Comparison
Iodum and others
Halogens: Fluor, Chlor, Brom, Iod.
Iod. the heaviest member has AFfinity for O and little affinity for H.
With the increasing atomic weight the halogens show modifications in
their symptomatology, but in all the halogens a certain strand of common
symptoms seem to be characteristic of the group.
All halogens warm blooded. All halogens have acrid and corrosive
discharges to a marked degree. Here one can draw an analogy to their physical
properties of acridity. Dynamic and physical properties compete with each
other.
Fl-ac. of the
halogen group comes nearest Iod. in the desire to be occupied. warm blooded and
detest warmth in everything. General nourishment of the body AFfected/Varicose
veins and venous stagnation. increased capacity for work, effects boners and
nails. Emaciation. Venous. anxious and restless. great sexual erethism. HunGER
many of complaints > eating.
cannot help being busy with something or the other. Relieved in their
restless anxiety by occupation.
Iod. desire to be occupied/not such endurance feats
to her credit/> eating: amongst the halogen group Fl-ac. has it to a fairly
strong degree. Affects glands. venous
Emaciation more markedly in Iod. anxious and restless. great sexual
erethism. HunGER many of complaints > eating. sudden and strong fits
of doing something physically (muscular) and does not seem to be tired
even after prolonged exertion; there is surprisingly great capacity for
physical labor
Iod. exhausted after slightest exertion, although he wants to be busy or
doing something. cannot help being busy with something or the other.
sudden and strong fits of doing something physically (muscular) and does
not seem to be tired even after prolonged exertion; there is surprisingly great
capacity for
physical labor.
Brom. like Iod.
Has INfluence over glands (centred on the respiratory tract).
Iod. induration of glands. Both have croupy cough and affections of the
larynx trachea/difficulty of inspiration/<
warmth in general.
In pneumonia Iod. more indicated than Bromine
Chlorine. (=
muriaticum), the least known of the members, exerts most of its influence on
the respiratory mucous membranes. Suffocation and asthmatic breathing present.
Chlorine salts have in general specific influence on mucous membrane and
are similar to Iod. in diphtheria.
Puls. many
points of contact with the halogens. Both warm blooded and venous, Iod. more
anxious and restless – Puls. more melancholy and lachrymose. Both are
whimsical, but Iod. has tendency towards emaciation while eating more, Puls.
rather obese while eating less. Chronic: Iod. resembles Puls. in
thirstlessness.
Nux-v. lacks the
important generality of warm bloodedness, but is violent like Iod. In
irritability and vehemence compete with each other (digestive complaints).
Iod. and Nux-v., great ineffectual urge to stool. Nux-v. relieved after
stool.
Lyc.
complementary to Iod. Both hot, irritable and windy remedies/right sided,
although Lyc. more decided action/hunGER with emaciation. General pictures
have, their own individualistic features.
Sulph. <
standing/feels UNeasy and gets easily tired while standing/may walk for hours
but standing upsets in a few minutes.
Iod. exhibits great prostration, unusual weakness at times out of
proportion to the apparent cause. Strange symptom: feels extreme weakness when
ascending stairs although he does not feel tired while walking on level ground.
WEAK when hungry; when stomach is empty after stool.
In tuberculosis Iod. and its salts have won incontestable laurels. Most
of its salts have not been proved sufficiently and we have only clinical
provings to guide us.
Comparison Iodum and Hedera helix
Coryza: Iodum < open air, Hedera is > open air.
Throat pain on swallowing: Hed., Iod. pain when not swallowing.
Urination: Iodum suppressed and increased, Hed. urination increased.
Ovarian pain: Hed. left; Iodum right.
Cardiac sphere Hedera and Iodum have a similar action. Both have
constriction of the heart with piercing, needle-like pains. Hedera has been of
great service in myocardial infarction and should be considered along with our
other great heart remedies.
Hedera also has the organic hypertrophies of Iodum: prostatic as well as thyroid].
Hedera shares with Iodum many of the pathological signs and symptoms of
hyperthyroidism but contrasts with Iodum in the expansion of these into the
subtle sphere of subjective, physiological response. In this manner Hedera gives
us one more effective agent for the individualisation of the treatment of
hyperthyroidism. ‘
The outstanding symptom not shared either with the clinical symptoms of hyperthyroidism
or the symptoms of Iodum is a generalised tingling of the joints, muscles and
nerves. Clinically, in homeopathic dilutions, Hedera has been of particular
value in hyperthyroidism, gallstones and cholecystitis, and chronic cirrhosis.
In gross dilutions it has been used to cure drunkenness, for worms, late menses,
varicose veins and retarded menses.’
Vorwort/Suchen Zeichen/Abkürzungen Impressum