Sabadilla officinarum appears in 10 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Cevadilla. (Liliaceae) Suited to persons of light hair, fair complexion with a weak, relaxed muscular system. Worm affections of children (Cina, Sil., Spig.). Nervous diseases; twitching, convulsive tremblings, catalepsy; from worms (Cina, Psor.). Illusions: that he is sick; parts shrunken; that she is pregnant when…”
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Asagræa officinalis, Lindley (Veratrum officinale, Schlicht.; Sabadilla officinarum, Brandt). Natural order , Liliaceæ (Melanthaceæ). Common names , Cebadilla, Cevadilla, Sabadilla. Preparation , Tincture of the seeds. Authorities. [With corrections by Dr. Hering.] (Nos. 1 to 18 , from Stapf's collection, Archiv f…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Cevadilla Seed. Asagræa Officialis Action on mucous membrane of the nose and the lachrymal glands, producing coryza and symptoms like hay-fever , which have been utilized homeopathically. Chilliness ; sensitive to cold. Ascarides, with reflex symptoms (nymphomania; convulsive symptoms). Children's diarrhœa with…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“MUCOUS MEMBRANES: NOSE. ANUS. Digestive tract. NERVES. Lachrymal glands. Throat. COLD; air; drinks. PERIODICALLY: Same hour. Forenoon. New and full moon. Odors. Undeveloped exanthema. Open air. Heat. Eating. Swallowing. Weak; nervous; easily startled. Alternate nerve and bodily symptoms. Formication. Twitches…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Asagræa officinalis. Veratrum officinale. Sabadilla officinarum. Cebadilla. Cevadilla. N. O. Melanthaceæ (of the Liliaceæ). Tincture of seeds. Coryza / Debility / Diphtheria / Dyspepsia; of pregnancy / Earache / Epistaxis / Hay asthma / Headache / Head-lice / Imaginary diseases / Influenza / Intermittents / Mania /…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Cebadilla. Liliaceæ. Indigenous to Eastern Mexico, Guatemala and Venezuela. It is a bulbous plant bearing greenish-yellow flowers on a spikelike raceme. The tincture is prepared from the powdered seeds. Provings by Hahnemann, Gross, Hartlaub, Hromada, Langhammer, Rückert, Schultz, Schönke, Stapf, etc., Archiv für…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“The Sabadilla patient is a shivering patient, sensitive to the cold air, a cold room, cold food. He wants to be well wrapped up; wants hot drinks to warm up his stomach. He is subject to catarrhal conditions, and in these he wants hot air. The catarrhal conditions of the throat require hot drinks and food. Warm things…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Anxious restlessness. Startled from the noise. Imagines himself sick or having imaginary diseases. Vertigo with fainting, everything becomes black before the eyes (when rising from a seat). Stupefying headache with coryza, itching and burning of the scalp and general heat of the whole body; worse in the forenoon. The…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: cevadilla. Worm affections of children (Bell., Bry., Calc., Cina, Merc., Sil., Spig., Sulph.) (A.). Twitching, convulsive tremblings and catalepsy from worms (Cina, Graph., Psor.) (A.). Nymphomania from ascarides (Plat.) (A.). Hay fever (All-C., Ars., Gels.) (D.). Chill returning at the same hour (Ars.)…”
