Ericales Anhängsel
* Ericaceae
[Anton Kramer, Alex Leupen, Jan
Scholten]
Group Anamnesis of
Ericacae
A. heart symptoms + pain in joints/neuralgias
(inflammatory rheumatic myocarditis o./+ pericarditis)
B. “pace” of Lyme disease. = the migratory nature of
joint pain/neuralgias/rapid change
C. symptoms alternating/periodic
Keywords: poverty, working,
worry, shame. Lyme disease/Borrelia burgdorferi.
Don’t attract
attention (avoid to stand in the center)/> working in a quiet and practical
way. Soft, mild, yelding/not very aggressive.
Delusion: despised/failure/exposed
to rain/poisoned/mocked.
Anxious, worries
about family/money/fear failure, falling, of man.
Sad/morose/sulky/tearful/weepy/displeased/capricious.
Aversion company,
friends; < answering, answering slow.
1. longs for
recognition and compliment/don’t get them due to the fact that they work in
silence and away from public/work hard to try to overcome money problems
(family is
IMportant for them/work only for family. Mothers can do a lot for their
children.
2. bitter ("I
try to do my best, I take little for myself, I give so much, I’m not arrogant,
I’m quiet and earnest, work hard and good, overexert myself, try to be good to
everyone in my own quiet way and still it’s not good enough, I don’t succeed,
I’m not loved or respected")/work hard and try to do their job as perfect
as possible.
Aversion to work
further (no one appreciates their work)/develop complaints/worry a lot about
not earning enough for their children/want to give them all they need
and tend to spare
it out of their own mouth/often need very little for themselves, as if they
have got accustomed to poor circumstances;
[Anton Kramer, Alex Leupen, Jan
Scholten]
Remedies: Chim-m.
chim. epig. kalm. led. rhod. uva. gaul. oxyd. arbu. manz. vacc-m. chim-rot.
arbin. heath-B. Callun. andr-g. chamd-c. gaul-h. gay-b. vacc-c. vacc-o. arb-m.
Ledum. Kalmia and
Rhododendron are the best known. Typical is the lack of a known mental picture.
Botanical
The plants in this
family grow often on poor soil. The heathers are known for their growth in sandy
fields.
They contain big
quantities of silicates
and that’s why they where used as brooms in the past.
Psychological
In general these
people are not very marked. They avoid to stand in the center of attention and feel
better doing their job in a quiet and practical way. But they long for
recognition and compliment.
But they don’t get
them easily, due to the fact that they work in silence and away from the
public. In the end they can become bitter about it. An expression of them
could be: "I
try to do my best, I take little for myself, I give so much, I’m not arrogant,
I’m quiet and earnest, work hard and good, overexert myself, try to be good
to everyone in my
own quiet way and still it’s not good enough, I don’t succeed, I’m not loved or
respected."
Work
They work hard and
try to do their job as perfect as possible.
After many years
they can develop an aversion to work further (no one appreciates their work).
Poverty
They often get into
trouble when they are living in poverty. They will work hard to try to overcome
the money problems. But when they cannot succeed they tend to develop
complaints. They worry a lot about not earning enough for their children. They
want to give them all they need and tend to spare it out of their own mouth.
They often need very little for themselves, as if they have got accustomed to
poor circumstances.
Sensitive
They are very
sensitive people, sensitive to the needs of others. But also sensitive to
noises.
Soft, Mild
In general they are
soft, mild. They are not very aggressive.
Company
Family is very
important for them. They often do their jobs for the family. Mothers can do a
lot for their children.
But they are not
very communicative, not very open. They are more practical and reserved.
Mental
Dull, concentration
difficult, forgetful, confusion, memory weak, thoughts vanishing.
Stupefaction, coma,
delirium.
[Deborah Olenev]
Ledum is a member of the Ericaceae family and
the common sensation of this group of plants is a need to move from one place
to another, or to wander. This is
interesting
as I have seen some books describe the mental
state as restless and it also has ascending pains. Words used to describe the
mental picture are cross, surly and disagreeable.
Mind: symptoms
Sensitive,
oversensitive < noise/pain; general, shame
Body and thoughts
are separated.
Delusion: despised,
failure, exposed to rain, poisoned, mocked.
Anxious, many
worries, about the family, money.
Sad, morose, sulky,
tearful, weepy, displeased, capricious.
Aversion company,
friends; < answering (slow)
Amorous dreams +
pollutions. Fear man.
Dreams frightful,
murder, troublesome.
Mild, yielding.
Serious.
Work aversion.
Dull.
Restless.
Fear - failure,
falling.
Physical
Lyme disease is a typical expression for this family. (see the chapters below)
Head: ache < motion,
touch;
bones, skull,
vertex, forehead, eyes above, occiput, sides, temples, brain
pressing, tearing,
hot, heavy, loose
Eyes: inflammation,
itching, burning, pain
Vision: COLORS before the
eyes, weak.
Nose: coryza,
obstruction, sneezing
Mouth: pain, dry,
burning, salivation,
Bitter. Teeth weak,
crumbling
Stomach: nausea, vomiting,
pain, retching, eructation
Abdomen: pain, rumbling,
noises, distension, liver pain.
Rectum: constipation,
diarrhea
Bladder: cystitis,
urethritis, gonorrhoea, nefritis, ureteritis, pain, neck, < urge.
Urging (3),
dribbling
Urination frequent,
less, burning pain urethra.
Urine: albuminous,
bloody, green, pale, red, yellow, profuse, scanty, sediment, calculi, sand.
Uric acid
diathesis, stones.
Prostatitis, prostate
enlarged
Male Organs: Testis pain,
penis itching,
Female Organs: Vaginitis,
leucorrhea.
Menses: frequent,
too early, too soon, profuse, painful, Dysmenorrhea.
Larynx &
trachea: tickling, scraping, hoarse.
Respiration: asthmatic.
Chest: Heart: pain,
palpitation.
Limbs: pain,
fibromyalgia, stiff, gouty, muscle, joint, bone
All places: sides,
ribs, axilla, sternum, chest, mamma, upper limbs, shoulders, upper arms,
elbows, forearms, wrists, hands, fingers (5th finger/little),
sciatic, hips, thighs,
knees, hollow of,
legs, tibia, calves, ankles, feet, first toes
Aching, drawing,
gouty; joints, pressing, rheumatic; sprained, stitching, tearing, wandering,
heavy, tired
Paralytic,
wandering Backache: spine, cervical, dorsal, between scapulae, lumbar aching,
pressing, rheumatic, tearing, stiff.
Skin: Dermatitis: red,
itching, eczema, herpes, vesicles, crawling, ulcers.
Generals: Weather: chilly,
< open air/cold/wet/uncovering.
Food: > drinks,
thirsty, > alcohol.
Physical: <
motion/exertion/ascending/turning/over lifting/straining of muscles and
tendons/rest;
Localisation: left,
crosswise.
Abscess, cancer,
ulcer, dropsy, faint
DD.: Ironseries:
hard working, perfectionism.
Silicium: Family oriented
Sie möchten sich ausdehnen und
wandern umher, von einem Ort zum anderen. Sie haben viel Mangel erfahren und
versuchen diesen zu kompensieren.
Die Kriegsgenerationen, die einen Mangel an
Grundbedürfnissen hatten. Nahrung, Wärme und Geborgenheit fehlten. Erfahrungen
von Kälte und Hunger kennzeichnen
diese Mittel.
Entsprechend finden wir auf der
körperlichen Ebene Erkrankungen wie Gicht, Rheuma, Harnwegsinfekte.
Aber < durch Wärme.
[Anton Kramer, Alex Leupen, Jan
Scholten]
Lyme disease
Tick Master
1st The
initial infection with Borrelia burgdorferi can be characterized by a local skin
eruption that grows circumferentially with central clearing, suggestively
termed a target rash. Borrelia can be isolated from this eruption, but is
apparently disseminated systemically from the moment of initial infection.
2nd
disease expression is highly individually variable, and Lyme disease is known
as a great imposter for its ability to mimic many disease conditions. The most
common presentations involve inflammation of the large joints and peripheral
nerves. Neurologic and Cardiac complications may follow.
The Group Anamnesis
If we collect the
common symptoms of Lyme disease from reports in the conventional medical
literature, we can begin to construct a group anamnesis of the disease, in
order to identify the most likely remedies for the disease genus.
The classical
target-rash of Lyme disease is not described in our homeopathic literature. The
closest description we can find is:
SKIN – ERYSIPELAS -
which can reasonably be expected to include remedies capable of covering the
erysipelas-like Lyme target rash.
A common early
post-rash symptom of Lyme disease is sore throat:
THROAT - PAIN -
sore
The arthralgias of
Lyme most commonly begin with rheumatic pain in the neck, with associated
headache:
BACK - PAIN -
Cervical region
BACK - PAIN -
Cervical region - rheumatic
HEAD - PAIN -
rheumatic
Lyme classically
presents with a combination of inflammatory arthralgic pains and inflammatory
neuralgic complaints:
GENERALS -
INFLAMMATION - Joints; of
EXTREMITIES - PAIN
- rheumatic
GENERALS -
INFLAMMATION - Nerves; of
GENERALS - PAIN -
neuralgic
The arthralgias
focus in the shoulders, hips and knees, and may be of acute +/o. chronic
nature:
EXTREMITIES -
INFLAMMATION - Joints
EXTREMITIES - PAIN
- Joints - rheumatic
EXTREMITIES - PAIN
- Shoulder - rheumatic
EXTREMITIES - PAIN
- Hip - rheumatic
EXTREMITIES - PAIN
- Knee - rheumatic
EXTREMITIES - PAIN
- rheumatic - acute
EXTREMITIES - PAIN
- rheumatic - chronic
The neuralgias are
most typically facial or sciatic:
FACE - PAIN -
neuralgic
EXTREMITIES - PAIN -
Lower limbs - sciatica
Characterizing
uniqueness in the concomitance of heart symptoms with the arthralgias and
neuralgias, with the potential for inflammatory rheumatic myocarditis +/o. pericarditis:
EXTREMITIES - PAIN
- Joints - alternating with - Heart symptoms
CHEST - HEART;
complaints of the - rheumatism, after
CHEST - PAIN -
Heart - rheumatic
CHEST -
INFLAMMATION - Heart
CHEST -
INFLAMMATION - Heart - Endocardium
CHEST -
INFLAMMATION - Heart - Pericardium
An important aspect
of the "pace" of Lyme disease, is the migratory nature of its
arthralgias/neuralgias, and the rapid change and alternation of symptoms:
GENERALS - PAIN -
wandering
GENERALS - CHANGE -
symptoms; change of - rapid
We can take these
common symptoms of Lyme disease, obtained from the population affected and
treated as if of one person; and repertorizing this list, to find:
Kalmia and Ledum
lead the analysis. Intriguingly, Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel) and Ledum
palustre (Labrador Tea) are closely botanically related, both belonging to
the botanical
family Ericaceae; the Heath family.
Small Remedies
A small-remedies
weighting brings up remedies poorly represented in our literature. Notably, Rhododendron
chrysanthum -another Ericaceaid- moves up to 4th position.
The algorithms used
in the Vithoulkas Expert System bring out Ledum as the remedy bearing closest
similitude to this group anamnesis. Kalmia and Rhododendron make good showings
in this analysis as well. Leading the list of "very small remedies"
here is Gaultheria procumbens
(wintergreen/teaberry) a 4th member of the Ericaceae family.
Whereas Ledum may
have a slow and long-continued pace (reflected in its presence in PERSPIRATION
- LONG-LASTING), these remedies as a group (incl. Ledum)
are characterized
by periodic and alternating symptoms. This actually is a rather interesting
aspect of the general similitude of this group of remedies to the
characteristic
pace or development
over time, of Lyme
disease.
These studies could
productively be extended to investigation of the neurologic and cardiac
symptoms of the Ericaceae, in the context of the importance of these
pathologies in Lyme disease.
The Missing Pieces
I am particularly
fascinated by the missing pieces of the Lyme disease - the Ericaceae
connection. What might an adequate proving of Gautheria procumbens bring out?
Will the
Ericaceaids unknown to our art and science fill in the obvious pathogenetic
gaps between the known members of this family?;
Repertory:
Mind: Sensitive to
needs of others/(over)sensitive,
Not very
communicative/not very open/more practical and reserved.
Dull, concentration
difficult, forgetful, confusion, memory weak, thoughts vanishing.
Stupefaction, coma,
delirium.
< noise/<
pain
Body and thoughts
separated.
Amorous dreams +
pollutions. Fear man.
Dreams frightful,
murder, troublesome.
Serious.
Work aversion.
Dull.
Restless.
Head: Headache <
motion/touch
pressing, tearing,
hot, heavy, loose
Eyes: inflammed
itching, burning, pain
Vision:; COLORS
before the eyes, weak.
Nose: coryza,
obstruction, sneezing
Face: neuralgia facial
Mouth: pain, dry, burning,
salivation/thirsty, taste: bitter. Teeth weak, crumbling
Throat: sore/rheumatic
pain in the neck + headache:
Stomach: nausea, vomiting,
pain, retching, eructation
Abdomen: pain, rumbling,
noises, distension, liver pain.
Rectum: constipation,
diarrhea
Bladder: cystitis,
gonorrhoea, nefritis, ureteritis, pain, neck, < urge.
Urging, dribbling
Urin:
albuminous/bloody/green/pale/red/yellow/profuse/scanty, sediment/sand.
Uric acid
diathesis, stones.
Urination:
frequent, less, burning pain urethra.
Prostrate: Prostatitis,
prostate enlarged
Male sexorgans: Male Testis pain,
penis itching,
Female sexorgans: Vaginitis,
leucorrhea.
Menses: frequent,
too early, too soon, profuse, painful, dysmenorrhea
Larynx &
trachea: tickling, scraping, hoarse.
Respiration: asthmatic.
Chest: Heart: pain,
palpitation.
complaints after
rheuma/pain rheumatic heart/inflamed (Endocardium/Pericardium)
Limbs: pain,
fibromyalgia, stiff, gouty, muscle, joint, bone
Aching, drawing,
joints, pressing, rheumatic; sprained, stitching, tearing, wandering, heavy,
tired
Paralytic,
wandering
rheumatic pain in
shoulders/hips/knees/joints
Pain
wandering/symptoms change rapidly
Arthralgias in
shoulders/hips/knees (acute/chronic):
inflamed joints (#
heart symptomps)/pain rheumatic (acute/chronic)
Sciatica
Back: Cervical region
(Rheuma)/ rheumatic pain
Ache: spine,
cervical, dorsal, between scapulae, lumbar aching, pressing, rheumatic,
tearing, stiff.
neuralgia sciatic
Skin: Dermatitis: red,
itching, eczema, herpes, vesicles, crawling, ulcers. erysipelas
Generals: chilly, < open
air/cold weather/wet weather/uncovering.
inflamed
joints/nerves
Neuralgic pain
Food: >
drinks/alcohol,
<
motion/exertion/ascending,
turning, over
lifting, straining of muscles and tendons. > rest
Localisation:
l./crosswise.
Abscess, cancer,
ulcer, dropsy, faint
Lyme disease is a typical expression for Ericaceae
[Rajan Sankaran]
Need to move from one place to another; wandering; extension; change.
[Jan Scholten]
Feeling they are only tolerated and are not really accepted anymore...
they often live in poor conditions, which they can do as they do not need very
much...
they may long for recognition and compliments... in the end they can
become bitter... they may see themselves as unimportant, taking no place,
having few needs,
offering themselves for others. This echoes Edward Bach’s indications
for the flower remedy Heather. In ‘the twelve healers’, he states: for
loneliness, those who are
always seeking companionship of anyone who may be available, as if they
find it necessary to discuss their own affairs with others... In these latter
respects we find
powerful resonances with Indian pipe with its issues of being tapped
in, carried by the flow, and its opposite state of being blocked, of having the
flow cut off, feeling isolated, numbed-out, alienated.
[E. Bach]
Indian pipe.x is
an epiparasitic on Ericales and relies completely on its hosts for nutrition,
the indications for Heather seem to be amplified.
[Stephanie Hile]
Ericales - Coldness and Aversion.
Cornaceae and Ericaceae:
2 familiar remedies in the Cornales, both malarial. Both heat flushes #
chills,
Cornus alterniflora has the sensation of having a "chest full of
ice". The theme of coldness continues in the Ericales which are cold and
often rheumatic remedies.
The remedy states found in the Ericaceae are very pessimistic with loss
of purpose a sense of being wounded. This might be as a result of some disaster,
the delusions of
shame and remorse suggest regrets which could brought on by a moral
dilemma.
Primulaceae:
The theme of morality is found in the primulacea too.
Cyclamen has a strong sense of being disgraced, with self-reproach,
grief and inner darkness.
Anagalis, another very attractive flower, is a well known remedy for
gonorrhoea, which is usually associated with secrecy and sexuality. It could
well be described as
a "sexual" remedy, reflecting the theme of morality once
more.
Theaceae:
Thea associated with agitation, trembling and shaking, reflected on the
mental level with impulsive thoughts leading to an irritable state accompanied
by a feeling of loss of control. There is also malice, aversion and disgust. In
contrast, some provers report a delight in witty banter. In another context,
the Japanese Tea Ceremony, it is associated with quiet and sober refinement.
Japanese Green tea contains more Selenium and Chromium than black China
tea, which improves its antioxidant properties. Brazil nuts (Lecythidaceae)
also a member of the Ericales are a source of Selenium. Some of these
Ericaceae themes may be due to the presence of Selenium, a Stage 16
remedy; there are amorous dreams, lascivious fancies, impotence and a
deficiency of ideas.
5-Factor - Ericales [Highly negative factors depicted as low scores]
Extraversion: Not Outgoing.
Agreeableness: Antagonistic.
Conscientiousness: No trust.
Neuroticism: Sadness.
Hysterical.
Openness: Hopeless. Withdrawn.
In contrast to coldness and aversion we also find cheerfulness, elation
and exhilaration. In Anagalis, for
example there is excitement, trembling and a state of tremulous weakness. There
are abundant ideas and a sense of mental power which can become manic.