Friday 20 January 2012

Homeopathy Celebrities on the couch: Professor Green, between shadow and light

Professor Green Newcastle Academy 1 December 2011-4.jpg
Professor Green Newcastle Academy by David Wala, Flickr.com


This week the Undercover Homeopath analyses Professor Green's psychological profile according to homeopathy principles, and prescribes a homeopathic remedy.



He comes from a difficult background: he grew up in Hackney, a poor and crime ridden London borough. He was raised by his Nan to who is full of praise. He had a tense relationship with his father who eventually committed suicide a few years ago.

His classmates called him Professor Green: professor because of his bright mind, and green as an allusion to the Cannabis he sold.

He shot up to fame after a Freestyling session at a friend’s party – he won the competition even thought he had no previous experience.

His first single “Before I die” was a success, “Remedy”, “Monster” are also well known tracks, and his new album to be released on Monday “Never Be A Right Time ” is waited with anticipation by his fans.

Some of his video-clips are quite gruesome, such as “Before I die” where he appears to be hang from a strip of paper with black and white piano keys. He also appears to simulate sex in bed with a woman. Then we see him again as a third persona covered in blood, holding his own internal organs, and singing …

What is most staggering is the lack of emotional involvement from both him and his female partner throughout the clip.

It’s like throughout this horror scenario nothing really matters, it is of no consequence, and it is not really being experienced.

In real life, Professor Green has had a few dramatic exchanges with other rappers who resent his apparently effortless success.

But perhaps the most dramatic of the attacks he has suffered was when he was stabbed in the neck, on top the word “lucky” a tattoo he had done only a few days earlier. Lucky or unlucky? It is debatable, perhaps the attacker didn’t like the tattoo or didn’t believe in luck, but for Green it was certainly a close call!

Green used to suffer from sleep paralysis, I sense this has been supressed through drugs, but his subconscious tends to spill out through his artistic expression.

Professor Green homeopathic remedy is Stramonium:

Stramonium patients suffer from all sorts of sleep disturbances such as sleepwalking and sleep paralysis.

They can have a history of suicidal tendencies: in Green’s case, it was his dad’s demise,  but also a possibility in “Before I die”.

They have a very rich but conflicting subconscious which they try to supress once they mature.

As children they are less guarded: they are difficult children with conflicting emotions, often expressing themselves through tantrums, excusing their violent actions with imaginary characters: for them these can appear very real, instructing them to perform all sorts of violent acts.

Stramonium has been used to numb people, and to make them comply with other people’s wishes: there are narratives of this poison been used by many cultures throughout the world for these means.

Perhaps the most notorious is the Zombification of Haiti natives: they would be given a cocktail of Stramonium and a neurotoxin extracted from Puffer fish, this would induce dead like symptoms.

They were buried, but later dug up and “resuscitated” by the Zombie maker. In their confused state where the victim had seen themselves as dead and then brought to life, they were apathetic and less likely to resist when they were taken to plantations to work as slaves.

This homeopathic remedy is also indicated when the patient is afraid of the dark, but feels worst when exposed to light.

The Stramonium patient has a strong sexuality, Professor Green has made an interesting allusion to this: when asked which animal he would like to be, he replied: “Dolphin because they are the only other animal who has sex for fun”.

People who require Stramonium as a remedy tend to wear either black or white- Green often wears his trademark black with white stripe tracksuit, sometimes just the bottoms with a white T-Shirt.

For those patients who suffer from visual disturbances, black appears as green, which is interesting considering the Professor’s name...

By the Undercover Homeopath