Drosera Rotundifolia appears in 11 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.
“Sundew. (Droseraceae.) Whooping-cough with violent paroxysms which follow each other rapidly, is scarcely able to get breath (wakes at 6-7 a. m. and does not cease coughing until a large quantity of tenacious mucus is raised, Coc. c. - profuse epistaxis during every paroxysm, Ind.; "minute gun" during the day…”
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Drosera rotundifolia, Linn. Natural order , Droseraceæ. Common names , Round-leaved Sundew; (Germ.), Sonnenthau; (Fr.), Rosée au Soleil; (Span.), Rociada. Preparation , Tincture of entire plant. Authorities. Emotional. Joyful, good courage; he had no fear of evil, because he was conscious of having done right, 4 …”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Sundew (DROSERA) Affects markedly the respiratory organs and was pointed out by Hahnemann as the principal remedy for whooping-cough. Drosera can break down resistance to tubercle and should therefore be capable of raising it (Dr. Tyler). Laryngeal phthisis is benefited by it. Phthisis pulmonum; vomiting of food from…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“COATED FEELING COMPANY, Amel., Desire for, etc. COUGH. COUGH, INCESSANT COUGH, painful DUST, FEATHERS, ETC., AS OF EXHALATION. Agg. HARD BED SENSATION HOLDING, being held, etc., Amel. JOINTS, arthritic complaints, etc. LARYNX AND TRACHEA LIGHT, artificial, Agg.(Comp. Sensitive.) LYING, Agg. MEASLY PRESSURE, Agg…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“rotundifolia. Round-leaved Sundew. N. O. Droseraceæ. Tincture of active fresh plant. Amblyopia / Asthma / Bronchitis / Catarrh / Consumption / Cough / Coxalgia / Epilepsy / Hæmorrhage / Headache / Laryngitis / Measles / Nausea / Phthisis / Sciatica / Vomiting / Whooping-cough The chief feature of the Drosera effects…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Round leaved Sundew. Droseraceæ. Grows in mossy, turfy bogs in Europe, Northern Asia, and America. The tincture is prepared from the active, fresh plant. Used empirically by physicians in the sixteenth century (Dodoens), principally outwardly against skin eruptions. Introduced into our Materia Medica by Hahnemann, and…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Generalities: The use of this medicine has been mostly limited to whooping cough, but it has a more extensive use. When we examine its spasmodic nature, its exhaustion, its cramps, which extend through a large number of complaints, we must realize that it is a more extensive remedy. Epileptiform spasms, prolonged…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Gnawing, stinging pain in the joints. The limbs on which he lies feels sore, as if the bed was too hard. Severe bronchitis. Twitching attacks in the limbs, and after the attacks becomes drowsy and sleepy. Aggravation towards morning, from heat and during rest. Gnawing, stinging pains through all the long bones, worse…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Anxiety, especially in the evening and when left alone. Dread of ghosts. Great mistrust. Trifles vex him very much. Self-willed; obstinacy; insists upon carrying out his plans. Vertigo when walking in the open air. Pressing headache (temples), with stupefaction and nausea (morning); worse when stooping and from heat…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: sundew. Painful sneezing (Ars., Carb-An., Cina, Kali-P.)(B). WHOOPING COUGH, WITH BLEEDING FROM THE NOSE AND MOUTH WITH A NIGHTLY AGGRAVATION. Barking-cough coming so frequently that the patient cannot get his breath (D.). Constant, titillating cough in children, begins as soon as the head touches the…”
