THYREOIDINUM

Generalities

- A sarcode prepared from dried

Thyroid gland of the sheep or calf.

- Thyroid has close connection with

the Heart; moreover it exercises a

general regulating influence on the

mechanism of the organs of nutrition;

growth and development.

- It affects the Central Nervous

System, skin and left side.

- A state of puffiness and obesity.

- Feels tired and sick, easy fatigue,

wants to lie down.

- Fainting fits, tremors, nervous; of face

and limbs.

- Stabbing, splitting, clutching

sensaflon.

- Choking.

- Rapid emaciation.

- Goitre.

- Tingling.

- Myxoedema, with loss of hair; and

oretinism.

- Arrested development of Children.

- Infantile wasting.

- Undescended testiole in boys.

- Thyroid weakness causes decided

oraving for large quantities of sugar.

- Acromegaly; delayed union of

fractures.

- Tetany, agg. cold.

- Instantly.

- Hystero-epilepsy.

- As of a cold wind blowing on the

body

- Rheumatoid arthritis.

- Oedema.

- Mammary tumours.

- Low blood pressure.

Worse

- Least exertion or cold.

- Stooping.

Better

- Lying on abdomen or reolining

position.

Mind

- Stupor alternating with restless

melancholy.

- Weeps, undresses.
- Homicidal tendency.

- Suspicious.

- Idea of persecution.

- III tempered agg. opposition; goes

into a rage over trifles.

- Grumbling; continuously.

- Laughing in a way peculiar to herself.

Head

- Feeling of Iightness in brain.

- Persistent frontal headache;

heaviness over eyes.

- Falling of hair.

Eyes

- Exophthalmic goitre.

- Progressive loss of sight with central

scotoma.

Ears

- Sclerosis of ossicIes.

Nose

- Dry, indoors; runs outdoors.

Face

- Flushed.

- Lips; dry, red burn; with free

desquamation.

Mouth
- Tonque thickly coated; metallic taste

at tip.

Throat

- Dry, burning.

- As of a splinter stuck across the

throat.

Stomach

- Desire for sweets and thirst for cold

water.

- Vomiting of pregnancy.

Abdomen

- Cutting in liver agg. deep breathing.

- Rolling flatulence with gurgling, then

loose gassy stool.

- Bearing and aching down through

pelvis into anterior thigh.

Urinary

- Increased flow of urine.

- Diabetes meIIitus.

- Urine smells of violets.

- Enuresis of weakly Children.

Female

- Amenorrhoea.

- Gnawing in uterus.

- agalaotea.
- Vomiting of pregnancy.

- Uterine flbroids.

- Mammary tumours.

- Puerperal; convulsions; insanity.

Respiratory

- Larynx dry.

- Dry painful cough on entering a warm

room, from cool air.

- Breathlessness amel. lying in

reoumbent position.

Heart

- Palpitation agg. least exertion;

hammering; beats felt in ear.

- Tachycardia.

- Heart pains radiate into ainIa;

Clutohing, oonstrioting, agg. lying

down; causing short breath.

- Hypertrophy after hard labour.

- As if blood were rushing downwards,

through the body.

- Jumping sensation at heart.

- Large veins on arms and hands.

- Valvular diseases of heart.

Extremities

- Quivering of limbs; tremors.

- Numb left fingers then right leg.

- Left hand icy cold.

- Cold olammy hands.

- Abnormal growth of limbs due to

excessive exertion.

Skin

- Very dry.

- Itohing without eruptions.

- Psoriasis with adiposity.

- Icthyosis.

- Itching with jaundice.

- Peeling of lower limbs.

- Brawny swelling.

- Symmetrical serpigenous eruptions.

Fever

- Hot flushes; then ohiIIs, or drenching

sweats.

- Oily musty sweat.