Ferrum Tartaricum

by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Tartrate of Iron.

Clinical

Cardialgia / Headache

Characteristics

Berridge has recorded these two symptoms caused by a 15-grain dose: (1) Uninterrupted sensation as if an immense load were on entire upper portion of head, causing a gloomy apprehensiveness of congestive apoplexy (lasted three days, removed by a dose of Nux 1). (2) Heat from or heat at cardiac orifice of stomach lasting 12 hours; unaffected by food or drink.

Ferrum Tartaricum across the other classic books

Ferrum Tartaricum appears in 2 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.
“FERRUM TARTARICUM. Authority. E. W. Berridge, M.D., U. S. Med. Invest., New Ser., vol. iv, 1876, p. 574, Mr --- took 15 grains in one dose. Uninterrupted sensation, as if an immense load were on entire upper portion of head, causing a gloomy apprehensiveness of congestive apoplexy. It lasted two or three days, and was…”

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