I have a good friend who is a homeopath. He is quite tall, a "big" man who has always considered himself "overweight". In reality, he is over 6'3" in height, and a little stocky. He has had difficulty with respiration for many, many years.

Doctors and naturopaths have always told him that one of the main reasons for his difficulty breathing is his "excess" weight, and they have promoted dietary changes and weight loss as part of his treatment. He has tried desperately to shed pounds for years, but he has lately been in a state where his energy level has plummetted. He has difficulty concentrating on anything, and his joints have become painful and difficult to work effectively. He has even begun a regime to exercise away the excess weight, as he has been advised he needs to address his lack of energy this way. But nothing was changing.

So, he decided to take part in a "sleep" study conducted by the local university in the hospital where he works. During the study, it was found that on average he "stops breathing" (apnea) over 200 times per night, and that he can spend up to a minute or so unable to breathe during his sleep. Often he wakes himself up to breathe, so his "rest" and sleep are constantly interrupted. He has figured out that this must be the reason he is so tired and unfocused...and also the impetus behind his need to eat more food, which then gets stored as excess fat and weight.

My question: is he tubercular, or sycotic?
In North America, "overweight" people like my friend are often hounded into losing weight, because doctors tell them that they will become apnic if they don't take measures (among other scary outcomes). But in this case, no one is sure whether the fat came after the apnea, or vice versa. My friend is convinced it is the "vice versa", since he has suffered from the asthma since childhood, but has only added on the weight over the last few years. Also, how does one miasm "feed" into the other? What kind of difference would this make in remedy selection now?

Just wondering...
Divina

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