Her first round with COVID laid her out for 3 weeks, followed by a full recovery. The second round was quicker, but NBWS! Now 3 months later, she gets freezing cold after eating a big meal - unless she can get up and pace around! This case offers clear symptoms that are easy for the client to describe, but harder for us to find in the repertory - including directionality of chill on the back. Up? Down? Up and down? Check it out! Follow along in these Series 2 podcasts that are all about COVID.

He returned from a long overseas trip with dryness in his air passages and a cough that was so intense it would trigger vomiting of any recently consumed meal. Just a few clear symptoms... and he has already taken Bryonia, Gelsemium, Arsenicum, and Causticum. The match for this case was a tiny insect - tune in to see how it comes through the repertorization!

A few days after his COVID vaccination, his upper arm began to hurt. Redness and local swelling was followed by pustules. Now he is feverish, sweaty and restless. His physician has diagnosed an abscess at the injection site. The symptoms are clear, and he  has already been given plenty of likely remedies by the time of this consult. Check it out! Follow along in these Series 2 podcasts that are all about COVID.

Where COVID meets Tubercular miasm, there seems to be double trouble. He had COVID, with full array of achey, fever, crummy and coughing. Now 18 months later, he says the cough is ruining his life.  Well, actually, the cough isn’t trashing his life, but the effects of it are! He can’t sleep (cough is terrible at night when he lays down) and he is hitting the scotch-and-soda hard and often. He gets drunk and goes into mean rages; his wife is about to leave him.  He has already been given plenty of likely remedies by the time of this consult. Are there clear symptoms to show a pattern of a remedy match? Check it out! Follow along in these Series 2 podcasts that are all about COVID.

She got COVID, positive test and typical symptoms, then recovered after about 10 days. She felt well in most ways, but her urinary track was seriously altered!  This is a documented Long COVID scenario which now, 8 months after the initial COVID illness, is disrupting her life. The frequent urination and feeble stream are annoying, but the occasional complete emptying of her bladder at night while asleep is really awful. Fortunately she has some individualizing features of her symptoms that help us to help her! Follow along in these Series 2 podcasts that are all about COVID.

She reports an exposure to two people who have postive COVID tests; she now has symptoms though home test is negative. She describes having a sore throat ”in the hangy-down thing” at the back of her mouth, along with swollen glands. In this case example, Karen discusses methods of inquiry: clients often do not know they type of data we need, and may not be aware of their symptoms. In this case, following the initial repertorization, Karen shares the additional questions and rubrics used to clarify the final remedy selection. Follow along in these Series 2 podcasts that are all about COVID.

After her weekend at a wedding with attendees from all around the world, this woman came home feeling ill. Her at home COVID test was positive. She began to feel the strong heat of a fever. As a study group member familiar with acute therapeutics, she chose Belladonna, which relieved the fever. The next day she noticed a spasmodic cough, confusion and a level of upset about her symptoms that seemed out of proportion for what was actually happening.   In this case example, Karen discusses the size and breadth of rubrics, translation of upset into language of the repertory, and aspects of the carbon remedies. Follow along in these Series 2 podcasts that are all about COVID.

After a COVID exposure, she noticed her left eye began to itch. The next morning she was disoriented on waking, and her inner eye and inside of eyelids were very red, itchy, and discharging white and yellow pus - eeeew! In this case example, Karen discusses the individuation of each COVID case and the concept of ’taking cold’ in a particular organ, along with translations of client words into archaic clinical terms we find in the repertory.  Follow along in these Series 2 podcasts that are all about COVID.

After a COVID Super Spreader event, he had a positive test, but no symptoms... for weeks, more positive tests and no symptoms... until he got up out of bed and immediately fell to the floor. In this case example, Karen discusses proportionate balance between rubrics, and how to include similar or related rubrics BOTH as a combined set and individuating details.  Follow along in these Series 2 podcasts that are all about COVID.

At 38yo, she was diagnosed with cysts in both ovaries. Citing, cancer risk, her doctor advised removal. She postponed having them removed, asserting that her risk of ovarian cancer was low due to her clear family history, and her personal history of a strong case of mumps as a child. (Actually the research shows that is a thing: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951028/ )  Over the next decade, cysts grew larger, and at 49yo she had both ovaries removed... and then hot flashes, acne rosaceae and feeling hyped all the time became her new status quo. This case demonstrates use of rubrics about the ovaries! Want a little more foundation with your repertory skills? The HUB’s self paced 75 hour online Repertory e-course certificate program may be just what you are looking for!

He’s a healthy guy, and his chronic remedy of Dulcamara has helped him with everything for the past 15 years. Now he has vertigo and something funny happening with food. Two quite specific symptoms have come on in the past 4-6 weeks, with no apparent cause. How do we work with narrow cases like this? This case demonstrate use of rubrics that can be challenging to locate for symptoms that can be hard to match into the language of the repertory.  (Be sure to take notes.)

Could it be that a windsurfing accident with a bruised spleen impaired her immune function? This is the last in a series of 4 cases demonstrating use of rubrics about Abdomen! It also includes rubrics about the cervix, which can be challenging to locate.  (Be sure to take notes.)

Pregnancy with an umbilical hernia, and a surgical repair later after the baby is born bring together an interesting set of symptoms for this client. The Abdomen section of the repertory has a LOT of content, and this case models how to use it!

The client comes for a consult with her two month old baby. During and since her pregnancy, she’s unreasonably jealous, sure her husband is having affairs.

The first two months on the cycling tour when well. By the time he reached Namibia, he was queasy and barfy. The medic offered thorazine... which halted the nausea and vomiting... but impacted his liver. Fast forward to 8 months later and he still has symptoms...  This is the first in a series of cases demonstrating use of rubrics about Abdomen! Interested in joining in the fun with us as we work through case scenarios? Help us as we to translate client language to rubrics, repertorize, differentiate options and discuss outcome. Monday Midday Repertory on the HUB is open to all who are studying and using the repertory. Check out the schedule and get your own access link here on the HUB's calendar. Want a little more foundation with your repertory skills? The HUB's self paced 75 hour online Repertory e-course certificate program may be just what you are looking for!

At a New Orleans family wedding, he ate a LOT of food... including an entire jar of delicious lactofermented pickled okra. 12 hours later... sour... slime... gurgle.... you know what is coming next, don't you? This is the last of 4 cases in this series on the repertory Taste rubrics. Interested in joining in the fun with us as we work through case scenarios to translate client language to rubrics, repertorize, differentiate options and discuss outcome? Monday Midday Repertory on the HUB is open to all who are studying and using the repertory. Check out the schedule and get your own access link here on the HUB's calendar. Want a little more foundation with your repertory skills? The HUB's self paced 75 hour online Repertory e-course certificate program may be just what you are looking for! 

An unfortunate kitchen accident happened during this journalist's interview with a chef! Many months later, she reports losing weight: she avoids eating because food tastes like blood (eeewwww!)  Helpfully, she has some individualizing modalities.... This is the third of 4 cases demonstrating use of rubrics about Taste! Interested in joining in the fun with us as we work through case scenarios? Help us as we to translate client language to rubrics, repertorize, differentiate options and discuss outcome. Monday Midday Repertory on the HUB is open to all who are studying and using the repertory. Check out the schedule and get your own access link here on the HUB's calendar. Want a little more foundation with your repertory skills? The HUB's self paced 75 hour online Repertory e-course certificate program may be just what you are looking for!

One slip in the rock climbing gym, a bonk on the head, and now 7 weeks later, he can’t taste anything and his mouth is dry, dry, dry. Oddly, his tongue is cold. Really cold. This is the second of 4 cases  demonstrating use of rubrics about Taste!

The client has had 8 weeks of altered taste after eating pine nuts, and it is ruining her training and internship as a chef! One small but crucial symptom helped to decide the case...