Selenium Metallicum 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.
“Selenium. (The Element.) Adapted to light complexion; blondes; great emaciation of face, hands, legs and feet, or single parts. Very forgetful in business, but during sleep dreams of what he has forgotten. Headache: of drunkards; after debauchery; after lemonade, tea, wile; every afternoon. Hair falls off, on head…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“An element. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Great loquacity when excited, especially in the evening, 1. Very talkative, light-hearted, excited, 1. Fretful, peevish, sleepy, lazy, with frequent vomiting and stretching (second day), 2a. Dread of people and of his occupation, but overcoming this he is able to…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“The Element Selenium (SELENIUM) Selenium is a constant constituent of bones and teeth. Marked effects on the genito-urinary organs, and often indicated in elderly men, especially for prostatitis and sexual atony. Great debility ; worse, heat. Easy exhaustion, mental and physical, in old age. Debility after exhausting…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“COITION, Agg. DESQUAMATION, hair falls, etc. GELATINOUS (Comp. Albuminous) GREASY, oily, fatty HEAT of fire, sun, overheating, etc., Agg. INCONTINENCE, stool, urine, sexual, etc. LIE DOWN, must LOQUACITY MOISTNESS, fluidity, increased secretions in general, etc. (Comp. Dampness.) PROSTATE AND PERINEUM SALTINESS…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“An Element. Se. (A. W. 79.5). Trituration. Alcoholism / Ankle, itching eruption about / Comedo / Constipation / Debility / Enuresis / Hair, falling out / Headache / Hoarseness / Impotence / Laryngitis, scrofulous; tubercular / Liver, affections of; rash over region of / Priapism / Prostatitis / Prostatorrhœa /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Selenium. The Element. The trituration is prepared from the reddish-brown, somewhat translucent metal which resembles sulphur in its chemical relations. Introduced and proved by Hering, Archiv für Hom., vol. 12, p. 192 ; proving by Schreter, N. Archiv für Hom., vol. 3, p. 184 ; Berridge, N. Am. Jour. of Hom., 1873, p…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Marked mental and physical weakness following prolonged fevers, after sexual excesses, from secret vice, from exposure to the heat of the sun in summer. Generalities: Great fatigue from which he seems unable to recuperate from rest. Slight exertion brings great fatigue and weakness and especially in hot weather…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Great emaciation, especially hands, face and thighs. Great aversion to air draughts and from the same easily catching cold (tearing in the limbs). After sleep, especially on warm days when he is most inclined to it, an aggravation of the symptoms. Pruritus of the hands, with violent itching in the palms. Constipation…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Talkativeness and fond of conversing. Mental labor fatigues him much. Great forgetfulness when awake, with distinct recollection during half sleep. Vertigo, when rising from a seat, on raising himself in bed, on moving about. Paroxysms of vertigo, most violent an hour after breakfast and dinner. Headache from…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: selenium. Great aversion to air draughts, and from the same easily catching cold (also tearing in the limbs). Pruritus of the hands, with violent itching in the palms (Anac., Caust., Sulph.). Great emaciation, especially of hands, face and thighs (Abrot., Sars., Sil.). WEAKNESS FOLLOWING PROLONGED FEVER…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Here is another metal, that, like Stannum, has for its most characteristic condition, excessive weakness. But the weakness of Selenium does not, like Stannum, seem to centre in any particular locality. It is more general. He is so weak that he is easily exhausted from any kind of labor, either mental or physical. This…”
