A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Calcarea Iodata calc-i.
John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1902 · 197 words · Calcarea Iodata in every book →
General
Iodide of Lime. Ca I 2 .
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.