Understanding Tub-bov.

Dr. Claudio C. Araujo MD, FFHom. (Lon) et al.

Understanding Tuberculinum bovinum

From clinical observations and proving by Kent, Hering, Burnett, Gibson, Swan, Nebel, Vermeulen, Bailey & Clark

Dr. Claudio C. Araujo MD et al.

First, we must take notice that the symptoms were not produced, as a whole, as they should be, from a full pathogenesis. Their origin comes also from clinical cases and observations by the homeopathic authors during the last century altogether with clinical provings from Swan and Nebel with Tub. 30ch in sick subjects. 

What is Tub-bov. first impression from reality? What had hit him, in the first place?

Apart from his strong irritability toward the others, there is not much any primary relation between Tub-bov. with his fellow beings. It only happens later in the form of an estrangement due to certain conflicts that will happen in the course of his life.

A group of symptoms could be held responsible for all suffering during his life and first it’s a sensation that comes from inside him:

Unbearable sense of being unfulfilled. 

Can we imagine someone carrying this load inside him all the way through life? When Tub-bov. put his focus in any aspect of life in the search of fulfillment, there will be nothing in his way can that bring him some peace. His internal sense of non-fulfillment will be always there. And he will search:

Frequently changing [job, house, partner, interior of house, car, etc.]. 

Fight a constant battle against boredom. 

Want to try everything. 

Wandering.

Romantic longing, never finding inner contentment. 

We use to associate Tub-bov. to the symptom “desire of travel”. But if we look closer we will find that it not a desire for travel but a desire for fulfillment. Something inside himself is never in peace, is never calm. There is always this feeling of someone never completed and realized inside himself in any given sense: in what he is doing, to whom he is married, with the profession that had been chose, from the place he is living, etc.

Tub-bov. will wander through the world, searching for this internal peace. Now he is travelling…

"Am sure I am losing my mind. I seem to go in other people's houses, see all the furniture, pictures and occupants of the home. They never speak to me and I never speak to them, but I am so miserable; then I seem to come back, and I am in my own home, and am so rejoiced that I often cry for joy. Since you have been talking to me I have been wandering away. This has been going on so long I can't stand it; am afraid I will land in the asylum with my sister."[cured case] 

"Tuberculinum does what he wants, and if things don't work out he moves on to something else, without fretting too much. Most Tuberculinum patients are very much future-orientated. The future holds the promise of fantastic discoveries which will liberate mankind from the drudge of routine existence, giving him the time and the means to play and to explore the inner and the outer universe." [Bailey]

This observation from Bailey should be better understood if we understand the starting point described before: It’s not that Tuberculinum is looking for fun. Actually he is in pain and he is desperately looking for relieve, looking for something that could calm his sufferings down. And Bailey continues:

"Tuberculinum individuals are well suited to a nomadic way of life, since they do not form strong attachments to either places or to people. ... Tuberculinum is independent and very often gives the impression that he needs nobody, at least not emotionally or practically”.

And Kent:

A person gradually running down, never finding the right remedy, or relief only momentarily; has a constant desire to change, and travel, and go somewhere, and do something different, or to find a new doctor.

Desire to travel. 

Cosmopolitan.

Once again: this clinical observation must be newly understood. In the eyes of someone looking from an external point of view, the patient Tub-bov. may be misunderstood as someone detached, free, and not ready to bond himself to no one else. But the fact is: he can’t. He must have room to move ahead; otherwise his only chance to be healed, to calm down his sufferings, is gone.

Since no one, no job, no place in the world, no friendship is giving him any peace of mind whatsoever, he must search high and low. He must be free to look for it. 

And if they are not free to go, his estrangements and reactions against his loving ones will show up.

Kent: Now another strange case I may tell you: A woman had been sick four years, declining steadily, when she came to consult me.

She had lost all her loves: had not the ability to exercise that function at all. 

She was ashamed of it: did not like her husband; did not love her children: and she said: "What shall I do! Don't tell of it. I don't want anybody to know that I do not love my husband; he is a good man.

And my children; I have lost all my love for my children."

“In two patients, after weeks of anxious nursing of loved ones, while the patients were at the worst, the nervous symptoms were manifest by shrill, piercing screams, felt they would die, or top of the head would burst if they did not scream, followed by nervous shaking chill. Tuberculinum CM relieved the nervous symptoms and headache and caused refreshing sleep that was impossible before. Patients accused me of giving an opiate."

Indifferent.

Does not like to be disturbed by people; trembling of hands.

Being held to any giving situation that brings to the Tub-bov. patient the feeling of being restrained will bring them to a state of anger and violence against himself and against the others.

Impulse to run. 

Maliciousness, destructiveness. 

Especially when need for change is frustrated. 

Destructive fantasies.

"Very irritable, want to fight; no hesitancy in throwing anything at anyone, even without cause." [H.C. Allen] 

"Full of nervous excitement; little, annoying trifles throw them into uncontrollable, nervous irritability, almost reaching temporary insanity; must use restraint to keep from profanity. Must do something to give vent to their pent up nervous irritation, after which they become calm. Pick up a chair and slam it down; pound the sewing machine when they can't thread the needle; draw cane to strike best friend; say harsh unreasonable things that they do not mean. Naturally of a sweet disposition when well, but under pent up nervous strain and tension will smash and break things and use the most abusive language which relieves the nervous tension. (…)

Although naturally of a sweet disposition, became taciturn, sulky, snappish, fretty, irritable, morose, depressed and melancholic, even to insanity. θ Tubercular meningitis. Burnett.


Nervous irritation.

"A sullen, taciturn, irritable" condition of mind.

Anxiety, gloomy, melancholy humour.

She is very sad.

Weary of life. 

Headache of great intensity preceded by a shuddering chill passing from brain down spine; with attack a feeling as if head above eyes were swollen; became unconscious with screaming, tearing her hair, beating her head with her fists or trying to dash it against wall or floor. Swan.

-Suddenly became unconscious while sewing or talking, began screaming, tearing her hair, beating her head with her fists, or trying to dash it against wall or floor; attacks daily, for a month, then spasms set in, with rolling of head from side to side and moaning; 

At the end of his journey, Tub-bov. came to the conclusion that his search was in vain. Through many loves, many places and many jobs he had never been able to find out his so longed internal peace, his desired internal fulfillment. He did not found out a doctor that would cure his internal emptiness. Nothing brought him his ever-longing internal quietness and peace.

Hopelessness in many complaints. 

She had no resolution whatever; was entirely irresolute: was irritable; had no desire to do anything: it was all lost.

The desire to travel, that cosmopolitan condition of the mind belongs strongly to the one who needs Tuberc. It comes out so often in clinical experience; is found so often in the Calcareas and especially in Calc. Phos., always wanting to go somewhere. Such is the condition of those about to go into insanity, about to go into some lingering disease. Persons on the border land of insanity.

General fatigue in morning; sensation of faintness; great weakness in lower extremities, esp. from knees down to feet.

Terribly tired, so that she can scarcely walk.

General excessive fatigue after a short walk, so that he must lean on his companion.─

On the symptom - fear of dogs:

This symptom is widely described and confirmed in many cured cases. Tub-bov. is afraid of dogs and in the opinion of Bailey, it could be extended to any other animals.

Fear of dogs and aversion to cats. 

"The fear of animals is probably the way that this symptom should read because dogs are more numerous than other animals, it appears as the fear of dogs. It is just the same with cats, rats and horses and is characteristic of the tubercular diathesis. I have cured patients of an over sensitiveness to cats, they could not stay in the room if a cat were there, with Tuberculinum. It is so of many other animals."

We’d like to add an observation: 

There’s no such a faithful friend as a dog. 

He will always be there. 

Your dog will die for you. 

There is an unbreakable bond between you and your dog.

We will always remember our deceased dogs with tears in our eyes.

There are people who become devastated by the death of their dogs.

So we believe that - being the opposite of a dog in the sense of never being satisfied with nothing related to himself - Tub-bov. patient may fears his “opposite”. 

A dog means everything the patient Tub-bov. will never become, if left untreated: related: affectionate, faithful and deeply linked to someone else forever.

Tuberculinum bov. Groups from the Materia Medica

Kent, Allen & Hering

Dr. Claudio C. Araujo M.D. F.F.Hom. Lon)

With the Environment

Irritable on waking; Nothing can please him. 

Nothing satisfies. 
Everything in the room seems strange, as though in a strange place. 

 TravelChange

Cosmopolitan.

A person gradually running down, never finding the right remedy, or relief only momentarily; has a constant desire to change, and travel, and go somewhere, and do something different, or to find a new doctor.

The desire to travel, that cosmopolitan condition of the mind belongs strongly to the one who needs Tuberc. It comes out so often in clinical experience; is found so often in the Calcareas and especially in Calc. Phos., always wanting to go somewhere. Such is the condition of those about to go into insanity, about to go into some lingering disease. Persons on the border land of insanity.

Intense restlessness; and inward restlessness. 
Very restless in the evening when aroused. 

     Dogs and snakes.

Fretful and ailing, whines and complains, indurated glands can be felt everywhere, child hot, drowsy, urine red and sandy, much given to be frightened, particularly by dogs; was vaccinated and had a very bad arm for four months thereafter; would not smile, whimpers when spoken to, skin dingy, skull hydrocephalic. Burnett.
With every little ailment, whine and complains; easily frightened, particularly by dogs; screams in terror when approached by a dog. 
Waken from 3 to 4 A. M. with terrible dreams; of snakes crawling upon my sister from the back; of dark-green snakes three and four feet long, two inches in circumference; they seem like the snakes in my own country, Columbia. 
Periodical anxiety and terror. 

     Music

Sensibility to music. 

Extremely sensitive to music. 

Great anxiety for future, otherwise marked indifference. 

     With Oneself

Hopelessness in many complaints. 

Weary of life. 

In the Guiding Symptoms, "A sullen, taciturn, irritable" condition of mind.

Although naturally of a sweet disposition, became taciturn, sulky, snappish, fretty, irritable, morose, depressed, and melancholic, even to insanity. θ Tubercular meningitis.

Fretful, ailing, whines and complains; mind given to be frightened, particularly by dogs. θ Hydrocephaloid. Burnett.

Anxiety evening, until midnight. 

Anxiety during fever. 

Anxiety, gloomy, melancholy humor. 
Has lost melancholy expression she formerly had. 
Is disposed to whine and complain, dejected mind, anxiety. 
She is very sad. 

She is very sad, dejected, and complains continually. 

Indifferent. 
Although naturally of a sweet disposition, became taciturn, sulky, snappish, fretty, irritable, morose, depressed, and melancholic, even to insanity. θ Tubercular meningitis. Burnett.

Irritability

Trifles produced intense irritation and I could not shake them off. 
Very irritable, want to fight; no hesitancy in throwing anything at anyone, even without cause. 
Great anxiety for future, otherwise marked indifference. 

 Loquacity and delirium

Loquacity during fever. 

Loquacity during fever is a common feature in hectic fever when the patient, is decidedly affected by the toxins of tuberculosis.

Boy, æt. 20 months, ill for days with head, high fever, restlessness, and constant screaming; finally, no sleep for forty hours, followed by a condition of collapse; peculiar smell of body; family history of tuberculosis. Burnett.
Tubercular meningitis, with effusion; head greatly enlarged; alternately wakeful and delirious at night, talked nonsense by day, at intervals; nocturnal hallucinations and fright; delirium; pyrexia; had eczema which almost disappeared after two unsuccessful vaccinations, and which were soon followed by above condition; after administration of remedy there occurred a severe pustular eruption, then patches of a lepra and eczema appeared. Burnett.

Tormenting, persistent thoughts during the night.

Thoughts intrude and crowd upon each other during the night.

It is true that phthisis and insanity are convertible conditions, the one falls into the other. Many cases that are treated and cured, and phthisis of the lungs has just been turned aside, finally become insane. Persons who have been cured of insanity go into phthisis and die, showing the deep-seated character of their nature. The intellectual symptoms and the lung symptoms are interchangeable.

Persons on the borderland of insanity.

Screams in his sleep.

 Is very restless at night.

Suddenly became unconscious while sewing or talking, began screaming, tearing her hair, beating her head with her fists, or trying to dash it against wall or floor ; attacks daily, for a month, then spasms set in, with rolling of head from side to side and moaning ; continuing five weeks, followed by a recurrence of fainting fits, at least twice a week ; a few hours before an attack of fainting, a shuddering like a chill seemed to go from brain down spine ; when questioned about an attack, she said head would suddenly seem to swell over eyes and pain became "horrid", and she knew no more ; between attacks she was free from all complaints except fatigue and an ever-present frontal headache. Swan.

Headache of great intensity preceded by a shuddering chill passing from brain down spine; with attack a feeling as if head above eyes were swollen; became unconscious with screaming, tearing her hair, beating her head with her fists or trying to dash it against wall or floor. Swan.
Terrible pain in head, as if he had a tight hoop of iron around it ; trembling of hands ; distressing sensation of damp clothes on his spine ; almost absolute sleeplessness ; profound adynamic ; was thought by his friends to be on verge of insanity ; most of his brothers and sisters had died of water on brain ; right lung solid, probably from healed-up cavities, as he at one time suffered from pulmonary phthisis. Burnett.
Sullen, taciturn, irritable, screams in his sleep, is very restless at night, costive; sister died of tubercular meningitis. Burnett.
Fretful and ailing, whines and complains, indurated glands can be felt everywhere, child hot, drowsy, urine red and sandy, much given to be frightened, particularly by dogs; was vaccinated and had a very bad arm for four months thereafter; would not smile, whimpers when spoken to, skin dingy, skull hydrocephalic. Burnett.

Felt positively ugly; personal aversions became almost a mania. 

Work

Aversion to mental work. 

Forgetful. 

Memory weak, unable to think. 
Comprehension and concentration almost impossible. 

Nervous irritation; averse to physical or mental labor. 
Indifferent; forgetful; averse to all labor, especially mental work. 

Indifferent. 
Great sleepiness and weariness; entire muscular system relaxed; desire to lie down all the time. 
Nervous; weak; 

Hopelessness in many complaints. 

Anxiety, gloomy, melancholy humor. 
Has lost melancholy expression she formerly had. 
Is disposed to whine and complain; dejected mind, anxiety. 
She is very sad. 
Forgetful. 

Despondent, discouraged, feel as if I would rather die than live. 
Although naturally of a sweet disposition, became taciturn, sulky, snappish, fretty, irritable, morose, depressed, and melancholic, even to insanity. - Burnett.

Tuberculosis and Insanity:

It comes out so often in clinical experience; is found so often in the Calcareas and especially in Calc. Phos., always wanting to go somewhere. Such is the condition of those about to go into insanity, about to go into some lingering disease. Persons on the border land of insanity.

It is true that phthisis and insanity are convertible conditions, the one falls into the other. Many cases that are treated and cured, and phthisis of the lungs has just been turned aside, finally become insane. Persons who have been cured of insanity go into phthisis and die, showing the deep-seated character of their nature. The intellectual symptoms and the lung symptoms are interchangeable.

Anyone who has inherited phthisis, anyone who has been in a state of debility, who has had intermittent fever with continual relapses, and these mental symptoms are present, you may think of Tuberc.

It is true that phthisis and insanity are convertible conditions, the one falls into the other.

 Many cases that are treated and cured, and phthisis of the lungs has just been turned aside, finally become insane.

 Persons who have been cured of insanity go into phthisis and die, showing the deep-seated character of their nature.

The intellectual symptoms and the lung symptoms are interchangeable.

Insanity; acute or chronic, with a family history of tubercular affections. 
Although naturally of a sweet disposition, became taciturn, sulky, snappish, fretty, irritable, morose, depressed, and melancholic, even to insanity. - Burnett.

 Beating her head, tearing her hair.

Headache of great intensity preceded by a shuddering chill passing from brain down spine; with attack a feeling as if head above eyes were swollen; became unconscious with screaming, tearing her hair, beating her head with her fists, or trying to dash it against wall or floor. Swan.
Suddenly became unconscious while sewing or talking, began screaming, tearing her hair, beating her head with her fists, or trying to dash it against wall or floor ; attacks daily, for a month, then spasms set in, with rolling of head from side to side and moaning ; continuing five weeks, followed by a recurrence of fainting fits, at least twice a week ; a few hours before an attack of fainting, a shuddering like a chill seemed to go from brain down spine ; when questioned about an attack, she said head would suddenly seem to swell over eyes and pain became "horrid", and she knew no more ; between attacks she was free from all complaints except fatigue and an ever-present frontal headache. Swan.
Suddenly became unconscious while sewing or talking, began screaming, tearing her hair, beating her head with her fists, or trying to dash it against the wall or floor ; attacks daily for a month, then spasms set in, with rolling of head from side to side and moaning ; continuing five weeks, followed by a recurrence of fainting fits, at least twice a week ; a few hours before an attack of fainting, a shuddering like a chill seemed to go from brain down spine ; when questioned about an attack, she said head would suddenly seem to swell over eyes and pain became "horrid" and she knew no more ; between attacks she was free from all complaints except fatigue and an ever-present frontal headache. - Swan.

     With the Others

Anyone who has inherited phthisis, anyone who has been in a state of debility, who has had intermittent fever with continual replaces, and these mental symptoms are present, you may think of Tuberc. 

Sister died of tubercular meningitis.

Does not like to be disturbed by people, trembling of hands. 
Terrible pain in head, as if he had a tight hoop of iron around it ; trembling of hands ; distressing sensation of damp clothes on his spine ; almost absolute sleeplessness ; profound adynamic; was thought by his friends to be on verge of insanity ; most of his brothers and sisters had died of water on brain ; right lung solid, probably from healed-up cavities, as he at one time suffered from pulmonary phthisis. Burnett.
Sullen, taciturn, irritable, screams in his sleep, is very restless at night, costive; sister died of tubercular meningitis. Burnett.
Boy, æt. 20 months, ill for days with head, high fever, restlessness and constant screaming; finally, no sleep for forty hours, followed by a condition of collapse; peculiar smell of body; family history of tuberculosis. Burnett.