Ferrum metallicum
作者：Henry N. Guernsey — Key-Notes to the Materia Medica
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
We may think of this remedy on seeing a very weak and very much debilitated person.
Face.--Fiery red; sallow-colored; reddish-yellow; red spots on the cheeks.
Gastric.--Vomiting in general; of blood; of what has been eaten; in whooping cough, where the child vomits food with every coughing spell.
Stool.--Painless diarrhœa, particularly if it be with undigested food; undigested feces; stool with ascarides.
Sexual.--Female: Metrorrhagia, especially when accompanied by a very red face; menses profuse; acrid leucorrhœa.
Generalities.--Great variability of the mind; expectoration bloody, and blood-streaked. Plethora; bleeding from inner parts; congestion of blood to single parts: swelling and distension of blood vessels. Affections of the left lower extremity; of the upper arm; of the shoulder-joint; in young weakly persons; bloatedness and paleness of the skin; chlorosis. Tendency to get fat; inclination to motion; pain like labor pains; darting from above downward; debility.
Worse.--In the night, particularly after midnight; from changing the position; on beginning to move; lying down, from fat food; abuse of Peruvian bark; while resting; on beginning to walk; from ascarides.
Better.--On leaning against anything; from moving; from continued motion; from moving affected part; when walking.
Remedies following:--Acon., China, Conium, Lycop., Phosphor., Pulsat., Sulphur.
Antidotes:--China, Pulsat., Thea.