Materia Medica

Iridium

The Metal

Intestinal putrefaction and septicemia. Anemia, in- creases red corpuscles. Epilepsy; lupus. Rheumatism and gout. Uterine tumors. Spinal paresis. Exhaustion ajtcr disease. Children who are puny, weak-limbed, and grow too fast. Nephritis of pregnancy.

Head

Difficult concentration of thought. Sensation , s no a m feeling in right side of head. Right side of scalp sen- sitive. Profuse, watery coryza, better indoors. Ozzena.

Respiratory

Hoarse cough, worse talking; posterior nares feel raw, inflamed, profuse, thick, yellowish dis- charge. Chronic laryngeal catarrh. Back and Extremities.-- Weakriess in the kidney re- gion. Spinal paresis, especially for the aged and after disease. Pressing in groin and left thigh. Tension in both thighs, especially left. Dislocated feeling in left hip-joint and dull pain toward left gluteal region.

Relationships

Compare: Iridium chloride. (Pro- duces salivation and stiffness of jaws followed by head and nervous symptoms. Couigestion of nares and bron- chi. Dragging pain in lower back. Headache worse right side, heavy feeling as of liquid lead.) Compare: Platina; Palladium; Osmium.

Dose

Sixth and higher.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 401. Public domain.

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