Paris quadrifolia

by Henry N. Guernsey — Key-Notes to the Materia Medica

Great sensitiveness to offensive odors; imaginary foul smells. Cough with expectoration in the morning, without expectoration in the evening. Sensation of extension in size, i.e., patient feels very large. Collection of water in the mouth. Urine with greasy cuticle on the surface. Affections of any kind on the eyebrows; inner temples.

Remedies following:--Calc. carb., Pulsat., Phosphor., Nux vom., Rhus tox., Sepia, Sulphur.

Antidote:--Coffea.

Paris quadrifolia across the other classic books

Paris quadrifolia appears in 11 of the 21 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.
“Paris quadrifolia, Linn. Natural order , Liliaceæ. Common names , Herb Paris; Embeere; La Parisette. Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant, when in fruit. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 7 , from Stapf's collection, Archiv. f. Hom., 8, 1, 177.) 8 to 12 , from Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. Ml., 3,149); 8 , Hering, from H. and…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“One-berry Head symptoms marked and verified. Sensation of expansion and consequent tension. Coldness of right side of body, left hot. Catarrhal complaints, stuffed feeling at root of nose. Disorder of sense of touch. Imaginary foul smells. Feels too large. Garrulous , prattling, vivacious. Sensation as if scalp were…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“DIRECTION of sensations, Backward LYING, on abdomen, Amel. LYING, on side, Agg. LYING, left, Agg. RETRACTED, depressed, drawn back, etc.”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Head. Spine. Eyes. One side. Thinking. Eyestrain. Touch. Pressure. Heaviness . Numbness (l). Joints feel broken. Parts feel too big or drawn together. Garrulous loquacity. Weight in nape. Eye - balls seem pulled back (Pul.) or feel too large. Face seems drawn into root of nose. Imaginary bad smells. Hawks up tough…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“quadrifolia. One-berry. True Love. Herb Paris. (Moist, shady woods in Great Britain.) N. O. Trilliaceæ. (Sometimes considered a sub-order of Smilaceæ, or of Liliaceæ.) Tincture of whole plant when in fruit. Acidity / After-pains / Brachial neuralgia / Ciliary neuralgia / Ciliary paralysis / Digestion, slow; weak /…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“One Berry ; True Love, Herb Paris. Smilaceæ. Introduced by Stapf ; see Archives, vol. 8, p. 177. The provers were Hahnemann, Gross, Hartmann, Langhammer, Stapf, Teuthorn, Hering, Bethmann, Hartlaub, Rückert, Nenning, Gesner and Berridge. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Headache , Dunham, Raue's Rec., 1870, p. 288 ; Swelling on…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“PARIS. Paris quadrifaiia, L. Herb Paris, true. love. Nat. Ord., TriUia£ta. I. Pra^in^i. — i. Gross. After 5 ra. tension and pressure in I. cheek. After ID m. tearing in r. ear, as if it were torn out of head. After J h. sensation as if a thick fog lay before both ears, preventing him hearing well. After i h. sensation…”
Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Stinging pain in the body and limbs. When moving, a sensation as if the joints were broken, swelled or dislocated. Heaviness through the whole body. Continued internal coldness with trembling. Hard mouth swellings favorably influenced. Talkative mania. Disease of the bronchi. Bronchitis. One-sided coldness of the body…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Loquacious mania. Silly conduct. Vertigo when reading aloud, with impeded speech and difficult vision. Pressing headache aggravated from mental exertion. Headache from smoking tobacco. Sensitiveness of the vertex to contact. Stinging and stitches in the head. Tension in the brain and on the forehead. The eyeballs feel…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: one-berry. Stinging pain in the body and limbs. Heaviness through the whole body (Bry., Gels.). One-sided coldness of the body with heat of the other side. Continued internal coldness with trembling (Ars., Nux-V., Rhus-T.). SENSATION AS IF A WEIGHT WERE LYING ON THE NECK (Agar., Calc-P., Chel., Nux-V…”

Paris quadrifolia in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Paris quadrifolia in 982 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (125), GENERALITIES (124), HEAD (116), SKIN (62), BACK (51).

HEAD - PAIN, - drawing - Forehead - eyes,above - feel as if projecting,with sensation as if a thread were tightly drawn through eyeball and - backward into middle of brain,sight weak
BACK - PAIN - pressing - Cervical region - weight - as from
BACK - HEAVINESS - weight - Cervical region - weight upon
EYE - PAIN - drawing - string,as with a,to back of head or into the brain
EYE - PROTRUSION - sensation of
EYE - CLOSE, - difficult
BACK - HEAVINESS - weight - Cervical region
EYE - PAIN - drawing - backward,the eyeball
URINE - CUTICLE,forming on the surface of the includes Fatty - iridescent
BACK - PAIN - sore - bruised - beaten - Spine - spinal irritation - Cervical region
PERSPIRATION - SINGLE parts - upper part of body
NOSE - ODORS,imaginary and real - fetid
EYE - ENLARGEMENT,sensation of
FEVER - SIDE,one-sided
URINE - CUTICLE,forming on the surface of the includes Fatty
BACK - PAIN - pressing - Cervical region
CHILL - NIGHT
EXPECTORATION - GREENISH
EXPECTORATION - MORNING
GENERALITIES - SWOLLEN sensation

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Paris quadrifolia across the other classic books

Paris quadrifolia appears in 11 of the 21 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.

“Paris quadrifolia, Linn. Natural order , Liliaceæ. Common names , Herb Paris; Embeere; La Parisette. Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant, when in fruit. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 7 , from Stapf's collection, Archiv. f. Hom., 8, 1, 177.) 8 to 12 , from Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. Ml., 3,149); 8 , Hering, from H. and…”

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.

“One-berry Head symptoms marked and verified. Sensation of expansion and consequent tension. Coldness of right side of body, left hot. Catarrhal complaints, stuffed feeling at root of nose. Disorder of sense of touch. Imaginary foul smells. Feels too large. Garrulous , prattling, vivacious. Sensation as if scalp were…”

Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.

“DIRECTION of sensations, Backward LYING, on abdomen, Amel. LYING, on side, Agg. LYING, left, Agg. RETRACTED, depressed, drawn back, etc.”

Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.

“Head. Spine. Eyes. One side. Thinking. Eyestrain. Touch. Pressure. Heaviness . Numbness (l). Joints feel broken. Parts feel too big or drawn together. Garrulous loquacity. Weight in nape. Eye - balls seem pulled back (Pul.) or feel too large. Face seems drawn into root of nose. Imaginary bad smells. Hawks up tough…”

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.

“quadrifolia. One-berry. True Love. Herb Paris. (Moist, shady woods in Great Britain.) N. O. Trilliaceæ. (Sometimes considered a sub-order of Smilaceæ, or of Liliaceæ.) Tincture of whole plant when in fruit. Acidity / After-pains / Brachial neuralgia / Ciliary neuralgia / Ciliary paralysis / Digestion, slow; weak /…”

Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.

“One Berry ; True Love, Herb Paris. Smilaceæ. Introduced by Stapf ; see Archives, vol. 8, p. 177. The provers were Hahnemann, Gross, Hartmann, Langhammer, Stapf, Teuthorn, Hering, Bethmann, Hartlaub, Rückert, Nenning, Gesner and Berridge. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Headache , Dunham, Raue's Rec., 1870, p. 288 ; Swelling on…”

Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.

“PARIS. Paris quadrifaiia, L. Herb Paris, true. love. Nat. Ord., TriUia£ta. I. Pra^in^i. — i. Gross. After 5 ra. tension and pressure in I. cheek. After ID m. tearing in r. ear, as if it were torn out of head. After J h. sensation as if a thick fog lay before both ears, preventing him hearing well. After i h. sensation…”

Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.

“Stinging pain in the body and limbs. When moving, a sensation as if the joints were broken, swelled or dislocated. Heaviness through the whole body. Continued internal coldness with trembling. Hard mouth swellings favorably influenced. Talkative mania. Disease of the bronchi. Bronchitis. One-sided coldness of the body…”

Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.

“Loquacious mania. Silly conduct. Vertigo when reading aloud, with impeded speech and difficult vision. Pressing headache aggravated from mental exertion. Headache from smoking tobacco. Sensitiveness of the vertex to contact. Stinging and stitches in the head. Tension in the brain and on the forehead. The eyeballs feel…”

Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.

“Common name: one-berry. Stinging pain in the body and limbs. Heaviness through the whole body (Bry., Gels.). One-sided coldness of the body with heat of the other side. Continued internal coldness with trembling (Ars., Nux-V., Rhus-T.). SENSATION AS IF A WEIGHT WERE LYING ON THE NECK (Agar., Calc-P., Chel., Nux-V…”