Caladium compare in 11 dei 13 libri classici su Similia. Ognuno è stato scritto per svolgere un compito diverso — ecco cosa aggiunge ciascuno su questo rimedio, con l'inizio della relativa voce.
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Caladium seguinum, Very. (Arum seguinum, Linn.). Nat. order , Araceæ. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities. Emotional. Extreme excitement, 3. Loud cries about an vexation, like a child, with inconsiderate prattlings, after many days, 1. He is very apprehensive about his health, and about everything…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“American Arum This remedy has a marked action on the genital organs, and pruritus of this region. Coldness of single parts and inclination to lie down, with aggravation on lying on left side. Slightest noise startles from sleep. Dread from motion . Modifies craving for tobacco. Tobacco heart. Asthmatic complaints…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“COITION, Agg. ITCHING, tickling, etc., internal LYING, on side, Agg. PRESSURE, Agg., lying on painful or affected side, etc., Agg. TURNING OVER in bed., Agg. 12 Night”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“GENITALS. NERVES. Skin. Mucous membranes. Sexual excesses. Motion. Sudden noises. On falling to sleep. Tobacco. Cool air. Short sleep. Sweating. DRYNESS; food eaten seems too dry; must drink to swallow. Red, dry stripe down center of tongue, widening toward tip. Inclines to lie down. Dreads to move…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“seguinum. Arum seguinum. Dumb Cane. (South America.) N. O. Araceæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant. Asthma / Dropsical swellings / Gleet / Impotence / Irritation / Nymphomania / Pruritus vaginæ / Spermatorrhœa / Typhoid / Typhus / Worms Like the other Arums, Caladium has an intensely irritating effect on the mucous…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Caladium seguinum. Araceæ. Proved in Surinam, where it is a common poison, in 1830, and published in Stapf's Archives, in 1832. Another proving by Schreter, one of our best men, followed in 1842. The last and best proving of all is by E. W. Berridge. Unconsciousness or coma. θ Typhus. Stupefying pressure in right…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Caladium is a wonderful remedy; perhaps some of you have read It endeavoring to understand it; it is a difficult medicine to understand, because it is quite evident from the provings that the prover did not understand how to describe and report symptoms; did not know how to tell his sensations because they were so…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Inclination to rest, and aversion to move. Burning in the stomach and skin. Perspiration, which is very much attracts the flied. After a short sleep and after perspiring many symptoms are relieved.”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Low spirits and gloomy thoughts, (with impotence). Forgetfulness. Swelling of the tongue with excessive ptyalism; the saliva resembling the white of an egg; the eyes are violently inflamed, the chest is oppressed, pulse small and accelerated, cold perspiration all over. Dryness in the fauces and pharynx, with aversion…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: american arum. Very sensitive to noise; slightest noise startles him from sleep (Asar., Bell., Hyos., Kali-C., Nux V., Stram., Tarant.) (A.). Red, dry stripe down centre of the tongue widening toward tip (B.). Hard cough with asthma, relieved from expectoration (Caust., Guai., Hep., Iod., Ipec., Lach…”