Ignatia Amara 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.
“St. Ignatius Bean. (Loganiaceae) Especially suited to nervous temperament; women of a sensitive, easily excited nature; dark hair and skin but mild disposition, quick to percieve, rapid in execution. In striking contrast with the fair complexion, yielding, lachrymose, but slow and indecisive, Pulsatilla. The remedy of…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Strychnos Ignatia, Bergius (Ignatia amara, Linn., formerly applied to this plant, seems to belong to one entirely different; see Flückiger and Hanbury, Pharmacographia, p. 387, note). Natural order , Loganiaceæ. Common names , St. Ignatius's bean; Faba Sancti Ignatii. Preparation , Triturations of the bean…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“St. Ignatius Bean (IGNATIA) Produces a marked hyperæsthesia of all the senses, and a tendency to clonic spasms. Mentally, the emotional element is uppermost, and co-ordination of function is interfered with . Hence, it is one of the chief remedies for hysteria. It is especially adapted to the nervous temperament-women…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“ACHING ALIVE, sensations (Comp. Formication) ALTERNATING EFFECTS, sides, states, etc.(Comp. Periodicity, Wandering, Waves). ANGER, irritability fretfulness, bad temper, etc. (Comp. Emotions) BALL. BURSTING, splitting, etc.(Comp. Shattered) CHANGE OF POSITION, AMEL. CHILLY, cold COLDNESS, Partial COMPANY, CROWDS, ETC…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“amara. (Strychnos ignatia? Strychnos multiflora?-The actual tree from which the so-called "beans" are obtained is not known.) Faba indica. St. Ignatius' Bean. (Philippine Islands.) N. O. Loganiaceæ. Tincture and trituration of the seeds. Abdomen, distended / Anger, effects of / Anus, affections of / Anxiety /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Loganiaceæ. Bean of St. Ignatius. A species of strychos native to the Phillipine Islands. The tree bears a pear-shaped fruit, containing intensely bitter seed, from which is obtained the alcoholic tincture. Introduced and proved by Hahnemann and his provers. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 5, p. 66 . CLINICAL…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Ignatia is frequently required and is especially suited to sensitive, delicate women and children; to hysterical women. You will not cure the natural hysterics with Ignatia, but you will cure those gentle, sensitive, fine fibred, refined, highly educated, overwrought women in their nervous complaints with Ignatia when…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Bad effects from fright and sorrow, offenses and unfortunate love affairs. Fickleness. Pain, as from the pressing of a pointed hard body from the inside to the outside. Pressing asunder or constriction in internal organs. Spasmodic and hysterical complaints. Convulsive twitches. Spasmodic yawning. Convulsions with…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Sensitiveness of feeling; delicate conscientiousness. Fearfulness, timidity. Irresoluteness; anxious; to do now this, now that. The slightest contradiction irritates. Intolerance of noise. Taciturn, with continuous sad thoughts; still, serious melancholy, with moaning. Anger, followed by quiet grief and sorrow…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: st. ignatius bean. Especially suited to women of a sensitive, easily excited nature (Puls.) (A.). BAD EFFECTS FROM FRIGHT AND SORROW, OFFENCES AND UNFORTUNATE LOVE AFFAIRS. In talking or chewing they bite themselves in the cheek or tongue (N.). The remedy of great contradictions: the roaring in the ears…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Remedy of paradoxicalities. Head better lying on painful side, moody, goneness not > by eating, sore throat < by swallowing, thirst during chill, face red during chill, etc. Sad, sighing, changeable, moody disposition. Twitchings or spasms, or convulsions from exciting or depressing emotions, fright, etc. All-gone…”
