Bovista compare in 10 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.
“Puffball (Fungi.) Persons who suffer from tettery eruptions, dry or moist. Adapted to old maids; with palpitation. Stammering children (Stram.). Discharge from nose and all mucous membranes; very tough, stringy, tenacious (Kali bi.). Usually deep impression on finger, from using blunt instruments, scissors, knife…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Lycoperdon Bovista, Pers. Nat. order , Fungi; Common names , Warted Puff ball, Kugelschwamm. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Emotional. Talkative, 3. Very open-hearted; she spoke of her own failings, contrary to her custom, 3. Averse to everything after dinner, 2. Very much exhilarated; life seems very…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Puff-Ball (BOVISTA) Has a marked effect on the skin, producing eruption like eczema, also upon the circulation, predisposing to hæmorrhages; marked languor and lassitude. Adapted to stammering children, old maids with palpitation; and "tettery" patients. Stage of numbness and tingling in multiple neuritis. Asphyxia…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“CLOTHES, pressure of, Agg. DIRECTION of sensations, Outward PUFFINESS STICKY, stringy, etc.(Comp. Adhesive.) TIME, 8 P.M. to 12 Night. 6 A.M. 5 P.M. 7 P.M. 8 P.M. 9 P.M. 10 P.M.”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“CIRCULATION: HEART. Uterus. Kidneys. SKIN. Menses. Full moon. Getting warm. Doubling up. Eating. Hæmorrhagic-herpetic diathesis. Oozing hæmorrhage, eating. Bloating. Diarrhœa, < menses. Menses early; more at night, less if in motion; flow between periods. Thick, pussy, acrid leucorrhœa. Short breath on using hands…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Lycoperdon bovista. Warted puff-ball. N. O. Fungi. Trituration. Coccyx, itching of / Corns / Cysts / Diabetes / Diarrhœa / Ear, eczema of / Eczema / Ganglion / Gleet / Hæmorrhages / Hæmorrhagic diathesis / Headache / Heart, affections of / Jaundice / Joints, affections of / Menstruation, disordered / Metrorrhagia /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Puffball. Fungi. Hartlaub, Sen., proved in 1828 the spores of this fungus, following the example of Hahnemann, with Lycopodium . He published it in 1831 as an antipsoric ; 640 symptoms. It belongs to the most important remedies for the treatment of chronic diseases. Ægidi's case of urticaria, Knerr's translation of…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Sad, depressed and desponding. Awkwardness; she lets every thing drop out of her hand. Weak memory. Headache deep in the brain, sensation as if the head were enlarged. Sensation as if bruised in the head. Dim eyes, without lustre. Objects seem to be too near the eye. Itching in the ears. Discharge of fetid us from the…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: puff ball. Headache (deep in the brain), with a feeling as though the head were enormously large or swollen (F.). Discharge from the nose and all mucous membranes very tough, stringy and tenacious (Kali-B.) (A.). Pale swelling of the upper lip. Found it useful in epistaxis. Whether the hæmorrhage be…”