Hydrastis Canadensis 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 TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Hydrastis Canadensis, Linn. Natural order , Ranunculaceæ. Common names , Orange-root, Yellow Puccoon. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities. ( 1 - 16, Lippe's class provings , Hahn. Month., 2, 260)”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Golden Seal (HYDRASTIS) Acts especially on mucous membranes, relaxing them and producing a thick, yellowish, ropy secretion. The catarrh may be anywhere,-throat, stomach, uterus, urethra,-it is always characterized by this peculiar mucous discharge. Hydrastis is especially active in old, easily-tired people, cachectic…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“BURNT, scalded as if CALCULI, atheroma, etc. DRUGS, abuse of., Agg. EMPTY, hollow, sinking, internal weakness, sense of, etc. HEMORRHAGE, bloody discharges MUCOUS SECRETIONS, altered. NASO-PHARYNX, POSTERIOR NARES NASO-PHARYNX, posterior nares, discharge thru. NOSE AND ACCESSORY CAVITIES RAWNESS RETRACTED, depressed…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“canadensis. Golden Seal. Orange-root. Yellow Puccoon. N. O. Ranunculaceæ. Tincture of the fresh root. Alcoholism / Asthma / Cancer / Catarrh / Chancroids / Constipation / Corns / Dyspepsia / Eczema impetiginoides / Ears, affections of / Faintness / Fistula / Gastric catarrh / Gonorrhœa / Hæmorrhoids / Jaundice /…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Golden Seal ; Orange Root. Ranunculaceæ. Grows in most parts of the United States, in rich woodlands, most abundantly in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia. The tincture is prepared from the fresh root. This plant was first mentioned by Linnæus, in 1753. The first provings were made under Hale, by…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Hydrastis is a slow, deep acting remedy, required in many trophic disturbances. where there is emaciation, catarrhal conditions and ulceration, even malignant ulceration. Defective assimilation. When it is noticed that the stomach is the center of most of the symptom complex. The desires and aversions often give the…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: golden seal. Adapted for debilitated persons, with viscid mucous discharges (A.). Cachectic or malignant dyscrasia, with marked derangement of gastric and hepatic functions (A.). Broken down by excessive use of alcohol (Carb-V., Mur-Ac., Nux-V., Puls., Sulph.) (A.). Sensation of sinking in the epigastric…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Pain and very weak, faint, gone feeling in stomach, which is sometimes actually sunken. Affections of the mucous membranes, where there is a viscid stringy discharge: stomach, bronchi, uterus, etc. Chronic constipation, that is remarkable for its absence of any other symptoms. This is a more celebrated remedy with the…”
