Sabina
(Juniperus sabina · Savin juniper)
A remedy of heavy, bright flow and pain from back to front. In the materia medica, Sabina is associated with profuse, bright red periods, partly fluid and partly clotted, and a characteristic pain running from the base of the spine through to the pubic bone.
Source
The young shoots of savin, a European juniper shrub
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Sabin.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Heavy periods, bright red, partly fluid and partly clotted, worse from the slightest movement
A distinctive pain running from the sacrum at the base of the spine through to the pubic bone
Gout-like joint pains with red, shiny swelling, worse in a heated room
Music feels unbearable and sets the nerves on edge; wants the windows open
Tends to feel better
Cool, fresh open air
Tends to feel worse
The least motion
Heat and warm rooms
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Sabina)
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Thuja
(Thuja occidentalis)
Its classic complement; both share itchy, burning warty growths, with Thuja the broader constitutional picture.
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Ipecacuanha
(Cephaelis ipecacuanha)
Also bright red bleeding, but with constant nausea; Sabina's flow comes with pain from back to pubic bone.
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Viburnum
(Viburnum opulus)
Viburnum's cramps wrap around from the back to the front of the pelvis; Sabina's pain runs straight through, with a heavier flow.
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From the classic texts
“Pain from sacrum to the pubis. Haemorrhages, where blood is fluid and clots together. … Violent pulsations; wants windows open.”
“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”
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