COMMON NAME:
SAVINE.
Symptoms
Chronic ailments of women (Calcarea, Ferrum, Graphites, Kali carb., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Sulphur Thuja) (A.).
Ailments following abortion or premature labour (Caulophyllum, Kali carb., Sepia) (A.).
DRAWING PAINS IN THE SMALL OF BACK, FROM SACRUM TO PUBES, IN NEARLY ALL DISEASES (from back, going found the body to the pubes-Vib-Opium) (A.).
Fig-warts with intolerable itching and burning; exuberant granulations (Acid nitricum, Thuja) (A.).
Craves lemonade (Belladonna, Calcarea, Cyclamen, Eup-Pur., Jatropa, Acid nitricum, Pulsatilla, Secale, Sulph-I.) (B.).
Menses: Too early, too profuse, too protracted; partly fluid, partly clotted (Belladonna, China, Ferrum, Ipecac., Nux vomica, Pulsatilla); in women who menstruated very early in life (Calcarea, Pulsatilla); flow in paroxysms (Causticum, Kreosotum, Pulsatilla, Sepia); with colic and labour- like pains (A.).
Metrorrhagia, with paroxysmal flow of bright colour (Belladonna), accompanied by pains in the points (D.).
Menorrhagia during climacteric, in women who formerly aborted, or with early first menses (Calcarea, Ferrum, Kali carb., Lachesis, Mur x., Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Secale, Sepia, Sulphur) (A.).
HAEMORRHAGE FROM THE UTERUS; FLOW PARTLY RED, PARTLY CLOTTED; WORSE FROM LEAST MOTION (Bryonia, Croc., Erig., Helonias, Ipecac., Secale, Sulphur, Tril., Ustilago); OFTEN RELIEVED BY WALKING (A.).
Discharge of blood between periods, with sexual excitement (Ambr., Calcarea, Chamomilla, Ipecac., Phosphorus, Rhus toxicodendron, Silicea) (A.).
Inflammation of ovaries or uterus after abortion, or premature labour (Sepia) (A.).
THREATENED ABORTION ABOUT THE THIRD MONTH (Apis, Cimic., Croc., Eup-Pur., Mercurius, Secale, Thuja, Ustilago), WITH PAINS IN THE SMALL OF THE BACK, GOING DOWN THE THIGHS (D.).
Retained placenta from uterine atony (Cantharis, Caulophyllum, Cimic., Croc., Gelsemium, Ipecac., Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Secale, Sepia) (A.).
INTENSE AFTER-PAINS (Arnica, Chamomilla, Cuprum, Hypericum, Kali carb., Pulsatilla, Rhus toxicodendron, Secale, Sepia, Vib., Xanth.) (A.).
Promotes expulsion of moles or foreign bodies from the uterus (Cantharis) (A.).
PAIN FROM LUMBAR REGION FORWARD TO PUBES OR REVERSE, OR SHOOTING UP TO THE VAGINA (B.).
Foul, acrid leucorrhoea (Calcarea, Acid nitricum) (B.).
Itching of the genitalia from leucorrhoea (K.).
Suppression of the menses is followed by the thighs (D.).
Arthritic pains (Belladonna, Caulophyllum, Rhus toxicodendron) (A.).
Much irritability of temper (Nux vomica, Sulphur) (G.).
MUSIC IS INTOLERABLE; PRODUCES NERVOUSNESS, GOES THROUGH BONE AND MARROW (Causes weeping-Thuja) (A.).
Quivering in the abdomen as if there was something alive in it (Sabad., Thuja, Veratrum) (G.).
Frequent urging to stool; finally a liquid portion is discharged, followed by a hard portion (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 (Arsenicum, Cantharis, Phosphorus, Secale) (A.).
Flushes of heat in the face, while the rest of the body is chilly; with icy cold hands and feet (Sepia) (A.).
Sweats easily (Bryonia, Calcarea, China, Silicea) (A.).
Night-sweats (Calcarea, China, Mercurius) (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., Arnica, Belladonna, Bryonia, Calcarea, Cantharis, Caulophyllum, Croc., Ferrum, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Millefolium, Pulsatilla, Secale, Sepia, Sulphur, Thuja, Ustilago, Vib-O., Xanth., and Zincum met.
Complementary to: Thuja
It follows Thuja well in condyloma and sycotic affections.
ANTIDOTES : Camph. and Pulsatilla
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)