Re: beyondhom Lyssinum and Stramonium

Thanks Irene!  I will file this away.

How do you decide/determine whether the initial needed remedy is ICT or
just "the first layer"?  I used to have a cat who seemed clearly Stram
state from first time I saw him, at about 5 weeks -- scratching and
spitting from his little hidey-hole.  As he grew up he mellowed a *little*,
then a traumatic injury sent him into very full-blown stram state, at which
point I finally gave it, with amazing result, he was like a different (and
much happier) cat!

Later he needed Puls, and did well on that.  (I have read that Puls is
"often underneath" a chronic stram case.)

I assume that if he had been stram ICT, there would not have been a second
remedy picture coming out, just health and balance until need for more
stram?  There was no apparent cause of the "second layer"; it just seemed
to be his path toward cure.

Shannon

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:06 AM, Irene de Villiers
<[email protected]>wrote:

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> On Mar 10, 2013, at 5:58 AM, Shannon Nelson wrote:
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> > Irene -- can you describe what build / body type you have observed to go
> with Stram ICT?
> > Thanks!
> > Shannon
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> HJi Shannon,
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> In this, I know less than I'd like. It takes a large number of cases of a
> remedy to be sure of physical traits.
> So far, what's consistent is very narrow hips (and consequent tendency to
> hip dysplasias, and other joint issues), with little musculature - and much
> larger-built front end/chest area. They have excessive range of motion of
> limbs esp back legs.
> The bigger front is not necessarily muscular - one owner described it
> "uses front to compensate for rear end issues - it is exaggerated - bigger
> but lacks muscle fitness".
> Owners of Strams consistently describe them as small, but when looking at
> actual weight it is not that small.
> Descriptions include "my smallest cat", "Little-kit", "little as she is"
> and so on. When I ask weight, a cat may weigh 9 lbs or a german shepherd 75
> pounds.
> They are "usually" overweight however. Except they also can be skin and
> one. They tend to eat anytihig and everything offered. OR they refuse to
> eat altogether. SO they never seem to achieve moderate weight.
> I suppose this is just typical of all aspects - jekyl and hyde; all or
> nothing; bi-polar, and such descriptions come from owners. It seems to
> extend to eating and weight as well.
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> Each ICT walks a specific way and in this Stram is interesting. They have
> a smooth, elegant show-quality walk, OR - they also can be truly crippled
> with joint issues, especially at the hip. They then will transfer as much
> weight as they can to the heavier front of the body, so the front legs take
> load - so much so they may cause collapse at the wrist under the strain.
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> Attitude of course is that of a Diva - despite being small - with a perky
> inquisitive look (but not the "looks through you" version of Lachesis).
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> Color? Who knows? Too few to tell. So far, white gene, red gene and/or
> color restriction genes usually present.
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> Note some Stram rubrics confirm some of the above - such as that extreme
> narrowness of hips predisposes ill-fitting hip sockets and thus hip
> dysplasias (we see it in Lyc ICT as well). The hip xrays I have of a German
> Shepherd are painful to see.
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> MOST of these cases came to me after they'd been wrecked with multiple
> rabies vacs, triggering all their ICT issues - and usually after being in
> physically abusive or shelter situations, where they failed to eat and were
> rescued as essentially "very sick skeletons". Rabies vacs clearly are a
> terrible idea for strams.
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> MIND - BULIMIA - alternating with - refusal to eat - insanity; with
> EXTREMITIES - AWKWARDNESS - Lower limbs - descending stairs; missing steps
> when
> EXTREMITIES - HIP; complaints of
> EXTREMITIES - HIP; complaints of - Joints
> EXTREMITIES - HIP JOINT disease
> EXTREMITIES - HIP JOINT disease - left
> EXTREMITIES - MOTION - agility, great
> GENERALS - MOBILITY; excessive
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> Namaste,
> Irene
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