Motherhood: at it’s best, it can fill our days with joy, sweetness, and contentment. Yet, on the worst days, being a mother can be one of the hardest challenges of life. The ups-and-downs of pregnancy, the constant demands of children, the feeling that we will never be able to have a single moment to ourselves; these feelings seem to just come with the territory of being a mother. But is there a better way?
There is one well-known homeopathic remedy that is of immense help to mothers. It can help those bad days feel less dire and dramatic, and make them happen less often. Homeopathic Sepia to the rescue!
[I share this much needed guest post by homeschool mom and former NASA aerospace engineer Sarah from Nourished and Nurtured Life (with permission) because we want your family to thrive.]
What is Sepia?
Although the word Sepia is commonly used to describe the reddish-brown tone of old photographs, the origin of this word is actually the Latin word for cuttlefish. Cuttlefish ink is a rich brown color, and it was used as an ink or drawing medium for thousands of years. Homeopathic Sepia officinalis is a remedy made from the ink of the cuttlefish.
Never-Well-Since…
While homeopathic treatment of chronic conditions is typically not do-it-yourself, there are certain chronic ailments that are somewhat easier to treat. These are ailments where there was an obvious trigger, known as a Never-Well-Since event or exposure. For instance, chronic ailments following head injuries are often successfully treated with Natrum sulph or Arnica, and ailments following a broken heart are often successfully treated with Ignatia or Natrum mur.
Homeopathic Sepia is listed as a top remedy for the following “Never-Well-Since” events/exposures [1]:
• Childbirth
• Nursing/breastfeeding
• Postpartum depression
• Hormonal treatment
• Birth control pill
• Hysterectomy
• Puberty
• Menopause
Clearly, Sepia’s healing action has a particular focus on hormonal-induced states in women. While it is not a cure-all for each-and-every mother, nonetheless a large proportion of mothers can benefit from Sepia.
Characteristic Mental/Emotional Indications for Sepia
As with all homeopathic remedies, Sepia will work best when it matches well with the mental, emotional, and physical symptoms that a person is exhibiting. The mental/emotional picture for Sepia is one of this remedy’s most striking features.
The classic picture of a Sepia woman includes:
• moms who feel overworked and/or overwhelmed
• irritability or anger specifically triggered by one’s children or spouse
• feeling less affectionate or apathetic towards one’s children and/or spouse
• a desire to escape, even for just a few minutes of solitude
• “loves her husband and children dearly but is too exhausted to feel anything but the need to get through the day’s work and survive the next” [2] and/or
• feeling “overly conscientious about family responsibilities and thus excessively guilty about any desire or effort to avoid them” [3]
Women often assume that these feelings are just a natural part of motherhood. They may feel guilty about having these feelings or try to deny that they exist. Nonetheless, Sepia can help the body and mind become more balanced so that these feelings occur less often and with less intensity.
Additional Indications for Sepia
Some additional indications for Sepia include:
• hot flashes
• postpartum depression and/or irritability
• urinary problems after pregnancy
• weeping while relating her symptoms
• premenstrual symptoms including irritability and reduced or absent desire or aversion to sex
• feeling better from physical activity and/or dancing
• nausea during pregnancy (aka morning sickness) which is worse from fasting and from smells or thoughts of foods
• pregnancy-induced varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and/or vaginitis
• a wide range of other symptoms including allergies, headaches, insomnia, backaches and literally hundreds of other conditions
Although Sepia’s overall sphere of action includes a wide variety of symptoms, that does not mean it is “the” remedy for all of those conditions. There are over a thousand different homeopathic remedies, and common symptoms such as headaches are associated with hundreds of different remedies. For instance, in my homeopathic software, 845 remedies are listed under “constipation” and 1,249 remedies are listed for “headache”.
What makes homeopathic remedies so effective is that they are selected specifically for each individual. No homeopath would recommend Sepia for every person who has a headache. However, if the person is a mother who is exhibiting some of Sepia’s characteristic mental/emotional indications (described above), then Sepia is likely to be a good match.
My Success with Sepia
In my own life, I found Sepia to be tremendously useful in helping to balance my emotions and leave me feeling contented with motherhood. During my second pregnancy, I developed irritability and anger that I had never experienced before. By the time I found homeopathy nearly three years later, I was often blowing up at my children and felt quite overwhelmed and exhausted. Some days, when my husband would return home from work, I had reached the point where I felt like running away, and I would have to go for a solitary walk just to escape for a short time.
I felt guilty for having these feelings, and didn’t want to admit them even to myself. Sepia, along with a few other well-chosen chronic remedies, made a huge difference. With Sepia, I rarely felt irritable, and when I did, it was much less intense. I no longer experience that desire to run away, and I no longer feel overwhelmed by the demands of motherhood and homemaking.
Success With Sepia for Mothers
Some examples of treatment with Sepia from the homeopathic literature include the following:
• “A 35-year-old woman became pregnant again soon after weaning her second child, then 22 months old. By six weeks she was exhausted and nauseous before mealtimes and would have to eat a little something to relieve it, but the smell of roast chicken and other favorite foods made her feel even sicker and forced her to lie down to try to sleep. Also sensitive to odors like soap and perfume, she felt better when she remembered to exercise, although at their worst her symptoms immobilized her and made her crabby and apathetic. Sepia 30 soon wrought an amazing change in her: within two weeks she had regained her strength and appetite, feeling only minor nausea occasionally from strong perfume. She remained in good health and went on to give birth at home without any difficulty.” [3 – Homeopathic Medicines for Pregnancy and Childbirth]
• “A woman of 26 consulted me for irregular periods, the interval averaging 35 to 40 days, often with brownish staining around the midcycle. After a home birth three years ago she had nursed the child for a year, with hemorrhoids and constipation developing and her periods getting off track during that time. Although reluctant to speak about her personal life, she was openly resentful of her husband, who was devoted to the child but highly critical of her and scornful of her opinions, and she could no longer tolerate making love with him. After a round of Sepia… her periods quickly reverted to normal, while her other symptoms improved significantly. No further treatment was needed.” [3 – Homeopathic Medicines for Pregnancy and Childbirth]
• “…emotional apathy may develop from some profound sorrow or disappointment in a reserved individual who cannot allow herself to feel because she cannot afford it. A case in point was a 26-year-old woman with amenorrhoea [the absence of menstruation] who, three years earlier, had suffered severely from an unfortunate love… Since that time she had been cold and unresponsive with her family and friends and toward the world in general… She was polite and dutiful, but completely indifferent… Initially there was no dramatic change. Sepia can be a slow starter. Yet on a visit two months later she was a different person – not carefree or even happy, but more caring and responsive, and her menses had resumed. No further remedy was prescribed, since the single dose had obviously reached some deep level of her emotional disharmony and it began to heal.” [2 – Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines]
Dosage and Potency Guidance
It generally works well to start with homeopathic Sepia in the 30c potency, although for some people it may be more appropriate to start with a lower or higher potency (Sepia 200). When used very soon after the precipitating event (such as pregnancy or childbirth), it is possible that only one dose is needed for the body to restore balance. When there has been a time lapse between the event and the usage of Sepia, once every other day till better may be needed.
Homeopathic remedies work by stimulating the body to heal itself. Anytime there is a noticeable improvement, no more doses should be given unless the symptoms start to reappear.
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Hi, I’m Sarah, and I write NourishedandNurturedLife.com. I left my career as a NASA aerospace engineer to become a homeschooling mother of two, natural healthcare practitioner, and real foodie. I’m author of two ecookbooks, Nourished Cooking and Nourishing Eats. My recipes have been featured in Real Food and Health Magazine and Chris Kresser’s Paleo Recipe Generator. I’ve also authored homeschool unit studies on Ancient History and the United States which incorporate regional recipes.
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