• Iodum is a remedy of very hot nature.
• Its patient feels extremely hot and very hungry, yet despite eating a lot, remains thin and lean.
• The skinny appearance of Iodine patient reminds one of Abrotanum and Natrum Mur.
• However, both these remedies are of cold nature.
• The lymph glands in the body become enlarged and hard, resembling that of Conium.
• A special symptom of Iodum is that the glands throughout the body become swollen and hard.
• However, in women, the mammary glands shrink to a thin membrane.
• This symptom is an exception, otherwise generally, when the body is wasting, the glands enlarge in size.
• A patient, whose body is wasting while the glands are enlarging, needs Iodum.
• In Iodum, the glands and the body do not enlarge simultaneously.
• In Iodum, there is throbbing all over the body.
• This sign is common to Belladonna and Iodum both

• An Iodum patient gets relief with local cold applications.
• The ailments related to Iodum aggravate on remaining quiet, working hard and being in hot weather.
• After eating food the patient feels comfortable for a short period.
• He also feels comfortable while strolling in the open air

• The patient is very talkative and can not sit still.
• He keeps on moving around constantly.
• The restlessness of an Iodum patient is due to the anxiety neurosis.
• Unlike Arsenic, the irritability of the nerves is due to availability of more energy for the nerve function.
• Since the patient eats a lot and the food is not converted into fatty acids, the unused surplus energy does not let him keep still.
• Therefore, he is in constant motion and consumes his energy by running around.
• If such a patient is forced to sit, he reacts very angrily, and is ready to beat or even kill the person.
• If he is not treated with Iodum during childhood, then on becoming an adult, he may become a very dangerous criminal, ready to kill without any reason or provocation.
• Although the tendency of violence and killing without reason is also found in Natrum Mur and Hepar Sulph, their other symptoms are very different.
• This dangerous tendency is also found in Nux Vomica.
• If the patient also becomes extremely frightened, these symptoms may turn into insanity

• Like Apis, in Iodum, the swelling appears under the eyes.
• However, the swelling is not restricted to the area under the eye; the eyelids also swell.
• If the entire eye becomes swollen, Phosphorus is also found to be very effective.
• The swelling of only the eyelids is a symptom of Kali Carb.
• The patients who become weak and anaemic due to chronic illnesses develop bags under the eyes, which make them look prematurely old

• The glands in the armpits (axilla) also become swollen and indurated.
• Iodum is also useful in the treatment of joint pains

• Some of its illnesses resemble those of Sulphur, such as the formation of whitish blisters and ulcers.
• All sorts of blisters and ulcers developing on the mucous membranes can be cured with Iodum, provided the patient is of Iodum constitution

Use these biomarker calculators related to Iodum (HMT) to analyze physiological metrics: