18/09/2025
Which rubrics and remedies would you consider for this young girl who has a strong desire for approval and tends to form friendships mainly with outcasts or unusual company?
A very interesting case! Let’s approach it step by step using a homeopathic case analysis style:
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Observations from the Image & Clue Given
Young girl holding a camera (possible artistic/observer nature).
Expression: serious, intense, longing, almost vulnerable.
Company: unusual bird-like companion → symbolic of affinity with the unusual, outcast, eccentric.
Mental trait (your main keynote):
Strong desire for approval / recognition.
Forms friendships mainly with outcasts or unusual company.
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Possible Rubrics (from Kent’s Repertory / Synthesis)
1. MIND – Desire for company – of singular persons, of outcasts, vagabonds
2. MIND – Desire for approval / desire to be appreciated
3. MIND – Company – desire for – but chooses strange, unusual, unsuitable company
4. MIND – Ailments from mortification / being neglected
5. MIND – Sympathetic, towards animals and forsaken beings
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Remedies to Consider
1. Stramonium
Strong affinity for the strange, bizarre, frightening, outcast.
Often seen in children with intense imagination, unusual attachments, and a sense of being forsaken.
Can be both fearful of solitude yet drawn to peculiar company.
2. Hyoscyamus
Strong need for attention and approval.
Forms odd friendships, sometimes with inappropriate or unusual people.
Desire to attract attention, sometimes with foolish or peculiar behavior.
3. Medorrhinum
Desires approval, wants to be loved and accepted.
Friendships often with unusual or eccentric people.
Artistic, intense, seeks excitement, loves extremes.
4. Carcinosin
Very marked desire for approval and love for animals / forsaken beings.
Sensitive children, often drawn to the underdog, unusual, or rejected.
Perfectionistic, artistic, longing to be loved and accepted.
5. Phosphorus
Deep desire for company, sympathy, approval.
Easily forms attachments, but also can be attracted to odd or eccentric people.
Strong artistic/creative streak.
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Differentiation
If the theme of forsaken, outcast, and unusual attachment is strongest → Stramonium / Hyoscyamus / Medorrhinum.
If the theme of sensitivity, approval-seeking, artistic and sympathetic nature is stronger → Carcinosin or Phosphorus.
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✅ Most fitting key remedies here:
Carcinosin → for approval-seeking, sensitivity, unusual sympathies.
Stramonium → for attraction to the strange, bizarre, forsaken.
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Let’s build a mini repertory grid for this case.
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Selected Rubrics
1. MIND – Company – desire for – vagabonds, outcasts, singular persons
2. MIND – Desire for approval / desire to be appreciated
3. MIND – Sympathy – for animals, forsaken beings
4. MIND – Company – desire for – strange / unusual persons
5. MIND – Sensitive – to criticism, reprimands
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Key Remedies Scored (simplified grid)
Remedy (1) Outcasts (2) Approval (3) Sympathy (4) Unusual Co. (5) Sensitive Total
Carcinosin + +++ +++ ++ +++ 10
Stramonium ++ + ++ +++ + 8
Hyoscyamus ++ ++ + ++ + 7
Medorrhinum ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ 8
Phosphorus + ++ ++ + ++ 7
(+: mild presence, ++: strong, +++: very strong keynote)
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Analysis
Carcinosin comes out strongest:
Very strong desire for approval.
Deep sympathy for the forsaken and unusual.
Sensitive to criticism.
Attracted to “outcasts” or unusual company.
Stramonium is close, but more suited when the theme is fear, terror, or bizarre intensity.
Medorrhinum also scores well, with extremes, unusual company, and approval desire.
Hyoscyamus → more attention-seeking, foolish behavior, jealousy.
Phosphorus → highly sympathetic and approval-seeking, but not necessarily drawn to “outcasts” as strongly.
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✅ Final Suggestion:
Carcinosin is the most fitting similimum for this girl’s mental picture.
Stramonium could be a differential if there is a lot of fear, strangeness, or night terrors.
Medorrhinum if her personality is more extreme, restless, thrill-seeking.
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Let’s extend this analysis with the miasmatic angle. This often helps us see the deeper pattern that governs the child’s tendencies.
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Miasmatic Considerations
1. Carcinosin – Cancer Miasm
Themes:
Strong desire for approval, perfectionism, sensitivity to criticism.
Strong attachment to the forsaken, underdog, outcast.
High sense of responsibility, artistic, conscientious.
Family history of cancer, diabetes, TB, alcoholism often present.
Dynamic: Constant striving between control vs. chaos, longing for harmony.
Fit here: Girl seeks approval, unusual friendships, deep sensitivity.
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2. Stramonium – Acute / Tubercular Miasm
Themes:
Extreme fears (dark, being alone, water, animals).
Drawn to bizarre, strange, even frightening company.
Violence, intensity, religious fears, night terrors.
Dynamic: Struggle between light vs. dark; survival mode.
Fit here: If she shows fear-driven clinging to unusual beings → Stramonium is stronger.
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3. Medorrhinum – Sycosis (and partly Tubercular)
Themes:
Extremes in behavior (either very daring or very shy).
Craves approval, wants love but bonds with unusual company.
Restless, thrill-seeking, can be overly friendly with strangers.
Dynamic: Live fast, burn out, push limits, extremes.
Fit here: If the girl is restless, thrill-seeking, changeable in friendships.
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4. Hyoscyamus – Syphilitic / Psoric-Syphilitic
Themes:
Desire for attention and approval, jealousy, foolish or inappropriate behavior.
Clings to unusual company, but more from insecurity / jealousy than true sympathy.
Dynamic: Destructive, erratic emotionality, often jealousy-driven.
Fit here: Less strong unless jealousy or exhibitionism present.
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5. Phosphorus – Tubercular
Themes:
Seeks approval, very affectionate, open, sympathetic.
Loves animals and people, wants company, fears being alone.
Excitable, artistic, impressionable.
Dynamic: Burns energy quickly, craves connections, highly sensitive.
Fit here: If she is more warm, affectionate, and impressionable rather than “drawn to the strange.”
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Summary (Miasmatic Angle)
Carcinosin (Cancer miasm) → Best overall fit for approval-seeking, unusual sympathies, sensitivity, and artistic nature.
Stramonium (Acute/Tubercular) → If her choice of unusual company is linked with fear, terror, bizarre intensity.
Medorrhinum (Sycosis/Tubercular) → If she is restless, thrill-seeking, extreme in behaviors.
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✅ Most likely miasm here: Cancerinic (Carcinosin) – because of the approval-seeking + unusual sympathies combination.
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