Cuprum metallicum 出现在 Similia 的 13 部经典著作中的 12 部。每部书的写作目的各不相同 — 以下是每部书对该药物的补充内容，以及其条目的开头。
- Allen HC — 将此疗剂与最相近疗剂区分开的关键症状。
“Copper (CN) Spasms and cramps : symptoms disposed to appear periodically and in groups. Mental and physical exhaustion from over-exertion of mind and loss of sleep (Coc., Nux); attacks of unconquerable anxiety. A strong, sweetish, metallic, copper taste in the mouth with flow of saliva (Rhus). Constant prostration and…”
- Allen TF — 原始药物试验记录 — 症状按验药者报告原样呈现，未经编辑。
“Preparation , Triturations of the metal. Authorities. [Note: Symptoms from Hahnemann's provers are here included (as in the chronic diseases), with instructions to prepare the pure metal. Hahnemann, in his Fragmenta, 1805, gives symptoms under the heading of "Cuprum vitriolatum," included here under C. sulf., and in…”
- Boericke — 快速临床解读 — 关键症状、加重与缓解因素，以及实际处方所针对的病症。
“Copper Spasmodic affections, cramps , convulsions, beginning in fingers and toes, violent, contractive, and intermittent pain, are some of the more marked expressions of the action of Cuprum; and its curative range therefore includes tonic and clonic spasms, convulsions, and epileptic attacks. Chorea brought on by…”
- Boger (Syn) — 以简短的分析画像呈现全身症状与加重缓解因素，而不是症状列表。
“NERVES: Cerebro-spinal axis. Digestive tract. Epigastrium. Abdomen. Muscles. Blood. Emotions: Anger. Suppressions. Overtax. Motion. Hot weather. Vomiting. Loss of sleep. Touch. Raising arm. Cold drinks. Pressure over heart. Sub-oxidation, affecting the centers of the medulla. Violent effects; in recurring symptom…”
- Clarke — 最广泛的条目 — 来源、药物试验、临床用途、关系与解毒剂一处尽览。
“Copper. Cu. (A. W. 63). Trituration. After-pains / Angina pectoris / Asthma / Asthma millari / Cardialgia / Catarrh / Chlorosis / Cholera / Chorea / Convulsions / Cough / Cramps / Croup / Cyanosis / Dentition / Dyspnœa / Emissions / Epilepsy / Eruptions / Erysipelas / Fainting / Gastric disturbance / Gout /…”
- Hering — 分级症状，每一项都按验药者与临床实践确认的频率加权。
“Copper. Cu. A substance little known as a remedy before Hahnemann, although used by Mediæval physicians, after its introduction by Hohenheim (called Paracelsus) in the sixteenth century, and later (1845) in an empiric way by the Rademacherian School, in which it ranked as a polychrest. A comprehensive monograph…”
- Kent — 精神与全身图像 — 在疗剂所能治愈的内容之前，先看患者是谁。
“Convulsions: Cuprum is pre-eminently a convulsive medicine. The convulsive tendency associates itself with almost every complaint that, Cuprum creates and cures. It has convulsions in every degree of violence, from the mere twitching of little muscles and of single muscles to convulsions of all the muscles of the…”
- Lippe (KN) — 仅收录 Lippe 认为足够可靠、可据以处方的症状。
“Mania in attacks followed by perspiration. Violent convulsions with piercing cries. Twitching at night. Icy coldness of the whole body. Vomiting, which is flaky, with colic and spasms. Flaky diarrhoea. Cholera. The pulse is slow and scarcely perceptible. Painful, spasmodic contractions of the chest. Severe spasmodic…”
- Lippe (MM) — 严格的哈内曼式解读 — 不含临床解释的症状图像。
“Craziness; attacks with savage malice, with proud bearing, and at times interrupted by clonic spasms. Great anguish, like fear of death; restlessness, groaning, and desire to escape. Attacks of rage (wants to bite the bystanders). Convulsive laughter. Incoherent, delirious talk. Vertigo while looking upwards, when…”
- Lippe (Red) — 关键症状，其中最受信任的标为红线症状。
“Common name: copper. Contact renews and aggravates the ailment (Nux-V.) Giddiness accompanying almost all ailments, the head falling forward and on the chest. Metastasis to the brain from the other organs (N.). Coldness and blueness of the surface of the body (Lach.) (D.). Mania in attacks followed by perspiration…”
- Nash — 比较 — 将此疗剂与最常被混淆的疗剂并列对照。
“Spasm is the one word characterizing this remedy. Cramps or convulsions, in meningitis, cholera, cholera morbus, whooping cough, scarlatina, etc. Spasms begin in fingers and toes and spreading from there become general. Mental or bodily exhaustion from over-exertion of mind or loss of sleep. Affections arising from…”
