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By Joy Lucas RSHom.
The main affinities for Cuprum are cramps and spasms, convulsions and
epilepsy, 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.
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.
About lack of self worth and confidence, I would
say that if one feels lowly, demoralised or lacking in confidence 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.
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 of convulsions might have something to do with a lost past, a
forgotten memory.
I have
some thoughts about epilepsy, convulsions and genetic memories which are
too involved to write about now, but 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 (like I said too
involved to write more).
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.
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