Paris Quadrifolia 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.
“Paris quadrifolia, Linn. Natural order , Liliaceæ. Common names , Herb Paris; Embeere; La Parisette. Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant, when in fruit. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 7 , from Stapf's collection, Archiv. f. Hom., 8, 1, 177.) 8 to 12 , from Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. Ml., 3,149); 8 , Hering, from H. and…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“One-berry Head symptoms marked and verified. Sensation of expansion and consequent tension. Coldness of right side of body, left hot. Catarrhal complaints, stuffed feeling at root of nose. Disorder of sense of touch. Imaginary foul smells. Feels too large. Garrulous , prattling, vivacious. Sensation as if scalp were…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“DIRECTION of sensations, Backward LYING, on abdomen, Amel. LYING, on side, Agg. LYING, left, Agg. RETRACTED, depressed, drawn back, etc.”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“quadrifolia. One-berry. True Love. Herb Paris. (Moist, shady woods in Great Britain.) N. O. Trilliaceæ. (Sometimes considered a sub-order of Smilaceæ, or of Liliaceæ.) Tincture of whole plant when in fruit. Acidity / After-pains / Brachial neuralgia / Ciliary neuralgia / Ciliary paralysis / Digestion, slow; weak /…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“One Berry ; True Love, Herb Paris. Smilaceæ. Introduced by Stapf ; see Archives, vol. 8, p. 177. The provers were Hahnemann, Gross, Hartmann, Langhammer, Stapf, Teuthorn, Hering, Bethmann, Hartlaub, Rückert, Nenning, Gesner and Berridge. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Headache , Dunham, Raue's Rec., 1870, p. 288 ; Swelling on…”
- Lippe (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Stinging pain in the body and limbs. When moving, a sensation as if the joints were broken, swelled or dislocated. Heaviness through the whole body. Continued internal coldness with trembling. Hard mouth swellings favorably influenced. Talkative mania. Disease of the bronchi. Bronchitis. One-sided coldness of the body…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Loquacious mania. Silly conduct. Vertigo when reading aloud, with impeded speech and difficult vision. Pressing headache aggravated from mental exertion. Headache from smoking tobacco. Sensitiveness of the vertex to contact. Stinging and stitches in the head. Tension in the brain and on the forehead. The eyeballs feel…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: one-berry. Stinging pain in the body and limbs. Heaviness through the whole body (Bry., Gels.). One-sided coldness of the body with heat of the other side. Continued internal coldness with trembling (Ars., Nux-V., Rhus-T.). SENSATION AS IF A WEIGHT WERE LYING ON THE NECK (Agar., Calc-P., Chel., Nux-V…”
