Ferrum Magneticum


Ferrum Magneticum signs and symptoms of the homeopathy medicine from the Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by J.H. Clarke. Find out for which conditions and symptoms Ferrum Magneticum is used…


      Sesquioxide of Iron. Loadstone. A black oxide of iron. FeO Fe2 O3.

Clinical

Amaurosis. Diarrhoea. Flatulence. Ganglion. Rheumatism. Vision, disorders of. Warts. Whitlow.

Characteristics

Caspari is the authority for *Ferrum *magnet. It produces paralytic weaknesses like the other Iron preparations, of which this is the most peculiar: “After perspiring during a moderate walk, weakness and lassitude, which seem to proceed from the abdomen.” As with *Ferrum, there is worse during a meal, flatulency, grumblings, movements in abdomen, with urgent diarrhoea after a meal. The abdominal sufferings are felt more on the left side. Very abundant and frequent emission of fetid wind. Many rectal and urinary symptoms are recorded. The appearance of warts may indicate that *Ferrum *magn. is related to the sycotic constitution. Teste, who puts, *Ferrum *magn. in the *Arnica group along with *Ledum, *Croton, *Rhus and *Spigelia, has had some experience with it. It relieved (after *Spigelia) and old man suffering from chronic rheumatism of the nape of the neck, with irritable disposition. Also a case of compound capsular cataract in a gouty patient. A third patient had rheumatism of both thighs, coming on after violent exercise. This patient was treated in two attacks. In the first attack he received *Arnica first, and then *Fe. *mag. In the second, *Fe *mag. was given at once and the effect was speedy and marked. The fourth patient has a very unpleasant experience with the medicine. He suffered from a mercurial neurosis, and was very sensitive to medicines. One of the symptoms which led to its being given was a painful contraction of the posterior cervical muscles, against which no remedy Teste had tried had produced any effect. *Fe *mag., four globules in a tumbler of water, two tablespoonfuls every day, was the prescription. The first table- spoonful, which was taken in the morning, seemed to produce a sensible improvement, but a quarter of an hour after the second dose, which was taken at 4 P.M. the sight became dim, a halo of fire, red and violet, was seen first in front of the right, and afterwards in front of the left eye, soon after, this halo, which formed a circular zigzag-shaped line, became narrower and narrower and finally produced such a complete blindness, that the patient assured Teste he was unable to distinguish night from daylight. This lasted one hour and did not pass off entirely till after a meal. Much more distressing phenomena followed, Towards 8 P.M. the pain in the nape, which first was seated on the left side, passed to the right, invading the whole extent of the trapezoid muscle, where it became literally frightful. “For two days and nights the patient, who was a brave and strong man, and whom I had seen bear the most painful surgical operations without uttering a sound, suffered to such an extent that he uttered heart-rending cries.” *Camph., *Pulsatilla, and *Bry failed to relieve, the first rather aggravated. *Rhus t. effected some relief. But it did not prevent the recurrence, for eight days in succession, of the visual phenomena, though with less intensity then the first time, at irregular intervals, generally 6 or 7 a.m., and sometimes even at night in perfect darkness.

Relations

*Compare: Ferrum, Elect., Galv., Magn. arct., Magn. aust.

SYMPTOMS.

Mind

Indecision, and long reflection before undertaking anything. Indolence, slowness of movement. Air of importance, and self- sufficiency. Irascibility.

Head

Pulsative headache, by fits. Circumscribed headache, especially in the morning, generally on right side. Headache on stooping, on moving the arms, and on going up stairs. Headache, suddenly attacking the eyes and the nose, as if the patient were going to weep, or to sneeze. Itching in the scalp. Eruption of small painful on the scalp. Small scalp on the head. Falling off of the hair.

Eyes

Darkness before the right eye, which causes it to wink. Variegated areola round a light. Halo of fine, red or violet, contracts till vision entirely disappears, cannot tell day from night, lasts an hour, vision fully restored only after a meal, repeated at irregular intervals right days in succession. Pressive pain on the eyelid, which impedes the sight. Swelling of the lower lid, which makes the eye appear smaller. Pricking itching in the canthi. Painful sensibility of the lachrymal caruncula, with profuse lachrymation.

Ears

Pullings in the ears and the pharynx, during deglutition. Itching, wringing, and cold lancinations, in the auditory duct. Tingling in the ears.

Nose

Sneezing, with stoppage of one nostril, and catarrh.

Face

Face dejected, with general heat, followed by redness of the face. Heat of the face. Itching and tingling in the face and on the lips. Eruptions on the forehead, in the eyebrows, at the root of the nose, on the cheeks, the lips, and the chin.

Teeth

Bleeding of the gums, when slightly pressed upon. Teeth easily set on edge. Painful sensibility of the teeth during mastication.

Mouth

Accumulation of water and saliva in the mouth. Itching sensation in the posterior part of the palate.

Throat

Bitter and rancid taste in the pharynx, on hawking. Sensation as if mucus were adhering to the uvula. Lancinations in the throat. Pressure in the oesophagus, as if too much had been swallowed at one time.

Stomach

During a meal, flatulency, movements, and grumbling in the abdomen. After a meal, taciturnity, lassitude, heat, expulsion of flatus, pains in the region of the stomach, with anguish, pains in the epigastrium, especially on breathing, urgent want to evacuate, and diarrhoea. Abortive risings. Nausea.

Abdomen

Uneasiness in the abdomen. The abdominal sufferings are felt

more particularly on left side. Rolling, grumbling, borborygmi, and whistling in the abdomen, with expulsion of flatulency, and urgent want to evacuate, and to make water, the movements in the abdomen are accompanied by pullings along the legs, as far as the toes. The flatulency seems all to proceed from one place, in left side of abdomen. Very abundant, and frequent emission of fetid wind.

Stool

Urgent want to evacuate, with expulsion of flatus only. Loose evacuations, with much flatulency, and sometimes with excrements of a fetid smell, physical depression, and paleness of face. On expelling the flatus there escapes a small liquid evacuation. Itching and shooting in the anus. Tingling and itching in the rectum.

Urinary Organs

Urine red and copious, which becomes the colour of clay after having stood some time. Itching and lancination in the scrotum, and in the extremity of the glans. Increase of sexual desire, with and without erection, or absence of all sexual desire, yet without importance.

Respiratory Organs

Frequent hawking of mucus. Dry cough after dinner, proceeding from an irritation in the trachea, as if one had swallowed dust.

Chest and Heart

Tearing and lancination in the left side of the chest, when breathing. Sensation of emptiness in the chest. On drawing up the chest, and throwing back the right arm, the heart beats violently and with repeated throbs.

Back and neck

In the morning, pain in the nape of the neck, as if from having lain in an inconvenient position.

Upper Limbs

Cramp-like or paralytic pullings, or jerking pullings in the forearms, and in the hands. Pain, as from dislocation in the wrist. Paralytic pulling in the right arm. Prickings, especially in the phalanges, and in the ends of the fingers. Spots, like ephelides, in the arms, and in the fingers. Small warts on the back of the hands, and on the wrist. Pulsation at the end of the thumb. Whitlow. Dryness and tension in the hands.

Lower Limbs

Tensive pressure in the hip-joint, on drawing back the leg, at night and in the morning, the pain is dispersed by lying on that part, but returns when the position is changed. Acute lancination in the knee. In the morning, spasms, and contraction in the calf of the leg. Painful stiffness on the internal surface of the knee, especially on bending it, after extending the leg, and only while walking in the open air. In the evening, in bed, sharp pains in a small place on the foot, with great sensitiveness to the touch, or to the bending of the foot upwards. Ganglion of the foot. Tingling and pricking in the heels. Starting in the soles of the feet. The little toe is painful, as if it were violently compressed.

Generalities

Pains and itchings, some of which reappear at intervals of four weeks. After a walk, thirst, perspiration, lassitude, paleness. Prickings, lancinations, tingling, and itching in different parts. Paralytic weakness, difficulty of movement, and relaxation of the muscles. Excessive lassitude. Trembling in the legs and arms. After perspiring, during a moderate walk, weakness and lassitude which seem to proceed from the abdomen, with a trembling in the knees and hands. Fatigue on taking the slightest exercise.

Skin

Itching and tingling in different parts, especially in the evening, mitigated by scratching, but appearing in other parts. Red spots, sometimes of a bright red, or bluish red, some disappear on being pressed. Small warts (on the hands).

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica