- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Henbane (Solanaceae.) Persons of sanguine temperament; who are irritable, nervous, hysterical. Convulsions: of children, from fright or the irritation of intestinal worms (Cina); during labor; during the peurperal state; after meals, child vomits, sudden shriek, then insensible. Diseases with increased cerebral…”
- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Hyoscyamus niger, Linn. Natural order , Solanaceæ. Common names , Henbane; (G.) Bilsenkraut. Preparation , Tincture of the fresh herb. Authorities. Nos. 1 to 49 , from Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 4.”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Henbane (HYOSCYAMUS) Disturbs the nervous system profoundly. It is as if some diabolical force took possession of the brain and prevented its functions. It causes a perfect picture of mania of a quarrelsome and obscene character . Inclined to be unseemly and immodest in acts, gestures and expressions. Very talkative…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ACHING BLOOD VESSELS. BROWNISH, rusty, etc. BURNT, scalded as if CARPHOLOGY, NERVOUS PICKING, ETC. COMPANY, Amel., Desire for, etc. CONSTRICTION, tight band, gathered together, squeezing, etc. COORDINATION, disturbed COUGH. COUGH, INCESSANT EMOTIONS, excitement, etc. EXPRESSION, changed. FEARSOME, anxious, etc…”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“MIND. Brain. Nerves. Muscles: Face. Eyes. EMOTIONS: Fright. Jealousy. TOUCH. Lying. Cold. Sleep. Sitting up. Congested nerve centers; with pale face. Spasm, tremor, jerks, cramps, etc., or active mania; alternating with, or ending in depressive narcosis, with angular or clutching motions, CARPHOLOGY, subsultus, etc…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Hyoscamus niger. Henbane. N. O. Solanaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Amaurosis / Angina pectoris / Bladder, paralysis of / Bronchitis / Chorea / Coma vigil / Cough / Delirium tremens / Diarrhœa / Dysmenorrhœa / Enteric fever / Epilepsy / Epistaxis / Erotomania / Eyes, affections of / Hæmoptysis / Hæmorrhages / Hiccough…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“Botanically and, in a measure, therapeutically, Hyoscyamus is similar to Belladonna. This interesting drug, though innocuous to some animals, is poisonous to fowls, and has received the name of henbane. Hyoscyamus seems to be especially adapted to acute mania, to mania without any evidence of absolute inflammation, to…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“The general sphere of action of this remedy is found in spasmodic affections. Mental.--Amativeness; affections of the intellect; delirium; in which the patient may jump out of bed, throw off the bedclothes, or take off the clothes and go naked; nymphomania. Patients with fever will often throw the bed-clothes entirely…”
- Hahnemann (MMP) — The proving record — numbered observations closest to Hahnemann's primary materia medica.
“(Henbane) (The expressed juice of the fresh plant, Hyoscyamus niger, mixed with equal parts of alcohol.) From vol. iv, 2nd edit., 1825. When dried the plant loses a great portion of its medicinal powers. The following symptoms, which were produced by this drug on healthy persons, show the mental and emotional…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Henbane. Solonaceæ. Provings by Hahnemann and his provers. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 5, p. 25 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Affections of mind , Gauwerky, Woost, Bathmann, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 4 ; (2 cases) von Störk, N. A. J. H., vol. 3, p. 547 ; Effects of jealousy , Stapf, Analytic Therap., vol. 1, p. 86 …”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“HYOSCYAMUS. Hyoscyamus niger, L. Henbane. Nat. Ord., Solanacea. I. Provings.-1. HAHNEMANN, Mat. Med. Pura, vol. iv of original, vol. i of translation. Contains 104 symptoms from self, 123 from 6 fellow- observers, and 355 from 44 authors. 2. a. SCHNELLER first proved extr. herbæ recentis alcoh.-aq., Ph. Bor. He began…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“Nervous system: Hyoscyamus is hill of convulsions, contractions, trembling, quivering and jerkings of the muscles. Convulsions in vigorous people, coming on with great violence. Convulsions that involve the whole economy, with unconsciousness, coming on in the night. Convulsions in women at the menstrual period; and…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Jealousy, with rage and delirium. Fright, followed by convulsions; and starts from sleep. Unfortunate love with jealousy, with rage and incoherent speech. Delirium without consciousness; does not know any body and has no wants (except thirst). Unconscious delirium, with closed eyes;; talks of business; fears to be…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: henbane. Bad effects from catching cold and cold air. Bad effects from jealousy-(a mental modality). Internal inflammatory states with nervous symptoms. Great sinking of strength. Spasms and convulsions (Bell., Cic., Cupr., Gels., Kali-P., Lach., Lyc., Mosch., Nux-V., Op., Sec., Tarant., Verat.)…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“High-grade delirium, similar to that of Stramonium and Belladonna; alternating with low-grade delirium, with stupor, equal to that of Opium. Face pale. Grasping at flocks, picking the bed clothes and subsultus tendinum. Persistent cough, worse lying down, relieved on sitting up, especially in elderly people. Dementia…”
- Nash (Respiratory) — The respiratory picture — the cough, the breathing, and the expectoration that separate one remedy from another.
“Rhus toxicod. If the case assumes a typhoid tendency, as shown by the tongue with its dryness and triangular red tip, and the excessive restlessness which keeps the patient tossing about, and the sensorium is blunted with low delirium. If this remedy does not, within a reasonable time, modify the symptoms and the…”
- Nash (Typhoid) — The course of the illness — which remedy fits which phase, and why.
“In regard to Hyoscyamus in these cases, I have learned to regard it very highly. I cannot see that it makes any difference whether we are treating a case of typhoid-pneumonia or pneumo-typhus if we have the symptomatic indications present. Typhus simply means, literally, smoke, stupefaction, that is all, and in either…”
- Tyler — The whole picture — temperament and leading symptoms drawn as one portrait.
“(Henbane) Hyoscyamus is said to be especially poisonous to fowls: hence its name. Some animals eat it, especially the young shoots, with impunity: but its effects even here are more or less purgative. Hahnemann tells us that, when dried, the plant loses a great portion of its medicinal powers. But this is the case…”
