A young woman with auto-mutilation gets cured with Cerium oxydatum. This shows that the idea of auto-immune disease can also be transferred to the emotional and thought level. Auto-mutilation can be seen as attacking oneself in the mind as is happening in the body with auto-immune diseases.

A 39 years old lady from a middle-class family saw me for chronic urticaria. All complaints disappeared except the pain in her heels with kreosote. In order to understand Kreosote the author uses a case from Robin Logan where the destruction of genital mucous membrane is described. The theme of self-preservation in a scenario where everything was going to be destroyed, there arises a need for preservation of whatever is left in order to survive. 

We have to individualize the case by paying attention to those symptoms which tells us about the person (individual) rather than those common to illness. according to Organon ed.6th, aphorism 83.
The patient: "There is only one animal in the world who is very dangerous, snakes" Although with Lachesis 10m his fears and delusions disappeared completely, he is as sick before as he was after developing one-sided mental disease. He needs to be treated for a long period to make him healthier.

Male, age 56, suffering from bursitis. The feeling of being stuck since his early years, and his reaction: escape and hide and intensively be into sports made the therapist think of the ANACARDIACEAE family. Anacardium occidentalis was chosen because of his feeling of powerlessness and avoiding violence or aggression.