Conium Maculatum 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.
“Hemlock Poison (Umbelliferae) The "Balm of Gilead" for diseases of old maids and women during and after climacteric. Especially for diseases of old men; old maids; old bachelors; with rigid muscular fibre; persons with light hair who are easily excited; strong persons of sedentary habits. Debility of old people…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Conium maculatum, L. Natural order , Umbelliferæ. Common names (Cicuta of the old Romans, but not since the seventeenth century), Poison hemlock; (G.), Schierling; (F.), Grande ciguë. Preparation , Tincture of the fresh herb in blossom. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 36 , from Hahnemann, Ch. Kr., with notes by Dr. Hughes).”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Poison Hemlock (CONIUM) An old remedy, rendered classical by Plato's graphic description of its employment in the death of Socrates. The ascending paralysis it produces, ending in death by failure of respiration, shows the ultimate tendency of many symptoms produced in the provings, for which Conium is an excellent…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“BALL. BURNING, stinging. CHEST, backward in CLIMAXIS, Agg. CLOTHES, pressure of, Agg. COITION, Agg. CONSTRICTION, tight band, gathered together, squeezing, etc. COORDINATION, disturbed COUGH. COUGH, excited from Throat or Larynx CUTTING DIRECTION of sensations, Ascending. DIRECTION of sensations, Backward DIRECTION of…”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“NERVES. MUSCLES. GLANDS: MAMMÆ. Ovaries. Sexual organs. Respiration. SEEING MOVING OBJECTS. ALCOHOL. Raising arms. After exertion. Injury. Night. Sexual excesses. Cold; taking. Continence. Old age. Lying; head low. Letting part hang down. Irregular action ending in progressive DEBILITY, as in old age: clothes…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Poison Hemlock. N. O. Umbelliferæ. Tincture of fresh plant in flower. Asthma / Bladder, inflammation of / Breast, affections of / painful / Bronchitis / Bruises / Cancer / Cataract / Chorea / Cough / Depression of spirits / Diphtheritic paralysis / Dysmenia (membranous) / Erysipelas / Eyes, affections of /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Spotted, or Poison Hemlock. Umbelliferæ. A native of Europe, but naturalized in the United States. The active principle is Conia, a yellowish, oily, transparent fluid, lighter than water, of an acrid, nauseous, tobacco-like taste. It is very volatile ; slightly soluble in water ; its combinations with acids do not…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“This medicine is a deep, long acting antipsoric, establishing a state of disorder in the economy that is so far reaching and so long lasting that it disturbs almost all the tissues of the body. Glands: The complaints are brought on from taking cold, and the glands become affected all over the body. From every little…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Hypochondria and hysteria from suppression of, or from too free an indulgence in, the sexual instinct, with low spiritedness, anxiousness and sadness. Forgetfulness; excessive difficulty of recollecting things. Dread of men when they approach him; nevertheless he dreads being alone. Inclination to start, as with…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: poison hemlock. Suitable for old men, old maids, women with tight, rigid fibre; scrofulous and cancerous people; children prematurely old (N.). Ailments and weakness of old men (ecchymosis). SWELLING AND INDURATION OF THE GLANDS, WITH STINGING AND TINGLING, AFTER BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS. Great sensation of…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Vertigo, especially < on turning the head, or looking around sidewise, or turning in bed. Swelling and induration of glands, after contusions or bruises. Cancerous and scrofulous persons with enlarged glands. Urine flows, stops and flows again intermittently; prostatic or uterine affections. Breasts sore, hard and…”