Sunday 7 September 2014

sabina

Sabina

(Savine)
Has a special action on the uterus; also upon serous and fibrous membranes; hence its use in gout. Pain from sacrum to the pubis. Hemorrhages, where blood is fluid and clots together. Tendency to miscarriage, especially at third month. Violent pulsations; wants windows open.
Mind
Music is intolerable, produces nervousness.
Head
Vertigo with suppressed menses. Bursting headache, suddenly coming and going slowly. Rush of blood to head and face. Drawing pains in masseter muscles. Teeth ache when chewing.
Stomach
Heartburn. Desire for lemonade. Bitter taste (Rhus). Lancinating pain from pit of stomach across back.
Abdomen
Bearing-down, constrictive pain. Colic, mostly in hypogastric region. Tympanitic distention.
Rectum
Sense of fullness. Constipation. Pain from back to pubis. Hemorrhoids, with bright red blood; bleed copiously.
Urine
Burning and throbbing in region of kidneys. Bloody urine; much urging. Bladder inflamed with throbbing all over. Inflammation of urethra.
Male
Inflammatory gonorrhea, with pus-like discharge. Sycotic excrescences. Burning, sore pain in glans. Prepuce painful with difficulty in retracting it. Increased desire.
Female
Menses profuse, bright. Uterine pains extend into thighs. Threatened miscarriage. Sexual desire increased. Leucorrhea after menses, corrosive, offensive. Discharge of blood between periods, with sexual excitement (Ambr). Retained placenta; intense after-pains. Menorrhagia in women who aborted readily. Inflammation of ovaries and uterus after abortion. Promotes expulsion of moles from uterus (Canth). Pain from sacrum to pubis, and from below upwards shooting up the vagina. Hemorrhage; partly clotted; worse from least motion. Atony of uterus.
Back
Pain between sacrum and pubis from one bone to another. Paralytic pain in small back.
Extremities
Bruised pains in anterior portion of thighs. Shooting in heels and metatarsal bones. Arthritic pain in joints. Gout; worse, in heated room. Red, shining swelling. Gouty nodosities (Ammon phos).
Skin
Fig-warts, with intolerable itching and burning. Exuberant granulations (Thuj; Nit ac). Warts. Black pores in skin.
Modalities
Worse, from least motion, heat, warm air. Better, in cool fresh air.
Relationship
Complementary: Thuja.
Compare: Sanguisorba (Venous congestion and passive hemorrhages; varices of lower extremities; dysentery. Long lasting profuse menses with congestion to head and limbs in sensitive, irritable patients. Climacteric hemorrhages. Use 2x attenuation). Sanguisuga The leech--(Hemorrhages, especially bleeding from anus. Use 6x). Rosmarinus (menses too early; violent pains followed by uterine hemorrhage. Head heavy, drowsy. Chilly with icy coldness of lower extremities without thirst, followed by heat. Memory deficient). Croc; Calc; Trill; Ipec; Millef; Erig.
Antidote: Puls.
Dose
Locally, for warts, tincture. Internally, third to thirtieth potency.

(Reference: Homeopathic Materia Medica by William Boericke)
                                             

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