ARSENICUM IODATUM
Iodide of Arsenic
Is to be desired for consistently irritating, corrosive discharges. The discharge irritates the membrane from which it flows and over which it flows. The discharge might also be fetid, watery, and the mucous membrane is constantly red, angry, swollen; itches and burns. Influenza, hay-fever, ancient nasal catarrhs, and catarrh of center ear. Swelling of tissues inside the nose. Hypertrophied circumstance of eustachian tube and deafness. Senile heart, myocarditis and fatty degeneration. Pulse shotty. Chronic aortitis. Epithelioma of the lip. Cancer of breast after ulceration has set in.
It looks probably that in Arsenic iod, we have a treatment most carefully allied to manifestations of tuberculosis. In the early ranges of tuberculosis, even even though there is an afternoon upward thrust in temperature, Ars jod is very effective. It will be indicated by means of a profound prostration, rapid, irritable pulse, routine fever and sweats, emaciation; tendency to diarrhoea. Chronic pneumonia, with abscess in lung. Hectic; debility; night time sweats.
This treatment is additionally to be remembered in phthisis with hoarse, racking cough and profuse expectoration of a purulent nature, and attended with cardiac weakness, emaciation and widespread debility; in chronic, watery diarrhoea in phthisical subjects; in instances of emaciation with correct appetite; in amenorrhoea, with anaemic palpitation and dyspnoea. In continual pneumonia, when abscess is about to form. Great emaciation. Arteriosclerosis, myocardial degeneration and senile heart. Threatened pyaemia (Pyrog; Methyl blue).
Head.–Vertigo, with tremulous feeling, particularly in aged.
Nose.–Thin, watery, irritating, excoriating discharge from anterior and posterior nares; sneezing. Hay-fever. Irritation and tingling of nostril steady want to sneeze (Pollanin). Chronic nasal catarrh; swollen nose; profuse, thick, yellow discharge; ulcers; membrane sore and excoriated. Aggravation by means of sneezing.
Throat.–Burning in pharynx. Tonsils swollen. Thick membrane from fauces to lips. Breath fetid, glandular involvement. Diphtheria. Chronic follicular pharyngitis.
Eyes and Ears.–Scrofulous ophthalmia. Otitis, with fetid, corrosive discharge. Thickening of tympanum. Burning, acrid coryza.
Stomach.–Pain and pyrosis. Vomiting an hour after food. Nausea distressing. Pain in epigastrium. Intense thirst; water is right now ejected.
Respiratory.–Slight hacking cough, with dry and stopped-up nostrils. Pleuritis exudativa. Chronic bronchitis. Pulmonary tuberculosis. Pneumonia that fails to clear up. Broncho-pneumonia after grippe. Cough dry, with little challenging expectoration. Aphonia.
Fever.–Recurrent fever and sweats. Drenching night-sweats. Pulse rapid, feeble, weak, irregular. Chilly, can’t undergo cold.
Skin.–Dry, scaly, itching. Marked exfoliation of pores and skin in giant scales, leaving a uncooked exuding floor beneath. Ichthyosis. Enlarged scrofulous glands. Venereal bubo. Debilitating night-sweats. Eczema of the beard; watery, oozing, itching; worse, washing. Emaciation. Psoriasis. Acne hard, shotty, indurated base with pustule at apex.
Relationship.–Compare: Tuberculinum; Antimon iod. In hay-fever, compare: Aralia; Naphthalin; Rosa; Sang nit.
Dose.–Second and 1/3 trituration. Ought to be organized clean and covered from light. Continued for some time. Clinically, it has been determined recommended in tuberculosis to start with about the 4x and step by step go decrease to the 2d x trit, 5 grains three times
