Ferrum Metallicum

Ferrum Metallicum
The following are the indications of Ferrum Metallicum, as it relates to this part. Strongest indications are in bold, the next strongest are in italics, and the remaining indications are in a plain typeface.

MIND

Irritability

Slight noises unbearable

Excited from slightest opposition

Sanguine temperament.

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, mood, alternating mood;

mind, emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition, unhappy, sadness, mental depression;

mind, restlessness, nervousness;

mind, restlessness, nervousness, forcing out of bed;

mind, restlessness, nervousness, tossing about in bed;

VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo on seeing flowing water

vertigo, dizziness, with nausea;

vertigo, dizziness, on rising;

vertigo, dizziness, on rising, from bed;

vertigo, dizziness, on rising, from a seat;

vertigo, dizziness, on rising, from stooping;

vertigo, dizziness, with obscuring of vision;

vertigo, dizziness, while walking, when walking down;

HEAD

Ringing in ears before menses

head, brain, insufficient oxygen to brain;

head, congestion (see pulsation);

head, congestion (see pulsation), from suppressed period;

Stinging headache

Hammering, pulsating, congestive headache, pain extends to teeth, with cold extremities

Pain in Back of head, with roaring in neck

head, pain, headache, constant;

head, pain, headache, constant, two or three days;

head, pain, headache, hammering pain;

head, pain, headache, must lie down;

head, pain, headache, from certain movements, on moving head;

head, pain, headache, recurring headache, every fourteen days, lasting two or three days;

head, pain, headache, pressure;

head, pain, headache, pulsating;

head, pain, headache, in forehead, hammering in forehead;

head, pain, headache, in forehead, pulsating;

Scalp painful

Must take down the hair.

EYES

Watery, dull red, photophobia, letters run together.

eye, protrusion, protruding eye balls;

vision, dim, during vertigo, dizziness;

EARS

ear, noises in ear, ringing, during period;

FACE

Fiery-red and Flushed from least pain, emotion, or exertion

red parts become white, bloodless and puffy.

face, heat, during chill;

face, lips, discoloration, pale;

face, skin, discoloration, iron deficiency anaemia (greenish-yellow discoloration);

face, skin, discoloration, earthy;

face, skin, discoloration, pale;

face, skin, discoloration, pale, flushes easily;

face, skin, discoloration, red;

face, skin, discoloration, red, alternating with paleness;

face, skin, discoloration, red, during chill;

face, skin, discoloration, red, within definite boundaries;

face, skin, discoloration, red, excitement;

face, skin, discoloration, red, after exertion;

face, skin, discoloration, red, without fever;

face, skin, discoloration, red, when in pain;

face, skin, discoloration, sickly colour;

face, skin, discoloration, yellow;

face, swelling;

NOSE

Mucous membranes relaxed, boggy, anaemic, pale.

nose, nose bleed, alternating with spitting of blood;

nose, nose bleed, children;

MOUTH

Pain in teeth, relieved by icy-cold water

mouth, discoloration, gums, pale;

Earthy, paste taste, like rotten eggs.

CHEST

Heart, Palpitation, worse, movement

Sense of oppression

Anaemic 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.

chest, lungs, haemorrhage (see expectoration);

chest, murmurs;

chest, oppressed feeling;

Chest Oppressed; breathing difficult

Surging of blood to chest

Hoarseness

Cough dry, spasmodic

Hemoptysis ( Millefol.) With the cough pain in occiput.

respiration, difficult (dyspnea);

respiration, difficult (dyspnea), movement;

respiration, difficult (dyspnea), walking, walking about slowly;

COUGH

cough, morning, after rising;

cough, movement;

cough, intermittent, after eating;

cough, walking;

EXPECTORATION

expectoration, bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage);

expectoration, bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage), streaked with blood;

expectoration, mucous, bloody;

SKIN

Pale, flushes rapidly, pits on pressure.

skin, discoloration, pale;

skin, discoloration, yellow, jaundice, etc., spots;

skin, abnormal growths, warts, waxy;

BACK AND NECK

back, pain, when beginning to move;

back, pain, walking slowly;

back, pain, lumbar (lower half of back), while walking, walking slowly;

ABDOMEN

Stomach, Voracious appetite, or absolute loss of appetite

Loathing of sour things

Attempts to eat bring on diarrhoea

intolerance of eggs

Distention and pressure in the stomach after eating

Heat and burning in stomach

Soreness of abdominal walls

Flatulent dyspepsia.

abdomen, pain, lower part of abdomen, on movement;

abdomen, bladder, urination, involuntary, incontinence, night, bed wetting;

abdomen, bladder, urination, involuntary, incontinence, while walking;

abdomen, stomach, appetite, increased (hunger in general), alternating with loss of appetite;

abdomen, stomach, burping, belching, after eating;

abdomen, stomach, fullness, after eating;

abdomen, stomach, fullness, after eating very little;

abdomen, stomach, pulsation;

Spits up food by the mouthful ( Phos.) Eructations of food after eating, without nausea

abdomen, stomach, aversion to certain foods or drinks, all drinks;

abdomen, stomach, aversion to certain foods or drinks, all drinks, during headache;

abdomen, stomach, burping, belching, food (regurgitation);

abdomen, stomach, burping, belching, food (regurgitation), after eating;

abdomen, stomach, burping, belching, tasting like food;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, food, night, midnight;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, food, before chill;

Nausea and vomiting after eating

Vomiting immediately after eating

vomiting after midnight

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, night;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, night, after midnight;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, while eating, sudden vomit attack;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, after eating, egg;

abdomen, stomach, vomiting, blood;

RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

rectum, diarrhoea, after certain foods or drinks, from drinking water;

rectum, diarrhoea, while teething;

rectum, diarrhoea, while eating;

rectum, diarrhoea, movement;

rectum, diarrhoea, painless;

rectum, flatulence, during 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.

stool, food appears to be passed undigested (lientery);

stool, food appears to be passed undigested (lientery), night;

GENITALS ETC

Involuntary, worse daytime

Tickling in urethra extending to bladder.

Sensitive vagina

Prolapse of vagina.

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

Discharge of long pieces from uterus

Women who are weak, delicate, chlorotic, yet have a fiery-red face

Tendency to abortion

genitals, female, metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding);

Female, Menses remit a day or two, and then return

Menses too early, too profuse, last too long, pale, watery

genitals, female, period, amenorrhoea (suppression or absence of period);

genitals, female, period, copious;

genitals, female, period, frequent;

genitals, female, period, pale;

genitals, female, period, protracted;

genitals, female, period, thin;

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Rheumatism of the shoulder

Dropsy after loss of vital fluids

Lumbago, better, slow walking

Pain in hip-joint, tibia, soles, and heel.

extremities, limbs, coldness, upper limbs, hands;

extremities, limbs, coldness, lower limbs, foot;

extremities, limbs, movements and positions, irresistible desire to bend arm;

extremities, limbs, movements and positions, lameness, upper limbs, right;

extremities, limbs, pain, on beginning to move;

extremities, limbs, pain, upper limbs, raising arm;

extremities, limbs, pain, upper limbs, rheumatic;

extremities, limbs, pain, shoulder;

extremities, limbs, pain, shoulder, movement;

extremities, limbs, pain, shoulder, putting the arm behind;

extremities, limbs, pain, shoulder, rheumatic;

extremities, limbs, pain, upper arm, rheumatic;

extremities, limbs, pain, upper arm, deltoid region (by top muscle of arm);

extremities, limbs, pain, lower limbs, night, before midnight;

extremities, limbs, pain, lower limbs, movement;

extremities, limbs, pain, lower limbs, sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh), movement;

extremities, limbs, pain, lower limbs, sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh), walking;

extremities, limbs, pain, lower limbs, walking;

extremities, limbs, pain, thigh, movement;

extremities, limbs, pain, stitching, sudden, sharp, shoulder;

extremities, limbs, pain, tearing, shoulder;

extremities, limbs, pain, tearing, shoulder, cannot raise arm;

extremities, limbs, restlessness;

extremities, limbs, restlessness, lower limbs, leg;

extremities, limbs, skin, chicken pox (see swelling), leg, during pregnancy;

extremities, limbs, weakness;

FEVER AND CHILL

General coldness of extremities, head and face hot

Chill at 4 a.m

Heat in palms and soles

Profuse, debilitating sweat.

chill, morning, 3 a.m., on waking;

chill, afternoon;

chill, afternoon, violent chill with thirst and red face;

chill, night;

chill, in bed;

chill, chilliness (see also whole body, temperature);

chill, shaking, shivering, rigors;

chill, shaking, shivering, rigors, afternoon;

chill, at certain time of day or night, from 3 a.m.;

chill, violent chill, with red face and thirst;

fever, intermittent, chronic;

fever, relapsing;

fever, desire to uncover;

INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS

injuries and accidents, poisoning, poisoning by quinine;

GENERALITIES

generalities, lethargic, tired;

perspiration;

perspiration, daytime;

perspiration, morning;

perspiration, morning, in bed;

perspiration, morning, during sleep;

perspiration, late morning;

perspiration, night, after midnight;

perspiration, during anxiety;

perspiration, in bed;

perspiration, clammy;

perspiration, cold;

perspiration, during slight exertion (see walking);

perspiration, long-lasting;

perspiration, while lying;

perspiration, on movement;

perspiration, profuse;

perspiration, profuse, morning;

perspiration, profuse, morning, in bed;

generalities, night;

generalities, anaemia;

generalities, anaemia, after haemorrhage;

generalities, anaemia, as from iron deficiency - greenish yellow skin;

generalities, change of position;

generalities, blood vessels, congestion of blood;

generalities, blood vessels, excited, rapid blood flow;

generalities, blood vessels, veins and arteries swollen from inner pressure;

generalities, blood vessels, varicose veins, during pregnancy;

generalities, eating and food, cold drinks;

generalities, eating and food, fat;

generalities, emaciated (extremely thin);

generalities, haemorrhage;

generalities, lying down, inclination to lie down;

generalities, lying down, lying down;

generalities, lying down, lying in bed;

generalities, movement, at beginning of movement;

generalities, movement, of affected part;

generalities, movement, continued movement;

generalities, obesity;

generalities, pain, pressing, externally;

generalities, pain, sudden, sharp, downward;

generalities, pulsation;

generalities, pulsation, internally;

generalities, swelling, puffy;

generalities, temperature (felt and effects of temperature), cold feeling, lack of vital heat;

generalities, walking, beginning of walk;

generalities, walking, walking slowly;

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness);

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness), from perspiration;

generalities, weakness (see lethargic, weariness), walking;

generalities, weariness (see weakness);