- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Corallium rubrum, Lamk.; Isis nobilis, Linn.; Gorgonia nobilis, Ellis. Class , Zoophytes; Family , Gorgoniadeæ. Common names , Red coral, Corail rouge. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Very complaining; he dreads and worries about the pains, 1. Peevish, ill-humored, 1. Wine has a natural taste, but immediately…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Red Coral (CORALLIUM) The provings of coral develop much coryza and epistaxis, and even ulceration within the nostrils. It is to be thought of for whooping and spasmodic coughs, especially when the attack comes on with a very rapid cough , and the attacks follow so closely as to almost run into each other. Often…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“WIND, DRAFT OR AIR, blowing on part, thro' a hole, etc., as of”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“RESPIRATORY ORGANS. NERVES. MUCOUS MEMBRANES. AIR: Change of. Inhaling. Eating. Toward morning. Almost continuous paroxysms of extremely violent, spasmodic cough , which begin with gasping for breath, are accompanied by a purple face, and followed by exhaustion, and vomiting of stringy mucus. A reverberating, minute…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Gorgonia nobilis. Class, Zoophytes. N. O. Gorgoniaceæ. Trituration. Asthma milleri / Catarrh / Chancre / Cough / Eruptions / Glands, inflamed / Hysteria / Measles / Post-nasal catarrh / Psoriasis / Purpura / Syphilis / Whooping-cough Red coral, the product of a coralligene zoophyte, contains carbonate of lime, oxide…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“This remedy may be used in whooping cough or any other kind of cough, when the attack comes on with a very rapid cough, and the attacks follow so closely as to almost run into each other. Red flat ulcers on the glans and inner surface of the prepuce, with secretion of a quantity of yellow ichor.”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Red Coral. Gorgoniadeæ. Proved by Attomyr, in the 3d trituration ; also by Melicher. See Encyclopædia, vol. 3, p. 561 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Inveterate cases of nasal catarrh , Miller, U. S. Med. Inv., Nov., 1878, p. 418 ; Chancre , Attomyr, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 117 ; Cough , H. N. Martin, Hom. Clinics, vol. 2…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“CORALLIUM . Corállium rubrum, Lamk . Red coral. I. Provings.-1 . ATTOMYR. [A- says he proved it onhimself and two girls in the 3rd trit., but nowhere gives any information to which of the three the symptoms belong. Neither in his nor in Melicher's proving is there anymention of the time after taking the dose when…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Congestions of blood to the face and head (after dinner). Reddish ulcers on the penis, very sensitive to contact. Profuse secretions of mucus through the posterior nares, obliging one to hawk frequently.”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Sensation of emptiness and hollowness of the head. Violent headache, with pressure, particularly in the forehead, obliging one to move the head from one place to another; this gives no relief, nor does sitting up ameliorate it -it is only relieved for a short time by uncovering the whole body, which is burning hot…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: red coral. Is useful in a combination of syphilis and psora (F.). Congestion of blood to the face and head (after dinner). Dry coryza; nose feels stopped up (Ars., Nux-V., Stict.) (Br.). Painful ulcers in nostrils (Bor., Calc-S., Hep., Merc., Nit-Ac.) (Br.). INSPIRED AIR FEELS COLD: (Æsc., Ant-C., Ars…”
- Nash (Respiratory) — The respiratory picture — the cough, the breathing, and the expectoration that separate one remedy from another.
“Corrallium rubrum. Profuse secretion of mucus dropping into posterior nares, obliging frequent hawking; inspired air feels cold. Corallium rub. also has a cough so violent that the child turns purple or black in the face. Corallium.—Violent, spasmodic cough, the coughs occur in rapid succession. “Minute gun” cough all…”
