COPY &PAST--PUBLISH By Dr.G.VIJAYARAGAVAN
ONCORHYNCHUS TSCHAWYTSCHA,
Dynamis
School
France . IT was the best Salmon I
had ever eaten. It was March 1998. I had it since than. I love salmon. I always
felt that salmon was fishy. It was a delusion. Salmon was nice and light. I had
it in a nice sauce. I was with someone, who enjoyed my company. We were in a
beautiful spot. It looked like we were in haven. Operation was higher than you.
You had the tides rushed in; we were cut off from the land. How people made the
place from a rock, in
Atlantic Ocean .
This is it.
Ireland . It would be a wonderful
experience. I had never done it before. I am walking again. I am taking Yoga
for the first time. My legs are stretching. I am having a feeling of relaxation
and achievement. I am valuing more my body. I can go on a level 2 hike to Ireland . I am
just feeling more in tuned with me, and who I am. I would go to see a play in
Ireland is THE BIGESST EXPORTER of
Salmon. It is interesting to have salmon tomorrow for the Ash Wednesday.
The Life
Cycle of A Salmon: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
she has vertigo with a swimming
sensation and feels she is in a roller-coaster. She hates the damp weather,
which makes her feel worse, ill at ease and uncomfortable. Overall, she feels
better in the spring.
An animal lover, she is really sympathetic
to them. "I cry if I see animals hurt or any kind of cruelty to
animals."
"I have a problem with a neighbor who
has a leaking tap that always floods my flat. It has been flooded a few times
but I can't get him to fix it."
Rx: Oncorhynchus tschawytscha (Salmon)
30C, 2 doses.
FOLLOW UP: The patient is feeling much
better. The lachrymation, salivation and rhinitis are much better. Indigestion
has improved vastly. In general her symptoms are better and she feels good in
herself. There has been a big change in her relationship with her daughters,
who called to tell me how nice she has become. The patient's overall
improvement has continued for over two years.
Discussion:
Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, proved by my
students in The Dynamis School, was made from a wild Chinook salmon using eggs,
sperm and blood. The remedy embodies the whole cycle of life. The wild salmon
circles thousands of miles of ocean to return to the river of its birth. There,
it spawns another generation before it dies. The salmon's trip upstream is a
struggle to overcome obstacles and requires extreme muscle control and
strength.
Provers experienced deep, intense grief
and sadness, not knowing where they were going but longing and searching for a
home. Conversely, they felt trapped in the house, desired to walk for miles and
wanted to travel great distances.
There was yearning for a soulmate, for
finding true love and great disappointment for lost love. Control is a big
issue in the remedy, either loss of control or overcontrol, especially a
mother's tendency to control her children.
Having babies is a dominant feature of Oncorhynchus with many symptoms related to
conception, infertility and high sexual energy. Water figures prominently
in the proving in many physical symptoms and dreams. Interestingly, all sorts
of floods occurred in the provers' houses as sinks, toilets and tubs
overflowed.
Rings are present in the proving, in
dreams and as jewelry, symbolizing both the theme of weddings and the circular
motion of the salmon's life journey. Additionally, provers showed great sympathy for animals.
Full proving information on Oncorhynchus
tschawytscha will appear in Dynamic Provings, Volume 2 to be published in late
2000.
LINK 1999
'As a child there was no warmth
in the family. I was never hugged or kissed, never loved by my mother. I felt I
could have murdered her. She used to manipulate and control me. My father was
warm and loving and I loved him a lot but I always felt lonely in the family. I
messed up my love affair and ended up marrying someone like my mother.'
Remedy prescription: Oncorynchus
tschawitcha (Chinook salmon) 30C, two doses.
Reaction
Feeling much better. Lachrymation,
salivation and rhinitis much better. Indigestion has improved vastly. Overall
symptoms are better. Feels good in herself. Big change in the relationship with
her daughters, who called me to report her improvement. This improvement has
continued over three years, with occasional repetition of dose.
Some of the themes from the proving that
indicated the choice of remedy were:
Recurring water symptoms
* - Rhinitis
* - Diarrhoea
* - Swimming vertigo
* - Lachrymation
* - Salivation
* - Urination
* - Floods
* - Long-lost soul mate with yearning
* - Over-controlling mother
* - Love of travel
* - Wears many rings (circle theme - start
my story at the end)
* - Sympathetic to animals
* - High sexual desire
SHASRFTEIN CASES
Onchorynchus [onc-t]
#Case
I cannot move my life forward
A case of Salmon - Onchorynchus
A large woman walked into my office. She
was extremely overweight, but dressed nicely, even stylish. Her face was
professionally made. I commented how nice she looked and asked if she did her
face herself. She replied that her face is usually of on orange color, people
pay attention to it. She was very concerned with that problem. So she went to
Marcus and Neiman and a professional face artist had made her face. (As I had
learned later, it was a significant part of her case.) The women had a great
difficulty going into my office. She wore very wide slip on shoes.
-What is bothering you?
My knees and my feet are giving me major
problems. My left knee is hurting.
My Right ankle and foot and the hill, gave
me so much pain, when getting up from sitting position. Virtually, when I get
up in the morning, it takes me
15 minutes so I can stand with it. IT cuts
into my routing, virtual pains.
IT is difficult to get up from a chair;
blood circulation is a problem in my feet. They really hurt, my feet, knees,
hips bothers me. It is affecting me.
Can I sit in the chair? IT is
embarrassing; I virtually could not walk on my feet. And my other problem is
Rosatia. MY face was getting red.
-How red your face was getting?
IT was bothering me. With the decision of
my life to go on my own. Without my husband. Marriage is sacred. WE were
married for 35 years. He have me a present, a trip to Ireland by
myself. What is he crazy?
-What else is bothering you?
TO go forward with my life. The decision
to go on. I walked 8.5 hours when we were on vacation. I was in pain.
-Describe the pain?
My feet were trying hard, like they were
tons with bricks.
-Describe Tons with bricks?
Very hard to keep moving forward, they are
so tired, and they hurt so much.
-Explain, "They hurt so
much?"
They hurt a lot. They are
painful, I was dragging them. I have to concentrate to put one foot in front of
the other.
-Tell more about putting
"One foot in front of another?"
Just keep moving, you cannot stop now, you
cannot stop now. I just want to sit down and not move.
-What is the feeling when you
want to "Sit down and not move?"
I was tired and exhausted. I wanted to
give them a rest. As I stopped, the pain would get worse. Then I had to deal
with the pain; I want to get rid of my pain in the legs. Everything is crashing
down. They get painful.
-Tell more about "Crashing
down?"
Like it is crumbling. MY feet are taking
me where I want to go. It seemed, all the weight is on my legs and feet. The
pain starts from the feet. It is hard to keep them moving.
-Tell more about "It is
crumbling?"
I cannot do anything, my forward motion in
life is stopping, my feet are not on a line, and it is an enemy.
-Describe an "Enemy?"
Someone is not nice and kind, who does not
have your best interest at heart.
-What do you feel when someone
does not have your best interests at heart?
They are mean spirited, unkind, out to
harm you in some way. They are out to get you and to fix you how they can. To
hem me.
-What do you mean, "To hem
you, to get you?"
Insecurity, you have to watch your back,
what you say, it will be changed, their interpretation of S.they will say one
things, and mean something else.
They will speak behind your back.
-Explain "Speak behind your
back?"
Hurt, angry, feeling of worthlessness, lack
of self-confidence. I cave in.
-What do you feel when you say
"Worthlessness?"
They are not successful. YOU are not good
for anything. YOU cannot handle life yourself. YOU cannot make it on your own.
People do not enjoy being around you. They are fearful of what you will say,
and they might think different things.
What do you feel when
"People do not enjoy being with you?"
Loneliness
-Explain this feeling of
"Loneliness?"
You are by yourself, no friends around, no
support system. YOU have to lean on someone. YOU are all by yourself.
-What is this feeling "All
by yourself?"
It does not bother me S.. IT bothers me
that I cannot make all by myself. I enjoy being by myself.
-How do you feel when you know
you "Cannot make it by myself?"
Financially, I am not able to support myself. IT is bothering me now. I
have to move forward. It is a fear. My mother could not handle life by herself.
People enjoy being with me, they would
enjoy going for walks, and my chatting is interesting to them.
-How do you feel not being able
to support yourself?
Worthless. No respect for myself. YOU are
not able to support yourself on your own.
-What do you feel when you say
"Worthless?"
You are not good for anything. YOU do not
have a talent.
-Explain, "You do not have a
talent?"
What did you learn In life, how did you
make a difference in life, what have you done for yourself to grow.
-Tell more about "You do not
have a talent?"
Unhappy, depressed. Swimming upstream, but
getting anywhere.
-Explain, "Swimming upstream
but not getting anywhere?"
Trying and trying and trying -(ringworm
miasm!! ) Not achievening.
-Tell more about "Swimming
upstream?"
Towards a goal. You keep missing it, you
swim harder and faster and longer.
You
have to get out and to survive; otherwise you will get swallowed up.
-Please tell more about
"Swimming upstream?"
I was in the ocean; I got caught in a rip
tight. I kept going further out. I had to make a conscience decision, to call
for help, or I will drown. I was getting further away. I could not get back in
again. I did not have the power in my arms, I was scared, panicked, and I
realized I would not make it. I started to call, I called again. Whoever was on
the shore, did not hear me. A young fellow realized that I was in danger. He
creamed "I will get you." I was angry I could not have done it by
myself.
-What was the feeling of
"Being caught in a rip tide?"
I was anxious, scared, not in control. I
had to make a decision. I did not know what to do. IT was scary. I was loosing
my breath.
-Explain, "Being
caught?"
YOU cannot move forward, up down, you are
there. YOU cannot go anywhere.
Your choice is to drown or call for help.
YOU could not move. With the mowing you were doing, you could not move.
-What is the feeling when you
were "Not able to move?"
You Feel trapped.
-What does it feel like being
"trapped?"
YOU are loosing who you are. Because you
are trapped, you cannot express the other part of you. YOU keep trying the
other part, keep yourself above water.
-Please tell more about being
"Trapped?"
I cannot do anything. Trapped inside is
laughter, enjoyment. I think of a lien in the cage, he should be in his
environment, enjoying life, doing what he is meant to do, vs. being in a cage.
When someone is being watched you.
He has no choice. His food is given to
him.
-What is the feeling of
"Having no choice?"
Trapped. Angry, frustrated, tired,
anxious, my years are going away. I feel scared. The only one who can entrap me
is me. IT is fear of going forward, and anger of staying put.
-Explain the "Fear of going
forward?"
Will I support myself? Will I enjoy my
company? I cannot move up or down.
-How does it feel like when you
"Cannot move up or down?"
I think of my knees. YOU are in
limbo. When I see my friends who stay in teaching, I am still the learner; it
is the energy to believe that you can do the job. Energy to feel that you are
perfect. I feel suffocating.
-What is the feeling of
"Suffocating?"
I am
not being everything that I could be, that I can be.
-Tell more about
"Suffocation?"
I feel smothered.
-What is feeling
"Smothered?"
YOU keep trying to get out, but you cannot
get out, you get so far, you cannot move any more. YOU are smothered again, you
try to get back, may be a bit further. The blanket came all over; you keep
fighting the same battle.
You are fearful.
-Please talk about this
"Fear?"
Fear of going forward, and moving. Fear of
dealing with all things. Fear of where will I go? What will people think? IT is
a black hole. YOU keep pulling yourself to the light, little closer to the
light, you fall, back down again. You pull yourself back again, you still do
hiv hive, hiving yourself up and down. YOU do not know what is there. How will
you react? It is safer to be in that big black hole. What the next step will
be? YOU will be closer to the light; you finally have to make the decision.
-Please describe the "Big
black hole?"
YOU are ..Not living life. Lonely scared.
You do not deal with anything.
Each time to you get closer to the top,
you accomplish something. IT is my house. Like a little kid, being defenseless,
and vulnerable, waiting to be rescued.
-What is the feeling of being
"Defenseless?"
YOU do notSno one is there to protect you.
IT may be the intelligence, or the physical things.
-How does it feel "Not being
protected."?
Vulnerable, being a target. Not being able
to go forward in life, like a little cob. Like a bear cob, his mother is teaching
him to fend for himself.
-Please explain, "Being a
target?"
Someone gets frustrated and you are the
target. I cannot go back at them. I do not have the words. I cannot stand up
for myself. I am the one who is the target; I will not stand up for myself. YOU
are the one who caused the problems.
-What do you mean, "I am the
target?"
People are blaming it on me.
-How do you fee when people are
"Blaming it on me?"
I feel lonely, defenseless; no one is
standing up for me. Like a kid.
-What is this feeling "Like
a kid?"
YOU had to have someone there. Who will
stay there, she is the slowest one.
Someone will take care of you. People get
back at me and I call. I did what they wanted, I did not have choices.
-How did you feel when "I
did what they wanted?"
Angry, left out, it is their way, not my
way. I will do their way, in order to save forS.. peace sake. I am frustrated;
the feeling will come out again.
-What do you mean "Their
way?"
They want me to turn left, and I go left
and it is the wrong way. Not believing in myself, not doing what I want to do.
Not doing my way.
-What do you mean "My
way?"
TO have something to say in what is done,
negotiation, and at least to have some part of something being done the way I
wanted.
-Explain, "Wrong way?"
I feel very angry; I did not stand up for
what I believed in. I feel malleable in their hands. I do not have to confront
them.
-How do you feel when you are
"Confronting them?"
I do not like to confront people. I will
loose their friendship. I will not have a friend. I do not say what I really
think. What I have to say, what is right or wrong. I don1t have the confidence.
-How do you feel when do
"Not have the confidence, you are frustrated?"
I never was given a chance to deal with
light. Out of this black hole up the stream, to be acknowledged and to be
recognized.
-Explain to be "Out of the
black hole and up the stream?"
I would be happy.
Describe "Up stream?"
IT is like a salmon. He fights his way up
the stream. IT is the challenge.
(At this point I knew the remedy. The
patient gave it to me on a platter. I could have stopped the appointment. I
decided to learn more about the remedy, and to confirm what I just had
learned.)
-Could you explain about
"Fighting"?
Fighting against the current, against the
people who want to catch him.
Against the element, against the other
salmons. The crown and glory of achievement of getting up there.
-Please explain "Getting up
there?"
Getting to the top of the stream, to spun
their eggs. IT is where spanning grounds are.
-Describe "The spanning
grounds?"
Flat, no struggle, peaceful, enjoyable
andSS(it was a long pause)S.and death. (The eyes of the patient were filed with
tears. She was no longer in my officeS... She did not know what was happening.)
-What are your feelings about
"Death?"
The end of life. Peacefulness,
helpfulness, meeting people where you met long ago. Being able to help who left
behind.
-What do you mean "Being
able to help who is left behind?"
You will give them some insight. You will
tell them "do not give away your hole self, enjoy doing things, find ways
to play". IT is like salmon.
-Could you tell me about
"Salmon?"
IT has a beautiful color. Orange color. IT
gives pleasure to the eye. IT is nice to watch them whey go side to side.
Flapping. The sun glistens off them. Makes then sparkles and shine. IT is the
best fish you can eat.
Because of the nutrients, it gives
pleasure being on the table or being swimming up stream, or you just watch them
and marvel of their strength and beauty of movement.
-Describe the "Beauty of
movement?"
IT is Flow, they shimmer, go from side to
side as they go up, creating splashes in the water, graceful.
-Describe "Going from side
to side?"
TO try to stay away from the main current
of the water, not to be pushed back by the current. They try to gain momentum,
little more inches upstream.
-What do you mean
"Upstream?"
They keep going, they rest, they are aware
of their enemy.
-Tell more about
"Enemies?"
The bears scooped them out of the water.
The hawks, which try entangling them in their mouth. They have to have
intelligence to escape. Wily intelligence.
-What is "Wily
intelligence?"
What is the best way to jump ahead, or to
move in the different direction so they will not get caught? Always thinking
and planning.
-What is "Planning?"
TO survive to get to the top. Should I
jump, should I go side to side, should I shock people when they list expected?
Or I plan for survival?
-How do they do the
"Planning for survival?"
What they should do next, or what they
should not do for something that did not happen, or when it may happen, when
they did not expected it. Lets try to bit the odds.
-What are the "Odds?"
They will get caught and being
sneered. The odds are 10 to100, they will make it.
-What do they feel considering
the odds?
Frustrated, exhilarated, challenged, they
feel exited. Determined, and successful.
-What is the feeling of being
"Determined, being successful?"
They are successful so far getting up
stream, determined that they would make it all the way. Is it what they really
want? Then it is a fear of the unknown.
-Describe the fear?
Paralyzing. Being scary. IT can be
motivating. May be what it was, was not what they wantedS Sall this hard workS.
for what? If they will not move forward, they will stagnate. They have to move
forward! Otherwise, they will die.......(The patient is crying. She was in a
different world.)
-Tell more about "The ones
who stagnate?"
IT is Dull, boring they become in a rot,
they are black and gray, not living life, and they just exist.
-Explain "just
existing?"
Just living day to day, not finding new
adventures, they do not keep themselves growing. Just being there. Not seeing
life, not striving, life is not an adventure for them. They have one chance.
-What do you mean they have
"One chance?"
One life to live. You should try to make
the most of it. But grow like a flower, to have bright life. Fight the odds.
They come up and make a difference in life.
-What do you mean, "Fight
the odds?"
They fight against everything that keeps them down.
-What is the reason something
"Keeps them down?"
It is Gravity. What else keeps them down:
people, the bears, nature, violent storms, germs who infect the water,
oppressive heat. Their lack of believes in themselves, to believe that they can
do it. Feeling of duty to their fellow, salmon mates,
-What is this "Duty to
fellow mates?"
TO help them along. TO take care of them.
-How do they "take care of
them?"
TO find sustenance to keep going. Giving
them carrying concern by loving them. They finally get to the top. SS.(The
patient stopped for a moment and smiled) Am I talking about Salmon or me??? (The
patient was calm and smiling). They go to level ground.
-What is "Level
ground?"
They do not have to fight any more. They
accomplished what they wanted to accomplish. They will be doing the same thing
the next year.
-Explain, "They accomplished
what they wanted to accomplish?"
Happiness, self-fulfillment, peace,
calmness, joyfulness. Contentment.
-What is happening at this point?
Acceptance of life and peacefulness.
Wiliness to settle in, not keep to strive and to work. Happiness, peacefulness.
-Tell more about
"Peacefulness?"
Peacefulness within inside, you are
satisfied with what you had done with the life you have been given. May be a
difference in someone1s life.
-What is the "Difference in
someone life?"
Making better for them in some way. By
achieving their goals.
-How do you feel about salmon?
They are beautiful to watch. The same over and over again, they go to
the top and they do the same every year again and again. They die, and a bear
eats them. Succumb to natural courses of life. They are beautiful, glisten in
the sun, they take the challenge the nature had given them, and they bring
people joy, the taste of the salmon. They swim and sun is glistening off their
scales. They move gracefully.
-Do you like to eat salmon?
I never did in the past. I had salmon the
first time in my life, it was In
What was I talking about? Did it have
anything to do with my feet? (The patient connected his physical pathology with
his deepest delusion confluent point, they case is finished.) I asked the patient
to get up from the chair on their feet, and to walk around the office. The
patient did it, and she said "My
feet hurt 70% less than when I came to you for an appointment. What did you do
to my feet?". I smiled with joy.
Follow up March 4.
I feel good. I did something
good for the first time in my life. I wrote a poem. IT is like creative juices
are coming out of me. It is in some way a sense of calmness. I am not cooking
if I don1t want to cook. I just took off after the school, and I treated myself
to a play. I just went to the theater. I sleep later on Saturdays. I READ A
BOOK. It IS FINDING out who I am and what I am all about. It is justSthis is
the best I have done in my life. IT is just S.am actually planning a trip to Ireland . I want
to go to the roots of my Heritage. I am afraid of 3 4 hours of walking on the
tour.
I will treat myself to a dream, a 4 days of the stay with the family in
Nyack. I am treating myself to two nights
on the weekend. IT is unusual. I am not getting upset for not making a dinner.
I am trying to create a new role for myself in the household dynamics. IT is
not unlike me. I am a human being, I am a person. I am doing what is in my
power to make it a reality.
IT is Sfinding out who I am and what makes
me tick. What I want out of life, and make a difference in some way? I feel
likeSmay be a cloud was lifted. I am not getting upset as much or angry inside.
It is just the reality of the situation. I have to find out who I am, and what
makes me tick. IT is the time for me. I am not getting upset that I am taking
the time for me. Hay, it is OK, if I am doing it. I am not hurting anyone. I am
living my life. IT
is very good. It created positive energy.
I am proud. I got the highest review level at my job.
I just want to be myself. My daughter in law did not unnerve me, as it
would be in the past. I had a good time with the kids. IT is a positive and
creative atmosphere. People enjoyed of who I am. It is a good feedback for me.
The energy level is excellent. It is a nice place to be in. It helped me in my
growth. I am leaning to stay in the family home. IT is a gift. This is what I
will do, I will stretch myself. IT will give me a new handle of things. What
was my heritage? Why I am planning a trip to Ireland S.I am going to my roots.
All in all it is very good.
I will ware the sneakers. If this is what
it takes to walk, I will just do it. IT does not make a difference how you
look. If the outfit is not matching, it is OK. MY energy level has been good.
IT is the attitude that I have S. It is a whole new thing that works together.
IT is a positive circle.
I am having Salmon tomorrow. I am swimming
upstream like salmon does.
Recommendation: Salmon 30c x 1.
May 10 the patient started to question if
she is moving her life forward.
I repeated the remedy in 30c potency.
June 25 the question of moving her life
forward came up again in the follow up. I gave 200c.
August 8 repeated 200c.
The patient continues to improve.
AH 2000 CASES
This 79 year old woman has been coming to me for treatment for the last
twelve years. I have treated her with many remedies, Arsenicum, Rhus-tox,
Lycopodium, Ignatia, Tuberculinum, Calc-phos, Hyoscyamus, Nat-carb, Platina,
Mercury. There has been some improvement, but never what seemed to me a
substantial change. She is generally suffering from indigestion and allergies
to food. She says her liver feels off; she has had infectious hepatitis. She
has indigestion nearly every morning, which is much worse from various foods
like wheat, smoked foods, coffee, fried food, chicken, eggs. At this visit the
patient is wearing rings on every finger.
"I'm inclined to start at the end of
my story rather than at the beginning. I feel slow and sluggish, no energy and
my nose drips like a tap, profuse water. I had it cauterised but I still suffer
from allergies and constant running. I wake up with palpitations. My memory is
difficult; I can't remember names or what I was going to say. I feel bloated
and distended and I take bi carb, which helps occasionally. I feel extremely
hungry and feel much worse when I am hungry. Much better when I eat."
The patient always complains to me of
being rejected by her daughters, yet her daughters tell me that she is
extremely controlling of their affairs and plays one off against the other.
There is a constant interplay of the patient complaining about her daughters
and switching sides amongst them, and the daughters protesting that she is
overcontrolling. The patient continually says that her daughters do not love
her or pay enough attention to her and she feels rejected. Sometimes she feels
isolated and unloved and tends to sigh frequently.
Loving to travel, the patient has been all
over the world, Africa, Asia, South America
and she goes away at every possible opportunity.
"As a child there was no warmth in
the family. I was never hugged or kissed, never loved by my mother. As a child
I felt rejected by her. She didn't show me any love. I felt I could have
murdered her. She used to manipulate and control me.
My father was warm and loving and I loved him a lot. I always felt
lonely in the family, I messed up my love affair and ended up marrying someone
like my mother.
I fell in love with a man when I was 18. I
felt he was my real soul mate, but it didn't work out and we had to be
separated. Although I'm married, I've always thought back about him."
The patient relates that she has many
thoughts about sex; in fact, a constant dwelling on sex. As a teenager she was
highly sexual and had numerous short affairs with quite a few men. Her dreams
are usually sexual.
She has receding gums; profuse salivation;
tearing of her eyes and frequent urination, especially at night. She has bouts
of diarrhea with constipation at night on waking. At times she has vertigo with
a swimming sensation and feels she is in a roller-coaster. She hates the damp
weather, which makes her feel worse, ill at ease and uncomfortable. Overall,
she feels better in the spring.
An animal lover, she is really sympathetic
to them. "I cry if I see animals hurt or any kind of cruelty to
animals."
"I have a problem with a neighbour
who has a leaking tap that always floods my flat. It has been flooded a few
times but I can't get him to fix it."
Rx: Oncorhynchus tschawytscha (Salmon)
30C, 2 doses.
FOLLOW UP: The patient is feeling much
better. The lachrymation, salivation and rhinitis are much better. Indigestion
has improved vastly. In general her symptoms are better and she feels good in
herself. There has been a big change in her relationship with her daughters,
who called to tell me how nice she has become. The patient's overall
improvement has continued for over two years.
Discussion:
Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, proved
by my students in The Dynamis School, was made from a wild Chinook salmon using
eggs, sperm and blood. The remedy embodies the whole cycle of life. The wild
salmon circles thousands of miles of ocean to return to the river of its birth.
There, it spawns another generation before it dies. The salmon's trip upstream
is a struggle to overcome obstacles and requires extreme muscle control and
strength.
Provers experienced deep, intense grief
and sadness, not knowing where they were going but longing and searching for a
home. Conversely, they felt trapped in the house, desired to walk for miles and
wanted to travel great distances.
There was yearning for a soulmate, for
finding true love and great disappointment for lost love. Control is a big
issue in the remedy, either loss of control or overcontrol, especially a
mother's tendency to control her children.
Having babies is a dominant feature of
Oncorhynchus with many symptoms related to conception, infertility and high
sexual energy. Water figures prominently in the proving in many physical
symptoms and dreams. Interestingly, all sorts of floods occurred in the
provers' houses as sinks, toilets and tubs overflowed.
Rings are present in the proving, in
dreams and as jewelry, symbolizing both the theme of weddings and the circular
motion of the salmon's life journey. Additionally, provers showed great
sympathy for animals.
Full proving information on Oncorhynchus
tschawytscha will appear in Dynamic Provings, Volume 2 to be published in late
2000.
The Life Cycle of A Salmon:
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Author: Jeremy Sherr
Hpathy Ezine, November, 2007
40 year old woman. (Seems
depressed, sagging facial expression and heaviness in movement and voice.) I
have been trying to get pregnant for six years.
I will soon do the in vitro fertilization treatment for the third time
in 1 ½ yrs. The last time it did a
number on me. It took its toll. I had an ectopic pregnancy and then had an
emergency caesarian section to remove the tube and pregnancy. It was traumatic; I was bleeding intensely
and almost died. I had to convalesce for two months. I took the year off from my job. The first
cycle was the year before. 1 year before
that I had a laparoscopy to clear the tube. I am very depressed. I quit my job to start the cycle, I can’t
think about work. I don’t know who I am
anymore because of all this. I exercise a lot, aerobics. I gain weight when I do a cycle and feel
sluggish. I have always exercised. I had
an abortion at age 19. I have a contradiction about work. I want to do something different. My job was stressful, but lucrative. I worked
from home, but I always earned money. I am going backwards. I moved 1 ½ years
ago to the country with river and trees.
Neither of us likes the house. There is not enough going on there, too
dead. Like my life, not a lot going on.
My parents divorced when I was 6 yrs old.
It was … traumatic, but I have a good relationship with my father. I have trouble with my mother, but I admire
her.
I am turning 40, a milestone;
I thought I’d have my family by now.
Family is a primary thing.
I am used to being alone, I
like that. I don’t want to work in an
office. I work so hard, at home and I
could have a family there and could be there. My husband is used to me taking
care of everything. I am comfortable
with that role, I am organized, a planner, communicator. I run the finances and
social calendar.
My family is untraditional,
eccentric, marriage, divorce, unloved. My husband’s family is
extra-traditional. I came from a broken
marriage and no focus on family. I was
attracted to the traditional values of my husband’s family.
I can be very creative and I
want to do that in my work but I haven’t discovered it. I have never loved my work. I’ve only worked in a business world. I didn’t want to be poor. I want comfort and not to worry about
money. I was concerned about which job
paid more. I feel secure if I have
money.
I take things personally, get
defensive. I am insecure about
myself. I did not manifest a pregnancy.
Everything else I can make happen and it affects the way I am. I always have a little lack of confidence in
myself. I liked to be around and work
with powerful creatures, dynamic people.
But I also have trouble with authority.
I can’t stand up for myself.
I was always a goal-oriented
person, determined, stick with it. I
went to school for ten years at night for my degree. But I have no clear picture of my goals
because the one that I want, the pregnancy, I can’t make happen. I have been going after it so long, I’m
tired.
(Any fears?) Of the dark, I don’t like to go from the
bedroom to the bathroom down the dark hall.
Poverty, afraid of being fat, of dying.
Of dying and not having reproduced and given back. I used to be afraid
of insects. I am afraid of being a passenger in a speeding car. I won’t go on a rollercoaster rides, they are
dangerous.
(Anger?) I get very defensive. I overdo trying to
stand up for myself. I can’t be wrong or
admit it. I am a perfectionist. I like everything just so, neat and tidy. I have to have things in order. A plan, a goal. Order is very important. I get snappy, edgy,
and impatient, if things are not done right, quickly or the way I’d do them.
(Depression?) I don’t care about anything, order or
neatness. I can’t get motivated, nothing
makes me happy. I eat. I feel lonely, alone with my feelings. Everything is an effort. I cry, usually
alone. I hate to ask for consolation
from anybody. I take it if someone
offers it. I am so used to taking care
of everything myself.
I always had a lot of
responsibility from a young age. My mom was not around. I always was taking care of myself. I always did the laundry, cooking, by myself. I lived alone for 10 years and used to take
care of myself. I didn’t think I would
get married. I never wanted to because I
never wanted to break up a family like my parents did. I trusted my husband, that was important as I
was afraid I would marry a guy who would leave.
Head: Hairs on my chin, stiff, dark, after IVF and
the ectopic pregnancy.
Head pain: Headache over eyes
and temples in spring and fall.
Hearing: Lessening.
I used to be a rock and roll fan, going to loud concerts. Every few
months have faint ringing in one or the other ear for a minute or so.
Teeth: Lot of
cavities.
Lips: Cold sores, herpes. Sometimes aggravated by chocolate and stress.
Lungs: Bronchitis twice in ten years.
Digestion: If I don’t exercise, I get constipation.
Food desires: Fat, butter specifically; salt; hot spicy. I
love chocolate, but avoid it because of the cold sores.
Food aversions: Red meat, both
thinking of it and eating it. After one
of these cycles, I craved red meat. Averse organ meat, liver, ham, pork. I am vegetarian. Also sour foods.
Thirst: Not much.
Female: Endless yeast infection
after antibiotics. May have had chlamydia about 19 years ago. My right tube is
remaining, but with scar tissue and adhesions although not as bad as the left
tube was. The ectopic pregnancy in left tube burst the tube and adhered to the
bowel, scar tissue with adhesions.
Menses: Regular, dull cramps
on first day. Premenstrual symptoms a
week before. At times I am a complete
basket case, maniac, psycho; other times weepy and craving.
Sexual energy: Good, but it could be better. I wish I had
more intercourse, more often.
Back: I was in a car accident. My L3 and L4 disks
are deteriorating so I can never do high impact aerobics again, which I used to
do it a lot.
Extremities: Feet are cold.
Weather/temperature: <
heat, intolerable with humidity. I prefer
fall to winter, spring to summer.
Skin: Very sensitive skin. Lots of moles, flat and
dark.
Rx: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
200c 2 doses, 4 hours apart
At the time of this patient’s
appointment, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Chinook or Pacific salmon) had been
proven but had not yet been published.
For this reason we could not find the remedy by repertorization. However, as we were well- acquainted with the
proving, we were very clear about the main themes of Oncorhynchus. We have
therefore highlighted in the case the themes, symptoms and language that appear
in the proving.
The principal theme in the case is
procreation. “Family is the primary thing,” “my biggest fear is of dying and
not having reproduced.” This desire is a
prominent one in the proving of Oncorhynchus, “deep longing to be pregnant and
have children, I dream about children all the time,” “very intense fear of not
being able to have children,” “thought, ‘How can I last this long without a
baby?’” The theme of procreation
correlates with the inner nature of the salmon, since its mission in life is to
swim upriver to its birthplace and breed the next generation. From clinical
experience we have found Oncorhynchus to
be one of the main remedies for infertility, when the symptoms fit.
Having had difficulty becoming pregnant, the
patient resorted to extreme measures to conceive, requiring much effort and
resolve. Just as salmon exhibit great
determination and experience inordinate hardship traveling upstream, the
patient repeatedly endured uncomfortable medical procedures and painful surgery
in her ambition for a pregnancy. One
prover of Oncorhynchus dreamt she “was frantically going around trying to get
pregnant.” The patient’s fruitless
efforts are reflected in the provers’ dreams of unsuccessful efforts, repeated
attempts to catch a flight or reach a destination, “not being able to get to
where I wanted to be,” “frustrated.”
Order is a characteristic of
Oncorhynchus as well as of the patient.
Provers were unable to work in disordered places and needed to tidy up
and throw out old objects. Sometimes
suffering depression, the patient liked to be alone, which was a wish of many
provers, “desire to hibernate-remove myself from work,” “desire to be alone and
silent,” “sense of depression and withdrawal.”
The simple language of the proving is found in
the patient’s frequent use of the word
“cycle,” Oncorhynchus provers spoke of
completing cycles, riding cycles, walking in circles, and dreaming of
rings. The Pacific salmon swims in a large
circle during its ocean migration and ends its life cycle in the river where it
was hatched.
Naturally, water is prominent
in the Oncorhynchus proving, showing up in underwater sensations and dreams of
oceans and floods. Provers had images of
“rivers of traffic,” “going with the river” and “rivers flowing in different
directions.” These images nicely
correspond to the patient’s recent move to a house by a river.
Phone message left on answer
machine 2 months later:
I am pregnant! I had a big shift. Shortly after taking the remedy, I had a
dream. I was sitting on the porch and
saw the ghost of a child run onto the porch to me. I felt in general a shift. I moved forward into work and started the IVF
cycle. Right before I had a job interview and accepted a new position. A big break through for me. I hadn’t worked in a long time before that
because I was so depressed.
Rx: Wait.
As the patient sounded so happy and well in her message, there was no
need to prescribe. We didn’t hear any further from the patient for one year.
Follow-up: One year later.
I had a baby 4 months
ago. The baby takes a lot from you. I produced a healthy child. I didn’t
anticipate things lasting this long, like my weight. I am not exercising. I can’t fit it in. I was a major exerciser.
I had my first period a week
ago. A major hormone shift now. I am losing hair now when I wash it. I hate my appearance, I am not comfortable in
my body. Not attractive, sexy, or
appealing.
I’ve had an ongoing
respiratory infection. 3 weeks ago I was waking with a sinus infection and a
sore throat like a lump that hurts to swallow. I’ve had repeat herpes on my
lower lip and mouth. I am depressed and
tired and sick from it.
My feet pain me, the soles,
walking on hardwood floors, worse when first step on them. Feels dull as if beaten up on bottom of
foot. Goes away when I walk around.
I feel very overwhelmed with
motherhood. It is a big change, I have
trouble adjusting to change, not walking, not earning. Being alone all the time with the baby. I am not productive, I am used to being
productive.
I don’t know who I am, an
identity crisis. It is cyclical. When
the baby was first born, there was elation.
Then September 11 came and he was 2 ½ weeks old. Normally I would have gone to help otherwise, but I couldn’t
physically do that. Then I was getting
ready for the holidays and had projects.
But I don’t feel I am accomplishing something.
I am thinking about working
from home, but I have trouble scheduling, how to make it happen, how to
manifest things.
Being in the house with the
baby for the past 3 weeks, we were stuck and are stuck all winter. I need to do things for myself. I am giving too much to everybody,
overgiving.
I like order and schedules and
there is none with the baby. I want to
move through this and get control. I
used to be in control and now he is controlling me.
Craving for chocolate, but I
have to stay away because of the herpes.
No yeast infection now. Sexual
energy OK. It was really good during pregnancy, now, less. Two months ago it came back. It has to do with how I feel about
myself. I don’t feel attractive, which
is difficult. Part of that is
scheduling.
I did a lot of walking outside
with the baby. I used to do a lot of
walking in pregnancy and hiking. I
definitely need to get in the car and go.
Get out of the house and move, for the motion. I’m bumping into walls in here. Walking makes
me feel good.
I ate lots of salmon when I
was pregnant.
Rx: Repeat Oncor 200c, 1 dose
In hearing the patient’s story
a year later, it is interesting to have another look at the main themes. Having nourished herself on salmon, both in
potency and in substance, the patient has achieved her mission of giving birth
to a baby. However, now she has relapsed
to where she was in the first interview, not producing, desiring a creative
job, and questioning her self identity.
This indicates that the Oncorhynchus theme of regeneration applies to
self creation as well as childbearing.
Again the patient is struggling
with unachieved ambitions. It is
“cyclical,” she says. Not being free to follow her schedule and maintain order
and control in her life couples with feelings of frustration and depression. She feels trapped, is not accomplishing, is
not able to escape for her long walks and is not moving ahead. She craves motion, wants to “get in the car
and go,” but is “bumping into walls.”
These themes are prominent in the proving. Several Oncorhynchus provers experienced a
similar sense of being confined, “feeling trapped; longing to be free,” want to
escape,” “feel I’m on a walking machine, walking but getting nowhere.” Notably, walking was a regular activity for
some provers,”went for long walks along the Thames .”
The patient’s physical
symptoms, infected sinuses, lumpy sore throat and herpes sores, are common to
those of the provers. The feeling of
being beaten up and her painful soles, are also found in the proving.
Follow-up 11 months later:
I took the remedy and felt a
big shift. I wasn’t depressed and
things seemed easier with the baby. I
didn’t feel stuck. Cold sores better,
feet improved. Not so upset about
letting the baby make the schedule. I
lost weight and felt much better about my appearance. I was still stuck in the house because it was
winter, but I didn’t feel so overwhelmed.
After 5 or 6 months, I began to feel overwhelmed again and
frustrated. I was having hysterical
crying during my periods because I couldn’t do what I wanted to do. I took the remedy again and I have been fine
until a few weeks ago.
Now I am trying to get
pregnant again. I didn’t get my period
yet, but sometimes I have a 32 day cycle.
I feel exhausted, my hormones from nursing, menstruation, conceiving. I am used to control and I feel I don’t have
it. I am caring for a year old child and
breastfeeding all night. I am thinking
to stop, but it is hard emotionally for me to stop. I take care of a lot, the bills, social life,
food, meals, cleaning a large house. I
need to make money, the bottom line. I
don’t like debt. It is frustrating me, I have no time.
Rx: Repeat Oncor
200c. If no improvement, take
Oncor 1M
The life cycle repeats.
General and Physical symptoms
from the proving of Oncorhynchus tshawytscha that are related to the case:
Generalities, Beaten up,
bruised Head
pain temples, eyes
Generalities, Food, desire
chocolate Face, pain
sinuses
Generalities, Desire meat Mouth,
ulcers, lips
Generalities, Desire fish,
salmon Throat,
Lump
Throat, Pain, < swallow
empty,
Stomach, Thirstless
Rectum, Constipation
Genitalia, Female, infertility
Extremities, feet, icy cold
Complete proving and substance
information for Oncorhynchus tshawytscha can be found in Dynamic Provings,
Volume 2 by Jeremy Sherr.
Posted in Clinical Cases
Jeremy Sherr
The Life
Cycle of A Salmon: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Homeopath Jeremy Sherr presents a case of
infertility which led to the use of potentized Salmon.
Note: We have highlighted in the case the
themes, symptoms and language that appear in the proving of Oncorhynchus
Tshawytscha.
40 year old woman. (Seems depressed, sagging facial
expression and heaviness in movement and voice.)
I have been trying
to get pregnant for
six years. I will soon do the in vitro fertilization treatment for the
third time in 1 ½ yrs. The last time it did a number on me. It took
its toll. I had anectopic
pregnancy and
then had an emergency caesarian section to remove the tube and pregnancy.
It was traumatic; I was bleeding intensely and almost died. I had to convalesce
for two months. I took the year off from my job.
The first cycle was the year before. 1 year
before that I had a laparoscopy to clear the tube.
I am very depressed. I quit my job
to start the cycle, I can’t think about
work. I don’t know who I am anymore because of all this.
I exercise a lot,
aerobics. I gain weight when I do a cycle and feel sluggish. I have
always exercised.
I had an abortion at age 19.
I have a contradiction about work.
I want to do something different. My job was stressful, but lucrative. I
worked from home, but I always earned money. I am going
backwards.
I moved 1 ½ years ago to the country
with river and trees. Neither of us likes
the house. There is not enough going on there,too dead. Like my life, not a lot going on.
My parents divorced when I was 6 yrs
old. It was traumatic, but I have a good relationship with my
father. I have trouble with my mother, but I
admire her.
I am turning 40, a milestone; I thought
I’d have my family by now. Family
is a primary thing.
I am used to being
alone, I like that. I don’t want to work in an
office. I work so hard, at home and I could have a family there and could
be there. My husband is used to me taking care of everything. I am
comfortable with that role, I am organized, a planner, communicator. I run the
finances and social calendar.
My family is untraditional, eccentric,
marriage, divorce, unloved. My husband’s family is extra-traditional. I
came from a broken marriage and no focus on family. I was attracted to
thetraditional values of my husband’s family.
I can be very creative and I want to do that in my work but I
haven’t discovered it. I have never loved my work. I’ve only worked
in a business world. I didn’t want to be poor. I want comfort and
not to worry about money. I was concerned about which job paid
more. I feel secure if I have money.
I take things personally, get
defensive. I am insecure about myself. I did not
manifest a pregnancy. Everything
else I can make happen and it affects the way I am. I always have a
little lack of confidence in myself. I liked to be around and work withpowerful creatures, dynamic people.
But I also have trouble with authority. I can’t stand up for myself.
I was always a goal-oriented
person, determined, stick with it. I went to school for
ten years at night for my degree. But I have no clear picture of my goals
because the one that I want, the pregnancy, I can’t make happen. I
have been going after it so long, I’m tired.
(Any fears?) Of the dark, I don’t
like to go from the bedroom to the bathroom down the dark hall. Poverty,
afraid of being fat, of dying. Of dying and not having reproduced and given
back. I used to
be afraid of insects. I am afraid of being a passenger in a speeding car.
I won’t go on a rollercoaster rides, they are dangerous.
(Anger?) I get very defensive. I
overdo trying to stand up for myself. I can’t be wrong or admit it. I
am a perfectionist. I like everything just so, neat and tidy. I
have to have things in order. A plan, a goal. Order is very
important. I get
snappy, edgy, and impatient, if things are not done right, quickly or the way
I’d do them.
(Depression?) I don’t care about
anything, order or neatness. Ican’t
get motivated, nothing makes me happy. I eat. I feel lonely,
alone with my feelings. Everything is an effort. I cry, usually alone. I hate to
ask for consolation from anybody. I take it if someone offers it. I
am so used to taking care of everything myself.
I always had a lot of responsibility
from a young age. My mom was not around. I always
was taking care of myself. I always did the laundry, cooking, by
myself. I lived alone for 10 years and used to take care of myself.
I didn’t think I would get married. I never wanted to because I never
wanted to break up a family like my parents did. I
trusted my husband, that was important as I was afraid I would marry a guy who
would leave.
Head: Hairs
on my chin, stiff, dark, after IVF and the ectopic
pregnancy.
Head pain: Headache
over eyes and temples in
spring and fall.
Hearing: Lessening. I used
to be a rock and roll fan, going to loud concerts. Every few
months have faint ringing in one or the other ear for a minute
or so.
Teeth: Lot of cavities.
Lips: Cold
sores, herpes. Sometimes aggravated by chocolate and
stress.
Lungs: Bronchitis twice in ten years.
Digestion: If
I don’t exercise, I get constipation.
Food desires: Fat, butter
specifically; salt; hot spicy. I lovechocolate,
but avoid it because of the cold sores.
Food aversions: Red meat, both thinking
of it and eating it. After one of these cycles, I craved
red meat. Averse organ meat, liver, ham, pork. I am
vegetarian. Also sour foods.
Thirst: Not much.
Female: Endless yeast infection after antibiotics. May have had
chlamydia about 19 years ago. My right tube is remaining, but with scar tissue
and adhesions although not as bad as the left tube was. The ectopic pregnancy
in left tube burst the tube and adhered to the bowel, scar tissue with
adhesions.
Menses: Regular, dull cramps on first day. Premenstrual
symptoms a week before. At times I am a complete basket case, maniac,
psycho; other times weepy and craving.
Sexual energy:
Good, but it
could be better. I wish I had more intercourse, more often.
Back: I was in a car
accident. My L3 and L4 disks are deteriorating so I can never
do high impact aerobics again, which I used to do it a lot.
Extremities: Feet are cold.
Weather/temperature: < heat,
intolerable with humidity. I prefer fall to winter, spring to summer.
Skin: Very sensitive skin. Lots of moles, flat and
dark.
Rx: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha 200c 2 doses, 4
hours apart
At the time of this patient’s appointment,
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Chinook or Pacific salmon) had been proven but had
not yet been published. For this reason we could not find the remedy by
repertorization. However, as we were well- acquainted with the proving,
we were very clear about the main themes of Oncorhynchus. We have therefore
highlighted in the case the themes, symptoms and language that appear in the
proving.
The principal theme in the case is
procreation. “Family is the primary thing,” “my biggest fear is of dying and
not having reproduced.” This desire is a prominent one in the proving of
Oncorhynchus, “deep longing to be pregnant and have children, I dream about
children all the time,” “very intense fear of not being able to have children,”
“thought, ‘How can I last this long without a baby?'” The theme of
procreation correlates with the inner nature of the salmon, since its mission
in life is to swim upriver to its birthplace and breed the next generation.
From clinical experience we have found Oncorhynchus to be one of the main
remedies for infertility, when the symptoms fit.
Having had difficulty becoming pregnant,
the patient resorted to extreme measures to conceive, requiring much effort and
resolve. Just as salmon exhibit great determination and experience
inordinate hardship traveling upstream, the patient repeatedly endured
uncomfortable medical procedures and painful surgery in her ambition for a
pregnancy. One prover of Oncorhynchus dreamt she “was frantically going
around trying to get pregnant.” The patient’s fruitless efforts are
reflected in the provers’ dreams of unsuccessful efforts, repeated attempts to
catch a flight or reach a destination, “not being able to get to where I wanted
to be,” “frustrated.”
Order
is a characteristic of Oncorhynchus as well as of the patient. Provers
were unable to work in disordered places and needed to tidy up and throw out
old objects. Sometimes suffering depression, the patient liked to be
alone, which was a wish of many provers, “desire to hibernate-remove myself
from work,” “desire to be alone and silent,” “sense of depression and
withdrawal.”
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