Thyroid, pancreas , salivary, intestinal glands, and gastro-intestinal mucous membrane, are especially affected. Increases the flow of bile. Sick headaches and cholera morbus are a special therapeutic field for its action.

Head

Frontal headache, with nausea. Scalp feels constricted. Right temples especially affected. Sick headache, worse rest; begins with a blur before eyes, after relaxing from a mental strain. Pustular eruption on scalp.

Ears

Roaring, buzzing, ringing in ears, with deafness. Aural vertigo, with intense noises in ears.

Face

Neuralgia after breakfast, beginning in infra-orbital nerve, and involving whole face.

Throat

Mouth and tongue feel scalded. Heat and smarting in throat. Burning . Profuse flow of saliva; ropy. Goitre .

Stomach

Burning of whole alimentary canal. Vomiting , sour bloody, biliary. Nausea. Profuse flow of saliva ( Merc; Ipec; Kali iod ). Deficient appetite .

Abdomen

Liver sore. Cutting pain. Flatulent colic. Diarrhœa; stools watery, with burning at anus and through intestinal canal. Periodical night diarrhœa, with pain and green discharges. Constipation (give 30th)

Extremities

Shifting pains. Sciatica, as if left hip-joint were wrenched. Pain extends to popliteal space. Gonorrhœal rheumatism (use Irisin ).

Skin

Herpes zoster, associated with gastric derangements. Pustular eruptions. Psoriasis; irregular patches with shining scales. Eczema, with nightly itching.

Modalities

Worse , in evening and at night, from rest. Better , from continued motion.

Relationship

Antidote: Nux .

Compare: Iris florentina -Orris-root--(delirium, convulsions, and paralysis); Iris factissima (headache and hernia); Iris germanica -Blue Garden Iris--(dropsy and freckles); Iris tenax-I. minor --(dry mouth; deathly sensation at point of stomach, pain in ileo-cæcal region ; appendicitis. Pain from adhesions after). Pancreatinum -a combination of several enzymes--(Indicated in intestinal indigestion; pain an hour or more after eating. Lienteric diarrhœa. Dose. 3-5 grains, better not given during the active period of stomachic digestion). Pepsinum --(Imperfect digestion with pain in gastric region. Marasmus of children who are fed on artificial foods. Diarrhœa due to indigestion. Dose. 3-4 grains) (Diseases of pancreas, gout, diabetes); Ipec; Podoph; Sanguin; Ars; Ant cr .

Dose

Tincture to thirtieth potency. Favorable reports from the very highest potencies.

IRIS VERSICOLOR