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This week the Undercover Homeopath analyses Santa's psychological profile according to homeopathy principles, and prescribes a homeopathic remedy.
Santa with his uncertain gait, carrying a heavy bag of presents, moving with a jingle in his step…full of cheer for all: children and adults!Laughing a hearty Ho Ho Ho, or Ha Ha Ha (apparently Santa has been banned from using the former by the PC police)…nevertheless bringing magic into everyone's home for one night, every year.
But Santa can have a few health issues too!
The North Pole where he lives is mighty cold and wet – covered in snow most of the time.
On Christmas Eve, he sets out on his flying sleigh pulled by reindeer all across the world, delivering gifts to all single handed: all in one night!
He travels through a portal between different realities: the world of magic and make believe ruled by elementals and fairies, and the third dimensional reality where we all wait for him to spread some Christmas magic.
Climbing down chimneys, trying to be nimble and quick so that no child surprises him while he carefully lays down their presents under the tree…overfed by all those biscuits, milk and erhm…
Stiff drinks left out for him as a reward… and as if it wasn't enough, he's also supposed to keep the ladies happy...
A lot of them put on their best lingerie or their sexiest nighty just in case Santa happens to take a wrong turn between the Christmas tree and the chimney and ends up in their bedroom…luckily he’s a happily married chap and Mrs Claus seems to be oblivious to all of this…still it can take its toil, especially on a chap…well…quite mature…
Fortunately we can assist Santa with homeopathy, and help him to be at his best this year!
Santa’s remedy is Agaricus Muscarius. It is also known as Fly Agaric the pretty mushroom with the red cap and the little white dots… very poisonous!
The two main toxins ibotenic acid and muscimol have been used as entheogens in Northern Europe from ancient times, linking this mushroom to Shamanic practices, facilitating the contact between different realities, and access to magical beings such as the elementals. There are many depictions of Elves and fairies sitting under these mushrooms in fairy tales and Walt Disney movies.
When intoxicated with agaric, reindeer jump around as if trying to fly, and in some Northern European cultures there has been a tradition of killing these animals and eating them in order to access some of the hallucinogenic properties of the mushroom without the poisonous effect.
As a homeopathic remedy, it is useful for treating spatial and time awareness disturbances:
This remedy is full of strange, rare and peculiar symptoms: these are symptoms to which we homeopaths give particular importance, as they can be almost unique to a patient and help to differentiate between remedies with similar characteristics. One of the symptoms is involuntary laughter when there is pressure on dorsal vertebras causing pain.
The patient perceives time as either much lengthier than it really is or much shorter. Objects seem larger than they really are. There can be severe back ache with nervous twitching on the spine as well as sciatica. All the symptoms are worsened by consuming alcohol, which the patient often craves, also from exposure to cold and wet weather. There is a characteristic pain that feels like icy needles. This remedy is also helpful in erectile dysfunction in older patients. It’s the main remedy for frostbite.
Overall, the patient who needs this remedy displays a bizarre behaviour normally with a cheerful mood as if they were slightly intoxicated - even when they haven't been drinking...
By the Undercover Homeopath
