Rumex Crispus 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.
“Yellow Dock. (Polygonaceae.) For the tubercular diathesis, extremely sensitive skin and mucous membranes. Extremely sensitive to open air ; hoarseness; worse evenings; after exposure to cold; voice uncertain. Tickling in throat pit , causing, dry, teasing cough. Dry, incessant, fatiguing cough; worse from changing air…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Rumex crispus, Linn. Natural order , Polygonaceæ. Common names , Yellow Dock; (G.), Krauser Ampfer. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities. 2 to 8 , provings by Dr. B. F. Joslin, published in Am. Hom. Rev., Trans. Am. Inst. of Hom., 1858, and in Monograph); 2 , E. M. K. took a solution of 1 drop of tincture…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Yellow Dock Is characterized by pains, numerous and varied, neither fixed nor constant anywhere. Cough caused by an incessant tickling in the throat-pit, which tickling runs down to the bifurcation of the bronchial tubes. Touching the throat-pit brings on the cough. Worse from the least cold air; so that all cough…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“BREATHING, DEEPLY, Agg. COUGH. COUGH, excited from Throat or Larynx COUGH, INCESSANT DUST, feathers, etc., as of LARYNX AND TRACHEA LYING, Agg. LYING, right, Agg. PUFFINESS SIDE, Right SIDE, Right to left STERNUM, REGION OF, ALSO THROAT-PIT, ETC. STICKY, stringy, etc.(Comp. Adhesive.) TIME, 4 A.M. to 8 A.M. TIME, 8…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Curled Dock. Yellow Dock. N. O. Polygonaceæ. Tincture of fresh root. Abortion / Aphonia / Asthma / Borborygmi / Bronchitis / Catarrh / Corns / Coryza / Cough / Diarrhœa / Dyspepsia / Epistaxis / Feet, tender / Gastralgia / Heart, pain in; affections of / Indigestion / Irritation / Lichen / Mouth, ulceration of /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Yellow Dock. Polygonaceæ. A native of Europe introduced into this country, where it grows wild in fields and waste places. The tincture is prepared from the fresh root. Provings by Houghton, Thesis, Hahn. Med. College of Penna., 1852 ; Joslin, Trans. Am. Inst., 1858. The provers were E. M. K., H. M. Paine, Wm. E…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Rumex, the yellow dock, is a neglected remedy, and one that has been only partially proved. The mental symptoms have not been brought out, but the catarrhal symptoms have been well expressed by provers. There is a state of sadness, low spirited; aversion to work; irritable mental excitability. This includes about all…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Low-spirited, with serious expression of the face. Irritable, -disinclined to mental exertions. Dull feeling in the head (with the cough). Dull pain in the forehead (worse on motion). Pain in the eyes, as from dryness and inflammation of the lids, especially in the evening. Itching, deep in the ears. Violent sneezing…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: yellow dock. This remedy is indicated in those of tubercular diathesis, who are extremely sensitive to the open air (Bl.). Intense itching of the skin when undressing to go to bed (N.). Itching of various parts, worse by cold, and better by warmth. It should be remembered in urticaria and prurigo, when…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Violent incessant dry cough; worse on inhaling the least cold air; covers the mouth to keep the cold air out, with relief. Brownish diarrhœa, < in the morning. Intense itching of the skin when undressing to go to bed. There are three localities in which this remedy acts very markedly, viz.: Respiratory organs, bowels…”