Calcarea Iodata

by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Iodide of Lime. Ca I 2 .

Clinical

Cancer / Consumption / Flatulence / Glandular swellings / Headache / Mollities ossium / Tumours of the breast

Characteristics

Calc. iod. has had a short proving, but it has been used mostly on indications suggested by its two components in the diseases named above. It is similar to Baryt. iod. in its action on enlarged glands, and is especially indicated for enlarged tonsils honey-combed with little crypts. Riding against a cold wind = headache. C. L. Nicholls has cured a number of cases of breast tumour with the 3x; nodular tumours, movable, tender to touch, painful on moving arm.

Relations

Compare: Calc., Baryt., Calc. ph., Carb. v.

1. Mind

Indifference. Indolence.

2. Head

Light-headed. Giddy headache. "Sensation as if the head wasn't, yet was.". Headache whilst riding against a cold wind. Constant, severe, dull headache, forehead and temples; < stooping. Sharp, piercing pain in r. temple.

8. Mouth

Dry, furred feeling on lips and tongue. Bitter taste > by tobacco. Astringent taste.

11. Stomach

Eructations; hiccough; nausea.

12. Abdomen

Rumbling in bowels. Constant evacuation of large quantities of wind downwards.

25. Skin

Itching in various parts, disappearing and reappearing in other parts, only > after much scratching.

Calcarea Iodata across the other classic books

Calcarea Iodata appears in 4 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Calcium iodatum; Iodide of lime, CaI. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Indifferent to anything which may happen (after three-quarters of an hour), 4. Lightheaded (after three-quarters of an hour), 4. Slight giddy headache (after eight and three-quarters hours), 4. Sensation as though my head wasn't, yet was…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Iodide of Lime It is in the treatment of scrofulous affections, especially enlarged glands, tonsils, etc, that this remedy has gained marked beneficial results. Thyroid enlargements about time of puberty. Flabby children subject to colds. Secretions inclined to be profuse and yellow. Adenoids. Uterine fibroids. Croup .”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“LUMPY EFFECTS, discharges, etc.”

Calcarea Iodata in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Calcarea Iodata in 37 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in GENERALITIES (11), EXTREMITIES (10), HEAD (4), EAR (3), EXTERNAL THROAT (3).

EXTERNAL THROAT - INDURATION of glands - like knotted cords
EXTERNAL THROAT - INDURATION of glands
GENERALITIES - ABSCESSES
GENERALITIES - IRRITABILITY - lack of
GENERALITIES - AIR - open - desire for
GENERALITIES - EMACIATION
GENERALITIES - SWELLING in general - glands
GENERALITIES - NIGHT
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - boring - Knee - night
HEAD - PAIN, - wind, - cold - riding in
THROAT - ENLARGEMENT of tonsils
GENERALITIES - SYPHILIS
EXTERNAL THROAT - GOITRE
GENERALITIES - REACTION,lack of
GENERALITIES - HEAT - sensation of
HEAD - PAIN, - Temples - wind,riding against the
HEAD - HEADLESS,sensation of being
HEAD - PAIN, - Forehead,in - riding in a carriage - in cold wind
NOSE - SNEEZING - air, - amel. - in the
EAR - NUMBNESS

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