Alumina 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 HC — I sintomi chiave che distinguono questo rimedio dai suoi rimedi più affini.
“Pure Clay. (Al2O3.) Adapted to persons who suffer from chronic diseases; "the Aconite of chronic diseases.". Constitutions deficient in animal heat (Cal., Sil.). Spare, dry, thin subjects; dark complexion; mild, cheerful disposition; hypochondriacs; dry, tettery, itching eruption, worse in winter (Petr.); intolerable…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Chemically prepared pure Aluminium oxide [Al2O3 ]. Preparation , Triturate with sacch. lactis. Authorities. NOTE BY HAHNEMANN (footnote, page 206): "With merely these two letters, Doctors Hartlaub and Trinks designate a man (a true 'anonymity'), who has furnished the greatest number of symptoms for their 'Annals,'…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Oxide et Aluminum-Argilla A very general condition corresponding to this drug is dryness of mucous membranes and skin, and tendency to paretic muscular states . Old people, with lack of vital heat, or prematurely old, with debility. Sluggish functions, heaviness, numbness, and staggering, and the characteristic…”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“SPINAL CORD, lumbar. Abdomen, left. RECTUM. Lower limbs. Mucus membranes. Skin. WARMTH; ROOM, bed. Foods: Artificial. Potatoes. Speaking. Dry weather. Early on awaking. Sitting. After menses. Evening. Open air. Moderate: Exertion. Temperature. Thin, inactive; inclines to lie down. Paretic effects. Talking is…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Argilla. Oxide of Aluminium. Pure Clay. AL 2 O 3 3 H 2 O. Trituration. Anus, affections of / Boils / Bubo / Catarrh / Chlorosis / Constipation / Constipation of nursing infants / Cough / Disappointments, effects of / Dysentery / Dyspepsia / Eczema / Eyes, affections of / Fissures / Fistula / Headache / Hernia /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Pure Clay. Aluminium Oxide. Al 2. O 3 . Used by the Old School, but only according to very poor indications. Hahnemann had proved the pure earth when Hartlaub edited a collection of 975 symptoms, obtained from four provers, in his Mat. Med ., in 1829. The year after, Hahnemann published his own observations in Stapf's…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Alumen and Alumina: This remedy comes in very nicely after Alumen , which has much Alumina in its nature and depends largely upon Alumina, which is its base, for its way of working. It occurs to me to throw out a little hint. When you have a good substantial proving of an oxide or a carbonate, and the mental symptoms…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Unpleasant want of animal heat. He feels as if some parts of the body were enlarged. Great debility from exercise, as in walking. There is present tearing pain in the limbs and a sensation of constriction of the internal organs (oesophagus). Involuntary motions (jerking of the head and other parts are associated in…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Easily offended. Disposition to shed tears. Anxious and full of fears. Alternate vivacity and thoughtfulness. Great weakness of memory and inability to think coherently. Reeling vertigo, as if he would fall over, with a faint feeling or nausea early in the morning, disappearing after breakfast. Vertigo, with white…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: pure clay. Spare, dry, thin subjects (A.). Dryness of membranes; the conjunctiva, the nose and the intestinal tract are all very dry (D.). Constant, dry, hacking cough; interrupts breathing (B.). Throat feels full of sticks or constricted (B.). Eyes: Agglutination in the morning on waking, with burning…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Inactivity of the rectum; even the soft stool requires great straining. Anæmia in women, who are hungry for starch, chalk, rags, charcoal, cloves and other ridiculous unnatural things; potatoes disagree; profuse leucorrhœa. Great heaviness in lower limbs, weak, has to sit down; numbness of heels; sense of hot iron…”
