Sep, Sepia

Sep in brief

• Female remedy
• Suited to nervous and delicate constitution.
• Yellow saddle across nose
• Irritable, faint from least exertion, leuco-phlegmatic constitution.
• Aversion to occupation, to family.
• Unresponsive towards family and life.
• Dread to be alone. Weeps when telling symptoms. Weeping worse from consolation.
• Self pity

Sankran view

• Sepia is an animal remedy made from the ink of the cuttlefish. It belongs to the syco-syphilitic miasm. 
• Her main feeling is forced to undertake things opposed to her intentions, to do what she doesn’t want to do. It is a chronic situation in which she has been dominated and not allowed to have her way.
• There is a feeling of dependence in Sep.
• Feeling of unrequited love and the need to be attractive. (Sep ₳ Tarent)
• She feels that her body is disfigured and unattractive, esp to the opposite sex. therefore in order to keep her partner happy, she has to do what he wishes, not what she wishes. She feels forced to accept situations against her will, because of her feeling of not being good enough. This makes her miserable and she feels unfortunate.

• Sep inner conversation “Do what you want to do, be independent, occupy yourself.” But if you are too independent you will lose your support and will not be able to keep your husband and children happy.
• Dreams of rape: She is tired, doesn’t want to have sex, but to keep her husband happy, she does it against her will, thus feeling forced to do it against her will.
• Envy and dreams of snakes (Lach ₳ Sep),

Depression remedies (Nat-m ₳ Sep) (Con ₳ Sep)

Sep is concerned with occupation and business (Nux-v ₳ Sep)

Rubrics:

•         Undertakes things opposed to his intentions.
•         Anger, from contradiction.
•         Indifference, loved ones, to.
•         Cares, full of, about domestic affairs.
•         Delusion, that he is unfortunate.
•         Exertion, from mental, aggravates.
•         Fear, of poverty.
•         Hysteria.
•         Indifference to everything.
•         Occupation ameliorates.
•         Industrious.
•         Irritability, consolation aggravates.
•         Weeping when telling of her sickness.
•         Will, contradiction of.

Kent:

•         Cataract in women.
•         Eye, falling of lids during headache.
•         Nose, yellow saddle across.
•         Skin, cracks in winter.

Phatak:

•         Busy, when, ameliorates.
•         Sadness over one’s health.
•         Lying on hands and knees ameliorates.
•         Sadness, domestic affairs, over.
•         Desire for bitter drinks

Core them

Generality	Apathy	Diagnostic triangle
Recovery with vigorous movement Recovery in the middle of the day Bearing in Mind Pain and heaviness of the epigastrium Bladder Irritability	Indifferent to loved ones. Sep 's apathy is seen in people over 30 years old, and in younger people it usually shows itself in the form of feminist thoughts. Sep is more excitable at younger ages	Morning late rising Chilly, Cold agg Constipation

Female remedy

Sep is a female genital remedy (Kreos ₳ Sep)

PMS

• Yellow-faced individual, thin, yellow saddle nose and dark circles around the eyes, especially before menses

• Before / During / After menses agg, esp Mental / Skin problems (Lach ₳ Sep) (Nat-m ₳ Sep) (Puls ₳ Sep)

• Feeling of Sudden Pressure / Contraction / Expansion of the uterus before menses

  Female - MENSES, general - mental symptoms, menses, during LACH , PULS

  Female - MENSES, general - mental symptoms, menses, during - before LACH, NAT-M, PULS

Bearing down pains

• Bearing down pains during menses that agg with Standing / Walking. (Bell ₳ Sep) (Kreos ₳ Sep)
• Sitting and crossing limbs amel or press her hand on her uterus to prevent the uterus from coming out.(Lil-t ₳ Sep) (Murx ₳ Sep)

  Female - BEARING down pain, genitalia and uterus - crossing, limbs amel.

  Female - BEARING down pain, genitalia and uterus - pressing on vulva amel.

  Female - BEARING down pain, genitalia and uterus – afternoon : Mag-m

  Female - BEARING down pain, genitalia and uterus - come out, as if everything would : BELL , KREOS , LIL-T , NAT-HCHLS

  Female - BEARING down pain, genitalia and uterus - crossing, limbs amel. : LIL-T , Murx.

  Female - BEARING down pain, genitalia and uterus – morning : BELL , NAT-M

  Female - BEARING down pain, genitalia and uterus - pressing on vulva amel. : LIL-T, MURX

  Female - BEARING down pain, genitalia and uterus - standing, agg.

  Female - BEARING down pain, genitalia and uterus - supports, abdomen with hands

  Female - BEARING down pain, genitalia and uterus - walking, agg. : NAT-HCHLS

• Bearing down pain agg when Urinating / Feeling of urinating

  Female - BEARING down pain, genitalia and uterus - urging, to urinate, on

Uterus atony

Female - ATONY, uterus CAUL. HELON. PULS

• Various types of Lumbosacral pains

AUB

• The best remedy for bleeding 5-7th month of pregnancy
• Heavy menses during menopause or after childbirth
• Very early and heavy periods

  Female - MENSES, general - frequent, too early, too soon - profuse, and : Kali-c , Stann

• Prolonged menses, 8 -10 days

Female - MENSES, general - protracted - 8 to 9 days - 8 to 10 days : Plat

• Bleeding starts again after stopping, esp in elderly women

Female - MENSES, general - return, after having ceased, the periods :LYC

Female - MENSES, general - return, after having ceased, the periods - elderly woman, in an

• Bleeding on the 14th day between menses

Female - MENSES, general - between, periods, menses appear

Genital Herpes

Female - HERPES, genitalia NAT-M , PETR

• Menses problems after childbirth and during breastfeeding

Female - MENSES, general - ailments, of menses - childbirth, after: Tub.

Female - MENSES, general - ailments, of menses - weaning, after : Puls

Menses quality disorders

• Bloody mucus

Female - MENSES, general - bloody, mucus : PULS

• Frequent changes in the shape of the period

Female - MENSES, general - changeable, in appearance : PULS

• Dark blood
• Green period
• Intermittent menses (Puls ₳ Sep)
• Irregular painful menses esp in newly matured girls

Female - MENSES, general - irregular - painful, girls, in, since the first period : Puls

Female - MENSES, general - irregular - painful, girls, in, since the first period - girls, young, in

Female - MENSES, general - irregular - puberty, at Puls

• Pale menses

Female - MENSES, general - pale : FERR. GRAPH. NAT-M. Sep

• Heavy menses with madness

Female - MENSES, general - profuse - mania, with

• Menses blood is stringy and sticky

Female - MENSES, general - ropy, tenacious, stringy CROC

Infertility

• Importance (Weakness and decrease in genital tonocity) (Nit-ac ₳ Sep)

Female – INFERTILITY : NAT-C , NAT-M

• Delayed orgasm

Female - SEXUAL, behavior - orgasm, delayed : Berb, brom, caust, Nat-m

Female - SEXUAL, behavior - orgasm, delayed - lacking Brom.mp1 calad.mp1 Nat-m. Sep.

• No Sex pleasure because her vagina has no sensation during sex

Female - INSENSITIVITY, vagina - sex, during Berb.mp1 brom.mp1 Ferr. Ferr-ma.mp1 Ign. Phos. Plat. Thuj.

Female - SEXUAL, behavior - enjoyment absent - diminished nat-m. plat. tarent.

• Rejects the offer of sex

Female - SEXUAL, behavior - refuses to have conjugal sex con. Ign.mp1 lyc. nat-m. Sep.

• Painful vaginismus during sex due to genital dryness

Female - VAGINISMUS, vagina - painful, during sex ARG-N. CACT. LYSS.. NAT-M. STAPH.

Menopause

• Abnormal bleeding in menopause (Calc, Graph, Lach, Sang, Sul, Ust)
• Genital dryness (Graph, Alum), esp vaginal (Nat-m, lyc)
• Hot flashes and + Sweating (Lach, Tub)

Female - MENSES, general - menopause, during: LACH, SABIN

Amenorrhea

With	Causation	Short / Scanty
Amenorrhea + Slowness / Apathy Amenorrhea + Libido decreased in weak women (Helon ₳ Sep)	Menses Suppression due to shivering and cold Due to Hysteria (Ign ₳ Sep) (Nux-m ₳ Sep) Due to Physical weakness (Ars ₳ Sep)	At the appointed time, she feels that she is getting her menses, but there is nothing Menses delay, esp 5 days Esp at puberty Delayed Scanty menses Delay of several months (Kali-c ₳ Sep) Short menses of 2 to 3 days or even just one day

Modalities

• Blood flows only when lying down (opposite to Puls) (Puls ₳ Sep)

• Scanty Menses starts only in the morning or with movement

Female - MENSES, general - morning - only

• Menstrual suppression
  • Flushing, congestion and heat in the head towards the chest due to menses suppression (Calc ₳ Sep)

Female - MENSES, general - suppressed - congestion, with, cerebral

Female - MENSES, general - suppressed - congestion, with, cerebral - chest, to : Calc

PID

• Chronic inflammation of the ovary (sensitivity to touch)
• Vascular congestion of the genital area
• Enlargement, endometriosis, prolapse of uterus and cervix
• Left sided: Tendency to the left side genital (Lach, Puls, Cimic)

• Irregular Menses+ Leucorrhoea

Female - MENSES, general - irregular - vaginal discharge, before

• Scanty menses + Leucorrhoea

Female - MENSES, general - scanty - vaginal discharge, with - after

Leukorrhea

How??	With	When??
Albuminous (Borx, NAt-m, Hydr) Bloody (Calc-s, Chin, Croc, Nit-c) Brown (Lil-t, Nit-ac) Yellow-green esp watery and runny Greenish (Carb-v, Kali-bi, Merc, Nat-m, Nat-s, Nit-ac, Thuj) Gushing (Calc, Graph, Lyc, Sil) Lumpy Candida albicans Cream-like (Nat-p, Puls, Tril-p) Milky (Calc, Kali-m, Puls) Purulent (Calc) Offensive (Carb-ac, KAli-p, Kreos, Psor) Profuse (Calc, Graph, Sil, Stann, Sul-i) Staining, linen	Uterus Atony (Helon) Leukorrhea leads to Burning / Itching (Borx, Calc, Calc-s, Kreos, Puls, Sul) History of abortion Vaginitis + Itching (Calad, Nit-ac, Kreos) Vaginal itching, esp during pregnancy	Leukorrhoea during the day and bleeding at night Immature girls (Med, Merc) Puberty (Ferr, Puls) Menopause during (Graph) Menses After (Bov, Calc, Calc-p) Menses during (Bov, Calc, Graph) Menses between (Borx, Calc, Graph) Instead of menses (Ars) Urination after Vomiting efforts after Intercourse after During pregnancy (Kreos, Puls)

Other indications

Vitiligo