- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Ambergris. (A Nosode.) For children, especially young girls who are excitable, nervous and weak; nervous affections of old people, nerves "worn out.". Lean, thin, emaciated persons who take cold easily. Great sadness, sits for days, weeping. After business embarrassments, unable to sleep, must get up (Act., Sep.)…”
- Allen (Nosodes) — The specialized source record — nosode provings gathered beyond the brief entries in general materia medicas.
“(Ambergris) Description : Of doubtful origin, for years on the borderland as to its true classification, but probably a nosode or morbid product found in the belly of the sperm-whale, the Physeter Macrosephalous. It is often found floating upon the sea or thrown upon the shore of the Baltic, or on the coast of…”
- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Ambra grisea. Found in some marine animals, and frequently obtained floating on the Southern seas. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. (Hahnemann's M. M. Pura); 1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Gersdorff. Distorted images, grimaces, diabolical faces crowd upon his fancy; he cannot get rid of them, 1. Lewd fancies, even when…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Ambergis-A Morbid Secretion of the Whale Suitable to excitable, nervous children and thin, nervous patients. Extreme nervous hypersensitiveness . External numbness of whole body in the morning and weakness. Nervous bilious temperament. Thin, scrawny women. Adapted to hysterical subjects, or those suffering from spinal…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ALTERNATING EFFECTS, sides, states, etc.(Comp. Periodicity, Wandering, Waves). COUGH, excited from Throat or Larynx DIRECTION of sensations, Diagonally FEMALE ORGANS ITCHING, tickling, etc., internal LYING, Agg. MOTION, beginning, Agg., continued, Amel. MOTION, slow, gentle, etc.., Amel. OLD AGE, senility REACTION…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“NERVES: Pneumogastric. Solar plexus. Spinal. Mind. Female organs. One side. Chest, left. Slight causes:Presence of others. Music. Embarrassment. Agitation. Worry. Thinking of it. Old age. Evening. Warmth. Milk. Dry, nervous, meager habit. Early senility. Weakness of upper part of body with trembling of lower parts…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Ambergris. Most probably a morbid product found in the Sperm Whale or floating in the sea. (Not to be confounded with Amber-Succinum.) Trituration and tincture. Anus, irritation of / Asthma / Bashfulness / Brain, softening of / Cardiac asthma / Convulsions / Cough / Deafness / Emaciation / Epistaxis / Face, pimples on…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“Ambra grisea is supposed to be a disease-product derived from the whale. It has a decided medicinal action. Like all substances having a strong odor, its acts prominently upon the nervous system. Unless there are some nervous symptoms present in a case, you can hardly expect it to do good service. Ambra affects the…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“Lean, delicate, sickly-looking persons remind us of this remedy. Also one-sided complaints. Mental.--Memory impaired. Slow of comprehension, has to read a sentence over and over again, and then does not understand; thinking powers are quite impaired. The mind runs upon unpleasant fancies, diabolical faces and sights…”
- Hahnemann (MMP) — The proving record — numbered observations closest to Hahnemann's primary materia medica.
“(Ambergris, sometimes Ambra ambrosiaca, L.) From vol. vi , 2nd edition 1827 This substance, often adulterated on account of its high price, we can hope to get genuine only in first-class drug stores. The true ambergris, developed in the intestines of the sperm whale, as was proved by SCHWEDJAUR, and probably a fatty…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Ambergris. Probably a nosode or morbid product found in belly of sperm-whale. The best is that which whalers cut out, and which is usually to be had in Boston. Most of it is picked up in the Eastern seas. Used by the Arabians and since. Introduced by Hahnemann in 1827 ; especially proved by his friend, the Count de…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“AMBRA GRlSEA. Ambra Ambrosiaca^ L, Ambergris. A substance found Aoadne here and there on southern seas, supposed to come from the sperm Wnale. L Prw/w^j.— I. Hahnemann, Mat, Med, Pur,, Vol VI of original, Vol. I of English translation. Contains 920 symptoms from Hahnemann himself and one other. 2. Bos WELL noticed…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“Premature old age: On looking over this remedy as a whole it will appear to you that you have been studying the characteristics of one prematurely old. You will often see symptoms coming on in one at fifty years of age that should appear at eighty, and after studying this remedy you will see that the same aspect is…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Tearing in the muscles of the joints, often one-sided. Itching from the small of the back through the right leg and burning, especially where the skin turns into mucous membranes. External numbness of the whole body in the morning. Weakness in the morning and at night when awakening. Ebullitions and pulsations in the…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Great restlessness. Hastiness and nervous excitement when talking. The fancy is crowded with fantastic illusions. Aversion to talking and laughing. Embarrassed manner in society. Despair, loathing of life. Vertigo when walking in the open air, with weakness in the stomach. Congestion of blood to the head, when…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: ambergris. Nervous affections of old people; nerves worn out (A.). Especially called for young girls, who are excitable, nervous and weak (A.). Forgetful; cannot remember the simplest fact (Anac., Kali-P., Lyc., Sil.) (F.). Intensely shy, blushes easily (Br.). Time passes slowly (D.). Does everything in a…”
- Nash (Respiratory) — The respiratory picture — the cough, the breathing, and the expectoration that separate one remedy from another.
“Ambra grisea.—Violent spasmodic cough, with frequent eructations, especially old women.”
- Roberts — Location, sensation, and modality — the three-fold basis Roberts used to separate remedies.
“Ambra is not often of use in rheumatic conditions, but it has done good work in those cases that are occasionally met in nervous temperaments suffering with hysteria and derangement of the sexual functions. The tearing pain in the right arm and left leg are quite important and are of value on determining its…”
