- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Sticta pulmonaria, L. Natural order , Lichenes. Common name , Lungwort lichen. Preparation , Tincture. Authorities. She got very lively, told her father she felt as if she would like to strike out, only for fun; she would like it just for the fun of it. After awhile she lay down on the lounge, and began, to use a…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Lungwort (STICTA) Offers a set of symptoms like coryza, bronchial catarrh and influenza, together with nervous and rheumatic disturbances. There is a general feeling of dullness and malaise, as when a cold is coming on; dull, heavy pressure in forehead, catarrhal conjunctivitis, etc. Rheumatic stiffness of neck …”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“COUGH, incessant DIRECTION of sensations, Diagonally FLOATING, flying, etc., as if (Comp. Vertigo.) MEASLY”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Lung-wort. N. O. Lichenes. Tincture. Angina pectoris / Anus, pain in / Asthma / Bronchitis / Catarrh / Clergyman's sore throat / Cold / Cough / Diabetes / Diaphragm, rheumatism of / Diarrhœa / Glands, swollen / Hay-fever / Headache / Housemaid's knee / Hysteria / Influenza / Laryngitis / Levitation / Measles, cough of…”
- Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Lung-wort.) Botanical Description. — Thrallous, coriaceous, lax, lacunose. reticu late, dark green, and olive colored on the upper side; the under side tomentose, with naked white spots; lobes elongated, separate, sinuatelobed, retuse truncate; apothecia (fruit-caps) submarginal, reddish. This lichen is common…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Lungwort Lichen. Lichens. The tincture is prepared from the fresh lichen grown on the sugar maple. Introduced by S. P. Burdick, proved by him, N. A. M. J. of Hom., vol. 12, p. 202 ; Lutes, Hale's N. R., p. 992 ; observations by Lilienthal, Am. Jour. of Hom. Mat. Med., vol. 2, p. 234. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“Sticta pulmanarta. Hook. STICTA. Lungwort lichen. Nat. Ord., Lichtnti. [859, at 7 a.m,, 10 dr. of a I. Proving!. — 1. Dr. BuRDiCK took, Nov. 9th, strong tinct. In i h. ^Iiarp darting pains in anns, legs, and shoulders, commencing tn musclesi of arms, ttien going to hnger-joints and sDouldens, next in thighs, knec>…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Heavy full feeling, and pain and pressure in forehead and root of the nose > by discharge. Secretions in the nose dry up and form crusts; constant inclination to blow the nose, without result, on account of the excessive dryness. Dry night cough; can’t sleep or lie down; must sit up: cough after measles (Coff.). This…”
- Nash (Respiratory) — The respiratory picture — the cough, the breathing, and the expectoration that separate one remedy from another.
“Sticta pulmonaria is not only useful in acute colds, where there is severe pain in the forehead and root of the nose before the discharge sets in, but in the chronic form it is just as good. The nose is stuffed up with the same pressure and fullness in the root of the nose and frontal sinuses, and the nasal secretion…”
- Roberts — Location, sensation, and modality — the three-fold basis Roberts used to separate remedies.
“In conditions with much effusion into the joints; in inflammatory rheumatism with redness and during the day, we find Sticta holds high place. These conditions often alternate with the characteristic cough for which Sticta is best known. Compare Cimicifuga in rheumatic conditions. Sudden pain reaching through chest to…”
