Kent's cases 77: Headache (weekly) Idiosyncrasie à la viande de bœuf Staphysagria

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Periodical conditions often trouble a young prescriber and sometimes an
old one. A young physician once brought me his patient who was suffering
from periodical congestive headaches which came on every seven days.
Many remedies had been given but no change had been made in the case.
The rubric in the repertory that had been consulted was "weekly
headaches."
The patient was then more carefully examined and it was found that
regularly Sunday evening and night he suffered from this headache.
The modalities were confusing and contradictory but after a careful
questioning as to what he was in the habit of eating on Sunday that he did
not eat at other times it was found that he ate plentifully of "roast of beef"
for his midday meal and at no other time.
It was soon seen to be not a periodical headache, but one that came after
eating beef.
Staph. covered all his symptoms and cured.