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Originally Posted by Barbara Quote: Two thoughts as I was reading (not checked out), but I think it was Morrison who mentioned a desire for Peanut Butter is very Pulsatilla, which is not active now, but also Tub. On reading, I felt he was quite Silica (cannot back that up!!). The other thought was Sycotic Co (I think), which I believe is somewhere in the repertory under "fussy or faddy eater". Also Nat.mur. doesn't like their food 'messed around' (either Coulter or Bailey noted). Andy ????! :-) I can only find this :

Barbara always has good ideas :-). Not sure the ref on food fastidiousness. There is this in Refworks:

Fastidious [sen] food: 2ars.231, chin., cina155, 3Epip.231, graph., hell., 2nux-m.231, 2sil.231, sol, 3Syph.231

But that is only one way of saying it.

Fussy [sen] food: anh., atra-r., 3Lac-f.188, lat-h., nux-v., tub.

As far as aversion to crunchy food, here is a stab at that sx:

Mastication [sen] agg: 3Aloe31, arg.36, arn.36, bell.22, bism.11, bry.8, chin.10, cocc.36, euph.8, graph.10, kali-p.58, kalm.36, spig.11

He also seems very unable to express/articulate his feelings in logical form (why does he not like crunchy; and (though I missed most of thread)--why he does not blow his nose). Aside from what I may have wrong here because did not read whole thread, not being able to express feelings is a characteristic of Carcinosin. But Nat-m of course also has that in spades. Sulphur is explosive and vehement about expressing feelings, but it would seem can do it logically, which unless I am wrong, he cannot--but maybe that a function of his age... But sulph has the actual sx clinically observed, as Robyn posted. WHY does he not like crunchy PB, not like to blow nose? This is a case where aggressive case taking until answer found could be helpful (if it leads to a result without agg this little client). Sure would be nice to hear the followup on this case after the correct rx.

Robyn had posted the following which suggest nat-m or sulph based on the peculiar which I assume has been elicited about air pushed out the tear duct. Nat-m is a principle complement of Pulsatilla, and given the PB connection, maybe that is going to end up being the rx. But Tub, Carc, another nosode or a bowel nosode also seem like good rx to at least keep in mind in a case without otherwise definite indications in the information we have been given. Maybe tub out ahead as a nosode because it craves PB and this was so very pronounced. But I am speculating. Need other confirmatories to make a stool one can sit on. I really like Kris' mechanical/anatomical description which seems to well explain the situation. Robyn managed to find the particular symptom in our amazing literature. Herscu finds that the sneeze reflex or some sort of nasal pneumatic challenge is a peculiar of sulphur. Hard not to start with an rx that actually has had the air in the eyes phenomenon and/or phobia about nose blowing. Nice if can make it all fit together as a case. But maybe the peculiar will arbit the choice, as this is a patho-mechanical peculiar with little data on how widespread it might be in the materia medica.

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