Marvelous remedy of Sepia

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Permalink Reply by tihana buterin on November 14, 2009 at 3:35pm

Hi Seyedaghanoor,
I will add some general informations about Sepia
or
Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
The cuttlefish is a soft-bodied mollusk with eight arms that is closely related to the squid and octopus - the eight arms reminds me on what all sepia likes to do.... most of the women (or men) I know and have sepia characteristics are very busy people doing many things in the same time);
When threatened, it releases spurts of dark ink called sepia that cloud the water and camouflage its retreat.
Preparation:
The ink is harvested and dried before being triturated, or ground into a fine powder, with lactose to produce a mother tincture.

Parts used:
Pure pigments in the ink.

Source
Found mainly in the Mediterranean Sea, Tasmania or New Zealand.

Use:
Sepia soothes disturbances of the metabolism and autonomic nervous system. It also helps restore hormonal balance in women, positively affecting the uterus and ovaries. By improving blood circulation to the organs, especially those in the abdominal cavity. Sepia helps nourish and strengthen them. Plus, it can aid in lifting depression.
Sepia offers help to all women whose menstrual periods are extremely irregular and either too heavy or too light. These women often report a sense of heaviness in the lower abdomen and legs. The remedy is also prescribed for easing hot flashes during menopause, and for digestive ailments, such as nausea, constipation, flatulence and vomiting. For those who are deeply depressed and apathetic - especially women who feel overwhelmed by the responsibilities of family and/or career-Sepia can prove very valuable.

Sepia acts on the uterus, ovaries, and vagina and is mainly used for gynecological complaints, for example, PMS, painful or heavy menstruation, hot flashes during menopause, emotional and physical symptoms during and after pregnancy, candidiasis, and a sagging or prolapsed uterus. It is an excellent remedy for women who are averse to, or suffer pain during sexual intercourse and feel exhausted afterward. Women who dislike being touched either premenstrually, during menopause, or as a result of emotional problems are also helped by this remedy.

Sepia is effective for complaints accompanied by exhaustion, such as an aching back and sides due to muscle weakness. It is also good for the following: indigestion from milk and fatty foods, with gas and tenderness in the abdomen; headaches with nausea; dizziness; hair loss; salty-tasting mucus due to a cold or allergy; brownish yellow, itchy, discolored patches of skin; profuse sweating; and sweaty feet.

This remedy is also good for circulatory problems, for example, hot and cold flashes, and varicose veins.


Personality profile

A slender body, drooping shoulders and dark hair are charecteristics if this type. Her complexion is pale, and she often has circles under her eyes. Chronic pelvic problems are particularly common. She tends towards dejection and melancholy and she avoids social gatherings, preferring instead quiet and solitude.
Sepia's natural independence sets her apart from other women. She seeks to be herself, unfettered by the expectations of others, especially those of men, refusing to let other people mould her personality to their own ends. This independence of Sepia sometimes gives her a certain masculine appearance, but it is not really masculinity.
Sepia likes activities for example dancing, running, a preference to be moving, always doing something. They like their personal space to the degree that others may find them anti-social. They are independent by nature and dislike being cornered or obligated by others. Often obsessive about cleanliness. Often indifferent to their children, husband, family.
They are creative, spiritual and intuitive, with a high degree of self-awareness. Irritable by sounds, short tempered, insecure, with a low sex drive and they often feel fatigued.


MODALITIES:

Amelioration: ' Violent motion, warmth, pressure, hot application, crossing or drawing limbs up, cold drinks, bath, evening, eating.
Aggravation: Cold, sexual excesses, pregnancy, morning and evening, kneeling and stooping, fasting, 2 -4 p.m., 3 - 5 p.m., sea, menses, loss of fluids, left side

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Permalink Reply by tihana buterin on November 14, 2009 at 3:42pm

A beautiful explanation of Sepia by Vithoulkas:
"Another remedy in which we don't expect to see jealousy is Sepia. Stasis comes into mind when studying Sepia; stasis which comes because of some action on the dynamic plane. When the two poles of the energy in the body come together and cause a state of non-existence and become neutralised, Sepia in its picture has the idea of stasis.

On the physical level we find Stasis of the uterus, prolapsus of the uterus. Muscles become weak because of the loss of control by the autonomic nervous system. Sense of fullness in the rectum. Constipation without urging. Empty feeling in the stomach, a kind of gnawing hunger. Aversion to food, even the smell. Constant nausea, worse in the morning (morning sickness during pregnancy).

She eats and eats and can't get a full feeling. Vessels neither contract nor dilate. Think of Raynaud's disease.

Sepia has low blood pressure. A paralysis of the vessels, they are not functioning properly. White to red to blue, with the stasis, needs vigorous activity to counteract. Better with vigorous activity, walking fast and long.

In the emotional state we also have the same idea of stasis. Stillness of emotions. Feeling without emotion. Can't be stimulated to have joy or emotion by any stimulus.

The emotions that have been stilled refer to the complaints. Affection and the joy of life. Can be so long in that state that she can't remember since when. Life begins running through her when she feels better again.
Doesn't express jealousy directly. Destroys objects the partner loves
Sepia will not express jealousy directly. What will it do? It will try to destroy things the other person loves. Whomever or whatever the other person loves. For example: a book. The partner reads a book and finds it fantastic. Suddenly the book disappears. It ended in the fireplace. Or: "I love this song, this CD." Suddenly the CD is destroyed. Sepia doesn't say it directly. Instead, it tries to destroy beloved things. Or it says things it knows the other person is sensitive to. Sepia understands very quickly where someone has his weak points.

Immediately finds the weak spot of others, hurts them verbally
Sepia is hard and cutting, sarcastic, penetrating, has no sense of limits of how far it can go. They don't care if they hurt someone. They are highly intelligent and have a penetrating mind. They can see through people and can remain unattached (pathological detachment). But they are not intentionally malicious. Their detachment makes them very acute observers. If you spend some time with a Sepia person, he or she will detect all your weak points.

In the books they say Sepia is spiteful. Everyone is spiteful, but Sepia will find the point exactly where you feel the pain, and she will hit you there.

She will hit you right there if she wants to. This is characteristic for Sepia in general. Sepia will not directly fight or have strong emotions or strong reactions. But it can become angry and irritable easily.

Sepia is low profile, low key in its expression. The patients will complain that natural emotions that should be there are not there any more. For example, to love your children is a natural emotion, but even that goes away. This situation will come as a result of shocks from traumatic experiences of the emotions. The emotions, mind and sexual instinct all drop, together with the feeling that all the internal organs of the abdomen will fall out.

All the time there is an internal pressure. They feel that the internal organs will go out so they feel better sitting cross-legged. With this support the intestines feel better. In this state of Sepia, you can say it is a remedy that is pathologically detached from the ones she loves. There is no real attachment. These feelings of love which connect two people are not there.

So love is a natural feeling, but it contains within itself the possibility of pain. So the most dangerous thing you can do is to love with attachment. That entails the possibility of pain to a very great degree. Sepia understands that and she does not do it. She prefers to sit back and look upon a relationship in a detached manner. Eventually she cannot love anymore.

Most probably the pathology of Sepia is formed in an individual who has been disappointed. This excitable and sensitive individual came into contact with a certain stress situation, regresses back and collapses into Sepia. It is a collapse of the emotional level, leading to a collapse of all three levels.

The idea of collapse. The uterus loses its power of contraction. When a woman has an orgasm, normally there is contraction. Sepia cannot have an orgasm.

Sepia individuals are tired physically, mentally and emotionally. It can be a man who was very active and then becomes less and less active and less and less interested in sex. In women it becomes an aversion to sex. Anything to do with sexual matters makes her feel nauseous.

If she is married and goes into a Sepia state, she cannot handle it. The husband wants sex and finally she pretends, and it is a torture. I have treated women who pretended for years that they were enjoying sex when actually they had an aversion to sex. Even a caress disturbs them. If some sexual connotation is put into the caress, they are repulsed. If the caress is fatherly, it is acceptable.

Sepia will usually cry during consultation. She has spells of weeping and all her suffering comes to her mind. In that emotional state, the best thing for her is to isolate herself. "

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Permalink Reply by Gina Tyler DHOM on November 14, 2009 at 4:15pm

Sepia will usually cry during consultation. She has spells of weeping and all her suffering comes to her mind. In that emotional state, the best thing for her is to isolate herself. "


my reply to this comment;
Sepia suffers in silence (no crying in public just like NAt Mur) if sep is verry repressed/suppressed.
Many women that reach menopause years will turn into sep const. That were NOT sep before reaching menopause. An obsevation made from my own patient database.
Something triggers a patient into a 'sepia' state.................................

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Permalink Reply by Debby Bruck on November 27, 2009 at 10:13pm

Thank you to all who contributed to this review of 'Sepia'. Very useful.

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