I have a potential case where the main complaint is an excessive (obsessive) fear of blood. This almost rules the persons life - she checks for blood on the hands of people she deals with, the people loading her groceries, etc. If there is any spot that could be blood she can't stop thinking of it. The reason for the fear is she is afraid she will get a disease (specifically AIDS). When repping this do I look at fear of blood, fear of AIDS, fear of contamination, or fear of infectious disease?

I know Carc, Calc, Ars, Syph, Thuj are high on the list with this type of thing, but wonder which rubric you would use?

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You look for the reason which you have said is a fear of disease.

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But also it can be an obsessive thought, not a concrete dread. It is one more test of that the isolated symptom does not say anything to us, you have that to look for a totality.
Thuja might present a problem of this type, but I insist, it is necessary to look for a totality.

Hi-Ho Barbarino!

Under "Mind, fear, blood" there's: alum(2), nux m,
and plat. It should be very easy, with such a small rubric, to confirm or rule out one of these three. So, I'd go to Alumina first in Morrison's and I'd look to see what the keynotes are, and I'd see that Alumina is very well known for constipation, confusion, mental dullness, vague replies, slow answering, dry mucus membranes, craving for dry foods, and so forth.

All three of these remedies have very distinct pictures which you can't miss. If the patient looks like one of these 3, your work is done!

If not, then you have to say that this isn't really about blood, per se, it's about contamination, or dying, or disease, or being obsessive...now you've got your work cut out for you!

You could say, "What does blood mean to you? If I say 'blood', you say what?"

You could say, "In your past, where has blood been an issue for you?"

You can say, "When you see blood, what is your reaction, what do you do?"

You can say, "Was there ever a time when you weren't obsessed this way? What happened to change that?"

You can say, "Are you obsessive about anything else?"

Then you can move away from that issue and see if you can approach her case from another angle-- food desires or aversions, dreams, other fears...you could say, "What's the worst thing that could happen?" This might give you her delusion--that she'll be abandoned, or murdered, etc.

You can ask what her childhood was like.

Don't forget to ask for aggravation times.

Ask if she's ever been in an accident or had a head injury.

Well, that oughta lead you somewhere.

Snoopy

I of course am going to look for the totality.

Opium - why do yousay Thuja may be a problem?

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I know some Thuja's case with an obsession of this type, the hands being washed compulsive by fear to the contagion of any thing.
Thuja has as axis what in my opinion has this person: obsessive thoughts.
Thuja it wants to have it under control. It takes anxiety as his health, fixed ideas and it sits down fragile, (of crystal). So vulnerable that any thing can affect it, Thuja sits the death always in his shoulder. It wanted to be incorruptible, but it sits down very fragile, any thing can affect him. In his imbalance, it exaggerates this and a fixed idea turns.

You could have understood me?

phobias often result from the psoric miasm having a grip of the mind, and a course of well-selected antipsoric treatment is often needed. i.e. not a one-remedy-trick.

Opium

Thank you for your reply. I misunderstood yor origional post, thinking you mant that Thuja could be a problem for someone like this to take.

I understand your meaning now.

Thanks again
Barb

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Tomi - how wonderful to "see" you again. Stick around, your knowledge of miasms is always appreciated!

Anna, thanks for your input as well. Always happy to see your opinion.

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This sort of obsessional phobia about health is probably more syphilitic, or possibly syphilitic miasm mixed with psora. I agree with Anna in that these deeply rooted imbalances usually require more than one remedy.

[ 11. September 2003, 20:26: Message edited by: Tomi C. ]