Homeopathy II - First Aid - Staphysagria

Question 1

Staphysagria, Names

Answer 1

Delphinium staphisagria, knight’s spur.

Question 2

Use:

Answer 2

Cuts - like a knife.

Question 3

Mental picture:

Answer 3

• Gentle and sweet-natured, ailments (physical and mental) tend to arise from suppressed emotions.
• Easily offended ― as though stabbed with a knife.
• Sensitive to rudeness of others.
• Pride and honour― too dignified to fight / lose control. Equates to loss of dignity.
• May be history of abuse, especially sexual abuse.

Question 4

General picture:

Answer 4

• Suppressed emotions cause physical and mental ailments.
• Useful after cuts with sharp instruments e.g., surgery.
• Doesn’t like to be touched.
• Can be sleepy during the day but unable to sleep at night.
• Feel worse after an afternoon nap.
• > warmth, rest, eating breakfast.
• < missing a meal, tobacco, exertion.

Question 5

Indications (if they fit the symptom picture):

Answer 5

• Surgery on soft tissues, with straight line cuts using a blade.
• Caesarean after giving 1 dose of arnica 200C, continue with staph. 30C / 200C if mental symptoms are also present.
• Episiotomy― staph. 200C once daily for 5 days can help the incision heal faster. Also helps women who experience indignity and anger at the loss of control during delivery.
• Pus or infection along an incision line / stab wound ― staph. 200C, one dose.
• Cystitis –after sexual intercourse, after catheterisation.
• Number one remedy for injury of genital organs.
• Man: Scrotum injury (surgery, injury, football)
• Women: Sexual injury including depression after abuse.

Question 6

Case example 1:

Answer 6

• 85-year-old patient with infected wound.
• An iron plate in his thigh, which he had for 20 years after an injury, was removed.
• The wound got infected as a result of the surgery and the patient (a diabetic) had a high fever and got very weak. The doctors did not think he was going to make it.
• Staph. 200C given once / day for 4 days. Fever went down in one day and it took 4 days to reduce the infection. Patient was released from hospital after 1 week and went back to work 2 weeks later.