Digitalis Purpurea 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.
“Digitalis purpurea, L. Natural order , Scrophulariaceæ. Common names , Foxglove; (G.) Fingerhut. Preparation , Tincture prepared from the leaves of the second year of the plant. Authorities.”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Foxglove (DIGITALIS) Comes into play in all diseases where the heart is primarily involved, where the pulse is weak, irregular, intermittent , abnormally slow , and dropsy of external and internal parts. Weakness and dilatation of the myocardium . Its greatest indication is in failure of compensation and especially…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“BLOWS, shocks, thrusts, crash, explosions, etc. (Comp. Shattered): BLUISH, PURPLE, LIVID, ETC. COATED FEELING DISCHARGES, vicarious EMPTY, hollow, sinking, internal weakness, sense of, etc. EXERTION, Agg. FAINT, faints easily, etc. FEARSOME, anxious, etc. FORCED, thru a narrow opening, as if GELATINOUS (Comp…”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“Vagus. HEART; muscle. CIRCULATION: Liver. Lungs. Stomach. Occiput. Genito-urinary organs. Raising up. Exertion. Heat. Lying on L. side. Motion. Smell of food. Cold drinks. Excesses: Sexual. Rest. Cool air. Lying flat on back. WEAKNESS, faint - like; can hardly talk. Heart slow, with indefinite or causeless symptoms…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“purpurea. Fox-glove. N. O. Scrophulariaceæ. Tincture from the leaves of the second year of the plant. Amaurosis / Angina pectoris / Asthma / Bright's disease / Cyanosis / Delirium tremens / Dropsy / Fever / Gonorrhœa / Headache / Heart, affections of / Hydrocele / Hydrocephalus / Impotence / Jaundice / Lungs…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Foxglove. Scrophulariaceæ. Digitalis is cultivated in gardens, and in found wild throughout Europe, where it prefers siliceous soil, generally avoiding limestone districts. This fact was mentioned by Wm. Lewis, as early as 1768, in his Materia Medica, where he remarks : "It is observable of this plant that it grows…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“History: This drug as used by the Old School has done more mischief than any one drug in their Materia Medica. Every patient who had a fast heart, or anything the matter with the heart, was given Digitalis. It has caused more deaths than any drug. If administered when the heart is going fast it will soon produce a…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Stinging pain in the muscles of the upper and lower extremities. Faintish debility with perspiration. Attacks of excessive debility, especially after breakfast and dinner. Feeling of weakness; emptiness or goneness in the abdomen. Dropsy of external and internal parts. The urinary discharge is too scanty. Cyanosis…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Great anxiety and inclination to shed tears; apprehension about the future. Gloomy and peevish. Indisposed to speak; inclination to lassitude. Giddiness, with trembling. Dulness of the head, with limited power of thinking. Stitches in the temples (evening and night). Stitches in the forehead, extending into the nose…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: fox-glove. Pulse: Full, irregular; very slow and weak; intermiting every third, fifth or seventh beat (A.). Stinging pain in the muscles of the upper and lower extremities (Apis, Bry., Dulc., Guai., Kali-C., Kali-S., Rhus-T., Valer.). The fingers "go to sleep" frequently and easily (A.). Constant desire…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Extremely slow, intermittent pulse; weak heart; or rapid, very irregular pulse. Respiration; irregular, difficult, slow, deep or performed by frequent deep sighs; sometimes stops on dropping off into sleep. Excessive jaundice, with slow, weak heart, and ashy-white stools. Faintness or sinking at the stomach; feels as…”
