Stannum iodatum
Tin(II) iodide (stannous iodide) · Mineral
A deeply acting remedy valuable in chronic chest diseases characterized by plastic tissue changes and persistent cough. Indicated in cases that "hang fire" needing an alterative, with a characteristic cough pattern starting weak but gathering strength and producing copious expectoration.
Key symptoms
- Persistent inclination to cough from tickling dry spot in throat
- Copious pale yellowish expectoration
- Weakness in chest after coughing
- Chronic chest diseases with plastic tissue changes
- Cough at root of tongue
- Shortness of breath
Iodide of Tin. Sn I2. Trituration.
Clinical
Phthisis.
Characteristics
Stan. iod. has been used in preference to the metal in some phthisical cases in which the general features of Stan. were present. O. S. Haines (Clinique, vii. 11) considers it especially indicated where the patient "has a clear complexion and long eyelashes, and where the progress of the disease is rapid." He uses the 2x trituration. M. D. Youngman (H. M., Jan. 1895) finds it a deeply acting drug, chiefly of value in chronic chest diseases characterised by plastic tissue changes. It is indicated in cases that "hang fire" and need an "alterative." He gives this keynote: "A persistent inclination to cough, excited by a tickling dry spot in the throat, sometimes in one place, sometimes in another, often apparently at root of tongue." This cough, which begins as a weak-sounding cough, accompanied by shortness of breath, soon gathers strength and sound and induces raising of a free, copious, pale yellowish expectoration, which at first >, …
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