Sabina

Savine

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Has a special action on the uterus; also upon serous and fibrous membranes; hence its use in gout. Pain from sacrum to the pubis. Hæmorrhages, 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 . Hæmorrhoids, 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 gonorrhœa, 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. Leucorrhœa 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 . Hæmorrhage; 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 hæmorrhages; varices of lower extremities; dysentery. Long lasting profuse menses with congestion to head and limbs in sensitive, irritable patients. Climacteric hæmorrhages. Use 2x attenuation). Sanguisuga . The leech--(Hæmorrhages, especially bleeding from anus. Use 6x). Rosmarinus (menses too early; violent pains followed by uterine hæmorrhage. 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.

Sabina across the other classic books

Sabina appears in 11 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Savine. (Coniferae.) Chronic ailments of women; arthritic pains; tendency to miscarriages, especially at third month. Music is intolerable : produces nervousness, goes through bone and marrow (causes weeping Thuja). Drawing pains in small of back , from sacrum to pubes , in nearly all diseases (from back, going round…”
Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Juniperus Sabina, Linn. Natural order , Coniferæ. Common names , Savin; (G.), Sadebaum; (Fr.), Genevrier savinier. Preparation , Tincture of the stems. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 10 , from Stapf's Compilation, Archiv f. Hom., 5.)”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“AIR Open, Amel.:- IN ROOM, agg., air hunger, etc. ALIVE, sensations (Comp. Formication) BREATHING, DEEPLY, Agg. CYSTS DIRECTION of sensations, Forward FEMALE ORGANS FIBROUS TISSUE GELATINOUS (Comp. Albuminous) HEMORRHAGE, bloody discharges JOINTS, arthritic complaints, etc. MENSTRUAL DISTURBANCES PREGNANCY STRETCHING…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“FEMALE PELVIC ORGANS: UTERUS. Rectum. Nerves. Fibrous and serous tissues: Small joints. Heels. Nightly. HEAT: Bed. Room. Exercise. Pregnancy. Climacteric. Foggy weather. Cold. Cool, open air. Hot, full-blooded females; with rheumatic or gouty- hæmorrhagic tendency, epistaxis, heamaturia, etc. Violent pulsations…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Juniperus sabina. Savin. N. O. Coniferæ. Tincture of the young, fresh tops of the branches. Tincture of the oil. Abortion / after-effects of / After-pains / Boils / Condylomata / Cystitis / Dysmenorrhœa / Gonorrhœa / Gout / Inter-menstrual flow / Leucorrhœa / Menstruation, excessive / Miscarriage / Moles, promotes…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Savine. Coniferæ. An evergreen shrub native of the south of Europe. The tincture is made from the young fresh tops of the branches. Proved by Hahnemann, Gross, Fr. H., Herman, Hartmann, Stapf, etc. ; Archiv für Hom., vol. 5 ; Hering, Prak. Mittheilungen, 1827 ; Buchner, A. H. Z., vol. 20. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES…”
Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Generalities : The use of this remedy is generally confined to symptoms of the kidneys, bladder, uterus, rectum and anus; inflammatory and hemorrhagic symptoms principally of these parts. Sabina establishes a turmoil in the circulatory system, with violent pulsations all over the body. The patient is disturbed by…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Hypochondriacal mood. Low-spirited and joyless. Giddiness, with congestions to and heat in the head. Headache, especially in temporal eminences (right side), suddenly appearing and slowly disappearing. Pale face; eyes lustreless, with blue rings around them. Black pores in the face and on the nose. Drawing toothache…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: savine. Chronic ailments of women (Calc., Ferr., Graph., Kali-C., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Phos., Puls., Sep., Sulph., Thuj.) (A.). Ailments following abortion or premature labour (Caul., Kali-C., Sep.) (A.). DRAWING PAINS IN THE SMALL OF BACK, FROM SACRUM TO PUBES, IN NEARLY ALL DISEASES…”
Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Is one of our best remedies for profuse flowing from the female genital organs, as in menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, abortions, or after labor. These hemorrhages are apt to occur in paroxysms, worse from motion (Secale), blood dark (Kali nit. and Cyclamen), and clotted (Crocus), or partly clotted and partly fluid and…”

Sabina in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Sabina in 1,270 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (217), GENERALITIES (198), FEMALE GENITALIA (120), HEAD (97), SKIN (94).

BACK - PAIN - drawing - Lumbar region - extending into arms - pubic bone - to
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Thigh - descending,on
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Thigh - middle of - anterior part of - walking,while
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - Uterus - extending - back to groin
MALE GENITALIA - CONDYLOMATA - Penis - butternut-shaped hard growth on the dorsum of the penis
BACK - PAIN - Lumbar region - extending - pubis - to the
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Thigh - middle of - anterior part of
FEMALE GENITALIA - LEUCORRHOEA - starch,boiled,like
BACK - PAIN - Sacral region - extending - to pubis
FEMALE GENITALIA - METRORRHAGIA - bright red - clots,with
FEMALE GENITALIA - METRORRHAGIA - paroxysms,in
FEMALE GENITALIA - METRORRHAGIA - gushing
BACK - PAIN - labor-like
BACK - PAIN - dragging - Lumbar region
FEMALE GENITALIA - METRORRHAGIA - thin,fluid blood
FEMALE GENITALIA - LEUCORRHOEA - ropy,stringy,tenacious
FEMALE GENITALIA - PAIN - Uterus - paroxysmal
FEMALE GENITALIA - METRORRHAGIA - active
MALE GENITALIA - CONDYLOMATA - Penis
FEMALE GENITALIA - MENSES - clotted - dark

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