German Sabal Serrulata Mother Tincture Q

German Sabal Serrulata Mother Tincture Q:

Also known as Saw Palmetto, Sereboa Repens. Also known as Saw Palmetto, Sereboa Repens. Made by crushing the berries of the palm tree 

Sphere of Action - Mind, stomach, Genito urinary system

About: Botanically known as Serenoa repens Hook., Chamaerop serrulata Michx., Serenoa serrulata (Michx), Sabal serrulata is a well-established herb for urinary troubles in the elderly. Commonly known as Saw palmetto, it is found on the Atlantic coast of the U.S.A. from South Carolina to Florida. It contains steroidal saponins, volatile and fixed oils, polysaccharides, and tannins. Its homeopathic tincture is made from ripe fruit. It is covered by both Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India and German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia.

Sabal is a homeopathic remedy for irritation in the genitourinary organs. The other signs that come under this are sexual weakness, nutritional deficiencies, tissue growth, symptoms of head and ovary, fear of going to sleep, lethargy, helps in undeveloped mammary glands, difficulty in urination, prostate enlargement, inflammation in the eyes.

Urinary troubles in elderly

Urinary troubles in elderly people have various causes. Though the causative factors include changes in the kidney and bladder, subsequent infection (elderly people may have more chances of getting urinary tract infection), weak control system, etc., the enlarged prostate problem occurs in the majority of men. It troubles elderly males with symptoms like retention of urine, irritation and increased urgency and frequency of urination, nocturia, and incontinence resulting from bladder irritation. In extreme unattended cases, there may be complete retention of urine.

Sabal serrulata acts on irritability to the genito-urinary organs. It is used in sexual debility. It promotes nutrition and tissue building. It is of great value in prostatic enlargement, epididymitis, and urinary difficulties. It also acts on the membrane-prostatic portion of the urethra. iii, iv,v Research on it reports that it strengthens the neck of the bladder and reduces the size of the prostate. Sabal serrulata is valuable for undeveloped mammary glands as well.

What doctors recommend Sabal Serrulata in Homeopathy?

Dr. Vikas Sharma recommends

• for smarting and burning in the urethra, pain while initiating urination, and a feeling of fullness in the bladder. Sabal Serrulata is also indicated for cystitis from prostate enlargement.
• prostatic troubles, including enlarged prostate and inflamed prostate.
• for treating painful ejaculation in cases of epididymitis.
•  for loss of sex drive with atrophy of testes and is rated best among medicines for low testosterone cases of the type.
• to treat decreased penile erections along with the enlargement of the prostate gland

Dr. Kirti Vikram recommends

• Prostate enlargement or BPH
• white discharge
• orchitis
• swelling of the epididymis (a duct-like organ that connects the testis to the vas deferens)
• premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction,
• mammary gland enlargement (breast size increase)
• prevention from prostate cancer

 dose: sabal Serrulata 30,  2 drops 3 times a day

Dr. Rashmi Homeopathy recommends  

• Strain during urine, dribbling, unfinished sensation after urine
• Prostate – enlarged prostate, BPH
• Orchitis
• Inflammation of the prostate, testes
• Prostatic discharge
• Females – mammary glands (breast shrunken, atrophy)

Dr. Aadil Chimthanwalla recommends

Benign Hypertrophy of Prostate or Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) or early stages of prostate cancer

Used in the treatment of Prostatitis & Cystitis

Sabal Serrulata Patient Profile

Head - Treats anger, vertigo with severe headache, pain running from the nose up to the center of the forehead, confusion, and pain in weak persons.

Stomach - excessive gas s and acidity with a desire to have milk.

Respiratory - mucous discharge with inflammation in the nose and lungs.

Urinary - As mentioned, it treats constant desire to pass urine, involuntary urination, sexually transmitted bacterial infection, and paralysis of sphincters which causes blockage and difficulty in passing urine.

Male - The remedy works towards issues with the enlargement of the prostate, loss of sexual power, involuntary emission of fluid, pain during the time of sexual intercourse, organs feeling cold and sexual instability.

Female - As per the literature, it covers tender and increased ovaries, low sexual inclination, and shrinking of the breasts.

Sabal Serrulata as per Boericke Materia Medica

Sabal is homeopathic to irritability of the genito-urinary organs. General and sexual debility. Promotes nutrition and tissue building. Head, stomach, and ovarian symptoms are marked. Of unquestioned value in prostatic enlargement, epididymitis, and urinary difficulties. Acts on a membrane-prostatic portion of the urethra. Iritis, with prostatic trouble. Valuable for undeveloped mammary glands. Fear of going to sleep. Languor, apathy, and indifference.

Head-Confused, full; dislikes sympathy; makes her angry. Vertigo, with a headache. Neuralgia in feeble patients. Pain runs up from the nose and centers in the forehead.

Stomach-Belching and acidity. The desire for milk (Rhus; Apis)

Urinary-Constant desire to pass water at night. Enuresis; paresis of sphincter vesicć. Chronic gonorrhśa. Difficult urination. Cystitis with prostatic hypertrophy.

Male-Prostatic troubles; enlargement; discharge of prostatic fluid. Wasting of testes and loss of sexual power. Coitus is painful at the time of emission. Sexual neurotics. Organs feel cold.

Female-Ovaries tender and enlarged; breasts shrivel (Iod; Kali iod). Young female neurotics; suppressed or perverted sexual inclination.

Respiratory-Copious expectoration, with catarrh of the nose. Chronic bronchitis (Stann; Hep).

Relationship-Compare: Phosph ac; Stigmata maydis; Santal; Apis. In prostatic symptoms: fer pic; Thuja; Picric acid (more sexual erethism). Populus tremul; (prostatic enlargement with cystitis).

The dose-Mother tincture, ten to thirty drops. The third potency is often better. The tincture must be prepared from fresh berries to be effective.

About German Homeopathy remedies: These medicines are made and bottled in Germany. They are shipped to India and sold through authorized distributors. German brands available in India currently are Dr. Reckeweg, Schwabe Germany (WSG), and Adel (Pekana).

Sabal Serrulata Mother Tincture Q is available in the following German brands and Sizes

• Reckeweg (20ml) (100ml)
  
• Adel (20ml) (100ml)
• Schwabe (WSG) (20ml)