{"id":961,"remedy_name":"Iridium Metallicum","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Sycotic Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Iridium is a rare metal of the platinum group, found in platinum ore. It is one of the heaviest \nknown substances. It shares with Osm., Pall, and Plat, a place in the treatment of rheumatism and gout. \nBoring, contracting pains. Sensations of being swollen, blown up, heavy, full. Shocks and twitching. Epilepsy, \nclonic, tonic, tetanic. Spinal paresis. Numbness and paralysis. Trembling. Parkinson's disease. Multiple \nsclerosis. Lupus. \nAnemia with decreased red corpuscles. Exhaustion after disease.  Weakness, ner vousness and \nrestlessness. Weakness after influenza.  Cerebral hemorrhage. Conges tion of blood. Affections of bones, \nnecrosis and inflammation. Abscesses. Septicemia. Intestinal putrefaction. Trypanosoma infections. \nGlands swollen, inflamed, indurated. Problems with testes and ovaries, inflam mations, cancer, cryptorchism. \nUterine tumors. Sterility, amenorrhea, metrorrhagia. Nephritis of pregnancy. Children who are puny, weak -\nlimbs and grow too fast.","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Facilitates mental labor. Forgetful. Dif ficult concentration. Sensation as if mind were void. Confusion, \nloses his way in well-known streets. Feeling of self confidence. \nAnxiety on waking, as if something bad is going to happen. Clinging to persons. Bites nails. Averse to being \ndisturbed. Irritability from noise. Weeping after anger. Sadness, better walking in open air. Facilitates mental labor. Forgetful. Dif ficult concentration. Sensation as if mind were void. Confusion, \nloses his way in well-known streets. Feeling of self confidence. \nAnxiety on waking, as if something bad is going to happen. Clinging to persons. Bites nails. Averse to being \ndisturbed. Irritability from noise. Weeping after anger. Sadness, better walking in open air.","Head":"Right side of scalp sensitive. \u201cWooden\u201d feeling in right side of head. Heaviness of head like liquid lead. \nSwashing sensation. Numbness in occiput. Pains in middle of occipital bone. Open air and noise seem to \nbruise the head. Pain, like cold metal pressing across forehead. Neuralgia of head especially temples, drives \none crazy. Right side of scalp sensitive. \u201cWooden\u201d feeling in right side of head. Heaviness of head like liquid lead. \nSwashing sensation. Numbness in occiput. Pains in middle of occipital bone. Open air and noise seem to \nbruise the head. Pain, like cold metal pressing across forehead. Neuralgia of head especially temples, drives \none crazy.","Eyes":"Eyes red, heavy. Eye inflammations. Itching in morning on waking. Desire to close the eyes. Feeling \n \n \nas if eyes were being affected from below upward. Ingrown eyelashes. Far sig hted. Visual disturbances.","Ears":"Feeling of numbness in ears and throughout the body lasting a short time. Heat of ears when lying \ndown. Sounds seem distant.","Face":"Face swollen. Sensation of swelling in morning on rising. Sensation of elonga tion of left side of face. \nNumbness of lips. Stinging pain in the left malar bone. Pain, pressure in right malar bone. Animated expression.","Mouth":"Increased saliva, with sensation in malar bones, which is more perceptible on left side. One -sided \nwhite discoloration of tongue.","Chest":"Sensation of iron band around chest. High blood pressure. Heart weak ness, infarction. Heart failure, pain. Pulse, too fast, too slow, full, \nweak, irregular. Sensation as if an iron rod is standing straight in the heart region. \nKidneys - Weakness in kidney region. Nephritis during pregnancy. Difficulty breathing deeply. Short of breath, aggravated from climbing the stairs. Hoarse cough, worse \ntalking. Profuse, thick, yellowish discharge. Chronic laryngeal catarrh.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Cramps in stomach. \nNose - Posterior sinuses feel raw inflamed. Bridge of nose painful, feels too narrow. Profuse, watery coryza, \nbetter indoors. Ozaena. Profuse, thick, yellowish discharge. \nVision - Colors look brighter. Everything looks golden. Zigzags, in shape of circle.  \nCOMMENTS - A. J. Tafel took 20 grains of the 3c trituration. He experienced a number of symptoms, all within \ntwo hours of taking the dose. \nProminent among them were a sensation of numbness in ears and throughout the body. A feeling as if they \neyes were being affected from below upward. A  feeling as of a triangle in face, the based formed by the two \nmalar bones, the apex in the vertex. Cramp -like contractions in the right calf. The majority of symptoms \nappeared on the left side. \nLaboucher said it is \u201cadmirable in all cases of anemia.\u201d He c laimed it was better than Chin, for the aged and \npersons exhausted by disease, for puny, weak-limbed children and for those who grow too fast. He mentioned \na particular alternation of symptoms or reaction. Painful weakness of lower limbs and kidney region,  followed \nby a favorable reaction, self confidence and facilitated mental labor. \nLaboucher gave Irid. in the 4c potency, Pall, in the 3c, Plat, in 2c and Osm. in the 1c. He said Irid. is superior \nto Pall., Plat, and to Osm. in uterine tumors. Dragging pain as if menses would come in abdomen. Desire for carbonated drinks. Aversion to brown bread. Worse from cold drinks, oranges.","Urinary & Genital":"Swelling of ovaries without dropsy. Corroding and suppurating ul cers of uterus, bluish patches on \nuterus. Uterine tumors with suppuration. Sterility. Amenorrhea, metrorrhagia.","Extremities":"Neuralgia of the limbs. Dislocated feeling in left hip joint and dull pain to ward left gluteal region. \nPressing in groin and left thig h. Tension in both thighs, especially left. Achilles tendon painful, aggravated by \nwalking. Achilles tendon torn from jumping.","Neck & Back":"Spinal paresis, especially for the aged and after dise ase. Weariness in back and limbs. Weakness of \ncervical region, as if it could not support weight of head. \nBreasts - Piercing, gnawing pains in breasts."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}