# Ferrum Metallicum (HMT)

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Iron
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
The homoeopathic physicians have noticed that when a person is
given iron excessively, his colour becomes yellow or greenish.  The
face looks greasy, as if waxed.  The skin over the entire body turns the
same.  There is a tendency to bleed, with the blood being thin and
watery.  Blood clots can also form , which are reddish in colour,
whereas the blood clots formed as a result of poisoning are usually
darkish in colour.  The appropriate homoeopathic treatment for this
kind of condition is Ferrum Meta llicum, commonly called Ferrum
Met.

One sign of Ferrum Met is that the entire body feels weak.  Even mild
physical activity causes tiredness.  In Acid Phos, the body remains
lethargic constantly.  In the case of Ferrum Met, the weakness ensues
suddenly after a trifling job, as if the torch co ntaining old batteries
may light up and then turn off abruptly.  As long as the patient does
not move, he is not aware of his state of weakness.  Even if he walks a
little or very slowly he will still become weak.  But if he remains lying
down or sitting for long time he may still feel weakness because by
remaining in one state, the previo us aches in the body flare up.  On
walking fast, both weakness and pa in become pronounced.  Even a
long conversation can exhaust him physically.

In spite of being anaemic, the patient’s face is somewhat flushed,
which is known as a False Plethora.  Both cheeks become flushed and
especially in women, it resembles th e blushing as a result of feeling
shy.  The menstrual bleeding con tinues over a long period and there
may be only a day or two without bl eeding.  The bleeding is thin and
light yellowish in colour.  It may sometimes contain the shreds of the
inner lining of the uterus.  In spite of all this, strange it is that the face
still has a reddish glow.  Such wo men frequently abort due to the
vaginal irritation.  Similarly, the prolapse of the uterus is not unusual.

Like China, in Ferrum Met there is decrease in the number of red
cells.  The face however remains flushed and there may be redness
and pallor on the face, alternating with each other.  Similarly, the
patient feels extremely chilly during the onset of fever.

Regarding the gastric symptoms, the patient has either a voracious
appetite or no appetite at a ll.  He hates sour things. On taking them,
the patient develops diarrhoea.  Soon after taking the food, he may
regurgitate undigested food without  the feeling of preliminary
retching.  Sometimes, vomiting is preceded by nausea as well.  Such
vomiting follows taking food, imme diately or after midnight.  The
abdomen becomes bloated with wind.  The patient will not be able to
digest an egg.  Even if he likes to  eat eggs, they do not suit him.  At
night, he passes stools consisting of  undigested food, but if he passes
stools during the daytime, it is soon after taking food, which is not
accompanied by pain.  Sometimes, th e stools are hard and there is
associated pain in the back and gripe at the rectum.  There is a
tendency towards prolapse of the r ectum.  Some patients lose control
over passing urine.  This is more common during the day.

Regarding the symptoms pertaining to  the lungs, there is a feeling of
pressure over the chest  and a difficulty in  breathing.  The voice
becomes hoarse.  The cough is dry a nd comes in the form of repeated
bouts, sometimes associated with pa ssing of red blood (haemoptysis).
There are rheumatic pains in the shou lders as well as in the lower part
of the back.  Similarly, there is pain over the buttocks , calves or in
the soles of the feet.  All these symptoms become somewhat relieved
on light movement.

Adjuvants: China, Alumen, Hamamelis
Antidotes: Arsenic, Hepar Sulph
Potency:   30 to 200

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