- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Bitter-sweet. (Solanaceae.) Adapted to persons of phlegmatic scrofulous constitutions; restless, irritable. Catarrhal rheumatism or skin affections, brought on or aggravated by exposure to cold, damp, rainy weather, or sudden changes in hot weather (Bry.). Increased secretions of mucous membranes; perspiration being…”
- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Solanum Dulcamara, Linn. Natural order , Solanaceæ. Common names , Woody Nightshade (not Deadly Nightshade, Belladonna), Bittersweet (not Climbing Bittersweet, Celastrus). German , Bittersuss. French , Douce-amère, Morelle. Preparation , Tincture of plant above woody portion, gathered just before flowering…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Bitter-sweet Hot days and cold nights towards the close of summer are especially favorable to the action of Dulcamara, and is one of the remedies that correspond in their symptoms to the conditions found as effects of damp weather, colds after exposure to wet, especially diarrhœa. It has a specific relation also to…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“MUCOUS MEMBRANES: Bronchi. Bladder. Eyes. BACK: Muscles. LOINS. SKIN. Umbilicus. Lymphatics. BEING CHILLED: WHILE HOT. Sudden change of temperature. Uncovering. COLD WET; feet, ground, cellars, beds, etc. Suppressed discharges, sweat, eruptions, etc. Autumn. Night. Rest. Injuries. Mercury. Before storms. Excessive…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Solanum dulcamara. Woody Nightshade. Bitter-sweet. N. O. Solanaceæ. (Not to be confounded with "Deadly Nightshade," Belladonna, nor with "Climbing Bitter-sweet," Celastrus.) Tincture prepared from fresh green stems and leaves, gathered just before flowering. Adenitis / Angina faucium / Aphonia / Bladder, affections of…”
- Dunham — The method — how symptoms are weighed before a remedy is differentiated.
“GENERAL ANALYSIS. VITAL POWER, a. Sensorium. Depressing; signs of anaemia; vertigo on rising, with debility and general trembling. b. Special senses. A partial action only; vision failing as from paralysis of the optic nerve. c. Muscular system. Acts in such a way as to produce paralysis, or a paralyzed sensation in…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“Dulcamara, or the "bitter-sweet," contains a small quantity of Solanine, a much smaller quantity in fact than any other member of the group. The tender leaves and twigs have been used for the preparation of the tincture. There have been accounts of poisoning from the berries of the Dulcamara. The symptoms thus…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“We think of this remedy especially for disease brought on, or particularly aggravated, by exposure to damp, cold weather or air, such as being in a damp, cold cellar, or in a milk dairy, etc. Sexual.--Female: Menstruation too late; too scanty; suppressed; blood pale. Milk decreased. Skin.--Dryness of; blotches on…”
- Hahnemann (CD) — The antipsoric proving record — Hahnemann's later materia medica in its chronic-disease setting.
“SOLANUM DULCAMARA. (BITTERSWEET.) This medicine has a long duration of action, and its excessive action is moderated by camphor. It is said to have shown itself useful thus far in diseases in which the following were some of the ailments : Boring and burning in the forehead ; sensation as if there was a board before…”
- Hahnemann (MMP) — The proving record — numbered observations closest to Hahnemann's primary materia medica.
“(Solanum dulcamara, Woody Nightshade) (The juice freshly expressed from the young stalks and leaves of this shrub-like plant before its flowering time, mixed, equal parts of spirits of wine. Two drops of the clear fluid lying over the sediment are added to 98 drops of spirits of wine, the phial shaken with two strokes…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Bittersweet. Solanaceæ. A Climbing shrub, from six to eight feet high, flowering in clusters, berries oval, bright scarlet ; grows in moist places through Europe and North America. The tincture is prepared from the fresh stems and leaves, gathered before flowering. Introduced by Hahnemann, and extensively proved by…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“DULCAMARA . Solanum Dulcamara, L. Woody nightshade, bitter-sweet. Nat. Ord., Solanacea. I. Provings.-I . HAHNEMANN, Mat. Med. Pura, vol. i of original and translation. Contains 318 symptoms from self and 10 fellowprovers, and 83 from authors. 2. IBID, Chronic Diseases, part iii of original, vol. of translation …”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“Dulcamara - Bitter Sweet This medicine seems especially to affect the mucous membranes. It appears to have a tendency to establish or ultimate discharges, both acute and chronic. Modalities: The Dulcamara patient is disturbed by every change in the weather, from warm to cold, from dry to moist, and from suddenly…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Great emaciation. Dropsical swellings. Tearing in the limbs and other disorders from catching cold. One-sided spasms with speechlessness. Paralysis of single parts. Aggravation at night and during rest. Amelioration from motion. Swelling and induration of the glands. A rooting-up and digging painfulness. Excessive…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Great restlessness and impatience. Inclination to scold without being angry. Painful stupefaction of the head. Delirium at night with the pain, and during the fever-heat. Vertigo when rising from bed, with darkness before the eyes. Stupefying headache; heaviness; of the head. Congestion of blood to the head, with…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: bitter sweet. TEERING IN THE LIMBS AND OTHER DISORDERS FROM CATCHING COLD. PARALYSIS OF SINGLE PARTS (Caust., Phos., Zinc.) PARALYSIS FROM LYING ON THE DAMP GROUND (D.). Dropsical swellings (Apis, Dig., Rush-T., Sulph.). Anasarca; after ague, rheumatism or scarlet fever (A). Dropsy: after suppressed…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Affections caused by taking cold when the air changes suddenly from dry and warm to wet and cold. Tongue and jaws become lame, if cold air or water chills them; neck stiff, back painful, loins lame, after taking cold. Colic as if diarrhœa would occur, from taking cold. Yellow watery diarrhœa with cutting colic before…”
