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Calcarea Iodata

Iodide of Lime
10 sectionsBoericke · 7Clarke · 3

Essence

Prologue
Boericke

Iodide of Lime

  • It is in the treatment of scrofulous affections, especially enlarged glands, tonsils, etc, that this remedy has gained marked beneficial results.
  • Thyroid enlargements about time of puberty.
  • Flabby children subject to colds.
  • Secretions inclined to be profuse and yellow.
  • Adenoids.
  • Uterine fibroids.
  • Croup.
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Head

Head
Boericke
  • Headache while riding against cold wind.
  • Lightheaded.
  • Catarrh; worse at root of nose; sneezing; very little sensation.
  • Polypi of nose and ear.

Eyes

Symptoms — Eyes
Clarke

Zigzags and balls of light before left eye, followed by dizziness and violent headache

in r. temple.

Mouth

Symptoms — Mouth
Clarke

Dry, furred feeling on lips and tongue.—Bitter taste > by tobacco.—Astringent taste.

Throat

Throat
Boericke

Enlarged tonsils are filled with little crypts.

Respiratory

Respiratory
Boericke
  • Chronic cough; Pain in chest, difficulty breathing after syphilis and mercurialization (Grauvogl).
  • Hectic fever; green purulent expectoration.
  • Croup.
  • Pneumonia.

Skin

Skin
Boericke

Indolent ulcers, accompanying varicose veins. Easy perspiration. Copper-colored and papulous eruptions, tinea, favus, crusta lactea, swelling of the glands, skin cracked, falling out of hair.

Symptoms — Skin
Clarke

Itching in various parts, disappearing and reappearing in other parts, only > after

much scratching.

Calcarea Lactica.

Lactate of Lime. CAcH100c, 5H20. Trituration.

Relations

Relationship
Boericke

Compare: Agraphis-Bluebell (adenoids with enlarged tonsils). Here Sulph iod follows both Agraphis and Calc iod. Acon lycotonum (swelling of glands, Hodgkin's disease).

Compare also: Calc fluor; Sil; Merc iod.

Posology

Dose
Boericke

Second and third trituration.

Classical Posology

Acute
  • 30C or 200C · repeat every 1–4 h depending on intensity
  • Stop on improvement · reassess in 24–48 h
  • For sensitive / elderly / paediatric: prefer LM1 or 30C
Constitutional
  • 200C or 1M single dose · wait 4 weeks
  • Alternative: LM1 daily × 10 days · ascend on retest
  • Hering's-Law follow-up adapts the next script
Citations: Organon §246 (interval / repetition) · §161 (plussed water) · §282 (LM ascension) · Kent on selection · Vithoulkas on second prescription. Open Repertify for the case-specific dose with the rule cited inline.
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