China Officinalis (Rubra) 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.
“Peruvian Bark (Rubiaceae) For stout, swarthy persons; for systems, once robust, which have become debilitated, "broken down" from exhausting discharges (Carbo v.). Apathetic, indifferent, taciturn (Phos. ac.); despondent, gloomy, has no desire to live, but lacks courage to commit suicide. Ailments: from loss of vital…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Cinchona officinalis, Hooker. Nat. order , Rubiaceæ; Common names , China (Ch. hard), Quinquina, Cortex Peruvianus (Peruvian bark). Preparation , Tincture of the bark (or triturations). Authorities.”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Peruvian Bark-China (CINCHONA OFFICINALIS) Debility from exhausting discharges, from loss of vital fluids, together with a nervous erethism , calls for this remedy. Periodicity is most marked. Sensitive to draughts. Seldom indicated in the earlier stages of acute disease. Chronic gout. Chronic suppurative pyelitis…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“ACHING APPETITE, CHANGED BLACK, dark, etc. BLOOD SEPSIS, etc. BONES. BURSTING, splitting, etc.(Comp. Shattered) CALCULI, atheroma, etc. CHEST, internal CHILLY, cold COATED FEELING COITION, Agg. COLDNESS, Partial CONSTRICTION, tight band, gathered together, squeezing, etc. COUGH. COUGH, incessant DIGESTION AFFECTED…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Cinchona officinalis. Cinchona calisaya. Peruvian bark. N. O. Rubiaceæ. Tincture of the dried bark. Abscess / Alcoholism / Amblyopia / Anæmia / Aphthæ / Apoplexy / Appetite, disordered / Asthma / Back, weakness of / Bilious attack / Catarrhal affections / Coma / Constipation / Cough / Debility / Delirium / Diarrhœa /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“1. Cinchona Calisaya, also called Cinchona Regia or Cinchona Flava, Royal or genuine yellow bark. 2. Cinchona de Huanuco, grey or silver Cinchona ; and, 3. Cinchona Rubra, or Red Cinchona.”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Now we shall take up the study of Cinchona, or China. Persons who have suffered much from neuralgias due to malarial influences, who have become anaemic and sickly from repeated haemorrhages, are likely to develop symptoms calling for China. China produces a gradually increasing anaemia, with great pallor and…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Oversensitiveness, low-spirited with aversion to all noise. Debility from loss of fluids (an excellent indication is debilitating perspiration). Attacks of pain, caused by the slightest touch of the body and then increasing gradually and becoming very severe. The parts on which one lies go to sleep. Restlessness of…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Indifference and apathy. Disposition to be alone. Ill-humor, with disposition to hurt other people's feelings. Nervous irritation, with slowness of ideas. Full of projects and ideas, especially in the evening and at night. Congestion of blood to the head, with twitching in the temples. Headache, from suppressed coryza.”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: peruvian bark. Headache, aggravated by a draft of air, in the open air, and from the slightest contact, and relieved by hard pressure. INTENSE THROBBING HEADACHE, AFTER EXCESSIVE HÆMORRHAGE (Carb-V., Ferr.) (Bt.). Over-sensitiveness, low-spirited with aversion to all noise (Coff., Nat-M., Nux-V., Sulph.)…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Debility and other complaints after excessive loss of fluids, blood-letting, etc. Hæmorrhages profuse, with faintness, loss of sight and ringing in the ears. Great flatulence, with sensation as if the abdomen were packed full; not > by eructation or passing flatus. Painless diarrhœa (yellow, watery, brownish…”
