Ferrum Muriaticum
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General
Ferrum Muriaticum.
Ferrum Chloratum. Ferrous Chloride or Dichloride. Fe Cl2, 4H2O. (Crystals.) Tincture, consisting of 25 parts of crystals to 225 parts of alcohol.
Clinical
Anaemia. Angina tonsillaris. Constipation. Cramps. Diabetes. Diarrhoea. Disparunia. Dyspepsia. Dysentery. Haemorrhages. Headache. Marasmus. Neuralgia. Pleurisy. Rickets. Rheumatism. Scrofula. Spleen, enlargement of. Typhoid fever. Vomiting. Worms.
Characteristics
Fer. mur. is the liquid preparation of Iron which, under the name of "Steel Drops," has been most used in old-school practice in the treatment of anaemia. Our knowledge of its properties is derived mainly from over-dosings, with a few provings, and clinical observations. Fer. mur. is mainly a right-side medicine, causing neuralgia and headache of the right side of face and head, and rheumatism of right shoulder. On the other hand it affects the spleen, causing pain in the left hypochondrium.
Like other Iron preparations, it affects the blood, causing haemorrhages of all kinds. On venesection the blood is remarkably black and thick, so that it can with difficulty be made to flow. Weakness, restlessness, and nervousness. Poisonous doses have caused convulsions.
Vascular and nervous irritability after haemorrhages; < from eating, and especially from eggs. Spasmodic cough, > by eating. Most symptoms are < by motion;
< during the night and in the morning. Pressure <. Effects of mechanical injury. Cold and heat alternate; cold, anxious sweat, with muscular cramp; strong-smelling night-sweat.
Relations
Compare: Chi.; Nat. m.; Sang. (shoulders); Fe. picric. (prostate gland); other preparations of Iron.
Mind
Loquacity.—Depression.
Head
Vertigo with enlargement of spleen
Severe neuralgic pains in r. temple and r. side of face
Headache, with ascarides
Pain in back of head on coughing.
Eyes
Eyes injected.—Bright redness of margins of lids.
Face
Paleness of face, red spots on pale cheeks
Flushes
Face swollen and livid.
Mouth
Insipid flat taste
Dry mouth
Solid food tastes dry and insipid
Tongue very much coated
Tongue swollen and protruded, with ropy mucus from mouth
Palate and interior of mouth burnt and parboiled-looking.
Throat
Extremely severe sense of burning and constriction in the throat.—Angina tonsillaris.
Stomach
Anorexia; in morning
Unquenchable thirst or thirstlessness
Longing for acids
Aversion to meat or anything sour
Sour belching, esp. after solid food
Bilious eructations after fat food
Vomiting after eating; after eating eggs
Stomach somewhat distended
Hand riveted to region of stomach, as the principal seat of the pain.
Abdomen
Severe pain in l. hypochondrium; at times at night
Spleen enlarged and sensitive to pressure
Spasmodic constriction of abdominal muscles, as if abdomen were constricted, esp. when stooping, so that he can only straighten himself slowly
Great pain along whole length of colon, < by pressure and any movement of body
Hypogastrium swollen and very sensitive, esp. above pubes
Piercing pains in hypogastrium.
Stool And Anus
Diarrhoea, with pains in limbs
Chronic diarrhoea, with loss of appetite and rapid emaciation
Diarrhoea, with intestinal catarrh in typhoid fevers, also fetid, debilitating discharges
Dysenteric diarrhoea, with considerable pain, tenesmus, stools of blood and membraneous shreds
Stools dark, inky, copious
Obstinate constipation
Dry cough, ending in retching; itching of nose and anus, enuresis, headache, neuralgia, nervousness; ascarides
Ascarides, coincident with bleeding piles.
Urinary Organs
Diabetes mellitus
Chronic affections of bladder
Haematuria, haemorrhage from urethra or kidneys
Habitual discharge of phosphates in urine.
Enuresis
Almost complete retention
Scanty urine
Deposit of bright red crystals.
Male Sexual Organs
Enlarged prostate gland.
Female Sexual Organs
During coition, soreness and cutting pain in vagina; want of pleasurable sensation.—Metrorrhagia; dysmenia; leucorrhoea.
Respiratory Organs
Breathing stertorous; suffocation impending, inspiration esp. difficult
In morning, spasmodic cough with expectoration of transparent tough mucus, at once > by eating small quantities of food
Dry cough, ending in retching
When coughing: pain in occiput; bruised pain in chest; stitches in chest
Pleuritic, stitching pains in chest, fever, severe cough with scanty expectoration, exudation within pleura; great weakness and emaciation.
Heart
Heart affections with hectic; quick, superficial breathing cough; involuntary sighing; dyspnoea from slight exertion; painful drawing and expansion about apex; tumultuous fluttering heart-beat; small, threadlike pulse; at times double or intermitting.—Chlorosis; muscular debility; weak circulation.
Limbs
Weakness, compelling to lie down.—Sudden cramps and distortion of limbs.
Upper Limbs
Paralytic tearing in shoulder-joint, arm, clavicle, and muscles, making it impossible to lift arm;
> by gentle motion
Slight drawing pain in shoulder, followed by tearing, stitching pains extending to elbows; paralytic lameness of upper arm; pain < from least motion;
< at night, driving him out of bed; slightly > by walking about; no swelling
Acute inflammatory rheumatism of r. shoulder-joint, pain deep in socket, preventing motion
Mechanical injury to shoulder-joint, with rheumatic lameness.
Lower Limbs
Cramp in calves, esp. at night in bed
Large, deep ulcer in l. calf, centre black and hard
Oedematous feet, drawing, tearing pains, esp. on beginning to walk; after metrorrhagia.
Skin
Phagedenic ulcers.