Ferrum Iodatum
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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.
≡ show all authors ...▲ 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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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
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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Ear
Noises in ear
humming
ringing
roaring
Pain
cutting
piercing, stabbing
Hearing
Impaired
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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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
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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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
≡ show all authors ...▲ 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
≡ show all authors ...▲ 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
≡ show all authors ...▲ 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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