Dr Rajan Sankaran , the world famous Homeopath with his incredable knowlegde and spirit due to Lockdowns of Corona virus offered us webinars for deeper unstanding in Homeopathy. These webinars are a part from a big great efford from the team of The Other Song Academy of Adavanced Homeopathy, H.O.P.E , Synergy, Prana ,Homeopathetic Medical Publichers.
In the webinar on 19/4/2020 asked from the participants a homework.
I started to think about this question a lot and here is my point of view
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First of all, I would
like to thank for your spirit and your work in Homeopathy.
Every time that I
will participate a seminar, webinar or even a small video on YouTube I am full
of ideas and inspiration.
I did my small research and because of lockdowns I was able to use only
Repertory Synthesis.
I always enjoy the
procedure of finding the remedy. I don’t focus so much in the result.
“What
is the remedy for Christmas / Diwali / Ramadan?”
Christmas
Birth of Jesus christ
“Ἡ Γέννησίς σου Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν
ἀνέτειλε τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ φῶς τὸ τῆς γνώσεως”
ἀνέτειλε τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ φῶς τὸ τῆς γνώσεως”
Jesus Christ , our God, the light of knowledge has arisen with
your birth.
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as
a religious and cultural celebration.
Joseph and Mary arrived one night in the city of
Bethlehem, the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born. After birth an angel proclaimed the news to shepherds and many
angels proclaimed a gospel. In the same time a bright star has led three Wise
men from east who they offered to Jesus 3 gifts. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Jesus life was symbolic in nature also, hinting at an unseen spiritual
reality rather than the visual and temporal elements of the world. These gifts
were prophetic rather than practical.
Gold. Gold represents Jesus as a King. These wise men brought a gift that
represented what they thought this child King was worth…the most valuable
substance they could offer.
Frankincense represents Jesus as a Priest. Frankincense comes from the sap
of a tree. The bark is removed and the sap is scraped from the inside and
then allowed to dry. The leftover resin is burned as incense in many
religious ceremonies. The frankincense
shows us this child would be the intercessor that mankind needed. Greater
than the Levitical priesthood, this intercessor would put an end to sin forever. The scent of frankincense has the purpose of clearing and
detoxifying the air.
Myrrh represents Jesus as a Prophet. Myrrh was a burial spice. It
comes from a very thorny plant and is a reminder of death because of its use as
a burial spice. The picture of suffering demonstrated by this gift
obviously relates to the Savior’s death. These symbolic gifts demonstrated all
that this baby would one day grow to fulfill. Jesus ultimately came to die for
the sins of the world and reconcile mankind to God. For that is the name
given to him at his birth. “You shall call his name Jesus for he will save his
people from their sins.
In Christian Religion, more in Orthodox dogma, Christmas and Easter are the
main celebrations. These special days “God becomes a human so that a human will
become a God by grace”
The Resurrection of Jesus
Orthodox hagiography
Due to the great importance of Christmas
and Easter was established a preparatory period during which the believers will
be prepared to receive the coming of the Savior Christ. Through to their faith
they will transferred to the cave of Bethlehem and they will walk with Christ
together in the road of suffering hopping for Resurrection. They are 2 periods that
lasts 40 days, is called the Lent of Christmas and begins on November 15 each
year and the great Lent of Easter. The Easter Fasting starts 48 days before
Easter and 40 days before the Holly Week that through ceremonies will be representations
of the suffering of Christ. Then the Easter day Jesus resurrected to the sky
purified after his suffering. It is a hope for a new life, for being a better
person and as Jesus suffered for people a man who believes will be rescued from
his mortal life and sufferings. The doors of Paradise will be open for him.
All the depth of fasting is reflected in these is set by the Old Testament (Isaiah 1:1–20), which says for Clean Monday:
Wash yourselves and ye shall be clean; put
away the wicked ways from your souls before Mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn
to do well. Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, consider the fatherless, and
plead for the widow. Come then, and let us reason together, saith the Lord:
Though your sins be as scarlet, I will make them white as snow; and though they
be red like crimson, I will make them white as wool (vv. 16–18).
Ramadan
muslim FASTING
Ramadan is a time of spiritual reflection,
self-improvement, and heightened devotion and worship. Muslims are expected to
put more effort into following the teachings of Islam. Muslims believe
that Ramadan teaches them to practice self-discipline, self-control, sacrifice,
and empathy for those who are less fortunate, thus encouraging actions of
generosity and compulsory charity Zakat.
Muslims devote
more time to prayer and acts of charity, striving to improve their self-discipline, motivated by hadith: "When Ramadan
arrives, the gates of Paradise are
opened and the gates of hell are
locked up and devils are put in chains.
The spiritual
rewards of fasting are believed to be multiplied during Ramadan. Accordingly,
Muslims refrain not only from food and drink, but also tobacco products, sexual relations, and sinful behavior, devoting themselves instead to prayer recitation of the Quran and the performance of charitable deeds as
they strive for purity and
heightened awareness of God.
Ramadan is the month of fasting, which is one
of the 5 basic principles of Islamic religion.
There are many wisdoms of fasting in Ramadan, wisdom that looks at both
the discipline of God, the social life of man, his personal life, the nurture
of the soul, and the gratitude of the divine blessings. Therefor the basic
worship in Ramadan and what determines every ceremony is fasting in body and in
mind.
Muslims have
regarded the last ten nights of Ramadan as being especially blessed. Muslims believe that the Night of Qadr comes with
blessings and mercy of God in
abundance, sins are forgiven, supplications are accepted, and that the annual decree is revealed to the angels who carry it out according to God's plan.
At the time of iftar, the dinner
after the daily fasting, the taste of the palate testifies that there is a very
valuable divine blessing in the eyes of a believer. Everyone from the Sultan to the most
enthusiast reaches a spiritual gratitude in Ramadan by understanding the values
of those blessings.
In terms of being banned from eating during the
day, a person says, “Those blessings are not my property. I am not free to eat them. So it is the
property of someone else and it is a blessing offered; I am waiting for His
command.” He knows the blessing and gives a spiritual gratitude. Thus, fasting
in many ways passes to the key of gratitude, which is the real duty of man.
The Qur'an says: "That month of Ramadan,
the Qur'an, which shows the right path to people, carries the evidences of
clear guidance and separates between truth and belief, has been sent down in
that month."
Diwali
HINDU FESTIVAL
Diwali: lampsDiwali oil lamps.© TheFinalMiracle/Fotolia
Diwali, Divali, Deepavali is the one
of the major religious festivals in Hinduism. The festival of lights. The name is derived from the Sanskrit
term dipavali, meaning
“row of lights”.
All these lights represent the spiritual "victory of light over darkness,
good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance". The lighting of the lamps
is explained as a material substitute for the light of holy knowledge that was
extinguished with Mahavira’s passing. In the
Hindu religion it’s also a time to honor the gods and goddesses, especially the
goddess Lakshmi.
The fourth day—the main Diwali
festival day and the beginning of the lunar month of Karttika—marks the
beginning of the new year according to the Vikrama calendar.
In the lead-up
to Diwali, celebrants will prepare by cleaning, renovating, and decorating
their homes and workplaces. During the Diwali people wear their finest clothes
and they buy new.
During the festival, small
earthenware lamps filled with oil are lit and placed in rows along the parapets
of temples and houses and set adrift on rivers and streams. People illuminate the interior and exterior
of their homes with diyas (oil lamps or candles), offer puja (worship)
to Lakshmi, the goddess of
prosperity and wealth, light fireworks, and partake in family feasts,
where mithai (sweets)
and gifts are shared.
The word "pūjā" is Sanskrit, and means reverence, honor, homage, adoration
and worship. Puja, the loving offering of light, flowers, and water or food to
the divine, is the essential ritual of Hinduism. Puja is typically performed by
a Hindu worshiper alone, though sometimes in the presence of a priest who is
well versed in a complex ritual and hymns. In temples and priest-assisted
events puja, food, fruits and sweets may be included as sacrificial offerings
to the ceremony or deity, which, after the prayers, becomes prasad –
food shared by all gathered.
Every person who will experience of all the above,
will find many common themes.
Light, light against dark, night,
angels, rituals, hymns, celebrations, sharing, gifts, blessing, empathy, fasting,
cleaning of body and mind.
No matter which is the Religion,
every person believes in something bigger, sacred than the human
beingness.
Religion, human beings’ relation to that which they
regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence.
It is also commonly regarded as consisting of the way people deal with ultimate
concerns about their lives and their fate after death. In many traditions, this relation and these
concerns are expressed in terms of one’s relationship with or attitude toward
gods or spirits; in more humanistic or naturalistic forms of religion, they are expressed in
terms of one’s relationship with or attitudes toward the broader human community or the natural world. In many religions,
texts are deemed to have scriptural status, and people are esteemed to be
invested with spiritual or moral authority.
Believers and worshippers participate in and are often enjoined to perform
devotional or contemplative practices such as prayer, meditation, or particular rituals. Worship, moral conduct, right belief, and participation in religious institutions
are among the constituent elements
of the religious life. (Britannica/Religion)
There
is only one question. Why?
If there was only a metaphysical concern
about what happens after life theories of universe would cover the
concern.
Why a person
needs his religion? Why religion is so important?
Salvation.
Salvation, in religion, the deliverance of humankind from such
fundamentally negative or disabling conditions as suffering, evil, finitude,
and death. In some religious beliefs it also entails the restoration or
raising up of the natural world to a higher realm or state. The idea of
salvation is a characteristic religious notion related to an issue of profound
human concern.
The fundamental idea contained in the
English word salvation, and the
Latin salvatio and
Greek sōtēria from
which it derives, is that of saving or delivering from some dire situation. The
term soteriology denotes beliefs and doctrines concerning
salvation in any specific religion, as well as the study of the subject. The
idea of saving or delivering from some dire situation logically implies that
humankind, as a whole or in part, is in such a situation. This premise, in turn, involves a series of related assumptions
about human nature and destiny.
In those religions that regard humans as
essentially psychophysical organisms (e.g., Judaism, Christianity,
Zoroastrianism, Islam), salvation involves the restoration
of both the body and soul. Such religions therefore teach doctrines of a resurrection of the dead body and its reunion with the soul,
preparatory to ultimate salvation or damnation.
In contrast, some religions have taught
that the body is a corrupting substance in which the soul is imprisoned
(e.g., Orphism, an ancient Greek mystical movement; Hinduism; and Manichaeism,
an ancient dualistic religion of Iranian origin).
In this dualistic view of human nature, salvation has meant
essentially the emancipation of the soul from its physical prison or tomb and its
return to its ethereal home. Such religions generally explain the incarceration
of the soul in the body in terms that imply the intrinsic evil of physical matter. Where such views of human nature were held,
salvation therefore meant the eternal beatitude of the disembodied soul.
Christian soteriology contains a very
complex eschatological (regarding a doctrine of last things) program,
which includes the fate of both individual persons and the existing cosmic
order. The return of Christ will be heralded by the
destruction of heaven and earth and the resurrection of the dead.
The Last Judgment, which will then take place, will result in the
eternal beatitude of the just, whose souls have been purified in purgatory, and the everlasting damnation of the wicked. The
saved, reconstituted by the reunion of soul and body, will forever enjoy the
beatific vision; the
damned, similarly reconstituted, will suffer forever in hell, together with the Devil and the fallen angels. (Britannica /Salvation)
A Homeopathic view
Anacardiaceae family with Anacardium (angel vs devil )and
the Solanaceae family with Stramonium (light vs dark) maybe would be more
obvious. But both of them are not getting in the real core of the question.
Materia
medica and rubrics always open a new perspective.
Rubrics
In Synthesis Repertory / F Schroyens Edition
8.1
MIND / YEARNING OF SALVATION page 223
OLIBANUM SACRUM (one remedy)
Mind
Affectionate
Confusion identity
Anxiety of salvation about page 24
Carresed wants to be Caressed
Delusions
angel seeing p 59
Delusions body he is divided p 62
Delusions
lighter than air body is p 62
Delusions born into the world ; he has
newly
Delusions divided two parts into
Delusions God communication with god he is p 75
Delusions Visions has p 97
Delusions Visions has beautiful p 97
Delusions beautiful landscape p 61
Delusions Watched p 99
Religious too
p 88
Restleness with anxiety
Despair religious of p103
Detached p 103
Disconnected himself with p 105
Dullness p 109
Ease feeling p 112
Religious affections p 209
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Everything happens for
a reason and the day of the webinar 19/2/2020, in Greece was Easter day.
The
day that Jesus Christ resurrected. This day is the core of Orthodox religion.
The exact meaning of Easter
is to unite the dimensions and with an ease feeling to be a motivation to
Salvation of the soul.
An incense unites
dimensions.
The Religious use of incense
is prevalent in many cultures and may have roots in the practical and aesthetic
uses, considering that many of these religions have little else in common. One
common motif is incense as a form of sacrificial offering to a deity.
Boswellia
sacra (commonly
known as frankincense or olibanum-tree) is a tree in
the Burseraceae family.
It is the primary tree in the genus Boswellia from which frankincense, a resinous dried sap, is harvested. It is native to
the Arabian Peninsula (Oman, Yemen), and northeastern Africa (Somalia).
In Orthodox practice the Frankincense is used a lot from the priests and from very religious people.
In other religions also it used a lot in different circumstances.
It is believed the fragrances connect the
worlds and transfer the pray to God.
This dimension and the other dimension. The
idea of incense can be very close to the idea of Salvation. An incense has
immaterial dimension and subtle sense.
The incense symbolizes the prayer which arise
from the material world to Gods world. Christians say “may it directs my prayer
as incense before You”. It is the momentum of the soul upwards and in the same
time the true desire the pray will be accepted “in the pleasant spiritual
scent”.
OLIBANUM SACRUM
from
Uta Mittelstadt
Frankincense was known for its medicinal properties. It was
first mentioned in the ‘Papyrus Ebers’, an ancient Egyptian textbook for the
medically practicing, dated at ca. 1600 B.C. and was the most extensively
mentioned and most frequently recommended medicine in the ‘Corpus
Hippocraticum’. Many of our medical forefathers,
Hippocrates,Galenus,Dioskurides and Avicenna, to mention a few, are known to
have prescribed Holy Incense for diverse ailments. In the oriental countries,
it was commonly used in the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic conditions, and
in the treatment of lesions and affections of the skin. In Europe too, there
was a traditional use of Holy Incense as a medically potent curative. It was
traditionally used for ailments of the respiratory tract, the skin, the
gastro-intestinal tract and for inflamed joints.
The Ayurveda has a documented medicinal
use of Frankincense that is over 3000 years old. Inflammatory ailments of the
joints, like rheumatoid arthritis, chronic poly-arthritis, and gout, are
treated with Boswellia. The bowels, the skin, and neural affections are equally
as susceptible to the curative actions of Shallaki.
While not all active ingredients and
principles of Olibanum are known, its therapeutic value is, today, increasingly
being confirmed by research and experience in practice. Studies have confirmed
the ability of Frankincense to inhibit inflammation and allergic reactions, to
alleviate from pain, and to reduce swelling. In rheumatism it has been
documented that Shallaki has reduced swelling and joint-stiffness in 65% of
people. In inflammatory affections of the gastro-intestinal tract it alleviates
from the symptoms commonly concomitant to colitis and Crohn’s disease. In
chronic asthma it supports recovery, and in brain-tumors Boswellia has been
reported to inhibit the growth of tumors.
The homeopathic appraisal of ‘Olibanum
sacrum’, has revealed main themes of the remedy. Yearning, was as such, one of
the main symptoms prevalent in the proving. Intellect, clarity and awareness,
security and a sense of belonging were other central elements. Key-notes were
calmness, peace of mind, distinct power of concentration, clearness of mind,
increased perceptivity, but also indifference and mental irritability.
Emotional features were happiness, blissfulness, yearning and love. Furthermore,
there was hopelessness, restlessness, euphoria, exuberance and speculation. The
need for trust and directness, truthfulness and authenticity were also
prevalent. Physical symptoms included swelling, pain, stiffness in all joints,
extreme fatigue and yawning. Skin symptoms were characterized by sensitivity,
itchiness, eczema and dryness. There was coldness and shivering, but also
sweating and extreme warmth.
Whether called Holy Incense,
Frankincense, Boswellia, Shallaki, or Olibanum it is clearly one of the oldest
medicinally prescribed substances, and has provided us with a potent curative
for diverse diseases and ailments, both in terms of its herbal application, and
in its homeopathic derivation. It is one of the valuable ancient curatives that
has withstood the tests of time, and has been unearthed without ever really
being lost, from the depth of the history of humanity.
OLIBANUM SACRUM
FromEnna Stallinga MD in Inter Homeopathy
Theme:
The central theme is saying farewell.
Death is the most extreme form of saying farewell.
The child taking the blame without being guilty of the death or impending death. Death/farewell has been felt and suppressed. It is too painful. Grief and anger related to it cannot be allowed to emerge. It is the energy of Christ Consciousness. The son/child taking the blame, being good.
In order to not feel guilty they will go on helping and giving. For the sake of peace and harmony. From childhood on they feel responsible for the atmosphere in house and they are very receptive to it. Anything in order not to feel guilty.
Mediators, even as a child. They try to be good in a contorted way of helping, performing well, and pleasing everybody.
Symptoms:
Sympathetic,
clairvoyance
too generous
helpful
Difficulty coping with conflict situations.
Cannot stand injustice.
Yielding.
Tough.
Ambitious, performing well as a compensation.
Cheerful.
Emptiness; sensation of.
Dreams about deceased people.
Sees ghosts; sometimes fear of ghosts, fear of shadows.
Fears: water, heights, fire.
Often shy as a child, obstinate in puberty.
Fond of children, often working in the educational field.
Burn out.
Complaints of the thyroid.
Cramps: muscles aching, stiffness, cramping, complaints of the ligaments, migraine, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, neck/shoulders.
Desire for space: likes to be outside.
Amelioration motion/exercise: often athletes.
Inflammation mucous membranes: sinusitis frontalis / m; cystitis, pyelitis.
Respiratory organs: recurrent coryza, bronchitis, pneumonia, otitis.
Skin problems: Herpes, eczema hands (blisters, cracks), around the eyes / eyelids, intertrigo.
Allergies: e.g. trees, antibiotics, hay fever, urticaria
Hair loss (sometimes at an early age).
Cysts.
Warm.
Food: desire salty, cheese, bread, fruit.
Differential diagnosis:
Rutaceae: continually on the go, don’t complain, cheerful, better moving. Accommodation problems.
Manganum: helping.
Iron series: need for control, sensitive to being watched, tough, failure, guilt.
Ignatia: grief after loss of a loved one, sighing, hair loss.
Carcinosin, sympathetic, yielding, love nature.
Calcarea phosphoricum: calcareous soil, sensitive to being watched.
Phosphoric acid: bruises, homesickness, migraine.
Thuja: tree.
Myrrhe; from the same family as Olibanum (Bursera). It has more heavy energy (could be stage 13) and many similarities with Olibanum.
(Both were offered to the newborn Jesus).
Tree theme’s:
Over-responsible, demanding too much of themselves, compensating low self-esteem, fear of failure, perfectionism.
Olibanum could be stage 8; keep going, don’t give up, there’s so much work to be done.
Bursera (with the Anacardiaceae and Rutaceae in the Sapindales order).
Boswellia (incense).
Bursera (source of varnish).
Commiphora (Mirre).
Cases
1. F/51. Complaints:
Fibromyalgia with stiffness muscles, sleeping disorder, burn out in the past, allergy to penicilline, born in Indonesia, eldest child. At age 9 responsible for the younger siblings, broken relationship with sister after death of parents, divorced from first husband, second partner deceased. Self-confident, longing to help and support others, generous, loyal. As a child she slept in the same bed with her sister because she saw dead people in the dark.
Extirpation uterus (myoma), psoriasis, white spots on her face as a child, hair loss, loves incense, dreams of dead people, dreams receives messages of what has to be done.
Reaction:
She has worked with a lot of her grief, physically much stronger, more at ease, no more guilt, more assertiveness, no longer: "I’ll do it".
2. F/30. Complaints:
Always a headache from the neck; sensation of a band. Stomach/intestinal complaints. Burn out, loves to work, doesn't stop. Keeps anger (hidden) inside. Deceased grandfather visited her often at night. Her school friend emigrated: it was as if there was nothing to hold on to anymore. Mother had breast cancer which was extremely difficult to see (at her age) for her. At age 16 she lost her mother, it would have been selfish to mourn. At age 17 her father expelled her from the house. Very athletic; she helped many people, fear of water. Pyelitis; sinusitis m, eczema hands with cracks, hair loss ++, cramps calves at night, bladder infections as a child ++.
Reaction:
Cried a lot for the loss of her mother. More open, more at ease, sets boundaries now. She can handle her guilt now, enormous improvement both physically and emotionally.
3. F/26. Complaints:
Terribly itching eczema on the hands with cracks and blisters, upper legs and calves blisters just showed up. Every 1 or 2 months asthmatic bronchitis with deep and suffocating cough. < lying; cyst sinus m and sinusitis frontalis with ropy, green mucus. Recurrent inflammations of the throat. She keeps on exercising (training) when she’s ill. She is annoyed at work, but will keep the anger in, feels like a number, unfairly treated. Her father was in a car crash years ago and became very depressed thereafter, he didn’t want to live anymore. She was in the car as well, but wasn’t hurt at all. When a class mate died she became very fearful of dying. Cheerful by nature, spontaneous, but also shy. No means no, fanatical / bad looser, always thinks of others first.
Reaction:
Nine months later: she didn’t suffer from bronchitis or sinusitis anymore Her skin, although still blemished, has settled down. She is able to say ‘no’ better now, no more annoyances at work, intestinal complaints rare.
4. F/16. Complaints:
For the past few years bronchitis with a high fever and extreme coughing. < lying down and yellow sticky mucous. Coryza and sinusitis frontalis, pneumonia, throat inflamed. Sadness / discouraged, she doesn't want to be different because of being ill so often. Very ambitious in school. As a young child she didn't accept being treated as a younger sister, she wanted to be treated as equal. Everything could be discussed, bright. Potty trained at a very young age; speaking early, speaking whole sentences right away. The death of an aunt made a deep impression. She can’t stand quarreling, < being critized. Fear of fire ++ and speaking in public (in front of the class) ++, she can't stand other children being bullied. Athletic; mood swings, allergy to trees in spring. Eczema behind the ears, axilla and hollow of knees, skin easily inflamed, trembling hands from nervousness.
Reaction:
She did very well, both physically as well as mentally/emotionally. Rarely ill. She shows more of herself, and not afraid anymore to speak her truth. She is able to handle conflicts now. Later she said she felt guilty about a fight between others and she wanted to keep the peace.
5. F/56. Complaints:
After divorce thyroid tumor (surgery, no medication necessary). "I kept all my grief and pain inside". Eating from grief (for example cheese). Hair loss. She acts tough, doesn't feel respected, always putting others first. She used to earn the family income making a career for herself as a manager. Out of fear that her husband would leave her she tried to please him all the time. Big family, her older sister died at only a month old. She was named after her, she was supposed to be a boy. She couldn't connect with her mother because of her grief for the lost baby, her deceased sister was more a part of the family than she was. Too young, too fat; they had to help often. She always worked her butt off; the motto was keep going, even when ill. She felt unworthy in her marriage, stupid. Numbness lower arm left, fanatic athlete, sensitive muscle ache, extirpation uterus (myoma).
Reaction:
She worked through a lot of her grief, feels more content now. No problem being alone, letting go of responsibilities more easily.
6. M/44. Complaints:
Eczema, scaly and itching in the face, on legs and arms. Dermatophytosis for a long time; blisters -moist- on the fingers. He is in the middle of trying to let go of a difficult relationship; divorced from another woman prior. Easily feeling guilty as a child, withdrew himself in order to not bother anyone. Felt "unseen", fear of his father's anger because of bad notes in school. His father got rid of the dog; it made him feel totally unworthy. Sensation of emptiness in relationships. As long as the partner is happy, responsible for their happiness. In his work he is looking for harmony, unity, peace. Sensitive to emotions and atmosphere. Competitive in sports and work; tennis elbow.
Reaction:
Rather spectacular reactions after taking various dosages: Feels anger and grief coming up. Many dreams. He sees his mother very depressed and with a death-wish when he was only six years old. Eczema on arms and legs disappeared. Now and then his face is still somewhat scaly.
7. M/46. Complaints:
Nose stuffed up in the morning, problems sinuses, mucous green. Just went through divorce; feels nervous and wonders whether things will be all right again. Eldest child in a big family, six years of age when his 4 year old brother was in a car accident. He saved his life, but his little brother ended up with brain damage, he took care of his little brother. At a young age he already took responsibility for financial matters. Managing director, socially, wants to be acknowledged, always working for others. Sensitive to injustice, made to feel guilty over his brother's accident: that is the source, strong reactions if accused of anything. Some time ago his father accused him of breaking something, this really hurt him, made him feel stuck, oppressed.
Reaction:
Pretty soon he was able to handle the feeling of injustice after the divorce much better. He was really hurt by his father's remark. A short while later he was able to make clear to his father how painful this has been for him. He let go of the responsibility for his younger brother, handed it over to someone else. A reorganization on the job with many consequences for the personnel, he handled it very well. Less problems of the mucous membranes.
The central theme is saying farewell.
Death is the most extreme form of saying farewell.
The child taking the blame without being guilty of the death or impending death. Death/farewell has been felt and suppressed. It is too painful. Grief and anger related to it cannot be allowed to emerge. It is the energy of Christ Consciousness. The son/child taking the blame, being good.
In order to not feel guilty they will go on helping and giving. For the sake of peace and harmony. From childhood on they feel responsible for the atmosphere in house and they are very receptive to it. Anything in order not to feel guilty.
Mediators, even as a child. They try to be good in a contorted way of helping, performing well, and pleasing everybody.
Symptoms:
Sympathetic,
clairvoyance
too generous
helpful
Difficulty coping with conflict situations.
Cannot stand injustice.
Yielding.
Tough.
Ambitious, performing well as a compensation.
Cheerful.
Emptiness; sensation of.
Dreams about deceased people.
Sees ghosts; sometimes fear of ghosts, fear of shadows.
Fears: water, heights, fire.
Often shy as a child, obstinate in puberty.
Fond of children, often working in the educational field.
Burn out.
Complaints of the thyroid.
Cramps: muscles aching, stiffness, cramping, complaints of the ligaments, migraine, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, neck/shoulders.
Desire for space: likes to be outside.
Amelioration motion/exercise: often athletes.
Inflammation mucous membranes: sinusitis frontalis / m; cystitis, pyelitis.
Respiratory organs: recurrent coryza, bronchitis, pneumonia, otitis.
Skin problems: Herpes, eczema hands (blisters, cracks), around the eyes / eyelids, intertrigo.
Allergies: e.g. trees, antibiotics, hay fever, urticaria
Hair loss (sometimes at an early age).
Cysts.
Warm.
Food: desire salty, cheese, bread, fruit.
Differential diagnosis:
Rutaceae: continually on the go, don’t complain, cheerful, better moving. Accommodation problems.
Manganum: helping.
Iron series: need for control, sensitive to being watched, tough, failure, guilt.
Ignatia: grief after loss of a loved one, sighing, hair loss.
Carcinosin, sympathetic, yielding, love nature.
Calcarea phosphoricum: calcareous soil, sensitive to being watched.
Phosphoric acid: bruises, homesickness, migraine.
Thuja: tree.
Myrrhe; from the same family as Olibanum (Bursera). It has more heavy energy (could be stage 13) and many similarities with Olibanum.
(Both were offered to the newborn Jesus).
Tree theme’s:
Over-responsible, demanding too much of themselves, compensating low self-esteem, fear of failure, perfectionism.
Olibanum could be stage 8; keep going, don’t give up, there’s so much work to be done.
Bursera (with the Anacardiaceae and Rutaceae in the Sapindales order).
Boswellia (incense).
Bursera (source of varnish).
Commiphora (Mirre).
Cases
1. F/51. Complaints:
Fibromyalgia with stiffness muscles, sleeping disorder, burn out in the past, allergy to penicilline, born in Indonesia, eldest child. At age 9 responsible for the younger siblings, broken relationship with sister after death of parents, divorced from first husband, second partner deceased. Self-confident, longing to help and support others, generous, loyal. As a child she slept in the same bed with her sister because she saw dead people in the dark.
Extirpation uterus (myoma), psoriasis, white spots on her face as a child, hair loss, loves incense, dreams of dead people, dreams receives messages of what has to be done.
Reaction:
She has worked with a lot of her grief, physically much stronger, more at ease, no more guilt, more assertiveness, no longer: "I’ll do it".
2. F/30. Complaints:
Always a headache from the neck; sensation of a band. Stomach/intestinal complaints. Burn out, loves to work, doesn't stop. Keeps anger (hidden) inside. Deceased grandfather visited her often at night. Her school friend emigrated: it was as if there was nothing to hold on to anymore. Mother had breast cancer which was extremely difficult to see (at her age) for her. At age 16 she lost her mother, it would have been selfish to mourn. At age 17 her father expelled her from the house. Very athletic; she helped many people, fear of water. Pyelitis; sinusitis m, eczema hands with cracks, hair loss ++, cramps calves at night, bladder infections as a child ++.
Reaction:
Cried a lot for the loss of her mother. More open, more at ease, sets boundaries now. She can handle her guilt now, enormous improvement both physically and emotionally.
3. F/26. Complaints:
Terribly itching eczema on the hands with cracks and blisters, upper legs and calves blisters just showed up. Every 1 or 2 months asthmatic bronchitis with deep and suffocating cough. < lying; cyst sinus m and sinusitis frontalis with ropy, green mucus. Recurrent inflammations of the throat. She keeps on exercising (training) when she’s ill. She is annoyed at work, but will keep the anger in, feels like a number, unfairly treated. Her father was in a car crash years ago and became very depressed thereafter, he didn’t want to live anymore. She was in the car as well, but wasn’t hurt at all. When a class mate died she became very fearful of dying. Cheerful by nature, spontaneous, but also shy. No means no, fanatical / bad looser, always thinks of others first.
Reaction:
Nine months later: she didn’t suffer from bronchitis or sinusitis anymore Her skin, although still blemished, has settled down. She is able to say ‘no’ better now, no more annoyances at work, intestinal complaints rare.
4. F/16. Complaints:
For the past few years bronchitis with a high fever and extreme coughing. < lying down and yellow sticky mucous. Coryza and sinusitis frontalis, pneumonia, throat inflamed. Sadness / discouraged, she doesn't want to be different because of being ill so often. Very ambitious in school. As a young child she didn't accept being treated as a younger sister, she wanted to be treated as equal. Everything could be discussed, bright. Potty trained at a very young age; speaking early, speaking whole sentences right away. The death of an aunt made a deep impression. She can’t stand quarreling, < being critized. Fear of fire ++ and speaking in public (in front of the class) ++, she can't stand other children being bullied. Athletic; mood swings, allergy to trees in spring. Eczema behind the ears, axilla and hollow of knees, skin easily inflamed, trembling hands from nervousness.
Reaction:
She did very well, both physically as well as mentally/emotionally. Rarely ill. She shows more of herself, and not afraid anymore to speak her truth. She is able to handle conflicts now. Later she said she felt guilty about a fight between others and she wanted to keep the peace.
5. F/56. Complaints:
After divorce thyroid tumor (surgery, no medication necessary). "I kept all my grief and pain inside". Eating from grief (for example cheese). Hair loss. She acts tough, doesn't feel respected, always putting others first. She used to earn the family income making a career for herself as a manager. Out of fear that her husband would leave her she tried to please him all the time. Big family, her older sister died at only a month old. She was named after her, she was supposed to be a boy. She couldn't connect with her mother because of her grief for the lost baby, her deceased sister was more a part of the family than she was. Too young, too fat; they had to help often. She always worked her butt off; the motto was keep going, even when ill. She felt unworthy in her marriage, stupid. Numbness lower arm left, fanatic athlete, sensitive muscle ache, extirpation uterus (myoma).
Reaction:
She worked through a lot of her grief, feels more content now. No problem being alone, letting go of responsibilities more easily.
6. M/44. Complaints:
Eczema, scaly and itching in the face, on legs and arms. Dermatophytosis for a long time; blisters -moist- on the fingers. He is in the middle of trying to let go of a difficult relationship; divorced from another woman prior. Easily feeling guilty as a child, withdrew himself in order to not bother anyone. Felt "unseen", fear of his father's anger because of bad notes in school. His father got rid of the dog; it made him feel totally unworthy. Sensation of emptiness in relationships. As long as the partner is happy, responsible for their happiness. In his work he is looking for harmony, unity, peace. Sensitive to emotions and atmosphere. Competitive in sports and work; tennis elbow.
Reaction:
Rather spectacular reactions after taking various dosages: Feels anger and grief coming up. Many dreams. He sees his mother very depressed and with a death-wish when he was only six years old. Eczema on arms and legs disappeared. Now and then his face is still somewhat scaly.
7. M/46. Complaints:
Nose stuffed up in the morning, problems sinuses, mucous green. Just went through divorce; feels nervous and wonders whether things will be all right again. Eldest child in a big family, six years of age when his 4 year old brother was in a car accident. He saved his life, but his little brother ended up with brain damage, he took care of his little brother. At a young age he already took responsibility for financial matters. Managing director, socially, wants to be acknowledged, always working for others. Sensitive to injustice, made to feel guilty over his brother's accident: that is the source, strong reactions if accused of anything. Some time ago his father accused him of breaking something, this really hurt him, made him feel stuck, oppressed.
Reaction:
Pretty soon he was able to handle the feeling of injustice after the divorce much better. He was really hurt by his father's remark. A short while later he was able to make clear to his father how painful this has been for him. He let go of the responsibility for his younger brother, handed it over to someone else. A reorganization on the job with many consequences for the personnel, he handled it very well. Less problems of the mucous membranes.
Conclusion
From personal experience I have been taught the
Olibanum Sacrum during my educational period from Niki Tsekou in 2012. Niki
Tsekou is a Homeopath and with idea of doctrine of signatures and the deep
belief that Greek Ancient Mythology has a deeper meaning and representations in
our life she combined the Olibanum
Sacrum with the goddess Leukothea “the white goddess”.
Ino
(Ancient Greek: Ἰνώ) was a mortal queen of Boeotia, who
after her death and transfiguration was worshiped as a goddess under her epithet Leucothea, the "white
goddess." Alcman called her "Queen of the Sea"
(θαλασσομέδουσα), which, if not hyperbole, would make her a doublet of Amphitrite.
__________
All religions have established to cover
the need of human soul to eternity. Salvation is the deepest need after the
survival instinct. If Arsenicum album is the most useful remedy in our use (Dr Sankaran
in Webinar 12 April 2020) because of the extreme fear to keep the body alive, Olibanum
Sacrum can be the most useful idea to what a soul really needs.
Answering the question “What is the
remedy for Christmas, Ramadan and Diwali?” and analyzing the deeper themes
Olibanum Sacrum it is a total match. Sacrum or Sanctum is the Soul and it needs
a way to ascension beyond of the material world. These three religion celebrations
are taking place in the night seeking the light. As a soul seeks the divine
world to reconnect with the Source, God or the Universe, no matter from what
prism it will be analyzed.
__________________
A special
thanks to M.I. who helped me so much to come closer in
the idea of Religion from another aspect.
_____________________
Dr
Sankaran and all your team thank you again for everything.
Really
grateful for this journey.
Homeopathy
is a great source of answers in this material world.
Nomikou
Margarita - Homeopath
Greece-Athens &
Santorini. Email: nomikoumar @yahoo.gr
In the webinar of 26/4/2020 Dr. Rajan Sankaran has teached us and explained beautifully his point of view and the remedy that he chosed was Lac Humanum. The remedy that comes from Human milk and includes all the real meaning of humanity. Good and Bad , Right and Wrong, Selfish and Selfessness at the same time.
I am really honored and happy that my small essay was interesting for other Homeopaths.
I obviousvly liked the whole analysis and the syntesis that came up with this study.
I obviousvly liked the whole analysis and the syntesis that came up with this study.
I believe that Olibanum Sacrum can take place between the remedies that try to answer more spiritual and religious questions.
Maybe the real question for me in this essay was why humanity has the need for Religion.
A philosophical question that the depth of Homeopathy can reach.
Margarita Nomikou
26/04/2020
Athens , Greece
here is the lecture of Dr. Sankaran.