Sepia



Respiratory

      Dry, fatiguing cough, as if coming from stomach; worse rapid change of temperature; with foul sputum. Whooping cough that drags on. Dyspnoea, worse after sleep better rapid motion. Sensation of emptiness in chest. Hypostatic pleuritis. Brown spots on chest. Rotten egg taste with coughing. Asthma. Chest symptoms better by pressure of hand. Neglected pneumonia.

Heart

      Circulation irregular; seems to stagnate. Palpitation; visible, ascends to occiput. An occasional hard thump of the heart. General pulsations. Ebullitions at night. Overfull blood vessels. Wakes up with violent beating of heart. Tremulous feeling with flushes. Nervous palpitation better walking fast; worse lying on left side.

Neck and Back

      Collar feels tight. Aching in inter-scapular or LUMBAR REGION; paralytic; wants to be pressed. Sudden pain in back, as if struck by a hammer worse stooping; kneeling. Pain in back better eructations, by pressing back against something hard. Weakness in small of back when walking; from uterine disease. Everything affects the back. Icy coldness between the scapulae. Cramps in buttocks when stretching out legs.

Extremities

      Hands purple. Cold hands in warm room. Tension in limbs as if they were too short. Limbs restless, twitching and jerking day and night. Knees and heels cold. Sciatica better during pregnancy; chronic, localizing in heels. Sensation of running, as from a mouse in lower limbs. Hot hands with cold feet or vice versa. A short walk fatigues much. Crippled nails. Hands sweaty. Skin of palms peels off.

Sleep

      Talks loudly during sleep. Dreams, worse if he lies on left side. Wakes frequently or as if he has been called.

Fever

      Easily chilled. Chilly with air hunger. Cold; in spots; on vertex; between scapulae; feet, in bed. Anxious hot flushes preceded by sudden weakness. Sweat; easy; offensive, with orgasms; on genitals, in axillae; or back; between menses. Irregular fevers. Heat ascending or as if hot water were poured over him.

Skin

      Blotched; raw, rough, hard or cracked; worse flexures. Boils in axilla. Thick crusts on elbows. Ulcers, on small joints. Epithelioma; on eyelids, lips. Wine coloured skin. Spots on skin. Ringworm worse every spring. Itching vesicles. Urticaria worse open air better warm room. Thick crusts form upon the joints. Indurations from constant pressure; with purple colour.

Related

      Calc-c; Caust; Con; Gels; Lil-t; Lyc; Murx; Nat-c; Nat-m; Pulsatilla

Complementary

      Nat-m; Nux-v; Phos; Psor; Puls; Sabad; Sulph.

S.R. Phatak
A pioneer of Homoeopathy in Maharashtra, Dr Shankar Raghunath Phatak was born on 6th September, 1896. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, in 1924. Started his practice but somehow not satisfied with Allopathic Treatment.

He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.

He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.