(Iron)
Best adapted to young weakly persons, anemic and
chlorotic, with pseudoplethora, who flush easily; cold extremities;
oversensitiveness; worse after any active effort. Weakness
from mere speaking or walking though looking strong. Pallor
of skin, mucous membranes, face, alternating with flushes. Orgasms of blood
to face, chest, head, lungs, etc. Irregular distribution of blood.
Pseudoplethora. Muscles flabby and relaxed. | ||
| Mind.
Irritability. Slight noises unbearable. Excited from slightest
opposition. Sanguine temperament. | ||
| Head. Vertigo
on seeing flowing water. Stinging headache. Ringing in ears before menses.
Hammering, pulsating, congestive headache; pain extends to teeth,
with cold extremities. Pain in back of head, with roaring in neck.
Scalp painful. Must take down the hair. | ||
| Eyes. Watery,
dull red; photophobia; letters run together. | ||
| Face. Fiery-red
and flushed from least pain, emotion, or exertion. Red parts become
white, bloodless and puffy. | ||
| Nose. Mucous
membranes relaxed, boggy, anemic, pale. | ||
| Mouth. Pain
in teeth; relieved by icy cold water. Earthy, paste taste, like rotten
eggs. | ||
| Stomach.
Voracious appetite, or absolute loss of appetite. Loathing of sour
things. Attempts to eat bring on diarrhea. Spits up food by the
mouthful. [Phos.] Eructations of food after
eating, without nausea. Nausea and vomiting after eating. Vomiting
immediately after eating. Vomiting after midnight. Intolerance of eggs.
Distention and pressure in the stomach after eating. Heat and burning in
stomach. Soreness of abdominal walls. Flatulent dyspepsia. | ||
| Stool.
Undigested, at night, while eating or drinking, painless. Ineffectual
urging; stool hard, followed by backache or cramping pain in rectum;
prolapsus recti; itching of anus, especially young children. | ||
| Urine.
Involuntary; worse daytime. Tickling in urethra extending to
bladder. | ||
| Female. Menses
remit a day or two, and then return. Discharge of long pieces from uterus.
Women who are weak, delicate, chlorotic, yet have a fiery-red face. Menses
too early, too profuse, last too long; pale, watery. Sensitive vagina.
Tendency to abortion. Prolapse of vagina. | ||
| Respiratory.
Chest oppressed; breathing difficult. Surging of blood to chest.
Hoarseness. Cough dry, spasmodic. Hemoptysis. With the cough pain in
occiput. | ||
| Heart.
Palpitation; worse, movement. Sense of oppression. Anemic murmur. Pulse
full, but soft and yielding; also, small and weak. Heart suddenly bleeds
into the blood vessels, and as suddenly draws a reflux, leaving pallor
of surface. | ||
| Extremities.
Rheumatism of the shoulder. Dropsy after loss of vital fluids. Lumbago;
better, slow walking. Pain in hip joint, tibia, soles, and
heel. | ||
| Skin. Pale;
flushes rapidly; pits on pressure. | ||
| Fever. General
coldness of extremities; head and face hot. Chill at 4 a.m. Heat in
palms and soles. Profuse, debilitating sweat. | ||
| Modalities.
Better, walking slowly about. Better after rising. Worse,
while sweating; while sitting still. After cold washing and overheating.
Midnight aggravation. | ||
| Relationship.
Antidote: Ars.; Hep. Complementary: Chin.; Ham. Compare: Rumx. (similar in respiratory and digestive sphere and contains organic iron); Graph.; Cupr. | ||
| Dose. States of
debility where the blood is poor in hematin require material doses;
plethoric, hemorrhagic conditions call for small doses, from the second to
the sixth potency. |