- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“A. cannabinum, L. Nat order , Apocynaceæ. Common name , Indian hemp. Authorities. [No. 1 , Black; 2 , Peters; 3 , Marcy; 4 , Knapp (took infusion of the powdered root in warm water (15 grains to cupful), two tablespoonfuls every fifteen minutes). Bewildered, 4. Unusual heaviness of the head, with aching pains in the…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Indian Hemp Increases secretions of mucous and serous membranes and acts on cellular tissue, producing œdema and dropsy and on skin causing diaphoresis. Acute hydrocephalus. A diminished frequency of the pulse is a prime indication. This is one of our most efficient remedies, in dropsies , ascites, anasarca and…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“URINARY ORGANS. Heart. Digestive tract. Uterus. COLD: Weather. Drinks. Uncovering. Lying. Warmth. Weak and dropsical. Scanty discharges. Irritation. .................... Bewildered. Can't think. Faint. Thirst, but water distresses; vomits every drink. Uræmic vomiting. Sinking at epigastrium. Noisy, yellow, painless…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Indian (American) Hemp. N. O. Apocynaceæ. Provings were made with fresh plant-tinctures, or fresh or powdered root-tinctures or infusions. Watery infusions (with just enough spirit to keep them from fermenting) are said to be more efficacious than tinctures. The whole fresh plant, root included, should be used for…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. I have now reviewed the majority of the medicines derived from the animal kingdom, and also the most important of those from the nosodes. We next come to the second grand division in natural history, the vegetable kingdom. The vegetable kingdom offers us many varieties of medicinal substances…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“Characterized by dropsical conditions; uterine hæmorrhages. Mental.--Bewildered, low-spirited, stupid. Head.--Heaviness of the head, aching in small of back and limbs. Hydrocephalus; stupor, sight of one eye totally lost, the other nearly so; constant involuntary motion of one arm and leg. Eyes.--Sensation as if…”
- Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Indian Hemp.) This should not be confounded with A Androsemifolium. The medical properties of the two are widely different. Botanical Description. — It is a perennial plant, stems herbaceous, erect, branching, of a brown color, and two or three feet in height; the leaves are opposite, ovate, oblong, acute at both…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Indian Hemp. Apocynaceæ. In the summer of 1833, during a walk in the suburbs of New York, attention was called to this plant as being one of the most promising, by Dr. John F. Gray. In Allentown it was proved, especially by Dr. Freitag ; in 1856 another attempt by John C. Peters, with large doses of the tincture…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“APOCYNUM CANNABINUM. ApSiynum cannahirmm, h, Indian hemp Nat Ord., Apocynacetg, I. Proving!, — i. Dr. Marcy took, for 6 d., 5 drops 3 times daily of 3rd dil. No unusual sensations were observed until 5th m, ot proving, when on walking he felt a sinking at stomach, dryness of mouth, thirst, nausea, irresistible…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“This remedy comes in as a good one to contrast with Apis. You will find it analogous in its symptoms and much like the complaints cured by Apis. You will be astonished in going over the dropsical condition, the rheumatic condition, the tumefaction of the cellular tissues, the dropsy of the sacs, the scanty urine…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: indian hemp. Low spirited (Aur., Ign., Puls., Sep.) (Br.). Excretions diminished, especially urine and sweat (Apis, Sep., Sulph.) (A.). All kinds of dropsies, with a sinking feeling at the pit of the stomach (Hl.). GENERAL ŒDEMA (Apis, Ars., Dig., Merc., Phos., Sep., Sulph.) (Bt.). Ascites, with bruised…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Great thirst, but water disagrees, causing pain, or is immediately thrown off; sinking feeling at pit of stomach. (Dropsy.)”
- Roberts — Location, sensation, and modality — the three-fold basis Roberts used to separate remedies.
“Apocynum is of especial value in exanthematous diseases with rheumatic complications, especially of the pericardium and serous membranes. Like Apis, œdema is the greatest characteristic, but it differs from Apis in having great thirst while Apis has none. DROPSY OF PERICARDIUM; ACTION OF HEART SCARCELY PERCEPTIBLE…”
