A Case of Staphyisagria
F. M. came to see me. She is 65 years old and has a grown-up family who are all doing well for themselves.
Anamnesis
F. M. was adopted and has no family history to share about her original family. Her adoptive family were good people, and she felt loved.
Findings at First Visit
Character
'I am on my own within myself. I feel it right in here, sensation in my gut(solar plexus). It feels thumping downwards, there is rejection in my heart, empty sensation, unloved, who am I, anger. I have lack of self-worth, feel unfulfilled. I feel better for the many affirmations from my husband and my children. They encourage me'Foot
'I have neuropathy of the feet, it is like wearing ankle socks with no sensation from the ankle down'.
'Then I have throbbing in the toes, heals, ears. It is better for warm water baths. It is worse for cold.'
'I have pain in the heals at night, it keeps me awake, spasms and twitching.'
Rubrics(Complete Dynamic)
Mind; Ailments from anger; suppressed
Mind; ailments from; anxiety; prolonged
Nose; hay fever; annual; coryza
Extremities; insensibility; night, < cold
Generalities; food and drink; cabbage; aversion
Prescription
LM1 Staphyisagria
Review 6 weeks later
Character
''Nothing extreme happened but I am calmer, more content with me, less alone feeling'
'I don't feel I am loved for the person I am, I do feel alone at times but not as deep as I have felt'
'I feel it in my solar plexus, my gut, going upwards, to my heart'
Foot
'Boot is off, much better'
Prescription
LM2 Staphyisagria
Review 6 weeks later
Character
'I feel I am strengthening and making more decisions for myself. I feel I have 'drive' again. I am an enthusiastic person usually. When I get into doing something I complete it and find myself leading the way for other people. I am a bit all in and all out when it comes
to interests and work.
Foot
'Foot is up and down'
Rubrics
Foot, pain , standing from
Foot, pain, wetting, agg
Self, want of confidence
Sleeplessness, midnight after
Prescription
LM3 Silicea
Conclusion
F.M.continued to come to me periodically for a year in which she was able to let go of 'issues' in her life one by one and feel her confidence increase over time. Her foot resolved itself also in this process.
References: https://abchomeopathy.com/r.php/Sil