====== FERRUM MURIATICUM ======
<span tc1>{{anchor:s1}}Ferrum Muriaticum.</span>

<span grade2>{{anchor:s2}}Chloride or Muriate of Iron. {{anchor:s3}}Fe2Cl612H2O.</span>

{{anchor:s4}}The tincture is prepared by dissolving one part by weight in nine parts of alcohol.

====== CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. ======

{{anchor:s6}}- <span grade2>Enlargement of spleen</span> (2 cases), Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 917; Schleicher, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 343; <span grade2>Chronic diarrhea</span>, Michaelis, Frank's Mag., vol. 1, p. 483; <span grade2>Ascarides</span> (2 cases), Dixon, Raue's Rec., 1875, p. 163; <span grade2>Pleurisy</span>, Schleicher, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 819; <span grade2>Omodynia</span> (2 cases), Plate, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 898; <span grade2>Chronic ulcers</span>, Warren, Times Retros., 1877, p. 25; observations by Boenninghausen.

====== MIND. [1] ======

{{anchor:s8}}Loquacity.\\ {{anchor:s9}}Much depressed in spirits.

====== SENSORIUM. [2] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s11}}Vertigo.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s12}}~</span> <span grade3>Enlargement of spleen.</span>

====== INNER HEAD. [3] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s14}}Severe neuralgic pains in right temple and right side of face.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s15}}Headache.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s16}}~</span> <span grade3>Ascarides.</span>\\ {{anchor:s17}}Pain in back part of head when coughing.

====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ======

{{anchor:s19}}Eyes injected.\\ {{anchor:s20}}Bright redness of margin of lids.

====== SMELL AND NOSE. [7] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s22}}Itching of nose.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s23}}~</span> <span grade3>Ascarides.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s24}}Constantly coagulated blood in nose.</span>

====== UPPER FACE. [8] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s26}}Face pale.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s27}}~</span> <span grade3>Enlargement of spleen.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s28}}Paleness of face, red spots upon pale cheeks.</span>\\ {{anchor:s29}}Face somewhat flushed; cheeks flushed.\\ {{anchor:s30}}Face swollen and livid.

====== TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s32}}Insipid, flat taste in mouth.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s33}}~</span> <span grade3>Enlargement of spleen.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s34}}Solid food tastes dry and insipid.</span>\\ {{anchor:s35}}Tongue very much coated.\\ {{anchor:s36}}Tongue swollen and protruded, with ropy mucus from mouth.\\ {{anchor:s37}}Dryness of tongue.

====== INNER MOUTH. [12] ======

{{anchor:s39}}Palate and interior of mouth burnt, presenting a parboiled appearance.

====== PALATE AND THROAT. [13] ======

{{anchor:s41}}Extremely severe sense of burning and constriction in throat.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s42}}Angina tonsillaris.</span>

====== APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s45}}Anorexia.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s46}}~</span> <span grade3>Enlargement of spleen.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s47}}No appetite in morning.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s48}}Unquenchable thirst, or thirstlessness.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s49}}Longing for acids.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s50}}Aversion to meat, or anything sour.</span>

====== HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s52}}Sour belching; particularly after solid food.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s53}}Bitter eructations after fat food.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s54}}Vomiting: after eating; after eating eggs.</span>

====== SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s56}}Stomach somewhat distended.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s57}}~</span> <span grade2>Enlargement of spleen.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s58}}Hand riveted to region of stomach, as the principal seat of pain.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s59}}~</span> <span grade2>Gastralgia.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s60}}Dyspepsia; gastromalacia.</span>

====== HYPOCHONDRIA. [18] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s62}}Severe pains in left hypochondrium; at times in night.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s63}}~</span> <span grade3>Enlargement of spleen.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s64}}Spleen enlarged and sensitive to pressure.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s65}}~</span> <span grade3>Intermittent.</span>

====== ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s67}}Spasmodic constriction of abdominal muscles, as if abdomen were constricted, especially when stooping, so that he can only straighten himself slowly.</span>\\ {{anchor:s68}}Great pain along whole length of colon, agg. by pressure and any movement of body.\\ {{anchor:s69}}Hypogastrium swollen and very sensitive, especially above pubes.\\ {{anchor:s70}}Piercing pains in hypogastrium.\\ {{anchor:s71}}(OBS:) Typhus abdominalis with extensive ulceration, meteorism, and debilitating fetid discharges.

====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ======

{{anchor:s73}}Diarrhea with pain in limbs.\\ {{anchor:s74}}(OBS:) Chronic diarrhea with loss of appetite and rapid emaciation.\\ {{anchor:s75}}(OBS:) Diarrhea with intestinal catarrh in typhoid fevers, also fetid debilitating discharges.\\ {{anchor:s76}}Dysenteric diarrhea, with considerable pain and tenesmus, evacuations consist of blood and membranous shreds.\\ {{anchor:s77}}Stools dark; two quarts of inky evacuations at one stool.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s78}}Dysentery, last stage.</span>\\ {{anchor:s79}}Obstinate constipation.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s80}}Dry cough ending in retching; itching of nose and anus, enuresis, headache, neuralgia, nervousness; ascarides.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s81}}Ascarides, coincident with bleeding piles.</span>

====== URINARY ORGANS. [21] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s83}}Diabetes mellitus.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s84}}Chronic affections of bladder.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s85}}Haematuria, the hemorrhage occurring from urethra or kidneys.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s86}}Habitual discharge of phosphates in urine.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s87}}Enuresis.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s88}}~</span> <span grade3>Ascarides.</span>\\ {{anchor:s89}}Almost complete retention of urine.\\ {{anchor:s90}}Urine scanty.\\ {{anchor:s91}}Deposition of bright red crystals in urine.

====== MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [22] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s93}}Enlarged prostate.</span>

====== FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s95}}During coition soreness and cutting pain in vagina; want of pleasurable sensation.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s96}}Troublesome metrorrhagia; dysmenorrhea; leucorrhea.</span>

====== VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA. [25] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s99}}Bronchitis.</span>

====== RESPIRATION. [26] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s101}}While sitting, loud breathing as if asleep.</span>\\ {{anchor:s102}}Respiration noisy and stertorous; suffocation impending.\\ {{anchor:s103}}Respiration noisy, as in a bad case of croup.\\ {{anchor:s104}}Breathing, especially inspirations, oppressed.

====== COUGH. [27] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s106}}In morning, spasmodic cough with expectoration of transparent, tough mucus, at once amel. by eating small quantity of food.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s107}}When coughing: pain in occiput; bruised pain in chest; stitches in chest.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s108}}Spasmodic cough amel. by eating.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s109}}Dry cough ending in retching.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s110}}~</span> <span grade3>Ascarides.</span>

====== INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s112}}Stitches in chest with the cough.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s113}}Bruised pain in chest on coughing.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s114}}High fever, severe cough, with scanty expectoration, stitching pains in sides of chest, constriction of chest; severe diarrhea; exudation four fingers in height, with no tendency to decrease.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s115}}Great weakness and emaciation.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s116}}~</span> <span grade3>Pleurisy.</span>

====== HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s118}}Heart affection with hectic; quick, superficial breathing; cough; involuntary sighing; dyspnea from slight exertion; painful drawing and expansion about apex; tumultuous and fluttering heart-beat; anxiety almost insupportable; small, almost thread-like pulse, occasionally beating double, sometimes intermitting when the heart's action is accelerated.</span>\\ {{anchor:s119}}Pulse small, accelerated; very feeble.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s120}}Chlorosis; muscular debility; weak circulation.</span>

====== UPPER LIMBS. [32] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s122}}Paralytic tearing pain in shoulder-joint, arm, clavicle and muscles, making it impossible to lift arm, amel. by gentle motion.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s123}}Slight drawing pain in shoulder, followed by tearing, stitching pains extending to elbow; paralytic lameness of upper arm; pain agg. from least motion; agg. at night driving him out of bed; slight amel. walking about; no swelling.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s124}}Acute inflammatory rheumatism of right shoulder-joint, pain deep in socket preventing motion.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s125}}Mechanical injury to shoulder-joint with rheumatic lameness.</span>

====== LOWER LIMBS. [33] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s127}}During day, frequent sudden cramps in limbs.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s128}}Cramps in calves of legs, particularly at night in bed.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s129}}Large deep ulcer upon calf of leg, centre black and hard.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s130}}After gunshot wound received seven years previously, several open sores, involving all the soft parts from knee to ankle; pus thick, greenish, and somewhat offensive; sensibility of parts much deadened.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s131}}Edematous feet, drawing, tearing pain, particularly on beginning to walk; after metrorrhagia.</span>

====== LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s133}}Great weakness and debility in all the limbs, compelling her to lie down.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s134}}~</span> <span grade3>Enlargement of spleen.</span>\\ {{anchor:s135}}Sudden cramps in limbs.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s136}}Distortion of limbs.</span>

====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ======

{{anchor:s140}}Compelled to lie down on account of great weakness.\\ {{anchor:s141}}Sitting: loud breathing as if asleep.\\ {{anchor:s142}}Stooping: spasmodic constriction of abdominal muscles.\\ {{anchor:s143}}Motion: pain in colon agg.; tearing pain in shoulder-joint amel.; pain to elbow agg.; pain in shoulder-joint and socket prevents motion.\\ {{anchor:s144}}Lifting arm impossible on account of tearing pain in shoulder-joint.\\ {{anchor:s145}}Walking: amel. pain; agg. tearing pain in feet.

====== NERVES. [36] ======

{{anchor:s147}}Exceedingly weak, with an anxious, feverish countenance.\\ {{anchor:s148}}Restlessness.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s149}}Nervousness and neuralgia.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s150}}~</span> <span grade3>Ascarides.</span>\\ {{anchor:s151}}Unable to speak; apparently unconscious.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s152}}Irritability of circulatory and nervous system after hemorrhages.</span>\\ {{anchor:s153}}Violent convulsions affecting whole body, which was much contorted; muscles of extremities contracted violently, teeth clenched and ground together; must be restrained upon the couch, and her hold upon those near could not be unloosed until spasm suddenly ceased; duration of attacks about two minutes, that of the intervals three.

====== SLEEP. [37] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s155}}Sleeplessness, or light and restless sleep.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s156}}~</span> <span grade3>Enlargement of spleen.</span>

====== TIME. [38] ======

{{anchor:s158}}Morning: no appetite; spasmodic cough.\\ {{anchor:s159}}Day: sudden cramps in limbs.\\ {{anchor:s160}}Night: pain drives him out of bed; cramps in calves.

====== FEVER. [40] ======

{{anchor:s162}}Skin cold and clammy.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s163}}Sensation of coldness, alternating with heat, and lasting for hours.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s164}}~</span> <span grade3>Enlargement of spleen.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s165}}Dry heat, with tendency to uncover.</span>\\ {{anchor:s166}}Skin hot and disposed to be clammy.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s167}}Cold anxious sweat with muscular cramps.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s168}}Strong-smelling night-sweat.</span>

====== ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41] ======

{{anchor:s170}}Convulsions lasting two minutes, intervals three minutes.\\ {{anchor:s171}}Coldness lasting for hours.

====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======

{{anchor:s173}}Right: severe neuralgic pains in temple and in side of face; inflammatory rheumatism in shoulder-joint.\\ {{anchor:s174}}Left: severe pains in hypochondrium.

====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======

{{anchor:s176}}Pain: in limbs; in abdomen; in occiput; in socket of shoulder-joint.\\ {{anchor:s177}}Great pain: along whole length of colon.\\ {{anchor:s178}}Severe pain: in left hypochondrium.\\ {{anchor:s179}}Piercing pain: in hypogastrium.\\ {{anchor:s180}}Tearing pain: extending from shoulder to elbow; in feet.\\ {{anchor:s181}}Paralytic tearing pain in shoulder-joint; in arm; in clavicle; in muscles.\\ {{anchor:s182}}Cutting pains: in vagina.\\ {{anchor:s183}}Stitches: in chest.\\ {{anchor:s184}}Stitching pain: in sides of chest, extending from shoulder to elbow.\\ {{anchor:s185}}Neuralgic pains: in right temple; in right side of face.\\ {{anchor:s186}}Painful drawing and expansion about apex of heart.\\ {{anchor:s187}}Drawing pain: in shoulder; in feet.\\ {{anchor:s188}}Rheumatism: of right shoulder-joint.\\ {{anchor:s189}}Cramps: in limbs; in calves of legs.\\ {{anchor:s190}}Bruised pain in chest.\\ {{anchor:s191}}Burning: in throat.\\ {{anchor:s192}}Anxiety almost insupportable.\\ {{anchor:s193}}Soreness: of vagina.\\ {{anchor:s194}}Dry heat.\\ {{anchor:s195}}Constriction: of throat; of chest; of abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s196}}Paralytic lameness of upper arm.\\ {{anchor:s197}}Dryness: of tongue.\\ {{anchor:s198}}Weakness: in all the limbs.\\ {{anchor:s199}}Itching: of nose; of anus.

====== TISSUES. [44] ======

{{anchor:s201}}Hemorrhages of all kinds.\\ {{anchor:s202}}Irritability of the circulatory and nervous systems after hemorrhage.\\ {{anchor:s203}}Scrofula; rheumatism; rachitis and marasmus.

====== TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES. [45] ======

{{anchor:s207}}Pressure; spleen sensitive; pain in colon agg.\\ {{anchor:s208}}Mechanical injury to shoulder-joint.

====== SKIN. [46] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s210}}Typhoid eruption.</span>\\ {{anchor:s211}}Phagedenic ulcers.

====== STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] ======

{{anchor:s213}}Scrofulous boy, aet. 2 years; chronic diarrhea.\\ {{anchor:s214}}Girl, aet. 19; strong constitution, tendency to nervous affections, after catching cold; enlargement of spleen.\\ {{anchor:s215}}Girl, aet. 20, weakly, pale; pleurisy.\\ {{anchor:s216}}Man, aet. 33, large, strong; omodynia.\\ {{anchor:s217}}Man, aet. 52, laborer; omodynia.\\ {{anchor:s218}}Large, fleshy woman, aet. 60: ulcer on calf of leg.

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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 05, 1887 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r379|Ferrum muriaticum]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r379|Ferrum muriaticum]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ Year: | 1887 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}