I'm still reading and still not sure where I really fit, Sulp, Rhus Tx,Kali Io, Lyc. 1.)symptoms to love,hate, etc. (I love people, parties, dancing, hugs, and smiling faces. I am not afraid of being alone, not afraid of death, just dont want to suffer needlessly, I am rarely sad for myself, but do cry at sad movies. love seeing baby's on TV, movies, etc. in person I feel need to touch the babies. I do not like anything cold, unless its over 80 degrees in weather. Have very poor circulation, I'm always colder in a room than others.In bed I'm dressed warmly, lots of blankets, feet with socks all yr. round. 3rd). I am a very active 83 yr. old, very creative,intellegent, leader, good mind, clean, scheduled, sincere, caring person,can be the life of the party all the time if I let myself, but learned to sit back and let others do their thing.In 1992 started a social club, still going strong, wrote a book about it in '94-6 and on www.lstbooks. com.under Single Success., so you see my mind is still o.k. Just passed a physical for an insurance policy. However, I do have Mitral Valve Prolaps, beginning of enlarged heart, and slight angina now. My new problems are begining of cataract.
My chronic has been since 6 mos. old when I developed acute bronchites, coughed for 7 yrs. had diptheria and pluerisy before 6 yrs. of age.Had tonsils and adnoids removed at 7 yrs.dont think my digestion was ever any good, and still today get lots of gas pockets. I used to eat a lot of sweets,(I never was given anything cold, ice cream, etc.) but in l969 went on a fast and then stopped eating sweets, meat, and anything white, milk, flour, salt, sugar, and the drainage stopped that docs. couldnt stop with allergie shots, antibiotics, etc. etc. Was at age 2l developed chronic sinus roblems,and allergies, (had it as child but mother called it summer fruit rash. I remember my mouth getting all red when I ate spinach, and always had patches of baking soda at my elbows or back of knees) I had one normal child birth when I was 23. Moved from N.Y. to Calif. in l948 because I was sick with colds, flu, from Oct-May. Now get 1-2 a yr. but still have allergies to foods, chemicals, etc. which causes excess drainage almost all the time. Since the summer took Sul.200x, Psor.200x, to help the very bad coldness from waist down while sleeping. It seems to have improved, but of course our weather got warmer. Further reading felt I was Kail. Iod, now looking towards Lyc.I took 30x Sept, Oct.200c and now thinking towards 1M.(seems drainage better, sleeping little better llpm-7am instead of ll-1am and up till 4am.
However, I'm a little scared to take the 1M for fear it would prove itself and I'll lose my hair?? I really dont feel that I fit all the pictures of Lyc. that M.L.TYLER quotes in his book, or Kents. (last year I took 1M of Ignita and proved self with deep sighs and twitching of eyes that I didnt have before I took it. It was suggested by a doc. here) I have been studying and taking homeopathic tablets since l976, however in USA they do a lot of mix/matching for different little ailments, rather than stick to the one important one. All the suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated, as I'm anxious to find the correct solution before our so-called winters set in. For me 50-60 is cold. I would like to prevent cataract surgery, keep my arteris from hardening more.,prevent postnasel drip from causing the the bronchites/asthma spells I got last winter.

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Dorothy,

I quickly perused your post above.

Could you please read the two situations I have worked on here, Orka's thread as well as Gail's son thread? Write down all the questions I asked, and then try to answer them as pertains to you.

Some of that info may be in your post above, but I apologize that I don't have time to read it very carefully right now.

Please post more about yourself, and I will check back.

I advise you to take the time of several weeks to study "you". This message board has its limitations, and I am finding it takes some weeks for the picture of any person (adult and especially for a child where the parent is the active participant) to arrise. Choosing a remedy too quickly is just guesswork, so avoid the temptation. Do you understand what I mean?

Looking forward to hearing from you again here on the bulletin board!!

Hi, again!!

Stopped by here again and took the time to thoroughly read your post. I will say that there is some information in there, but many many of the points you make can apply to many many different remedies.

Focus: what is truly unique to you.

For example, you said you are usually colder than others, and dressed more warmly than they are. Add to this you need to be covered, even with socks in bed all year round. This is excellent info for your study of the hot/cold spectrum in regard to you. It seems you are physically on the chilly side of the spectrum, indeed. This is a good piece of information.


You sound as if you are indeed seeking the true homeopathic simillimum for you, and this is an admirable endeavor!! This remedy (whatever it is) will serve you the most complete good, and will positively ease the problems you want to lessen or avoid.

It will be interesting to see if the improvement in sleep continues!! Whenever a remedy causes drastic improvement in sleep, one MUST study this remedy most carefully!! So then, you took Lyc and are noticing this sleep improvement. You might try posting why you choose Lyc. Also, you say you don't "match" all of Lyc. Well, that is backwards of what you should be asking. I mean, do NOT fit yourself to the remedy's picture. Rather, the proper way to go about it is to match the remedy to you. Do you understand what I mean? Your simillimum will match everything that is important and unique to you. You do NOT want to take the approach of trying to see if you match everything that is in a remedy!! But, having said all this, you do need to be careful if you are ever tempted to choose a remedy that has keynotes opposite to your own important keynotes. There is some "art" as well as "science" to this!!

So, because Lyc SEEMS to have assisted you, it is worth studying further. One idea is you can list your understanding of the Lyc remedy here, and I can review and make any adjustments. It may indeed be your simillimum, but I don't have enough info to decide. In the meantime, and in addition to you providing more info about you, it is worthwhile to discuss Lyc, for educative purposes as well.


The best thing to spend your time on is telling more about you. As I said in the above post, please make a list of the questions I asked in the Orka and Gail-K threads, then begin answering them for you!!

Hi Kevin: just finished reading Boericke mm. also wrote you a very long reply and guess what machine blacked out and lost it all.so this is second attempt:
Coffee Cruda fits my personality with these:unusual activity of mind and body.gaiety,easy comprewhension, senses acute. impressionable, especially to pleasurabe impressions.full of ideas, quick to act.HEAD,sensitive hearing, worse from strong smells.When I used to get sinus headaches in N.Y. Oct.-May, felt like a nail was in my r.forhead, eye. After Lyc. 200 I got a sinus headache over r.eye, and havent had them for past 30/40 yrs. STOMACH-intolerance of tight clothing around stomach for hours after eating.,exessive hunger sometimes 2 hrs. after eating. breakfast 8 am.ceral/fruit,vitamins.by ll am looking for something to eat again.,lunch at l pm,(very large bowl of veggies, and protein, with pinapple after to aid digestion and 3 pm looking for something to eat. 5Pm. looking for a light supper.beddown 10-11pm. MENSES-started at age l0, full week,(very painful till I gave birth, l940,) finished age 50, no RX, just herbs. SLEEP:sleepless, on account mental activity MODALITIES.worse cold air,better warmth, lying down.
Now for LYCOIPODIUM: digestive problems, food allerges,poor lymphatic constitution, catarrahal tendencies,older person,yellowish/brown spots, was weakly,sick child,most bronchits,asthma,sinus,sciatic,hip/joint pains on right side, CRAVES everthing warm,best adapted to person intellectually keen, but of weak, muscular power.deepseated,progressive, chronic diseases.Lyop. patient is thin,full of gas and dry. LacksVITAL HEAT,has poor circulation, COLD EXTREMITIES. PAINS COME AND GO SUDDENLY. SENSITIVE TO ODORS. Hurried when eating.(hardly ever eat without doing something else, like reading, watching Tv. talking on phone, writing letters, paying bills, etc.,sometimes even standing and eating, as back hurting from siting to long. and sometimes when standing to long near the sink my R. hip/joint gets a boring pain sensation, have to pull stomach in fast, or sit down fast)
Have deep furrows on forehead, red eye lids most every morning. Very sensetive to sad movies, cry when watching. Sense of smell very acute.nose stopped up,most of time heavy postnasal drip.BETTER WARM DRINKS. swelling of lymph glands(tonsils/adonoids taken out when 6 yrs. old) with every sore throat(had diphtheria when 4-5yrs old. and acute attack of bronchities at age 6 mons.coughed for seven years after that.Loaded with antibotics till l969, when I quit the doctors advise. STOMACH:excessive hunger, desires sweets(now its fruit,cant overdo, as I am hypoglycemic and low thyroid- used to eat pound of chocolate or mints a day,cause I always had bad breath then from pus in sinus drainage.I never had ice cream(as my sisters did) as a child (too cold) however was given chocolate instead at early age, and got addicted to it.
EATING EVER SO LITTLE CREATES FULLNESS. likes food and drinks hot.
STOOL; no special time or degree, sometimes easy, others difficult. Hemmorhoids since l0 yrs. old when I developed bad case of whooping cough. now have internal/external.
RESPIRATORY:bronchites since 6 mons. old, diptheria 5 yrs. pluerisy 6 yrs.,very bad flu age 20, always have mucus rattling even when not in an attack of bronchites or asthma which has also developed past l5 yrs.
HEART; false angina since 35 yrs.of age when under stress, now not so false, enlarged heart, aortic disease. 2 murmurs.
EXTREMITEIS:Sciatica -right side,cramps in calves,toes in bed.(left & right feet)Have not had fever for many years, but icy coldness during day and at nite,unless 80 temp in house..
SKIN;brown spots left side of face,dry skin
MODALITIES: worse, right side seems to have most of the ailments.want only warm drinks and food, especially weather is below 80.Feel lots better when in motion especially dancing, providing I dont have a sore throat.
Trust this covers some good info, and hope I got it all after losing all that I wrote earlier when keyboard stopped working. Thank you all for your valued info.

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Hi Kevin: just finished reading Boericke mm. also wrote you a very long reply and guess what machine blacked out and lost it all.so this is second attempt:
Coffee Cruda fits my personality with these:unusual activity of mind and body.gaiety,easy comprewhension, senses acute. impressionable, especially to pleasurabe impressions.full of ideas, quick to act.HEAD,sensitive hearing, worse from strong smells.When I used to get sinus headaches in N.Y. Oct.-May, felt like a nail was in my r.forhead, eye. After Lyc. 200 I got a sinus headache over r.eye, and havent had them for past 30/40 yrs. STOMACH-intolerance of tight clothing around stomach for hours after eating.,exessive hunger sometimes 2 hrs. after eating. breakfast 8 am.ceral/fruit,vitamins.by ll am looking for something to eat again.,lunch at l pm,(very large bowl of veggies, and protein, with pinapple after to aid digestion and 3 pm looking for something to eat. 5Pm. looking for a light supper.beddown 10-11pm. MENSES-started at age l0, full week,(very painful till I gave birth, l940,) finished age 50, no RX, just herbs. SLEEP:sleepless, on account mental activity MODALITIES.worse cold air,better warmth, lying down.
Now for LYCOIPODIUM: digestive problems, food allerges,poor lymphatic constitution, catarrahal tendencies,older person,yellowish/brown spots, was weakly,sick child,most bronchits,asthma,sinus,sciatic,hip/joint pains on right side, CRAVES everthing warm,best adapted to person intellectually keen, but of weak, muscular power.deepseated,progressive, chronic diseases.Lyop. patient is thin,full of gas and dry. LacksVITAL HEAT,has poor circulation, COLD EXTREMITIES. PAINS COME AND GO SUDDENLY. SENSITIVE TO ODORS. Hurried when eating.(hardly ever eat without doing something else, like reading, watching Tv. talking on phone, writing letters, paying bills, etc.,sometimes even standing and eating, as back hurting from siting to long. and sometimes when standing to long near the sink my R. hip/joint gets a boring pain sensation, have to pull stomach in fast, or sit down fast)
Have deep furrows on forehead, red eye lids most every morning. Very sensetive to sad movies, cry when watching. Sense of smell very acute.nose stopped up,most of time heavy postnasal drip.BETTER WARM DRINKS. swelling of lymph glands(tonsils/adonoids taken out when 6 yrs. old) with every sore throat(had diphtheria when 4-5yrs old. and acute attack of bronchities at age 6 mons.coughed for seven years after that.Loaded with antibotics till l969, when I quit the doctors advise. STOMACH:excessive hunger, desires sweets(now its fruit,cant overdo, as I am hypoglycemic and low thyroid- used to eat pound of chocolate or mints a day,cause I always had bad breath then from pus in sinus drainage.I never had ice cream(as my sisters did) as a child (too cold) however was given chocolate instead at early age, and got addicted to it.
EATING EVER SO LITTLE CREATES FULLNESS. likes food and drinks hot.
STOOL; no special time or degree, sometimes easy, others difficult. Hemmorhoids since l0 yrs. old when I developed bad case of whooping cough. now have internal/external.
RESPIRATORY:bronchites since 6 mons. old, diptheria 5 yrs. pluerisy 6 yrs.,very bad flu age 20, always have mucus rattling even when not in an attack of bronchites or asthma which has also developed past l5 yrs.
HEART; false angina since 35 yrs.of age when under stress, now not so false, enlarged heart, aortic disease. 2 murmurs.
EXTREMITEIS:Sciatica -right side,cramps in calves,toes in bed.(left & right feet)Have not had fever for many years, but icy coldness during day and at nite,unless 80 temp in house..
SKIN;brown spots left side of face,dry skin
MODALITIES: worse, right side seems to have most of the ailments.want only warm drinks and food, especially weather is below 80.Feel lots better when in motion especially dancing, providing I dont have a sore throat.
Trust this covers some good info, and hope I got it all after losing all that I wrote earlier when keyboard stopped working. Thank you all for your valued info.

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Hi, again, forgot to mention I NEVER drink coffee. dont know if it means anything,. did try Coffee cruda for sleeping a few times, did not seem to anything for my pattern when i sleep ll-2 awake till 5 then sleep till 9.usually get out of bed and do something constructive, why waste more time tossing and turning after one hour. thanks again

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Dorothy,

As you type along, SAVE what you are writing, so that problem won't occur. Very frustrating, indeed.

Please re-read my Nov. 8 post to you, and follow my suggestions.

You are getting enough of the physicals written out, and the modalities, for now.

Need to concentrate more on your disposition/ "personality". There is some of this in what you are writing.

Loves and hates are NOT those things that you prefer or rather not have. They are things that you either cannot live without (loves) or things you cannot live with (hates). To see if anything particular comes up, try asking yourself "I MUST have..." or "There is no way I can tolerate..." and fill in the blanks.

Tell about your relationship with your child, too.

Did you say whether you are very fastidious; can or cannot tolerate messes, or is it rather irrelevant an issue?

Coffea is an interesting remedy, but I'd say don't consider it right now.

Though, do take a look at Sepia.

Please say somethings about your relationships with other people. What is the ideal relationship for you? What annoys you about relationships? This sort of thing.
(P.S. Just about EVERY remedy type initially says they love people. What you need to do is try to understand the details of how this statement translates into ACTUAL BEHAVIORS for you. This is the way to differentiate one remedy from the other, as each really has its own "take" on how it deals with people and relationships. Much of this informations actually comes clear during the homeopathic interview in NONverbal ways, and also "between the actual spoken lines". Here on the bulletin board we must resort to blunt questions!! Just try to be honest. That is the only way to find your simillimum. It is interesting to note that Lyc does a lot of bluffing usually, and, as a general rule, will make his or her personal relationships with others, friends or family or business colleagues, sound very ideal and problem-free... Something to think about.)

What is the temperature of your bath water (shower or bath?)?

There is a lot of work to this, Dorothy. So, do keep at it!! I will try to keep guiding you. Best to follow my advice given on Nov. 8. The need is to hear you describing yourself IN YOUR OWN WORDS, not so much quoting from materia medicas right now...though I understand I did ask you what attracted you to Lyc.

[This message has been edited by kevin seymour (edited 12 November 1999).]

Thanks Kevin, Yes, I once thought of Sepia, but still felt Lyc. better. I know now why doing this thru e-mail is good, especially when one gives their correct name, instead of a alias. However, I will try to be as open as I possible can regardless. About myself: I have been a leader and organizer for many years. Wherever I move if the town doesnt have something I would be interested in I start a group. Namely, l976 I started a Vegetarian Group, also an emotionally group related to a theory I learned in l969, also a homeopathic support group when I first got interested in l976. When I became a single in l992, I started a Singles Group, and found it so successful, wrote a book on it so others could do the same in all ages and lifestyles. When I moved here I wanted some bridge, yoga frinds so I ran an article in the local paper.I lived in a condo that had lovely club house , but no activity but golf and bridge.After three months under my guidance we had a doz. different groups of activity. like book review, art classes, dinner/dance, yoga, shop classes of various kind, etc.When I moved after 3 yrs. when my husband died, all the groups fell apart again.
I always dress the best I can, however, when someone gives me a compliment about what I'm wearing, I quickly come back with, "Oh this old thing, thanks" I try to say just Thank you, but it seems very hard. The truth is my clothes are very old. I do not like to lie, I do not like it when others lie, just to impress others. Like taking you out to expensive places, buyiny you lots of gifts, just to impress me,when they have incomes of less than $l5,000 a yr.Am I so dumb when I see their car of l978 falling apart.? However, I never told this party about my feelings of him tellings lies about everything.I dont want to hurt him. Have a hard time with people that are slow moving, and thinking, yet I swallow hard and say that is their pattern, and mine is mine and go on smiling. I do like the interaction with people, my friends are from many years, some since grammer school that we keep in touch from different states. However, I do like being by myself 2-3 days a week to get my chores done, do all my own work in and out of the house, garden, car washing, etc. I am an orderly,clean,practical,thrifty, scheduled person.I feel waste not want not! I say, a place for everything and everything in its place. Like this week I am angry at myself because I forgot to put a notation in check book when I wrote a check and keep calling bank every day to see if this # was cancelled.However, when I do make a mistake in business, or anything, I do not keep the anger in me, as I know I am doing the best I can, and I admire the lady I see in the mirror, whether others do or not.I try very hard not to throw any bad patterns I have on anyone else. My other pet peeve is the worlds new phone system: get annoyed with all the push button systems they have, push #3 and then you have to listen to aother program of numbers before you get to talk to anyone. (this seems to be my worst now, but I do know we are going into another age, but feel if others complained enough they would get a better system) As to my daughter, I dont see her more than once a year as she lives 6 months in New Mexico and 6 mos. in Yulopa, a little island in Mexico. only one phone on island and I do not talk Spanish. However, I see and talk to her daughters, weekly and see 1-2 times a year depending on their routines. One a student and other married in Seattle. I have one sister left in the family, never hear from her unless a death in the family, she wants it that way not I, and I have to accept. She never had anything to do with any of the members in the family since she married in l947, never saw her daughter or grandchildren. I lost a sister when she was 39 and I have been a good devoted,regular aunt to her to boys over the years. I took care of my mother in all ways for 30 yrs. I love family contacts, even tho we are a small family. Feel badly my daughter divorced as he is a nice guy and very much in touch with him by e-mail and phone during the years. He was always easier to get along with than my daughter. her lifestyle is very different, likes to spend a lot of money, but doesnt really want to work to hard for it, I used to help her out but put a stop to it as I realized I was only feeding her c0-dependent pattern on $$,even tho she is very independent in all other ways, asks for no advice, and wont take it when given, and is very quick to snap an answer back, which I just let ride over my head, knowing its her. When I see something in the paper or magazine that relates to a topic we spoke about I would send it toher, She has asked me to stop doing that, as she too reads papers. so I stopped. Yes, I would like to be closer, but she is a colder, indiffernt person than I, not so family orintated, otherwise she would not live the lifestyle she does. Dont know how long she can climb the mountains (where she lives) in Mexico as she will be 60 next year.and weighs over 200.
I take a bath as Hot as my body can stand it.Used to take one every nite, but found my body was drying out too much. Now just 3-4 times a week. Thanks every so much for your time.

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Kevin ,thought you would want to know I am back to past sleeping patterns this week. Last nite bed at llpm. up 3 am. tossed for a few hours and got in the kitchen at 5:30am. The nite before(on computer till midnite) didnt fall asleep till 3 am(.after tossing around and urinating 5-6 times from llpm on).Slept till 9 am. Took last Lyc.200 on Oct. 25th. Any suggestions? Trust holiday goes well. thanks.

Dorothy - Like Mselle, you have been in my thoughts recently - You really are remarkable to be able to do all the things that you have done and function so well into your 80's!!! There must be some secret you can pass on to all of us........