10/12/2025
Re**al Prolapse, Shock, and an Unexpected mollusc
I thought I’d share a recent case from my own mum — partly because it was dramatic, and partly because the remedy sequence was… not what I expected.
She developed an acute re**al prolapse out of the blue — frightened, shaky, emotionally brittle, and physically “broken.” She has suffered from a missing section of bowel due to Crohns for many years. Since then a hysterectomy has left that whole area lacking support. So no surprise that at 92 she develops a re**al prolapse. It’s not a pleasant prospect and I was aware it could become very messy. Alongside this my mum had become weaker over the last several years - a bout of shingles led to rigidity, her becoming weaker, more stooped, more unsure of her body.
My first thought wasn’t a single remedy but a supportive combo. I didn’t have the luxury of trying this remedy then that.
• Aloe socotrina – for the classic weakness “down below,” loss of sphincter control, dragging heaviness.
• Podophyllum – for the atonic, flaccid state of the re**um and diarrhoeic tendencies that had been on/off for months. I’ve used this before in re**al prolapse.
• Muriatic acid – for complete exhaustion, the sense of being too weak to express needs, and the “slide down in the bed” quality that often points to it.
This combo stabilised things beautifully: urgency reduced, she felt “more secure,” fewer trips to the loo, and her general vitality lifted out of the shock.
But it didn’t feel finished. Her overall state still had this odd mix of:
• slowness, struggle, and giving up
• intermittent flashes of brightness and humour
• deep attachment to her old life/home and grief at having left it
• needing protection, shelter, and solidity
• bending, collapsing, being unable to hold herself upright- she’s using a walking frame now.
And then the image came back to me of Patella vulgata (the limpet). Deborah Collins had mentioned the shape of the limpet shell. It’s like the eves in an attic where you have to stoop. The limpet is a creature that clings to the rock face against the waves, sheltering itself under its domed shell, but rigid, fixed, bending under pressure. The proving themes around needing an anchor, fear of being uprooted, loss of home, and a body that cannot resist the forces acting upon it suddenly felt incredibly resonant.
I gave Patella vulgata 200c.
Within hours she reported feeling calmer, stronger, more “held together,” with significantly improved control and much less fear. The acute event settled far more quickly than expected, and her mood brightened — that lovely flash of humour returning, but with more consistency this time.
No, it didn’t magically reverse anatomy — and she will probably need surgery-but it helped her reinhabit her body, emotionally and physically, and re-establish the tone that had collapsed in the shock.
It reminded me how powerful some of these lesser-known remedies can be, especially in the elderly where identity, home, and physical integrity are so interwoven.
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