Proving
of Vanilla Planifolia
http://www.homeopathycourses.com/pdf/Vanilla_Planifolia_Proving.pdf
Master Prover: Louis Klein RS Hom
Co-Master Prover: Rebecca Horwood PD Home
Collation Team: Marty Begin ND
Lucia Dias HD (RHom)
Julie-Anne Henry
Marie Lafontaine
Carin Roessler MSW
DSHom.Med
Kim Vivian ND
Doctrine of Signature Vanilla Planifolia
Species: Planifolia
Genus: Orcidaceae-largest plant family on the planet with estimated
25-30.000 species vanilla being the only edible fruit; 90% of all orchids live
on trees.
Origin: Madagascar
Vanilla planifolia is a large green stemmed, fleshy vine climbing
perennial plant with fleshy, succulent stem. The bright green leaves are
smooth, thick, oblong and lancelot with numerous twining aerial roots used to
cling to trees; a vine growing on a host tree. If left unattended, the vine can
grow to 30 meters climbing to the tops of tall forest trees. The vanilla orchid
grows under the natural shade provided by the trees.
The greenish flowers are about 4.4 centimeters (2 inches) across taking
one year to flower and then every 6 months in the morning sunrise the orchid
will open and is ready to pollinate. The flower develops into a
"bean" which is then used as the spice. Vanilla beans are about 13-20
centimeters (6-9 inches) long.
The pod develops over a period of 8 to 9 months, and to about 200mm in
length. The pod is green, plump and still immature. It does not have any aroma
at this stage. A good vine can produce 100 pods per year.
Several methods of treating the pods to turn them into fragrant black
beans. Dipped in hot water for two to three minutes, then sweated and dried, or
the pods are spread on trays in the sun to heat for two to three hours, and
then folded in blankets to sweat until following morning. This process
continues until the beans become pliable and are deep brown (this may take
several months). The pods are then dried in well ventilated shade or drying
rooms for a further 2 - 4 weeks
The vanilla used in this proving was from Madagascar. The Vanilla plants
on Madagascar are primarily pollinated by hand and were transplanted from
Mexico. It is believed Totonac Indians in Mexico, around 1000 AD, could have
used vanilla. Aztec Indians in Mexico discovered the seemingly inedible fruit
(bean) of a tropical orchid acquired an exotic aroma when cured by months of
heat and humidity.
The Aztecs required the Totonac Indians who produced vanilla to give
some of the finest pods to the emperor Montezuma as a tax payment.
Cortez in 1518 observed Aztec Emperor Montezuma enjoying a royal
beverage of vanilla scented with chocolate. Cortez was so impressed
by this kingly drink he returned to Europe with bags of cocoa and
vanilla along with gold, silver and jewels of Montezuma’s fallen empire. Modern
history has the origin of vanilla in the 16th century. During the 16th
to 19th century vanilla was considered to be an aphrodisiac and to
also have therapeutic values by aiding digestion and preventing headaches. It
was also thought to counteract poisons and bites.
Europeans continued to use vanilla in combination with the cocoa bean
until 1610. Queen Elizabeth’s apothecary Hugh Morgan suggested the use of
vanilla as an isolated flavouring. Vanilla soared in popularity since that time
making it more popular than chocolate or any other flavour known before or
since. Vanilla is the second most expensive spice-flavouring agent next to
saffron. It is also the most time intensive crop when cultivation and
processing is taken into consideration.
Vanilla was cultivated domestically for the first time in the middle of
the 19th century by Edmond Albius. Albius was a slave who lived on
the French island Reunion. Albius was the first to manually pollinate
the vanilla flower and his simple method is used today.
Madagascar was the first Island that developed commercial producers of
vanilla.
Currently, Madagascar produces approximately 1.000 metric tons of
vanilla beans per year. "Bourbon" Vanilla, from Reunion Island, which
is close to Madagascar, is well known as the most intensive and balanced
variety of vanilla in the world.
The wild Vanilla planifolia in Mexico is pollinated by the tiny Melipone
Bee (euglossine bee). This bee is only found in the vanilla districts of
Mexico, is uniquely equipped to bring the plant to fertilization - common
insects cannot pollinate the vanilla orchid.
Pollination is achieved by gluing the whole supply of pollen to the
visiting melipone bee in a mass called the pollinia
when the bee visits another orchid of the same species thousands of
pollen grains are delivered allowing the plant to mature thousands
of tiny dust like seeds. (It is interesting to note that the idea of
bees and bee stings came out so strongly in the proving).
Vanilla bean matures turning the colour of green to yellow and finally
brown when the bean is ready to be dried out in the sun. The pods
have no flavour when picked flavour develops during the curing process
when beans are very dark brown and contain tiny black seeds.
Twelve provers participated in the blind proving of Vanilla comprised of
10 women and 2 men. Within one day of taking the remedy one
of the men “antidoted”.
Vanilla is pleasant, and aromatic. It is considered an aphrodesiac and
may possess magical influences in physical energy as well as love.
Old Totonac lore has it that Xanat, the young daughter of the Mexican
fertility goddess, loved a Totonac youth. Unable to marry him due
to her divine nature, she transformed herself into a plant that would
provide pleasure and happiness. She became the vanilla orchid so that
she could forever give to her human youth and his people.
The local Mexicans still celebrate the Vanilla Festival at the end of
the harvest with dances and feasts.
Mind:
Time and Pace
Goes Slowly or Quickly
1 01: everything seems like it is going slower- doing things, walking,
thinking, but things are still getting done
1 26: Time is passing quickly
2 22: Realize that Lyrics to “Sittin’ on a Dock of a Bay...watching the
tide roll away, sittin’ on a dock of a bay wasting time ...”
running though my head, sitting in hot tub last night, alone, I sang the
lyrics out load, I would never do this normally, I was not shy
to do this, even if someone came I do not think it would have bothered
me. I have been humming or singing it in the shower, in the
bathroom, near water?
Has my pace slowed, not just the fact that I am having a business-
holiday trip, even before I left home I felt I was not being as efficient,
but may just be that my pace has changed
6 03: Felt relaxed most of the day. Not concerned about being on time.
Never felt rushed even though I was late. Couldn’t believe I actually made it
on time.
7 09: 9:45-4:30 helped brother move to new apartment, lots of heavy
lifting. He made comments on how strong I was
8 09: 1:55 I wake up and see the time on the clock. I am unable to
sleep. I am not hungry. My mind is awake and it won’t shut off.
8 10: 17:55 On my way to my exercise class, I see 3 hot balloons in the
air and watch the configurations that they make. The triangular
shape turns into a straight line.
8 11: 16:25: Ever since a child, I have had a phobia and horrible fear
of snakes. The thought of a snake can cause me to shake and tremble.
I am bicycling on a gravel road and during a 15 minute period I see 3
dead garter snakes on the road. My reaction sadness for the poor little snakes
and a momentary thought perhaps there maybe others. There are no reactions of fear
and dread to the snakes and I continue cycling.
8 13: I am talking with colleagues and family of the wedding party and
it dawns on me that complaining of topics that is worthy of complaining is
exhausting. I realize that complaining is tiring and is a way of
procrastinating and not doing creative work. I am more
drawn to begin my book project, more than ever before. I spend time
thinking about the details of the book that I want to write.
9 01: 17:00 I was approaching a woman who I was convinced was using sign
language. Then when I got close enough to see hear her I saw that she wasn’t
signing at all. 5- 10 minutes later on the subway 2 women were sitting across
from me signing back and forth for real this time. The experience was odd and
so I thought it had to do with the proving.
9 04, 05: The weekend of the same week I took the remedy seemed to be
rich with the theme of revolutionary – fight heroically against the “man” type
films that I saw, like The Weatherman Underground. I also had my laptop stolen,
with quite a dramatic chase of the
perpetrators going on around me as I waited to make the police report.
(Prover 8 had this dream: Images of children of all nationalities
wearing warrior masks are parading around me. They do not provoke any harm but
I feel their pain and struggle of social and economic barriers.)
10 08: Confused and difficult finding information on (computer) screen.
Dreams:
OLD BOYFRIEND
1 15 I thought I should call Ed (old boyfriend) he is now in town and
then I started thinking about him.
8 10 My dreams seem to have a theme of old and new with things old,
people from the past dominating. Even the dreams that I have forgotten are
about people from the past and somehow they are here now.
6 11 Something about an ex-boyfriend but it was all confusing and I lost
it as soon as I woke up.
6 12 My ex-boyfriend (7 years ago), has come to see me.
10 36 Dreamt she was at a party with her old boyfriend and he was
looking for his son. He looked older in the dream.
Sexual and Male Genitals
1 16 two dreams- can’t remember but the first one had sex in it. Think
it was about former boyfriend felt like a continuation of night before.
5 3 Was flirting with a couple of guys by offering them water.
5 8 I have a pimple in the middle of my forehead (in real life) – in my
dream I tried to squeeze it but what came out of the pimple was an actual size
penis – in my dream I just thought that it looked exactly like a penis and
wished that I had thought to hang on to it to show people how strange that was
– once it was out there was a bit of a crater in my forehead because it was so
big but it closed up with cold water like a regular pimple.
8 8 An erotic dream of sex with my husband. A most pleasurable dream.
10 7 Sexual dream about male genitals and crazy things. That is all I
remember. I was thinking that I may be proving (male sperm).
Food, Parties and People
1 2 Then there is a scene an outdoor food tent with lots of pop and
food. I thought this is the guy whole stole the money. It started to rain and I
left.
1 25 We are going to be late to a party (I know there will be drugs
there) and are driving there.
1 48 Second scene was a young guy helping me cook he was very helpful we
were in a small apt. kitchen. We were making a meat dish which had 3 chicken
legs in it. He is very busy helping me and my friend takes me aside and says the
young guy really likes you and he makes
the case to me. I did not realize this and so I go around the corner and
kiss him.
2 4 4 h. Woke from a disturbing dream but do not remember details. Theme
was as if I am standing still facing one direction and there was
a large crowd of people coming at me from the other direction. Not sure
what was disturbing about it.
2 8 5:30 h. Woke from a disturbing dream were I was at a party with many
people, not sure why but I felt deceived, wanted to leave, but I
was there with my partner and friends.
6 8 I then take Annie to my Grandma’s front porch and have her sit so I
can get her some food.
6 9 3:30 h. I was babysitting three kids (ages 4,6,7). They decided to
get up at 3:30 and make this huge meal (two older ones). They were really rangy
and I was trying to get them to go to bed, but I didn’t want to get mad at
them. There were some grandparents there (not sure who) and they were doing the
dishes but I wanted them to just leave so I could deal with the kids – get them
to bed. The whole thing was rather frustrating but I was calm throughout.
7 4 3:10 h. still awake dream (I very seldom remember my dreams): small
gathering of people from work I don’t know well (normally this would be very
stressful for me). The atmosphere was very comfortable. Later, I’m jumping on
the white couch in the room (which is fun,
And doesn’t faze or shock anyone). Later, another person joins me.
7 5 a group of guys I know were horsing around at someone’s house. One
of them was playing practical jokes on everyone. Later, to get
him back, they sent him downstairs to get more beer.
They know that he is afraid of the dark (I don’t know if he actually
is), they turned the light off while he was down there. He was terrified, and
runs back upstairs. They say it happened accidentally. The partying carries on,
something happens that makes him go back downstairs
again. He knows that it’s a set up and that the light will go off again.
He braces himself, the light goes off, he races down there, gets what
they need and comes back up. He is fine.
Dream: a group of ‘friends’ (I don’t actually know them) and I were
outside in terrible weather with nowhere to go. One of them knew of
this empty house where we could stay. So we got inside and stayed for a
while. Things felt really creepy. One of us got separated from the
rest and later was found dead. We all ran from the house and later heard
that they found the people responsible and been locked away.
So the same guy suggested that we go back to the same house, which we
did. I felt something wasn’t right and finally figured out that it wasn’t the people
arrested that were responsible for the dead of our friend, but the house, and
the person that kept bringing us back was actually part of the house. Once I
realized this we all panicked and tried to leave, then realizing that we had
again lost one of our friends.
After some effort we got out and were about to run when we saw our
friend in the upstairs window. They were trying to get out, but could
not. We called to them frantically and told them what to do to get out.
After what seemed ages, they were finally able to get the window
open and jumped. The house was furious, the boy that lead us there was
still inside. The house killed him.
8 4 : There is an outdoor party and people are lounging around. I
suggest that we play a game and we are making our way across a vast distance so
that we can play a game that is like baseball and something else.
8 5 : I was on a boat with many people. I felt the swaying of the boat
and felt the people were false friends.
8 7 I am at my uncles’ house as I remember it when I was a little girl.
I am watching a young teenage girl with pity because she is married
to an old man. She is cleaning and preparing food all the while she is
doing her tasks, my aunt is watching her and correcting her mistakes. My aunt
is her mother-in-law. It seems strange that my aunt is the mother-in-law and is
also the mother of this girl and the wife of her husband. In the dream, I am
filled with pity and sadness for this young girl’s destiny and fate.
8 14 I am in a Japanese grocery store that is also a café and I am
watching a man take a jar of rice that is in the shape of a gourd. He picks
it up and begins shaking it and it makes a beautiful sound. I tell my
husband about them because I want to buy them and he tells me to get them. I find
the box on a bottom shelf of shelving unit and there are about a half a dozen
of the gourds in a wooden box. I am intrigued by them and their beauty. I take
the whole box with these 6 or so rice gourds and as I rise from a crouched
position I see on an upper shelf,
many strangely twisted shaped chop sticks. They are very long and it
seems impossible to use them. I ask a Japanese elderly woman what
are they used for and she tells me that the pair I am holding are
specific for rice and the second pair are for rice prepared in a special way.
She tells of a woman friend who is a celebrity who uses a pair of chop
sticks that are extremely long and has a long hook at its end.
I marvel at the story of the friend that she could be so dexterous in
their use.
8 17 I am in Montreal with my elder son and I am looking for a bistro
that I know serves excellent food. I am on a small street that resembles Paris
more than Montreal. We are looking for this incredible bistro and I don’t think
we find it.
9 That night (about 3 am) had a dream that I was with a small crowd of
people and we were all attacked by bats flying at our heads.
10 10 all she remembers from dreams is a lot of people
10 14 Dreams with lots of people being active.
11 4 I write a story and the director of a company used it to make a
movie. He showed us his office which was quite messy, littered with papers.
Then he let people eat chicken free of charge so the mood was happy. He told me
he will be able to make a movie with office staff
for only $60,000 but I was disappointed because he didn’t acknowledge it
was my story and didn’t let me give the finishing touch to the
story.
11 6 I drop shell of shrimps into water to feed the swimming lobsters in
front of the building. The lobsters are nibbling at big chunks of cooked
lobster tail without the shell. The water is crystal clear and the feeling is
that food is plentiful.
2nd Dream: I do or say something so funny that I laugh and
laugh. I laugh so much that in the dream I wake up from the dream.
3rd Dream: I help carry heavy bags of fruit and vegetables
downstairs. Then I feel the weight is lighter and find the bag of vegetables is
almost empty. I keep on going downstairs and a man brings a thick stack
of vegetables saying that it is what I had dropped. I go to a place.
A lady is cooking and says if today is an important day for me she can
share some food with me. I said no my birthday is in October so I
walk away. Another group of people is getting dinner ready so I tell my
husband and we both go to join them for dinner.
12 1 – I had a dream that I was informally acting in front of a group of
people, trying to make them laugh. I was acting like I was George Burns, whom I
told them was the best actor ever. I was speaking as if I had a small burnt out
cigar in the right corner of my mouth, and
I was holding it and placing it in and out of my mouth. I was also
speaking with his accent. Later in this dream, I switched into speaking
with a thick southern accent.
12 1 I also had two dreams of drugs. In one, a shady man standing
beneath a tree asked me if I wanted to buy “coke,” so I asked him if he
had peyote and mushrooms, and he said, he did. He took me into a house,
where they were some men and women sitting around a kitchen table, and in the
adjacent room on a sofa, three people were watching TV. One woman had a plate
of salad that she was eating. There were extremely large pieces of marijuana
that she was eating in the salad, casually. I was surprised at how much there
was and how much she was eating and that no one was making a big deal about it.
SHOPPING AND CLOTHES
1 25 - I am in a room where there is a Asian girl getting ready to go
out, first she is plain, drabbily dressed then she goes to a light pink top and
skirt. The refrigerator is almost empty. We are going to be late to a party (I
know there will be drugs there) and are driving there.
It is me and a guy in the front seat Because of the technological nature
(lots of it) of the car if we stop at 1 06:1300 my sinuses keep draining, I
feel pressure and then I swallow and they feelopen and not congested. I keep
doing this until 19:00
1 08: right inner ear is itchy, use finger inside to rub
1 09: right inner ear is itchy, use finger inside to rub?
1 25:1000 lots of sneezing
1 42: sinuses feel full and draining
2 03:1130 felt feverish spike heat ears and cheeks. Sensation as if
forehead widening or separating at frontal corpus callosum area, light headed
2 03: Low grade fever remains, feel a bit light headed.
3 02: In the evening notice a pimple on my head at the vertex - sore?
3 11: Felt out of it all day. A little light headed at times and very
tired?
3 15: Felt a bit light headed in the afternoon
6 11:0800 Woken up by alarm - feel terrible; nasal congestion, head
feels full. Can't breathe through my nose, lips are all dry and cracked.
7 01:1002 feel weight in back of head, yet somehow clearer at the front,
more focused7 01:1003 feel band over eyebrows and occiput (throbbing slightly)
7 01:1009 occiput itchy
7 02:1517 feel band over eyebrows
7 19:0835 Phoned mother to wish her happy birthday, she wasn't well, had
come down with a R sided earache that rapidly moved to a big blister on the
roof of her mouth at the back, making it difficult for her to swallow and at
times breath. Told her to see her doctor who put her on antibiotics
7 37: Tired, light headed, started a detox today.
8 01:1405 Immediately upon taking the remedy, I feel energy swirl and
pulsate in the occipital region of my head.
8 01:1406 A faint pressure behind my eyes begins and the back of the
head feels airborne. The back of my head feels elongated.
8 01:1515 Pressure reduced in temples. I can't focus on what I want to
do. I am a little bit concerned that the headache is happening.
8 01:1530 The back of my head is still feeling full of air which I feel
its pressure.
8 01:2015 While having a hot tub, I begin to feel a vise around my
temples. There is a pressure and tightness at the temples. Head feels better
after I am out of the hot water. headache is happening.
8 02:1020 Low grade pressure left temple. Pressure sensation in occiput.
8 02: Back of head feels enlarged and full of air.
8 02:1755 I take a short nap. I feel bone and brain tired.?
9 00: hesitated 2 weeks to do remedy because of a cold: sore throat with
a sensation of sand; head cold, full feeling in head and sinuses, and
a lot of thick yellow mucous constantly discharging; developing into a
tickling cough.
10:02:0900 Feel warm in the face - on the neck and behind ears (same as
yesterday).
10 02:1115 One sinus - and skin eruptions
Head:
PAIN 1 02:1300 dull frontal headache along with sinuses, feels empty.
1 10:1530 pressure headache comes
on . Feels like a sick headache. Wondering if I am coming down with a cold. Continues
on with a stiff neck (18:30)
1 15:1600 Sinus pressure-dull throb. Felt spacey and tired. Lasted until
I went to bed.
1 38:1600 sinus headache
1 42:0930 quickly developed a sinus headache. Head feels full and sore.
1 43: noticed I have bad breath today
2 02:0230 Awakened from sleep with pain in right jaw as if hit or struck
1/2 way along mandible
2 05:0700 Upon waking had cold pressing pain in left parietal lobe, near
the suture
2 07:1230 After enjoying and walk in the woods with my dog I hit my head
on side of car door frame getting back into car, not sure why
I did it as there was no reason for the miscalculation, and I did not
slip that I recall. Left welt on forehead.
2 13: Altitude headache? I feel like constitutional Aur-met. Kali-m.
would help or maybe Arnica or Gnaph. Lycopodium comes to mind
with the sensation. Pressure headache according to Vermeulen may be Nautilus,
may be add to first aid kit.
2 14: headache and dizziness on and off all day, consuming at least 5 liter
water daily, so do not think it is related to dehydration
2 26: no PMS headache normally lasting one day, which is normal state,
but headache on first day of flow, low grade, had a slight temporal pressure
head ache on day of heaviest flow
3 05: Got shooting pain in left temple while in drug store
3 05:2000 Headache followed - dull pain in forehead Possibly from all
the odors in the drug store
3 06:1500 Headache later in the day but probably from not eating -
typical for me
3 11:2015 While lying on the couch got shooting pain in the left temple –
happened twice in 20 min.
4 17: Headache on first day of menses, temporal, heavy.
4 28: headache constant
4 33: headache for month, mostly temporal
4 33: PAINS: HEADACHE, BACKACHE, constant, severe
6 01:1500 Headache, frontal and around eyes, I = 4/10 dull ache
6 01:1800 dull headache around both eyes.
6 02:0900 Dull achy headache - whole head.
6 02: Felt terrible in the morning - tired and headachy. Then great
towards afternoon (15 h. on).
6 14: Mild Headache and tired all day.
6 16:0900 woke up to the phone ringing. Had a skull splitting headache -
difficult to get out of bed. Could feel my whole skull cracking
and throbbing (8/10). Felt slight nausea. Couldn't answer the phone
because the cordless phone was dead. I could hear my husband leaving
his message on the answering machine and I was so upset. I started to cry.
I felt so helpless and angry at the situation. Felt sorry for myself.
I just wanted to talk to him so badly. My head hurt more with the crying
- I had to stop, too painful (10/10). I went back to bed until 16 h.
Felt as if I was passed out and in a whirlwind of dreams with slightly
waking and then passing out again.
6 16:1630 Husband woke me up. Felt somewhat better. Still had the
headache but it was milder (4/10).
6 16: As the evening went on I started to feel worse again. The headache
felt worse and I was so tired. I think this could be a hypotensive crisis like
I had last December after a medicinal peat bath. BP this evening was (88/38). My
husband got really worried and wanted me to take a remedy. Couldn't get in
touch with my supervisor. It's been quite a while since we spoke. I wanted to
tell him what happened for the sake of the proving but I really didn't want to
talk. It would be ok if we could just keep it short.
6 17:0800 Still have the headache today but milder. Just don't feel
myself. Tired and no energy to do anything. Lay around and dozed all day.
6 18:0700 Headache is still there.
7 01:1209 beginning of frontal headache
7 38: Tired, slight headache, possibly due to detox
8 01:1420 Temples pulsating, a slight headache. I feel tired.
8 01:1515 Pressure reduced in temples. I can't focus on what I want to
do. I am a little bit concerned that the headache is happening.?
8 02:1020 Low grade pressure left temple. Pressure sensation in occiput.
10 01:1600 headache on temples.
11 09:1010 dull ache in left back head next to the left ear for a few
seconds
11 11:1630 A very slight dull ache on the crown of head.
11 12:1400 slight dull ache on the right side of the back of the head
for 20 minutes.
Eyes:
1 15:1900 Eyes are sore rubbing both eyes
1 16:0730 woke up with slightly yellow mucus coming out of inner corners
of both eyes.
1 16:1230 noticed red eye (lhs)
1 17:0800 woke up with mucuosy eyes, slightly red lhs eye1
22:0730 woke up with mucus in both eyes
1 24:1300 red, sore eyes.
2 01:1305 left eye tearing
2 05: Seeing shapes moving - dashing in peripheral vision, can't really
make the out. May be only on right, can't be certain
2 15:1100 Eye lids almost swell shut, redness on eye lids remains for
most of the afternoon like sun burn Thought I ate something
I was allergic to, but see Wed, this repeats, not diet or environmental
correlation repeats over these two days
2 17:1120 Eye lids less swollen this time and redness did not remain.
2 19: Left lateral aspect under eye swelling, a bit baggy Whites of eyes
have been a bit blood shot since flight. I at first contributed it to dehydration
from flying, then to high altitude, then to heat, but I am in relative cool hydrated
A/C air most of the day and my eyes are still blood shot, will continue to
watch if this remains upon returning home
2 22: Whites of eyes still v red today
2 25: Upon waking whites of eyes a little red upon returning home not
just related to trip to Arizona
2 27: Circle under eyes, dark2 28: Circle under eyes, dark2 29: Upon
walking or while in motion, as while driving in a car, Dels as if someone, or
an animal such as a deer in woods, is ahead, directly in center of my vision,
as if they stand there, and as I focus on them they move quickly out of field
of my vision. At the beginning of proving this occurred in peripheral vision
NOW in center of visual field2 29: Circle under eyes, dark2 30: Circle under
eyes, dark
2 31: Circle under eyes, dark
2 32: Circles under eyes seem to be less?
6 01:1500 Headache, frontal and around eyes, I= 4/10 dull ache?
6 01:1800 dull headache around both eyes.
7 01:1154 eyes achy, tired
7 01:1451 eyes tired, slight pain
L eye
7 02:1445 eyes suddenly very dry, scratchy
8 01:1406 A faint pressure behind my eyes begins and the back of the
head feels airborne.
8 02:1020 Pressure behind left eye.?
8 02:1730 While driving with my teenage son I am feeling a heavy wave of
fatigue. My eyes are heavy and I feel that any conversation is
too much.
10 08:0700 felt sand in right eye lasted all day, got better as day went
on.
11 01:2306 usually when I enter the dark bedroom from the bright sitting
room my eyes feel uncomfortable because the left eye sees darker than the right
eye but tonight I feel okay; not the slightest discomfort
1112:0700 notice discharge in the left eye for the first time since
provings
Ears:
1 8: right inner ear is itchy,
use finger inside to rub1 9: right inner
ear is itchy
Nose: 1 17:0800 stuffed up nose, blew it and
yellowy mucous.
3 01:2230 Ticklish nose followed by very forceful sneeze, twice in a row
while in bed
3 02:1132 Really ticklish nose followed by a forceful sneeze
3 03:1608 Ticklish nose followed by very forceful sneeze
3 09:1630 Felt a few drops in my nose, went to the washroom and it was
blood not mucous
3 09:2200 Epistaxis on leaning
over the sink to wash my face. Very thin bright red blood flowing from left
nostril. Flowed for about 3-4 minutes then stopped
3 13: Nose bleed after washing face in the evening. Only lasted a minute
or so. Bright red blood.
3 20: Nosebleed in the evening after washing my face. Left nostril, only
lasted a few seconds, bright red blood
3 27: Nosebleed in the evening after washing face. Right side, didn't
last long
5 03: no symptoms - nose clogged and sneezing (usual)
6 10:0800 woke up with lots of nasal congestion.
6 10: Nasal congestion got worse throughout the day
6 11:0800 Woken up by alarm - feel terrible; nasal congestion, head
feels full. Can't breathe through my nose, lips are all dry and cracked.
6 11:1000 Woke up after sleeping for 2 more hours. Still tired and nasal
congestion but a better.
8 03:1845 After my exercise class, I am driving in the car and my nose
gushes blood. The blood is dark and full of large clots.?
9 00: hesitated 2 weeks to do remedy because of a cold: sore throat with
a sensation of sand; head cold, full feeling in head and sinuses, and
a lot of thick yellow mucous constantly discharging; developing into a
tickling cough.
Face:
1 11:0830 Noticed I have more pimples than usual at this time of my
period.
2 11: Medial aspect left eyebrow feel as if a boil is developing, area
is tender, no redness and only slight swelling observed
2 15:1100 Allergic or hive reaction on face like a hot flushing moving
downward fromforehead primarily on right then left. All face red esp forehead,
long oval shaped redness, duration 20 min
2 17:1100 Allergic or hive
reaction on face like a hot flushing moving downward from forehead this time
the whole face went red esp forehead, long oval shaped redness, duration 20 min
(see Day 15)
2 17:1120 Stomach burn 20 min after face burn settled down had to lie
down, lying down cold cloth placed over face. Amel in about 15 min.
2 21:1100 Developed more severe, and farther spreading, hive reaction
that lasted 40min and almost whole body affected - red, red face, arms then
chest and back in strangepattern, see drawing, not elevated, as if I were
wearing a white bathing suit on my body -core2 21: Face overly oily even in
this dry climate, esp on forehead2 22: Face overly oily even in this dry
climate, esp on forehead2 31: Face flushing again lasting 20 min, like before3 02:0800
Hot face with redness after taking a shower. Lasted about 20min.3 02:2230 Got
upset while talking on the phone and felt face get hot3 04: Noticed my face
feeling hot while speaking with a customer at work4 01: tics on upper eye lid
through day10 01:1030 felt warm (heat as if in the sun) on upper part of body -
like a fever - hotflushes - hot cheeks10:02:0900 Feel warm in the face - on the
neck and behind ears (same as yesterday).10 17: Daughter arrived from Victoria
and her face was beat red and she saidlook at my face - completely flushed.
Mouth:
1 16:1000 secretion in mouth
12 1:10:04 tasted a strange taste in my mouth right after taking the
remedy, like a chemical taste, resembling cantaloupe. Lasted about 20 minutes
Throat:
1 06 :1300 my sinuses keep draining, I feel pressure and then I swallow
and they feel open and not congested. I keep doing this until 19:00
1 16 :1000 secretion in mouth at back of tongue, like when you taste
something tart. Secretion slightly bitter and had a very distinctive taste.
Happened in a dry mouth.
1 16 : all day clearing throat and swallowing mucus down back of throat.
1 17 : 0800 woke up with mucuosy eyes, slightly red 1hs eye, clearing
throat slightly stuffed up nose, blew it and mucous yellowy.
1 42 : feel like on edge of getting a cold all day, lots of swallowing,
sinuses feel full and draining
1 43 : noticed I have bad breath today and doing lots of swallowing like
yesterday.
2 01 : 1300 systems affected feels like muscle, smooth, cartilage,
digestive tract mouth to rectum.
2 19 : Salivation increased
suddenly two or three times almost feels as if I will choke due to volume and
suddenness.
3 05 : Woke and realized I had
been sleeping with my mouth open. Seemed really strange. Mouth and throat were
very dry and a little sore for a few minutes after getting up.
3 15 : Woke with really dry
mouth, think I was sleeping with mouth open. Throat is also dry but this goes
away shortly after waking.
3 16 : Sore throat is gone.
6 01 : 1600 Sharp pain on left side of throat < swallowing, lasted
for approx. 1 hour.
6 03 : 0745 Feel tired. Scratchy throat.
7 02 :1900 Throat tickling (as if getting a cold)9
Hesitated 2 weeks to take the remedy because of a cold: sore throat with
a sensation of sand; head cold, full feeling in head and sinuses,
and a lot of thick yellow mucous constantly discharging developing into
a tickling cough.
10Frequent tonsillitis- had strept as a child. (initial case)
1115 : Has caught a cold but she
did not have a sore throat which she usually does when she gets a cold.
External Throat:
1 37 : 0830 Dripping sweat upon exertion in warmth doing yoga from
chest, throat/neck, face equally.
1 43 :1400 noticed small pimples on the 1hs of my neck, center to back
of 1hs of neck.
3 15 : Also noticed my glands are
swollen and the left side of my throat is sore in the evening.
10 16 : Feels a pain on the left
side of her neck under her ear down to her shoulder (she mentioned that this
pain started right after she took the remedy but she kind of ignored it
thinking it was normal) but now she realizes that it is not normal. She feels
as if her glands are swollen-either muscles or glands swollen not sure which.
10 17 : Today feels better with
her cold. The pain on left –side of her neck is also better.
10 24 : Pain on side of neck is
almost all gone.
Speech/Voice1
39 07:00 Voice hardly audible, like I had lost my voice2 07 18:00
Speaking as though giving orders, I am normally gentle and kind when speaking
7 47 I asked a colleague if she noticed any changes, she mentioned that
I was very ‘terse’ early in the proving
Stomach:
1 02 : 1400 Low appetite, want to eat but I don’t have any lunch.
1 08 : Not much appetite today.
Ate very little.
1 09 : Eating way more than usual
today. Have a big appetite.
1 12 : dreamt that I was covered
with old (brownish kind of healing ) spots on my belly and on my back. When I
woke up and remembered the dream it reminded me of a roseola patient I had
earlier in the week.
1 35 : Appetite increased in
general not for any food in particular.
1 35 : 1500-2030 heartburn fairly mild.
2 22 : Gnawing hunger continues
and I continue to ignore it, even woke hungry.
2 36 : 1200-1600 stomach type flu symptoms nausea, anorexia, < least
smell or thought of food, great weakness/prostration, needed extra sleep.
2 37 : Stomach type flu symptoms
continue, able to work a bit, but had to pack for Toronto and was nauseous by
looking down into suitcase, as if sea sick.
2 38 : Motion sickness increased,
it is the worst I have experienced it for years in any moving vehicle, plane,
car and bus, not tried boat.
Even a short taxi ride caused major feeling of nausea, beginning of
perspiration, passed quickly once out of taxi.
2meditation proving. Oesophagus as high as tongue feels tight, thin
long, too tight, feels as if nausea and trying not to vomit. Can see my ribs
standing out, as if I have no breasts in the way and very slim/emaciated?, but
have a very distended belly, stomach. Noisy belch, open mouth (this is unusual
for me, I did not even cover my mouth)Raising arms over my head and clasping
hands together, palms rotate to sky, above my head, head tilted upward, amel
oesophagus sensation of tightness, nausea, and abdominal bloating
feeling,>stretching longer. Belch again.
301: 1400 Had feeling of heat in my stomach3 01: 1435 Another wave of heat in stomach.317 :
After dinner feel nauseous and as if I
might faint.
322 :1715 Really terrible stomach pain, made me feel light – headed and
a little nauseous. Started at 17:15 and continued in waves for about an hour
and a half.
434 : Huge desire for food and
eating become is big issue. Put on 10 pounds. Can not get on diet, have no
control over it. Craving sweets, meat, salty.
503 Dreams- 1) Was in a university type setting – house with roommates- was
flirting with a couple of guys by offering them water (?)
- was always thirsty.
601 : Very relaxed and spacey
through the afternoon. Had no desire to eat, only ate because I felt hungry –
very unusual.
745 : 1st day of detox, ravenous,
craving sugar.
802 : 0930 I wake up after sleeping 11.5 hours. ( It has been a long
time since I needed to sleep this long.) I feel full and I have no appetite.
803 : 0845 I get up with the sensation that my stomach is full. No
appetite.804 : 0930 I wake up so tired and no appetite.816 : Nibbling all day. Not eating meals but small
amounts continuously.
10 05: She was crying (emotional
situation) while a man gave flowers to his wife for their anniversary. Her
daughter was wondering what was going on with her. Felt nauseated after meals.
10 06 : She felt tired and rushed. She felt very hungry and eat then she
felt very nauseated (carry crackers in her purse) as if she was pregnant.
10 07 : Again she feels very hungry, eats a lot and then feels nauseating.
Again eats crackers (carries them in her purse)
10 09 : 0700 Feel fine the morning . No nausea in morning but just in
afternoon between 14 – 18 h.
10 10 : 1400 –1800 No nausea in morning but just in afternoon between 14
– 18 h. Nauseated to be all day but now later in day and less time.
10 11 : No nausea, no heat but
tired. Is this a cleansing remedy?
Abdomen:
1 09 : Very gassy today, constant
farting.
2 01 : 1430 Abdomen feels bloated/mostly in stomach.
2 09 : 2345 Sharp pain in ileocecal valve region, quickly gone.
2 10 : 1200 Sharp pain the cecum area, quickly gone.
2 14 : 0400 MST + 0700EST Lots of gas with BM as if sputtering, no foul
odor.
2 14 : 0700 MST +1000 EST Feeling and looking abdominal bloating lower
abdomen, belt one notch looser for comfort, lymph feel clogged such as swollen
fingers, but issystemic.
2 18 : 2100 MST +2400 EST Went for a swim and to do some water aerobics
before bed. Put on my bathing suit and caught a glance of myself side ways in
the mirror, my lower abdomen above pubis seems to be protruding usually.
Bloating? I am still exercising each day other than for a day of flight to Phoenix.
I am eating lighter due to heat, drinking lots of water 4 to 5 liter daily.
2 21 : Feel overly bloated all
day. I feel like I need to go on a diet my cloths feel too tight, I have not
weighed myself but I feel like I have gained 10 lbs . I want to a do juicing
diet.
2 22 : Loose BM’s again today, no
colour or odour change, gurgling lots today during flight.
3 02 : 1052 Left side of abdomen just under ribs feels like there’s a
bubble of air there > pressure,< deep breath. Notice its gone after I eat
something.
3 19 : About 1-2 hours after thanksgiving dinner had terrible pains in
lower abdomen. Lots of pressure, feeling as if going to have bowel movement but
nothing happens .No position comfortable except lying on stomach on hard floor
(this usually helps me when my stomach
is upset) stayed like this for about an hour then was O.K.
3 22 : 1715 > passing gas. Decided it must be trapped gas going
through my intestines.
4 05 : 0800 Woke up with pain in abdomen, whole region under umbilicus,
like intestine will torn apart.
5 04 : Actually, felt a little
gaseous yesterday.
6 07 :1700 Thought I must have a rash on my abdomen- the skin was
suddenly feeling very raw, then it felt prickly and warm all over my abdomen, <
touch of any kind. Intensity ~ 8/10 for
discomfort. Didn’t want to have my clothing touch it . Lasted for acouple of
hours.
6 08 : 1200 Noticed the raw, prickle sensation on my abdomen again. This
time it was less intense(~5/10). Noticed a few small round red spots –2 around
the umbilicus and afew just under the costal margin on the right side6 08 : Noticed the rash on and off again all day
starting at noon. Wore soft light clothing, as to avoid aggravating it.
7 01 : 1001 Felt a cascade flowing over me from head to abdomen, not so
much to my feet.
Rectum:
11 2:15:05 pain shooting up from rectum for 1 second
Stool:
2 1:13:10 gushing diarrhea, yellowish
2 2:13:40 loose stool small amount
2 1:18:00 another small loose stool
2 2:06:00BM foul smell like cooked lamb meat, orange-yellow colour,
formed but looser
2 3:08:30 BM delayed, normally with in a short time of waking I go; BM
not formed, thin like ribbon or worm, breaking apart easily, still
orange-yellow colour
2 3:10:06:30 BM very loose and
yellow orange again
2 3:24:00 diarrhea,
yellow-orange, profuse, no smell
211:06:00 BM very loose and yellow orange
211:18:10 very loose BM yellow orange, smells like eggs, I do not eat
eggs nor am I aware of eating anything with high sulphur content
13:04:15 at first constipated, but when passed loose BM foul smell
yelloworanger
17: have a very watery BM with heat, as if having eaten a large amount
of spice or chili – it was just one bite at dinner
21: bladder still feels overly full, need to urinate but not a lot of
urine
22:loose BM no colour or odour, gurgling lots today
24: constipated
5: BM with very large stool
7: BM afternoon with very large stool1
2:11:00 diarrhea on rising with particles of food in the stool6
3:09:50 hard painful bowel movement; small dark stool
2 10: 12:00 Diarrhoea, yellow – orange, profuse, no smell
Bladder:
2 1:16:30 feeling overly full,
like ultra sound full, upon urination normal
8 10:01:15 I wake up needing to go to the bathroom. Very Urgent. (very
abnormal for me)
Kidneys:
10 3:10:00 pain (soreness) in left kidney and throughout the day and
evening
Urethra/Urine:
1 19: 0830 – urinated 4x in an hour
2 2:06:00 morning urine smells strong, bit foul 12: sensation of bladder being overly full yet
there is not copious urination4 10:10:00 pain in urethra, desire to urinate
often, small amount, pain > after urination, then return again, cystitis –>
sitting
10 7: Urinates often and a lot of urine during day (bladder, liver,
kidney affected)
Female Organs:
1 11 :0830 Noticed I have more pimples than usual at this time of my
period.
1 11 : 1800 Slight cramping (period), slight diluted stain like blood.1
11 : 1900 Started period.
1 14 : 1430 Noticed sharp pain in my vagina, left in 20 seconds after
going to the bathroom. Repeated again at 17 h. when going to the bathroom.
1 14 :1800 Noticed a sharp reduction in my period flow. This is a very
short time (2 days full flow and even then the flow was not that Big)
1 14 : 2200 Flow is back to bright red stain.
1 15 : 2200 Flow is still a bright red stain.1 26 : 1000 mid period
light pink blood.1 36 : 0500 Woke up with painful menstrual cramps. Had to curl
up into a ball and tookan Advil. Flow had started. My period is two days early.
This is not abnormal. Theintensity of the cramps is.1 37 : 1015 I have some
small clots in my menstrual blood.
1 37 : 1630 Menstrual cramps at the level I usually have.
1 39 : 1000 Menstrual cramps 1hs come in waves. Feels like sick cramps
meaning I could throw up if got worse. Also have sore tight
1hs lower back and hamstring.
2 09 : 2345 After working late go to urinate before bed. Very strong
smelling urine, like hormonal or fishy, I am ovulating, but this does not occur
as part of my normal state.2 23 : First
day menses but not come ( came on day 31 of cycle, late usually on time)
2 26 : Menses on day 31 of cycle
usually I am 28 days, first day menses late, came later in day, usually arrives
on waking or early morning.
No PMS headache normally lasting one day, which is normal state, but
headache on first day of flow, low grade, had a slight temporal pressure
headache on day of heaviest flow. Day of heaviest flow sharp pain through left
breast nipple as if stabbing or drawing back to chest.
2 XX: after extraction meeting- Increased sexual drive, but thought it
was related to my partner and I travelling a lot and being away from each
other.
3 01 : Menses started and didn’t
have my usual leg ache in right thigh.
4 03 : Menstrual flow much
heavier than usual.
3 04 : Menstrual flow still heavy
today.
3 05 : 2000 Menstrual flow back to normal.
4 04 : Sexual desire increase.
4 19 : Headache on first day of
menses, temporal, heavy.
4 29 : Menses prolonged, 10 days,
not finished yet.
4 34 : Pain in breast from the
middle of cycle to the end of menses. Need to take a long nap 3 hour before
menses started, complete exhaustion. Menses painless, first 3 days scanty, then
3 heavy days, then 3-4 scanty again. Leucorrhoea, clear or clear- yellowish
continuously.
6 03 : 0745 Feel tired. Woke with menstrual cramps and the start of flow
(I never really get cramps)
7 17 : Went to doctors appt, for
yearly physical, found large growth in pelvis, urgent appointment. made for
ultrasound.
7 18 : Had ultra sound appt. Got
impression problem was uterine fibroids. Depressed for most of day, feel due to
above, colleague at work mentioned that I seemed very subdued, sad, not usual
self.
7 23 : Got results from
ultrasound, have numerous fibroids including 2 large fibroids that have
enlarged the uterus to 1and half X the original size. Even though havethis result,
feel relieved that it isn’t something more serious.8 08 : Dream: An erotic
dream of sex with my husband.
A most pleasurabledream.
10initial case – Pre menopausal skipped 2 months in summer and now back
to normal. Menses heavier after skipped period. Good pregnancies and
deliveries. After 2nd child- mastitis ( swollen breasts) . sore nipples.10 07 :
Thinks of pregnancy, as if pregnant. She
also urinates often and a lot of urine ( bladder, liver, kidney affected).
Dream: Sexual dream about male genitals and crazy things. That is all
she remembers. Thinking that she may be proving ( male sperm)
1102: 0950 Noticed my hands are not dry; nice and shiny. Also feel my
vagina is moist and comfortable. Is it the Tai Chi or the remedy?
Respiration:
617:BP was 90/40 then increased to 90/58 after taking a brisk walk in
the evening. Had trouble getting air while I was walking, never felt like I was
getting enough even with deep breathing
Cough:
H9 – Hesitated 2 weeks to do remedy because of a cold; sore throat with
a sensation of sand; head cold, full feeling in head and sinuses, and
a lot of thick yellow mucous constantly discharging; developing into a
tickling cough. After taking remedy the tickling cough worsened and developed
into a bronchitis.
Larynx / Trachea:
116: XXX all day clearing throat and swallowing mucus down back of
throat139:0700 mouth dry (sugar) and voice hardly audible, like I had lost my
voiceChest1 35 15:00-20:30 Heartburn fairly mild2 01 13:00 Narrow tight
esophagus2 02 12:00-12:40 Tight feeling in esophagus2 02 14:00 Esophageal
reflux increased
2 02 Sensation heart burn, reflux upper oesophagus as high as
nasopharynx
2 04 Esophageal reflux gone
2 23 Right breast bruised badly as a result of getting up too quickly
and catching corner of cupboard that was left open
2 26 Day of heaviest flow sharp pain through left breast nipple as if
stabbing or drawing back to chest
3 16 New mole starting to grow on chest between breasts
3 21 Mole bothering me today, it’s getting bigger, I want to check on it
often
4 01 21:00 Pain behind sternum right side
4 35 Pain in breast from the middle of cycle to end of menses
8 02 My heart is squeezed and feels tight. My breath is in my upper
chest. Breathing deep causes my heart to hurt a little bit.
11 01 22:36 Chest feels immediately congested for a few minutes, then
very relaxed and comfortable
Back:
1 08 15:30 Tight lower back1
10 18:30 Stiff neck
1 10 20:00 Stiff lower back1
15 13:30 Sore lower back, left side
1 22 0 7:30 Woke up with sore back
1 23 07:00 Very stiff low back my back is very sore, had to go into
tight ball to relieve the pain. Got better quickly
1 38 10:00 Pain lower right hand side of back
2 01 13:00 Ache in back T12 left side
3 20 Late in the afternoon, sore
back, feels like a pulling sensation in the muscles of mid-back. Want to shrug
forward to stretch muscles out
4 05 0 8 h. Pain in back, felt paralyzed, could not move for a couple of
seconds
4 20 Backache
4 35 Backache, constant, severe
6 17 Back really sore today, felt like my lower back was breaking. Bowen
therapy treatment tonight aggravated my back – couldn’t get comfortable to
sleep, too sore
6 18 07:00 Back is killing me. Feels as if breaking. Difficulty walking
with the pain.
7 01 10:16 Upper back achy
7 01 10:53 Back of neck stiff, achy
7 01 14:51 Back achy/stiff
7 01 16:05 Lower back and neck stiff
7 01 Lower/upper back and neck achy, neck stiff, gradually lessening as
day went by
10 16 Feels a pain on the left side of her neck under her ear down to
her shoulder Pain started right after she took the remedy but she ignored it
thinking it was normal, now realizes it’s not normal. Feels as if glands or
muscles are swollen, not sure which.
10 24 Pain on side of neck almost gone. Achy back.
Limbs:
1 02 13:00 Legs feel like rubber, having to concentrate on walking, feel
uncoordinated in my legs
1 12 10:00 Two hard zit-like spots on my hands (one below large index
finger knuckle on left hand, other on right thumb below knuckle)
Both pin head size and hard and white. Do not hurt. Tried to squeeze
them and nothing came out.
1 12 13:30 Possibly sprained left index finger, top joint, could barely
move it, felt like a pulled muscle, though I have no idea how I did it
1 14 16:00 Squeezed two little zits on hands again, both popped out hard
white stuff
1 34 09:00 Noticed I have 3 small pimples on my bum
1 45 11:00 Pin-head size blister on left hand index finger
2 3 15:45 Feet cold
2 5 07:00 Right foot feels as if I have stepped on something sharp. Pain
in right hand to wrist making it hard to hold pen
2 10 Developed blister over the course of the day even though wearing
very comfortable shoes that have not bothered me before, left Achilles
2 04: 4:30 Upon just falling asleep woke with a start, dream as if I
were slipping going down stairs, again image of foot far away. Saw the old
carpet I used to have in my home office before renovating, blue green colour. –
startle awake
2 04: 7:00 Slept late more tired than usual for this time of the month
2 05: 7:00 Again slept later than normal
2 06: 9:00 Very exhausted slept much later than normal even for
Saturday. I naturally wake up between 6 - 7 h.
2 07:10:00 Again very exhausted slept much later than normal
2 08: 5:30 Woke from a disturbing dream...
3 03: 10:00 Just getting up. Didn’t want to get out of bed which isn’t
unusual for me, but I never sleep this late!
3 07: 09:00 Really didn’t want to get out of bed. Had to force myself
3 10:07:30 Able to get right out of bed when my alarm went off, I
usually don’t get up for 30 min or so.
3 11: Felt out of it all day. A little light headed at times and very
tired Yawning a lot all through the day and the evening
3 21: 13:20 Feel really tired, have the urge to lay down which I do but
only for a few minutes – I can’t sleep I have too much to do
4 01: 18:00 Extremely tired, falling asleep
5 04: Terrible dream – woke at 5 h. and had a hard time getting back to
sleep
6 02: 8:50 – solid sleep last night. Woken up suddenly. Tired all
morning.
6 03: 7:00 Sleep – Rough sleep. Difficult falling to sleep and not a
sound sleep. Lots of dreaming and waking all night. Woke too early before
alarm.
6 04: – Once again felt tired and lethargic until late afternoon. Didn’t
feel ready to go to bed at 11 h. Lots of energy and mentally alert.
6 05 Slow start to the day then high energy by the afternoon. Energized
all evening.
6 11: 10:00 – Woke up after sleeping for 2 more hours. Still tired
6 16: 7:00- woke up feeling really tired. Tried to read but felt
overwhelmingly tired so went back to sleep.
7 03: 1:00 wake up can’t get back to sleep
1:20 looked at clock 2:20 “ 3:45 “ 5:39 “ 6:39 “, similar to Day 2 quality of sleep 8:20 period
started 10:39 sudden feeling
of exhaustion 12:38 difficulty concentrating 13:00
left work due to exhaustion 14:40 napped 17:10
woke up 7 05: 00:45 went to bed 03:10 still awake 7 06: 17:10 feel exhausted,
had a nap 19:15 woke up8 02: 9:30 I wake up after
sleeping 11.5 hours. (It has been a long time since I needed to sleep this
long.) I feel full and I have no
appetite.
8 06: I wake up lazy....8 10: 1:55I wake up and see the time on the clock.
I am unable to sleep. I am not hungry. My mind is awake and it won’t shut off.
8 10: 2:55 I awake and see the clock again. I think it strange that I am
waking every hour to the minute. Eventually, I fall asleep soon after.
8 14: 7:20: I wake up after a short sleep of 6 hours to start my day. I
am energetic and ready to go. During
today there is a long car ride to travel to Windsor for Thanksgiving dinner.8
15: 17:30: I nap for a short period and I dream...
8 22: 9:30 I wake up exhausted and feel that something has shifted in my
energy. I am so tired and I have to
work. I am dragging my but.
8 22: 18:40: I am exhausted and nap. I am too tired to prepare dinner.
8 23: 9:00: Wake up exhausted. I began my menses today without a hint of
it coming.
10 01: 19:00 till bed time -- Very tired and not making any sense.
Feel tired at nights (in the evenings)
10 09: 7:00 Want to sleep longer and difficulty getting up. She has a
deeper sleep.10 10: 7:00 I want to sleep longer and have difficulty getting
up.10 11: Very tired and slept 12 hours.
11 02: 6:30 No trouble getting up this morning.
11 03: 20:30 Went to bed early.11 04: 6:30 When the alarm clock rang at
6:30 h. I didn’t want to get up. Reset it for 7:00 h.
Chill/Fever:
2 01 Low grade fever
2 03 11:30 - 12:20h. Felt
feverish spike
2 03 15:45 Feel slightly more feverish at this point, feet cold
2 03 Low grade fever remains
2 04 Low grade fever gone
7 01 10:16 Feel cold
7 01 10:28 Whole body shaking (trembling)
7 01 13:29 Cold generally
7 01 14:00 Chills
7 01 16:05 Chills
8 01 I am chilled so I go to get a sweater, have to try on many before
finding the right one – Cashmere is perfect
10 01 10:30 Felt warm (heat as if in the sun) on upper part of body –
like a fever, hot flushes, hot cheeks
10 02 11:15 Really hot – burning hot like high fever (38° C). Took
temperature, no fever, feel annoyed about feeling this way
10 02 Much more heat today than yesterday. Feel like being in a cool
room. Feel like going outside with no clothes on in order to cool off.
10 04 Still feeling hot – lower body
Perspiration:
1 20 Noticed all day during exercise how much I was sweating more than
usual. Only when I exercise. It reminded me of when I was sick once1
23 10:00 Again profuse perspiration, dripping sweat while doing yoga
1 30 08:30 Profuse, dripping sweat while doing yoga
1 37 08:00 Am dripping sweat upon exertion in warmth doing yoga from
chest, throat, neck, face equally
1 42 12:00 Sweating like a fiend in yoga again, like a tap and comes on
as soon as I start exercising
2 37 Sweat went through 2 sets of pyjamas at night
2 38 Perspiration with nausea during short taxi ride
Skin:
1 06 17:00 My palms are dry (both hands) so much that I have to put
cream on them
1 07 10:00 Palms are still dry (both hands) again I put cream on
1 08 Both palms are still dry, but not as dry
1 11 08:30 Noticed I have more pimples than usual at this time of my
period
1 43 14:00 Small pimples on left hand side of neck, center to back of
left hand side of neck
2 15 08:00 Allergic or hive reaction on face
2 17 08:00 Allergic or hive reaction on face
2 21 Developed more severe and farther spreading hive reaction, lasted
40minutes and almost whole body affected – red face, arms, chest and back in
strange pattern, as if I were wearing a white bathing suit on my body
2 21 Face overly oily even in this dry climate (forehead)
3 16 Mole growing on chest between breasts. Thought it was a pimple a
few days ago but now realize it’s a mole
Generalities:
Food Sweets, Junk Food
1 01: 20:00 eating only a little, but it is junk. Craving sweets.
1 05: 14:30-ate almost a whole
box of crackers and had Coke with ice for the first time in many, many years (I
craved it).
It reminded me of when I was in high school and used to love having it all
the time.
1 24: eating lots of sugar (Pumpkin pie, chocolate) and wanting coffee.
1 38: 21:32 craving sugar, had cookies.
1 43: craving sugar all day. If I have it I feel the effects (dryness in
mouth, slight headache, mucusy) MUCH more than if I have too much sugar. But in
this case it happens if I have any sugar, i.e. a piece of cake or a couple of
cookies.
2 23: huge desire for food and eating become is big issue. Put on 10
pounds. Can not get on diet, have no control over it. craving sweets, meat,
salty
7 03: 20:45 ate 2 chocolate muffins and 2 cups of black tea – surprise –
I didn’t sleep well thatnight.
7 45: 1st day off detox., ravenous, craving sugar
8 03: I made 3 different kinds of cake/cookies simultaneously. Crackers
and Coke
10 07: Again eating crackers and carrying them in my purse, as if I am
pregnant.Coffee
1 24: XX:XX eating lots of sugar (Pumpkin pie, chocolate) and wanting
coffee.
8 11: 9:10: I drink a cup of coffee. I never drink coffee for breakfast
or even have a desire for coffee at home. Over the past few days, I have drunk
about a half a dozen coffees and I enjoy it.
8 During the proving, I have drunk a lot of coffee and forgot on many
occasions to record it. I love tea and make coffee to drink perhaps
2 times a year.Chicken
1 03: - have a craving for chicken (had it twice today)
7 03: 18:20 made chicken soup, chocolate muffins
7 01: 19:30 ate 1/3 of bird, housemate was preparing dinner, made comments
that she didn’t have much food in the house and had no protein with her meal, I
didn’t offer her any chicken.
Raw Meat
9 25: 20:00 I am at a restaurant and my sister orders Tartar. It comes
with a raw egg on top of a mound of raw hamburger meat. I shudder looking at it. My sister offers me a
taste and I strangely accept. The taste is delicious and my sister gives me
more and I eat, loving every bite. Peas
8 02: 19:00 Crave small green peas for supper. I eat a whole plate of
them and they are so filling
Soup
7 27: Realized that I have been eating a lot of soup recently (very
unusual for me)
7 03: 18:20 made chicken soup, chocolate muffins
Chocolate
1 24: eating lots of sugar (Pumpkin pie, chocolate) and wanting coffee.
7 03: 20:45 ate 2 chocolate muffins and 2 cups of black tea – surprise –
I didn’t sleep well that night.
Protein
9 03: 10:30 Hungry for protein. I
eat tofu.
Fruit, Nuts and Seeds
8 02: 11:00 I am hungry for nuts. I roast pecans so that they are warm
and they taste delicious. I eat a slice of banana bread only because of the
walnuts.
8 02: Craving for nuts, seeds and fruit.
8 03: 13:00 I am grazing on roasted pumpkin seeds. It would take too
long to sit down and prepare a meal to eat it. Grazing is faster and there is
so much urgency to work outside in the garden and gather my food. I feel
hurried and I need to keep moving.
1 29: craving oranges-realize buying lots of them and eating them way
more than I usually do, especially this time of year
8 02: Craving for nuts, seeds and fruit. Simple, digestible
2 03: 7:00 Wanted only simple, easily digestible breakfast, plain brown
rice and digestive tea
Sugar aggravates1 39: 7:00 mouth dry(sugar) and voice was hardly
audible, like I had lost my voice.
1 43: If I have it (sugar) I feel the effects (dryness in mouth, slight
headache, mucusy) MUCH more than if I have too much sugar. But in this case it
happens if I have any sugar, i.e. apiece of cake or a couple of cookies.
8 02: 15:30 I sample son’s candy and fruit drink and I am grossed out by
its sweetness. For next several minutes I can’t rid the taste of the sugar and
I am sickened by it. Yuck.Ice-cream ameliorates3 05: XXX Ate ice cream in
evening and felt good afterwards
Spicy aversion/aggravation
2 17: 21:30 having dinner with friends I am eating a salad that has
TexMex flavour and I get apiece of chilli. It is very hot, normally I love
hot food, I really enjoy spicy, but this seems to really bother me and I
start to tear and have to drink water and stop eating the salad. Later upon returning
to my hotel I have a very watery bowel movement with heat, as if having eaten a
large amount of spice or chilli, but it was
just one bite.Temperature
Cold
1 09: woke up a bit depressed about the weather, already wearing sweaters.
Usually I love this time of year. Feeling sluggish.
8 01: I am chilled so I go to get a sweater.
10 14: Cold hands and feet. No more heat. Heat ameliorates
2 19: 14:00 – 16:00 To Phoenix desert botanical gardens today, last free
day before seminar with Sherr. Really enjoying the heat, surprising because I
am not usually good in heat since having serious heat stroke in Sri Lanka at
age 19. > Hot Bath.
5 15: 8:00 – Had a hot bath and read a book – felt wonderful. Desires
Fresh Air, Cool, and Sunshine
8 02: I want to work outside even though it is cold and windy. I prefer
the sunshine and the fresh outdoor air. I must work in my office
and I don’t because, it is inside. I bring my computer and work outside
on the deck. Its cold, the wind is blowing and I continue to work, accomplishing
a lot even though my fingers are cold.
11 02: Much more today the heat than yesterday. If this continues, I
will call Marie. She does not feel like writing anything about it. Feel like
being in a cool room. Feel like going outside with no clothes...
Sensations of Brain/Head
CNS corpus callosum of brain connecting left and right hemispheres feels
as ifmoving apart, disconnecting at frontal, hypothalamus?
2 03: 11:30 – 12:20 - felt feverish spike heat ears and cheeks.
Sensation as if forehead widening or separating at frontal corpus callosum
area, light headed
2 05: 7:00 - Upon waking had cold pressing pain in left parietal lobe,
near the suture.7 01: 10:02 feel weight in back of head, yet somehow clearer at
the front, more focused
8 01: 14:05: Immediately upon taking the remedy, I feel energy swirl and
pulsate in the occipital region of my head.8 01: 14:06: A faint pressure behind
my eyes begins and the back of the head feels air borne. The back of my head
feels elongated.
8 01: 15:30: I am eating a piece of bread with my mouth open. The chewing is aggressive. I am indifferent to the sounds that I am
making. My mouth feels bigger and much bigger than the rest of my head. The
back of my head is still feeling full of air which I feel its pressure.
8 02: Back of head feels enlarged and full of air
Sensations of Pain
2 02: 2:30 Awakened from sleep with pain in Right jaw as if hit or
struck - way along mandible
2 05: 08:00 Pain in back, felt paralyzed, could not move for couple of
seconds
2 05: 08:00 Woke up with pain in abdomen, whole region under umbilicus,
like intestine will tear apart
2 10: 12:00 Sharp pain in the Cecum area, quickly gone
3 15: Felt very achy all over in the afternoon. Felt similar to symptoms
I had right before starting the proving but not as severe.
3 16: Still a little achy on rising this morning. Have the urge to
stretch out > stretching
3 16: Felt very achy all over in the afternoon. Felt similar to symptoms
I had right before starting the proving but not as severe.
3 20: Feels like a pulling sensation in the muscles of mid-back
Want to shrug forward to stretch the muscles out5 16: 9:00 – woke up to
the phone ringing. Had a skull splitting headache – difficult to get out of bed.
Could feel my whole skull cracking and throbbing (8/10). Felt slight nausea.
5 17: Back really sore today, felt like my lower back was breaking (I =
7/10).
5 18: 7:00 – Still so tired and back is killing me. Feels as if it is
breaking. Difficulty walking with the pain.
6 01: 15:00 – Headache, frontal and around eyes, I= 4/10 dull ache
6 01: 16:00 – Sharp pain on left side of throat <swallowing, lasted
for approx. 1 hour
6 01: 18:00 – dull headache around both eyes.
6 02: 9:00 – Dull achy headache – whole head.
7 01: 10:16 upper back achy, arms/legs feel heavy (almost flu like
symptoms), feel cold
7 01: 10:34 cramping in l. calf
7 01: 10:48 upper body achy
7 01: 10:53 back of neck stiff, achy
7 01: 11:54 eyes achy, tired
7 01: 12:09 beginning of frontal headache, jaw hurts while eating (I
never get headaches)
7 01: 13:29 cold generally
7 01: 14:51 slight underarm sweating, back ache/stiff, eyes tired,
slight pain l. eye
7 01: 14:55 pins and needles l. foot and r. palm
7 01: 16:05 chills, lower back, neck stiff
7 01: lower/upper back and neck achy, neck stiff, gradually lessening as
day went by
7 01: 10:03 feel band over eyebrows and occiput (throbbing slightly)
7 02: 15:17 feel band over eyebrows
8 01: 20:15 While having a hot tub, I begin to feel a vise around my
temples. There is a pressure
and tightness at the temples. Head feels better after I am out of the
hot water.
8 02: 10:20 Low grade pressure left temple. Pressure behind left eye. Pressure
sensation in occiput.
10 24: Achy in back.
11 02: 14:50 sharp pain in right elbow shooting up to arm for a few
seconds
11 02: 15:00 pain shooting up from left ankle for 1 second
11 02: 15:05 pain shooting up from rectum for 1 second
11 09: 14:00 slight dull ache on the right side of the back of the head
for 20 minutes.
11 22: 8:30 left big toe tingling and numb. Swelling, Weight gain
2 14: 7:00 feeling and looking abdominal bloating lower abdomen, belt
one notch looser for comfort, lymph feel clogged such as swollen fingers, but
is systemic
2 18: 21:00 Went for a swim and to do some water aerobics before bed.
Put on my bathing suit and caught a glance of myself side ways in the mirror,
my lower abdomen above pubis seems to be protruding usually. Bloating? I am
still exercising each day other than for day of flight to Phoenix. I am eating
lighter due to heat, drinking LOTS of water 4 to 5 liter daily.
2 21: Felt overly bloated all day. I feel like I need to go on a diet my
cloths feel too tight, I have not weight myself but I feel like I have gained
10 lbs. I want to do juicing diet Swelling, Hot Flushing, Red Discoloration
2 15: 8:00 Allergic or hive reaction on face like a hot flushing moving
downward from forehead primarily on right then left. All face red especially
forehead, long oval shaped redness, duration 20 min. Eye lids almost swollen
shut, redness on eye lids remains for most of the afternoon like sunburn
2 17: 8:00 Allergic or hive reaction on face like a hot flushing moving
downward from forehead this time the whole face went red especially forehead,
long oval shaped redness, duration 20 min. Eye lids less swollen this time and
redness did not remain.
2 21: 8:00 Developed more severe, and father spreading, hive reaction
that lasted 40 min and almost whole body affected - red, red face, arms then
chest and back in strange pattern, see drawing, not elevated, as if I were
wearing a white bathing suit on my body – core
3 02: 08:00 Hot face with redness after taking a shower. Lasted about
20min (Concomitant with emotion)
3 02: 22:30 Got upset while talking on the phone and felt face get hot
3 04: Noticed my face feeling hot while speaking with a customer at work.
5 07: 17:00 – Thought I must have a rash on my abdomen – the skin was
suddenly feeling very raw, then it felt prickly and warm all over my abdomen, <
touch of any kind. Intensity~8/10 for discomfort. Didn’t want to have my
clothing touch it. Didn’t notice anything on the skin. Lasted for a couple of
hours.
5 08: 12:00 -Noticed the raw, prickle sensation on my abdomen again.
This time it was less intense (~5/10).
10 01: 10:30 h. felt warm (heat as if in the sun) on upper part of body
– like a fever – hotflushes – hot cheeks
11 02: 11:15 – really hot – burning hot like high fever; took your
temperature – no fever – feel abit annoyed about feeling this way – _ hour on
the way home – I will not do any more proving after this one Desires Bathing
2 24: Prefer bath to showers, every since moved to hotel in Phoenix and
now once home, usually do not want to take time to have a bath, now prefer
them, like putting a bit of seasalt or Epson salt in water. Continues until
leaving for Toronto Nov
035 15: 8:00 – Had a hot bath and read a book – felt wonderful.
Sleep: Aggravates/Ameliorates: Morning on Waking
2 02: 07:00 wake up full of energy, though had not have enough sleep
2 06: 9:00 Very exhausted slept much later than normal even for
Saturday. I naturally wakeup between 6-7 h.
2 07 10:00 Again very exhausted slept much later than normal
3 03: 10:00 Just getting up. Didn’t want to get out of bed which isn’t
unusual for me, but I never sleep this late!
3 10: 07:30 Able to get right out of bed when my alarm went off, I
usually don’t get up for 30min or so.
8 14: 7:20: I wake up after a short sleep of 6 hours to start my day. I
am energetic and ready to go. During today there is a long car ride to travel
to Windsor for Thanksgiving dinner.
8 22: 9:30 I wake up exhausted and feel that something has shifted in my
energy. I am so tired and I have to work. I am dragging my but.
8 23: 9:00: Wake up exhausted. I began my menses today without a hint of
it coming.
10 10: 7:00 I want to sleep longer and have difficulty getting up.
11 02: 6:30 No trouble getting up this morning.
11 04: 6:30 When the alarm clock rang at 6:30 h. I didn’t want to get
up. Reset it for 7 h. Sluggish and Exhausted1
09: woke up a bit depressed about the weather, already wearing sweaters.
Usually I love this time of year. Feeling sluggish.
1 24: tired all day. Frustrated that I could not shake off lethargy.
Feel like I am going through the motions.
2 06: 9:00 Very exhausted slept much later than normal even for
Saturday. I naturally wakebetween 6-7 h.
2 07 10:00 Again very exhausted slept much later than normal
3 03: 10:00 Just getting up. Didn’t want to get out of bed which isn’t
unusual for me but I never sleep this late!
3 07: 09:00 Really didn’t want to get out of bed. Had to force myself
3 21: 13:20 Feel really tired, have the urge to lay down which I do but
only for a few minutes – I can’t sleep I have too much to do
4 01: 18:00 extremely tired, falling asleep
6 17: 8:00 – Still have the headache today but milder. Just don’t feel
myself. Tired and no energy to do anything. Lay around and doze all day.
7 01: 21:30 normally exercise before going to bed, didn’t
7 02: exhausted
7 03: 10:39 sudden feeling of exhaustion
7 03: exhausted
7 04: exhausted
7 06: 17:10 feel exhausted, had a nap
8 02: Everywhere I look, I can see cleaning needing to be done but, I
don’t do anything.
702: 9: 30 I wake up after sleeping 11.5 hours. (It has been a long time
since I needed to sleep this long.)
802: 17:55 I take a short nap. I feel bone and brain tired.
8 22: 18:40: I am exhausted and nap. I am too tired to prepare dinner.
8 23: 9:00: Wake up exhausted. I began my menses today without a hint of
it coming.
10 01: 19:00 till bed time -- Very tired and not making any sense.
10 12: Very tired and slept 12 hours.
11 04: 6:30 When the alarm clock rang at 6:30 h. I didn’t want to get
up. Reset it for 7:00 h.
11 06: 11:20 During a lecture I keep yawning in class. I yawn more than
ten times continuously then stop.
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