- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Tiger Lily. (Liliaceae.) Affects principally the left side of the body (Lach., Thuja). Tormented about her salvation (Lyc., Sulph., Ver.), with ovarian or uterine complaints; consolation <. Wild, crazy feeling on vertex ; confused ideas. Profound depression of spirits ; can hardly avoid weeping; is very timid, fearful…”
- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Lilium tigrinum, H. K. Natural order , Liliaceæ. Common name , Tiger Lily. Preparation , Tincture of the flowers only (proving Nos. 2 and 3 ), or tinct. of stalks, leaves, and flowers, gathered in August (subsequent provings). Authorities.”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Tiger-lily Manifests powerful influence over the pelvic organs, and is adapted to many reflex states dependent on some pathological condition of uterus and ovaries. More often indicated in unmarried women. The action of the heart is very marked. Pain in small spots ( Oxal ac ). Rheumatic arthritis. Tormented about her…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“AIR Open, Amel.:- IN ROOM, agg., air hunger, etc. CHEST, backward in CHEST, left CLOTHES, pressure of, Agg. DIRECTION of sensations, Backward DIRECTION of sensations, Up and Down DUALITY, in pieces, separated, as if some one else, etc. FALLING FEMALE ORGANS FLATULENCE, Right HEART, CIRCULATION AND PULSE HEAVINESS…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Tiger Lily. N. O. Liliaceæ. Tincture of fresh stalk, leaves, and flowers. (Some of the provings were made with tincture of the pollen alone.) Angina pectoris / Asthenopia / Astigmatism / Dementia / Diarrhœa / Dysentery / Eyes, affections of / Fibroma / Heart, affections of / Palpitation of / Hysteria / Ovaries…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“Mental.--Does not wish to be alone, prefers society; very low-spirited; weeping with feeling of dread. Crazy feeling on top of head. Sexual.--Female:--Anteversion; retroversion; prolapsus. Menses continue only when moving about, and cease when sitting or lying down. Neuralgic pains in the uterus; pains in the ovaries…”
- Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“{Tiger-Spotted Lily.) Description. — The Tiger Lily is a well-known, showy, orange-colored, coarse-flowered garden plant, very abundant in cultivation, and is a native of China and Japan. The stem is from four to six feet high, unbranched and woolly. Leaves scattered, sessile, three- veined, the upper cordateovate…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Tiger Lily. Liliaceæ. A native of China and Japan cultivated in our gardens ; flowers in July and August. Introduced and carefully proved by W. E. Payne, assisted by Dunham, Lilienthal, Gallupe and Savage. Original day book of provings is published in Trans. Am. Inst. of Hom., 1871. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Dementia …”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“I, rjpiiwi, H. K. T^ niy. Nai. Ord., SMUu^. 1. Prwings,'--!. Dr, S. P. G&avb^ t, 37, took — 2 h, after eating — 5 dr. of 3X dil. of tinct. of Bowcn, In about 1 4 h, felt dtdl press! ve pain in I. dde, ai»arent]y about heart ; coldness of outer I. \e%^ as though cold wind wai blowing upon it ; dulness of r. h«-ad^…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“Lilium Tigrinum So far as proved Lilium Tigrinum has shown itself adapted to the complaints of women. It is especially suited to hysterical women, who suffer from uterine troubles, cardiac troubles and various nervous manifestations; suitable to a woman who is extremely irritable, full of fanciful notions, insanity…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: tiger lily. Faint in warm room (Acon., Ipec., Kreos., Lach., Lyc., Nat-M., Nux-V., Puls., Sep., Spig., Tab.) (Br.). Sensation of constriction in the heart with uterine troubles (N.). Cold feeling about the heart (Nat-M., Petr.) (Br.). Feeling as if the heart contained too much blood, which might be…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“Great bearing down, as if pelvic contents would press out through the vagina; > by pressing up with the hand or sitting down (Sepia crosses the legs). Sensation of constriction in heart with uterine troubles. Frequent desire for stool and urine with uterine displacements, tenesmus. Tormented about her salvation…”
