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Sarsaparilla officinalis (Sars.)

Sarsaparilla officinalis (Sars.) appears in 266 rubrics in the repertory. Eleven of them are single-remedy rubrics, listing only this remedy, and seven are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphases lie in delusions, starting, sadness, and fear. The king-pin symptom is "Sadness – Pain – from".

Pain and Sadness

The king-pin symptom relates sadness to pain; in the older repertories only Sarsaparilla stood there. The sadness has its own time of day: it ameliorates in the forenoon. Alongside stand weeping while urinating and impatience from itching, which let the body reach into the mind.

Climacteric and Health

Several single-remedy rubrics concern the change of life: fear of not recovering during menopause, doubt during menopause, and a state that the rubric describes as "fears nevertheless of not getting well, in climacteric". The connection also appears from the other side, in a small rubric that links the fear of not getting well again with equanimity.

Work, Mood, and Gestures

The afternoon is the time of busyness: workaholic, busyness, and moodiness stand there. The mood is morose, also "Morose – fly on the wall, by a". The hands scratch the thighs or spin and weave. One delusion is that of a pull that binds to the bed.

Summary

Sarsaparilla appears as a remedy in which suffering, concern about recovery, and busyness come together; the sadness is tied to pain, the ill humor to trifles, and work fills the afternoon.

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