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Ferrum Iodatum

Iodide Of Iron, Ferr-i.
Available in 8X-30X, 4C-30C, 1M-10M from $6.59
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HPUS indication of Ferrum Iodatum: Heartburn

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Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Ferrum Iodatum in traditional homeopathic usage, not approved by the FDA.

  GENERAL

General

Scrofulous affections, glandular enlargements, and tumors call for Ferrum Iodatum. Crops of boils. Acute nephritis following eruptive diseases. Uterine displacements. Body emaciated. Anemia. Exophthalmic goitre following suppression of menses. Debility following drain upon vital forces. Impetigo of the cheek.

Dose

Third trituration. Does not keep long.

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  MIND

Mind

Aversions, dislikes

company

indolence, aversion to work; evening

Conscientious about things of little importance

Dazed

Excitement

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

indecisive

indifference, apathy, etc.

irritability

mirth, hilarity, liveliness, etc.

mood; alternating mood

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

Hysteria

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; difficulty concentrating

impaired thinking; confusion; evening

impaired thinking; confusion; hat, putting on

impaired thinking; confusion; while reading

impaired thinking; confusion; after smoking

impaired thinking; confusion; while writing

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish; while reading

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

frightened easily; starting, startled

during sleep; starting from sleep

Restlessness, nervousness

night

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  VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

From movement

While walking

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  HEAD

Coldness

Congestion (see pulsation)

Hot

Hot; after period

Pulsating

Headache

Heaviness (see pain

pressing)

pressing); open air

pressing); from mental exertion

pressing); smoking

pressing); warm room

pressing); while writing

pressing); forehead

Hydrocephalus (water on the brain: headache, drowsiness, vomiting)

Pain, headache

morning

afternoon

air

open (see walking in open air)

with running or blocked nose

on coughing

must lie down

lying down

in women; before period

from certain movements; on moving head

from certain movements; from stooping

pressure; from pressure of hat

pressure

pulsating

when reading

from smoking tobacco

walking; while

walking rapidly

warm room

from wrapping up head

from writing

in forehead

right side

evening

open air

coughing

during heat

on movement

while reading

when indoors; in a warm room

from smoking

while writing

above eyes

above eyes; above left; extending to top of head (vertex)

back of head (occiput)

sides; one side

sides; left

temples

top of head (vertex)

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

while writing

forehead

forehead; open air

forehead; warm room

forehead; extending to sides of head; right

temples

top of head (vertex)

stitching, sudden, sharp

temples

top of head (vertex)

tearing, rending

forehead; over eyes

Scalp

Skin and scalp

itching

perspiration; forehead; afternoon

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  EYES

Eyes

Discoloration

redness

redness; lids

yellow

Discharges of mucus or pus; from out-breaks on skin

Inflammation; wounds; conjunctiva (external lining of eye)

Itching

Pain

light

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

cutting

as from something in eye

like sand in eye

stitching, sudden, sharp

Intolerance of light (photophobia)

Protrusion

protruding eye balls

Swellings; lids

Tears

Weak

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes

sparks

sparks; morning

after breakfast

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  EARS

Ear

Noises in ear

humming

ringing

roaring

Pain

cutting

piercing, stabbing

Hearing

Impaired

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  FACE

Face

Expression; sickly

Appearance as if dead (see sunken)

Skin

discoloration; iron deficiency anaemia (greenish-yellow discoloration)

discoloration; earthy

discoloration; pale

discoloration; red

within definite boundaries

discoloration; sallow

discoloration; sickly colour

discoloration; yellow

out-breaks on skin; eczema

out-breaks on skin; blisters

Swelling

submaxillary gland (gland under jaw, by throat)

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  NOSE

Nose

Nose bleed

from blowing the nose

with cough

Catarrh

morning

Discharge from nose

blood

copious

crusts, scabs, inside

wearing away skin

greenish

containing pus

thick

watery

yellow

Dryness

inside

inside; morning

Pain; cutting; root; to back of head (occiput)

Skin or lining of nose; ulcers; inside

Swelling

thick

Discharge

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

blocked

morning

night

sensation as if blocked

morning

running, wet

Sneezing

night

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  MOUTH

Mouth

Discoloration; redness

Pain

burning, raw and smarting

Gums and teeth

Bleeding

gums

gums; 3 p.m.

Teeth; pain

Saliva

Dryness

Salivation

Tongue

Discoloration; tongue; yellow

Pain

burning, raw and smarting; tongue

stitching, sudden, sharp; tongue; root

Swelling; tongue; root of

Taste

Taste

bad

bad; morning

bitter

flavourless

metallic

offensive

like peppermint

putrid

sour

sweetish

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  THROAT

Throat

Sore, as if of a splinter, shooting in different directions

Hoarse.

Sensation of something in throat; food

Hawks often

Irritation

larynx

larynx; afternoon

trachea (wind pipe)

Mucus

clinging

larynx

trachea (wind pipe)

Pain

larynx

burning

larynx

pressing

Swallowing; difficult; noon

Tickling in the air passages

larynx

in trachea (wind pipe)

Voice

hoarseness

lost

External throat

goitre

goitre; exophthalmic

swelling; cervical glands (on side of neck)

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  CHEST

Chest

Anxiety

region of heart

Catarrh

Congestion

Constriction, tension

heart

Heart

palpitations

palpitations; night

palpitations; on climbing steps

palpitations; from exertion

palpitations; on movement

palpitations; on rising

from seat

palpitations; during sleep

palpitations; turning in bed

Heat

Inflammation

bronchial tubes (bronchitis)

lungs

Lungs

haemorrhage (see expectoration)

tuberculosis

Murmurs

Oppressed feeling

Pain

during a cough

breast; nipples

evening

sides

right

heart

extending to other parts; to arm pit

stitching, sudden, sharp

coughing

Respiration

Coryza; discharge of mucus from nose, trachea, and larynx

Pressure beneath sternum

Scrofulous swelling of nose

Chest feels oppressed

Hemoptysis.

Urinary Organs.

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 anemic children.

Pain; sore, bruised; when breathing in; when breathing in deeply

Asthma attack

Difficult (dyspnea)

night

on movement

accumulation of fluid in lung

Rattling

Wheezing

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  COUGH

Cough

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Asthmatic

With or after chill or fever; during fever

Dry cough

Hacking cough

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); from irritation in air passages; in larynx

from irritation in air passages

in larynx; afternoon

from irritation in air passages; in wind pipe

Loose

Short

Intermittent

When talking

Tickling; in wind pipe

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  EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Morning

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage)

Greenish

White

Yellow

Copious

Difficult

Hawked up; mucus

Mucous

bloody

Noticeable smell; offensive smell

Containing pus

Noticeable taste; putrid

Thick

and sticky

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  SKIN

Skin

Coldness

Discoloration

brown, liver spots

dirty

red; spots

yellow, jaundice, etc.

Out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash

Pain; burning

Swelling

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  BACK AND NECK

Neck

Stiffness; neck

Back

Pain

evening

night

in women; during period

dorsal (shoulder level)

lumbar (lower half of back)

night

during period

sacrum (base of spine)

aching

evening

as if broken; lumbar (lower half of back)

night

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting

Stiffness; morning; on rising

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  ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Enlarged

liver

spleen

Heat

Navel; sensation of cord connecting anus and navel, with cutting pain when straightening up, better when bent forward

Noises from abdomen

rumbling; evening

rumbling; night; 5 a.m.

rumbling; before stool

Numbness

Pain

night; 10 p.m.

in women; during period

before stool

extending to other parts; downward

lower part of abdomen

groin region

while walking

extending to other parts; across lower part of abdomen

navel

extending to other parts; downward

spleen

pressing; before stool

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; behind lower ribs

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; groin region

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.)

groin region; right

sides

sides; when raising arms

sides; while walking

Pulsation; evening

Bladder

urge to urinate, but producing nothing

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); ineffectual

urination; frequent; evening

urination; involuntary, incontinence; night, bed wetting

Kidneys

pain

pain; shooting (see sudden, sharp); sore, bruised

Stomach

appetite; reduced

appetite; easily satisfied

appetite; insatiable

burping, belching; after eating

burping, belching; bitter

burping, belching; greasy

burping, belching; loud

burping, belching; rancid

fullness; after eating

very little

heat, flushes; evening

heaviness, weight, oppression (see fullness); after eating

pain; burning; evening

pain; cramping, griping, constricting; after eating

pain; pressing; after eating

pulsation

tension

thirst; evening

Eating

Food seems to push up into throat, as if it had not been swallowed.

Fullness, even after a little food; stuffed feeling, as if she could not lean forward.

Pain; after eating (including certain foods)

Stomach

appetite; ravenous, excessive; without enjoying food (see aversion to food)

aversion to certain foods or drinks; meat

burping, belching; food (regurgitation)

loathing of food (see nausea)

Nausea

nausea; after eating

nausea; after supper

Vomiting

vomiting; on coughing

vomiting; after drinking

vomiting; after eating

vomiting; blood

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  RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Constipation; alternating with diarrhoea

Constriction, contraction, closure, etc.

Sensation of cord extending from anus to navel

Diarrhoea

morning

after eating

Haemorrhoids; external

Itching; like insects crawling on skin in anus

Pain

burning; after stool

pressing (pressure)

sticking

during stool

sudden, sharp; during stool

Prolapse

standing

Urging, desire to stool (see pain

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); night; on waking

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); before stool

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); after stool

Stool

Bloody

Brown

Hard

Mucous, slimy

Scanty

Soft

Watery

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  GENITALS ETC

Urine

Albuminous (white, thick)

Colour

dark

pale

Copious

Milky

Odour; sweetish

Scanty

evening

Sediment

milky

thick

white

Urethra

Male; erections; painful (see urethra)

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); crawling

discharge

gonorrhoea

itching

at front

pain

while urinating

burning

burning; during erections

burning; during urination

soreness; while urinating

as if urine remained in urethra some time after urinating; in at back of vagina

sensation of urine still flowing; stops at back of vagina

Male

Male

pain; penis; while urinating

thick emission from penis

testes and scrotum (balls); relaxed, scrotum

Female

Female; On sitting, Feeling as if something pressed upward in vagina

Itching and soreness of vulva and vagina.

Female

vaginal discharge; strong and sharp (acrid), wearing away skin

vaginal discharge; burning

vaginal discharge; copious

vaginal discharge; before period

vaginal discharge; after period

vaginal discharge; like boiled starch

vaginal discharge; thin, watery

irritation; itching; vagina

pain; sore, tenderness; vagina

swollen; vagina

Womb

Retroversion and prolapse of uterus

Female

displacement of womb

pain; bearing down; womb, and region of womb (see labour-like pains, also pains in abdomen)

she feels as if pushing something up, while sitting

prolapse; womb

womb pushes up when sitting down

Genitals

Much bearing down

Leucorrhoea like boiled starch

Male

erections; troublesome

erections; night

erections; impotency

sexual passion; increased

Female

coldness; sensation of coldness, left ovary

fluid build up (see swelling); ovaries

miscarriage

irritation; itching

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding)

pain; ovaries; extending to other parts; limbs; down limbs

pain; bearing down; ovaries

pain; sore, tenderness

swollen

Menses

Menses suppressed or scanty

Female

period; amenorrhoea (suppression or absence of period)

period; copious

period; frequent

period; late

period; painful; and difficult (dysmenorrhea)

period; suppressed

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  EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Coldness

upper limbs; hands

lower limbs; foot

night

Cramps; foot

Heat; hand

Heaviness

tired limbs

upper limbs; while writing

lower limbs

foot

Movements and positions

trembling

trembling; when using hands

trembling; while walking

Numbness (see tingling); fingers

leg

foot

Pain

joints

joints; gouty

joints; rheumatic

upper limbs

rheumatic

shoulder; rheumatic

upper arm

rheumatic

elbow

hip

thigh

lower leg; shin bone

foot

rheumatic

extending to other parts; upwards

back of foot

back of foot; rheumatic

back of foot; extending to pelvis

aching; shoulder

aching; lower limbs; joints of

pulling; hand; back of hand

pulling; hand; tendons; extensors

pulling; lower limbs

pulling; thigh

pulling; foot

sore, bruised

evening

upper arm

lower limbs

thigh

leg

leg; calf

leg; calf; evening

stitching, sudden, sharp

shoulder

tearing; upper limbs

tearing; hip

Paralysis

upper limbs

upper limbs; right

upper limbs; sensation of paralysis

upper limbs; evening

shoulder; sensation of paralysis

upper arm; sensation of paralysis

forearm; sensation of paralysis; while writing

thigh; sensation of paralysis; extending to knees

Restlessness

lower limbs; feet

lower limbs; feet; on waking

Swollen

lower limbs; fluid in tissues

leg

foot; fluid accumulation

Weakness

upper limbs

evening

lower limbs

leg; calf

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  FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Morning; when by a warm heater

Late morning; when by a warm heater

Noon

Night

in bed

In bed; rising from bed

Shaking, shivering, rigors

At certain time of day or night

from 9 a.m.; to 10 a.m.

from 10 a.m.

from 12 a.m.

In warmth; in warm room; not relieved in warm room, nor by a warm heater

Noon

Afternoon

Evening

with chilliness

Dry heat

Intermittent, chronic

with enlarged liver

with enlarged spleen

Internal heat

with external chill

Desire to uncover

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  GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Bad

Disturbed; by dreams

Dreams

anxious

confused

previous events

long past

fantastic

fights

nightmare

robbers

of fighting with robbers

of being very tall

unpleasant

vivid

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness

morning

noon

during chilliness

evening

Sleeplessness, insomnia

Waking; frequent

Perspiration

Morning

Afternoon

Night

In bed

Clammy

Cold

During slight exertion (see walking)

On movement

Profuse

Generalities

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Night

after midnight

Open air

Anaemia

as from iron deficiency - greenish yellow skin

General physical anxiety

Blood vessels

congestion of blood

excited, rapid blood flow

Physical exertion

Eating and food; after eating

Emaciated (extremely thin)

Faintness, fainting

Fluid build up; external

Haemorrhage

Inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation); glands

Lying down

lying down

lying in bed

Movement

Aversion to movement

Mucous secretions increased

Pain; sore, bruised; night

In women

symptoms before period

symptoms during period

symptoms after period

Pulsation

externally

on waking

internally

Pulse; frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid

Lack of reaction

Swelling

glands

glands; bluish

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); hot feeling; flushes of heat

tendency to catch cold

warmth

Touch

Twitching; twitching, involuntary movements (chorea)

Walking

Warmth

Wraps

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

night

from slight exertion

during period

from perspiration

walking

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