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Materia Medica Viva Volume 8 – page 1660

accept the fact without trying to do anything about it. They ‘will not fight’ with others, will not fight for themselves, or for better health; they just cannot be bothered.
Yet they will work diligently, and they appreciate praise in their work. There is no energy to fight, to quarrel, to contradict; only to work and to accomplish. The deterioration of their health does not affect this part of their life.
Great debility and fatigue is a strong feature of this remedy. From the moment they wake up they feel tired and don’t want to get up. Sleep does not seem to regenerate them, which may be related to the frequently occurring restlessness of their sleep. Sexual stamina is also low. They seem to be too tired even to flirt or to go into the complications that an affair has. This general fatigue also seems to be the reason for the tremendous weakness of their memory.
They seem to reserve all their energy for their work. They are practical individuals that reserve their energy mostly for survival, yet they do not care whether they live or die. They will not do anything systematic and persistent in order to save themselves. In spite of the fact that their liver has proved to be in a bad condition, they will make no real effort to regain their health, as there is no anxiety about it. It is usually another person (the spouse) who takes care of their diet, their wrong way of living, who force them to go to the doctor, to take medicine and follow such instructions. It is an indifference toward their health and even the possibility of death. This is usually coupled with a grey colour of the face and lack of appetite.
‘Sadness, with disposition to weep’ is another important symptom. A melancholic background seems to follow them all the time. Even if they have no reason to be melancholic, their job goes well, people around them love them, yet a feeling that their health is declining without hope of recovery gives them, most probably on a subconscious level, a sense of sadness and resignation. It is not a real depression,