Generalities
Iron is present in considerable quantity in blood; also in many articles of daily food. It affects the CIRCULATION, producing irregular distribution of blood; congestions, irregular surgings etc. and pulsations It relaxes the blood vessels causing haemorrhages which are bright or with small clots esp. in rapidly growing youth; or the veins dilate, during neuralgia, menses or fever. It is adapted to young; anaemic; pseudo- plethoric persons, who though looking strong are so weak that they are unable even to speak or walk, want to lie down. Pallor of the skin and mucous membranes, alternating with flushes. Dryness; of mouth; of food, vagina etc. Anaemia of young persons, with flushed cheeks but pale lips; delicate girls, constipated with low spirits. Muscles flabby and relaxed. Dropsy or paralysis, after loss of vital fluids; haemorrhages etc. Red faced old men. Rapid emaciation. Nightly pains that compel motion of part. Pressure; on chest, stomach etc. Irritable mind and body. Cachexia. Cracking in joints. Softening of bones. Red parts become pale. Catalepsy. Goitre, exophthalmic from suppressed menses. Spleen, digestion and left deltoid are also affected.
Mind
Always in the right; sensitive and excitable, worse on least contradiction. Weeps and laughs immoderately. Nervous, hysterical. Slight noise intolerable. Anxiety as after committing a crime. Despondent; after menses.
Head
Vertigo; worse rising suddenly, on crossing the bridge, over water. Brain-fag. Throbbing, hammering headache, starts in the temples, extending to occiput, worse cough, stooping, descending stairs; better letting hair down. Sudden pain over left eye. Head hot, feet cold. Writing causes headache to reappear. Vertigo during headache.
Eyes
At night can see in the dark, hysteria. Blind attacks. Letters run together when reading or writing. Puffy eyelids. Pain over eyes (left). Exophthalmic goitre, after suppression of menses.
Ears
Oversensitive to noise. Noises in ears better leaning the head on table. Ringing in the ears worse before menses.
Nose
Bleeding, in anaemic patients; alternating with haemoptysis.
Face
Pales and flushes or redness from least pain, emotions, or exertion. Florid; feels as if bloated. Lips pale. Neuralgia, after cold washing and overheating, worse lying down; better sitting up.
Mouth
Toothache better icy water. Taste of blood or of rotten eggs. Mouth dry, food seems too dry.
Throat
As if something rolling in the throat and closing it like a valve. Exophthalmic goitre. Sensation as of a lump (left) worse swallowing empty only.
Stomach
Increase and loss of appetite alternately. Stomach won’t tolerate any food, causes distension and pressure. Aversion; to meat; to eggs, to sour fruits, to his accustomed tobacco, beer. Desire for bread, raw tomatoes. Spits up food by the mouthful Vomiting; easy, without nausea; immediately after eating; after midnight, during pregnancy. Burning in. Vomits after eggs.
Abdomen
Hard, distended, sore, bruised when walking. Bowels feel sore to touch. Diarrhoea; painless, worse while eating; (attempt to eat brings on diarrhoea); nightly; gushing, spluttering; of undigested food; alternating with constipation; worse if nervous or tired. Stools; hard difficult, followed by backache, or cramps in rectum; prolapsus recti. Itching of anus due to ascarides; in children. Stools undigested. Summer diarrhoea.
Urinary
Albuminuria. Chronic nephritis. Involuntary urination; esp. during day only; when standing, from sudden movement, walking; in children. Copious urination with, nervousness. Urine hot; with menorrhagia.
Male
Emissions; nightly; with backache; after over-exertion.
Female
Vagina too dry, pain as if raw; or insensible during coition. Menses; pale, watery; too early, too profuse and protracted; intermit; with labour like pains. Leucorrhoea; milky, acrid, watery, at puberty. Tendency to abortion. Prolapse of vagina. Itching of vulva.
Respiratory
Voice, hoarse or changeable. Dry tickling cough worse moving; better lying down. Spitting of blood; of masturbators, in consumption. Surgings of blood to the chest. Chest; oppressed, constricted; or flying stitches in the chest. Dyspnoea better walking slowly, and talking. Cough, with pain in the occiput. Breath hot. Neglected pleuro-pneumonia, absorbs exudation.
Heart
Palpitation worse least motion; better walking slowly; of masturbators; after loss of fluids. Throbbing in all blood vessels. Pulse full, soft, yielding.
Neck and Back
Neck and shoulder painful. Lumbago all night, goes off on rising.
Extremities
Sudden cramps or tearing pains in the limbs, when writing, hands tremble better when writing fast. Irresistible desire to bend the arm with intense pain. Swelled hands and feet. Heels pain worse lying on back. Cracking in joints. Omodynia. Contraction of limbs.
Sleep
Falls asleep; from debility; while sewing, sitting and studying. Sleepless.
Fever
Chill with red face and thirst. Heat with distended veins. Extremities cold; head and face hot. Sweat; clammy, yellow, cold, acrid or debilitating.
Skin
Pale. Flushes easily; pits on pressure. Black or dark violet spots.
Better
Gentle motion. Slight bleeding. Leaning head on something.
Worse
NIGHT. Emotions; anger. violent exertion. Eating. Drinking. Loss of vital fluids, sweats. Eggs. Heat and told. Sudden motion. Raising arms. Tea.
Related
Arn; Mang.
Complementary
China
He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.
He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.