Sabina.
Juniperus sabina. Savin. N. O. Coniferæ. Tincture of
the young, fresh tops of the branches. Tincture of the oil.Clinical.─
Abortion;
after-effects of. After-pains. Boils. Condylomata.
Cystitis. Dysmenorrhœa. Gonorrhœa. Gout.
Inter-menstrual flow. Leucorrhœa.
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, gonorrhœa; in the female uterine hæmorrhages, and in the
case of pregnant women, abortion. The hæmorrhage 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 Hæmorrhage comes in gushes.
Suddenly increasing and slowly disappearing pain. The symptoms are <
by touch, though pressure >. The
dysmenorrhœa 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 dysmenorrhœa). 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. Hæmorrhage <
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
hæmorrhage, 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.).
SYMPTOMS.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Ears.─
Pinching in ears.─Hardness
of hearing.─(Gets deaf in foggy weather, or any
change of weather; also when tired.─R. T. C.)
5. Nose.─
Dry coryza.
6. 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).
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Abdomen.─
Aching in
hepatic region.─Tympanitic distension of abdomen.─Quivering
in abdomen as if something alive were there; resembling fœtal
movements.─Contractive pains in abdomen.─Pressive
pinchings in abdomen as from a chill or diarrhœa.─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.
13. Stool and Anus.─
Evacuations
at first soft, then hard.─Loose, soft fæces, with
noise, and abundant expulsion of flatus.─Discharge
of sanguineous mucus from anus.─Discharge of blood
from anus after a hard evacuation.─Bleeding
hæmorrhoids excessive discharge of bright red blood or blood and mucus.─Painful
hæmorrhoidal pimples in anus.─Tingling in anus.
14. 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 urinæ.─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 gonorrhœa.
15. Male Sexual Organs.─
Inflammatory
gonorrhœa, 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.─Frænum swollen
and tight.─Pain in condyloma as from excoriation.─Increased
sexual desire, with violent and prolonged erections.
16. 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.─Hæmorrhages 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 leucorrhœa (like meat washings).─Miscarriage
(esp. in the third month).─Perceptible swelling of
mammæ.─Tingling in mammæ.─Leucorrhœa,
itching, yellowish, fetid, and thick, like starch.─Inflammation
of the uterus after parturition.─Retained placenta.─After-pains
with sensitiveness of abdomen.
17. 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.─Hæmoptysis.─Tensive,
pressive pain in sternum, not affected by respiration.
18. 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.
19. Heart.─
Augmented and
extended beating of the heart.─Throbbing in all the
blood-vessels.─Pulse unequal; generally quick,
strong, and hard.
20. Neck and Back.─
Contusive
pain in the muscles or vertebræ 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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
dysmenorrhœa, &c.; in hæmorrhage (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.─Hæmorrhage.─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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.® 2000
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