Cina 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.
“Worm Seed. (Compositae) Adapted to children with dark hair, very cross, irritable, ill-humored, want to be carried, but carrying gives no relief; does not want to be touched; cannot bear you to come hear it; averse to caresses; desires many things; but rejects everything offered (compare, Ant. t., Bry., Cham…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Artemisia maritima, var. Stechmanniana, Besser; (A Lecheana, Karel et Kiril; A. maritima, var. pauciflora, Weber). Nat. order , Compositæ; Common names , Flores Cinæ (Semen Cinæ), Wormseed, Wurmsamen. Preparation , Tincture of the flower heads (commonly called seeds). Authorities. Emotional. Delirium, 1. Delirium, and…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Worm-seed (CINA) This is a children's remedy,-big, fat, rosy, scrofulous, corresponding to many conditions that may be referred to intestinal irritation, such as worms and accompanying complaints. An irritability of temper, variable appetite, grinding of teeth, and even convulsions, with screams and violent jerkings…”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“NERVES: Cerebro-spinal. ABDOMEN. Digestive tract. Eyes. Mucous membranes. Children. (Left side.). TOUCH. Worms. Vexation. Looked at. DURING SLEEP. Full moon. Staring. Yawning. Lying on abdomen. Wiping eyes. Motion. The greater the emaciation the greater the hunger. Bruised soreness. Painfully sore to motion and touch…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“The unexpanded flower-heads (commonly called "seeds") of several varieties of Artemisia maritima. Semen cinæ. Flores Cinæ. Artemisia contra. Wormseed. N. O. Compositæ. Tincture. Abdomen, distended / Anæmia / Anus, irritation of / Asthenopia / Asthma / Bronchitis / Borborygmi / Chorea / Colic / Convulsions / Cough /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Wormseed. Compositæ. It is known that the drug brought to market under the name "wormseed" does not consist of seed, but of the undeveloped flowers mixed with the scales of the calyx and pedicles of different species of the genus Artemesia. Semen Cina Levanticæ, consisting of small ovate-oblong, green-yellow flower…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Cina is pre-eminently a child's remedy, but it is suitable for conditions in adults that are seldom thought of. A marked feature running through is touchiness , mental and physical. Child: The child wants something, but does not know what. The child is aggravated by touch and even by being looked at, and is worse from…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Twitches and contortions of the limbs. Violent screaming attacks at night, the patient afficted lying on the back and striking and kicking with the hands and feet. There is grinding of the teeth and the child bores with his fingers into the nose. The child does not want to be touched. At night sleeplessness, with…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Piteous complaints and weeping. Ill-humor; the child is averse to being caressed and rejects every thing which is offered. The child will not be touched. Disposition to be offended by trifling jests. The head falls to the side and is jerked backwards, with twitches in the limbs and cold perspiration of the face…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: worm seed. Is principally a children's remedy, corresponding to many conditions that may be referred to intestinal irritation, such as worms, etc. (D.). Worm complaints in children (Bell., Calc., Calc-P., Ferr., Graph., Ipec., Kali-M., Kali-P., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Phos., Sep., Sil., Sulph., Zinc.).”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“The child is cross and ugly, kicks and strikes; wants to be carried or rocked or don’t want to be touched or looked at; wants things and pushes them away when offered. Frequently boring the nose with the fingers. Pale sickly look about the eyes, or white and blue about the mouth. Frequent swallowing as if something…”
