FERRUM METALLICUM
Common Name:Iron
Mental:
SENSITIVE and excitable < on least
contradiction.
IRRITABILITY
to slight noises - like crackling paper - drive him to
despair.
Difficult to
control their emotions and impulses.
Anxiety, as if has
done something wrong.
Fear of being
touched on affected joints.
Physical:
EXTREME
PALENESS- becomes red and
flushed on least pain, emotion or exertion.
False plethora,
looks healthy, but is very weak.
RED PARTS
BECOME WHITE, lips, face and tongue.
Irresistible desire
to lie down, with no amel., but feels better if moves slowly up and down.
Bleeding takes
place easily.
Vertigo rising from bed or from stooping; on
going down a hill.
Periodical
headaches lasting for days.
Vomiting, immediately after eating, without nausea, esp. eggs; after
midnight.
Diarrhoea while eating or drinking.
Ravenous appetite.
Irresistable desire to bend arm.
Rheumatic pains of
upper limbs, esp. shoulders, come on during rest.
Violent pain in
muscles and along nerves.
Restless in a warm bed, when keeping still, must keep the
limbs moving.
Walking slowly in
the daytime will reduce the pains.
Menses too early or
delayed, profuse and debilitating, or little flow, can even cease for 2 to 3
days
Modalities:
AGG: Lying
down; Night, Emotions
(anger), Eating, Loss of vital fluids, around
Menses; Eggs, sour food, wheat
AMEL:
Gentle motion, Stretching
Desires : Tomatoes, bread and butter, soup.
Aversion: Eggs; (cold) drinking during headache