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.
Remedy Origin / Source
Natural
Clinical Applications
Compare: Agraphis -Bluebell (adenoids with enlarged tonsils). Here Sulph iod follows both Agraphis and Calc iod. Acon lycotonum (swelling of glands, Hodgkin's disease). Compare also: Calc fluor; Sil; Merc iod.
Key Symptoms & Indications
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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.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Headache while riding against cold wind. Lightheaded. Catarrh; worse at root of nose; sneezing; very little sensation. Polypi of nose and ear.
Throat
Enlarged tonsils are filled with little crypts.
Respiratory
Chronic cough; Pain in chest, difficulty breathing after syphilis and mercurialization (Grauvogl). Hectic fever; green purulent expectoration. Croup. Pneumonia .
Skin
Indolent ulcers, accompanying varicose veins . Easy perspiration. Copper-colored and papulous eruptions, tinea, favus, crusta lactea, swelling of the glands, skin cracked, falling out of hair.
Mentions in Classic Materia Medicas
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CALCAREA IODATA
Head
Headache while riding against cold wind. Lightheaded. Catarrh; worse at root of nose; sneezing; very little sensation. Polypi of nose and ear.
Throat
Enlarged tonsils are filled with little crypts.
Respiratory
Chronic cough; Pain in chest, difficulty breathing after syphilis and mercurialization (Grauvogl). Hectic fever; green purulent expectoration. Croup. Pneumonia.
Skin
Indolent ulcers, accompanying varicose veins. Easy perspiration. Copper-colored and papulous eruptions, tinea, favus, crusta lactea, swelling of the glands, skin cracked, falling out of hair.
Relationship
Compare: Agraphis-Bluebell (adenoids with enlarged tonsils). Here Sulph iod follows both Agraphis and Calc iod. Acon lycotonum (swelling of glands, Hodgkin's disease).
Compare also: Calc fluor; Sil; Merc iod.
Dose
Second and third trituration.
Calcarea Iodata.
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
Calcarea iodata
Generalities
• It is usually used for induration of glands, suggested by its two components.
• It can be given in enlarged tonsils filled with little crypts.
• Thyroid enlargement about the time of puberty.
• Adenoids.
• Flabby children subjects to colds.
• Discharges profuse and yellow.
• Indolent ulcers accompanying varicose veins.
• Headache while riding in cold winds.
• Indurated growth in mammae, movable, painful on pressure, and on movement on arm.
• Profuse sweat.
Clinical Tips & Practitioner Insights
"CALC. CARB. is of special value in cases of pedunculated fibroids: CALC. PHOS. when sessile."
By Dr. Burnett, M.D.
Pedunculated Fibroids
"CALC. CARB. in earache: With stitching, throbbing pain, making the child cry out; its symptoms resemble BELLADONNA with the flushing of the pale face,high temperature and the dilated pupils. Where BELLADONNA is insufficient or ineffective, CALC. CARB will go deeper to relieve or cure."
By Dr. John V.Allen.Jr., M.D.
Earache
"In biliary colic, CALC. CARB. has never failed me."
By Dr. Hughes, L.R.C.P.
Biliary Colic
"CALC must not be administered at full or new moon, because those are the days of its aggravation. In phthisis, a repetition is almost always dangerous. In such a case, if CALC is indicated, I would recommend a single dose of the remedy in the 30th potency. You may go higher and repeat it, if you like, but do not lay blame on me, when the case gets irretrievably spoiled."
By Dr. K.C.Bhanja
Phthisis
"If you have a case of Meniere-s disease, consider CALC. CARB. It is a near specific."
By Dr. Schwarts
Meniere-s Disease
"CALC. CARB. is an excellent remedy for galactorrhoea. It will often modify the lacteal secretion and serve as a preventive of mammary abscess after weaning."
By Dr. Sheldon Leavitt, M.D.
Galactorrhoea
"CALC.CARB. is indicated late in tuberculosis when large cavities are forming; it acts particularly upon the right lung about its middle third."
By Dr. Farrington, M.D.
Tuberculosis
"Breast tumour"
By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines)
Breast Tumour
"Carpal tunnel syndrome"
By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
"Cervical spondylosis"
By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines)
Cervical Spondylosis
"Kidney tuberculosis"
By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines)
Renal Tuberculosis
"Epileptic convulsions with valvular disease"
By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines)
Epilepsy
"Hair falling in patches"
By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines)
Alopecia
"Kidney failure (Avoid dialysis). To be used alternately with Sulph, Syph, Lyc, Thuj three times a day. Will surely relieve the patient and after few days, no need of dialysis"
By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines)
Renal Failure
Remedy Profile
- Type Remedy
- Common Name HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
- Origin Source Natural
Dosage & Potency
Second and third trituration.
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