- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Gnaphalium polycephalum, Michx. Natural order , Compositæ. Common names , Everlasting; (G.) Ruhrkraut; (Fr.) le Cotonnière. Preparation , Trituration of dried leaves and flowers of G. polyceph.; tincture of whole plant of G. uliginosum, Linn. Authorities. Gnaphal. uliginosum , first day; 25 drops, fourth day; 50…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Cud-weed-Old Balsa (GNAPHALIUM) A remedy of unquestioned benefit in sciatica, when pain is associated with numbness of the part affected. Rheumatism and morning diarrhœa. Polyuria. Intermittent pains of superior maxillary of both sides. Borborygmus. Colic; pain in various parts of the abdomen. Irritated prostate…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“NERVES: SCIATIC. Crural. Abdominal. Walking. Lying. Cold damp. Flexing limbs. Sitting. Intense sciatic pains; alternating with or followed by numbness or formication. Offensive diarrhœa with colic, < morning. Related: Colo.”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“polycephalum. Sweet-scented Everlasting Flower. N. O. Compositæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Anterior crural neuralgia / Cholera / Diarrhœa / Dysmenorrhœa / Gout / Lumbago / Prostate gland, irritation of / Rheumatism / Sciatica Gnaphal. has been used mainly in affections of the sciatic nerve. But it has also an action on…”
- Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Cud Weed.) Botanical Description. — This plant is indigenous and known by the various names of Indian Posey, Sweet Life Everlasting, White Balsam, Old-field Balsam, etc. It is herbaceous and annual, with an erect, whitish, woody and much branched stem, from one to two feet in height. Leaves alternate, sessile…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Common Life Everlasting. Compositæ. A fragrant, bitterish, aromatic annual, growing in fields and woods ; flowers in summer and autumn. Tincture from the fresh plant, chopped and pounded to a pulp. Provings by Banks, Fuller and Woodbury. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 4, p. 456 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Sciatica , Cate…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common names: ever-lasting; indian posy. Offensive diarrhœa with colic, worse in the morning (Nat-S., Podo., Sulph.) (B.). Cholera morbus: colic with vomiting and purging (Ars., Bism., Crot-T., Nux-V., Sec., Verat.) (Bl.). INTENSE PAIN ALONG THE RIGHT SCIATIC NERVE, DARTING, CUTTING, FROM THE RIGHT HIP-JOINT DOWN TO…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Intense pain along the sciatic nerve, alternating with numbness.”
