Juniperus Sabina. Savin. N.O. Coniferae. Tincture of the young, fresh tops of the branches. Tincture of the oil.
Clinical
Abortion, after-effects of. After-pains. Boils. *Condylomata. Cystitis. Dysmenorrhoea. Gonorrhoea, Govt. Inter-menstrual flow. *Leucorrhoea. *Menstruation, *excessive. *Miscarriage. Moles, promotes expulsion of. Nephritis. Nymphomania. Ovaries, affections of. Penis, cartilaginous swelling on. Phimosis. Retained placenta. *Rheumatic gout. *Strangury. Sycosis. Toothache. *Uterus, bleeding from.
Characteristics
Stapf made the first collection of the symptoms of Sabina, and Hahnemann and his son were among the provers. A number of observations on women who had taken the drug to bring on the menses or procure abortion have also been added, and some cases of fatal poisoning are on record. *Sbi. acts as a widespread irritant, inflaming the pyloric end of duodenum and causing patches of inflammation in other portions of the intestines, especially the upper intestines, the omentum and peritoneum (***R.T.C.). The action of *Sbi. on the generative organs of both sexes is pronounced. It produces fig warts with itching and burning of the external genitals, phimosis of the male, swelling of the dorsum of the penis, gonorrhoea, in the female uterine haemorrhages, and in the case of pregnant women, abortion. The haemorrhage is partly pale red and partly clotted, worse from the least motion, but may be better by walking. The flow is in paroxysms, and is accompanied by labor-like pains. A grand characteristic of *Sbi. is a pain from sacrum to pubis, and this will be a guiding symptom in a large number of the uterine cases requiring *Sbi. Other characteristics are: (1) discharge of blood between the periods with sexual excitement, and (2) obscure abdominal pains due to inflammatory states of the peritoneum. In the mental sphere there is much irritability, hysteria, and hypochondriasis, and a peculiar feature of it is that music is intolerable, it produces numbness and goes through bone and marrow. A close botanic ally of *Thuja, Sbi. is yet not too close to be complementary to that great anti-sycotic, broad condylomata, fig-warts with much itching and exuberant granulations are characteristic. Like *Thuja, it removes wart- like growths from the muco-cutaneous surfaces. It is *suited to: chronic ailments of women, arthritic pains, tendency to miscarriage, to the gouty diathesis. *Peculiar Sensations are: As if she would fall. As if parts of temporal eminence were pressed asunder. As if skin had grown fast in forehead. As if eyes would be pressed out. As if tooth would burst. As if he had to swallow over a foreign body. As of a lump in throat. As if vomiting would come on. As if something alive in abdomen. Right shoulder-joint as if sprained. *Sbi. is one of the remedies which affect the heels. Farrington says it is *suited to “plethoric women who suffer from what they call rheumatic inflammation” of the heels. There is an “intermittent aching” in the solar part of the heels. Intermittence and a paroxysmal character are a leading feature with *Sbi. Pains are paroxysmal and labour-like Haemorrhage comes in gushes. Suddenly increasing and slowly disappearing pain. The symptoms are worse by touch, though pressure better. The dysmenorrhoea pains were better lying on flat of back with limbs extended. Worse Stooping, sitting bent, letting limbs hang down, motion. Walking ameliorates metrorrhagia. Lies on left side during sleep. Worse evening, night, and morning. Sleepless and restless after midnight. Worse In warm air or room. Worse Warm in bed. better In open air. (Warmth ameliorates pain of dysmenorrhoea). Cold applications ameliorates wandering pains in joints. Worse By music. Worse Taking a deep breath, ameliorates exhaling.
Relations
*Antidoted by: Pulsatilla *Complementary to: Thuja *Compatible: Arsenicum, Belladonna, Rhus, Spongia *Compare: worse By music, Ambr., Thu., Sepia Inter-menstrual flow, Hamamelis, Ambr. Condylomata, Thu., nitricum acidum Haemorrhage worse from least motion, Secale Menses partly fluid, partly clotted, Ferrum Retained placenta, Caulophyllum, Secale Promotes expulsion of moles or foreign bodies from uterus, Cantharis better In fresh air, Pulsatilla Affections of the heels, Am.-m., Ledum, Pulsatilla, Causticum, Mang., Antim crud., Graphites, Nat-c., Cep. Desires lemonade, Pulsatilla Clotted haemorrhage, Milli., Platina (Platina Dark, Sbi. bright red). Miscarriage at third month, Croc., Kre. Sensation of something alive in abdomen, Croc., Thu. Suddenly increasing and slowly disappearing pain (Sul-ac. Slowly increasing, suddenly disappearing). worse In foggy weather, Hypericum worse In bed at night, Sul., Mercurius, Pulsatilla, Chamomilla (toothache), Bryonia (Rheumatism). Phimosis, Cann., Mercurius, Sul., nitricum acidum, Sepia, Thu., Rhus. Tympanites, Terebintha Rheumatism better by cold applications, Ledum Menses only when lying down (only at night, Bovista, Mg-c.).
Mind
Dejection, discouragement, and sadness. Hypochondriacal mood. Great anxiety and apprehension. Irritable nerves, music intolerable. Moroseness with dislike to conversation, especially when exercising in open air. Irascibility, with tears and sobs. Listlessness. Weakness of memory.
Head
Stupefying vertigo, which occasions falling, with cloudiness of sight. Giddiness, with congestions to and heat in head. Attacks of megrim. Heaviness and distressing pressure in head, often extending from sinciput to nape. Splitting sensation in forehead and temples. Circumscribed pain in temples. Painful constriction in temples. Drawing pains in head, especially in forehead and temples. Shooting pains in head, with smarting or aching, often in entire brain. Digging and boring in head. Pulsative headache with heaviness and stupefaction. The headaches (especially in temporal eminences, right side) often appear suddenly, diminish slowly, and return frequently.
Eyes
Tensive pain in eyes, as if muscles too short. Eyes dull and downcast. Heat in eyes. Smarting tears. Jerking quivering of lids. Clouds before eyes.
Ears
Pinching in ears. Hardness of hearing. (Gets deaf in foggy weather, or any change of weather, also when tired. ***R.T.C.).
Nose
Dry coryza.
Face
Face pale, with blue circles round eyes. Black pores in cheeks and round nose. Paralytic pain and pressure in zygomatic process. Lancinations (drawing pain in right angle of jaw) from the lower jaw to cheekbone (worse on touch).
Teeth
Drawing toothache during and after a meal and mastication. Toothache only when chewing. Aching and throbbing in teeth, especially in evening and at night, with sensation as if a tooth were being pulled out, worse by drinking, smoking, and by heat of bed, better after rising. Drawing in teeth in consequence of drinking, eating, and contact with air. Tearing in roots of molars. (Toothache after gouty pain in great toe had been driven away by external applications.) Painful sensibility and white swelling of gum round a carious tooth. Ulcer in gums.
Mouth
Dryness in mouth. Putrid exhalation from mouth. Reddish or white saliva, which becomes frothy when speaking. Tongue loaded with a white or brownish coating.
Throat
Sore throat during deglutition, as from a foreign body or an internal swelling in gullet, with pressure and choking. Dull lancinations in throat. Dryness in throat with drawing pain.
Appetite
Taste in mouth and throat as from an inveterate coryza. Mawkish, fat, or bloody taste in mouth. Bitter taste in mouth and bitter taste of food, especially of milk and coffee. Desire for acids,
especially for lemonade. Acidity in stomach after a meal. Poor appetite.
Stomach
Empty risings (and heartburn). Nausea with fulness in stomach. Vomiting of bile or of (undigested) food eaten the previous day. Fulness and inflation of region of stomach. Stomachache. Lancinations from pit of stomach across back.
Abdomen
Aching in hepatic region. Tympanitic distension of abdomen. Quivering in abdomen as if something alive were there, resembling foetal movements. Contractive pains in abdomen. Pressive pinchings in abdomen as from a chill or diarrhoea. Labor-like pains in abdomen to groins, with sensation as if vomiting would come on, without nausea. Pressing down towards genitals. Inflammation of intestines. Pain as from a bruise in abdominal muscles in bed in evening.
Stool and Anus
Evacuations at first soft, then hard. Loose, soft faeces, with noise, and abundant expulsion of flatus. Discharge of sanguineous mucus from anus. Discharge of blood from anus after a hard evacuation. Bleeding haemorrhoids, excessive discharge of bright red blood or blood and mucus. Painful haemorrhoidal pimples in anus. Tingling in anus.
Urinary Organs
Retention of urine, with emission drop by drop, and burning sensation and pain in vesical region. Vesical irritability with gouty diathesis. Nephritis with retention, ardor urinae. Urgent want to urinate, with scanty emission. Frequent violent urging to urinate, with profuse discharge. Profuse emission of urine, even at night. Painful inflammation of urethra, with discharge of pus, as in gonorrhoea.
