Iodum
iodumRapid metabolism: Loss of flesh great appetite. Hungry with much thirst. Better after eating. Great debility, the slightest effort induces perspiration. Iod individual is exceedingly thin, dark complexioned, with enlarged lymphatic glands, has voracious appetite but gets thin. Tubercular type. All glandular structures, respiratory organs, circulatory system are especially affected; they atrophy. Read on in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, General →
These texts come from 5 classic Materia Medicas dating from 1908 to 1931, now in the public domain. They record what their authors observed and taught, as historical reference for students and practitioners of homeopathy — not current clinical evidence. Nothing on this page is medical advice: for any health problem, see a qualified doctor.
Where each author writes about Iodum
A map of the books. Each number counts the sections, or the paragraphs the author labelled himself, that one book gives a topic, and opens the first of them in that book. Kent and Farrington wrote lectures, so only what they labelled is counted.
| Topic | Boger | Allen | Boericke | Kent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynotes | 1 | 1 | none | none |
| Mind | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| General | none | none | 1 | none |
| Modalities | 2 | none | 1 | none |
| Head | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Eyes | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Nose | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Mouth | none | none | 1 | none |
| Throat | none | none | 1 | none |
| Stomach | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Abdomen | none | none | 1 | none |
| Rectum | none | none | 1 | 1 |
| Urinary | none | none | 1 | none |
| Male | none | none | 1 | none |
| Female | none | 1 | 1 | none |
| Respiratory | none | 1 | 1 | none |
| Heart | none | none | 1 | none |
| Extremities | none | none | 1 | none |
| Skin | none | none | 1 | none |
| Fever | none | none | 1 | none |
Relationships
- Complementary:
- Badiaga (Boericke),
- Hepar sulphuris (Boger),
- Lycopodium clavatum (Boericke, Boger),
- Silicea (Boger)
- Followed well by:
- Kali bichromicum (Allen)
- Antidoted by:
- Arsenicum album (Boger),
- Belladonna (Boger),
- Gratiola officinalis (Boericke),
- Hepar sulphuris (Boericke, Boger),
- Opium (Boger),
- Phosphorus (Boger),
- Sulphur (Boericke)
- Antidotes:
- Carbolicum acidum (Boericke)
- Related:
- Arsenicum album (Boger),
- Chlorum (Boger),
- Conium maculatum (Boger),
- Fluoricum acidum (Boger),
- Kalium iodatum (Boger),
- Osmium (Boger),
- Phosphorus (Boger),
- Spongia tosta (Boger)
- Similar:
- Baryta carbonica (Allen)
As each book states it.
Iodum in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Cyrus Maxwell Boger · 1931
KeynotesIntensely rapid action. ALWAYS TOO HOT. Hot, acrid or watery discharges. Persistent or salty secretions. Infiltration. GLANDS, SWELLED, HARD or heavy; later dwindling. Lean, hungry and hot. Weak and rapidly losing flesh; can't talk. Vascular degeneration. Scrofula. Acute exacerbations (Fer-p.). Local torpidity; little pus. Internal tickling. General pulsation or local throbbings. Burnings. ....................
Words in capitals are Boger's highest grade.
Read Boger on Iodum in full →Iodum in Allen's Keynotes
H.C. Allen · 3rd edition (1910) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
KeynotesIodium Iodine. The Element. Persons of a scrofulous diathesis, with dark or black hair and eyes; a low cachectic condition, with profound debility and great emaciation (Abrot.). Great weakness and loss of breath on going upstairs (Calc.) ; during the menses (Alum, Carbo an., Coc.). Ravenous hunger; eats freely and well, yet loses flesh all the time (Abrot., Nat. m., Sanic., Tub.).
Read Allen on Iodum in full →Iodum in Clinical Materia Medica
Ernest Albert Farrington · 4th edition, revised and enlarged by Harvey Farrington (1908) · Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel
LectureLecture XLVIII — Halogens — Bromine and Iodine; and Spongia Iodine. So much for Bromine; now for Iodine; and first let me speak of the symptoms arising from its abuse. Iodine is an absorbent; it has the property of causing absorption, particularly of glandular structures- Its absorbent properties extend to other tissues, involving, finally, even nervous structures.
Read Farrington on Iodum in full →Iodum in Homoeopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927)
MindAnxiety when quiet. Present anxiety and depression, no reference to the future. Sudden impulse to run and do violence. Forgetful. Must be busy. Fear of people, shuns every one. Melancholy. Suicidal tendency.
- Mind
- General
- Modalities
- Head
- Eyes
- Nose
- Mouth
- Throat
- Stomach
- Abdomen
- Stool
- Urinary
- Male
- Female
- Respiratory
- Heart
- Extremities
- Skin
- Fever
- Relationships
- Dose
Iodum in Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica
James Tyler Kent · 2nd edition (preface dated 1 September 1911)
LectureIodine Anxiety: This remedy in all of its complaints whether acute or chronic, has a peculiar kind anxiety that is felt both in mind and body. It seems also that this state of anxiety is attended with a thrill that goes throughout his frame unless he removes it by motion or change of position. The anxiety comes on when trying to keep still, and the more he tries to keep still the more the anxious state increases.
Read Kent on Iodum in full →Where the repertories grade Iodum highest
Rubrics in which Iodum has the top grade (Kent’s 3, Bönninghausen’s 4). Each page lists every remedy in the rubric with its grade.
- Mind, moodKent’s Repertory · 99 remedies
- Mind, anxietyKent’s Repertory · 243 remedies
- Mind, sadnessKent’s Repertory · 268 remedies
- Mind, MindKent’s Repertory · 456 remedies
- Generalities, warm agg.Kent’s Repertory · 80 remedies
- Generalities, indurationsKent’s Repertory · 97 remedies
- Generalities, pulse abnormalKent’s Repertory · 109 remedies
- Generalities, dropsyKent’s Repertory · 110 remedies
- Aggravations, musicBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 44 remedies
- Aggravations, breathingBönninghausen’s Pocket-Book · 45 remedies
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