Graphites 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.
“Black Lead. (Amorphous Carbon.) Suited to women, inclined to obesity, who suffer from habitual constipation; with a history of delayed menstruation. "What Pulsatilla is at puberty, Graphites is at the climacteric.". Excessive cautiousness; timid; hesitates; unable to decide about anything (Puls.). Fidgety while…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Carbon, amorphous. (The finest specimens contain traces of iron, .04 to .09 per cent.; poor qualities contain as much as 4 per cent.) Common names , Plumbago, Black Lead; (Germ.), Reissblei. Preparation , Trituration of the prepared black lead from finest English drawing-pencils. Authorities. Emotional. Very easily…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Black Lead-Plumbago Like all the carbons, this remedy is an anti-psoric of great power, but especially active in patients who are rather stout, of fair complexion, with tendency to skin affections and constipation, fat, chilly, and costive , with delayed menstrual history, take cold easily. Children impudent, teasing…”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“NUTRITION. Circulation. SKIN: Folds. Behind ears. Angles. Flexures. Orifices. Nails. Mind. Mucous membranes. Glands. Eyes. COLD. Drafts. Light. During menses. Suppressions of eruptions. Empty swallowing. Fats. Hot drinks. Warmth of bed. Scratching. Night. Wet feet. Open air; after walking in. Eating. Touch. LUMPY…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Plumbago. Black Lead. An allotropic modification of carbon. (The finest specimens contain traces of iron, 0.04 to 0.6 per cent.; poor qualities as much as 4 per cent.) Trituration of prepared Black Lead from finest English drawing-pencils. Acne / Amenorrhœa / Anus, affections of / Blepharitis / Breasts, indurated…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Plumbago ; black lead. Carbon, amorphous. The purified Graphite prepared by trituration and potentized. Introduced by Hahnemann. See Chronische Krankheiten. Proved by Hahnemann and his provers. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 4, p. 467 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Headache , Goullon, Raue's Rec., 1873, p. 197 ; Herpetic…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“The complaints of Graphites are worse morning, evening and during the NIGHT, especially before midnight. It is useful in people who are morbidly fat, or have been fat and are now emaciating; with constipation more commonly than diarrhoea; in women in these conditions whose menstrual habit is pale, late, short and…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Twitching and contortions of the limbs. Disposition to catch cold and aggravation from getting cold. Drawing through the whole body with disposition to stretch the limbs. Stiffness of the limbs. Sensation of trembling in the whole body with twitches in all the limbs. The limbs go to sleep. Pulsation in all the…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Melancholy with inclination to grief, anxiety about the future, and nightly restlessness driving one out of bed. Despairing grief with shedding of tears. Anxious fear of an approaching misfortune. Irresoluteness and excessive cautiousness. Easily vexed and wrathful. Want of disposition to work. Forgetfulness, chooses…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: black lead. Suited to women, inclined to obesity, who suffer from habitual constipation; with a history of delayed menstruation (A.). Sexual desire diminished (Agn., Bar-C., Caust., Ferr., Helon., Hep., Lyc., Mag-C., Nat-M., Phos-Ac., Rhod., Sep., Sulph.) (K.). "What Pulsatilla is at puberty, Graphites is…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Eruption on the skin, oozing out a thick, honey-like fluid. Mucous outlets; eyelids inflamed, with pustules; ears discharge, moist sore places behind ears; mouth cracked in corners; anus, eruptions, itching, fissured. Nails grow thick, cracked, out of shape. Constipation; stools knotty, large lumps, united by mucous…”