Causticum 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.
“Hahnemann's (Tinctura acris sine Kali) Adapted to persons with dark hair and rigid fibre; weakly, psoric, with excessively yellow, sallow complexion ; subject to affections of respiratory and urinary tracts. Children with dark hair and eyes, delicate, sensitive, skin prone to intertigo during dentition (Lyc.), or…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“"Tinctura acris sine Kali." Preparation , Distil a mixture of slaked lime and a solution of Potassium sulphate according to directions given in the Homœopathic Dispensatory. The distillate contains Potassium hydrate, but no lime nor Sulphuric acid. Some effects of Caustic potash (Kali causticum, Potassium hydrate) are…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Hahnemann's Tinctura acris sine Kali Manifests its action mainly in chronic rheumatic, arthritic and paralytic affections, indicated by the tearing, drawing pains in the muscular and fibrous tissues, with deformities about the joints; progressive loss of muscular strength, tendinous contractures. Broken down seniles…”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“NERVES: Motor. Sensory. MUSCLES: BLADDER. LARYNX. Limbs. Respiration. Skin. Right side; face. Air: DRY COLD. Raw. WINDS. Drafts. Extremes of temperature. Stooping. Suppressions. Coffee. 3-4 A.M. OR EVENING. Exertion. Change of weather. A COLD DRINK (EVEN CHILLS). Washing. Warmth; of bed. Gentle motion. Sensitive to…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Tinctura acris sine Kali. Potassium Hydrate. Obtained by distilling a mixture of slaked lime and a solution of potassium sulphate. Tincture with spirit. Acne rosacea / Agalactia / Amaurosis / Apoplexy / Arthritis deformans / Bladder, affections of / Bronchitis / Burns / Cataract / Chorea / Coccygodynia / Constipation…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Tinctura acris sine Kali. Causticum was first mentioned by Hahnemann in his Apothekerlexicon. His views are fullyset forth in the first volum, published in the year 1793, under the word "Feuer," on p. 293, and in the last volume, published in 1799, under "Spiesglanztinctur," p. 256. His mode of preparation is found in…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Causticum is a very searching medicine, suitable in old, broken down constitutions, suffering from chronic diseases. Only occasionally is it indicated in acute diseases. Its complaints are such as are progressive, slow, and accompanying a declining state of the economy. Muscular power: Gradual decrease of muscular…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Rheumatic and gouty tearing in the limbs, relieved by warmth, especially by the heat of the bed. Tension in the limbs with paralysis, especially of the extensor muscles. Paralytic trembling, debility of the limbs when out of bed. Numbness of the single parts or of the right side of the body. In children, soreness…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Melancholy, peevish. Low-spirited, with fearful anxiety, day and night. Attacks of anger, with scolding. Afraid at night (in the dark room; the child does not want to go to bed alone). Giddiness, with sensation of weakness in the head. Stitches in the temples. Tension and tightness in the head, and of the scalp…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: hahnemann's tinctura acris sine kali. Adapted to persons who are subject to affections of respiratory and urinary tracts (Lyc., Merc., Nat-M.) (A.). Useful for dark-haired persons with rigid fibres, psoric constitutions, suffering from long ago suppressions of skin diseases (N.). Disturbed functional…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Great weakness, faint-like goneness, culminating in local paralysis (vocal organs, tongue, muscles of deglutition, eyelids, face, bladder and extremities). Obstinate neuralgias, especially of psoric origin; pains of a cramping, drawing nature. Sensation of sore, rawness (scalp, throat, larynx and trachea, chest…”
