- 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 — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“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.)”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“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. Hæmorrhages, where blood is fluid and clots together . Tendency to miscarriage, especially at third month. Violent pulsations ; wants windows open. Music is intolerable , produces…”
- 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…”
- 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…”
- Dunham — The method — how symptoms are weighed before a remedy is differentiated.
“SAVINE. AN evergreen shrub of South Europe. The leaves and tops are used in medicine. Their properties depend on an essential oil, which dissolves in alcohol. It was used by the ancients to stimulate indolent ulcers, to hasten the menses, and to cure chronic gout and rheumatism. Also to induce abortion. It is…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“I am also obliged to slight Sabina juniperus for want of time. You know of it as a remedy in the treatment of uterine disease, and as a remedy to prevent impending abortion, especially at the third month. The symptoms indicating it here you will learn from the Professor of Gynaecology, Dr. Betts. I shall only say in…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“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 labor pains, after-pains, occurring in dysmenorrhœa, etc. In hæmorrhage (particularly…”
- 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…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“SABINA. Jumptrus sabitia, L. Savin. Nat. Ord., Ctnifer. I. Provings. — i. Hahnemann. [Of this and the nine succeeding provings no account is given, save that they were made with a tincture prepared from the leaves.] Weakness of memory, he could not recollect what he had been doing during d. } pressive stitching pain…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“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…”
