Baryta iodata

Barium iodide · Mineral

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Baryta Iodata suits patients with marked lymphatic involvement and glandular induration, especially of the tonsils and mammary glands. It is indicated in scrofulous children with strumous ophthalmia, cervical gland swelling, and stunted development. The remedy combines the glandular affinity of Baryta with the resolvent action of Iodine.

Key symptoms

  • Indurated and enlarged glands especially tonsils and breasts
  • Increased leucocytosis
  • Quinsy with glandular induration
  • Strumous ophthalmia with cervical gland tumefaction
  • Stunted growth in children
  • Glandular tumours

Worse (aggravation)

  • Walking

Better (amelioration)

  • Cold open air
William Boericke
Homoeopathic Materia Medica · 1901

Iodide of Baryta

Acts on the lymphatic system, increased leucocytosis. Quinsy. Indurated glands, especially tonsils and breasts. Strumous ophthalmia, with tumefaction of cervical glands and stunted growth. Tumors.

Relationship

Compare: Acon lycotonum (swelling of cervical, axillary, and mammary glands). Lapis; Con. Merc iod; Carbo an.

Dose

Second and third trituration.

John Henry Clarke
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1900

Baric iodide. Ba I2. Trituration.

Clinical

Breast, cancer of. Cancer. Glands, enlargement of. Tumours.

Characteristics

Baryt. iod. has been used empirically, especially in cases of glandular enlargement and new growths, on indications suggested by its two elements.

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S. R. Phatak
Materia Medica of Homoeopathic Medicines

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