Corallium Rubrum 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 TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Corallium rubrum, Lamk.; Isis nobilis, Linn.; Gorgonia nobilis, Ellis. Class , Zoophytes; Family , Gorgoniadeæ. Common names , Red coral, Corail rouge. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Very complaining; he dreads and worries about the pains, 1. Peevish, ill-humored, 1. Wine has a natural taste, but immediately…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Red Coral (CORALLIUM) The provings of coral develop much coryza and epistaxis, and even ulceration within the nostrils. It is to be thought of for whooping and spasmodic coughs, especially when the attack comes on with a very rapid cough , and the attacks follow so closely as to almost run into each other. Often…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“WIND, DRAFT OR AIR, blowing on part, thro' a hole, etc., as of”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Gorgonia nobilis. Class, Zoophytes. N. O. Gorgoniaceæ. Trituration. Asthma milleri / Catarrh / Chancre / Cough / Eruptions / Glands, inflamed / Hysteria / Measles / Post-nasal catarrh / Psoriasis / Purpura / Syphilis / Whooping-cough Red coral, the product of a coralligene zoophyte, contains carbonate of lime, oxide…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Red Coral. Gorgoniadeæ. Proved by Attomyr, in the 3d trituration ; also by Melicher. See Encyclopædia, vol. 3, p. 561 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Inveterate cases of nasal catarrh , Miller, U. S. Med. Inv., Nov., 1878, p. 418 ; Chancre , Attomyr, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 117 ; Cough , H. N. Martin, Hom. Clinics, vol. 2…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Congestions of blood to the face and head (after dinner). Reddish ulcers on the penis, very sensitive to contact. Profuse secretions of mucus through the posterior nares, obliging one to hawk frequently.”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Sensation of emptiness and hollowness of the head. Violent headache, with pressure, particularly in the forehead, obliging one to move the head from one place to another; this gives no relief, nor does sitting up ameliorate it -it is only relieved for a short time by uncovering the whole body, which is burning hot…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: red coral. Is useful in a combination of syphilis and psora (F.). Congestion of blood to the face and head (after dinner). Dry coryza; nose feels stopped up (Ars., Nux-V., Stict.) (Br.). Painful ulcers in nostrils (Bor., Calc-S., Hep., Merc., Nit-Ac.) (Br.). INSPIRED AIR FEELS COLD: (Æsc., Ant-C., Ars…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Is useful for spasmodic cough, like whooping cough. It is continual, short, hawking through the day, so constant and frequent as to have merited the description given it of “Minute gun” cough. This is during the day and there is not much whooping, but at night there is more whooping. The night paroxysms are sometimes…”
