Kalmia latifolia compare in 11 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.
“Mountain Laurel. (Ericaceae.) Adapted to acute neuralgia, rheumatism, gouty complaints, especially when heart is involved as a sequel of rheumatism or gout. In heart diseases that have developed from rheumatism, or alternate with it. Pains sticking, darting, pressing, shooting in a downward direction (Cac. - upward…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Kalmia latifolia, Linn. Natural order , Ericaceæ. Common names , Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush. Preparation , Tincture of the mature leaves. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 5 , experiments of "W." with infusion of leaves, Boston Med. and Surg. Jour., 1834, vol. x, p. 213 et seq .) 6 to 23, from Hering's Compilations , Trans…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Mountain Laurel A rheumatic remedy. Pains shift rapidly. Nausea and slow pulse frequently accompanying. Has also a prominent action on the heart. In small doses, it accelerates the heart's action; in larger it moderates it greatly. Neuralgia; pains shoot downwards, with numbness. Fulgurating pains of locomotor ataxia…”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“NERVES: SPINAL. Eyes. Face (R). HEART. Circulation. Joints. Skin. Right; head; deltoid. Left; chest; arm. MOTION: Lying on L. side. Bending Forward. Looking down. Heat. Becoming cold. With the sun. Eating. Cloudy weather. Continued motion. Aching , bruised, stiff feeling. Tingling, numbness, trembling or paralytic…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Ledum floribus bullatis. Cistus chamærhododendros. Mountain Laurel. American Laurel. Calico Bush. (Rocky sterile hills, near water, in New England States. Flowers May and June.) N. O. Ericaceæ. Tincture of fresh leaves when the plant is in flower. Angina pectoris / Blindness / Bright's disease / Dropsy / Dysmenorrhœa…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Mountain Laurel. Ericaceæ. An evergreen shrub, found on rocky hills, flowering in May and June. The tincture is prepared from the fresh leaves. Introduced by Hering and proved by himself, Kummer, Behler, Bute, Clark, Hæseler, Williamson, Freitag, Reichelm and others. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 5, p. 388 . CLINICAL…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Kalmia Latifolia The symptoms that indicate this remedy show themselves especially in the muscles, in the tendons, in the joints, along the course of the nerves, in rheumatic complaints. Pains: The pains change about, wandering pains, and they axe aggravated from motion. The sharp pains spread from the centres to the…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Giddiness, with headache and nausea. Giddiness when stooping and looking downwards. Sensation of heat in the head in the morning. Pain in the forehead in the morning when waking, after rising and then increasing. Pulsating headache as if a pulse were beating in the forehead. Pressing pain on a small spot on the right…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: mountain laurel. Adapted to acute neuralgia, rheumatism and gouty complaints, especially when the heart is involved as a sequel of rheumatism and gout (A.). Maddening supra-orbital pain (Spig.) (B.). Severe stitching pain in the right eye and orbit (left eye- Spig.); stiffness in muscles, pain worse when…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Ought to be noticed just here, because it seems, at first sight, so much like Spigelia, and Hering says it follows Spigelia well in heart disease. Both remedies have severe neuralgia of the face, but Kalmia is oftenest right-sided, Spigelia left. Both have pains in eyes, worse on turning them, but Kalmia has a sense…”