Ferrum picricum

Ferrum picricum
(picrate of iron)
* Is considered a great remedy to complete the action of other medicines.
* The symptom that specially calls for it is failure of the function of an organ under exertion;
e.g. , the voice fails after public speaking.
* Acts best in dark-haired patients, plethoric, with sensitive livers.
* Warts and epithelial growths; corns with yellowish discoloration.
* Senile hypertrophy of the prostate. Epistaxis.
* Chronic deafness and tinnitus due to gout.
* Meatus dry.
* Pseudo-leucaemia.
Ears
- Deafness before menses.
- Crackling in ears and low-pitched voice.
- Vascular deafness.
- Dental neuralgia, radiating towards ears and eyes.
- Humming in ears as from telegraph wires.
- Tinnitus.
Stomach
- Indigestion, furred tongue, headache after meals, especially in bilious, dark-haired persons.
Urinary
- Pain along entire urethra.
- Frequent micturition at night, with full feelingand pressure in rectum. Smarting at neck of
bladder and penis. [Barosma.]
- Retention of urine.
Extremities
- Pain in right side of neck and down right arm.
- Locomotor ataxia, ocular stage.
- Hands covered with warts.
Dose
- Second and third trituration