Iris Versicolor

/tu is one of the remedies proved by Mure. All he tells about the source of it is

that "This rosin, which comes to us from the province of St. Paul, is used empirically for hernia."

Among the most peculiar symptoms are: "Sudden report in the ear, with frightful pain extending

to teeth for several minutes, repeated as many as eight times in a day; profuse sweat after the

reports." "Chilliness at hypogastrium, especially in evening." "Earache when the least dampness

sets in." "Toothache < after a cold drink."

Low-spirited; discouraged; vexed; despondent.—Great depression with

headache.—Fear of an approaching illness.—Cannot fix mind on studies.

Great debility —Nervous debility, more tired in morning than evening, head

and eyes heavy, chilly, stomach sour with fulness, aches all over and feels rheumatic, < on

awaking, cannot keep to work, stools dark brownish green (cured with @, man,

55.—Cooper).—Gastric symptoms predominate (with headache).

• ▸Frontal headache, with nausea.
• ▸Scalp feels constricted.
• ▸Right temples especially affected.
• ▸Sick headache, worse rest; begins with a blur before eyes, after relaxing from a mental strain.
• ▸Pustular eruption on scalp.

Stupefying pain in the head, < when stooping. —Vertigo as if one would fall to the r.

• ▸(1st day).
• ▸—Aching pain in the forehead and eyes.
• ▸—Beating in r.
• ▸temple; the pain extends to the

• ▸ear and the articulation of the Jaw.
• ▸—Lancination in the forehead r.
• ▸side (2nd day).
• ▸—Heaviness of

the head, it inclines forwards (8th day).

Heaviness at the eyes when walking.—Burning in lids.—Muscz volitantes like pins'

heads.—Twinkling of the eyes.—Lancinating pain in orbit, extending to the eyebrow (8th day).

Roaring, buzzing, ringing in ears, with deafness. Aural vertigo, with intense noises in ears.

Earache when the least dampness sets in, extending to the articulation of the jaw (Ist

day).—Sudden report in the ear, with frightful pain extending to the teeth, for several minutes;

this paroxysm recurs four times in the morning, from hour to hour (7th day); repeated eight times

the following day; profuse sweats after the reports; air < the pain.

Repeated sneezing. —Coryza (9th day).

• ▸7, 8.
• ▸Teeth and Mouth.
• ▸—Toothache < when taking a cold drink (8th day).
• ▸—The tongue feels big,

as if it filled the whole mouth, though the swelling is but trifling —Red tongue.—Difficulty of

moving the tongue and talking (12th day).

Neuralgia after breakfast, beginning in infra-orbital nerve, and involving whole face.

Wakes with neuralgia, r. side of face, darting stitches in two carious teeth—Neuralgia,

involving supra- and infra-orbital, superior maxillary and inferior nerves; begins after breakfast

every morning, with a stupid, stunning headache, and lasts several hours.—Pustular eruptions on

the face, around nose, lips, and cheeks, secreting a sanious, irritating matter.

Food tastes flat or acid.—Taste at first sweetish or insipid; later violent burning —Dry

mouth in the morning, in bed.—Mouth dry and clammy.—Mouth and stomach feel on fire; almost

impossible to breathe, it is so acrid—Mouth and tongue feel as if they had been scalded.—Profuse

• ▸flow of saliva; ropy, drops when talking.
• ▸—Raw pain in 1.
• ▸side of tongue.
• ▸—The tongue and gums

feel as if covered by a greasy substance in the morning on rising.—Dry, cracked lips.

Inflammation of the tonsils ——Pain in throat and sensation as of a lump in pharynx

(12th day).

• ▸Mouth and tongue feel scalded.
• ▸Heat and smarting in throat.
• ▸Burning.
• ▸Profuse flow of saliva; ropy.
• ▸Goitre.

• ▸Burning of whole alimentary canal. Vomiting, sour bloody, biliary.
• ▸Nausea.
• ▸Profuse flow of saliva (Merc; Ipec; Kali iod).
• ▸Deficient appetite.

• ▸Liver sore.
• ▸Cutting pain.
• ▸Flatulent colic.
• ▸Diarrhoea; stools watery, with burning at anus and through intestinal canal.
• ▸Periodical night diarrhoea, with pain and green discharges.
• ▸Constipation (give 30th)

Pain in the abdomen, from within outwards.—Sense of chilliness at the

• ▸hypogastrium, esp.
• ▸in evening (1st day).
• ▸—Pain in |.
• ▸hypochondrium, when inclining forwards

(2nd day). Lancinating pain in region of liver, < when walking or stooping (8th day).

Involuntary stools (6th day).—Profuse painless diarrhcea.—Copious,

yellow, diarrhceic stools (7th day).—Burning pain at the anus after sitting (8th day).—Bright

yellow stool, which cannot be retained as soon as one stands up (9th day)

Pain in r. kidney.—Cutting and pricking in the urethra while urinating

• ▸with coldness and itching of genitals.
• ▸—(Urine of high specific gravity containing sugar.
• ▸).
• ▸—Urine

voided in large quantities.—Urine of disagreeable odour.—Urine thick, of strong odour, deep

colour.—Urine passes without force.

Coldness and itching of the genitals —Emission with amorous

dreams.—Inflammation of glans, which is much swollen and red.

Violent itching near the sternal extremity of the r. clavicle, followed by a moist

• ▸tetter, which scatters in six hours.
• ▸—Pain in the |.
• ▸breast < when walking.
• ▸—Itching at the |.
• ▸breast

and nipple, esp. in the morning.

• ▸Pain on the I.
• ▸side like wry-neck.
• ▸—Pimples on the |.
• ▸side of the neck; they

itch as much, though less inflamed.—Stiffness of nape of neck, which prevents one from rising or

inclining head.—Pain at the nape of neck, penetrating to forehead and causing a numbness and

heaviness which carries the head forward.—Pain at the posterior iliac spine when stretching the

leg or rising, several days in succession.

Violent itching at r. arm; it is covered with red pimples, round like pin's

head; the itching ceases in the daytime, but the eruption lasts all day.

Numbness at the tarsal joint, after sitting —Numbness of the legs.—On rising

from a chair one is unable to stand straight.—Cramps at the 1. tarsal joint—Numbness in the tarsal

joint every time one rises from a seat. Crampy pain in tendo-Achillis——Crampy pain from the

calf to the heel—Heaviness of the legs and weariness towards evening. —Acute pain in the knee-

Joint.

• ▸Shifting pains.
• ▸Sciatica, as if left hip-joint were wrenched.
• ▸Pain extends to popliteal space.
• ▸Gonorrhoeal rheumatism (use Irisin).

• ▸Herpes zoster, associated with gastric derangements.
• ▸Pustular eruptions.
• ▸Psoriasis; irregular patches with shining scales.
• ▸Eczema, with nightly itching.

• ▸Pustular eruptions (impetigo), esp.
• ▸on scalp and face.
• ▸—Tinea capitis.
• ▸—Herpes zoster

• ▸(r.
• ▸).
• ▸—Psoriasis; eczema, with gastric derangements.
• ▸—Impetigo figurata.
• ▸—Porrigo.

• ▸Ears, reports in.
• ▸Eyes: muscz volitantes.
• ▸(Hernia.
• ▸) Stiff-neck.
• ▸Toothache.
• ▸Vulvitis.

• ▸Antidoted by: Nux v.
• ▸Antidote to: Merc.
• ▸, Nux v.
• ▸, Phytol.
• ▸Compare: Ipec.
• ▸(nausea

and vomiting of pregnancy with tenderness over stomach, profuse salivation. Iris has thick, ropy

saliva; Ipec. saliva is thin, must be constantly swallowed); Sang. (periodic sick-headache); Kali

bich. (sick-headache beginning with a blur—with Kali bi. the blur precedes the pain and passes

off as the pain comes on -thick, ropy saliva and vomit; sciatica); Ver. (diarrhoea and summer

complaints; Ver. has collapse, coldness, cold sweat. Iris more inflammatory symptoms,

• ▸excoriation about anus); Puls.
• ▸(nightly diarrhoea -Puls.
• ▸more before midnight; Iris 2-3 a.
• ▸m.
• ▸); Chi.

• ▸(summer diarrhoea); Sep.
• ▸(sick-headache); Epipheg.
• ▸(sick-headache, ropy saliva); Ant.
• ▸c.
• ▸, Ant.
• ▸t.
• ▸,

• ▸Ars.
• ▸, Colch.
• ▸, Eupat.
• ▸perf.
• ▸, juglans c.
• ▸, Lept.
• ▸In burning in throat, Caps.
• ▸(Caps.
• ▸has < by cold

Water; Ir. v. is temporarily > by drinking cold water).

Antidote: Nux.

Compare: Iris florentina-Orris-root--(delirium, convulsions, and paralysis); Iris factissima (headache and hernia); Iris germanica-Blue Garden Iris--(dropsy and freckles); Iris tenax-I. minor--(dry mouth; deathly sensation at point of stomach, pain in ileo-caecal region; appendicitis. Pain from adhesions after). Pancreatinum-a combination of several enzymes--(Indicated in intestinal indigestion; pain an hour or more after eating. Lienteric diarrhoea. Dose.--3-5 grains, better not given during the active period of stomachic digestion). Pepsinum--(Imperfect digestion with pain in gastric region. Marasmus of children who are fed on artificial foods. Diarrhoea due to indigestion. Dose.--3-4 grains) (Diseases of pancreas, gout, diabetes); Ipec; Podoph; Sanguin; Ars; Ant cr.

Tincture to thirtieth potency. Favorable reports from the very highest potencies.