Cascarilla appears in 7 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Croton Eleuteria, Bennett. Nat. order , Euphorbiaceæ. Common name , (Spanish) Cascarilla. Preparation , Tincture of the bark. Authority. Stapf, Archiv. f. Hom., 15, 1, 184. Disinclined to think, 1. Confusion of the head, 1. Heat and confusion of the head, 1. Dull drawing pain in the right temporal region, lasting two…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Croton eleuteria. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of bark. Anæmia / Anus, bleeding from / Constipation / Cough / Diarrhœa / Dropsy / Hæmoptysis / Hæmorrhages / Intermittents Cascarilla has a family resemblance to the other Euphorbians. It acts prominently on the digestive tract. Its leading symptoms are: Sensation of…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Croton Eleuteria. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of the bark, which is bitter, aromatic and tonic in its effect, somewhat resembling Cinchona bark. It is mentioned as curative in hemorrhages and intermittent fever, in Tschudi's Peru, vol. ii, p. 217. The provings are from Stapf's Archives, 15, 1, 184, and by A. Zumbrock ; the…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Heat, with thirst for warm drinks. Gnawing, pressing pains. Pain in the stomach, as from a shock. Pressing colic. Stools difficult and hard. Discharge of blood from the rectum.”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Burning heat of the inner and outer ear. Constipation; stool hard; in pieces, covered with mucus. Frequent and excessive discharges of light-colored blood from the rectum, during and after hard, brown stool in large lumps; and without stool.”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: sweet bark. Gnawing, pressing pain (Caust., Puls., Sep., Sulph.). Pain in the stomach, as from a shock. Pressing colic (Bell., Bry., Chel., Chin., Dios., Mag-P., Nux-V., Puls., Sep., Verat.). DESIRE FOR HOT DRINKS (Ang., Ars., Bell., Bry., Calad., Cedr., Chel., Eup-P., Eup-Purp., Graph,, Hyper., Kreos…”
