A young

woman

26 years

Obesity

Very hard working

M.Sc. in Computer Science

Managing a project successfully

Her bosses were

pleased with her performance

A very decent family

A fantastic childhood

Favourite child of the house

Her parents & siblings loved her a lot

The parents were very mild and gentle

Favourite amongst friends & relatives

Got love and affection from everybody

Got a scholarship

for her studies

Basically very cautious

systematic & organized

She had written down all the details

very clearly and had not left any

point of the history unanswered

She has planned to succeed

and make it big in her career.

On some

tactful interrogation

she revealed that

someone less efficient

was promoted instead of her

Unable to digest this failure mentally . . .

She sought

refuge in devouring

chocolates, ice-creams, sweets etc.

Gained 28 kgs. in just one year

Unable to resist

her cyclic hunger

& her resolve to control,

feels guilty and indulges

more to compensate for depression

Increased weight & size

has affected her performance

which again depresses her even more

Sleep - Over sleeping

Dreams – Missing a train Late for work Unprepared for exams

Likes to cover

Weather

- sunny and spring

On examination

Wt. 78 kgs

Gums swollen, teeth caries

White spots on nails

Striae on abdomen & back of knee

Shock - Promotion Sensitive, mild & gentle Depression and guilt Compensation by overeating

Desire for sweets, chocolates

The base and evolution of the case and

remedy matches properly. The cause and

effects relationship can be seen clearly in

this case

As the sensitivity is quiet high, we had to

give 1 dose of 1M and as pathology was

not advanced we need not repeat the

medicine

The right medicine will produce desired

result

Vanadium 1 M

1 Dose

Started loosing weight

Has controlled her diet

Lost 10 kgs. in 3 months

6 more kgs. in the next 6 months

Has switched job

Gone abroad on an assignment

A Psoric expression at mental level

gradually progressing to Sycosis and

with right medicine patient returning

to healthy state.

The disappointment on failure to achieve something desired

Going on an uncontrolled binge and later on feeling guilty about it is best described by the contemporary maverick Jan Scholten

His references for VANADIUM can be found in HOMPATH Classic 8.0 as follows

Minerals of Homoeopathy by Jan Scholten

Vanadium [Vanad]

Anorexia, bulimia.

Vanadium is the first and foremost remedy in cases of anorexia or bulimia.

Minerals of Homoeopathy by Jan Scholten

Vanadium [Vanad]

Mental:

manic depressive psychosis, anorexia alternating with bulimia

Minerals of Homoeopathy by Jan Scholten

Vanadium [Vanad]

Dreams:

being late

missing the train

futile efforts

paralysis

Minerals of Homoeopathy by Jan Scholten

Vanadium [Vanad]

Tortured by their perfectionism.

When they fail, the mood sinks.

This looks like manic depression in a certain sense.

A typical state of Vanadium is anorexia alternating with bulimia