper venom. This Lethal Toxin Neutralizing Factor
(LTNF) is being researched as a possible universal antidote for several animal,
plant and bacterial toxins.
They are host to numerous parasites and diseases and can spread these to
other animals (including humans). In
particular, they are the hosts of Sarcocystis Neuroma, a protozoan parasite that causes Equine Protozoal Myelitis, a serious,
sometimes fatal, disease that affects the central nervous system of horses.
Predators:
Important predators include great horned owls, dogs, and coyotes, and
internal and external parasites (intestinal worms, fleas and ticks).
Their biggest predator of the opossum is man who may accidentally run
them over or deliberately destroy them as pests. Humans have traditionally hunted opossum as
meat and trapped them for their fur. In
fact, they were introduced to the western United States as a source of food
during the Great Depression.
Opossum also fall victim to malnutrition and starvation.
THE PROVING
The best opportunity for exercising our sense of observation and to
perfect it, is by proving the medicines ourselves.
Samuel Hahnemann
On June 30th, 2008, 15 brave provers
were introduced to their supervisors at the NEW YORK SCHOOL OF HOMEOPATHY’S Hahnemannian proving of Didelphis
Virginiana, the Virginia Opossum. It was decided that Day Zero, the day for
taking the first dose of the remedy, would be September 2nd. Each prover met
with his/her supervisor beforehand for an initial case taking and was
instructed to speak with their supervisor on September 2nd before
and after taking each dose of 30 C.
Provers were instructed to take no more
than 3 doses daily for 2 days, however, if there was any reaction at all to the
remedy, the provers were told not to repeat further
doses.
It is important to remember that, as Hahnemann said, regardless of the
symptoms that are produced during a proving, everyone involved is in a higher
state of health or awareness after the experience. Not only have provers
and supervisors helped to expand our materia medica, but everyone involved ends up in a healthier state
as a result.
The kind of introspection that provers are
required to engage in during a proving is mind-expanding. Prospective provers,
rather than feel as if they are about to become guinea pigs, should consider
themselves more like Alice in Wonderland and feel confident that whether or not
they suffer from temporary symptoms, the proving experience will enlighten
them. A proving is a journey – an honourable journey for all involved. It should be embarked on with care and
caution, but without fear. We hope to
encourage many more Hahnemannian provings.
4 provers needed only 1 dose in order to experience
strong, recordable symptoms. 2 provers took a 2nd
dose, 2 provers needed a 3rd dose, and 2 provers took 4 doses.
5 provers (4 of them male) took all 6 doses
with no effect. As usual, the master provers were
concerned that there would either be no significant symptoms or too many
symptoms, meaning that some provers would get quite
sick. The fact is that with most provings, the truth lies somewhere in between. Three provers had
very uncomfortable, strong symptoms, while four provers
actually felt improvement in their overall states. Two of the Master Provers and four supervisors experienced strong emotional
and signature symptoms.
SIGNATURE SYMPTOMS / REPORTS
In a proving, signature symptoms are fascinating. They seem especially significant now
considering Rajan Sankaran’s
work with the Sensation System of homeopathy.
The signature symptoms of homeopathic remedies are reported by provers in an uncompensated manner, and they serve as
confirmatory evidence that our understanding of
the remedy begins with the substance itself. These signature symptoms, which reflect the
nature of the substance, deepen our understanding of similitude. These are some
of the more significant substance/source related reports, with notations
reproduced from the Natural History section.
Dreh. – While I’m in the shower this
morning, I remember something about a dreh. in which
I was talking about the importance of washing one’s feet! Prover #3, Day 01
Note: Opossum prefers low, dh.p woodlands near
permanent bodies of water such as lakes, ponds, streh.s
or rivers. They are known to be strong
swimmers. As they roh. their territory, they tend to
follow water courses. Opossum wash their faces with their front paws like a cat
does. They also use their hind thumb as
a handy grooming aid.
Dreh.ed about a bunch of houseflies on a
white background, then I woke up in a sweat and felt very hot.Dreh.ed
of a bunch of houseflies buzzing around in the corner
of my kitchen. I felt hot again
and woke up. Prover
#10, Day 01
7:30 h. – I put my son on the bus for school and noticed that my dogwood
tree was buzzing loudly. I took a closer
look and the tree’s leaves were covered by houseflies! Never saw anything like it before, there were
at least 100 flies on the tree! Prover #10, Day 02
9:30 h. – I went to put something into my car and there are a bunch of
flies in the car, maybe 5 flies. Prover #10, Day 02
7:00 pm – I was in Manhattan having dinner with a bunch of people and we
order a bottle of wine. When the wine
glasses are brought out, mine had a dead fly in it.
The waiter took it away and brought me a clean glass. Prover #10, Day 06
I’m experiencing intermittent wafting of the odor
of a dead animal. It’s a very distinct odor of either a dead animal or the smelly juice that drips
from a garbage truck.
Prover #10, Day 02
Note: Opossum seem to prefer decomposing fruit or meat to fresh food. Carrion
with maggots is a year-round treat and more opossum are trapped by using
decomposed bait than fresh. Road kill
makes up a favorite part of their diet.
Dream: – My mother’s
freezer was really dirty with old food and spilled chocolate ice cream., so I
cleaned it. Unusual. Prover
#10, Day 01
9:30 h. -24:30 h. It was my first day volunteering to do work at an
organic co-op that I recently joined. My
job was to sort through the fruit, removing the molded,
rancid pieces for the compost pile. Being
a newbie at the co-op, they also gave me a really dirty refrigerator to
clean. Remember my dream. about the
dirty refrigerator? Prover
#10, Day 15
Note: They have earned the nickname of nature’s sanitation engineers
because they keep urban environments free of unwanted pests and dead animals.
It’s toward the end of the proving and I’m realizing that I’ve been
eating a lot more fruit than usual. I usually eat raw vegetables, but since
taking the remedy, I’ve been buying extra amounts of fruit and eating it daily:
pineapple, papaya, bananas, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries,
apples.
Prover #10, Day 11
Note: Opossum are omnivorous and eat anything that’s available. They eat
grains, fruits and nuts in the fall. They are especially fond of persimmons and
can often be found perched in a persimmon tree enjoying their favorite fruit.
Dream:: There was a raccoon
under my son’s sheets. He was asleep. The raccoon slithered out and it had the
face of a possum! Prover
# 14, Day 22
Note: This dream: was reported to the supervisor prior to the extraction
meeting, before the prover knew the source of the
remedy. It’s significant in that raccoons and opossum not only share the same
habitat, but have been known to share dens during the cold of winter.
Master Prover, Susan Sonz,
was at a friend’s home in Sag Harbor on Day 1 of the
proving. That night, a large female
opossum came to the back door and stayed for
over an hour. Susan’s friend had never seen an opossum before, although
she has lived in that area for the past ten years.
MAJOR THEMES
Several strong themes emerged at the extraction meeting on September 28,
2008.
Prover #1, who was the first to report,
began by describing a panic attack that had occurred the day before at a child’s
birthday party. Her description reminded
the
master provers of the coma-like state (playing
possum) of a terrified opossum.
There were many reports of hypersensitivity to smells and sounds with
conflicting reports of detached feelings.
Many provers complained of symptoms that
involved mind confusion, memory problems, and spaciness.
Water was discussed; there were dreams of water and floods, sensations of
clogged ears, and actual plumbing problems.
And, to be expected, symptoms around the themes of children and
protection were discussed. In fact, two women who had stopped nursing months
before, started
lactating again spontaneously.
Here are the major themes and words of the provers:
OUT OF CONTROL vs. CALM (the opossum is often described as placid).
The first five comments were reported by Prover
#1 at the extraction meeting:
I walk into some over-stimulating situation (auditory or visual or
whatever) and the first thing that happens is I notice I don’t know where to
look – can’t keep my eyes fixed in any one place for any particular time.
I feel a heat rush – particularly on my forehead and face; like a hot
flush; face feels like it’s burning, my hands feel numb, I have a tight
squeezing sensation around my ribcage; can’t get a breath; I feel like my heart
is racing and pounding; feel giddy and ridiculous.
Depending on the situation, maybe embarrassed – feel like I’m not
handling myself well; feel like I’m babbling and, I’m not particularly shy so I
don’t normally feel embarrassed by acting like a jackass – felt dumb; laughing;
making a fool of myself; like I can’t handle things.
At a playground with my kids – they were doing construction and there
were a billion kids around. I couldn’t
keep track of my kids; couldn’t see them.
I gotta get out of here – just can’t do
it. Went home and the whole way home I
was just giggling to myself – felt a rush.
There are circumstances where I really just can’t function.
I couldn’t write – had a really hard time and I’m someone who writes a
lot. I generally spend a couple of hours
a day writing. It’s what I do. I hadn’t been able to – couldn’t answer my
mom’s email. Prover
#1,
Extraction Meeting
[6 min. after Rx] I feel like the remedy is hitting me now. I feel shaky and a little out of
control. It feels difficult to
write. Prover#1, Day 00
[2 min. later] I feel myself
sitting really still. Eyes looking
around calmly, emotionlessly. Feel very
still. Legs feel still with no desire to
move. Not sleepy or lethargic, just
still. Prover
#1, Day00
My husband and son tell me that I seemed happier and more easy going the
past two days. My son says I seemed like
I was taking “happy pills” on Friday. [Day 00]
I realize I was not bothered by little things that usually annoy me,
like messiness in my house (e.g., piles of newspapers everywhere). This morning I’m more irritable about
messiness again. Prover #3, Day 02
I think my mood is still a little calmer than usual for me. Annoying little things like waiting in line
or waiting for the very slow elevator in my office building aren’t bothering me
quite so much. I’m letting the annoyance
kind of float away – or maybe it’s me who’s floating through my life a little
bit more than usual. My mood is cheerier
and I like being this way. Prover #3,Day 03
I continue to be quite easy going, letting things just float away from
me – I like this! Very positive and
complimentary toward my husband – which I’m sure he likes!
Prover #3, Day 04
I’m more irritable today! The
calm of the last week seems to be fading, which is unfortunate because I liked
being less irritable. Twice today I
dropped things, which is unusual for me (especially twice in one day – a pile
of magazines off my desk and a basket of cotton balls in the bathroom that went
everywhere) and I got annoyed and exclaimed loudly. Prover
#3, Day 07
In the few days right before I took the remedy I was feeling anxious
about participating in the proving, after all.
I was worried about the possibility of experiencing some bizarre
symptoms that might interfere with my ability to function or work. But as soon as I took the remedy the anxiety
disappeared and didn’t return. In fact,
if anything,
I have experienced an unusual sense of calmness, not just about the
proving, but in general! I have been so
calm and positive, so much less irritable about little things, so
much less fluctuating in my emotional state than usual, that not only
have I been aware of this, but others around me have commented on it. This has been the most pleasant surprise of
the proving for me! Prover
#3, Journal Summary
Mentally I just felt stable all through this proving. I felt more positive. If I could choose if it was good or bad I
would say good. A good feeling. Positive all the way through. Prover #6, Extraction Meeting
I have not been getting angry when people (actually friends) tease
me. I otherwise would get irritated and
defensive. But instead I was calm. I didn’t even feel like retaliating. It did not bother me in the slightest
bit. All I did was giggle. Prover #8, Day 01
I feel at ease with myself, calm.
I feel I h. now in sync with everybody.
Even when I asked my cousin if she sees a change in me, she said, “You
look calm”.
Normally I h. hyper-active, always in a hurry. It’s not that I h. sitting in one place, I do
things, I work but I h. taking things easy.
Prover #8, Day 06.
HYPER-SENSITIVITY vs. DETACHED
I normally have a good sense of smell but smells have been especially
strong to me. Cleaning fluid, food, landfill, smoke on someone, spaghetti or
red sauce. Prover #2, Day 01
Someone walked by who had just showered and the smell was overwhelmingly
like cleaningfluid (ammonia). She said the soap in the shower smelled like
that. I felt it in my head. Prover #2, Day 02
My sense of smell is wonky. I seem to be noticing sweet smells more than
I used to. I smelt a woman’s merlot from
across a room before I realized that that’s the sweet smell
I kept trying to ask my friend about in the restaurant. I’m also more sensitive to other people’s
body odor. Prover #4, Day 02
Still noticing other people’s perfume.
It’s like they leave a trail in their wake…very odd. At first I thought the first few people were
just wearing too much perfume but I realized that not everyone I smell could be
wearing that much perfume. Prover #4,Day 02
I went to my girlfriend’s house and she’d cleaned her house a few hours
prior and I could smell soap all over her and the house for the rest of the
night. She thought I was being crazy and
laughed because I kept sniffing her. Prover #4, Day 08
I went to a liquor store with a friend and there was some sweet smell in
the air that kept distracting me. He
noticed it but it wasn’t distracting to him.
Prover #4, Day 09
Took remedy. Left house 10:25 h.
and during my drive, I realized I was in a daze, that I focused on a lot of
things around me, like trees and houses, like I’ve never seen them before. Spent rest of the day in a daze with
hyper-sensitive eyes and ears. Sound was
much louder than usual and really annoying.
A headache is forming because of the sensitive eyes. Prover #7, Day 00
Woke up in the sh.e daze. But also, in addition to hyper-sensitive eyes
and ears, I was really goofy today. I
was a silly bitch and still h. [male prover]. Although I seem to have expended my
energy. My middle back is sensitive to
touch around my spine. My lower back is
starting to get a little sore. Prover#7,
Day 01
I wasn’t hot anymore – it was just a hot day. I was less irritable but still as indifferent
as ever. The extreme sensitivity is
wearing off. I’m still dazed. It’s like my brain and body are strangers to
each other. Prover#7, Day 05
Kinda crazy – the first day within a half
hour my eyes and my ears went sharp. I’m
driving to school and I’m looking at trees, focusing on trees. I kept on looking at weird things – like H.D.
T.V. in my eyes. The bad part was my
ears would just annoy me – people talking – I just wanted to shut them off and
walk away. Overhead speakers were like
white noise – destroyed my concentration and I had to walk away. Telephone conversations were annoying –
everything was annoying to me. I was
like a rabid dog – very irritable. I
felt detached – like my soul was up here.
Prover #7, Extraction Meeting
12:00 pm – The dog’s smell is repulsing me. I don’t want to touch the dog. Usually I let the dog climb all over me. 1:00 pm:
My daughter took out nail polish and the smell was very strong. I asked her to put it away and she did. But later when I opened the sh.e closet for something else, the nail polish box fell
out and crashed to the floor, glass breaking open and smelly nail polish
splattered all over my legs and feet and the floor. Prover #10, Day 01
6:00 pm – Smelled dog shit around me, intermittently. I thought it was in the house because we have
a dog, but I couldn’t find anything and no one else smelled it. I went to the supermarket and I smelled it
there too. Prover
#10, Day 01
8:00 pm – I still smelled dog shit so I thought it might be me. I asked my husband and my daughter to smell
my clothes and my body and they did but didn’t smell anything. I continued to smell it. I checked my shoes and my clothes and they
were o.k. One minute I smell it then
without moving it’s gone and then I smell it again. I decided to take a nap and the smell went
away. Prover
#10, Day 01
Horrible depression- detached with no way of getting back to
myself. Prover
#10, Extracting Meeting
I did have a couple of smell overload moments again today. Two women with crazy hairdos in front of us
at the Mets with – overwhelming smell of hairspray and perfume. Also two women on the bus to the U.S. Open
earlier in the day. Older women, lots of perfume. Yuck. Prover #13, Day 05.
MIND CONFUSION
Long talk with Supervisor. Will
try to write more – my writing, any writing.
Can’t bring myself to address packages, to email even. Feels like it’s too hard, too much
effort. In retrospect, even my writing
here is awful. Misspelling, miswriting
letters. Cannot get a thought
going. I feel sluggish, stupid. It feels like waking up in the middle of the
night and I have not had enough sleep. Prover #1, Day 07
Skipping letters and words and writing wrong words and terrible
handwriting. This used to happen before
when I was struggling with my A.D.D. The
writing in the journal
is very familiar to my previous A.D.D. stuff. I h. really scattered and do not feel like I
have a grasp on things at all. My mind
moves faster than my hand can write and it is very frustrating for me. Yesterday I realized that this was familiar
like all of my old A.D.D. stuff. I was
able to write more now that I h. more conscious of what is going on and
managing my issues behaviorally like before when I
started to manage my A.D.D. I then was
able to send longer emails to friends and I had been avoiding that before. Prover #1, Day 08
Also, my A.D.D. symptoms continue to worsen – not the actual
concentration (in class I knit as a way to burn off those extra distractions
and that still works for me, and I
was able to pay attention in class) but the feelings of being a little
lost, a little like I’m looking off in all directions at once, and a little
speedy. I seem to not be able to stop
myself from running off at the mouth, either (the “filter” is related to this
in my mind). Prover
#1,Day 12
My memory is going away, I can’t concentrate on more than one thing at a
time, normally I can deal with everything, but my body and brain are not
letting me do more than one thing at a time, then I feel either frustration or
just letting go and feeling to myself that I’ll just work on one thing and let
go of the other thing for now. Prover #2, Day 09
15.45 h. – More symptoms are coming on – is it the rx? Earlier I thought I’m not feeling that much,
but now I am. – I keep starting to do things and walking out of the room
without doing them, like opening a drawer to get something and not getting it –
or going into the bathroom to brush my teeth and leaving without brushing them
– and then realizing and going back to do them.
Prover #3, Day 00I
I space out and forget about a meeting at work today, extremely unusual for
me. I h. reminded of the meeting when
the person with whom I h. supposed to meet calls me
to ask if we could postpone the meeting, which is fine with me since I
don’t even remember scheduling it. She
says we scheduled it, but since I don’t remember, I’m not
sure if we actually did or she just thinks we did. Prover #3, Day 05
I feel spacey this afternoon, like my head is in a fog. It’s not that I’m unable to concentrate, but
I feel this spaciness kind of swirling around my
head. This is unusual for me as I’m
usually quite grounded. Now I feel a
little bit like I’m floating through my day.
It’s making me feel very sleepy again. Prover #3,Day 06
My sense of direction got vaguer than it usually is (and it’s terrible
to begin with) and I was spaced out a lot. I felt like I was tripped out on
drugs sometimes because
I couldn’t focus on anything and the room or whatever it was I happened
to be looking at would seem like it was slowly changing its’ dimensions. Prover #4, Journal
Summary
Dream: – Fell asleep on the
couch (this is normal for me as I usually take a quick nap twice a day at
around 3 pm and 8 pm daily).It was as if there was an earthquake or a wave
under the sidewalk that I was standing on.Unusual. Prover #10, Day 00
- - - -
Dream: – I got on an
elevator and instead of going up to the floor that I needed, it kept flipping
upside down and wouldn’t go to the floor that I needed. It wasn’t flipping
quickly, it was a slow, gradual alteration of the floor. I felt like my sense
of reality was flipping. Unusual. Prover #10, Day 01. - - - -
CHILDREN / PROTECTION / LACTATION/ FERTILITY
Note: Prover #1 began lactating again after
having weaned her son some time ago. Prover #6 did too.
Prover #6’s daughter had recently begun to
cling to her back and hang from her neck. The little girl was doing this during
the extraction meeting. Prover #1 had gone back
to using a snuggly baby carrier to carry her
18 month old son – she failed to ever mention this until the extraction
meeting, but had reported back trouble, most likely as a
result of the snuggly.
Prover #1: I can’t do this anymore (use
the stroller ). I’m getting out the baby carrier that I used when he was a baby
and leaving the stroller at home. So I started carrying
him in a baby carrier which is right here [she indicates her chest],
like in a little pouch, to pick her [daughter] up at school every day and the
rest of the time I’m using a stroller. Then I thought, “The stroller is a pain!
I’m just going to carry him.” So, for the past month, I haven’t even touched
the stroller. I’ve just been carrying him either on my back
or here [indicates her chest]. Then about two days ago I pulled out the
stroller and I thought, “Why have I been carrying him when I have this
stroller?” And I went right back to the stroller just like that. Prover #1, Extraction Meeting
1 h. passing out while my kids are jumping on top of me. I have not been this exhausted since I was
five weeks pregnant. I cannot keep my
eyes open – eyes feel very heavy and tired.
Prover #1, Day 07
My son smells very sweaty to me. I bathe him and I know he should smell
like his mild shampoo (a delicate calendula smell) but he still smells like
sweat, even right out of
the bath. I’m not sure what
that’s about, but it’s a bit bothersome.
Prover #1, Day 12
Dream: – I’m in a class and
I tell something about Leonardo Da Vinci having
taught about breast feeding! As I say
this in the dream: I think it’s odd, but I know I read it somewhere – the
teacher asks where and I remember it was in the alumni magazine he had given
us, so I show him. Prover
#3, Day 01 - - - - -
Dream: – My daughter and I
are arriving at a reunion of our Mother/Daughter Reading Group, lots of
confusion about where everyone is and where to put the food we’re
each bringing (note that food really was a big part of our reading
group). I look down at the platter I’m
carrying and realize it is tuna salad and I’m surprised because I don’t like
tuna fish that much. Prover
#3, Day 06 - - - - -
Dream:- I’m sitting on the
toilet and realize I’m bleeding, like a period, and I’m horrified because I
stopped getting my period several years ago, so I know this can’t be a good
thing. Prover
#3, Day 06 - - - - -
Dream:- I hear noise in my
hallway and open the door to find my former neighbours, a little boy Henry and
his mom Laura, on the floor on their stomachs outside my door. They’re giggling and having fun. When Laura
notices me she says it’s Henry’s birthday and they’re pretending to swim for
fun. Henry tells me he’s 3. Prover #3,Day 07 - - -
Dream:- I dreamt about a
crazy woman who had tons of children confined to a large yard in her
house. The house was gated and she
refused to let anyone leave when we
(I was the only adult) asked. The
children were afraid of her and plotted to escape…can’t remember if they
did. The crazy woman had a crush on
me. Prover #4,
Day 03 - - -
Dream:- Swimming hole with
2 kids a cute girl (don’t know them) and otheradults. Pretty day.
We are all swimming. Cleaning
products are odd. A woman spraying pink
cleaning stuff along shoreline. Told her
to stop (strong smell, bad for water). Told
her o.k. to spray about 15 feet away on a small paved area. Odd combo of outdoors and cleaning stuff
(mops, sprays, etc.). Prover #13, Day 04 - - - -
Dream:- Running around
trying to find a lost child (not mine). Vague
memory of her being blond and young. Prover #13, Day 04 - - - - -
On days 17 & 24 I had dreams about kids; not my kids cause I don’t
have any but other people’s kids very unusual for me, notsomething
I normally dream: about.
Dreams about my boyfriend’s kids, a random dream: that I had a kid
attached to me and a dream: about my nieces and the thing that was significant
about that one was
that I was babysitting two of them; I was holding one and one fell down
two flights of stairs but I wasn’t panicked. When she fell I said, “Don’t
worry, I have Arnica in
my black bag.” When I went to get it, the tube was wet. Prover #14,
Extraction Meeting. - - - -
WATER (and FULLNESS OF EARS)
Took another dose, 13 h.
My head feels full again. Yelled
at the driver. My voice sounded like an
echo or as if it was coming far away, almost under water. Prover #2, Day 00
13 h. – My head feels full, especially on the left side. Prover #2, Day 06
Within a few minutes of taking the rx my ears
(both sides) feel stopped up, clogged, like someone’s fingers are in my ears; a
little bit of a tickle, like I’m underwater or on an airplane. It goes away, but comes back an hour later at
9 h.. Prover
#3, Day 00
10 h. – My ears feel clogged again, with that “I’m under water” feeling,
and my jaw is tight. The under water
feeling makes me wonder if this rx is a sea rx, especially because this clogged ears feeling has been
so persistent throughout the proving. Prover #3, Day 00
12 noon – My ears feel more clogged and I feel pressure both from inside
my ears to the outside and from the outside to inside. It’s like the pressure
is pushing out and in at the same time. Both ears equally again. I try yawning
and my ears pop a little bit. But my ears are really annoying me now. It
reminds me of the feeling one gets on an airplane sometimes. But the funny
thing is that when I flew for almost nine hours a week ago, I didn’t have
clogged ears! And I don’t usually have a problem with my ears when I fly. Prover #3, Day 03
Dream: – At Omega Institute
in Rhinebeck, standing around water with a group of people, about to
participate in some kind of “new age” ritual.
Good feeling. Another water dream:,
which is interesting since it is not in a place that is necessarily associated
with water. Prover
#3, Day 09 - - - - -
Dream: – Visiting people I
knew when my daughter was in grade school; their daughter was my daughter’s
friend. The toilet overflows and I have to find the plunger to take care of it.
Weird, but another dream: about water! Prover #3, day
12 - - - -
I had brief recurrences of the clogged ears that I experienced during
the proving as being quite annoying (but not painful).They seemed to recur with
some periodicity for awhile, like weekly, or every two weeks, and just when I
thought it wouldn’t happen again, it did. I can’t remember now for how long,
but it seemed like it was months, though it got less frequent. I guess it just
finally stopped happening so I stopped thinking about it. Prover
#3, Email to Master Prover, March 14, 2010
The other big theme for me has been WATER. I got thirsty immediately
after taking the remedy. I had clogged ears, with pressure, that made me feel
as though I was under water. I felt like I was being pushed down, like being
pushed under water. I had dream:s about water. I even
had dream:s about toilets! I had a dream: about my
neighbours pretending to swim, even when there was no water. even when I wasn’t
specifically talking about water. symptom I had was that my eyes were very dry.
Related to water during the proving has been “fish,” especially as a food. I
had a dream: about tuna fish. I craved sushi one day, though I had very few
food cravings during the proving.
In fact, food, which is usually significant to me (enjoying cooking and
eating), seemed to be fairly insignificant during the proving. Prover #3, Journal Summary
Dream: – I dream:t that I was in a house and my friend was smoking a
cigarette (she doesn’t smoke). There was
also a toilet with feces in it that wouldn’t
flush. The toilet was weirdly shaped,
kind of like those sinks that are 2 sinks in one. I was disgusted by it. Prover #4, Day 05 -
- - -
Two master provers revealed water dreams at
the extraction meeting:
Dream: “I’m in my childhood
home during a flood. I’m looking down
from my bedroom window and see my neighbor’s house
underwater. Everyone presumes the
much-hated neighbors are drowned. I feel a bit guilty for having done nothing
to save them. In spite of being
surrounded by the flood waters, I feel no sense of danger; just a calm,
matter-of-fact attitude. The scene
changes: the water has receded and there are the neighbours very much alive and
sitting on their front porch. Everyone
is surprised.
They look like Burl Ives and family – very folksy and down-homey, a real
hillbilly family. Master Prover #1, Day 14 - - - - -
Dream: “My husband and I
are in charge of taking care of a large, old house. We set about cleaning and tidying. There are no proper cleaning supplies so we
are using odd tools and improvising. In
the middle of the main, interior living room we find a huge, in-ground swimming
pool. It’s very, very deep but has no
water in it; very dirty but not gross “ just needs a good clean”. I start scrubbing using this odd kind of
squeegee thing on a long wooden handle. I
ask my husband over and over again for a mop and he says he doesn’t have one,
even though he’s using one. I begin to
scrub the sides of the pool. Suds start
to appear and I’m pleasantly surprised by this as I didn’t have any soap. Then I become worried that the water will now
be polluted by the soap. Suddenly there
is water filling up the pool from a jet high up on one side. The soap suds vanish, I feel happy and
satisfied that the pool is going to be fine.
Master Prover #2, Day 13. - - - - -
BLOOD / MUTILATION / BODY PARTS
Dream: – I was a child and
I was trying to explain that another child (maybe my own daughter) had been
attacked by a big, hairy human beast. Eventually
I called him Bigfoot to try to explain.
I was frantically trying to tell people she was down in a pit under
rocks and that Bigfoot had torn her limb from limb. Somehow it wasn’t about her being dead. I get the impression she wasn’t
killed??? But it was about the fact that
she was mauled, torn apart, especially that her arms were torn off. As I followed this tall man into the woods
explaining, I realized this was the place where she was attacked and that the
man I was talking to was the attacker and he was leading me in to attack me
too. The man was so much taller that I could not see his face. Once we are at the ravine I can see his face
and I realized he was the beast. I
thought he was human when I was talking to him, but then I realized he was the
beast. Prover
#1, Day 01 - - - - -
Dream: – I was in the hotel
bar. I leave and go to my room and there is a midget in the elevator and he
tells me that management called to escort me to my room. He starts kissing me and I put my hand in the
elevator door and it hurts. I start screh.ing and crying because my fingers are being ripped
off and it hurts – my fingers are being torn off. Prover #1, Day 12.
- - - - -
Dream: – I’m sitting on the
toilet and realize I’m bleeding, like a period, and I’m horrified because I
stopped getting my period several years ago, so I know this can’t be a good
thing. Prover
#3, Day 06 - - - -
Dream: – My daughter
chopped my son’s head off and killed him.
I imagined the blood and the body and I bech.e
upset. In the dream: I told my husband,
and he checked Kyle and said that he was fine.
Prover #10, Day 01 - - - - -
Dream: – Two people
slaughtering a deer on their kitchen table (man and woman). I h. observing ½ of deer missing. Sudden movement of deer. Deer still
alive? How best to kill it
humanely? It can’t possibly be alive, I
think. Not very gory or bloody, looks
like meat in the grocery store except for the perception of the animal being
alive. Ugh. Prover #13, Day 13
- - - - -
A Summary of Major Physical Symptoms
Head symptoms as well as a hyperacuity of the
senses seemed to predominate in the physical symptoms. In particular, provers
complained of a feeling of fullness in the head, ears and frontal sinuses. Several said it was as if they were submerged
under water. In one prover
(3) the sensation of fullness in her ears persisted strongly, at first, and
then intermittently for several weeks after the proving was felt to be over and
done with.
Over half the provers (8) complained of a
dull, constant headache that seemed to settle in their foreheads. For a number of provers
this symptom ch.e on after only one or two doses of
the remedy and persisted throughout the course of the entire proving. Three provers also
experienced redness and flushing of the face.
The sensation of fullness wasn’t limited to the head. Three female provers
experienced in feeling of fullness in their breasts and two of them actually
began lactating again. Two other female provers experienced pain in or near their breasts. This is of particular interest given that our
subject animal was a lactating female. Also,
the chest/mh.mae symptoms may reflect the special
significance of nursing in the lifecycle of marsupials: born into the world in
an almost embryonic state, only those babies that can find and latch onto a
nipple can complete their development and survive.
Vision and hearing was heightened for three of the provers,
but a heightening of the sense of smell (for odors
both real and imaginary) seemed to predominate with five provers
reporting strong and persistent symptoms in this area. Out of these five provers,
three also complained about obstructed sinuses, and two of fullness in the
head, yet they, too, experienced a heightened sense of smell. Strong, strange and offensive odors (real and imaginary) seemed to dominate.
In the eyes there was a sensation of dryness but also increased lachrymation. One prover experienced both, simultaneously.
Appetite seemed to be generally diminished but thirst increased. Of the five provers
who complained of increased thirst, four of them also said they felt averse to
drinking in spite of being thirsty.
Back pain was a strong symptom for many of the provers,
with seven complaining of lower and/or cervical pain. Extremity pain in the joints (lower limbs: knees
in particular) was another big complaint.
This is interesting given the fact that the rendered fat of the opossum
has traditionally been used to make salves for the treatment of arthritis.
Pain seemed to come on suddenly and disappear just as suddenly.
Several provers complained of wandering pains
with different joints being affected.
Skin eruptions and itching were common complaints. Eruptions tended to be small and in very
specific locations (eyelid, point of the elbow, one finger, etc.). As with the pain symptoms, the skin eruptions
seemed to appear suddenly and resolve suddenly and affect different areas of
the body over the course of the proving.
Many of the provers complained of general
lassitude, waking during sleep and waking unrefreshed
in the morning. In spite of this
feeling, two of these provers also experienced an
increased desire for exercise and physical exertion.
Provers seemed to be generally hot and
experienced flushes of heat and, in some cases, profuse perspiration that ch.e on suddenly, often at night. The sweat, itself, was described as being oil
and sticky (viscid) in nature. While it
was quite hot over the period of the proving, the three provers
who experienced this particular symptom described it as having nothing to do
with their activity level or their environment and insisted this was unusual
for them.
Curative Results
I was calm in situations where I normally would not be calm to the point
where my family kept saying to me, “This isn’t like you!” And my son, who’s an
adult, said to me, “Did you take happy pills or something?” He knows about
homeopathy and he couldn’t believe that this was one dose. And, actually, this
calmness has remained with me, not quite as much, but I have been really calm,
for me, during this whole time and that’s been great “I love that”. Prover #3, Extraction Meeting
In the few days right before I took the remedy I was feeling anxious about
participating in the proving, after all. I was worried about the possibility of
experiencing some bizarre symptoms that might interfere with my ability to
function or work. In fact, if anything,
I have experienced an unusual sense of calmness, not just about the proving,
but in general! I have been so calm and positive, so much less irritable about
little things, so much less fluctuating in my emotional state than usual, that
not only have I been aware of this, but others around me have commented on it. This
has been the most pleasant surprise of the proving for me! Prover
#3, Journal Summary
I have Lyme disease and I’ve had an annoying and weird clicking in my
head for about two years. I’m assuming
it’s from inflammation in my cranium due to the Lyme.
The clicking only happens when I run, but it’s constant when I run. It doesn’t hurt but it’s quite
frightening. About a month after the
remedy, I noticed that the clicking was gone and it hasn’t returned. Prover #10, email
Nov. 20, 2008
I had knee pain, also Lyme related, and the severity is decreased dramatically. It’s still there, but I’m not limping from
inflammation any more. I have really bad
back pain and that, unfortunately, hasn’t changed. Prover
#10, Email Nov. 20, 2008
I had a little brown growth, like a darkish, growing skin tag on my face
under my right eye, which I have had for at least a year. It fell off a few weeks/month after the
remedy. Prover #10, Email Nov. 20, 2008.
RUBRICS FOR DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA – The Virginia Opossum
Mind: DELUSIONS, imagination, Earth,
undulating, wave, like a (10)
DELUSIONS, imagination, Smell, of, dead animal (10) (13)
DREAM:S, Cleaning up spoiled food (10)
DREAM:S, Dirt, dirty, mattress (10)
DREAM:S, Elevator of, flipping upside down (10)
*MIND: DREAM:S, Food, spoiled food (10)
DREAM:S, Food, spoiled food, cleaning up (10)
DREAM:S, Washing, feet (3)
SENSITIVE, Oversensitive, odors, to, cooked
food, of (2)
SENSITIVE, Oversensitive, odors, to,
perspiration (1) (13)
*SMELL; ANIMALS, dead, of (10)
*CHEST; MILK, return of flow, after weaning (1) (6)
These are new rubrics or sub-rubrics we think should be created to
reflect the provers’ symptoms/experiences. These
suggested rubrics appear in the appropriate repertory section below in red,
preceded by an asterix.
Also, the numbers seen in parenthesis indicate the number assigned to
that particular prover.For exh.ple,
a rubric followed by the notation (1) (6) indicates that Prover
number 1 and Prover number 6 experienced that
particular symptom.
MIND: ABSENT-MINDEDNESS (driving)
ABSTRACTION of mind (driving a car)
ANGER (from noise/about trifles)
ANXIETY (1) (10) (13)
ANXIETY, Breathing, preventing (1)
ANXIETY, Cheerful, carelessness, after (1)
ANXIETY, Children, about his (1)
ANXIETY, Company, agg. (1)
ANXIETY, Periodic paroxysms of (1) (10) (13)
BED, Remain, desires to (7)
BREAK things, desire to (4)
CENSORIOUS, critical (1) (2) (7)
CHAOTIC (1) (7)
CHAOTIC, Orderly manner, cannot perform anything in (1) (7)
COMFORT, sensation of (3) (6) (7) (8) (13)
COMPANY, Agg. (7) (13)
COMPANY, Aversion to, agg. (7) (13)
COMPANY, Aversion to, agg., friends, loved
ones (13)
CONCENTRATION, Difficult (1) (2) (4) (6) (7) (8)
CONCENTRATION, Difficult, attempting to, on (1) (2) (7)
CONCENTRATION, Difficult, attempting to, on, vacant feeling, has a (1)
(2) (7)
CONCENTRATION, Difficult, driving, while (7)
CONCENTRATION, Difficult, noises in ears, from (1) (7)
CONCENTRATION, Difficult, studying, reading, while (1) (2) (3)
CONCENTRATION, Difficult, talking, while (1) (2) (8)
CONCENTRATION, Difficult, writing, while (1) (2) (4) (6)
CONFUSION of mind (1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (13)
CONFUSION of mind, Concentrate the mind, on attempting to (1) (2) (3)
(6) (7) (13)
CONFUSION of mind, Daily affairs, about (1) (2) (3)
CONFUSION of mind, Dream:, as if in a (7)
CONFUSION of mind, Driving, while (7)
CONFUSION of mind, Identity, as to his (7) (10)
CONFUSION of mind, Identity, as to his, depersonalization (7) (10)
CONFUSION of mind, Identity, as to his, duality, sensation of (7)
CONFUSION of mind, Identity, as to his, head separated from body, as if
(1) (7)
CONFUSION of mind,Location, about, loses his
way in well-known streets (4) (7)
CONFUSION of mind, Noise agg. (1) (7)
CONFUSION of mind, Noise agg., noises in ear,
from (1) (7)
CONFUSION of mind, Sleep, after (3)
CONFUSION of mind, Talking, while (1) (2) (7) (8)
CONFUSION of mind, Writing, while (1) (2) (4) (6)
CONTENTED (3) (6) (8) (13)
CONTENTED, Oneself, with (3) (6)
CONTRADICT, Disposition to (1) (2) (3) (4) (7) (13)
DELUSIONS, imaginations (1) (2) (3) (4) (7)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Changed, everything has (4)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Dead, persons, sees (10)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Diminished (1) (2) (4)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Diminished, objects (4)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Dirt, dirty (10)
*DELUSIONS, imagination, Earth, undulating, wave, like a (10)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Enlarged (4)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Enlarged, objects are (4)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Enlarged, objects are, diminished, and
(4)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Flies, sees (10)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Floating, air, in (3)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Food (10)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Food is bad or dirty (10)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Heavy, is (3)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Hearing, of (1)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Noise, hears (1)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Senses, of (1) (4) (7) (10)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Separated, mind and body are (7)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Separated, world, from the, that he is (1)
(7)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Smaller (1) (2) (4)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Smaller, he is (1) (2)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Smaller, things, are (4)
*DELUSIONS, imagination, Smell, of, dead animal (10) (13)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Strange, fh.iliar
things are (7)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Water, (2) (3)
DELUSIONS, imaginations, Water, under water he is (2) (3)
DETACHED (2) (7) (10) (13)
DETACHED, Activities, from daily (2) (7) (10) (13)
DETACHED, Driving, while (7) (13)
DREAM:, as in a (4) (7)
DREAM:, as in a, Sleeping or awake, cannot tell whether (4)
DREAM:S, Abyss, of, precipitous (1)
DREAM:S, Accusations (8)
DREAM:S, Animals, of (10)(13) (14)
DREAM:S, suffering (13)
DREAM:S, Attacked, of being (1)
DREAM:S, Bathrooms, of (3) (4)
DREAM:S, Blood (3) (10)
DREAM:S, Blood, mangled remains, and (13) DREAM:S, Boat (3)
DREAM:S, Body, body parts (10)(13)
DREAM:S, Body, body parts, cutting open (13)
DREAM:S, Body, dismembered (10) (13)
DREAM:S, Breast feeding (3)
DREAM:S, Buildings (13)
DREAM:S, Busy, being (13)
DREAM:S, Cars, automobiles, of (1) (3) (6)
DREAM:S, Caves (13)
DREAM:S, Child, children (1) (3) (4)(6) (13) (14)
DREAM:S, Child, children, danger, in (1) (3) (4) (6) (13) (14)
DREAM:S, Child, children, happened to them, something had (1) (3) (4) (6)
(13) (14)
DREAM:S, Child, children, mutilated (1)
DREAM:S, Child, children, something had happened to (1) (3) (4) (6) (13)
(14)
DREAM:S, Chocolate, of (10)
DREAM:S, Cleaning (2) (10) (13)
*DREAM:S, Cleaning, spoiled food, up (10)
DREAM:S, Conversations (4)
DREAM:S, Conversations, difficult (4)
DREAM:S, Country (6) (13)
DREAM:S, Country, foreign (6) (13)
DREAM:S, Countryside, nature (13)
DREAM:S, Cruelty (13)
DREAM:S, Cruelty, animals, to (13)
DREAM:S, Danger (1) (4) (13)
DREAM:S, Danger, escaping from a (1) (4) (13)
DREAM:S, Danger, impending (1) (13)
DREAM:S, Darkness (6)
DREAM:S, Dead, bodies (13)
DREAM:S, Dead, bodies, returning to life (13)
DREAM:S, Dead, people, of, mother (3)
DREAM:S,Deer (13)
DREAM:S, Dirt, dirty (10)
*DREAM:S, Dirt, dirty, mattress (10)
DREAM:S, Disease (13)
DREAM:S, Disease, infection (13)
DREAM:S, Disease, infection, deathly (13)
DREAM:S, Disgusting (4) (10)
DREAM:S, Doctors (2)
DREAM:S, Doctors, he is with his doctor (2)
DREAM:S, Dogs (13)
DREAM:S, Dream:ing, of (4)
DREAM:S, Driving a, car (1) (3)
DREAM:S, Driving a, motorbike (13)
DREAM:S, Elevators, of (10)
*DREAM:S, Elevators, of, flipping upside down (10)
DREAM:S, Embarrassment (2)
DREAM:S, Escape, of (4) (13)
DREAM:S, Fh.ily, own (6) (13)
DREAM:S, Feeding people, of (3)
DREAM:S, Figures (4) (10)
DREAM:S, Fleeing, of (1) (13)
DREAM:S, Food (3) (10)
DREAM:S, Food, revolting (10)
*DREAM:S, Food, spoiled food (10)
*DREAM:S, Food, spoiled food, cleaning up (10)
DREAM:S, Forest, of a (6)
DREAM:S, Forgetful, being (3)
DREAM:S, Friends (4)
DREAM:S, Frightful (1) (3) (10) (13)
DREAM:S, Frightful, waking him (1)
DREAM:S, Frightful, waking him, screh.ing
(1)
DREAM:S, Gh.es (6)
DREAM:S, Graduation, of (7)
DREAM:S, Graves(6)
DREAM:S, Groups, of (2) (13)
DREAM:S, Guns (6)
DREAM:S, Head, heads (10)
DREAM:S, Head, heads, cut off (10)
DREAM:S, High places, of (1)
DREAM:S, Historical (6)
DREAM:S, Holes, of (13)
DREAM:S, House, houses (13)
DREAM:S, House, houses, house of her youth, like (13)
DREAM:S, Hunting (6)
DREAM:S, Insects (10)
DREAM:S, Insects, flies (10)
DREAM:S, Journey (4) (6) (13)
DREAM:S, Journey, bus, by (4) (13)
DREAM:S, Journey, car, by (6)
DREAM:S, Journey, difficulties, with (13)
DREAM:S, Journey, distant regions, in (6) (13)
DREAM:S, Kidnappers (4)
DREAM:S, Kidnapping (4)
DREAM:S, Kidnapping, children, of (4)
DREAM:S, Killing (10) (13)
DREAM:S, Killing, animals (10) (13)
DREAM:S, Lewd, lascivious, voluptuous (1)
DREAM:S, Looking for someone, failing to find him (6) (13)
DREAM:S, Looking for someone, failing to find him, children (13)
DREAM:S, Lost, being (3)
DREAM:S, Meat (13)
DREAM:S, Men, man (13)
DREAM:S, Menses (3)
DREAM:S, Menses, reappear, would (3)
DREAM:S, Monsters (1)
DREAM:S, Mutilation (1) (10) (13)
DREAM:S, Nightmare (1) (4) (10)
DREAM:S, People, of (4) (13)
DREAM:S, People, of, assembled (13)
DREAM:S, Pleasant (7)
DREAM:S, Pollution, of (13)
DREAM:S, Pollution, of, environmental (13)
DREAM:S, Prisoner, release of (4)
DREAM:S, Pursued, of being (1) (6)
DREAM:S, Pursued, of being, harm her, people trying to (1) (6)
DREAM:S, Pursued, of being, hunted, being (1) (6)
DREAM:S, Relatives (6) (13)
DREAM:S, Religious (2)
DREAM:S, Repeating (4)
DREAM:S, Running (13)
DREAM:S, Saving others (1) (13)
DREAM:S, Saving others, trying to save, to help (1) (13)
DREAM:S, School, of (3)
DREAM:S, School, of, old, of (3)
DREAM:S, Shooting (6)
DREAM:S, Singing (2)
DREAM:S, Smoking (4)
DREAM:S, Snow (3) (13)
DREAM:S, Stool (4) (10)
DREAM:S, Strange (1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (10) (13) (14)
DREAM:S, Toilet (3) (4) (10)
DREAM:S, Train, trh. (13)
DREAM:S, Trapped, he is (1)
DREAM:S, Unpleasant (1) (4) (7) (10) (13) (14)
DREAM:S,
Unremembered (4) (8)
DREAM:S, Violence (6) (13)
DREAM:S, Violence, detached from, being (6) (13)
DREAM:S, Vivid (1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (10) (13) (14)
DREAM:S, Vivid, images, lifelike (4) (10)
DREAM:S, Vivid, unremembered (4) (8)
DREAM:S, Vivid, waking him (4)
DREAM:S, Waking, of (4)
DREAM:S, Waking, of, half asleep, dozing (4) (10)
DREAM:S, Washing (3)
*DREAM:S, Washing, feet (3)
DREAM:S, Water (3) (10) (13)
DREAM:S, Water, leaking (3)
DREAM:S, Water, pipes bursting (3)
DREAM:S, Water, rivers (13)
DREAM:S, Water, swimming in (13)
DREAM:S, Water, wading in (3) (13)
DREAM:S, Water, waves (10)
DREAM:S, Whales, dolphins (10)
DREAM:S, Women (4)
DULLNESS (1) (2) (3) (4) (7) (8)
DULLNESS, Company, in (1)
DULLNESS, Comprehend conversation, does not, and is unable to relate
properly (1)
DULLNESS, Conversation agg. (1) (2) (3)
DULLNESS, Ideas, cannot collect (1) (2)
DULLNESS, Mental exertion, from (1) (2) (3) (7) (13)
DULLNESS, Sleepiness, with (1)
DULLNESS, Talking, agg. (1) (2)(7)
DULLNESS, Think, concentrate, or, unable to (1) (2) (3) (7) (13)
DULLNESS, Think, long, unable to (1) (2) (3) (7) (13)
DULLNESS, Understand, particularly if he makes great effort to, his thoughts
then become confused (1) (7)
DULLNESS, Waking, on (3)
DULLNESS, Weariness, weakness, with (1)
DULLNESS, Writing, while (1) (4)
EMPTINESS of mind,sensation of (1) (2)
(7)
EXCITEMENT, excitable (1) (2) (7) (10) (13)
EXCITEMENT, excitable, Night (13)
FEAR (1) (7) (10) (13)
FEAR, Crowd, in (1)
FEAR, Flies, of (10)
FEAR, Ghosts, spectres, of (10)
FEAR, Imaginary things (1) (7) (10) (13)
FEAR, Insects, of (10)
FEAR, Panic attacks, overpowering (1) (7) (10) (13)
FEAR, Sudden (1) (7) (10) (13)
FOOLISH behavior (1) (2) (4) (7)
FORGETFULNESS (1) (2) (3) (4) (7)
FORGETFULNESS, Daily things (2) (3) (7) (13)
FORGETFULNESS, Things, of where he put (1) (4)
FORGETFULNESS, Words while speaking, of, word hunting (1)
GIGGLING (1) (2) (4) (7)
HANDLE things anymore, cannot, overwhelmed by stress (1) (13)
IMPATIENCE, Contradiction, from (4)
INDIFFERENCE (1) (10)
INDIFFERENCE, apathy (1) (10)
INDIFFERENCE, apathy, Children, to her (1) (10)
INDOLENCE, aversion to work (7)
INSECURITY (7)
IRRITABILITY (1) (2) (4) (7) (10) (13)
IRRITABILITY, Afternoon (4)
IRRITABILITY, Morning (4) (13)
IRRITABILITY, Morning, waking, on (13)
IRRITABILITY, Company, agg. (1) (2) (4) (7)
(13)
IRRITABILITY, Contradiction, from (1) (2) (4) (7) (10) (13)
IRRITABILITY, Fh.ily, to her (2) (4) (10)
(13)
IRRITABILITY, Headache, during (4)
IRRITABILITY, Husband, towards (1) (2) (13)
IRRITABILITY, Noise, from (1) (7)
IRRITABILITY, Pain, during (4) (13)
IRRITABILITY, Trifles, about (2) (4) (7) (13)
LAUGHING (1) (2) (4) (7)
LAUGHING, Actions, at his own (4) (7)
LAUGHING, Causeless (1) (2) (4) (7)
LAUGHING, Silly (1) (2) (4) (7)
LAUGHING, Trifles, about (1) (2) (4) (7)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of (1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (13)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, dates, for (1) (4) (13)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, details, for (1) (2)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, do, for what he was about to (1) (2)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, nh.es, for (1)
(2)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, nh.es, for,
persons, of (1) (2)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, numbers, for (1) (2)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, read, for what he has (1) (2)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, thought, for what he just (1) (2)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, words, for (1) (2)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, work, for, mental (1) (2)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, write, for what is about to (1)
MEMORY, Weakness, loss of, written, for what was (1)
MENTAL EXERTION, Agg. (1) (2) (7) (13)
MENTAL EXERTION, Incapacity for (1)
MILDNESS (3) (6) (8) (13)
MISTAKES, making (1) (4) (6)
MISTAKES, making, Calculating, in (1) (4) (6)
MISTAKES, making, Spelling, in (1) (4) (6)
MISTAKES, making, Writing, in (1) (4) (6)
MISTAKES, making, Writing, in, digits, transposing (1) (4) (6)
MISTAKES, making, Writing, in, letters, letters and numbers (1) (4)
(6)
MISTAKES, making, Writing, in, letters, transposing, misplacing (1) (4)
(6)
MOOD, Alternating (4) (13)
MOOD, Changeable, variable (4) (13)
MOROSE, sulky (1) (7) (10)
MOROSE, sulky, motion, agg. (10)
PROSTRATION of mind (1) (2) (3) (6) (7) (13)
PROSTRATION of mind, Excitement, with (1)
PROSTRATION of mind, Headache, with (1)
PROSTRATION of mind, Sleepiness, with (1)
PROSTRATION of mind, Trifles, about (1)
QUARRELSOMENESS, scolding (2) (4) (13)
QUARRELSOMENESS, scolding, Fh.ily, with his
(2)
QUARRELSOMENESS, scolding, Fh.ily, with his,
husband, to (2) (13)
QUARRELSOMENESS, scolding, Trifles, about (4)
SELF-CONTROL, Loss of (1) (2) (3) (7)
SENSES, Acute (7)
SENSES, Dullness of, blunted (8)
SENSITIVE, oversensitive (1) (2) (4) (7) (10) (13)
SENSITIVE, oversensitive, Impressions, to all external (1) (2) (4) (7)
(13)
SENSITIVE, oversensitive, Noise, to (7) (13)
SENSITIVE, oversensitive, Odors, to (1) (2)
(3) (4) (10) (13)
SENSITIVE, oversensitive, Odors, to, cleaning
chemicals, of (10)
*SENSITIVE, oversensitive, Odors, to, cooked
food, of (2)
*SENSITIVE, oversensitive, Odors, to,
perspiration (1) (13)
SENSITIVE, oversensitive, Odors, to, stool
(10)
SPACED-out feeling (1) (2) (4) (7) (13)
TACITURN, indisposed to talk (1)
TACITURN, indisposed to talk, weariness, with (1)
TALK, talking, talks, Foolish (1) (2) (4) (7)
THOUGHTS, Collect, cannot (1) (2) (3) (6) (7) (13)
THOUGHTS, Intrude and crowd around each other (1) (10)
THOUGHTS, Rush, flow of (1) (10)
THOUGHTS, Vanishing, unable to think (1) (2) (3) (6) (7) (13)
THOUGHTS, Vanishing, unable to think, mental exertion agg. (1) (2) (3) (6) (7) (13)
THOUGHTS, Vanishing, unable to think, writing (1)
TRANQUILLITY, serenity, calmness (3) (6) (8) (13)
TRIFLES, Ailments from, agg. (2) (3) (7)
(13)
TRIFLES, Important, seem (2) (3) (7) (13)
WORK, Agg. (1) (2) (6)
WORK, Agg., mental (1) (2) (6)
WORK, Mental, aversion to, writing, in (1) (2) (6)
CHEST:
CONSTRICTION (1) (4)
CONSTRICTION, Sternum (4)
FULLNESS (1) (6) (13)
FULLNESS, Mh.mae (1) (6)
FULLNESS, Milk, as if with, mh.mae (1)
(6)
ITCHING, Mh.mae (13)
*MILK, return of flow, after weaning (1) (6)
PAIN (4) (8)
PAIN, Mh.mae (4) (8)
PAIN, Mh.mae, left (4) (8)
PAIN, Cutting, sudden sharp (4) (8)
PAIN, Cutting, sudden sharp, mh.mae (4)
(8)
PAIN, Cutting, sudden sharp, mh.mae, left (4)
(8)
HEART AND CIRCULATION
PALPITATION heart (1)
PULSE, Rapid, tachycardia (1)
PULSE, Rapid, tachycardia, anxiety, after (1)
BACK:
PAIN (1) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) (13)
PAIN, Cervical region (1) (3) (6) (8) (13)
PAIN, Cervical region, extending, upward (1) (6)
PAIN, Cervical region, lying, agg. (6)
PAIN, Cervical region, motion, agg. (13)
PAIN, Dorsal region (4)
PAIN, Lumbar region, lumbago (1) (4) (6) (7) (13)
PAIN, Lumbar region, lumbago, buttocks, and (13)
PAIN, Lumbar region, lumbago, lying, agg.(6)
PAIN, Lumbar region, lumbago, motion, h.el. (1)
PAIN, Lumbar region, lumbago, sitting, agg. (1)
(13)
PAIN, Dull (4)
PAIN, Dull, dorsal region (4)
PAIN, Dull, lumbar region (4)
PAIN, Lying, agg. (6)
PAIN, Wandering (6)
SENSITIVE, Spine (7) (13)
SWELLING, Cervical region (1)
SWELLING, Cervical region, lymphatic tissue (1)
TENSION, Cervical region (1) (3) (6) (8) (13)
EXTREMITIES:
AWKWARDNESS, Drops things (3)
ERUPTIONS (4) (6) (10)
ERUPTIONS, Desquh.ating (4)
ERUPTIONS, Desquh.ating, Upper limbs
(4)
ERUPTIONS, Desquh.ating, Upper limbs, fingers
(4)
ERUPTIONS, Lower limbs, (10)
ERUPTIONS, Upper limbs (6)
ERUPTIONS, Upper limbs, elbows (6)
ERUPTIONS, Upper limbs, elbows, olecranon
(6)
HEAVINESS, tired limbs (3) (6)
HEAVINESS, tired limbs, Upper limbs (3) (6)
HEAVINESS, tired limbs, Shoulders (6)
ITCHING (13)
ITCHING, Lower limbs (13)
PAIN (4) (6) (7) (8) (10) (13)
PAIN, Joints (7) (8) (10) (13)
PAIN, Lower limbs (7) (8) (10)
PAIN, Lower limbs, knees (8) (10) (13)
PAIN, Aching (10)
PAIN, Aching, morning (10)
PAIN, Aching, morning, on waking (10)
PAIN, Shooting (4) (6) (7) (8) (10)
PAIN, Shooting, Lower limbs, (8) (10)
PAIN, Shooting, Lower limbs, knees (8) (10)
PAIN, Shooting, Upper limbs (4) (6) (7) (8)
PAIN, Shooting, Upper limbs, shoulders (4) (6)
PAIN, Shooting, Upper limbs, wrists (7)
PERSPIRATION (10)
PERSPIRATION, feet (10)
WARTS, Fingers (6)
WARTS, Fingers, first, thumb (6)
WARTS, Painful, fingers (6)
SLEEP:
DEEP(1)
SHORT (4)
SLEEPINESS (3)
SLEEPINESS, Forenoon (3)
UNREFRESHING (1) (3)
UNREFRESHING, Morning (1) (3)
WAKING, Dream:s, from (4)
WAKING, Frequent (4) (10) (13)
WAKING, Frequent, dream:s, after (4)
WAKING, Frequent, heat, as from (10) (13)
WAKING, Heat, from and with (10) (13)
WAKING, Perspiration, from (10) (13)
PERSPIRATION
NIGHT (10) (13)
NIGHT, Sleep, during (10) (13)
OILY (1) (13)
PROFUSE (1) (10) (13)
PROFUSE, Night (10) (13)
PROFUSE, Night, sleep, during (10) (13)
PROFUSE, Sudden (10) (13)
STICKY, Viscid (1) (13)
SUDDEN (10) (13)
SKIN:
ERUPTIONS (4) (6)
ERUPTIONS, Desquh.ating (4)
ERUPTIONS, Painful (6)
ERUPTIONS, Red (6)
ITCHING (2) (4) (10) (13)
ITCHING, Bed, in (13)
ITCHING, Spots (2) (10) (13)
ITCHING, Wandering (2) (10) (13)
TINGLING, prickling (2)
GENERALITIES:
EXERCISE, exertion, H.el. (10) (13)
EXERCISE, exertion, Ability to exercise his muscles without exertion
(10) (13)
EXERCISE, exertion, Desires (10) (13)
FOOD and drinks, Alcohol, alcoholic drinks, h.el.
(1)
FOOD and drinks, Fish, desires (3)
FOOD and drinks, Fruits, desires (10)
FOOD and drinks, Peanuts, desires (3)
FOOD and drinks, Peanuts, desires, peanut butter (3)
FOOD and drinks, Sugar, aversion (1)
FOOD and drinks, Sugared food, aversion to (1)
FOOD and drinks, Sweets, aversion (1)
HEAT, Flushes of (1) (4) (10) (13)
HEAT, Flushes of, chilliness, with (4)
HEAT, Flushes of, perspiration, with (1) (10) (13)
HEAT, Sensation of (1) (4) (10) (13)
HEAT, Sensation of, alternating with coldness (4)
HEAT, Sensation of, sleep, during (4) (10) (13)
HEATED, becoming, Agg. (1) (4) (10)
(13)
HEATED, becoming, Easily (1) (4) (10) (13)
LASSITUDE (1) (3) (4) (7) (10) (13)
LASSITUDE, Morning (1) (3) (6) (7) (10)
LASSITUDE, Morning, rising, agg. (1) (3) (6)
(7) (10)
PAIN (2) (4) (6) (7) (8) (10) (13)
PAIN, Morning (10)
SUDDEN manifestations (6) (10) (13)
TINGLING, prickling (2) (3)
WEAKNESS (1) (3) (4) (7) (10) (13)
WEAKNESS, Morning (1) (3) (6) (7) (10)
WEAKNESS, Morning, waking, on and after (1) (3) (6) (7) (10)
WEAKNESS, Night (1)
WEAKNESS, Ascending stairs agg. (4)
WEAKNESS, Reaction, with lack of (1)
WEAKNESS, Speak, cannot, from (1)
WEAKNESS, Waking, on (1) (3) (6) (7) (10)
WEAKNESS, Writing agg. (1)
WEARINESS (1) (3) (6) (7) (10)
WEARINESS, Morning (1) (3) (6) (7) (10)
WEARINESS, Morning, rising, on (1) (3) (6) (7) (10)
WEARINESS, Morning, waking, on (1) (3) (6) (7) (10)
WEARINESS, Waking,
on (1) (3) (6) (7) (10)
Vorwort/Suchen Zeichen/Abkürzungen Impressum