# Iodoformum ## Remedy Classification - **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy - **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm - **Temperament:** Hot - **Aggravation Time:** Night ## Keynote Indications Iodof. was proved by Underwood and Haines. The proving symptoms were supplemented with recorded effects ob served on patients treated with it in old -school practice, as well as cases of fatal poisoning. In some instances, the symptoms of acute meningitis have been produced. Based on this, W. J. Martin cured two cases of tuber cular meningitis with Iodof. 2x. He put 4 grains in half a tumbler of water and gave a teaspoonful every two hours. One case was that of a child, fourteen months old, the symptoms including sleep ing too much, constant movement of the mouth as though chewing or sucking, boring head back and rolling it from side to side. Had been ill twelve days. Violent convulsions followed, face distorted, eyes squinting, head retracted, neck and back stiffness. Automatic movement of one arm and leg. The child was expected to die that night, but Iodof. was given and improvement set in. Fever abated, and in one week all symptoms had passed away. Tuberculous conditions, especially tubercular meningitis (Bac.). Chronic diar rhea, stools, greenish, watery, undigested with irritable temper, due to suspected tuberculosis. Sub-acute and chronic diarrhea of children. Failed sight due to retro -bulbar neuritis, central scotoma, partial atrophy of the optic disc. Pupils dilated, contract unequally. Cannot stand or walk with eyes closed. Sleep interrupted by sighing and cries. Mesenteric glands enlarged. ## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations) Better by uncovering. Worse at night, warmth, touch, motion, riding in cars. ## Symptoms by System ### Mind - Apathetic. - Irritable. - Weak -minded. - Forgetful. - Amnesia for recent events. - Did not recognize persons. - Nightly restlessness. - Mel ancholia. - Excitement. - Anguish. - Fear of death, bemoans her approaching death. - Drowsiness developing into perfect coma. - Hallucinations of sight and hearing, delusions. - Screams out, leaves her bed but falls down after walking a few steps. - Talks nonsense. - Excessive talkativeness. - Sees double. - Dresses himself in strange costumes. - Imagined he had the best tenor voice in the world and proceeded to hire a large concert hall. - Abdomen - Flatulent colic. - Rumbling in abdomen. - Scaphoid abdomen. - Abdomen distended, mesenteric glands enlarged. - Cutting in abdomen. - Warmth in abdomen. - Right inguinal region, sharp pain, cutting, with desi re for stool, sore pain. - Apathetic. - Irritable. - Weak -minded. - Forgetful. - Amnesia for recent events. - Did not recognize persons. - Nightly restlessness. - Mel ancholia. - Excitement. - Anguish. - Fear of death, bemoans her approaching death. - Drowsiness developing into perfect coma. - Hallucinations of sight and hearing, delusions. - Screams out, leaves her bed but falls down after walking a few steps. - Talks nonsense. - Excessive talkativeness. - Sees double. - Dresses himself in strange costumes. - Imagined he had the best tenor voice in the world and proceeded to hire a large concert hall. - Abdomen - Flatulent colic. - Rumbling in abdomen. - Scaphoid abdomen. - Abdomen distended, mesenteric glands enlarged. - Cutting in abdomen. - Warmth in abdomen. - Right inguinal region, sharp pain, cutting, with desi re for stool, sore pain. ### Vertigo - Sudden giddiness. - Confusion with nausea. - Feeling as if he had been intoxi cated. - Vertigo on sitting up in bed. - COMMENTS - A boy of 10 had lodof. - thickly applied to a point on an amputated limb at which the stitches did not hold well. - On the third day he was sleepy after a restless night with frequent sighing. - The dressing was renewed and on the same day, not having eaten anything since the day before, he had several attacks of vomiting, bilious and easy. - All these symptoms increased during the next few days. - The child was constipated and seemed to suffer from his head. - Nights very restless, sle ep interrupted by sighing and cries like those of meningitis. - Drowsiness during the day. - Pupils unequally contracted, reacted slowly to light. - He was perfectly indifferent and did not recognize those about him. - Later, nightly agitation was replaced by tranquil delirium. - Pulse rapid and small. - On the sixth day the dressing was changed, on the seventh day the symptoms began to abate and disappeared after the ninth. - In one case of poisoning, a woman, 26 who had taken 42 grains of Iodoform in eighty days, sudde nly after a hot bath felt very dizzy and weak in the legs, felt unable to knit and diplopia set in. - Symptoms of mania followed, weakness, staggering on closing the eyes. - For twelve days she was unable to walk alone. - In one case, that of a soldier who had Iodoform applied to his arm, a scarlatina-like rash appeared, spreading from arm over the body and ending in desquamation. - Scarlatina was actually diagnosed, but some doubt was raised and suspicion being thrown on the Iodoform, a piece of silver was placed in the mouth. - Immediately a garlic taste was experienced, showing the presence of Iodoform, which other tests confirmed. - In cases of medicinal poisoning, the symptoms sometimes come speedily and sometimes only after a long period of medication. - Symptoms s et in with great suddenness and intensity. - Symptoms are worse from heat and damp. - Depression. - Marked drowsiness. - Malaise, loss of strength and of appetite. - Occasional vomiting. - Moderate fever, rapid pulse. - Eczema. ### Eyes - Pupils, dilated, contract unequally, react poorly. - Eyes bloodshot and painful. - Sensitive to light. - Vision double. - Failing sight due to retro-bulbar neuritis, central scotoma-partial atrophy of optic disc. ### Ears - Sticking in right ear, sticking, then fullness. - Ears feeling dry and feverish, and full. - Neuralgic pains in left ear. - Dull hearing. ### Face - Drawing, pressing pains in malar - bones, in zygomatic muscles, worse motion and bending forward. - Stiffness of zygomatic muscles. - Twitching of facial muscles. - Aching in right lower jaw. - Lips and throat dry, lips dry and stinging. - Head - Meningitis. - Sharp, neuralgic pain. - Head feels heavy, as if it could not be lifted from the pillow. - Stitching in temples. - Frontal pain, worse from descending stairs. - Headache on waking. - Itching of occiput. ### Mouth - Metallic taste. - Sharp pain in upper teeth. - Aching in teeth. - Teeth feel sore and too long. - Perspiration - Sweats easily from motion. - Sweats on head. ### Throat - Aphonic disturbance of voice. - Stitching in right side of throat. - Dryness of throat, with bitter taste, dryness with rawness on swallowing. ### Chest - Sore pain in apex of right lung. - Feeling of a weight on chest. - Pain in left breast like a hand grasping at the base of the heart. - Sticking through heart. - Kidneys - Urine very yellow, smelling like saffron. - Albumen and casts in urine. - Cough and wheezing on going to bed. - Cough from the dryness of throat. - He moptysis. - Asthmatic breathing. - Respirationirregular, deep inspirations alternating with apnea. - Smothering sensation. ### Stomach & Abdomen - Nausea, at times. - Temperature - Susceptible to hot weather. - Heat at night, keeps laying off covers. - Temperature may be elevated to 104 F° or more. ### Extremities - Legs weak. - Weakness of knees when going upstairs. - Cannot stand and walk with eyes closed. ### Neck & Back - Contraction of muscles of neck. - Bruised sensation in nape. - Spine sore, does not wish it touched. - Pain along spine, along right side of dorsal vertebrae, in lumbar region, with weakness and straining. - Sharp pain in angle of scapula. ### Skin - Red rash over loins, back of arms and elbows. - Fine eruption of macules, papules and vesicles. - Diffuse redness with edema. - Horrible irritation all over body. ### Sleep - Sleepiness. - Very drowsy. - Sleep interrupted by sighing and cries. - Jerks and shocks in nerves when trying to sleep. - Wakefulness. - Restless sleep, full of dreams. - Confused dreams, of accidents.