{"id":1136,"remedy_name":"Sabal Serrulata","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"In the provings, the tincture or fluid extract were used, from 5 to 10 drop doses, repeated \ntwo or three times \na day. A similar dosage has been adopted in the clinical use of the remedy.  \nSabal is an organ remedy of great power, selecting the uterus and prostatic  gland (which is the male analog \nof the uterus), ovaries and testes and bladder. For irritability of the genito -urinary organs, especially the \nprostate, ovaries, breasts, bladder and ure thra. It is soothing to the mucus membranes and is tonic, nutritive \nand stimulating to the overworked brain. \nProstate enlargement and weakness. Prostatitis. Epididymitis  and urinary difficulties. Iritis with prostatic \ntrouble. Homeopathic catheter for retention of urine due to enlarged prostate. \nGeneral and sexual debilit y. Nervous irritability with loss of sexual desire in both sexes. Sexual neurotics. \nValuable for undeveloped breast glands. Small and undeveloped genitals. \nSharp, stinging and wandering pains. Languor, apathy and indifference. Fear of going to sleep.  Promotes \nnutrition and tissue building.","modalities":"Better after sleep, from milk.  Worse from cold, damp, cloudy weather. Worse in early morning, \nfrom rising, at bedtime. Worse from sympathy. Worse before menses. Worse from motion. Back ache worse \nafter sex. Catarrhal symptoms are worse in cold, damp weather. Cough worse on lying down a t night. \nDepression worse before menses.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Difficult thinking, cannot grasp or re- memberwhatisread. Confused. Impatience, fretfulness. Irritability \nand depression, particularly before menses. Irritability from loss of sexual desire. Dislikes sympathy, makes \nthem angry. Self-concentrated on their own sufferings, wants to be left alone. Apathy. Wants to go away and \ndie alone. Indifference to wants of others. Fears to fall asleep lest something should happen. Starts up with \nfear as he is dozing. Difficult thinking, cannot grasp or re- memberwhatisread. Confused. Impatience, fretfulness. Irritability \nand depression, particularly before menses. Irritability from loss of sexual desire. Dislikes sympathy, makes \nthem angry. Self-concentrated on their own sufferings, wants to be left alone. Apathy. Wants to go away and \ndie alone. Indifference to wants of others. Fears to fall asleep lest something should happen. Starts up with \nfear as he is dozing.","Vertigo":"Vertigo with headache from fumes of oil. \nCOMMENTS - In his book, Saw Palmetto, Hale put together most of the available knowledge regarding this \n \n \nplant. It is a dwarf palm with a creeping (or leaning), branching stem, the edges of leaf and petioles serrate, \nroots fibrous, large, half exposed. \nThe fruit, so-called \u201cberry,\u201d is a one- seeded dupe about the size of an olive, dark purple when ripe, and ripening \nin October and November. The fruit is richer in sugar than sugar cane and contains two oils, one volatile and \none fixed. The volatile oil is considered to possess the most characteristic properties of the medicine.  \nHale described it as \u201cyellow,\u201d but he quoted John Uri Lloyd  of Cincinnati, as writing to him, \u201cThe principal \nconstituent is a volatile oil. This oil possesses a deep green color.\u201d And he goes on to say that the color is not \ndue to chlorophyll nor to the copper of the form used in condensing it. \nThis agrees with Es tep\u2019s contention that the preparation of Sabal should be dark green or grass -green. The \npreparation \nEstep used was a fluid extract prepared by Burrough Brothers of Baltimore from the \u201cfresh green berries.\u201d Hale \ndirects that the fresh ripe berries should be used. \nHale\u2019s tincture was of fresh ripe berries and seeds, all crushed and macerated in 90 percent alcohol for fourteen \ndays and decanted. He noted that the fluid extract was \u201cprobably four times stronger than the tincture.\u201d  \nC. S. Estep used a dark -green fluid extract that was made from the fresh green berries and as \u201calmost as \ngreen as grass and has an oily surface.\u201d He made his dilutions from this. Other preparations disappointed him. \nOil can be prepared from the expressed juice of the fruit by allowing it to stand a few days. Saccharated oil is \none part of the oil to seven parts of cane sugar. Malted Sabal is one part of the oil to seven of Maltine. Aqua \nOlei Sabal, for use as a spray, is a preparation suggested by Hale made by triturating 15 drops of th e oil with \nMag-c. 3j., gradually adding a pint of distilled water and decanting. \nThe preparation used by Dr. Mullin\u2019s prover was made by Boericke and Tafel. All are agreed that preparations \nof the dried fruit and of the root-bark do not possess the curative powers of the remedy. \nWhile on a trip through the wilds of Florida, Hale observed the great fattening properties of the berries on \nanimals. During summer, food is scanty and the wild animals become very thin, but as soon as the pal metto \nfruit ripens they improve rapidly. In a few weeks have put on so much fat that they become easy prey. This fat, \nsaid Hale, \u201cconsists principally of olein and will not make lard.\u201d \nDr. Langton said that she gave 5 drop doses four times daily in cases of overworked brain and  school-\nheadache for the \u201ctonic, nutri tive and stimulating\u201d effect of the remedy. She gives the lx as soon as relief has \nbeen obtained and she finds that the dilution often gives greater relief than the larger doses for the headaches. \nMullins said \u201cI now found the use of the drug in the 3c and 6c potency curative in nearly all of the diseases of \nthe uterus  and appendages. Also in headache from reflexes uterine troubles in breast abscess, mental \nirritations and nervous debility.\u201d He thought that it well deserved the name of \u201cThe Homeopathic Catheter,\u201d but \nhe added that it must be given on its individual indications. \nW. E. Rely published three cases illustrat ing the prostatic action of Sabal. The first, Mr. J., 56, was very \ndespondent, irritable. Sympathy seemed to anger him. Great tenesmus in neck of bladder with heavy, aching \npains with sense of coldness extend ing into external genitals. Occasional sharp pains extending up into \nabdomen and down into thighs. Capricious appetite. Chronic constipation. Urin ation too frequent, dis turbing \nsleep. \nSabal tincture was given, five drops, night and morning. Steady improvement followed, and in eight weeks all \nthe symptoms had gone and with them an annoying eczema of the hands.  \nThe second case was Mr. M., 45, who had increasing frequency of urination for a year. Despondent, distressed. \nCapricious appetite. Vertex headache and gastric catarrh. Little sexual desire. Sex followed by digging pain in \nback and tenesmus of bladder with difficulty in commencing to urinate. \nGenitals were cold, dull aching in region of prostate, extending to abdomen and thighs. Sabal tincture gradually \nrelieved and cured in three weeks. \nThe third case concerned Mr. E., 35. He had frequent urination for one and a half years. Heavy, dragging \npains, extending into back and thighs, back pains much after sex. Considerable loss of prostatic fluid at times. \nSexual desire much impeded. Severe headache on vertex and gastric catarrh. All symptoms were removed \nby Sabal tincture. \nHale said that E. S. Evans of Columbus, Ohio, considered Sabal \u201calmost specific in iritis when the prostate \ngland in involved. I have cured cases with the 3x which could not be relieved in any other way.\u201d  \nA. L. Davidson related acase of impotence in a man, 51, who had difficult urin ation, tenderness of prostatic \nportion of urethra, \nloss of power. His testicles shrunk, penis shrunk and cold. \nSabal tincture, 15 drops, four times a day, was prescribed. At the end of the first week he complained of \ndrawing pains in spermatic cords, there was freer flow of urine, he slept better and felt better. At the end of the \nsecond week the testes gradually increased in size. The urethral tenderness had nearly disappeared and \n \n \nerections were established. In two weeks more the cure was complete, the testes were even larger and firmer \nthan normal. \nJ. Martin Kershaw of St. Louis, treated a young woman, 23, who had great difficulty in controlling her urine all \nher life. Undue exertion, lifting, straining, or laughing caused it to dribble away. Unless she rose several times \nin the night, she was sure to wet the bed. Sabal tincture, one drop, four times a day, was given. In one month \nshe was much improved and under the same remedy she gradually got quite well.  \nElias C. Price reported three cases. The first was  a case of a very nervous, sensitive woman with chronic \ninflammation of the bladder, frequent, painful urination, ten to twelve times in the night and every fifteen to \nthirty minutes during the day. Spells of pressing pain on rectum, better by warm water enemas, which generally \nbrought away hardened feces. \nLil-t. 3x removed this temporarily. Rectal examination disclosed a hard, fleshy tumor the size of half a hen\u2019s \negg on the posterior aspect of the uterus. Sabal fluid extract 5 drops, thrice daily, diminished the tumor by half \nin two months and removed it entirely in three more. \nPrices\u2019 next case was of Mrs. X. who, five days after confinement after her first child, had irritation of kidneys \nand a week later symptoms of pelvic peritonitis. Her uterus was mu ch enlarged, very tender. She did not \nurinate very often, but when she did the pain was so excruciating that she fainted away and sometimes did not \ncome to for an hour. \u2022 \nFor three days no remedy did any good. Then she had a violent pain on the right ^ide of her head above and \nbehind the \near, and paralysis of her left arm and leg. She became unconscious and could not be aroused, at times would \ntalk of things that had occurred before her illness, insensible to external impressions.  \nShe remained so for ten days. Sabal fluid extract, 20 drops, every two hours, relieved the pain on being raised \nto urinate after the second dose. Recovery from the other condition was very gradual.  \nThe third case was of Miss X., 22, who had irregular menses for years, having once gone nine months without \na period. When she came to Price she was three months past her time, one breast was much smaller than the \nother. \nSabal fluid extract was given, 5 drops, thrice daily. In about a month the menses came on freely, lasting four \ndays instead of the usual two. Breasts began to increase in size. In three months one was as large as the \nother. The following year she again missed her time and Sabal brought it right in a week.  \nUsing Sabal, Price has cured cases of pelvic cellulitis, peritonitis, puerperal fever inflammation of uterus, tubes, \novaries and even appendicitis and proctitis, especially if the prostatic gland is involved. Enlarged prostates. \nAcute prostatitis. Prostate conditions relating to impotence. Prostate cancer (Con.). Frequent urination. Chronic \nbladder inflammation. Benign prostatic hypertrophy. \nCharacteristic stinging pains. Wandering, radiating and cramping pains were also prominent. Sabal has several \ngroups of associated regions of pain: pains affecting head and ovary, ovar ies and breasts, lower back and \nright temple, prostate and eye. Mainly used in tincture.","Head":"Severe headache with giddiness and dim vision. Headache of weak per sons. Neuralgia in feeble \npatients. Sharp, darting pains here and there, coming and going suddenly. Pain runs up from nose and centers \nin forehead. Dull, aching pain \nin right temple and on vertex. Pain and irritation at base of brain and upper third of cervical spine (Gels.). \nSensation as if something tightening in brain. \nKidneys - Pain or irritation in region of kidneys. Excruciating pain and fainting on being raised up to urinate. Severe headache with giddiness and dim vision. Headache of weak per sons. Neuralgia in feeble \npatients. Sharp, darting pains here and there, coming and going suddenly. Pain runs up from nose and centers \nin forehead. Dull, aching pain \nin right temple and on vertex. Pain and irritation at base of brain and upper third of cervical spine (Gels.). \nSensation as if something tightening in brain. \nKidneys - Pain or irritation in region of kidneys. Excruciating pain and fainting on being raised up to urinate.","Eyes":"Iritis when prostate gland is involved. Dim vision during headache.","Ears":"Chronic inflammation of middle ear. Fullness in nose and ears. Frequent sharp, stitch-like pains inward \nfrom ears. Hearing diminished, voices seem far off.","Face":"Papular eruption on left temple and about mouth. Slight neuralgia in right temple and right jaw. Pallor.","Mouth":"Pungent, burning sensation in mouth and fauces, causing sneezing, coughing, and gagging. As if \nmouth coated with fat. Burning on tongue as if scalded. \nNose - Pain at root of nose. Pain running up from nose a nd centering in forehead. Fullness in nostrils, \ncompelling him to pick them. Catarrhal symptoms, worse cold, damp weather. Sneezing and lachryma tion, \ncoughing and gagging. \nProstate - Prostatitis. Emission of prostatic fluid during stool, on straining at stool, during urination. Prostatic \nweakness with discharge of prostatic fluid. Enlarged prostate.  Dull aching in prostate extend ing into \nabdomen. Cystitis from prostate enlargement. Dribbling of urine from prostate enlargement.","Throat":"Voice changed, throat feels husky. Sharp pain in left side of throat. Pungent, burnin g sensation in \nfauces, followed by smooth sensation, as if coated with oil.","Chest":"Sharp pain in left side of chest, running through left breast. \nConstitutions - Sycotic constitutions. Chronic bronchitis (Stann., Hep.). Copious expectoration with catarrh of nose. Wheezing cough, worse \nlying down, until 6 a.m.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Sharp pain running through stomach. Severe pain in left side of stom ach. Irritation of stomach. \nBelching and acidity. Acute gastritis, fearful burning as from sulphuric acid. Could not take meat, vegetable, or \npudding, only bread and milk. Sudden, intense, cramp-like pain through abdomen. Sharp, stinging pains running up and down \nfront of abdomen, and also right side. Pain extending to thighs. Appetite poor and capricious. Mal nutrition and great emaciation. Better from bread, milk. Constant \ndesire for buttermilk, milk (Rhus -t., Tub.), which is usually disliked. Aversion to mother\u2019s milk. Worse meat, \npudding, vegetables.","Urinary & Genital":"Coldness of genitals. Drawing pains in spermatic cords. Slight twisting chordee as if stretched from the \nroot. Atrophy of testes. Testes drawn up, painfully. Epididymitis. Gonorrhea. Impotency, loss of sexual \npower. Hard erections. Semen thick, causes hot feeling along the cord. Sex is painful at the time of emission. \nLoss of sex drive. Sexual neurotics with suppressed or perverted sexual inclination. Amenorrhea. Ovaries tender and enlarged. Stinging pain in ovary, pains running down the thighs. \nStinging pain in uterus. Uterine tumor. Heavy feeling over womb. Vulva feels open. Sensation of coldness in \ngenitals. Awakened by a most distressing itching of labia majora. Furious sexual passion. Loss of sex drive. \nSexual neurotics with suppressed or perverted sexual inclination.","Extremities":"Pains into thighs, radiating in dif ferent directions, settling in ovaries. Sharp pain running down thigh. \nAching in knee and calf. Annoying eczema of hands.","Neck & Back":"Aching across lower part of back. Deep pains in lower back. Fearful back ache, pain in sa cral region, \nbefore and at commencement of menses. Backache after sex. \nBladder - Feeling as if bladder too full. Heavy, aching pain and sense of coldness in bladder, extending to \nexternal genitals. Painful starting the flow, as if forced through very narro w meatus. Feeling as of  a stricture \nabout two inches down urethra. Urethra sensation of narrowness ( Arg-n.). Difficult urination, smarting, burning \n \n \nin urethra. Paresis of bladder sphincter. Cystitis from prostate enlargement.  Painful urination, connected  \nwith ovarian pain. Urinary sediment. Incontinence from any exertion, lifting, laughing. Constant desire to pass \nurine at night. Bedwetting. Chronic gonorrhea. \nBreasts - One breast smaller than other. Breasts shrink in size  (lod., Kali-i.), or increase rap idly. Breasts, \nsore, tender and full feeling, itching. Stinging in breasts, soreness worse after cold bath. Sharp pains in \nmammary glands. Pain in breasts, worse coldness, pressure. Defective lactation.","Skin":"Papular eruption on face. Eczema of hands.","Sleep":"Fears to fall asleep lest somethi ng should happen, starts up with this fear when he is dozing. Wakes \nfrom coldness. Awakened by stinging pains in ovaries, or by a distressing itching of labia majora."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}