Collinsonia Canadensis appears in 8 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.
“Stone Root. (Labiatae) Pelvic and portal congestion, resulting in dysmenorrhoea and haemorrhoids. Congestion of pelvic viscera, with haemorrhoids, especially in latter months of pregnancy. Dropsy from cardiac disease. Palpitation; in patients subject to piles and indigestion; heart's action persistently rapid but…”
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Collinsonia Canadensis, L. Natural order , Labiatæ. Common names , Horsebalm, Richweed, Stoneroot. Preparation , Tincture of root "and plant" (Hale). Authority. Burt, proving with half an ounce of 3d dec. (twice), and afterwards with 20 drops of tincture, Hale's New Remedies, 2d ed. Dull frontal headache, with…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Stone-Root Pelvic and portal congestion, resulting hæmorrhoids and constipation, especially in females. Depressed arterial tension, general atony of muscular fiber. Chronic nasal, gastric, and pharyngeal catarrh , due to portal obstruction. Dropsy from cardiac disease. Pruritus in pregnancy, with piles. Constipation…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Horsebalm. Richweed. Stone-root. N. O. Labiatæ. Tincture of fresh root. Trituration. Constipation / Diarrhœa / Dropsy / (cardiac) / Dysentery / Dysmenorrhœa / Dyspepsia / Hæmorrhages / Hæmorrhoids / Heart, affections of / Irritation / Labour / Pregnancy, affections of / Proctitis / Pruritus vulvæ / Rheumatism…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Horsebalm, Richweed, Stone-root. Labiatæ. An indigenous plant, with very hard, knotty and tough root, growing in woods from Canada to the Carolinas ; flowers from July to September. A valuable remedy, of which we have but a single proving, by Burt. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Constipation , A. L. Carrol, N. A. J. H., vol…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: stone root. Pelvic and portal congestion, resulting in dysmenorrhœa and hæmorrhoids (Aloe, Podo., Sulph.) (A.). Flushes of heat, with oppressed breathing (Amyl-N., Arg-N., Ferr-P., Graph., Sang., Sep., Sulph.) (Br.). Bitter taste in the mouth (Bry., Carb-V., Chel., Chin., Coloc., Merc., Nat-M., Nat-S…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“This remedy has not been thoroughly proven, but enough has been learned from what we have, and clinical experience, to indicate that it is a very valuable one. As a remedy for hæmorrhoids or rectal trouble it may be compared with Æsculus hippocastanum, for both have a sensation as if the rectum was filled with sticks…”
