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homeopathic remedy
Sepia
homeopathy

definition

source: dried inky juice of cuttlefish
organ affinities: female organs, portal system, digestive tract, venous circulation, skin, nerves
associated conditions: menses, menopause, eczema, hysteria, enuresis
miasms: psoric, sycotic
indications:
» problems during pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, menses; sensation of a ball in inner parts; PRESSURE AND BEARING DOWN AS IF EVERYTHING WOULD PROTRUDE FROM PELVIS, irregular menses of every form; morning sickness of pregnancy < sight or smell of food; menopause with flushes of heat ascending from pelvic organs
» chilly, sensitive to cold air
» great SADNESS AND WEEPING; dread of being alone, of men, of meeting friends
» INDIFFERENT to work, own family, to those she love's most
» headache during menses with scanty flow; pressing, bursting < motion, stooping, mental labor, > external pressure, hard motion; hair falls out after chronic headache
» yellowness of face with "saddle" across bridge of nose
» constipation with hard stool, knotty, difficult, pain in rectum during and long after stool; sense of weight or ball in anus not > by stool
» enuresis during first sleep
» ringworm, itching of skin not > by scratching
pulse:
» appears to be under a thick layer of fat even though there may be no fat on the wrist (Bhattacharya, p. 43)
modalities:
» worse: forenoon and evening, washing, dampness, left side, after sweat, cold air, before thunderstorm
» better: EXERCISE, pressure, warmth of bed, hot applications, drawing up limbs, cold bathing, after sleep
relationships:
» complementary: Nat-c., Nat-m., Nux-v., Sabad., Sulph.
» remedies that precede well: Puls., Sil., Sulph.
» remedies that follow well: Bell., Calc., Con., Carb-v., Graph., Lyc., Nat-c., Petr., Puls.
» incompatible: Lach., Puls.
» antidotes: Acon., Ant-c., Ant-t., Rhus-t.
dosage: 12C, 30C, 200C and higher. Do not repeat too frequently


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