Secale cornutum 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。
“Spurred Rye; Ergot. (A Fungus; a Nosode.) Adapted to women of thin, scrawny, feeble, cachetic appearance ; irritable, nervous temperament; pale, sunken countenance. Very old, decrepit, feeble persons. Women of very lax muscular fibre; everything seems loose and open; no action; vessels flabby ; passive haemorrhages…”
- 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。
“Spurred rye; Ergot of rye. The fungus Claviceps purpurea , Tulasne, is the cause of this disease in rye (and in other grasses), see Lolium. Moisture favors the development of this fungus; epidemics, known as Raphania, Kriebelkrankheit, etc., are traced to the use of rye flour poisoned by this fungus. Preparation for…”
- 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。
“Ergot (CLAVICEPS PURPUREA) Produces contraction of the unstriped muscular fibers; hence a constringent feeling throughout the whole body. This produces an anæmic condition, coldness, numbness, petechiæ, mortification, gangrene. A useful remedy for old people with shriveled skin-thin, scrawny old women. All the Secale…”
- 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。
“Muscles: BLOOD-VESSELS. UTERUS. BLOOD. Nerves. Cord. Limbs. WARMTH. During menses. Pregnancy. Loss of fluids. COVERS. Cold; bathing. Uncovering. Rocking. Forcible extension. Dusky, scrawny and heamorrhagic. Numbness, insufferable tingling, crawling, twitching, gnawing or cramping; with stiffness; in single parts…”
- 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。
“Spurred Rye. Ergot of Rye. [The black, horn-like spur into which the grains of Rye (Secale cereale, N. O. Gramineæ) are changed by the fungus Claviceps purpurea.] N. O. Fungi. Tincture of The fresh spurs collected just before harvest. Abortion, threatened / After-pains / Albuminuria / Anus, incontinence of; open /…”
- 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。
“Ergot ; Spurred Rye. A Fungus. The alcoholic tincture is prepared from the fresh ergot, gathered shortly before harvest. This remedy awaits proving. Toxocological reports and effects of the rye disease are extensive. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 8, p. 551 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Asthenopia , Willebrand, B. J. H…”
- 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。
“The best provers of Secale, those who are most susceptible to its action, are scrawny people, and they are the ones who will most likely need it as their curative remedy. Aspect: Of course, it is not necessarily contra-indicated in fat people. Certain constitutions are mentioned in connection with a remedy as being…”
- Lippe (KN) — 仅收录 Lippe 认为足够可靠、可据以处方的症状。
“Limbs feel as if beaten. Spasms after fright. Drawing and tearing in the limbs with tingling. Burning in all the parts as from sparks falling on them. Numbness of the limbs. Great debility. Convulsive twitching of the limbs mostly at night. Spasmodic tension in the limbs relieved by violent stretching of them. Asiatic…”
- Lippe (MM) — 严格的哈内曼式解读 — 不含临床解释的症状图像。
“Great anxiety. Madness, with inclination to drawn oneself. Mania, with inclination to bite. Fear of death. Stupefaction and unconsciousness. Giddiness, as from intoxication. Stupefaction, with tingling in the head and pain in the limbs, which are worse from motion. Unconsciousness with heavy sleep, preceded by…”
- Lippe (Red) — 关键症状，其中最受信任的标为红线症状。
“Common name: ergot. Particularly useful in tall, scrawny women of lax muscular fibre, feeble, cachectic, or very old decrepit persons (N.). Varicose ulcers wonderfully cured by the action of this medicine. Spasmodic tension in the limbs, relieved by violent stretching of them. Burning in all parts as from sparks…”
- Nash — 比较 — 将此疗剂与最常被混淆的疗剂并列对照。
“Passive hemorrhage, everything open and loose, no action, in thin, scrawny, cachectic women. Great coldness (objective) of the surface, yet the patient cannot bear to be covered. Numbness, crawling and paralysis; formication as of mice creeping there, all parts of body. Secale cornutum is a remedy capable of great…”
