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.)”
- 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…”
- 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…”
