- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Nerium oleander, L. Natural order , Apocynaceæ. Common names , Rose-laurel; (G.), Larbeer-rose; (Fr.), Le laurier rose. Preparation , Tincture of the leaves. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 8 , from Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 1, 326).”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Rose-laurel (NERIUM ODORUM) Has a marked action on the skin, heart and nervous system, producing and curing paralytic conditions with cramp-like contractions of upper extremities. Hemiplegia. Difficult articulation. Memory weak; slow perception. Melancholy, with obstinate constipation. Vertigo and diplopia, when…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“DIGESTION affected INACTIVE, apathetic, lies down, lethargic (Comp. Reaction, Relaxation) NUMBNESS, insusceptibility, absence of pain, etc.”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Digestive tract. Skin. Scalp. Nerves: Cerebro-spinal. Motor. After suckling. Rubbing. Undressing. Looking sidewise. Numbing , paretic effects; on limbs and skin. Sopor. Tremulous weakness. Sense of vibration. Emptiness in stomach and chest; after eating; > brandy. .................... Sadness with lack of confidence…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Nerium Oleander. Rose Laurel. (South Europe, North Africa, West Asia. Thrives best in moist ground.) N. O. Apocynaceæ. Tincture of the leaves. Brain, affections of / Eczema / Fainting / Headache / Hyperæsthesia / Lienteria / Memory, weakened / Numbness / Nursing women, affections of / Palpitation / Paralysis /…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“The Oleander nerium is a native of Palestine, but it is also found wild in Southern Europe and is much cultivated in gardens and hothouses everywhere; it thrives especially in damp places. As a plant it is highly ornamental with its large rose-colored flowers. It is, however, very poisonous, causing a decided…”
- Hahnemann (MMP) — The proving record — numbered observations closest to Hahnemann's primary materia medica.
“(Nerium Oleander) (The medicinal power of this vegetable does not seem to be very volatile, and we may therefore quite well employ for medicinal purposes the freshly dried and powdered leaves macerated in alcohol so as to form a tincture. But in order to obtain a uniformly powerful medicine, I prefer to use the green…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Nerium Oleander ; Rose Laurel. Apocynaceæ. An ornamental shrub to Southern Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia, thrives best in moist ground. The tincture is prepared from the fresh leaves. Introduced by Hahnemann and proved by himself, Franz, Gross, Gutmann Hartmann, Langhammer, etc. --Mat. Med. Pura, vol. 1, p…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“OLEANDER. Nerium Oleander^ L. Common rosebay or rose-laurel. Nat. Ord., Apocymactm. 1. Provhgs. — i. Hahnemann, Mat. Med. Pura^ vol, i of original, vol. ii of translation. Contains 541 symptoms from self and five others, and 10 from authon. 2. Loiseleur-Deslongchamps took 3 dr. of a sol. of 30 gnii. of extr. in 1 20…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Dull pressing in the limbs. Painless stiffness and paralysis of the limbs. Great pressing, as from spasms in many places. Want of sensation in the whole body. Tension through the whole body. Want of animal heat in the limbs. Faintish debility. When standing, trembling of the limbs; when writing, trembling of the hands.”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Absence of mind, want of attention. Slowness of perception. Indolence, aversion to do any thing. Vertigo when rising from bed, or if looking fixedly at any object, or when looking down while standing. Heaviness of the head; better when lying down. Biting-itching on the scalp, as from vermin, principally on the back…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: rose laurel. Dull pressing in the limbs (Nux-V.). Great pressing, as from spasms, in many places. Want of sensation in the whole body (Op.). Tension through the whole body. Want of animal heat in the limbs. Faintish debility (Kali-P.). Memory weak; slow perception (Sil.) (Br.). Headache relieved by…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Chronic diarrhœa, stools undigested; passes stool with the least emission of flatus.”
