Iodum 401IODUM
Iodum is a remedy of very hot nature. Its patient feels extremely hot and very hungry, yet desp ite eating a lot, remain s thin and lean. The patient is very talkative and can not sit still. He keeps on moving around constantly. The lymph glands in the body become enlarged and hard, resembling that of Conium. The skinny appearance of Iodine patient reminds one of Abro tanum and Natrum Mur. However, both these remedies are of cold nature. The restlessness of an Iodum patient is due to the anxiety neurosis . Unlike Arsenic, the irritability of th e nerves is due to availability of more energy for the nerve function. Since the patient eats a lot and the food is not converted into fatty acids, the unused surplus energy does not let him keep still. Theref ore, he is in constant motion and consumes his energy by running around.
If such a patient is forced to sit, he reacts very angrily, and is rea dy to beat or even kill the person. If he is not treated with Iodum during childhood, then on becoming an adult, he may become a very danger ous criminal, ready to kill without any reason or provocation. Although the tendency of violence and killing without reason is also f ound in Natrum Mur and Hepar Sulph, their other symptoms are very diffe rent. This dangerous tendency is also found in Nux Vomica. A Nu x Vomica woman may develop an uncontrollable urge to throw her child into fire or kill her husband despite loving him immensely. She th en becomes extremely fearful of such desires but cannot get rid of such thoughts sticking in her mind and following her like a shadow. If the patient also becomes extremely frightened, these symptoms may turn into insanity.
If other symptoms of such a patient demand Iodum, it would prove extremely useful. Some symptoms of Iodum are al so found in Kali Iodide. A Kali Iodide patient walks a lot but does not feel tired. On the day that he does not get a chance to walk, he feels uncomfortable. His constitution is also hot. However, th ere is one difference and it is that in Kali Iodide there is a tendency to develop sores and deep ulcers, while in Iodum, the glands become simply inflamed and hardened . There is a tendency to de velop tuberculosis also.
