Zincum iodatum
Zinc iodide · Mineral
Key symptoms
- Splinter-like pain in throat at intervals
- Cough from tickling in throat; more coughing worsens tickling
- Coldness in stomach and bowels with tendency to perspire
- Peculiar tingling in right side of face extending to vertex
- Undulating pain at border of right floating ribs
- Brain seems clouded; hard to remember what is read
- Vertigo and belching of wind with coldness in lumbar region
- Cold sweat in umbilical and lumbar regions
- Trembling feeling in lower limbs, later in arms
- Palpitation when lying on left side
Worse (aggravation)
- Lying on the left side (vertigo, palpitation, floating sensation in lower limbs)
- Coughing (tickling in throat worsens the more he coughs)
Better (amelioration)
- Pressing feet to floor (cramps in calves and ankles)
Iodide of Zinc. Zincic iodide. ZnI2. Solution in syrup. Trituration.
Clinical
Constipation. Cough. Phthisis.
Characteristics
Zn. i. has been proved by American provers, and some well-defined symptoms were produced (C. D. P.). Among them were: Splinter-like pain in throat. Coldness in stomach and bowels with tendency to perspire. A cough from tickling in the throat, and the more he coughed the worse the tickling became. A peculiar tingling in right side of face to vertex, with tension in skin of the part. Undulating pain at border of right free ribs, extending to third rib on same side.
Relations
Compare: Splinter pain in throat, Hep., Arg. n. The more he coughs the < it tickles, Ign.
Phatak's chapter on Zincum iodatum is available in the app.
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