Antimonium crudum 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.
“Sulphide of Antimony. (SbS3.) For children and young people inclined to grow fat (Cal.); for the extremes of life. Old people with morning diarrhoea, suddenly become constipated, or alternate diarrhoea and constipation; pulse hard and rapid. Sensitive to the cold. < after taking cold . Child is fretful, peevish…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“("Stibium"). Sesquisulphide of antimony, Sb2S3 . (Native gray antimony ore). Authorities. [Dioscorides (in Hahnemann) only mentions the beneficial effect of its external application to ulcers of the eye; Plinius, ibid.; as Ant. was not used internally in his time, this must be as with Dioscorides.]”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Black Sulphide of Antimony For homeopathic employment, the mental symptoms and those of the gastric sphere, determine its choice. Excessive irritability and fretfulness , together with a thickly-coated white tongue , are true guiding symptoms to many forms of disease calling for this remedy. All the conditions are…”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“STOMACH. DIGESTIVE TRACT. MIND. SKIN. Changing sides. COLD: BATHING. Dampness. WATER (on head). OVEREATING. Acids. Sweets. HEAT: SUMMER, of sun. Overheating. Radiated. Gross feeders (Ab-c.), showing gastric, mental and skin symptoms. Lumpy stools, leucorrhœa, skin, nails, etc. Strange absence of pain. Cracks in…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Native Sulphide of Antimony. Sb 2 S 3 . Anus, irritation of / Callosities / Catarrh / Chorea / Constipation / Corns / Diarrhœa / Dyspepsia / Eczema / Feet, sore and horny / Fever / Gum-rash / Nails, degeneration of / Nettle-rash / Piles / Prolapsus recti / Red gum / Remittent fever / Stomach, disordered / Sunstroke /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Native Sulphide of Antimony. SbS 3 . The sulphuret of antimony, a mineral, native in France and Germany, found also in the United States, see Stibnite of Dana, p. 29. What is to be had in the shops is obtained by simple fusion of the ore. Used by the ancients for dyeing hair and eyebrows. First known as a sulphuret by…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Generalities: You will be surprised, when studying full provings of this substance, to notice that all the symptoms seem to centre about the stomach; it does not matter much what kind of complaints he suffers from the stomach takes part in it. The pains disturb his stomach and bring, on nausea; with his headache he is…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“He is much concerned about his fate. Disposition to grow fat. Inflammation of the muscles. Aversion to be looked at, and to be touched. Horn-like excrescences and disposition to abnormal organizations of the skin. Gastric symptoms, worse in the afternoon and at night. When the symptoms reappear they change their…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Ecstasy and exalted love, with great anxiety about his fate and inclination to shoot himself; worse when walking in the moonlight, and then his conduct is like that of an insane person. The child cannot bear being touched or looked at. Giddiness, with nausea, or bleeding of the nose. Congestion of blood to the head…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: sulphide of antimony. For children and young people, inclined to grow fat (Calc., Graph.), for the extremes of life (Ant-T., Lyc., Op., Sil.) (A.). SENTIMENTAL MOOD IN THE MOON-LIGHT, PARTICULARLY ECSTATIC LOVE (N.). Gastric derangement, with tongue coated thickly white, accompanying different complaints…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Thick, milky white coating on tongue (in many complaints). Derangements from overloading the stomach, especially fat food; nausea. Crushed finger-nails: grow in splits like warts and with horny spots. Corns and callosities on soles, with excessive tenderness; can only walk with pain and suffering. Alternate…”