Iodine (The Element)
- Persons of 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 menses (Alum, Carbo an., Coc.).
- Ravenous hunger; eats freely and well, yet loses flesh all the time (Abrot., Nat. m., Sanic., Tub.).
- Empty eructations from morning to night, as if every particle of food was turned into air (Kali c.).
- Suffers from hunger, must eat every few hours; anxious and worried if he does not eat (Cina, Sulph.); feels > while eating or after eating, when stomach is full.
- Itching: low down in the lungs, behind the sternum, causing cough; extends through bronchi to nasal cavity (Coc. c., Con., Phos.).
- Hypertrophy and induration of glandular tissue - thyroid, mammae, ovaries, testes, uterus, prostate or other glands - breasts may dwindle and become flabby.
- Hard goitre, in dark haired persons (light haired, Brom.); feels > after eating.
- Palpitation, worse from least exertion (compare, Dig. -from least mental exertion, Calc. ars.).
- Sensation as if the heart was squeezed together; as if grasped with an iron hand (Cac., Sulph.).
- Leucorrhoea: acrid, corrosive, staining and corroding the linen; most abundant at time of menses.
- Cancerous degeneration of the cervix; cutting pains in abdomen and haemorrhage at every stool.
- Constipation, with ineffectual urging > by drinking cold milk.
- Croup: membranous, hoarse, dry cough, worse in warm, wet weather; with wheezing and sawing respiration (Spong.).
- Child grasps at larynx (Cepa); face pale and cold, especially in fleshy children.
Relations
- Complementary: to, Lycopodium.
- Compare: Acet. ac., Brom., Con., Kali bi., Spong. in membranous croup and croupy affections; especially in overgrown boys with scrofulous diathesis.
- Follows well: after, Hep., Merc.; is followed by Kali bi. in croup.
- Acts best in goitre when give after full moon, or when moon is waning - Lippe.
- Should not be given during lying-in period, except in high potencies - Hering.
Aggravation
- Warmth; wrapping up the head (reverse of, Hep., Psor.).
