Camphora compare in 12 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.
“Cinnamomum Camphor, Fr. Nees; Laurus Camphora, Linn. Natural order , Lauraceæ. Preparation , Tincture of the gum. Authorities.”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Camphor Hahnemann says: "The action of this substance is very puzzling and difficult of investigation, even in the healthy organism because its primary action , more frequently than with any other remedy, alternates and becomes intermixed with the vital reactions (after effects) of the organism. On this account it is…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“BLUISH, purple, livid, etc. CALF CHILLY, cold COLLAPSE, sudden prostration, etc. CRACKING JOINTS DISCHARGES, eruption appearing etc., Amel. DRUGS, abuse of., Agg. EXPRESSION, changed. FEARSOME, anxious, etc. MEASLY WIND, DRAFT OR AIR, blowing on part, thro' a hole, etc., as of”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“DIGESTIVE TRACT. Cerebro-spinal nerves. Urinary organs. Nose. Cold. Drafts. When half asleep. (Mag-p-au. Nit-ac.). Mental exertion. Shock. SUPPRESSION. Inattention. Free discharges. Sweat. Thinking of it. Algidity; can't get warm; at start of colds, cholera, etc. Bluish, old, pinched look. ICY COLD, YET AVERSE TO…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Camphor. C 10 H 16 O. - N. O. Lauraceæ. A gum obtained from Laurus camphora. Solution in rectified spirit. Angina pectoris / Bed-sores / Cholera Asiatica / Chordee / Cold / Convulsions / Epilepsy / Eruptions, suppressed / Erysipelas / Gonorrhœa / Heart affections / Hyperpyrexia / Influenza / Measles / Memory, loss of…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Camphor. Lauraceæ. All our progress as a school depends on the right view of the symptoms obtained by proving with camphor or with opium. --C. Hg. Unconsciousness. Grew dizzy while studying in school. 12.30 p. m., book seemed to go round, could hardly keep his seat ; felt as if falling towards right side and as if…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Camphor The camphor bottle is, a great mischief in the house, as camphor antidotes most of our remedies. Camphor in potentized form will cure many complaints. It is suitable in some acute complaints attended with nervous excitement, even to frenzy, with spasms and convulsions and finally exhaustion. The Camphor state…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Dimished circulation of the blood to parts most distant from the heart (coldness of the external body). Color of the face bluish. Sudden sinking of strength. Pains, as if bruised in inner parts. Great sensitiveness to cold and cold air. Loss of sensation. Cracking of the the joints. Rheumatic stitches in the muscles…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Great anguish and discouragement. Mania to dispute. Confusion of ideas; delirium. Giddiness, with heaviness of the head and vanishing of the senses. Sensation of constriction in the brain, especially in the cerebellum; the pain ceases when he thinks of it. Inflammation of the brain, (after sun-stroke), with pulsation…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: camphor. Great faintness and prostration (Ant-T., Kali-P., Laur., Sep., Verat.) (Ra.). Diminished circulation of the blood to parts most distant from the heart (coldness of the external body). Throbbing pains in the cerebellum, like the pounding of a hammer (Bell., Glon., Nat-M., Psor.), synchronous with…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Great coldness of the external surface, with sudden and complete prostration of the vital force; collapse. The patient objects to being covered, notwithstanding the objective coldness; throws off all the covering. Pains disappear when thinking of them; exceedingly sensitive to cold air. The great characteristic around…”
