Sabina
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
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 (from back, going round the body to the pubes- Vib-Op.) (A.).
Fig-warts with intolerable itching and burning; exuberant granulations (Nit-Ac., Thuj.) (A.).
Craves lemonade (Bell., Calc., Cycl., Eup-Pur., Jatr., Nit-Ac., Puls., Sec., Sulph-I.) (B.).
Menses: Too early, too profuse, too protracted; partly fluid; partly clotted (Bell., Chin., Ferr., Ipec., Nux-V., Puls.); in women who menstruated very early in life (Calc., Puls.); flow in paroxysms (Caust., Kreos., Puls., Sep.); with colic and labour-like pains (A.).
Metrorrhagia, with paroxysmal flow of bright colour (Bell.), accompanied by pains in the joints (D.).
Menorrhagia during climacteric, in women who formerly aborted, or with early first menses (Calc., Ferr., Kali-C., Lach., Murx., Nux-V., Puls., Sec., Sep., Sulph.) (A.).
HAEMORRHAGE FROM THE UTERUS; FLOW PARTLY PALE RED, PARTLY CLOTTED; WORSE FROM LEAST MOTION (Bry., Croc., Erig., Helon., Ipec., Sec., Sulph., Tril., Ust.); OFTEN RELIEVED BY WALKING (A.).
Discharge of blood between periods, with sexual excitement (Ambr., Calc., Cham., Ipec., Phos., Rhus-T., Sil.) (A.).
Inflammation of ovaries or uterus after abortion, or premature labour (Sep.) (A.).
THREATENED ABORTION ABOUT THE THIRD MONTH (Apis, Cimic., Croc., Eup-Pur., Merc., Sec., Thuj., Ust.), WITH PAINS IN THE SMALL OF THE BACK, GOING DOWN THE THIGHS (D.).
Retained placenta from uterine atony (Canth., Caul., Cimic., Croc., Gels., Ipec., Nux-V., Puls., Sec., Sep.) (A.).
INTENSE AFTER-PAINS (Arn., Cham., Cupr., Hyper., Kali-C., Puls., Rhus-T., Sec., Sep., Vib., Xanth.) (A.).
Promotes expulsion of moles or foreign bodies from the uterus (Canth.) (A.).
PAIN FROM LUMBAR REGION FORWARD TO PUBES OR REVERSE, OR SHOOTING UP TO THE VAGINA (B.).
Foul, acrid leucorrhœa (Calc., Nit-Ac.) (B.).
Itching of the genitalia from leucorrhœa (K.).
Suppression of the menses is followed by a thin, fœtid leucorrhœa (G.).
Bruised sensation along the anterior surface of the thighs (D.).
Arthritic pains (Bell., Caul., Rhus-T.) (A.).
Much irritability of temper (Nux-V., Sulph.) (G.).
MUSIC IS INTOLERABLE; PRODUCES NERVOUSNESS, GOES THROUGH BONE AND MARROW (Causes weeping- Thuj.) (A.).
Quivering in the abdomen as if there was something alive in it (Sabad., Thuj., Verat.) (G.).
Frequent urging to stool; finally a liquid portion is discharged, followed by a hard portion (G.).
Constipation; stools difficult and painful (G.).
Piles, with discharge of bright red or dark, venous blood (G.).
Attacks of shivering chilliness all day (A.).
Burning of the whole body, with great restlessness (Ars., Canth., Phos., Sec.) (A.).
Flushes of heat in the face, while the rest of the body is chilly; with icy cold hands and feet (Sep.) (A.).
Sweats easily (Bry., Calc., Chin., Sil.) (A.).
Night-sweats (Calc., Chin., Merc.) (A.).
AGGRAVATION: From least motion; in a warm room; in warm air; after parturition; from music; from taking a deep breath; and during menopause.
AMELIORATION: In cool, open, fresh air; while exhaling; from cold.
RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Apis, Arn., Bell., Bry., Calc., Canth., Caul., Croc., Ferr., Lach., Lyc., Mill., Puls., Sec., Sep., Sulph., Thuj., Ust., Vib-O., Xanth. and Zinc.
Complementary to: Thuj.
It follows Thuj. well in condyloma and sycotic affections.
Antidotes: Camph. and Puls.