{"id":1215,"remedy_name":"Thyroidinum","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Sycotic Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Evening","keynote_indications":"Thyroidinum, also known as Thyroidea, is an organopathic. The sarcode is prepared from \nthe dried thyroid gland taken from a sheep, ox or calf. The thyroid is closely connected with the heart and it \nexercises a general regulating influence on growth and development. \nThe homeopathic proving was established by M. Panos, R. Rogers, and J. Stephenson in 1963 -64, using a \ndouble-blind method. The potencies 12x, 30x, 200c and 1000c were used. The symptomatology completes \nthe work of Ghosh of Calcutta, which dates from 1963. Thyr. symptoms are made up  of the toxicological and \nclinical sources as well as the proving symptoms. \nThyr. affects the central nervous system, skin and left side. Metabolic disorders. Goiter. Myxedema with hair \nloss and cretinism. Diuretic action in myxedema and various types of edema.  \nAnemia, emaciation. Infantile wasting. Rickets. Arrested development of children. Acromegaly, delayed union \nof fractures. A state of puffiness and obesity. Excessive obesity. Great weakness and hunger, yet loses flesh. \nCraving for large quantities of sugar. \nRheumatoid arthritis. Nervous tremor of face and limbs. Tin gling sensations. Paralysis. Hystero -epilepsy. \nTetany, worse cold. Muscular weakness. Sensation of faintness after acute diseases, weakness. Easy fatigue, \nweak pulse with a tendency to fainting, palpitations. \nIncreased heart rate. Dilates arterioles. Tachycardia. Low blood pressure. Cold hands and feet, chilliness and \nsensitive to cold. As of a cold wind blowing on the body. Sweating, headache. Exophthalmus and dilatation of \npupils. Amblyopia. Weak memory. Cretinism. Psoriasis. Nocturnal bedwetting. \nBreast tumors. Cystic tumors of the breast (2x trituration). Lack of breastmilk. Vomit ing of pregnancy. \nUterine fibroids. Saidto be effective in undescended testicles in boys when given in half-grain doses twice \na day over a considerable period. \nFeels tired and sick, easy fatigue, wants to lie down. Fainting fits, tremors, nervous of face and limbs. Stabbing, \nsplitting, clutching sensation. Choking. Convulsion in the nursing children, related to a febrile cutting of teeth.","modalities":"Better after or during menses. Better evening, rest, lying on abdomen or reclining position. Worse \nin women, before and during menses. Worse least exertion, stooping. Worse cold. Heart worse lying down.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Stupor, alternating with restless  melancholy. Marked irritability of temper. Irritable, worse least \nopposition, goes into a rage over trifles. Grumbling, all the time. Irritable before menses.  \nDifficult concentration. Absent -minded. Nervous and apprehensive. Depression on waking. Depresse d, \ninclined to cry. Weeps when undressing. Morose and sulky, wants \nThyroidinum to be left alone. \nEuphoria. Laughing in a way peculiar to herself. Argues with family. Suspicious. Paranoia that they are being \npursued or persecuted. Psychosis from anguish. H omicidal tendency. Insanity, puerperal insanity with fever. \nNightmares. Stupor, alternating with restless  melancholy. Marked irritability of temper. Irritable, worse least \nopposition, goes into a rage over trifles. Grumbling, all the time. Irritable before menses.  \nDifficult concentration. Absent -minded. Nervous and apprehensive. Depression on waking. Depresse d, \ninclined to cry. Weeps when undressing. Morose and sulky, wants \nThyroidinum to be left alone. \nEuphoria. Laughing in a way peculiar to herself. Argues with family. Suspicious. Paranoia that they are being \npursued or persecuted. Psychosis from anguish. H omicidal tendency. Insanity, puerperal insanity with fever. \nNightmares.","Vertigo":"Vertigo, in the morning on rising, on leaning forwards. \nCOMMENTS - Thyr. has a profound action on the heart. Fatal syncope occurred in a number of cases under \n\u201cthyroid feeding.\u201d Cyanosis was produced in many cases. Burnett gave a patient 3x, producing severe angina \npectoris. The connection between the heart and the thyroid gland is very close, as seen in cases of \nexophthalmic goiter, of which many cases have been cured. \nIn a case of valvular heart disease following rheumatism in a man, 24, Thyr. 3x, thrice daily, quickly relieved a \nsqueezing pain at the heart with inability to lie down, and hastened the patient\u2019s recovery.  \nDr. F.C. Skinner cured a case of dysmenorrhea in a goiter subject with Thyr. 1,000c. \nIn myxedema, cachexia, cretinism and similar conditions, the thyroid gland is absent or defective and the idea \nis to supply a physiological want. As such, a state of puffiness and obesity may be regarded as a keynote \nindication for Thyr. \nClarke gave Thyr. 3x to a living skeleton of a child, 5, who looked not older than 2. He  had been kept in a box \nin a cellar all his life until brought into the hospital, when he weighted only 14.25 pounds. Under Bac. 200c and \ncareful feeding he gained .25 pounds per week. When Clarke com menced Thyr. he put on weekly .75 pound \nand gained the use of his legs, being able to stand by holding on to a chair. \nIn a case of universal and very aggravated psoriasis in a schoolboy, fair, very chilly, cold, clammy hands and \nfeet, Thyr. 3x and later 30c completely cured after a prolonged course. \nAn obese l ady, age 60, developed diabetes. Clarke cured her completely with Thyr. 3x and 30c. She then \ncould take any kind of food. \n \n \nH. O. Nicholson related a case of toxemia of pregnancy in a woman, 32, during her third pregnancy. She had \na fit on October \n3. Thyroid  feeding was begun the next day. Marked improvement followed. Edema of face and body \ndiminished. On October 23, the patient was about her usual duties. On November 6, she was delivered of a \nhealthy boy without any untoward symptoms. \nPityriasis rubra, inten se redness and scales of legs, and also with intense itch ing. Ichthyosis, syphilitic \neruptions and scleroderma. Acromegaly. Myxedema with hair loss. \nIncreases the flow of milk in nursing women when the flow has been deficient. Insanity, puerperal insanity with \nfever. Paranoia that they are being pursued or persecuted. Nightmares. \nOptic neuritis and accommodative as thenopia. Exophthalmic goiter, with bulg ing eyes. Weak heart, valvular \nproblems, shortness of breath. Tachycardia. Operative and idiopathic te tany, worse from spasms by cold. \nStitching, aching or heavy pains. Tingling sensations. \nThyr. has poor nutritional development in children. Low thyroid function, with skin problems. It can stimulate \nfunction of thyroid gland, or decrease the need for thyroid medications. Thyroid treatment nearly always raises \nthe body heat.","Head":"Feeling of lightness in brain. Full ness and heat. Persistent frontal headache, heaviness over eyes. \nHeadaches ame liorated after menses. Heavy throbbing headache worse in the frontal region, worse from \nconcentrating the mind, bet ter out of doors, worse usin g the eyes. Fullness in the head with throbbing of the \ntemporal arteries, worse morning and afternoon, from motion, physical or mental, from heat or indoors, better \n \n \nin cool fresh air, often better from external pressure. Falling of hair. Feeling of lightness in brain. Full ness and heat. Persistent frontal headache, heaviness over eyes. \nHeadaches ame liorated after menses. Heavy throbbing headache worse in the frontal region, worse from \nconcentrating the mind, bet ter out of doors, worse usin g the eyes. Fullness in the head with throbbing of the \ntemporal arteries, worse morning and afternoon, from motion, physical or mental, from heat or indoors, better \n \n \nin cool fresh air, often better from external pressure. Falling of hair.","Eyes":"Progressive loss of sight with central scotoma (Carbn -s.). Conjunctivitis and chemosis, itching with \nweeping. Stinging pain in the right eye. Eyeballs prominent. Exophthalmic goiter. Irritation of the eyelids.","Ears":"Sclerosis of ossicles. Difficult hearing. Pain on the right side. Pain in the left ear lobe.","Face":"Flushed. Dry, red lips, burn with free desquamation. Eruption of acne, worse on the right chee k. \nSensation of something heavy, which falls from the cheeks.","Mouth":"Dryness of mouth. Bad taste, metallic, bitter and sour. To ngue, metallic taste at tip. Tongue coated \ngrayish white in center with red edges or tip. Papillae enlarged and prominent. Tongue thickly coated. Swelling \nof the upper lip. \nNose - Dry mucus membrane indoors, fluent coryza, profuse, watery and bland outdoors. Dryness and sticking \npain in posterior nares, worse on swallowing. Rhinitis with sneezing and edema of the nasal mucus \nmembranes. Pain in the sinuses. Tickling sensation with headaches and dry throat. \nPerspiration - Drenching sweats. Oily, musty sweat.","Throat":"Dry larynx, congested, raw, burn ing, worse on left side. As of a splinter stuck across the throat. \nPharynx congested, red and dry, with rawness and burning.","Chest":"Angina pectoris. Anxiety about chest. Chest feels as if constricted. \nConstitutions - Suited to the phosphoric or carbonic types, general ly hyperthyroids. Nervous temperament. \nPsoric, tubercular and sycotic range of dispositions. Ready exci tability of heart. Heart\u2019s action weak with numbness of fingers. Tachycardia (Naja.). \nPalpitations, worse least exertion, hammering, beats felt in ear. Heart pains radiate into axilla. Clutching, \nconstricting pains, worse lying down, causing short breath.  Severe heart pains. Angina pectoris. Hypertrophy \nafter hard labor. As if blood were rushing downwards, through the body. Jumping sensation at heart. Large \nveins on arms and hands. Valvular diseases of heart (Naja). Weak, frequentpulse with inability to lie down. \nKidneys - Pressing urge to urinate. Frequent urination during the day. Burning along urethra, increase of uric \nacid. Increased flow of urine, polyuria, some albumen and sugar. Urine smells of violets. Bedwetting in weakly \nchildren who are nervous and irritable. Diabetes mellitus. Breathlessness better lying in recumbent position. Dry, painful cough with scanty, difficult \nexpectoration and burning in pharynx. Cough on entering a warm room from cool air. Asthma. Allergies.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Increased appetite. Thirst for cold water. Pains, tenderness, aggravated by eating, ameliorated in \nthe evening. Dyspepsia before menses. Flatulence, much flatus in abdomen. Nausea, worse riding in a car, \nbetter in cool air. Vomiting of pregnancy. \nTemperature - Hot flushes, then chills or drenching sweats. Bearing and aching down through pelvis into anterior thigh. Acute cramping pains with cold \nsweating. Pain after eating. Pain midway between um bilicus and either anterior sup erior iliac spine. Sharp, \ncutting, colicky pains with fullness, worse on pressure and walking, better bending forward and after passage \nof flatus. Large quantities of flatus passed from bowels often smelling of hydrogen sulphate. Rolling flatulence \nwith gurgling, then loose, gassy stool. Insatiable appetite, always wants something more interesting to eat. Desire for sweets and thirst for \ncold water. Aversion to greasy foods.","Urinary & Genital":"Amenorrhea in young girls. Pelvic congestion ameliorated by menses. Amelioration of premenstrual \ndiscomforts by the menses. Menses often too early. Metrorrhagia. Endometriosis. Gnawing in the uterus. \nUterine fibroids.  Vomiting of pregnancy. Puerperal, convulsions insan ity. Tendency to miscarriage or \npremature birth. Puerperal psychosis. Uterine atony after giving birth. Sterility.","Extremities":"Rheumatic arthritis with tendency to obesity, coldness and cramps of limbs. Aching pains. Trembling \nof limbs and entire body. Edema of legs. Numbness, left fingers then right leg. Itching without e ruption, worse \nnight. Peeling of skin of lower limbs. Cold limbs. Cold, clammy hands. Left hand icy cold. Abnormal growth of \nlimbs due to excessive exertion. \nLiver - Cutting pain in liver, worse deep breathing. Jaundice with itching, in the newborn child,  accompanied \nby vomiting.","Neck & Back":"Backache. \nBreasts - Breasts tumors and cysts. Deficient in breast milk.","Skin":"Eczema. Psoriasis associated with obesity. Very dry skin. Itching without eruption, worse night. Brown \nswellings. Swelling of glands of stony hardness. Symmetrical serpiginous eruptions. Jaundice with itching, in \nthe newborn child, accompanied by vomiting. Urticaria. Ichthyosis. Lupus. Peeling skin of lower limbs. \nScleroderma.","Sleep":"Insomnia. Difficulty in falling asleep. Nightmares. Wakes for no reason."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}