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Ferrum Arsenicicum
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Origin Mineral · Simple
Sources 2 entries across 2 books: Clarke, Kent

Dose
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No dose stated in the library’s books

Reason for useKent

Complaints in general are aggravated in the morning, on waking ; afternoon ; evening ; night, before midnight, after midnight. Aversion to the open air ; aggravation in the open air. General physical anxiety. Chlorosis. Anaemia. Chorea in anaemic subjects, In a general way cold air aggravates, and the patient is very sensitive to cold ; aggravation from becoming cold, in a cold room. Takes cold easily. In low vitality from malaria, and inherited phthisis. Epileptiform convulsions ; tonic spasms. Blood vessels distended. Internal and external dropsy, Many complaints come on, or are worse after eating. Emaciation. She faints easily. Must select the most digestible foods. Butter disorders his whole system. Cold drinks aggravate, fat food aggravates, sour things aggravate, vinegar aggravates. Sensation of fullness. Subject to hemorrhages. Inflamed parts indurate. Inflammation of glands and organs. Increased physical irritability. Sensitive to jar. Jerking in muscles. Languid and must lie down. After hemorrhage or loss of fluids. Lying aggravates many symptoms. The longer he lies the more restless he becomes ; must get up and walk about. Motion aggravates inflamed parts, but ameliorates the patient. Desires to move. Catarrhal conditions. Numbness of hands and feet, and painful parts. Surging of blood in the body and head. Aching in the bones. Foaming, pressing paralytic pains. Sore ; bruised ; stitching ; tearing, pains. Periodical complaints. Perspiration gives no relief of symptoms. Plethoric subjects. General pulsation, pulsation in parts, and pulsating pains. This is a deep acting antipsoric. Most complaints grow worse during rest. It is useful in malaria cases when much quinine has been taken. Relaxation of the whole muscular system, with a sensation of heaviness or weight in the whole body. Physical exertion or running aggravates, but moderate motion ameliorates. Sensitive to pain. Sitting still aggravates. On first sitting down, amelioration. Some complaints come on during sleep, or on waking. Standing still long aggravates. Much swelling of affected parts. Dropsical swelling. Swelling of glands. Trembling. Varicose veins. Walking long causes. weakness. Walking slowly about ameliorates. Walking in the cold air aggravates. Walking fast aggravates. Great general weakness ; evening ; from malarial influences, or loss of fluids ; paralytic weakness, from exertion or walking. Complaints worse in cold weather or winter. Complaints aggravated in cold wind. Irascible from contradiction. Anxiety at night. Anxiety as if guilty of a crime, with fear, during fever. Mirthful. Concentration difficult. Confusion of mind in the morning on waking ; in the evening. Conscientious about trifles. Thinks of death. Discontented. Distraction. Excitable. Fear of a crowd, of death, of some mischief, of people. Forgetful. Hysterical. Indifference. Irresolution. Irritability. Laughing and mirthfulness. Alternating moods, and change of mental symptoms. Obstinate. Quarrelsome. Religious affections of the mind ; remorse. RESTLESSNESS at night, driving out of bed. Tossing about the bet during heat. Extreme sadness, in the evening, when alone. Oversensitive to noise. Serious mood. Stupefaction of mind. Indisposed to talk. It disturbs him to hear people talk, He is sensitive to their voices. Tranquility. Unconscious. Weeping. Vertigo ; tendency to fall, during headache, looking downward, with nausea, on rising up. When walking he staggers, with obscuration of vision. Sensation of coldness of scalp. Hyperaemia of the brain. Tension of the scalp. Sensation of emptiness in the head. Fullness in the head. The hair falls out. Heat in the head, with cold feet. Flushes of heat in the head. Heaviness of the head, of the forehead. Itching of the scalp. Violent headache ; morning, afternoon, evening ; aggravated in cold air, ameliorated in open air. Catarrhal headaches. Pain in head during chill. Cold applications ameliorate. Headaches with coryza. Pain when coughing ; after eating. HAMMERING HEADACHES . Headache before and during, menses ; motion of bead. Paroxysmal pains. Periodical headaches. Pulsating pains. Riding in a carriage aggravates. Shaking the head aggravates. Sitting aggravates. Pain in the forehead ; worse right side ; evening ; above the eyes ; occiput. Sides of head ; right ; temples ; right side. Temple and forehead. Vertex. Boring in temples. Bursting, Drawing. Pressing outward. Pressing in forehead ; temples. Vertex. Soreness. Stitching in temples. Tearing pains. Pulsating in head ; forehead, occiput, temples, vertex. Shocks in the brain. Lids stick together at night. Discharge of mucus from the eyes. Eyes lusterless. Inflammation of the eyes ; scrofulous. Blood vessels injected. Lachrymation. Difficult to open lids. Pain in the eyes ; aching, burning ; as if sand. Paralysis of optic nerve. Protrusion of eyes. Redness of eyes ; of lids. Looks sunken about the eyes. Eyes swollen ; lids swollen. Sclerotics yellow. Dim vision. Discharge from ear, offensive. Itching. Noises in ears ; humming, ringing, roaring, singing. Pain in ear. Stitching. Hearing impaired. Chronic catarrh. Coryza. Discharge bloody ; crusts ; excoriating ; greenish ; purulent ; watery. Nosebleed. Sneezing. Dark circles around eyes. Pale, sickly, earthly, waxy face. Greenish. Sickly, suffering expression. Lips pale. Red face during chill. Sallow ; jaundiced. Dryness of lips. Heat of face. Flushes of heat. Hippocratic countenance. Pain in face. Perspiration of face. Swelling of face. Bleeding mouth and gums. White tongue. Dryness. Numbness of tongue. Burning tongue. Increased saliva. Gangrenous sore mouth. Swollen gums. Taste bitter, insipid, putrid, sweetish. Constriction and choking in throat. Throat feels hot. Lump in throat. Pain in throat on swallowing. Burning, rawness, soreness. Swallowing difficult. Anxiety in stomach. Appetite increased, or ravenous ; yet he does not relish his food. Appetite wanting. Aversion to food ; to meat. Constriction. Craves bread, sour things. Distended stomach. Eructations after eating ; abortive, bitter, empty ; of food ; foul ; sour. Waterbrash. fullness. Heartburn. Heat. Nausea, before eating, after eating, during pregnancy. Pain, after cold drinks, after eating. Burning ; cramping ; pressing after eating. Soreness. Pulsating. Thirst extreme. Also thirstless in chronic troubles. Vomiting, morning, night, after drinking, coughing, after eating ; with headache ; during fever ; during pregnancy. Blood, FOOD sour. Constriction of abdominal muscles. Distension of abdomen from flatus. Ascites.


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Compare Arsenicum Album, Calcarea Arsenicosa, Cinchona Officinalis +2

* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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