ARSENICUM IODATUM
Iodide of Arsenic
Is to be preferred for persistently irritating, corrosive discharges. The
discharge irritates the membrane from which it flows and over which it flows. The discharge may be fetid, watery, and the
mucous membrane is always red, angry, swollen; itches and burns. Influenza, hay-fever, old nasal catarrhs, and catarrh of middle ear.
Swelling of tissues within the nose. Hypertrophied condition of eustachian tube and deafness.
Senile heart, myocarditis and fatty degeneration. Pulse shotty. Chronic aortitis. Epithelioma
of the lip. Cancer of breast after ulceration has set in.
It seems probable that in Arsenic iod, we have a remedy most closely allied
to manifestations of tuberculosis. In the early stages of tuberculosis, even though there is
an afternoon rise in temperature, Ars jod is very
effective. It will be indicated by a profound prostration, rapid, irritable pulse, recurring
fever and sweats, emaciation; tendency to diarrhśa. Chronic pneumonia, with abscess in lung.
Hectic; debility; night sweats.
This remedy is also to be remembered in phthisis with hoarse, racking cough
and profuse expectoration of a purulent nature, and attended with cardiac weakness, emaciation
and general debility; in chronic, watery diarrhśa in phthisical subjects; in cases of
emaciation with good appetite; in amenorrhśa, with anćmic palpitation and dyspnśa. In
chronic pneumonia, when abscess is about to form. Great emaciation. Arteriosclerosis,
myocardial degeneration and senile heart. Threatened pyćmia (Pyrog;
Methyl blue).
Head.–
Vertigo, with
tremulous feeling, especially in aged.
Nose.–
Thin, watery, irritating,
excoriating discharge from anterior and posterior nares; sneezing. Hay-fever.
Irritation and tingling of nose constant desire to sneeze (Pollanin).
Chronic nasal catarrh; swollen nose; profuse, thick,
yellow discharge; ulcers; membrane sore and excoriated.
Aggravation by sneezing.
Throat.–
Burning in pharynx. Tonsils swollen. Thick membrane
from fauces to lips. Breath fetid, glandular involvement. Diphtheria. Chronic follicular
pharyngitis.
Eyes and Ears.–
Scrofulous ophthalmia. Otitis, with fetid,
corrosive discharge. Thickening of tympanum. Burning,
acrid coryza.
Stomach.–
Pain and pyrosis. Vomiting an hour after food. Nausea
distressing. Pain in epigastrium. Intense thirst; water is immediately ejected.
Respiratory.–
Slight hacking cough, with dry and stopped-up
nostrils. Pleuritis exudativa. Chronic bronchitis. Pulmonary tuberculosis. Pneumonia that
fails to clear up. Broncho-pneumonia after grippe. Cough dry, with little difficult
expectoration. Aphonia.
Fever.–
Recurrent fever and sweats. Drenching
night-sweats. Pulse rapid, feeble, weak, irregular. Chilly, cannot endure cold.
Skin.–
Dry, scaly, itching. Marked
exfoliation of skin in large scales, leaving a
raw exuding surface beneath. Ichthyosis. Enlarged scrofulous glands.
Venereal bubo. Debilitating night-sweats. Eczema of the
beard; watery, oozing, itching; worse, washing. Emaciation. Psoriasis. Acne hard, shotty,
indurated base with pustule at apex.
Relationship.–
Compare: Tuberculinum;
Antimon iod. In hay-fever, compare: Aralia; Naphthalin;
Rosa; Sang nit.
Dose.–
Second and third trituration. Ought to be prepared fresh
and protected from light. Continued for some time. Clinically, it has been found advisable in
tuberculosis to begin with about the 4x and gradually go lower to the second x trit, 5 grains
3 times a day.