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The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Kali Ferrocyanicum kali-fer.

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91 · 293 words · Kali Ferrocyanicum in every book →

General

Potassium Ferrocyanide. K 4 FeCy 6 3H 2 O=K 4 FeC 6 N 6 3H 2 O.
Proving by Bell. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 5, p. 330 .
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Menorrhagia ; Debility ; Bell, Hahn. M., vol. 2, p. 44.

Mind

Sad ; inclination to weep.

Scrobiculum and stomach

Acidity of stomach ; sour eructations ; much flatulence, sour or tasting of ingesta pressure at stomach after eating, accompanying symptoms of uterus.

Abdomen and loins

Feeling of weakness and bearing down in bowels, particularly if bearing down extends to back.

Female sexual organs

Menses too frequent and too profuse, or late.
Menorrhagia, three or four ounces a day, painless.
Passive, painless flowing of blood of natural color, rather thin, and causing much debility.
Leucorrhœa like pus, yellowish, cream-like, profuse, not irritating.
Leucorrhœa only after menses, usually in daytime.
Pain in small of back, accompanying leucorrhœa.

Pregnancy. parturition. lactation

Sensitiveness of lower part of abdomen to pressure, and womb very tender to touch of finger. θ Pregnancy.

Heart, pulse and circulation

Fatty heart, with weak, irregular pulse.
Hypertrophy, with dilatation.
Functional disorders of heart, with anemia.

Neck and back

Pain in small of back accompanying leucorrhœa.

Nerves

Debility ; paleness of lips, gums and whole skin ; cold hands and feet ; urine frequent, profuse, watery, and sometimes traces of coagulated blood ; irregular, wandering, neuralgic pains ; periodic neuralgia of head, following the sun.

Attacks, periodicity

Periodic neuralgia of head.

Sensations

Pain : in small of back.
Irregular, wandering, neuralgic pains.
Periodic neuralgia : of head following the sun.
Pressure : at stomach after eating.
Weakness and bearing down : in bowels.

Tissues

Chlorosis, with cardiac debility.

Touch. passive motion. injuries

Touch : of finger, womb very sensitive.
Pressure : lower part of abdomen sensitive.

Stage of life, constitution

Woman, æt. 35, delicate, brown hair, after confinement, suffering five months ; menorrhagia.

Relations

Compare : Collin., Digit., Ferrum, Hydr. ac., Kali carb., Stannum (sun headaches).