Ferrum iodatum
Iron(II) iodide / ferrous iodide · Mineral
Ferrum Iodatum is suited to emaciated, anaemic patients with scrofulous tendencies, glandular enlargements, and uterine displacements. The type presents with suppressed menses, exophthalmic goitre, and debility following loss of vital fluids, with no fever (in contrast to Ferrum Arsenicum).
Key symptoms
- Scrofulous affections with glandular enlargements and tumours
- Crops of boils; acute nephritis following eruptive diseases
- Uterine displacements with much bearing down
- Retroversion and prolapse of uterus with leucorrhoea like boiled starch
- Crawling sensation in urethra and rectum
- Chest oppressed with haemoptysis and pressure beneath sternum
- Exophthalmic goitre following suppressed menses
Iodide of Iron
Scrofulous affections, glandular enlargements, and tumors call for this remedy. Crops of boils. Acute nephritis following eruptive diseases. Uterine displacements. Body emaciated Anæmia Exophthalmic goitre following suppression of menses. Debility following drain upon vital forces. Impetigo of the cheek.
Stomach
Food seems to push up into throat, as if it had not been swallowed.
Abdomen
Fullness, even after a little food; stuffed feeling, as if she could not lean forward.
Throat
Sore, as if of a splinter, shooting in different directions. Hoarse.
Respiratory
Coryza; discharge of mucus from nose, trachea, and larynx. Pressure beneath sternum. Scrofulous swelling of nose. Chest feels oppressed. Hæmoptysis.
Urinary
Urine dark. Sweet smelling. Crawling sensation in urethra and rectum. Sensation as if urine were stopped at fossa navicularis. Difficulty in retaining urine. Incontinence in anæmic children.
Female
On sitting, feeling as if something pressed upward in vagina. Much bearing down. Retroversion and prolapse of uterus. Leucorrhœa like boiled starch. Menses suppressed or scanty. Itching and soreness of vulva and vagina.
Dose
Third trituration. Does not keep long.
Iodide of Iron. Fe I2. Trituration of freshly prepared crystals. Solution.
Clinical
Albuminuria. Alcohol, effects of. Amenorrhœa. Breast, tumour of. Bronchorrhœa. Cancer. Catarrh. Coryza. Diabetes. Dyspepsia. Exophthalmic goître. Eyes, scrofulous inflammation of. Glands, enlargements of. Gonorrhœa. Heartburn. Kidneys, affections of. Leucorrhœa. Liver, enlarged. Nose, scrofulous inflammation of. Ovarian dropsy. Periostitis. Plethora. Pneumonia. Scoliosis. Scrofula. Spleen, enlarged. Tuberculosis. Uterus, prolapse of. Writer's cramp.
Characteristics
The Iodide of Iron has had an independent proving. It corresponds more particularly to scrofulous affections, glandular enlargements, and tumours. A number of peculiar symptoms were felt in rectum and anus: As if anus were compressed; as if worms were in anus; as if something twisted round about in a circle; as if a cord were drawn connecting navel and anus; as if a screw were boring in anus. Fe. i. has a symptom somewhat like the Ferrum symptom: "as if something …
Female Sexual Organs
Constant bearing down as if something was coming away; while sitting feels something pushed up. She can touch the cervix uteri.
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