Schistocerca
Locust well
known for its effect on man (destructive power)/in particular represents an
example of a desert medicine.
The core
sensation for this proving was related to the sensation of metamorphosis or transformation
between two states.
1st state: described as being in a hole or cave
and patiently waiting for some kind of signal. This state was solitary. In this
state there is a feeling of timelessness and spatial distortion.
Strange
desire to sit still and listen; as if I am listening for something; sometimes I
get feelings with these episodes or vibrations; it is a moment of peace; I tune
everything out and wait for something-I don’t know what; almost like I am
expecting someone or something to say something to me; it is a space time
moment of nothingness(1-30)
Much
change; it is as though nothing is ever the same in my life and I wonder how
people live day to day in the same thing; I actually like that I am able to
move quickly and I hate it
whenever I
get stuck.
Spiraled
down into this deep hole today; went into a hold deep in the dearth; did not
want to come out of it today; the sun came up and I realized that this is the
yellow that I have been attracted to-the sun; hard time coming out of the hole today;
the hole is a really transformative place; I undergo some kind of metamorphosis
when I am in the hole; it is like a deep cellular change;
it brings
me to the brink of death and back again; when on the upswing I am ready to take
flight towards the sun.
2nd state: described as a frenzy. One prover described it as “Tuberculinum
on crack”. This state was very social and involved seeking a mate and various
group activities. Images of flying became involved. Sexuality became
very prominent with dreams of indiscriminate
group sex and sex between children.
Feeling of
frenzy will not leave me alone; frenzy about eating, sex, irritability,
craziness in this phase; like swarming feeling; I cannot stand the way people
drive-it is like this swarm of cars; feeding frenzy; like Tuberculinum
on crack.
Very
strange dream that was sexual and disturbing; came across this house while
driving; looking for a place to rent; glass wall; can see the inside of it;
hundreds of people naked standing in rows; some were engaging in sexual
activities but they were acting like animals; all mixed; very disgusting; some
were crawling like snakes on the walls; snake like people with bright kinds of colors
that were
crawling around the edges of the wall; very vivid dream; Walking through
looking to rent a place; as we were going I can see the inside of the house
because of the glass wall; all these people who are lined up; some are
standing; all naked; waiting in these rows; ton crammed into this area; 150
people; I could tell they were snakes the ones that were running the show;
these
people were
all around the corner of the roof; purple, red, yellow, gold; very bright and colorful; what was disturbing was that they were all
animals; no trace of humanity; these people seem disturbed; lost the human
aspect of their reality; only left with their carnal desires; no boundaries of
age or sexual orientation.
This frenzy
leads to the feeling of the destruction or the end of the world. There is a
quality of great destructivenss.
One dream
that was very significant: Sensation was profound; it was that I had gone into
a doctors office to get checked up; I thought I might be poisoned; standard
inoculations; in inoculating
me I become
paralyzed completely; I can feel this so strongly; still completely paralyzed;
as I sink back into my dream I see my grand daughter who pulls out scalpel and
needles; implements of destruction; I was going to be destroyed;
I try to
move and throw myself over to get someone’s attention; feeling of entire body
paralysis and inability to speak.
Dream:
trying to repurchase the . . . everything was water damage and falling apart.
Another
mobile home dream; end of the world sort of thing; trying to direct and
motivate people to get moving; hunting and fishing camps; something going to
happen; devastating; running out of time; shopping in a thrift store; a frail
old woman was working and she and I were left; everyone else had evacuated;
trying on clothes in case of flooding; she was not interested in leaving; huge
snake coming, like out of a horrormovie; and she
would not budge-this woman; other people were trying to leave in an old mobile
home; these people could not get out.
The
transformation or metamorphosis sensation was accompanied by a sensation of buzzing
and humming. Provers were exquisitely sensitive to
noise (white noise = Rauschen).
The desert
locust is well known to exist in two very different forms: the solitary phase
and the gregarious phase. The process of transformation was well described in
the following dream:
Several
people, about 20 and we were at some sort of seminar or tour group; we were
dropped off at this site where it was just a plan slab from eons ago like a
Greek ruin; there was a building beside us; I went into the building and I
could see that it was going to collapse because there was water dripping in-it
was full of water; I ran back out of the building; there was this sense that
this was
more than the building going to collapse; this was perhaps the start of the end
of the world as we knew it; I told everyone to stick together and stay away
from the building; The woman
or tour
guide wanted us to all rub our breasts and wanted to show us how to channel
sexual energy; we all were doing that and I remember thinking this end of the
world as we know it feeling
might be a
little bit more important; I remember thinking how clueless people are; So then
the building started collapsing and it was a dimension change; the building was
going down and we
aware of
being pulled in that direction; I told everyone to stick together and hold on
to each other so as not to be sucked in; everyone’s face/body was changing
contorted and changing back
and forth
as if we were transmuting into something else; lots of people were afraid and
screaming and I was afraid as well but then I got that we were just supposed to
go with it and let it
happen; I
screamed at everyone to go with the energy and started smiling; it was way
cool; could feel the energy moving through my body and it twisting and changing
and it was amazing;
when it was
over this man started screaming at me as if I had caused the whole thing saying
his daughter/family were stuck in the rubble and would be dead; I told him it
was not my fault and
I was sorry
for his lows and that we may be the only people left on the entire earth and
perhaps he should feel lucky he was alive; then we walked over to the
building-nothing left but rubble;
there was
nothing as far as the eye could see-no people, just could see far and wide; an
eerie sense of what if we are the only people left in the world; pissed off-I
am not populating the earth
again; I
signed up for this job? Felt like a time warp of some sort that we went
through; it was really quiet except for a humming/buzzing noise.
Extreme sensitivity to noise; < night; about
to go out of my mind with the noise thing; shrill buzzing, humming noise like
cicadas or crickets; white noise makes me berserk.
Hearing is acute; high pitched buzzing
tinnitus.
Sensation of body vibrating all over when going
to sleep.
Sensitive to noise; sounds not voices are
louder than usual; it is the background noise that is a problem; have trouble
noticing their direction; have to wear ear plugs; noises are loud
and startling; I am hearing things before my
dogs.
Several provers described the movement back and forth between these
states as manic depressive.
The central
motion: waving and flowing. This was variously described as waving between
dimensions of time and space or of flowing in a current. It was also associated
with flight.
It feels in
my life that I just bounce or flow around things; over and under hills and
waves and mountains and through things; I seem to go right through things
sometimes; if I hug someone I go right through them; different dimensions
become the same.
Movement/Flowing; sense of moving through
things, through people; flowing; riding the wind; wanting to drive fast;
wanting to fly.
Faintness right after taking the remedy; a waverly feeling; woozy.
Dream:
Sparkling, clear water sort of like it was swirling and dancing in the current;
this Time being in the current I was bathed in wisdom like a wise old man at
peace flowing in his current; sometimes my friends would flow in his own
current; I stayed completely at peace in my current as I flowed through the
corridor of life.
DD.: Insect Themes
Insect
themes present in this remedy include primitive survival issues, tubercular miasmatic traits, frenzied activity and being busy.
Primitive survival themes centered around food and
sex.
Desert Themes
= Desert
Locust. Widely distributed in the
Prominent
desert themes were see throughout the proving. These included:
Water
Swelling
Dryness and constriction and contraction
Isolation and aloneness
Waiting patiently
Frenzied activity
Violence; attack and defense
Drug like themes; distortions in time and
space
Falling, downward motion
Metamorphosis/Transformation
Birth/Death
Codependency and
merging
Mistakes in communication
The
sensation of birth through some kind of transformation or metamorphosis was
particularly prominent. Several provers also noticed
significant improvement in chronic codependency
traits.
Animal
Themes
There was a strong focus on survival during the
proving. In addition there was a distinct animal consciousness. Many provers described themselves as feeling like an animal.
Feeling of being a snake; searching for prey;
ready to snap at anything in my way; feeling of not being respected in my
current relationship.
I feel I am in the beginning go of the
declining decay phase; I feel like an animal no longer able to be the top dog
in the pack, so its my time to slowly step aside and let the stronger more
powerful ones be on the top.
My car
window was cracked open all day; when I got in my care there was a grasshopper
sitting on my dash boar; at first I was grossed out and scared; but then I just
let him look out the
window
while I drove; when I got in my car later he was sitting on my back seat; I got
to my destination and got in my car later again and he was gone; I’m convinced
he is dead in my car
and I am
terrified to find a dead insect there.
Dreams of
animals, particularly insects were also prominent. Thoughts of death and
presentiment of death was noted. The feeling that would could be attacked by
others at any time was also seen.
Miasmatic
classification is difficult to do based on a single proving. However, there are
fairly strong suggestions of the Tubercular
Miasm: desire to travel/desire for change, ennui,
fear of things remaining the same or getting stuck,
the need to
break free, frenzied activity, weight loss and emaciation, feeling of
suffocation and narrow tight places, desire for open air, and restlessness. The
feeling of being trapped and wanting to escape was particularly prominent.
This
manifested in several provers in the idea of needing
to rise to the surface in order to breathe. These ideas are characterized
further in the proving themes.
General
Characteristics
L. sided
symptoms predominated. Tended to be chilly and was associated with hot flushes
in several patients. Several provers noted cures in
the feeling of chronic chilliness. There was some tendency < forenoon time.
Other
general characteristics included a tendency towards injuries (falls), weight
loss, heaviness, swelling and lassitude. The tendency to falling was associated
with faintness and weakness
(lower
limbs) The weight loss was sudden and associated with fluid loss. Several provers described up to 15 pounds of weight loss within 5
days of taking the remedy.
In addition
to the falling seen in several provers, one prover described the opposite - an improvement in her
feeling of being connected to the ground. This was described as follows:
I feel more
grounded; I feel more connected to the ground; usually I walk more on the balls
of my feet but now I walk with m whole foot.
Pain:
constricting/contracting/squeezing/cramping. Several provers
described this cramping and squeezing “As if all the water was being wrung
out”, leaving them feeling desiccated.
The biggest
thing was the sensation of contraction and cramping in the stomach; felt like everything
was being squeezed and cramped (HG of cramping); as if you had dried up;
like you
squeezed something that had water in it and dries up; that extended to my
tongue.
Dryness was
a prominent characteristic of the skin and mucous membranes. This was
associated with the external skin and mucous membranes. Cracking of the nails
and finger tips were noted.
One prover had a cure of chronic dry skin with a sensation of
the hair and skin feeling softer.
Electrical,
buzzing and humming sensations were noted throughout the body. A food craving
for meat and especially raw meat was noted in several provers.
Emotional
and Mental Characteristics
Emotions
were typically felt in the stomach. Most commonly this was an empty or hollow sensation
that had to be filled, accompanied by feelings of loneliness, and anxiety.
One prover described a cure of a chronic feeling of emptiness
and aloneness in the stomach.
Watchfulness
was prominent in several provers as noted above. This
was accompanied by an increased awareness of time and space. It was a torporous and slow state.
Confusion
was associated with it, including confusion of identity. An issue with
boundaries was noted and several provers noted
healing of codependency traits.
The aggressivity of this remedy was particularly marked by
irritability and anger. This was accompanied by a profound sensitivity to
noise, particularly white noise < the irritability.
Music would
somewhat ameliorate this. Sensitivity to light was also noted but not as
profound as the sensitivity to noise.
Mistakes in
using words were noted in several provers.
The frenzy
of this remedy manifested in irritability, restlessness, hurry, impatience,
impetuousness, impulsivity, confrontational, violence, desire to attack others,
panic and panic attacks,
threatening
behavior, shrieking, hatred, mania and insanity.
Sexuality was prominent even to the point of nymphomania. In this state provers described a feeling of being invincible.
Two provers noted improvements in their relationship with their
significant other after this remedy. They found that their relationship was
deeper and they felt more connected. Other prover
describe an improved connection to people in general.
Physical
areas most targeted by this remedy included the jaw, mouth and stomach.
Head: congestion, and a sensation of
constriction like a band or hoop. Headaches could be severe and of migrainous nature. The head pain was most prominently
pressing “As if in an armored helmet”. The pains were
typically sudden and violent. There was also a sensation of water in the head.
Eye: Twitching of the eyelids was
noted. There was a tired sensation in the eyes and dryness. A scratching
sensation was noted with the need to rub.
Vision: blurry.
Ear: A stopped sensation in the ears.
Tinnitus was heard mostly of a buzzing, humming or popping character.
Hearing: Profound noise sensitivity and
acuity was noted.
Nose: Nasal obstruction was most
prominent accompanied by sneezing. Dryness was also strong and the nose was
chapped. Discharge when present tended to be viscid or bloody.
Face: characterized by problems with the
jaw, mostly related to pain. Dryness of the face and chapped lips was also
marked. Acne was noted. Swelling of the face and tension of the skin was also
noted.
Mouth: Several provers
noted cancre sores of the mouth. Dryness was
prevalent; The remedy seems to effect the salivary gland with ranula symptoms. Inflamed of the gums was also prominent.
Throat: Dry with throat pain was noted.
Several provers described mucous in the throat.
Accompanied Swelling of the cervical glands.
Stomach: Decrease in appetite was prominent
accompanied by weight loss. A general feeling of constriction and contraction
in the stomach with crampy abdominal pains.
Pain >
bending double/heat. Emptiness sensation was noted by several provers. Nausea and vomiting was common. An interesting
symptom of heat in the stomach that ascended was noted.
There was
much intestinal activity with grumbling noises in the abdomen. Several of the provers described the abdominal pain as if someone was
hitting them as hard as they could in the
stomach,
like a blow. The stomach was quite sensitive to touch. Accompanied by THIRST.
One prover had a cure of a chronic feeling of emptiness in the
stomach. They described it as feeling full for the first time in their life
whereas it had always previously felt empty.
Another prover had a cure of chronic gastritis and food
intolerance:
Abdomen: Lower gastric symptoms improved; I
can eat almost anything now, whereas before it would cause tremendous bloating
and gas; I used to get severe gastritis and a lot of distress usually; my
stomach got < initially during the proving; worst attack; severe distress;
cramping and burning; after the second week I could eat anything; was eating
macrobiotic before and now I can eat anything; after 2 ½ weeks I could eat
anything I wanted; now I only get occasional twinges.
Rectum: characterized mostly by diarrhea. This tended to be sudden and caused accidents.
Female
organs: Sexual
desire was quite high. Cramping pains in the uterus accompanying menses were
noted. Again, the symptom of pain in the uterus as if being punched was noted.
Several provers described amelioration in symptoms of
menstrual cramps during the proving.
Cough: The cough typically was dry and
deep, accompanied chest heaviness.
Respiration: difficult.
Chest: Angina like symptoms were noted.
Back: not much effected but stiffness
was the most prominent. This was in both the neck and low back. There was a
feeling of tension of the spine.
Extremities: Coldness was noted. Much cramping
(lower limbs). Electrical current sensations were noted. Ataxia and a
propensity to fall were noted. Limbs were described as heavy.
Pains were
most prominent in the toes and to a lesser extent in the fingers and shoulders.
The pains again were often crampy and also stitching.
Swelling in the hands and fingers.
Sleep: restless and difficult. Falling
asleep was particularly a problem.
Skin: quite dry with cracking of the
nails and skin. Dry and rough. A sensation of tension was noted.
During
preparation of the Remedy
Hurry, fast
Flighty
Live dangerously; that is what makes life
fun
Intimidation
Lost
Insect
Sensation of squeezing
Perfect; Confidence
Death
Rising
Vergleich:
Siehe: Arthropoda + Serotonin. (verursacht Heuschrecken zu schwärmen)
Wirkung: tuberkulin/sycotic
Allerlei: Heuschrecke = Zähne des Windes
Vorwort/Suchen Zeichen/Abkürzungen Impressum