Sepia
sepi-offSEPIA OFFICINALIS
Inky Juice of Cuttlefish Acts specially on the portal system, with venous congestion. Stasis and thereby ptosis of viscera and weariness and misery. Weakness, yellow complexion, bearing-down sensation, especially in women, upon whose organism it has most pronounced effect. Pains extend down to back, chills easily. Tendency to abortion. Hot flashes at menopause with weakness and perspiration. Upward tendency of its symptoms. Easy fainting. "Ball" sensation in inner parts. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General →
These texts come from 5 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1908 to 1931, now in the public domain. They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence. Nothing on this page is medical advice: for any health problem, see a qualified doctor.
Where each author writes about Sepia
A map of the books. Each number counts the sections, or the paragraphs the author labelled himself, that one book gives a topic, and opens the first of them in that book. Kent and Farrington wrote lectures, so only what they labelled is counted.
| Topic | Boger | Allen | Boericke | Kent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynotes | 1 | 1 | none | none |
| Mind | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| General | none | none | 1 | none |
| Modalities | 2 | none | 1 | none |
| Head | none | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Face | none | none | 1 | 2 |
| Eyes | none | none | 1 | none |
| Ears | none | none | 1 | none |
| Nose | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Mouth | none | none | 1 | none |
| Stomach | none | none | 1 | 2 |
| Abdomen | none | none | 1 | 2 |
| Rectum | none | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Urinary | none | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Male | none | none | 1 | none |
| Female | none | none | 1 | none |
| Respiratory | none | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Heart | none | none | 1 | none |
| Back | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Extremities | none | none | 1 | none |
| Skin | none | none | 1 | 2 |
| Fever | none | none | 1 | none |
Relationships
- Complementary:
- Copaiva officinalis (Boger),
- Eupatorium perfoliatum (Boger),
- Gelsemium sempervirens (Boger),
- Ignatia amara (Boger),
- Natrum carbonicum (Boger),
- Natrum muriaticum (Boericke, Boger),
- Nitricum acidum (Boericke),
- Nux vomica (Boericke),
- Petroleum (Boericke, Boger),
- Phosphorus (Boericke, Boger),
- Psorinum (Boger),
- Pulsatilla (Boger),
- Sabadilla (Boericke),
- Sarsaparilla (Boericke, Boger),
- Thlaspi bursa pastoris (Boger),
- Tuberculinum (Boger)
- Followed well by:
- Dulcamara (Allen),
- Graphites (Allen),
- Natrum carbonicum (Allen),
- Nux vomica (Allen),
- Pulsatilla (Allen)
- Compatible:
- Sulphur (Allen)
- Related:
- Aloe socotrina (Boger),
- Asterias rubens (Boger),
- Caulophyllum thalictroides (Boger),
- Causticum hahnemanni (Boger),
- Fraxinus americana (Boger),
- Gelsemium sempervirens (Boger),
- Helonias dioica (Boger),
- Ignatia amara (Boger),
- Lachesis mutus (Boger),
- Lilium tigrinum (Boger),
- Magnesia muriatica (Boger),
- Natrum muriaticum (Boger),
- Petroleum (Boger),
- Pulsatilla (Boger),
- Sabal serrulata (Boger),
- Tuberculinum (Boger),
- Verbascum thapsus (Boger),
- Viburnum opulus (Boger)
- Similar:
- Asterias rubens (Allen),
- Aurum metallicum (Allen),
- Carbo animalis (Allen),
- Caulophyllum thalictroides (Allen),
- Cimicifuga racemosa (Allen),
- Lac caninum (Allen),
- Lachesis mutus (Allen),
- Sanguinaria canadensis (Allen),
- Ustilago maydis (Allen)
As each book states it.
Sepia in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931
KeynotesDraggy, relaxed females -lithæmic, plethoric, - subject to prolapses or easy dislocations. Uterine reflexes. Symptoms settle in back; shoot up, < rectum, vagina, etc.; backward, head (l), ileo-cæcal region, ovary, etc., or cause shuddering. AS OF A LUMP or a rolling over internally. Weak, empty, hollow feeling; in epigastrium, chest, muscles, lumbar back, hips, knees, etc., or fulness. Milky discharges. Bleedings.
Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.
Read Boger on Sepia in full →Sepia in Allen's Keynotes
H.C. Allen · 3rd edition (1910) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
KeynotesSepia Cuttle Fish. Molliisca. Adapted to persons of dark hair, rigid fibre, but mild and easy disposition (Puls.). Diseases of women : especially those occurring during pregnancy, childbed and lactation ; or diseases attended with sudden prostration and sinking faintness (Murex, Niix m.); ‘^the washerwoman’s remedy,” complaints that are brought on by or aggravated after laundry work.
Read Allen on Sepia in full →Sepia in Clinical Materia Medica
Ernest Albert Farrington · 4th edition, revised and enlarged by Harvey Farrington (1908) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
LectureLecture X — Sepia Belonging to the Mollusca is an animal called the Sepia, or cuttlefish. A hard calcareous substance belonging to the cuttle-fish is, you all know, used for the feeding of birds. The animal itself possesses a little sac or pouch which contains a dark brown, almost black, fluid. When pursued by larger fish it ejects this fluid, thus clouding the water and protecting itself from its foe.
Read Farrington on Sepia in full →Sepia in Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
MindIndifferent to those loved best. Averse to occupation, to family. Irritable; easily offended. Dreads to be alone. Very sad. Weeps when telling symptoms. Miserly. Anxious toward evening; indolent.
- Mind
- General
- Modalities
- Head
- Face
- Eyes
- Ears
- Nose
- Mouth
- Stomach
- Abdomen
- Rectum
- Urinary
- Male
- Female
- Respiratory
- Heart
- Back
- Extremities
- Skin
- Fever
- Relationships
- Dose
Sepia in Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica
James Tyler Kent · 2nd edition (preface dated 1 September 1911)
LectureSepia Sepia is suited to tall, slim women with narrow pelvis and lax fibers and muscles; such a woman is not well built as a woman. A woman who has the hips of a well-built man is not built for child bearing, she cannot perform the functions of a woman without becoming relaxed in the pelvic organs and tissues. Such a build is a Sepia build, very tall, slim, narrow, straight from the shoulders all the way down.
Read Kent on Sepia in full →Where the repertories grade Sepia highest
Rubrics in which Sepia has the top grade (Kent’s 3, Bönninghausen’s 4). Each page lists every remedy in the rubric with its grade.
- Mind, impetuousKent’s Repertory · 31 remedies
- Mind, aversionKent’s Repertory · 35 remedies
- Mind, businessKent’s Repertory · 42 remedies
- Mind, frightened easilyKent’s Repertory · 76 remedies
- Generalities, ball internallyKent’s Repertory · 37 remedies
- Generalities, emissions agg.Kent’s Repertory · 39 remedies
- Generalities, rubbing agg.Kent’s Repertory · 42 remedies
- Generalities, nursing childrenKent’s Repertory · 50 remedies
- Aggravations, cloudy weatherBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 32 remedies
- Aggravations, emissionsBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 42 remedies
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