- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Indian Hemp. (Urticaccae) Very forgetful : forgets his last words and ideas; begins a sentence, forgets what he intends to speak ; inability to recall any thought or event on account of other thoughts crowding the brain (Anac., Lac. c.). Constantly theorizing. Laughs immoderately at every trifling word spoken to him…”
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“The East Indian Cannabis sativa, Linn. Nat. order , Cannabineæ. Common names , Hashish, or Blang, or Ganja, or Birmingi (The best variety is that grawn in India at an elevation of 6 to 10, 000 feet). Preparation , Tincture of the young leaves and twigs. Authorities.”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Hashish Inhibits the higher faculties and stimulates the imagination to a remarkable degree without any marked stimulation of the lower or animal instinct. A condition of intense exaltation , in which all perceptions and conceptions, all sensations and all emotions are exaggerated to the utmost degree. Subconscious or…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“East Indian Cannabis sativa (Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica are botanically identical; the difference in their properties is solely due to the difference of soil and climate in which they are grown). Hashish. Bhang. Ganja. N. O. Cannabinaceæ. Tincture of young leaves and twigs. Catalepsy / Chordee / Clairvoyance…”
- Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Indian Hemp.) Botanical Description.— This plant is a native of Persia and the northern part of India. It is an annual, covered with a rough but very fine hair, almost invisible to the naked eye. Stem erect, branched, green, angular. Leaves opposite or alternate. Each leaf consists of five long, narrow, sharp-pointed…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“East Indian Hemp. Cannabineæ. Head feels very heavy, loses consciousness and falls. Every few moments he would lose himself, and wake up, as it were, to those around him. He forgot his last words and ideas, and spoke in a low tone with a thick voice, as if tired. He begins a sentence, but cannot finish it, because he…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“CaxUlftbifl indica) Indian hemp. (Haschisch, bhang, gunjah, chiu'nis, denote various native preparations of this plant, all of which owe their activity to iu peculiar resinous exudation.) I. Provings, — i. April 13th, 7 a.m., 10 dr, tinct. — 14th, 7 a.m.| 20 dr. Between 12 and a p.m., when walking slight tendency to…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“A strange ecstatic sensation pervades the body and senses. The limbs and parts seem enlarged. A thrill of beatitude passes over the limbs. The limbs tremble. Great weakness spreads over the body. The symptoms resemble catalepsy. Anaesthesia and loss of muscular sense. Complaints ameliorated by rest. Exaltation of…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: indian hemp; hashisch. Full of fun and mischief; then perhaps moaning and crying (Puls.) (A.). LAUGHS IMMODERATELY AT EVERY TRIFLING WORD SPOKEN TO HIM (Apis, Bell., Stram.) (A.). Anguish, with oppression (Ars., Lach.) (R.). Constantly theorizing (A.). Imagines that he hears music (Bell., Calc., Lyc…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“A lady with dropsy, consequent on valvular heart disease, after being relieved of the bloating, was suddenly unable to talk. In answer to a question she could begin a sentence, but could not finish it, because she could not remember what she intended to say. She was very impatient about it and would cry, but could not…”
