- Potassium iodide was used as anti-syphilitic remedy and is also antidotal to mercury.
- Kali- i is perhaps more anti-scrofulousProne to swollen glands or tuberculosisRelating to scrofula, a constitutional tendency to tuberculous swelling of the lymph nodes. than anti-syphilitic.
- It acts best in scrofulous patients, especially if syphilis or mercurialization, or both, are added.
- It also causes infiltration, edemaSwelling caused by excess fluid in tissuesA condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. and dropsyFluid retention and swelling (edema)An old medical term for edema, which is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues. of various kinds.
- The blood is acted upon and hemorrhageProfuse bleeding from a ruptured blood vesselAn escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially when profuse. occurs, and purpura hemorrhagica.
- Grimmer said Kali -i cured many types of tumors and cancers generally based on a syphilitic or tubercular miasms, and often there is a combination of both these in many cases of malignancy.
- Nightly aggravations of complaints.
- Hering spoke of Kali-i as having been curative in pneumoniaLung infection with inflamed air sacsInflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the microscopic air sacs (alveoli), usually caused by infection. and Bright's disease.
- Specific for aneurysm.
- Has been commended as a protective against foot and -mouth dis ease in cattle.
- In material doses, for fungoid disease (thrush, ringworm, etc.
- ) and bacterial diseases like tuberculosis.
- Syphilis.
- In acute form with evening, r emitting fever, going off in nightly per spiration.
- Second stage, mucus membranes and skin ulcerations.
- Tertiary symptoms, nodes.
- Glandular swellings.
- Glands enlarged and indurated.
- Glands are swollen or atro phied.
- Dropsy from pressure from swollen glands.
- Infiltrations, edema.
- Profuse, watery, acrid coryzaCommon head cold with nasal dischargeAcute inflammation of the nasal mucous membranes, producing sneezing, congestion, and watery discharge., especially when associated with pain in frontal sinus.
- Discharges are copious, watery, acrid, salty, thick, green or foul.
- Spitting blood.
- Exostosis, swelling of the bones and rickets.
- Feels used up.
- C rushing or sharp stitching pains.
- Diffused soreness after pains of affected part.
- Pains long after injury.
- Coldness of painful part in bones.
- Purpura and hemorrhagic diathesis.
- Diffused sensitiveness, of glands, scalp, etc.
- RheumatismJoint, muscle, or tissue painInflammatory pain, stiffness, and swelling in joints, muscles, or surrounding connective tissues. in neck, back, and feet, especially heels and soles.
- Rheumatism, worse cold and wet.
- Contraction of muscles and tendons, chronic arthritisJoint inflammation causing pain and stiffnessPainful inflammation and stiffness of the joints, often worsening with age. with spurious ankylosis.
- Weakness, emaciation.
- Arteriosclerosis.
- CachexiaWasting of body tissues due to chronic illnessWeakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic illness, such as tuberculosis or cancer..
- Actinomycosis.
- Fungoid diseases.
- Tea-taster's cough due to inha ling the fungus.
- Craves motion in open air.
- Brings about often favorable reaction in many chronic ailments even when not clearly symptomatically indicated