- 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 — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“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)”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“VEINS: Rectum. Genitals. Limbs. Throat. Liver. Abdominal and chest walls. Injury. Bruises. Pressure. Air: Open. Humid. Cold. Jar. Motion. Touch. SORENESS, bruised; in blood-vessels; localized; abdominal, etc. Tense, bursting feeling; in piles, joints, or lower limbs. Congestive fulness. Veins, sore; cutting; swelled…”
- 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…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“Under this remedy we find tendency to hæmorrhage, which may come from almost any part--ears, nose, uterus, hæmorrhoids, hæmaturia, etc.; small loss of blood causes great amount of prostration. Much weariness; easily gets tired. Stool and Anus.--Stools are covered with mucus. Hæmorrhoids bleed very profusely, with…”
- Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Witch Hazel) Description. — This is an indigenous shrub, sometimes called Winter Bloom, Snapping hazel nut, Spotted Alder, etc. It consists of several crooked, branching trunks, from the same root, from one to two inches in diameter, ten or twelve feet in height, and covered with a smooth, gray and spotted bark. It…”
- 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…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“Hamamelis virginica, L. Witch hazel. Nat. Ord., Hamamelidaceæ. I. Provings.-1 . a. Being in perfect health, I took, May 24th, 1851 , 10 dr. oftinct., between 9 and 10 a.m. I experienced nothing until e., when I had return of symptoms with which I was troubled 15 years before, caused by running till I was exhausted…”
- 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 (Respiratory) — The respiratory picture — the cough, the breathing, and the expectoration that separate one remedy from another.
“Hamamelis. Profuse hæmorrhage of venous blood; comes into the mouth without any effort like a warm current. Hamamelis.—Cough with varicose condition of the throat.”
- Nash (Typhoid) — The course of the illness — which remedy fits which phase, and why.
“Hamamelis Virginica has acted well when the blood was very dark, venous blood, and there was sensation of great soreness in the abdomen. In addition to the internal use of the remedy I have laid cloths wet with the tincture over the abdomen.”
- Roberts — Location, sensation, and modality — the three-fold basis Roberts used to separate remedies.
“Hamamelis has the bruised lame soreness of the muscles and joints in a marked degree, while associated with this rheumatic condition is the passive venous hæmorrhages into various parts, or the varicose condition so prevalent in the different parts of the body. One of the remedies for rheumatic conditions of the left…”
