Post by Admin - Joy Lucas on May 18, 2021 13:03:59 GMT
CUPRUM
The main affinities for Cuprum are cramps and spasms, convulsions and epilepsy and often with delirium but remember also there is whooping cough, colic and tape worms. But to most people Cuprum will be most well known for the convulsion aspects, of which it has a very particular type - beginning from the toes, knees or the fingers and radiating over the whole body.
Nearly all the remedies which have convulsions as part of their symptom picture will have a very specific type and it is worth studying a small group of them to compare the actions so as to get to know the remedies better.
As well as beginning in the extremities and radiating the convulsions can sometimes have a violent and malicious nature to them as though they are wanting to fight - spitting, biting, attacking, but to me it is what goes before the convulsion, epilepsy, spasm, cramps - and all the other parts of the symptom picture of Cuprum that is really important and interesting.
FRIGHT, FEAR, and HEARING BAD NEWS are very important causative factors (suppressed eruptions also).
The accompanying mental and emotional symptoms must also be considered.
Cuprum has 'bellowing like a calf' - note that it is calf and not cow. Why do calves bellow if not for a lost parent.
To link up with the fighting theme, Cuprum also has Delusion they are a General - yes a lot to do with a fighting metaphor but Generals are high ranking and don't often fight, they order people around - so this is delusion of being better, a great person and higher ranking than what one actually is. If someone has a lack of self worth and confidence, then I would say that if one feels so lowly, demoralised or lacking in confidence then we can develop delusions of grandeur in an attempt to overcome this - this is part of the diseased state.
Same with the peculiar delusion about selling vegetables and planting herbs - a lowly occupation to many and, again, a need to perform some higher ranking activity is desired.
There is also a lot of sadness and anxiety in Cuprum - why, what has hurt them? They also shriek a lot, which often comes with the fear and goes on during the convulsion. The shrieking and sometimes spitting is their defence posture, to keep others at bay as though to protect themself from others. Remember that the cause is often fright, so what can they be frightened about. Of course this can take many forms but sometimes we never get to know - children who convulse might not be able to articulate this, and to take this further the reason why someone has epilepsy or convulsions might have something to do with a lost past, a forgotten memory. I have some thoughts about epilepsy, convulsions and genetic memories and I sometimes wonder if the person who has epilepsy and convulsions isn't trapped with a genetic memory of a forebear - hence the strange stances that occur. But the fear, anxiety and sadness has to come from somewhere and will nearly always precede the attack. When case taking it is important to ask about what goes on before an attack.
People needing Cuprum are frightened of everyone, they constantly feel unsafe. They try to hide away because of this fear. They feel persecuted and they are actually really cowards, very timid and bashful, not malicious animals - this is just their defence mechanism. Sometimes they adopt an almost martial art like position against others and this is acted out during the convulsion before they fall down. So there appears to be a malicious defence mechanism, and the same with the laughter - imagine confronting a grizzly bear, the best defence is either noise (convulsive laughter and shrieking) or a motionless but attacking stance, but underneath you are terrified. Great feelings of remorse and weeping often follow the attack.
Guilt is another theme running through Cuprum - anxiety of conscience. This is obviously linked with ideas about being persecuted and feelings as if they had committed a crime - well they might have done or they might have been made to feel as though they had.
It all depends on how you 'see' the symptom picture and the cases one receives. Always try to read beyond the state and always be asking WHY. If you only see the malice then you might not get to Cuprum. Always be curious.
Joy Lucas
The main affinities for Cuprum are cramps and spasms, convulsions and epilepsy and often with delirium but remember also there is whooping cough, colic and tape worms. But to most people Cuprum will be most well known for the convulsion aspects, of which it has a very particular type - beginning from the toes, knees or the fingers and radiating over the whole body.
Nearly all the remedies which have convulsions as part of their symptom picture will have a very specific type and it is worth studying a small group of them to compare the actions so as to get to know the remedies better.
As well as beginning in the extremities and radiating the convulsions can sometimes have a violent and malicious nature to them as though they are wanting to fight - spitting, biting, attacking, but to me it is what goes before the convulsion, epilepsy, spasm, cramps - and all the other parts of the symptom picture of Cuprum that is really important and interesting.
FRIGHT, FEAR, and HEARING BAD NEWS are very important causative factors (suppressed eruptions also).
The accompanying mental and emotional symptoms must also be considered.
Cuprum has 'bellowing like a calf' - note that it is calf and not cow. Why do calves bellow if not for a lost parent.
To link up with the fighting theme, Cuprum also has Delusion they are a General - yes a lot to do with a fighting metaphor but Generals are high ranking and don't often fight, they order people around - so this is delusion of being better, a great person and higher ranking than what one actually is. If someone has a lack of self worth and confidence, then I would say that if one feels so lowly, demoralised or lacking in confidence then we can develop delusions of grandeur in an attempt to overcome this - this is part of the diseased state.
Same with the peculiar delusion about selling vegetables and planting herbs - a lowly occupation to many and, again, a need to perform some higher ranking activity is desired.
There is also a lot of sadness and anxiety in Cuprum - why, what has hurt them? They also shriek a lot, which often comes with the fear and goes on during the convulsion. The shrieking and sometimes spitting is their defence posture, to keep others at bay as though to protect themself from others. Remember that the cause is often fright, so what can they be frightened about. Of course this can take many forms but sometimes we never get to know - children who convulse might not be able to articulate this, and to take this further the reason why someone has epilepsy or convulsions might have something to do with a lost past, a forgotten memory. I have some thoughts about epilepsy, convulsions and genetic memories and I sometimes wonder if the person who has epilepsy and convulsions isn't trapped with a genetic memory of a forebear - hence the strange stances that occur. But the fear, anxiety and sadness has to come from somewhere and will nearly always precede the attack. When case taking it is important to ask about what goes on before an attack.
People needing Cuprum are frightened of everyone, they constantly feel unsafe. They try to hide away because of this fear. They feel persecuted and they are actually really cowards, very timid and bashful, not malicious animals - this is just their defence mechanism. Sometimes they adopt an almost martial art like position against others and this is acted out during the convulsion before they fall down. So there appears to be a malicious defence mechanism, and the same with the laughter - imagine confronting a grizzly bear, the best defence is either noise (convulsive laughter and shrieking) or a motionless but attacking stance, but underneath you are terrified. Great feelings of remorse and weeping often follow the attack.
Guilt is another theme running through Cuprum - anxiety of conscience. This is obviously linked with ideas about being persecuted and feelings as if they had committed a crime - well they might have done or they might have been made to feel as though they had.
It all depends on how you 'see' the symptom picture and the cases one receives. Always try to read beyond the state and always be asking WHY. If you only see the malice then you might not get to Cuprum. Always be curious.
Joy Lucas