Bed – Bed is a place, a space where an individual rests and sleeps, a location where he is comfortable, cozy, relaxed and at ease without any worry or botheration, a place where he rests and rejuvenates and invigorates himself. Every being has some attachment, some fondness towards his bed. He feels himself to be sheltered and secure in his bed, no matter whether his bed is an ordinary or a luxurious one.

Remain – Not wanting to leave or let go; wanting to hang about there only.

In this rubric we can understand the concern and reaction of each patient. This rubric tells us that something has happened in the environment and ecology of the patient that is forcing the patient to leave his secure and comfortable state but the patient is not willing to give up this cozy, warm, and comfy state (his bed).

In this rubric, every remedy has its own bed, i.e. its secure and cozy state and every remedy has a different objective and intention to stay in its bed. If we understand the concern of the patient in regards to his bed, then we can easily get to the right similimum for that particular patient.

PULSATILLA – The bed of PULS is caressing and affection. This patient desires constant, unceasing care and affection and she does not want to leave this person from whom she is getting this continual warmth. This need of a PULS patient increases during sickness and when this person does not get the amount of caresses and affection that she desires, then she gets irritated. At that time, she craves that someone should love her a lot in the way she desires in a soft, soothing manner; someone should take care of her tenderly, nurture her, and caress her (CARRIED - desire to be carried – caressed; and, CARRIED - desire to be carried – slowly). The patient is actually a selfish person with a great need to be caressed. To achieve this, the patient can even feign sickness (FEIGNING - sick; to be). She will actually refuse to leave her bed even if it means putting others to hardship to fulfill her wishes.

CONIUM – Conium is a very narrow-minded individual. He has a lot of suppressed desires, there is an excessive control excised by the patient himself. His mind is full of fixed ideas and this is his soothing and safe state; his bed. He does not like anyone approaching him because he thinks that if he allows others to approach him and come up to him, they may tend to throw light on his problems and this may change his thought process and perception of the issue; this is something he is averse to. This change is what he is averse to and detests and hence does not want to change. He prefers living with his own convictions and is happy doing so. He prefers to stay in dark and does not desire any kind of light. (DARKNESS - amel., LIGHT - aversion to – shuns).

SILICEA – A Silicea person always needs support and grit; the patient lacks stamina, he is in a state of weakness and dread (COWARD, MAGNETIZED desire to be, SPINELESS, UNDERTAKES many things perseveres in nothing). He always has a fear of failure (FEAR - failure of). He does not have the nerve to accomplish anything new (FEAR of undertaking a new enterprise, INITIATIVE lack of). He lacks self confidence (CONFIDENCE - want of self-confidence). He hesitates and falters while appearing in front of people (TIMIDITY - public; about appearing in), as he feels that his weakness would be exposed in front of others and his pride would be knocked down in front of those people. Everyone would come to know that this person would earlier perform all said tasks perfectly well (FISHING – aptitude, for) and that now, he is not capable of executing his responsibilities any more. Contemplating these thoughts, he gets very anxious (ANXIETY – health; about - own health; her/his - menopause; during her). Consequently, he desires to stay in the midst of those people among whom he feels strong and solid. So being surrounded by his own known people, wherein he need not hide his shortcomings, is his bed.

HYOSCYMUS: In HYOS, we get two contrasting states. In one state, he wants to stay in his bed (BED - remain in bed; desire to) and in the other state, he wants to leap out of bed (ESCAPE, attempts to - jumps up suddenly from bed).

Let us try to understand this journey of HYOS:
Say for example, a HYOS patient is suffering from fever and is under allopathic treatment for the same. This is his bed. One fine day, he gets to know that these medicines (which he is taking for his fever) can produce a side effect, in the form of erectile dysfunction, in the human body after prolonged usage. Now, he is extremely worried regarding this scenario and desires to get out of his bed, and discontinue his allopathic medication. Now he has a fear of being injured (FEAR - injury - being injured; of). At this moment, he is restless in his bed and wants to shift to another trustworthy and reliant bed (RESTLESSNESS - bed - go from one bed to another; wants to). During this phase while he is on the look out for a new bed, he has a fear of being deceived and let down (FEAR - betrayed; of being) and so he does not want to give up on his former bed till the time he does not feel convinced and assured that his new bed is safe and the right choice for him. As soon as he gets this guarantee and reassurance, he jumps from his old bed to his new bed (ESCAPE, attempts to - jumps up suddenly from bed - change beds, to). So, he does want to leave his bed and at the same time, due to his fear of being duped, he wants to stay in the same former bed.