Sabina
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General
Sabina.
Juniperus sabina. Savin. N. O. Coniferae. Tincture of the young, fresh tops of the branches. Tincture of the oil.
Clinical
Abortion; after-effects of. After-pains. Boils. Condylomata. Cystitis. Dysmenorrhoea. Gonorrhoea. Gout. Inter-menstrual flow. Leucorrhoea. Menstruation, excessive. Miscarriage. Moles, promotes expulsion of. Nephritis. Nymphomania. Ovaries, affections of. Penis, cartilaginous swelling on. Phimosis. Retained placenta. Rheumatic gout. Strangury. Sycosis. Toothache. Uterus, bleeding from.
Characteristics
Stapf made the first collection of the symptoms of Sabina, and Hahnemann and his son were among the provers. A number of observations on women who had taken the drug to bring on the menses or procure abortion have also been added; and some cases of fatal poisoning are on record. Sbi. acts as a widespread irritant, inflaming the pyloric end of duodenum and causing patches of inflammation in other portions of the intestines, especially the upper intestines, the omentum and peritoneum (R.
T. C.). The action of Sbi. on the generative organs of both sexes is pronounced. It produces figwarts with itching and burning of the external genitals, phimosis of the male, swelling of the dorsum of the penis, gonorrhoea; in the female uterine haemorrhages, and in the case of pregnant women, abortion.
The haemorrhage is partly pale red and partly clotted, < from the least motion; but may be > by walking. The flow is in paroxysms, and is accompanied by labour-like pains. A grand characteristic of Sbi. is a pain from sacrum to pubis, and this will be a guiding symptom in a large number of the uterine cases requiring Sbi. Other characteristics are: (1) discharge of blood between the periods with sexual excitement and (2) obscure abdominal pains due to inflammatory states of the peritoneum.
In the mental sphere there is much irritability, hysteria, and hypochondriasis, and a peculiar feature of it is that music is intolerable; it produces numbness and goes through bone and marrow. A close botanic ally of Thuja, Sbi. is yet not too close to be complementary to that great anti-sycotic; broad condylomata, fig-warts with much itching and exuberant granulations are characteristic. Like Thuja, it removes wart-like growths from the muco-cutaneous surfaces. It is suited to: chronic ailments of women; arthritic pains; tendency to miscarriage; to the gouty diathesis.
Peculiar Sensations are: As if she would fall. As if parts of temporal eminence were pressed asunder. As if skin had grown fast in forehead. As if eyes would be pressed out.
As if tooth would burst. As if he had to swallow over a foreign body. As of a lump in throat. As if vomiting would come on.
As if something alive in abdomen. Right shoulder-joint as if sprained. Sbi. is one of the remedies which affect the heels. Farrington says it is suited to "plethoric women who suffer from what they call rheumatic inflammation" of the heels.
There is an "intermittent aching" in the solar part of the heels. Intermittence and a paroxysmal character are a leading feature with Sbi. Pains are paroxysmal and labour-like Haemorrhage comes in gushes. Suddenly increasing and slowly disappearing pain.
The symptoms are < by touch, though pressure >. The dysmenorrhoea pains were > lying on flat of back with limbs extended. < Stooping; sitting bent; letting limbs hang down; motion. Walking > metrorrhagia.
Lies on left side during sleep. < Evening, night, and morning. Sleepless and restless after midnight. < In warm air or room.
< Warm in bed. > In open air. (Warmth > pain of dysmenorrhoea). Cold applications > wandering pains in joints.
< By music. < Taking a deep breath; > exhaling.
Relations
Antidoted by: Puls. Complementary to: Thuj. Compatible: Ars., Bell., Rhus, Spo. Compare: < By music, Ambr., Thu., Sep.
Inter-menstrual flow, Ham., Ambr. Condylomata, Thu., Nit. ac. Haemorrhage < from least motion, Sec. Menses partly fluid, partly clotted, Fer.
Retained placenta, Caul., Sec. Promotes expulsion of moles or foreign bodies from uterus, Canth. > In fresh air, Puls. Affections of the heels, Am. m., Led., Puls., Caust., Mang., Ant. c., Grap., Nat. c., Cep.
Desires lemonade, Puls. Clotted haemorrhage, Millif., Plat. (Plat. dark; Sbi. bright red).
Miscarriage at third month, Croc., Kre. Sensation of something alive in abdomen, Croc., Thu. Suddenly increasing and slowly disappearing pain (Sul. ac. slowly increasing, suddenly disappearing). < In foggy weather, Hyper.
< In bed at night, Sul., Merc., Puls., Cham. (toothache), Bry. (rheumatism). Phimosis, Cann., Merc., Sul., Nit. ac., Sep., Thu., Rhus.
Tympanites, Tereb. Rheumatism > by cold applications, Led. Menses only when lying down (only at night, Bov., Mg. c.).
Mind
Dejection, discouragement, and sadness
Hypochondriacal mood
Great anxiety and apprehension
Irritable nerves; music intolerable
Moroseness with dislike to conversation, esp. when exercising in open air
Irascibility, with tears and sobs
Listlessness
Weakness of memory.
Head
Stupefying vertigo, which occasions falling, with cloudiness of sight
Giddiness, with congestions to and heat in head
Attacks of megrim
Heaviness and distressing pressure in head, often extending from sinciput to nape
Splitting sensation in forehead and temples
Circumscribed pain in temples
Painful constriction in temples
Drawing pains in head, esp. in forehead and temples
Shooting pains in head, with smarting or aching, often in entire brain
Digging and boring in head
Pulsative headache with heaviness and stupefaction
The headaches (esp. in temporal eminences, r. side) often appear suddenly, diminish slowly, and return frequently.
Eyes
Tensive pain in eyes, as if muscles too short
Eyes dull and downcast
Heat in eyes
Smarting tears
Jerking quivering of lids
Clouds before eyes.
Ears
Pinching in ears
Hardness of hearing.—(Gets deaf in foggy weather, or any change of weather; also when tired
R.
T.
C.)
Nose
Dry coryza.
Face
Face pale, with blue circles round eyes
Black pores in cheeks and round nose
Paralytic pain and pressure in zygomatic process
Lancinations (drawing pain in r. angle of jaw) from the lower jaw to cheekbone (< on touch).
Teeth
Drawing toothache during and after a meal and mastication
Toothache only when chewing
Aching and throbbing in teeth, esp. in evening and at night, with sensation as if a tooth were being pulled out, < by drinking, smoking, and by heat of bed, > after rising
Drawing in teeth in consequence of drinking, eating, and contact with air
Tearing in roots of molars.—(Toothache after gouty pain in great toe had been driven away by external applications.)
Painful sensibility and white swelling of gum round a carious tooth
Ulcer in gums.
Mouth
Dryness in mouth
Putrid exhalation from mouth
Reddish or white saliva, which becomes frothy when speaking
Tongue loaded with a white or brownish coating.
Throat
Sore throat during deglutition, as from a foreign body, or an internal swelling in gullet, with pressure and choking
Dull lancinations in throat
Dryness in throat with drawing pain.
Appetite
Taste in mouth and throat as from an inveterate coryza
Mawkish, fat, or bloody taste in mouth
Bitter taste in mouth and bitter taste of food, esp. of milk and coffee
Desire for acids, esp. for lemonade
Acidity in stomach after a meal
Poor appetite.
Stomach
Empty risings (and heartburn)
Nausea with fulness in stomach
Vomiting of bile or of (undigested) food eaten the previous day
Fulness and inflation of region of stomach
Stomachache
Lancinations from pit of stomach across back.
Abdomen
Aching in hepatic region
Tympanitic distension of abdomen
Quivering in abdomen as if something alive were there; resembling foetal movements
Contractive pains in abdomen
Pressive pinchings in abdomen as from a chill or diarrhoea
Labour-like pains in abdomen to groins; with sensation as if vomiting would come on, without nausea
Pressing down towards genitals
Inflammation of intestines
Pain as from a bruise in abdominal muscles in bed in evening.
Stool And Anus
Evacuations at first soft, then hard
Loose, soft faeces, with noise, and abundant expulsion of flatus
Discharge of sanguineous mucus from anus
Discharge of blood from anus after a hard evacuation
Bleeding haemorrhoids excessive discharge of bright red blood or blood and mucus
Painful haemorrhoidal pimples in anus
Tingling in anus.
Urinary Organs
Retention of urine, with emission drop by drop, and burning sensation and pain in vesical region
Vesical irritability with gouty diathesis
Nephritis with retention; ardor urinae
Urgent want to urinate, with scanty emission
Frequent violent urging to urinate, with profuse discharge
Profuse emission of urine, even at night
Painful inflammation of urethra, with discharge of pus, as in gonorrhoea.
Male Sexual Organs
Inflammatory gonorrhoea, with discharge of pus
Sycotic excrescences with burning soreness
Burning sore pain in glans
Hard (cartilaginous) swelling on dorsum of penis
Shootings in glans
Deep redness of glans
Painful sensibility of prepuce, with difficulty in retracting it
Fraenum swollen and tight
Pain in condyloma as from excoriation
Increased sexual desire, with violent and prolonged erections.
Female Sexual Organs
Almost insatiable desire for coition with corresponding gratification
Sexual desire greatly increased (almost amounting to nymphomania)
Contractive pain in region of uterus
Stitches deep in vagina
Sanguineous congestion in uterus
Haemorrhages of partly pale red, partly clotted, or of very thin, discoloured, offensive-smelling blood;
< on least motion; has to lie perfectly quiet to avoid a profuse discharge after miscarriage
Metrorrhagia with discharge of clotted or bright-red blood, and pains resembling labour pains in the sacrum and in the groins
Metrorrhagia, bright blood, < at night
Catamenia too early and too copious
Menses continue too long
Menstrual discharge partly fluid, partly clotted and offensive; it may be either bright red or dark and coagulated; flows mostly in paroxysms, which are brought on by slightest motion; or flow ceases when walking about (menses only when lying down)
Suppressed catamenia with very offensive-smelling leucorrhoea (like meat washings)
Miscarriage (esp. in the third month)
Perceptible swelling of mammae
Tingling in mammae
Leucorrhoea, itching, yellowish, fetid, and thick, like starch
Inflammation of the uterus after parturition
Retained placenta
After-pains with sensitiveness of abdomen.
Respiratory Organs
Dry cough, excited by a tickling, or followed at a later period by expectoration of mucus streaked with blood
Dry, hacking cough, and tickling in the trachea
Haemoptysis
Tensive, pressive pain in sternum, not affected by respiration.
Chest
Pressure on chest
Pressive, spasmodic tension in chest, principally in middle of sternum
Stitches in l. nipple
Shooting and pain as from excoriation in xiphoid cartilage, < on taking a full inspiration and on touching the part
Trembling in the lungs, with dull rattling and crackling
Lancination (intermittent) in the outside of chest and in clavicles.
Heart
Augmented and extended beating of the heart
Throbbing in all the blood-vessels
Pulse unequal; generally quick, strong, and hard.
Neck And Back
Contusive pain in the muscles or vertebrae of neck
Pressive drawing (labour-like pains) in loins, as far as the inguinal region and down thighs, followed by a bloody, slimy discharge from the vagina
Paralytic pain in small of back, > (or < bending backward
Drawing pains in small of back, extending into pubic region
Pressive tearing and shootings in spine
Pain in back obliging him to bend inward
Paralytic pain in back.
Limbs
Drawing, tearing pains, esp. at night; most in wrist-joints and toes, with red, shiny swelling;
< from motion and touch
Stitches in elbows; in heels, extending outward
Limbs convulsed
Cracking in joints.
Upper Limbs
Wrenching pain in the joints of the shoulder and hands
Pain as if sprained in r. shoulder-joint, even during rest
Paralytic tearing along r. upper arm as far as hand
Sticking pains on outer condyles of both elbows
Aching in r. radius, < motion or touch
Pressive tearings and shootings in arms, forearms, and fingers
Arthritic rigidity and swelling in joint of wrist, with tearing and shootings; made almost insupportable when the hand hangs down
Drawing and tearing in bones of hands
Weakness of hands (when writing)
Distortion of fingers.
Lower Limbs
Furunculus with shooting pain in buttock
Shooting pains in coxo-femoral articulations when resting on the foot
Stinging pains in hip-joints in morning and when breathing
Pressure and drawing in thighs and knees
Middle of anterior surface of thighs feel bruised and painful; only when walking on the level or stepping down, not when stepping up
Tearing tension in thighs, with sensation when squatting as if the muscles were too short
Purulent and lard-like ulcer on tibia
Intermittent aching on l. heel, lower part where it joins the sole
Sharp stitches from within out on r. and l. heel
Pressive tearing in bones of feet
Red and shining swelling of great toe (gout), with boring and lancinating pain.
Generalities
[A marked characteristic is a pain which is felt all the way between the sacrum and pubis, from one bone to the other—not particularly in front or behind, but right along from the sacrum to the pubis; this pain may be found in labour pains, after-pains, occurring in dysmenorrhoea, &c.; in haemorrhage (particularly uterine) where the blood is in fluid and clots together—as, the liquid blood would flow, then will come a clot, and the blood may be flowing rapidly Bleeding from the nose, blood being pale
Bleeding from inner parts in general Menstruation too early; too profuse; blood of light colour; bright-red colour; discharge of blood before the proper period Affects particularly the uterus; lower part of chest; wrist; heel; toes; arthritic pain in joints Cough with expectoration of pale blood
In threatened abortion.—< On inspiration; taking a deep breath; affections in general during pregnancy; in a room; in a warm room; on getting warm in bed; women in childbed; after parturition.—> In open air; while breathing out, exhaling H. N. G.]
Chronic ailments of women Twitching pulsation in the blood-vessels Shooting and tearing, arthritic pains, esp. in joints, and sometimes with red and shining swelling of the parts affected Gouty nodosities
Lancinating drawing in hollow bones Burning, pressive sensation in periosteum, which is swollen Haemorrhage Jerking throbbing in all the arteries
Great weakness and weariness in all limbs, with despondency General uneasiness, as from long watching Heaviness and indolence of body, obliging him to lie down.
Skin
Itching in skin, with excoriation and ulceration, or scabby places after scratching
Burning sensation in parts affected when they are touched
Black pores in skin.
Sleep
Sleeplessness and restlessness after midnight
Disturbed sleep with frequent waking, ebullition of blood, heat, and perspiration
Anxious dreams
Continued dreams, full of fanciful images, and intellectual efforts
Talking and loud snoring during sleep
Tendency to lie on l. side when sleeping.
Fever
Shuddering and shivering, with cutis anserina and cloudiness of sight (followed by sleepiness)
Chill in the evening, with attacks of chilliness
Great chilliness through the day
Burning heat over the whole body, with great agitation
Sensation of coldness in whole r. leg
Heat in face, with icy coldness of feet and hands
Fever in evening; first shivering, then heat, and lastly perspiration
Perspiration every night.
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