Calcarea Iodata
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General
Calcarea Iodata.
Iodide of Lime. Ca I2.
Clinical
Cancer. Consumption. Flatulence. Glandular swellings. Headache. Mollities ossium. Tumours of the breast.
Characteristics
Calc. iod. has had a short proving, but it has been used mostly on indications suggested by its two components in the diseases named above. It is similar to Baryt. iod. in its action on enlarged glands, and is especially indicated for enlarged tonsils honey-combed with little crypts. Riding against a cold wind = headache. C. L. Nicholls has cured a number of cases of breast tumour with the 3x; nodular tumours, movable, tender to touch, painful on moving arm.
Relations
Compare: Calc., Baryt., Calc. ph., Carb. v.
Mind
Indifference.—Indolence.
Head
Light-headed
Giddy headache.—"Sensation as if the head wasn't, yet was."
Headache whilst riding against a cold wind
Constant, severe, dull headache, forehead and temples;
< stooping
Sharp, piercing pain in r. temple.
Mouth
Dry, furred feeling on lips and tongue
Bitter taste > by tobacco
Astringent taste.
Stomach
Eructations; hiccough; nausea.
Abdomen
Rumbling in bowels.—Constant evacuation of large quantities of wind downwards.
Skin
Itching in various parts, disappearing and reappearing in other parts, only > after much scratching.