Ferrum iodatum
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
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.
Throat
Sore, as if of a splinter, shooting in different directions. Hoarse.
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.
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.
Respiratory
Coryza; discharge of mucus from nose, trachea, and larynx. Pressure beneath sternum. Scrofulous swelling of nose. Chest feels oppressed. Hæmoptysis.
Dose
Third trituration. Does not keep long.
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