Ferrum muriaticum
Iron(III) chloride / ferric chloride · Mineral
Ferrum Muriaticum is predominantly a right-sided remedy suited to anaemic patients with haemorrhages, neuralgic and rheumatic pains on the right side, and spleen involvement. The type is weak, restless, and nervous with blood that is remarkably black and thick on venesection.
Key symptoms
- Neuralgic pains predominantly on right side of face and head
- Rheumatism of right shoulder
- Haemorrhages of all kinds with remarkably black, thick blood
- Vascular and nervous irritability after haemorrhages
- Weakness, restlessness, and nervousness
- Spasmodic cough ameliorated by eating
- Enlargement of spleen with pain in left hypochondrium
Worse (aggravation)
- Motion aggravates most symptoms
- Night and morning worsen symptoms
- Pressure aggravates
- Eating aggravates most symptoms, especially from eggs
Better (amelioration)
- Eating ameliorates spasmodic cough
Ferrum Chloratum. Ferrous Chloride or Dichloride. Fe Cl2, 4H2O. (Crystals.) Tincture, consisting of 25 parts of crystals to 225 parts of alcohol.
Clinical
Anæmia. Angina tonsillaris. Constipation. Cramps. Diabetes. Diarrhœa. Disparunia. Dyspepsia. Dysentery. Hæmorrhages. Headache. Marasmus. Neuralgia. Pleurisy. Rickets. Rheumatism. Scrofula. Spleen, enlargement of. Typhoid fever. Vomiting. Worms.
Characteristics
Fer. mur. is the liquid preparation of Iron which, under the name of "Steel Drops," has been most used in old-school practice in the treatment of anæmia. Our knowledge of its properties is derived mainly from over-dosings, with a few provings, and clinical observations. Fer. mur. is mainly a right-side medicine, causing neuralgia and headache of the right side of face and head, and rheumatism of right shoulder. On the other hand it affects the spleen, causing pain in the left hypochondrium. Like other Iron preparations, it affects the blood, causing hæmorrhages of all kinds. On venesection …
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