Materia Medica

Plumbum Iodatum

Iodide of Lead

Has been used empirically in various forms of paraly- sis, sclerotic degenerations, especially of spinal cord, atrophies, arterio-sclerosis, pellagra. Indurations of mammary glands, especially when a tendency to become inflamed appears; sore and painful. Indurations of great hardness and associated with a very dry skin.

Relationships

Compare: Arg. nit. (painful mam- mary glands, with tendency to ulcerate, bleeding and proud flesh). Compare, also: Merc. iod. flav.; Asterias; Conium; Phytol.; Carb. an.; Silic.

Dose

Third trituration.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 595. Public domain.

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