Hamamelis Virginiana appears in 9 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.
“Witch Hazel. (Hamamclaceae.) This shrub flowers from September to November, when the leaves are falling. The seeds mature the following summer. It is adapted to venous haemorrhage from every orifice of the body; nose, lungs, bowels, uterus, bladder. Venous congestion; passive, of skin and mucous membranes; phlebitis…”
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Hamamelis Virginica, Linn. Natural order , Hamamelaceæ. Common name , Witch Hazel. Preparation , Tincture of the leaves and twigs. Authorities.”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Witch-hazel (HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA) Venous congestion, hæmorrhages, varicose veins, and hæmorrhoids, with bruised soreness of affected parts , seem to be the special sphere of this remedy. Acts upon the coats of the veins causing relaxation with consequent engorgement. Passive venous hæmorrhages from any part. Great…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“BLOOD VESSELS. DISCHARGES, vicarious HEMORRHAGE, bloody discharges INJURIES, wounds, bruises, shock, etc. (Comp. Sprainded)”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“H. macrophylla. H. dioica. H. virginica. Witch-hazel. N. O. Hamamelidaceæ. (A shrub growing in all parts of U.S., in damp woods or along streams; flowers in autumn, flowers yellow, the seeds ripen the year following). Tincture of fresh bark of twigs and root. A resinoid, Hamamelin, is also prepared. Abortion…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Witch-Hazel. Hamamelaceæ. A shrub growing in all parts of the United States, in damp woods or along streams ; flowers in the Fall, the seeds ripen the year following. The tincture is prepared from the fresh bark of the twigs and root. Introduced by C. Hering, in 1850. Provings by Preston, Burt and McGeorge. See…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: witch hazel. Adapted to venous hæmorrhage from every orifice of the body: nose, lungs, bowels, uterus and bladder (Crot-H., Ipec., Lach., Nit-Ac., Phos.) (A.). Small loss of blood causes great amount of prostration (Phos.) (G.). Much weariness; easily gets tired (Carb-An., Chin., Kali-P., Stann.) (G.)…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Venous hæmorrhages (very dark and clotted); veins full, enlarged and sore to touch. Hamamelis Virginica is another remedy having the symptom “soreness as if bruised” in a marked degree, and which I did not mention when writing of Arnica. This soreness is sometimes found in rheumatism and Hamamelis has cured when…”
