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IODOFORMIUM

Iodoformum. (Iodoformium.)

Iodoform. CHI3.

Provings by Underwood and Haines. See Allen's Encyclopaedia, vol. 5, p. 116.

CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.

- Sphacelous chancre, Windelband, B. J. H., vol. 36, p. 367.

MIND. [1]

Feels happy and elated.

SENSORIUM. [2]

Confusion of head, with slight nausea.
Head feels as if he had been intoxicated the day previous.

INNER HEAD. [3]

Dull pain in forehead, with shooting in right ear; agg. coming down stairs.
Sharp, neuralgic pains in forehead, agg. stooping.
Dull, pressing pain in both temples, following the pain in right maxillary bone; temples felt as if something heavy was pressing on them.
Sharp, neuralgic pain in temples, agg. right side, extending to back of head, behind ears.
Stitches in temples.
Stitch pain in right side of head.
Heavy feeling in head, and a dull aching in top of head.
Stitching pains in head.
Head felt heavy, as if he could not lift it from pillow.
Headache on awakening.

OUTER HEAD. [4]

Violent itching of occiput.

SIGHT AND EYES. [5]

Eyes sensitive to light.
Objects appear tesselated, red.
Pain in eyes; eyes bloodshot.
Smarting, burning, stinging in eyes.
Right eye felt sore and as if bruised.

HEARING AND EARS. [6]

Hearing dull; must be spoken to quite loudly.
Ears feel full, dry and feverish.
Shooting in right ear.
Stitches in right ear.
Neuralgic pain in left ear.

SMELL AND NOSE. [7]

Sensation as of smelling fumes of Iodine.
Peculiar smell, like the odor arising from decaying leaves in a swamp.
Membrane of nose feels full and dry; constant snuffing, yet no discharge.

UPPER FACE. [8]

Dull pain in malar bones.
Drawing and pressing in malar bone.

LOWER FACE. [9]

Feeling of stiffness in zygomatic muscles.
Slight pain in zygomatic muscles, agg. from motion and bending forward.
Dryness and stinging of lips.
Dull aching, increasing to a heavy pain, like something pressing heavily in right lower maxillary bone.

TEETH AND GUMS. [10]

Teeth feel sore and as if too long.
Toothache; pain leaving teeth and going quickly to temples.
Sharp pains in upper teeth.
Toothache in decayed teeth.

TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11]

Metallic taste in mouth.

PALATE AND THROAT. [13]

Dryness of throat and lips.
Dryness of throat, with rawness on swallowing; with bitter taste.
Stitch pain in right side of throat.

HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16]

Nausea.

ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19]

Abdomen
Rumbling in bowels.
Flatulent colic.
Cutting pain in bowels.
Feeling of warmth in bowels and rectum, with slight nausea and desire for stool.
Sharp cutting in right inguinal region, with desire for stool.
Sore pain in right inguinal region.

STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20]

Desire for stool with cutting in right inguinal region.
Desire as for a liquid stool.
Bowels not moved as usual; anus felt as if drawn up into rectum.

URINARY ORGANS. [21]

Urine very yellow and smelling like saffron tea.

RESPIRATION. [26]

Felt as if something heavy was resting on chest, preventing free expansion; after half an hour less intense, and appeared to diffuse itself to extremities.
Felt as though smothering; room felt too close, although freely ventilated.

COUGH. [27]

Cough from dryness of throat.
Cough and wheezing from mucus in throat, going to bed.

INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28]

Chest feels sore when taking a long breath.
Dull sore pain in apex of right lung; on breathing lung felt as though two ulcerated surfaces were in contact.
Both lungs felt as if a heavy cold had settled there.
Severe pain concentrated in left breast, a little to right of nipple; at first felt as if a deep ulcer had formed there, then became like a hand grasping base of heart; aching in left breast at times, agg. night.
Sharp pain in right chest.
Stitch in right chest, through to angle of shoulder blade.

HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29]

Occasional stitches through heart.

NECK AND BACK. [31]

Back of neck sore as if bruised.
Sharp pain in angle of shoulder blade.
Pain in back along spine.
Spine feels sore, does not wish it touched.
Pain along right side of dorsal vertebrae.
Continued pains in lumbar region, with weakness when straining.

UPPER LIMBS. [32]

Stitching pain in left arm and shoulder.
Severe aching in left humerus; muscles around bone feel as if severely bruised; agg. from touch.
Pain in course of median nerve of left arm.
Sharp pains in nerves of left arm and back.
Rheumatic pain in right arm, agg. when using it.
Pain in left elbow.
Sharp pain in nerves of left hand.

LOWER LIMBS. [33]

Rheumatism in flexor muscles of legs.
Pain along course of left crural nerve.
Weakness of knees when going up stairs.
Weakness and pain in knees, agg. standing.
Pain in inside of knees.
Neuralgic pain in left knee.
Rheumatic pain in both gastrocnemii.
Cutting pain in left ankle, when walking in open air.
Pain in left foot, agg. walking.
Stitch pain in right instep.

LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34]

Left arm and leg pain as if bruised; as pain increases muscles feel as if ulcerated.
Severe pain in left arm and leg, agg. at lower half of tibia and fibula, extending into foot.

REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35]

Pain renewed in bed: right side of head, right shoulder, right arm, hand and fingers, thigh, leg, foot and toes.
Stooping: neuralgic pain in forehead agg.
Bending forwards: pain in zygomatic muscles.
Standing: weakness and pain in knees agg.
Motion: pain in zygomatic muscles agg.; perspires easily.
When using right arm: rheumatic pain agg.
Coming down stairs: dull pain in forehead and shooting in ear agg.
Going up stairs: weakness of knees.
Going to bed: cough and wheezing from mucus.
Walking: cutting pain in left ankle; pain in left foot.

NERVES. [36]

Jerks and shocks in nerves when trying to sleep.
Susceptible to the heat of the weather.
Feeling of faintness.
Pain seems to sharply define course of nerves.
Neuralgic pains in various parts of body.
Neuralgic pains flying all over him at times.

SLEEP. [37]

Very drowsy.
Slept soundly until 1.30 A. M., then awakened suddenly; restless and unable to sleep any more till 4.30; then slept about an hour and a half, being partially conscious, and then followed a deep, heavy sleep; on awaking it seemed as though he could not get aroused.
Wakefullness.
Restless sleep, tossing, turning, full of dreams.
Dreams: confused; of accident.

TIME. [38]

Night: aching in left breast agg.
At 1.30 A. M.: awakened suddenly, restless and unable to sleep until 4.30.

TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER. [39]

Lays covers off the bed.
Open air: when walking, cutting pains in left ankle.
Heat of weather: susceptible to.

FEVER. [40]

Shuddering after urination.
Heat, lays covers off the bed.
Perspiration on head.
Perspires easily from motion.

ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41]

At times: neuralgic pains flying all over him.

LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42]

Right: pain in maxillary bone; pain in temple agg.; stitch pain in side of head; shooting in ear; stitches in ear; heavy pain in maxilla; stitch pain in right side of throat; sharp cutting in inguinal region; sore pain in inguinal region; cutting in right inguinal region; dull, sore pain in apex of lung; sharp pain in chest; stitch in chest; pain alongside of dorsal vertebrae; rheumatic pain in arm; stitch pain in instep.
Left: neuralgic pain in ear; severe pain in breast; aching in breast; stitching pain in arm and shoulder; severe aching in humerus; pain in course of median nerve of arm; sharp pain in nerves of arm; pain in elbow; sharp pain in nerves of hand; pain along course of crural nerve; neuralgic pain in knee; cutting pain in ankle; pain in foot; arm and leg pain as if bruised; severe pain in arm and leg.

SENSATIONS. [43]

Feels strangely.
Thinks he has taken a bad cold.
Fine, sharp pains all over.
Head feels as if he had been intoxicated the day previous; temples feel as if something heavy was pressing on them; head as if he could not lift it from pillow; right eye felt sore as if bruised; sensation as of smelling fumes of Iodine; as if something was pressing heavily on right lower maxillary bone; teeth as if too long; anus felt as if drawn up into rectum; as if something heavy was resting on chest; felt as though smothering; on breathing lung felt as though two ulcerated surfaces were in contact; both lungs felt as if a heavy cold had been taken; breast felt as if a deep ulcer had formed there; as if a hand was grasping base of heart; base of neck sore as if bruised; muscles around bone feel as if severely bruised; left arm and leg as if bruised; muscles of left arm and leg feel as if ulcerated.
Pain: in right maxillary bone; in eyes; in teeth extending to temples; in decayed teeth; in back along spine; along right side of dorsal vertebrae; in lumbar region; in left elbow; in course of median nerve of left arm; along course of left crural nerve; in knees; in inside of knees; in left foot; in left arm and leg.
Severe pain: concentrated in left breast; in left arm and leg.
Sharp cutting: in right inguinal region.
Cutting pain: in bowels; in right inguinal region; in pharynx; in left ankle.
Sharp pain: in upper teeth; in right chest; in angle of shoulder blade; in nerves of left arm and back; in nerves of left hand.
Shooting: in ear.
Sharp, neuralgic pains: in forehead; in temples, extending to back of head behind ears.
Stitches: in temples; in right ear; in right chest through to angle of shoulder blade; through heart.
Stitching pains: in head; in left arm and shoulder.
Stitch-like pain: in right side of head; in right side of throat; in right instep.
Severe aching in left humerus.
Neuralgic pain: in left ear; in left knee.
Rheumatic pain: in right arm; in flexor muscles of legs; in both gastrocnemii.
Aching in left breast.
Drawing and pressing: in malar bones.
Dull, pressing pain: in both temples.
Smarting, burning, stinging: in eyes.
Dull pain: in forehead; in malar bones.
Sore pain: in right inguinal region.
Heavy pain: in right lower maxillary bone.
Slight pain: in zygomatic muscles.
Dull, sore pain: in apex of right lung.
Dull aching: in top of head; in right lower maxillary bone.
Sore feeling: in teeth; in chest; in base of neck; in spine.
Dryness and stinging: of lips.
Feeling of stiffness: in zygomatic muscles.
Weakness: in knees.
Rawness: of throat.
Dryness: of throat and lips.
Feeling of warmth: in bowels and rectum.
Heavy feeling: in head.
Violent itching: of occiput.

TISSUES. [44]

Relieves pain of cancerous tumors, (locally).
Sphacelous chancre (locally).

TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES. [45]

Touch: muscles around bone feel as if severely bruised.
Pains renewed: when riding in cars.

RELATIONS. [48]

Antidoted by: Hepar.
Compare: Iodium, and the iodides; Mercur.


DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR

Source: The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica Vol. 06, 1888
Description: Clinical materia medica of Iodoformium
Remedies: Iodoformium
Author: Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C.
Year: 1888
Editing: errors only; interlinks; formatting
Attribution: Legatum Homeopathicum
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