Traumgruppe
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Vergleich: Siehe: Schlaf + Alptraum: + „lucid dreaming“ (klare Träume, worin der Träumer/die Träumerin handelt) + Anhang (Margret Madejsky) + Anhang 2
(David Little)
Bei Erwachen aus dem Traum mit
Herzklopfen: Rhus-t.
Schweißgebadet aufwachen: Hyos.
Schläft leicht, hört alles: Ign. Unangenehme Träume: Acon. Myos.
Schläfrig am Tag, bei Nacht
schlaflos: Phos.
Träume von Ereignissen des Tages: Bry.
[Anne Wirtz]
Malaria nosode. for Nightmares
[Prakash Vakil]
Träume werden definitiv von Miasmen
beeinflusst. Ayurveda sagt, dass Menschen unterschiedlich träumen, je nachdem
ob sie eine Kapha-, Pitta- oder Vata-Konstitution
haben. Genauso verhält es sich mit
Menschen, die zu einem bestimmten homöopathischen Konstitutionstypus neigen
(psorisch, tuberkulinisch, sykotisch oder syphilitisch) .
Im Folgenden werde ich die
Besonderheiten der Miasmen in Bezug auf das Träumen erörtern:
Träume der Psora
Die Träume der Psora drehen sich um
Erwartungsspannung begleitet von einer hyperaktiven Psyche. In den Träumen
können
Ideen oder unerfüllte Wünsche
wellenartig zum Ausdruck kommen. Psorische Träume legen Traurigkeit, Liebe,
Eifersucht, Angst oder Schreck offen.
Psychosomatische Beschwerden
können als Folge von Tagträumen mit veränderter Wahrnehmung und starken
Verlangen in Verbindung mit Schreck auftreten.
Träume der Sykose
Sykotische Träume gehen einher mit
einer gewissen Überempfindlichkeit. Es können Reibungen vorliegen, die durch
ein negatives
Umfeld bedingt sind. Hier kann
sich auch eine Müdigkeit zeigen,
die zu Verlangsamung und Trägheit
mit schlechtem Gedächtnis
führen kann.
Diese Patienten können sich oft
nur mit Mühe an ihre Träume erinnern oder diese nur unzureichend erklären, was
letztlich in einen
paranoiden Geisteszustand oder
eine hypochondrische Konstitution übergehen kann.
Träume von Versagen,
Mangel an Selbstvertrauen und
Unsicherheit sowie Träume vom Tod gehören ebenfalls zu diesem Miasma.
Träume der Tuberkulinie
Das tuberkulinische Miasma hat eine
gesteigerte Aktivität, aber diese ist gekoppelt mit mangelhaften Ressourcen,
was zu Schwäche führt.
Auch liegen Wechselhaftigkeit und
Stimmungsschwankungen vor. Diese Gemütslage verursacht wechselhafte Träume.
Der Verstand ist aktiv, aber der
Körper schwach, was Enttäuschung und Frust hervorruft.
Es können auch sexuelle oder
erotische Träume auftreten. Diese Träume sind sehr lebhaft und führen unter
Umständen zu Masturbation oder Nymphomanie.
Das Verlangen nach Veränderung
kann sich in Träumen vom Reisen ausdrücken.
Träume der Syphilis
Es liegt ein Gefühl der
Erschöpfung in Verbindung mit irrationalen Reaktionen vor, was zu einem
Werteverlust in Bezug auf das Leben führt.
Hier finden wir auch Schuldgefühle,
aus denen eine Selbstmordneigung hervorgehen kann.
Syphilitische Träume sind
suizidal, mörderisch oder destruktiv.
Art-v. = mugwort fördert Träume
Cael. = Dreamherb/= Bitteres Gras/= Blatt Gottes
Dreaming. potency
Entada rheedii = african dreamherb Fabales.x
Iboga. Wachträume
Nightmare =
Alptraum
Schawuska Kl. Asien Feuer. Orakel. Traumweberin. Göttinnen.
Silene capensis = Melandrium undulatum = african dream root/= gunpowderplant Caryophyllales.x
Perchta (Frau Holle) bestraft Faulheit und Neugier mit Albträumen bis Bauch aufschlitzen (Rotkäppchen)/Brunnen/belohnt Fleiß und Hilfsbereitschaft.
[vollen Spulen/goldenen
Fäden/Flachknoten/Münzen. (vorwiegend am Brunnen)]. Hütet am Brunnen/Teich noch nicht
geborene Seelen. Holunderstrauch/=
dämonische Spinnerin. steht in Zusammenhang mit Schicksalsfrauen (Nornen.).
Attribute: Wollknäuel. +
Spindel/Magische Spiegel./Hund/= Todesgöttin
Dreaming potency = Ubulawu (=
Kräutermischung gebraucht in Heilritualen in S. Afrika/wird mit Gabel
geschlagen bis Schaum. entsteht)
Aq-mar. (= Meerwasser)
Mondstein. (= Kalium-Aluminium-Silikat)/= Traumstein (I)
Amethyst. wa + Hypericum Auro cultum w Aurum/Apis regina comp. (=
goldene Kette: Gold - Johanniskraut - Bienenkönigin) wa.
Jug-r. Walnussbaumblätter für sanfte, angenehme Träume
Laurus nobilis = Lorbeer Laurales.
Melis. bei unruhigen Träumen/Tee trinken o. reiben Sie Schläfen
und Herz mit dem Tee, der Tinktur oder Melissengeist ein.
Myos-a. wertvollste Traumförderer aus dem Pflanzenreich und ein
idealer Katalysator für Silber.
Blau. vermittelt Tiefe und Weite. Die Seelenwirkung der Farben nutzen Hersteller von Kräuterteemischungen: Ein Schlaftee wird aus psychologischen Gründen
immer sichtbar viel Blau
enthalten. Stärkt das Erinnerungsvermögen. (Träume/Studium).
Valer. [Margret Madejsky] kann erweckte Nachtgespenster wieder
besänftigen. Baldrian war die heilige Blume des germanischen Lichtgottes
Baldur. Im Mittelalter
hat man psychisch Kranken
Schutzamulette mit Baldrianwurzel um den Hals gehängt. Wie so viele stark duftende
Pflanzen, galt der Baldrian als Dämonen abwehrend.
Heute noch schützen die
Zubereitungen der Wurzel Tausende von Menschen vor dem "Dämon der
Schlaflosigkeit". In psychiatrischen Einrichtungen werden die
Wurzelextrakte literweise verbraucht; Baldrian ist der erklärte Lieblingsgeruch
Manisch-Depressive.
Wenn in der Nacht alte Wunden der
Seele aufbrechen, dann wird die "Mondwurz" wie ein Lichtblick sein.
Einer der Wirkstoffe, die Isovaleriansäure, ist auch Bestandteil
von menschlichen Hautausdünstungen.
Der schweißähnliche Geruch kann in schwierigen Lebenssituationen gewissermaßen
menschliche Nähe ersetzten und wie eine
Umarmung wirken. (Traumwandeln).
Morpheus: Gott des Traumes
(Hellas)/= Sohn von Hypnos (= Gott des Schlafes). Sein Bett besteht aus Elfenbein
und steht in einer dunklen Höhle/als Gott des Todes verehrt
(nicht zu verwechseln mit dem Gott
der Unterwelt Hades/Pluto)/Symbol ist die Kapsel des Schlafmohnes (Op.).
Freud:
Träume sind der Königsweg ins
Unterbewusste.
Zur Traumdeutungen gehören:
Assoziationen des Träumenden
Einen Zensor steht der innerliche
Traumwahrnehmer gegenüber
Verschiebung im Traum: Einen
bestimmte Person o. Idee steht als Symbol vor eine andere Person o. Idee.
Verdichtung im Traum: Ein Symbol
hat mehrere Bedeutungen
Tagessediment sind Resten des
Tagesgeschehens.
Förderung durch:
Visc. + Amethyst. beugen Alpträume vor
Helichrysum italicum (= Immortelle./= Italienische Strohblume/= Currykraut) Asterales.
wächst in den
Mittelmeerländern auf kargem Boden/wird als „Strohblume“ o. „Sonnengold“
bezeichnet. Ihr Duft, als Trockenstrauß im Zimmer o. als
Duftsäckchen unter dem
Kopfkissen, verstärkt die Traumfähigkeit. Die Botschaften werden klarer/die
Erinnerung an Träume verbessert. Sie hilft, über die Träume innere
Verspannungen zu lösen.
Jade. unter Kopfkissen/Opal. fördert
Träume
So viel Wasser trinken, dass
Toilettegang zum Aufwachen zwingt
Traumfänger von vertrauenswürdige
Hersteller(in) aus neue Materialien
Sich vor dem Einschlafen in dem
Traum auf die Hände zu schauen.
Visc. Schutz vor
Feuer/Krankheit/Alpträume
The influence of Homœopathic remedies on dreams. [Dr Devrient/presented
by Sylvain Cazalet]
I. Dreams of Fortune: Sulph. Anh.
Op.
In some instances these symptoms may become so overwhelming that they
must be looked upon as pathological.
Sulph. The dilapidated, untidy philosopher, in whom
vision takes the place of reality, whose rags he considers the finest raiments,
and to whom real life is strange. Of course,
we do not want to rob him of his pleasant dreams, but when they, in
connection with other somatic symptoms demand Sulph. we must not remain
inactive: patient become
the worry of their families/a menace to society.
Anh. used by Mexican Indians to produce pleasurable
dreams. Should be indicated in varicolored dreams, constantly changing and
picturesque. Such dreams are like
kaleidoscopic visions, which change quickly, are spun in sequences and
are always pleasant. Sometimes we find real hallucinations and wonderfully
fantastic pictures.
Reversely we find capricious forms of grotesque monsters. In such
patients often an auditory condition, which, when a note is struck on the
piano, can visualize an entire melody +
a wonderfully colored harmony and musical rhythm. At the same time there
may be a weakened heart action, diminished motor action even leading to
paraplegia; increase of reflexes.
Op. indicated
in fantastic visions and pleasant dreams if other symptoms point to it
II. Dreams which Exhaust. Physical
exhaustion and work often subject of dreams.
Found in Bry. Nux-v. Puls.
Rhus-t. dreams of all kinds of gymnastics
(riding/rowing/sawing) + during the dream a feeling, of physical exhaustion.
Sel. Psychical exhaustion dreams of little things
forgotten during the day. Nervous depression and deals with the manifold
happenings and small particulars of the patient's daily life.
That, which he forgot in his daily routine, pops up in his dreams,
disturbs him terribly and causes insomnia and tires his soul.
Pysical and psychical exhaustion and lost strength: Arn. Ars. Cimic. Gels. Nux-v. Phos.
Exhausting dreams + sensation of surging ideas constantly crashing upon
the brain: Coff. Chin. Cocc. Hyos. Lach. These dreams are very torturing and
reducing.
Dreams persist even after awakening, and tire the patient out: Calc. Chin. Lach. Nat-m.
III. Related to these symptom
pictures are the so-called wake-up-dreams = Dreams of Emotion.
Dreams of being thirsty so he must drink constantly: Ars. Med. Nat-m. Phos.
[Roger van Zandvoort] Dreams of
being thirsty: Nat-m. Viol-o. Aids. Dros. Lamp-c.
Dreams of hunger and eating: Abies-n. Chin. Psor. Psorinum patient is
much weakened/the sensation of hunger awakens him from sleep.
Dreams of flying: The patient is floating over houses and towers, and is
gliding slowly and gracefully up and down: Rhus-g. Apis. Stict.
Voluptuous dreams: Cann-i. Phos. Staph. Dios. Hyos. Canth. Op. Ph-ac.
Thuj.
Cann-i. deserves special mention. From reading about
the action Hashish one can readily understand why the Orient clings to this
drug in spite of prohibiting laws. Fantastic
pictures of voluptiousness and sensualities are prominent symptoms. The
Historical fact is interesting, that young Islam warriors during the eighth
century' were supplied with
Hashish in order to give them a view of their paradise, thus to spar on
their love of combat to highest extreme. According to Mohammed's promise, the
fallen hero would find
everlasting pleasures of love in paradise. To give the sons of the
desert a foretaste, notorious "Old Man of the Mountain" in change of
the young troops, dispensed to them
carefully weighed doses of Hashish. Thus transported to paradise, they
became confirmed in the existence of the houri; they awoke with unquenchable
desire to seek death
as a real hero. Dreams of rape: Sep. These patients experience rape in
their dreams.
Other remedies in excessive impressions from dreams of rape. For
hypersensitive sensorium in general consult: Bell. Coff. Op. Cham. Nux-v. Cocc. Tarent. Zinc-met.
IV. Dreams with anxious nightmare:
Generally: Acon. Aur-met. Arg-n. Apis. Cham. Chin. Colch. Hyos. Lil-t.
Merc-c. Rhus-t. Sil. Sulph. Zinc-met.
Dreams of accidents, falling, crashing (heart diseases): Dig. Arn. Bell.
Lyc. Verat-a. Sil. Calc. Nit-ac.
Dream of thieves: Bell. Psor. Verat-a.
Fear of dogs/black animals (cats).: Op.
Fear concerning animals (snakes): Arg-n. Lac-c. Op. Daph. Ran-s.
Fear before falling asleep: Nat-m. Cannot go to sleep because they fear
burglars (move furniture against the doors).
Dreams of death and dead persons: Ars. Lach. Arn. Calc. Cann-i. Crot-h.
Dreams of sickness and patients: Ars. Lach.: his own death and fears
it/lying in bed in his shroud, or in the grave itself/lead him to his own
funeral, or he dreams of secrets
which takes place on the cemetery.
Dreams of fire and flames: Bell. Phos. Lach. Euphr.
Dreams of hæmorrhages (hæmoptysis): Phos. (value in bleeding).
V. Dreams of Different Ages.
Rapturous dreams of older people: Acon. Phos. Apis. Op. Passi.
Anxious dreams of children: Abs. Acon. Bell. Cham. Chin. Cypr. Passi.
Also: Ars. Calc-br. Hyos. Kali-br. Phos. Puls. Sulph.
[J.H.Clarke/R. Murphy ]
Common Dreams of Well Known Remedies
Ars.: Anxious, frightful, full of cares,
danger, accidents, dead people, exertion, unable to scream, thunder storms,
water, embarassment, sad dreams.
Bell.: Battles, fire, quarrels, running,
pursued by giants, monsters, gymnastics, flying, water.
Bry.: Business, excelling, busy,
exertion, persistent dreams, unimportant dreams, vivid dreams of the
transactions of the day.
Calc.: business, death, disease,
household affairs, amorous, pleasant, unsuccessful efforts to do something.
Iod.: Eating, hunger, that he didn’t get
anything to eat, all the food had been eaten before he arrived, misfortune,
danger.
Kali-s.: Ghosts, death, misfortune, robbers,
murder
Lach.: Snakes, death, vengeance, being
murdered, accusations, knives, exertion, journey, remorse.
Lyc.: Flying, giants, drowning,
misfortune, hiding from danger, being murdered, amorous, exhausting, of an
accident and a boat is foundering.
Nat-m.: Robbers, grief, remorse,
humiliation, anger, reproaching herself, murder, being thirsty, confused.
Nux-v.: Excelling, great exertion,
visionary dreams, quarrels, business, accidents, mutiliation, teeth falling
out, amorous.
Phos.: Bleeding, blood, lightning,
persistent dreams, fire, vivid dreams, stinging insects, historic, money,
anxious, can’t accomplish business.
Puls.: Animals, black beasts, disgusting,
voluptuous, confused, amorous, anxious, pleasant, sad.
Staph.: Humiliation, anger, exasperation,
fights, quarrels, murder, vexations, rape, amorous.
Thuj.: Falling from grace or from a high
place, teeth breaking off, misfortune, dying, dead people, conscience acquits
him of a crime.
[Y.R. Agrawal]
A dream is an intermediary product of the thinking process.
It is a phenomenon occurring at the threshold of the conciousness in the
process of awakening or falling asleep. It appears when the light of
consciousness is dimmed or when it is in the process of
flickering up and it is characteristic of this state of mind.
Sources of dream: "When certain sentiments or impressions
apprehended by the organs agitate the conscious mind or when sensual or
material thoughts get vehemently awakened in the conscious mind,
the crude receptacle of the mind
becomes unsteady and restless leaving an impression of that restlessness on the
nerve cell. That impression remains short lived or lasting as per degrees of
its intensity. Sometimes even a significant impression being compelled to make
room for a newer one under the impact of some other counter agitation or
restlessness, loses its previously acquired permanence.
In the sleeping stage, if ever a man's nerve tissues get agitated due to
some physical cause, oftener than not, either as a result of this or on account
of cerebral heat, caused by some vehement drinking, the nerve cells also get
stirred and disturbed. Such agitations give rise, in the mental sphere, to
desires similar to those impressions, accumulated in
the nerve cells. This the agitated Chitta (sub-conscious mind) accepts
as real the stream of thoughts arising from one or more such impressions. The
crude organs having struck work, the identical disires, do not then seem to be
imaginary but they appear to be real. Such dreams often do not come true as
these are actually pure imaginations or a more stringing together of different,
disjoined thoughts, e.g., what we may call it as a confused or inconsistent
dream.
Only those whose nerve tissues have become weak due to some ailments of the
brain or head or to some protracted illness, or those whose digestive system
has gone out of gear, generally see such erotic dreams. We may call such a one
passionate or sensual dream. These dreams are the true reproduction of the
pre-imagined objects or the
scattered expressions of previous thoughts.
Excessive eating also gives rise to such a dream in man. Those who have
purity of thoughts and also have restrain over their 2 diet, are generally less
susceptible to such dreams. Such dreams never come in deep sleep.
In another type of dream when a man is in deep slumber, there arises in
his sub-conscious mind, through his dream a prognosis of a sizable calamity or
some good news or bad news. The all knowing
causal or unconscious mind can not give expression to its all
knowingness due to the fickleness of the conscious and sub-conscious minds as
well as
due to its own expressional inability, but it can just as well awaken in
the calm conscious and sub-conscious minds of a man in deep slumber those visions
and prognosis of
past present or things to come, with which he may get particularly
enlarged or overwhelmed. The surging vibrational flow, coming out of the
fountain head of the unconscious mind that vibrates the sub-conscious mind, is
also a part of dream and that dream is not devoid of significance, for its
cause is all knowing causal mind.
This we may call supramental
vision.
Sometimes, even in the wakeful state too the congestive flow of the
unconscious mind makes its way into the subtle mind, as a result of which a man
even in his wakeful state can grasp and guess
events concerning his near and dear ones abroad with a little
concentration. This we may call as telepathic vision."
—Shri Anandamurti ji
Experience confirms that we dream most frequently of the things on which
our warmest passions are centred. The ambitious man dreams of the laurels he
has won or of those he has still to win;
while the lover is busied in his
dreams with the object of his hopes-.
-AH the sensual desires and repulsion that slumber in the heart can, if
anything sets them in motion, cause a dream to arise from the ideas that are
associated with them or cause those ideas to intervene
in a dream that is already present.
Dream may also come of the subject which we in waking state do not
recognise as forming a part of knowledge or experience.
We remember, of course, having dreamt the things in quastion, but we do
not remember whether or when we experienced it in real life.
While passing through a lane, road, etc., we notice many things with
which we are not concerned or which we do not consider to be
important enough but such things
connecting the events of one place with the other do form part of our dreams.
[Nikunj Jani]
Role and Utility of Dream Interpretation in Homoeopathic Practice: A
Study
Dr. Nikunj Jani shares a research project on the role and utility of
dream interpretation in homoeopathic practice. Dreams reveal the suppressed
desires and emotions and provide relevant rubrics for repertorisation.
Abstract: Dreams have a great importance?? in Homoeopathic Prescribing.
This paper presents the observations of a study done on 30 cases. The study
adequately demonstrates the utility of dreams and their interpretation in
homoeopathic practice.
“A dream that is not understood
remains a mere occurrence; understood, it becomes a living experience.”
Carl Gustav Jung
Everybody dreams. A normal night’s sleep always includes not one but several
periods of dreaming. A few people entirely forget every dream they have, and
claim they don’t dream at all; some have almost a complete record of their
dreams; most of us remember a few elements of our dreams, and occasionally
recall in great detail a dream that seems, for some reason, to be especially
impressive and important.
What are Dreams?
The dictionary definition of “dream” is, “A series of images, ideas, and
emotions occurring in certain stages of sleep” (American Heritage Dictionary of
the English Language, 1969). In dream interpretation, the dream images are
accepted as facts presented by the dreamer’s unconscious psyche; the
interpreter seeks the meaning of facts to make a psychological statement that
is relevant to the dreamer. The work of Freud, Jung and others made dream
analysis an important feature of our understanding of the unconscious mind and
for psychotherapy.
Dreams reflect the unconscious mind; hence in homoeopathy they are very
important. They reflect the hidden desires and aversions and the innermost
turmoil, thereby acquiring a lot of importance in Homoeopathic prescribing.
Major Theories of Dream Interpretation:
Most current theories of dream interpretation are historically rooted
in, or in general accord with one of three schools: Freudian, Jungian, or
Existentialist. Freud was the first person to undertake the development of a
scientific method for dream interpretation. Jung, on the other hand, adhered to
the interpretation of the manifest content, – the images themselves-, because
he insisted the dream is not a disguise.
Significance of dreams in Homoeopathy:
Whenever the prover reported dreams, these were included in the Materia
Medica. We have thus a whole chapter on dreams (drawn of course from Materia
Medica) right
from the first repertory, the Therapeutic Pocketbook of Boenninghausen,
through Knerr’s repertory (from Hering’s Guiding symptoms), Kent’s Repertory
and the most recent Repertories.
Role of dreams in understanding the mental state:
Affects or the bodily reactions occurring within the dream, as well as
affects or bodily reactions occurring while talking about the dream are a part
of an entire image. They often lead directly to the emotions underlying the
dreams. Thus, they give a glimpse of the real mental state of the individual.
Not all dreams of the subject can be subjected to a detailed analysis.
Then the question arises, which dreams are to be considered to be subjected for
analysis.
Dreams that are recurrent,
persisting over a period of time.
Dreams that are vivid
elaborate and etched in the memory.
Dreams that leave a powerful
emotional impact on the person either during or after their occurrence.
The question which then arises is, which other dreams are to be taken in
the formation of the repertorial totality? Dreams which cannot be interpreted
but are very striking,
and have an impact on the individual should be an essential part of the
repertorial totality.
How do we analyze?
Before we proceed on to the do’s, we ought to clarify the don’ts. These
are:
Avoid all fixed
interpretations for symbols e.g. sex for snake.
Avoid interpretation where the
dreams are incompletely remembered and rendered.
Avoid instant interpretation
without reference to context.
It is useful to look at dreams in two ways:
The content of the dreams
The context in which they occur
It must be remembered that the dream analysis is not mandatory.
Reference to the repertory in the large proportion of the cases should do the
job especially when the nature
of the dream is a characteristic one. Analysis is only for the
imaginative, sensitive physician who would like to know more in depth and
breadth. This desire should be
accompanied by a corresponding discipline of a high order.6
Dreams play a twofold part in homoeopathic case-taking:
To reveal the suppressed
desires and emotions.
To provide relevant rubrics
for repertorisation. 11
The Study:
A retrospective case series study of 30 cases was done to study the
dreams and co-relate them with the expressions of the underlying mental state
as a part of dissertation, submitted to the University of Mumbai for MD degree
by the author in the 2007.
Conclusions obtained at the End of the Study:
The conclusions of the study are as follows:
Dream interpretation was
possible in 83% of cases (In 25 cases out of 30, it was possible).
Dream interpretation was not
possible in 17% of cases (5 cases), as no
co-relation with the life situation could be established.
Out of the 83% of the cases
where interpretation was done, dreams played a key role in understanding the
real mental state in 72% of the cases (18 cases); and in the remaining 28% of
cases (7 cases) the mental state could be well understood through the life
situation of the patient’s dreams and their dreams enhanced the understanding
of the mental state.
Dreams have a good role in
treatment of chronic as well as acute illness.
In the study, dreams served as
an eliminating symptom in 6.67% cases (2 cases).
Dreams have been used as
characteristic symptoms in 93.33% of cases (28 cases).
This study highlights the
importance of dreams as an important criteria in the assessment of regular
follow-ups. There is a considerable alteration in the dream sequence
post-treatment, enabling us to understand the remedy response in a better way.
On Repertorization, not all
dreams seen by the patients get covered in the repertory. We have to take the
dreams with similar themes for repertorization in such cases.
A variety of dreams have been
seen in the 30 cases taken in this study. The highest incidence is of Dreams of
Water in 9.32% cases (11 cases), this is followed by Dreams of Dead People and
Dreams of Mutilations and Blood which are seen in 5.93% of cases (7 cases).
Types of Dreams Frequency
of occurrences in cases Percentage
Water 11 9.32%
Dead people 7 5.93%
Mutilation and blood 7 5.93%
Snakes 7 5.93%
Exams 6 5.08%
Failures 6 5.08%
Amorous 5 4.24%
Drowning 5 4.24%
Falling 5 4.24%
Frightful 5 4.24%
Death 4 3.39%
God 4 3.39%
Murder 4 3.39%
Prophetic and clairvoyant 4 3.39%
Animals 3 2.54%
Embarrassment and humiliation 3 2.54%
Fire 3 2.54%
Marriages 3 2.54%
Rape 3 2.54%
Anxiety 2 1.69%
Children 2 1.69%
Disease 2 1.69%
Ghosts 2 1.69%
Past events 2 1.69%
Accidents 1 0.85%
Being naked 1 0.85%
Coloured 1 0.85%
Crowds 1 0.85%
Fights 1 0.85%
Fish 1 0.85%
Food 1 0.85%
Graves 1 0.85%
Landscapes 1 0.85%
Pursuit 1 0.85%
Relatives 1 0.85%
Teeth 1 0.85%
Travelling 1 0.85%
The following histograms show the
occurrence of the various dreams in the 30 cases:
Fig 4 : Frequency of occurrences of dreams in cases
Fig 5: Frequency of occurrences of dreams in cases
Fig 6: Frequency of occurrences of dreams in cases
Fig 7: Frequency of occurrences of dreams in cases
Fig 8: Frequency of occurrences of dreams in cases
On interpretation of dreams,
various themes were reflected, out of the 25 cases which are interpreted; the
underlying theme of Anxiety and Sexuality was observed in 22.03% of cases (13 cases);
this was followed by themes of Suppressed and Repressed emotions in 18.64% of
cases (11 cases). Themes of Violence and Aggression in 56% of cases (8 cases),
Fear in 6.78% of cases (4 cases), Loneliness and Forsaken Feeling in 6.78% of
cases (4 cases) , Unfulfilled desires in 6.78% of cases (4 cases), Clairvoyance
and Humiliation were also noted in this study.
Fig 9: Frequency of occurrences of dreams in cases
Dream themes or solitary
dreams are more useful in construction of repertorial totality, and dream
sequences have a limited role in repertorization but are very useful for
understanding the mental state of the person.
Total 28 cases in this study
received a constitutional remedy. 9 cases received Magnesium in combination
with some anion out of which 4 cases were of Mag Mur and 4 cases received Mag
Carb. 3 cases received Kali Carb; the other 2 cases each received Lac Can,
Lycopodium and Lachesis respectively.
The other 12 cases received
different remedies and we can say that the spread and depth of Materia Medica
by using dreams was wide.
Remedy Total cases Percentage
Mag Mur 4 13.33%
Mag Carb 4 13.33%
Mag Sulph 1 3.33%
Magnesium group 9
Kali Carb 3 10%
Lac Can 2 6.66%
Lachesis 2 6.66%
Cencheris 1 3.33%
Naja 1 3.33%
Ophidia Group 4
Lycopodium 2 6.66%
Merc Sol 1 3.33%
Lyssin 1 3.33%
Hurra 1 3.33%
Calcerea Silicata 1 3.33%
Zinc Picricum 1 3.33%
Sepia 1 3.33%
Rhus Tox 1 3.33%
Plumbum 1 3.33%
Platina 1 3.33%
Nat Mur 1 3.33%
Fig 10: Frequency of Remedies used in cases
In this study only 2 cases
received acute remedies, and those had excellent results. Remedies like Plumbum
and Rhus Tox were used exclusively on the basis of their dreams.
The defense mechanism Suppression
was seen highest in 13 cases, followed by Repression in 11 cases. The other
defense mechanisms like Communication Block, Projection, Introjection,
Escapism, and Channelization were also found in this study.
In all the 25 cases which were
interpreted on the basis of Jung’s and Freud’s theory of Dream Analysis, the
mechanism Ego Displacement was seen being used in 8 cases. The other mechanisms
like Symbolism, Allegory, Archetypes and Rebus were also seen in this study.
Repressed and Suppressed
feelings formed the major core emotions of the Magnesium group. Suppressed
violence and aggression was also seen in the Magnesium Group.
The theme of Sexuality was
prominent in the Ophidia group and in remedies like Lyssin and Calc Sil.
A detailed case taking is
essential to study the dreams by co-relating them with the life situation of
the patient.
Steps of symptom
classification, analysis, and evaluation of symptoms form a very important role
in selecting the simillimum.
By using a psychodynamic study
of the person, it is possible to derive the materia medica portraits of the
various remedies.
Materia Medica representation
is not adequate in rubrics like Dreams of Examination and Dreams of Failures
listed in the Synthesis Repertory. Here only rare remedies are present, and
well proved remedies are not adequately mentioned in the repertory under such
rubrics.
The majority of the cases have
been approached using Kent’s Totality which indicates the availability of qualified
Mentals, Cravings, Aversions, and Thermal states with differential thermal
modalities. Physical generals all have their valuable place in building the
totality. They communicate to the homoeopathic physician the level and degree
of susceptibility.
Interpretation of the dreams can mislead the
physician if they are not interpreted in the right way. Dream interpretation
requires discipline of the highest order. Fanciful interpretations have no role
in understanding the real mental state and they can prove hazardous.
To understand the utility of
dreams and their interpretations from the life space and behavioral patterns,
it is essential to undertake a detailed interview focusing upon childhood,
upbringing, schooling, work, and family with respect to various expressions
from time to time.
Along with the remedial
measures, in which a constitutional remedy was the main-stay, ancillary
measures also helped. Active interactions with the patient and in some cases
with their relatives, at some stage of the treatment helped in the curative
processes. It helped the patient to be aware of their problems, identify the
specific problem areas, and deal with these problems as per guidance or
suggestions of the treating physician. In some cases, these interactions gave
new perspectives to the patient or a gave chance of retrospection.
Trick: Beim Erwachen sind Träume
ausschließlich im Arbeitsgedächtnis memoriert (hat geringe Kapazität, dessen
Inhalte sehr schnell überschrieben werden). Morgens gegen neue Sinneseindrücke
abschirmen: Augen vorerst geschlossen halten und nicht bewegen. Dann versuchen,
was man gerade geträumt hat, noch einmal Revue passieren zu lassen - den Traum
zu fangen. Sonst ist er weg.
„Wer unsere Träume stiehlt, gibt
uns den Tod.“
Konfuzius
„Träume sind Schäume“
Vorwort/Suchen. Zeichen/Abkürzungen. Impressum.