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Dear Bonnie,
Thyreoidinum Provings. (1. Clarke: Hom. World, V. 29, p. 251. 2. Morrison: Jl. Brit. Hom. Soc., July, 1894. Hahn. Mo., V. 29, p. 752., 3. Dr. Hoenigschmied, 4. H.C. Allen, 5. S.K. Ghosh of India, 6. Dibelka, Wirth, Sallaberger Austria 1992)
Contributed. "I have absolutely cured numerous fibroid tumors of the breast by the internal use of B. and T.'s Thyroidin 2x."- Dr. E. J. Burch, Carthage, Mo. ( Homoeopathic Recorder, The (_Hom_Rec) 1911 No 7)
Editorial. Hyperthyroidism Case. Since May 6, 1922, when this patient was given a single dose of Thyroid 500, she has received Thyroidin 1000 on July 31; Thyroidin 5000 on August 28 and on September 28 we noted the following: Trembling agg. when standing, knees and arms especially any nervous disturbance agg. the trembling. Itching of the skin, but not as pronounced as formerly. General agg. before a thunderstorm. One dose of phosphorus 50m was given, followed on October 2 by natrum mur. 50 m for a few characteristic mental and premenstrual symptoms. Nothing further was prescribed until November 13, when we had the following: goitre stationary in size; trembling when about to do anything, such as going to church or to answer the telephone; always hungry. Iodin 12, q. 4 hrs., was given for a period of fourteen days and was followed by improvement.
On December 18 this remedy was repeated in the third potency and in the same manner, with general improvement also. On January 15, 1923, natrum mur. 200, one dose each day, for ten days, was given for a partial return of some mental symptoms. On February 1 the dentist discovered pyorrhoea and for his five teeth were extracted. Aconite 30 and later 30 were given with good effect. Since then and until this writing (May 15) the patient has been free form all symptoms and has gained decidedly in weight. Remark. The causative relationship of the pyorrhoea to the entire condition is of interest and must of course be duly considered. Nevertheless, the favorable response to the remedies previously given is unmistakable and beyond all reasonable doubt. The favorable response to the lower and medium potencies of iodin is also striking and illustrative of the necessity for the fitting of the potency to the plane of the disease. The complementary action of phosphorus and natrum mur. is well shown and clinically we have frequently found iodin and natrum mur. to be closely related. Both have abnormally large appetites and both show loss of flesh or emaciation. Iodin alone has amelioration in general, while or after eating. ( Homoeopathic Recorder, The (_Hom_Rec) 1923 June Vol XXXVIII No 6)
Cases reports (C. Seaver Smith, M.D. , New Haven, Conn.) Facial eruption
Thyreoidinum Case. T.R. B. Male child; born July 2, 1922; normal delivery.
C.C. - Eruption face, May 8, 1923.
F.H. - Negative except for eczema in paternal great-great- grandfather and two great-great-uncles.
P.H. - Normal.
P.I. - Eruption face, irregular, flat areas of varying size, which are red, worse from heat and washing, better from cool and open air, itching and bleeding when scratched. An aggravation occurred during dentition. Soothing external applications were employed to prevent the baby from scratching. Diet, and sulphur in high and low potencies, were used for nearly two years, with only occasional slight improvement, if any. Then the little patient was given Thyroid IIX for one week, with complete relief up to the present time.
(Homoeopathic Recorder, The (_Hom_Rec) 1926 October Vol XLI No 10)
Psoriasis (Nimbhorkar). Thyreoidinum. - Psoriasis associated with adiposity impoverished. Itching without eruption worse night; arthritis with tendency to obesity ( Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis (~LMHI) 1990)
Thyreoidinum. Chilblains. (1) Tendency to develop crust with chilblains. (2) Suppuration within the lesion. (3) Early peeling of skin. (4) Bluish blackish discoloration of skin. (5) Skin gets desquamated quite freely. Angioneurotic oedema. This drug is indicated in cases of angioneurotic oedema because the thyroid gland in its disturbed state produces dropsy and anasarca. There is extreme dryness of the skin, the skin is cold to touch, the affected part is cold to touch. The angioneurotic oedema tends to become worse at night. It is indicated when the well selected remedy fails to act curatively. Psoriasis. The skin is extremely dry in appearance. Psoriasis is associated with obesity. It typically affects those cases of psoriasis which took a long time to evolve. The eruptions are symmetrical with serpigenous margin.( MASTER F. J., Diseases of the Skin (mtf9))
Thyreoidinum. Premature graying of hair. (MASTER F. J., Hair Loss (mtf10))
Vertigo and syncope. Thyreoidinum. [THYROIDINUM] Fainting with hypothyroidism. Fainting with palpitation, low blood pressure, cold hands and feet. Persistent frontal headache.
agg. Least exertion. O/E Low blood pressure and signs of hypothyroidism.( VAKIL P., A Text Book of Homeopathic Therapeutics for students and pratitioners : disease of the central nervous system (vk6))
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Heal Thyself (_Heal_Thyself) 1936 Augustus Vol LXXI No 848 Two alumina cases (Wassily)
Homeopathic Herald, The (_Hom_Herald) 1946 August Vol VII No 5 Some "famous" cases (N.M. Jaisoorya)
Homeopathic Herald, The (_Hom_Herald) 1947 April Vol VIII No 1 Clinical confirmations of some of the lesser remedies (H. Farrington)
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CHOUDHURI N. M., A study on Materia Medica (cda1)
Thyreoidinum
THYROIDINUM
This is one more of our rare remedies but as some nice cures are attributed to it, we think it will not be labor thrown away to have a short discussion on it.
It is a sarcode.
This remedy may be prepared either from the dried triturated thyroid gland of the sheep or calf or from an extract made from it.
As homoeopaths we use the potentised form instead of the crude drug.
To be able to arrive at a proper understanding of its symptomatology we will consider the physiology of the gland.
Its function is nutritive.
Hyperthyroidism therefore causes acceleration of metabolism and hypothyroidism on the other hand favours retardation of the same.
In the first, we notice a gradual decrease in the weight of the patient, irritability and palpitation.
In the latter condition the process of body building comes to a stand still.
The tissues stay in their embryonic condition and the result is the arrest of development of bones, soft parts, as also psychic and samatic impairments.
The administration of thyreoid gland in large doses accelerates proteid and fat metabolism and causes increased elimination of nitrogen, phosphorus chlorine, etc.
Clinically polyuria, sweating, tachycardia, tremor, emaciation and glycosuria are observed.
The removal of the thyreoid gland on the other hand leads to anaemia, oligaemia, myxoedema, cretinism and obesity.
Thyroidin. has a very strong action over the heart.
It produces palpitation and if the dose is excessive it may bring on a fatal weakness of the organ.
Syncope and cyanosis are some of the evil consequences of the abuse of this drug.
There is close relation between thyroid gland and the reproductive organ as is shown by the enlargement of the gland during pregnancy and menstruation.
The hyperplasia of the thyroid gland during pregnancy is a physiological necessity as it provides for the duel metabolism of the mother and the infant.
Those cases of pregnancy where such hyperplasia is not seen, end in convulsion, coma and other vital ailments of like nature.
We may regard puffiness, obesity, rapid pulse, ??? che, nausea, weakness and anaemia, characteristic symptoms of Thyroidin.
Dr. Clarke speaks of a case of hystero-epilepsy, that he permanently cured with the 3x potency of Thyroidin., given thrice daily.
Her eyeballs were prominent, heart-sound feeble and pulse 120.
She found it difficult to lie down as such actions distinctly brought on palpitation.
Her thyroid gland was very slightly enlarged. [Page 776. ]
Thyroidin not only cured the epilepsy but also removed the characteristic prominence of the eyeballs.
He also mentions a case of diabetes that responded to the action of the 3x and the 30th potency of Thyroidin.
With thyroid feeding H.O. Nicholson is said to have stopped convulsions during pregnancy.
Thyroidin acts as a galactagogue.
It is especially indicated when the deficiency of milk is associated with a return of the menses.
Thyroidin suppresses the latter and increases and enriches the milk.
Thyroidin has been used with benefit in some cases of myxoedema.
Some amount of mental aberration, common in these cases, was removed by it.
In one case the patient was homicidal.
She wanted to strangle everybody by putting her arms very tightly round their necks.
The opinion amongst medical men seems to be that Thyroidin is useful in melancholia, mania, delusional insanity, insanity of adolescence, climacterium and puerperium precisely when these cases are associated with some derangement of the thyroid gland.
Simple parenchymatous form of goitre often yields to thyroid treatment and it is said young people are more often helped with it than old people.
The remedy must be continued long to effect a cure.
The principle simply is the substitution of the physiological want.
Thyroid feeding has been very frequently resorted to in obesity but this is a process very often fraught with danger.
A loss of fat undoubtedly can be brought about rather in anaemic patients than in real plethora but this fat consumption is accompanied by certain amount of proteid assimilation.
As obesity is frequently complicated with cardiac disorders, gout, diabetes, kidney lesions, etc., thyroid therapy becomes a positive danger when so applied.
This drug is contra-indicated in tubercular patients for it may most likely bring about further reduction of weight.
It must be admitted however that our experience with this drug has been very limited and that most of the symptoms mentioned in these pages have been derived from Allopathic literature.
This remedy needs further proving and more genuine verifications.
GUPTA R. L., Directory of Diseases and Cures in Homoeopathy (gtr1)
Goitre
Thyreoidinum
6,30
In simple and exophthalmic goitre with great anaemia, emaciation, muscular weakness, palpitation of heart from least exertion, tachycardia, sweating, myxoedema and cretinism. Goitre with obesity, frequent urination, cold hands and feet, patient is sensitive to cold and cold air. Besides above, Glon, Hydrast, Kali iod, Piloc, Sil, etc., also deserve attention.
Case no. 292
4.2.1986
Smt. S. Jain, 23 years old, had simple goitre with inflamed look of the external throat right side, sore to pressure. She had great drynessof throat and feeling of constriction in throat. Patient had great weakness, rapid palpitation of heart after little exertion or motion. She had profuse sweating of hands, coldness of lower limbs. Patient had great thirst and hunger but turned weak. She was worse in hot weather and liked cool open air.
Iodum 30 in the morning, Natrum mur 30 after meals and CF3X, CP3X, NP3X, Sil 12X, in the evening cured the patient within 5.3.1986.
Case no. 293
A girl 16 years of age had exophthalmic goitre with protrusion of eyeballs. She had come from mountainous area and had distressed, pale face, emaciated body, loss weight even after good appetite and eating full meals. She had violent palpitation after least exertion, coldness of hands and feet, rapid falling of strength, causing trembling of limbs. She felt constriction and narrowness of throat while swallowing food, sweating of body and weakness even while talking. She was worse by any type of warmth, better in cool open air.
Iodum 30, morning and evening, CF3X, CP3X, NM3X, NS3X after meals, cured the patient within 40 days.
Case no. 294
A fat lady, 35 years old, had goitre, due to enlargement of thyroid gland for the last 3 years. She was very sensitive to cold air, had long-lasting profuse menses, milky leucorrhoea, dyspnoea while ascending heights and profuse sweating of body during sleep at night.
Calcarea carb 30 in alternation with CF3X, CP3X, NM3X, Sil 12X after every 4 hours and patient was cured within 4 months.
Case no. 295
A girl, 19 years old, had simple goitre and left side of the external throat was looking swollen and heavy. She had scanty and suppressed menses and ovaralgia with stinging pain in the lower abdomen. She had no thirst, liked cool open air, worse from any type of warmth. In hot summer, she had stinging, burning pain during scanty urination.
Apis 30 in alternation with CF3X, CP3X, NP3X, NS3X after every 4 hours cured the patient within 40 days. Nat mur 30 was repeated for 10 days after 30 days' treatment with Apis 30.
Heal Thyself (_Heal_Thyself) 1933 July Vol LXVIII No 811. My wifes cat (Ellis Barker J.)
Thyreoidinum
Case
MY wifes black cat is a favourite, is about ten years old, and as found as a starving kitten in the snow. He has always been in somewhat delicate health, probably on account of exposure and starvation when young. He had been falling off for many weeks without any obvious indication of illness, losing weight. Then he refused food altogether, looked dull and listless, was constantly dribbling at the mouth, and then foaming, producing large bubbles. My wife thought that the animal was suffering, she wished to have him destroyed, but sent for the vet. He came and diagnosed kidney disease and retention of urine in the bladder, and left with her some medicines, which were forced down the animals mouth without producing any change for the better.
When allopathy has failed, homoeopathy is called in. I was asked to prescribe. Because of the salivation I gave the animal a few doses of Mercurius solubilis 3x, but I did not see any special progress. I looked through Kents Repertory, which under the heading "salivation" enumerates about 150 medicines, among them Nux vomica. The vet. had told me that Nux vomica was very dangerous for cats. As the cat would not eat and would not drink milk, of which he is otherwise fond, I gave him a few doses of Nux vomica 6, again with no particular benefit. The animal continued frothing at the mouth, refusing food and losing weight.
Naturally the cat had a dull and staring coat. Disregarding the mouth symptoms, I gave him Arsenic 3x, and to increase its appetite I gave him Thyroid 2x. Immediately the most remarkable improvement took place. The cat abandoned immobility, began to take an interest in food, appetite increased markedly, he became his old self again, and in a week or two his weight increased by twenty-five per cent, and he acts once more like a young kitten. His coat is glossier than it has been for years. the animal has been saved, thanks to homoeopathy.
Heal Thyself (_Heal_Thyself) 1936 Augustus Vol LXXI No 848 Two alumina cases (Wassily)
Thyreoidinum
Case
Mrs. M., 34, came to me March 23rd, 1933, with the following symptoms; Since the birth of her last child three years ago, a slowly developing paralysis of the lower extremities appeared, which interfered very much with her walking. She did not feel sick, but was very weak. She looked anaemic and delicate; she disliked the cold; felt better in moist weather; constipation with flatulency especially after eating potatoes; backache and numbness of soles of feet. She was very depressed, especially after menstruation; profuse leucorrhoea at times; patellar reflexes exaggerated. I prescribed Alumina 200th centesimal potency three doses on three successive evenings. On April 4th there was no appreciable change. For the next ten days she had Placebos. Then I gave her Arnica 30, a daily dose for fourteen days, on account of having had an instrumental delivery. On May 14th she returned full of happiness because she felt she could walk so much better. I continued Arnica every other evening till the middle of July when improvement stopped. Menstruation became more and more scanty, and the patient looked oedematous. This suggested endocrine dysfunction to me, so I gave her Thyroidin 30th, which was followed by a remarkable improvement. To-day patient seems to be entirely well.
Homeopathic Herald, The (_Hom_Herald) 1946 August Vol VII No 5 Some "famous" cases (N.M. Jaisoorya)
Enlarged thyroid, fever, migraine
Thyreoidinum
Case
Again an Ergot case. A very aristocratic lady, age 53, had high fever, rigors, severe tachycardia, enlargements of Thyroid, and severe it. sided migraine sometimes going left. Leucocytic count 24, 000 no Malaria parasites found. I treated her with Aconite, Belladonna and later Gelsemium to no effect. On the 6th. day I myself got shaky and asked for a consultation. A professor of Clinical Medicine and an E.N. T. expert came and put the fright of my life into me by declaring it to be "suppuration of the Thyroid" and only Cibazol (luckily Penicillin had not come into vogue just then) could save the case, that is that they thought. I implored the lady to take Cibazol since I had failed, and in my heart of hearts I had no further confidence in myself. She resolutely refused to take Cibazol. In 1937 they had diagnosed her case as hyperthyroidism, had given her Plummers Iodine treatment in London, and she had reacted very badly to Sulfanamide once before. She told me that either I was to continue homoeopathic treatment or she was going to have no treatment at all.
You can imagine my distress and predicament. With none to advise me if I flounder, myself my own consultant and own final authority; and there I had lost all faith in myself and yet my patient retained it. The evening my mental state was one of utter confusion despair and shame. Each repertorisation gave the same seven drugs and their symptomatology, at least that evening, looked so damnably similar to each other. At least an idea struck me. At puberty she had thyroid enlargement. This is physiological at puberty, during early pregnancy; then why not at menopause? She was in menopause. She was of Sepia type. Iodine had done her good in London. Iodine, Sepia, Nat. Mur Spongia are all of sea origin and have relation to salt metabolism. But "Suppuration of Thyroid" which the specialists proclaimed ? I had never heard of it. I came back and ransacked all my books and found no mention of it. I phoned my father and asked if he had ever seen "suppuration of the thyroid". "Dont be an idiot" my father growled "it never suppurates because it is too vascular". When in despair, sometimes a sort of prayer goes up, though I dont remember ever having consciously prayed in my life. But suddenly a statement of Kobert came into my mind-ERGOT ! - "For the paralytic forms of migraine, the disease of the Central Nervous System, progressive bulbar paralysis and perhaps nervous disorders of Graves disease..." (Kobert, Lehrbuch der Pharmacotherapie, p 639). And I sent her Thyroidin 30, I dose and Sec. Cor 200, 3 doses with despair in my heart as to its results. I was spared a nervous breakdown myself when next morning I was told that the temperature was normal and the lady very well. The enlarged Thyroid slowly disappeared with no "suppuration" and my confidence in Homoeopathic restored. Homoeopathy won.
Homeopathic Herald, The (_Hom_Herald) 1947 April Vol VIII No 1 Clinical confirmations of some of the lesser remedies (H. Farrington)
Lethargy, dyspnoea
Thyreoidinum
Case
Thyroidin, familiar to students of materia medica of four decades ago, has been neglected of late. We are indebted for a knowledge of its uses to John H. Clarke of London, who collected a large number of toxic symptoms and published them in a schematic form, together with cured symptoms, in the Homoeopathic World, Volume XXIX. Several years ago a mother wrote to me about her thirteen-year-old boy. She stated that he was heavy, listless, averse to any mental or physical effort and had lost his habitually good appetite. He seemed to be growing mentally dull and did not do well in school. There were no other symptoms except a slight dyspnoea from every little exertion, and a small soft swelling in the region of the thyroid gland. Thyroid 30, nine powders, were followed by a definite improvement of both the mental and the physical states. The boy began to grow more rapidly and his averages at school showed improvement. A repetition in the same potency six months later completed the cure.
JULIAN O. A., Materia Medica of New Homeopathic Remedies (jl1)
Thyreoidinum
[THYROIDINUM]
Source
Thyroidinum, also known as Thyroidea, Thyroid Gland, is an organo-therapeutic, taken from the ox or calf.
The mother tincture of the organ is prepared from the entire fresh gland, by maceration in a mixture of water, alcohol and glycerine mixed with 1/20 of the fresh organ.
The decimal and centesimal dilutions are prepared from this mother tincture.
Symptomatology
Generalities
The Hahnemannian proving was established by M. Panos, R. Rogers, J. Stephenson, under the auspices of the Research Committee of the American Institute of Homoeopathy in 1963-64, using the double blind method.
The potencies 12x, 30x, 200c and 1000c were used.
The symptomatology completes the work of Ghosh of Calcutta, which dates from 1963.
The originality of this work should be stressed, since the articles which appear in the classical Materia Medica on Thyroidinum are made up of the toxicological and clinical symptoms, not the pathogenetic symptoms.
Thyroidinum is suited to the phosphoric type who, in general, is a hyperthyroid, as well as to the carbonic type who, in general, is also a hyperthyroid.
This is the dysthyroid syndrome, described by O. A. Julian.
The subject has a nervous temperament.
He belongs particularly to the psoric, tubercular and sycotic range of dispositions.
Mind
Psychological
Calm when waiting for things.
Concentration difficult when studying.
Depression on waking .
Euphoria.
Irritable before menses.
Argues with his family.
Restless.
Nervous system
Wakes for no reason .
Difficulty in falling asleep.
Vertigo in the morning on rising .
Vertigo on leaning forwards.
Headaches ameliorated after menses.
Endocrine
Metabolic disturbances.
Emaciation or paradoxical obesity.
Pretibial myxoedema.
Sweating of the hands and feet.
Hypersomnia during the day (O. A. Julian).
Chilliness.
Loss of hair.
Congestion, or slight increase in size of the thyroid gland.
Digestive system
Mouth
Swelling of the upper lip .
Stomach
Aversion to greasy foods .
Insatiable appetite, always wants something more interesting to eat.
Dyspepsia four days before menses.
Pains, tenderness, aggravated by eating, ameliorated in the evening.
Intestines
Discomfort after eating.
Flatulence , followed by diarrhoea .
Pain after eating.
Inguinal pain, at the site of an old pelvic or inguinal operation.
Pain which wakes him at night.
Pain aggravated by micturition .
Acute cramping pains with cold sweating.
Rumbling.
Stools dark , fragmented , with a cadaverous or sulphurous smell, soft , watery.
Circulatory system
Hot flushes.
Respiratory system
Breaths short.
Catarrh in the trachea.
Sensation of dryness in the throat.
Sense organs
Eyes
Amelioration of the discharge during menses .
Amelioration of the granulation .
Irritation of the eyelids .
Stinging pain in the right eye.
Nose
Pain in the sinuses.
Sensation of something heavy, which falls from the cheeks.
Tickling sensation, with headaches and dry throat.
Ears
Pain on the right side.
Pain in the left ear lobe.
Urinary and genital organs
Urinary
Frequent micturition during the day.
Pressing urge to urinate.
Genital
Pelvic congestion ameliorated by menses.
Menses too early.
Amelioration of pre-menstrual discomforts by the arrival of menses.
Locomotor
Sensation of pinching of the cubital nerve , aggravated by movement .
Numbness of the cubital edge of the hands.
Tingling of the cubital side of the hands.
Tenderness of the right hip joint .
Pressing pain in the varicose veins of the thighs, aggravated during menses.
Pain in the right knee .
Skin
Eruption of acne , worse on the right cheek.
Modalities
Aggravation
All the symptoms of Thyroidinum are aggravated in women before and during menses.
Amelioration
In the evening.
After menses.
Laterality
Right side.
Dosage
Potencies
Orally : in trituration : 3x.
In powders, dilution or ampoules, for perilingual absorption : 4c to 30c.
Via the rectum : 1 suppository 3 times a week, 4c to 30c.
Principal symptoms
Irritability.
Insomnia.
Emaciation.
Sometimes quarrelsome, sometimes euphoric.
Frontal headache.
Facial acne.
Sensation of something falling from the face.
Dyspepsia after eating.
Hypersomnia during the day.
Cramping abdominal pains.
Diarrhoea with dark, foetid stools.
Difficulty in falling asleep.
Amelioration of pelvic congestion, and of the pains in the joints, during menses.
Amelioration of the symptoms usually comes after menses.
Clinical diagnosis
Generalities
Tubercular conditions.
Allergic conditions.
Infantile malfunctioning of the endocrine system.
Growth disorders.
Irregular school-work.
Personality disorders in children.
Irritable, angry, capricious.
Adults and children, usually thin, of a nervous temperament, with slight exophthalmia.
Mind
Convulsion in the suckling-child, related to afebrile cutting of teeth.
Psychosis from anguish.
Hysterical neurosis.
Insomnia.
Dysthyroidism (O. A. Julian).
Diabetes (Ghosh).
Digestive system
Icterus in the newborn child, accompanied by vomiting.
Chronic afebrile diarrhoea.
Peri-anal pruritus and eczema.
Spasmodic pains in the colon.
Dyspepsia.
Respiratory system
Rhinitis, with sneezing and oedema of the nasal mucous membranes.
Asthma.
Sense organs - eyes
Conjunctivitis and chemosis, itching with weeping.
Urinary and genital organs
Amenorrhoea in young girls.
Metrorrhagia.
Tendency to miscarriage or premature birth.
Endometriosis.
Sterility.
Puerperal psychosis.
Vomiting of pregnancy.
Uterine atony after giving birth.
Locomotor
Articular rheumatism (characterized in the female by aggravation before menses).
Neuritis and neuralgia.
Skin
Urticaria.
Quincke's oedema.
Eczema.
MATHUR K. N., Systematic Materia Medica of Homoeopathic Remedies (mta1)
Thyreoidinum
- Synonyms: Iodothyrinum, iodothyrine.
- Source: From thyroid gland of sheep.
- Preparation: Triturations are prepared with sugar of milk, from which higher potencies are prepared.
- Proved by Drs. Hoenigschmied, H.C. Allen, S.K. Ghosh of Calcutta.
Indications
- It is a SPECIFIC remedy in the following conditions:
- 1. Myxoedema with mental aberration, mania, insanity, dementia; with hair disorders.
- Insanity linked with menstrual disorders or puerperium.
- 2. Exophthalmic goitre, goitre.
- 3. Vaso-motorial disorders: flushing of face, vertigo, palpitation, tachycardia, fainting attacks; low blood pressure, palpitation from least exertion.
- 4. Cretinism, Hypothyroidism.
- 5. Undescended testicles in boys.
- 6. Arrested development of children.
- 7. Nocturnal enuresis.
- 8. Diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus.
- 9. Skin diseases: eczema, lupus, psoriasis, scleroderma; itching with jaundice.
- 10. Infantile disorders: diarrhoea, vomiting, jaundice, convulsions.
- 11. Dentitional disorders: diarrhoea, convulsions, vomiting.
- 12. Menstrual disorders: irregular menses in young girls, menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, amenorrhoea in fat women, painful inflammation of joints with each menses; with vasomotorial symptoms; with hysteroepilepsy.
- 13. Pregnancy disorders: abortions at 3rd month (Sab, Cimic, Sec c, Vib op), vomiting, albuminuria, oedema of legs (Lac def), hypertension, vertigo, palpitation, faintings; prevents eclampsia.
- 14. Disorders of labour; primary inertia, secondary inertia.
- 15. Disorders of puerperium; irregular bleedings, deficiency of milk production; intractable diarrhoea; oedema of legs; insanity; vaso-motor disturbances.
- 16. Allergic disorders: rhinitis, conjunctivitis, stoppage of nose, asthma, urticaria, angioneurotic oedema, pruritus vulvae, eczema, dyspnoea; epidemic dropsy; eosinophilia; mucous colitis.
- 17. Glaucoma: with vas0-motor disturbances or due to allergy.
- 18. Enlarged liver and spleen with jaundice in infants.
- 19. Loss of control of the sphincter of bladder.
- 20. Mammary tumours, uterine fibroids.
- DOSAGE-CRUDE DOSES: Cretinism, myxoedema, undescended testicles in boys, ulcers in the legs; obesity.
- Amenorrhoea in obese women-3x. 30 to 1 M. in allergic diseases.
- Persons suffering from skin diseases can bear much larger doses than those suffering for myxoedema.
- CONTRA-INDICATION: Dorment phthisis may lighten up.
- REPETITION: Single dose of high potency.
- Bears repetition well in 30 potency and 3x.
- When crude doses are given watch for toxic effects: rapif pulse, feverishness, headache, pruritus, delirium, general debility, loss of weight and cardiac debility and death.
- DURATION OF ACTION: Not definite.
Relationship
- ANTIDOTE: Ars a.
- REMEDIES THAT FOLLOW ELL: Lac d, Calc c, Sulph, Tub, Gels.
- REMEDIES THAT PRECEDE WELL: Calc p, Kreos, Lach, Gels.
Comparison
- Infantile convulsions without fever: Ign, Mag phos, Zinc m, Thyr.
- Exophthalmic goitre: Ars a, Bell, Cact, Ferr m, Glon, Iod, Lyc, Thyr.
- Pulmonary oedema: Apis, Ant t, Ars a, Lyc, Thyr.
- Infantile jaundice: Cham, Nat s, Thyr.
- Eczema: Dulc, Rhus t, Ars a, Bov, Graph, Anac, Petr, Sulph, Psor, Anthr, Calc s, Calc c, Tub, Thyr.
- Psoriasis: Ars a, Borac, Graph, Kali ars, Kali br, Sulph, Psor, Kali s, Rad br, Thyr, X ray.
- Sterility: Agnus c, Borax, Nat m, Thuj, Thyr.
- Urticaria: Ant cr, Apis, Ars a, Astac, Bombyx, Copaiv, Fragar, Nat mur, Thyr.
- Asthma: Ipec, Ars a, Nat s, Med, Kali c, Thur, Spong.
- Diarrhoea: Acid ph, Chin, Aeth, Mag c, Mag mur, Nat c, Sep, Sulph, Calc c, Calc p, Cham, Podo, Kreos, Thyr.
- General anasarca: Apis, Ars a, Blatta o, Dig, Lyc, Tereb, Thyr, Hell.
- Conjunctivitis with chemosis: Apis, Thyr.
- Eclampsia: Cupr m, Glon, Hyos, Oenanth, Cic, Thyr.
- Eclampsia: Cupr m, Glon, Hyos, Oenanth, Cic, Thyr.
- Vomiting of pregnancy: Amyg pers, Ipec, Lac d, Lac ac, Lob inf, Nux v, Psor, Puls, Seo, Symphori r, Tab, Thyr.
- Puerperal mania: Bell, Canab ind, Hyos, Plat, Stram, Thyr.
- Scanty milk during lactation: Agn, Asaf, Calc c, Lac c, Lac d, Phos ac, Puls, Ricinus, Sil, Thyr.
- Metrorrhagia from fibroids: Calc c, Phos, Acon, Nit ac, Sab, Bov, Trill, Thyr.
- Pruritus vulva: Ambr, Ars a, Calad, Calc c, Conth, Carb v, Graph, Kreos, Lyc, Merc, Plat, Rad br, Rhus t, Sep, Sulph, Tar h, Thyr, Urtica u.
Causes & diseases
- Genetic & familial disorders: diabetes, allergy, metabolic disorders, obesity, nervous disorders, vaso-motorial disorders, sexual disorders, goitre, myxoedma, undescended testicles.
- Infantile disorders: icterus, vomiting, diarrhoea, convulsions, obscure troubles, loss of voice, marasmus, rickets, dentition, several teeth erupting at the same time, defective, growth, defective nervous development.
- Female disorders: irregular and scanty menses; amenorrhoea of obese women (3x); menorrhagia; metrorrhagia: vaso-motor and nervous disturbances during menses or in the intra-menstrual period; inflammation of joints occurring with each menstruation; insanity or hysteria linked with disorders of menstruation; pregnancy disorders: tendency to abortion at 3rd month; repeated abortions; sterility due to endocrinic disorders; toxaemias of pregnancy, vomiting dyspnoea, oedema of legs, high blood pressure, eclampsia, convulsions; hysteria, mental disturbances.
- Puerperal disorders: irregular bleeding, intractable diarrhoea, oedema of legs, insanity, vaso-motor disorders, metabolic.
- Menopausal disorder: fibroids, tumours of uterus haemorrhages, hysteria, mental disturbances, palpitation, dyspnoea, vertigo.
Complaints & characteristics
- Vomiting: of babies after birth, with retarded growth, projectile, even when the stomach is empty, toxic, with deathly pallor and extreme prostration, with dehydration, scanty urine but without fever: with allergic or diabetic history in the parents.
- Diarrhoea: chronic and obstinate, of under nourished children, marasmic children; with oedema, with vomiting; with loss of appetite or excessive appetite.
- Jaundice: icterus of infants, with vomiting or diarrhoea.
- Convulsions: of infants without fever; of babies born of mother who suffered from eclampsia during pregnancy; puerperal; towards the end of coition due to defective functional response to stimuli of children during dentition without fever.
- Obscure troubles of the new born: loss of voice; defective nervous development, rickets; marasmus, enuresis.
- Oedemas: angio-neurotic, general anasarca; oedema of legs; white leg, urticaria.
- Vertigo palpitation from vasomotor disturbances or nervous troubles; during menopause.
- Dyspnoea: allergic; menopause; nervous from asthma.
- Hysteria: with menstrual troubles, during pregnancy or menopause.
- Insanity: puerala; linked with menstrual disorders in young girls; with vasomotor disturbances or symptoms of metabolic disorders.
- Pruritus vulvae: with menses, during menopause.
- Rhinitis causing excessive sneezing; with oedema of nasal mucosa; with stoppage of nose; worse from cold.
- Conjunctivitis with chemosis and itching.
Generals & modalities
- This built with prominent eyes.
- Marasmic emaciated, rickety.
- Mental irritability, nervous, hysterical tendency, moody, whimsical.
- Obese women with scanty menses.
- Arrested development of children.
- Sexually excited boys and young men.
- AGGRAVATION; Cold, Cold water, Sexual excesses, During menses, During pregnancy, During labour, During puerperal period, During menopause,
- AMELIORATION; Lying on abdomen,
MURPHY R., Homeopathic Remedy Guide (mp4)
Thyreoidinum
(thyroid gland)
Pharmacy
Thyr. Thyroidinum. Sheep's thyroid gland. Iodothyrinum. Thyroidin. Thyroid Extract. Glandula thyroidea.
A Sarcode. Trituration of the fresh or dried thyroid gland of sheep or calf. Potency of a liquid extract of the gland. Historical dose: All potencies, 1x to 30c potency.
History
Thyroidinum, also known as Thyroidea, The thyroid gland is an organopathic, taken from the sheep, ox or calf. A sarcode prepared from dried Thyroid gland. The 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.
The homeopathic proving was established by M. Panos, R. Rogers, J. Stephenson in 1963-64, using the double blind method. The potencies 12x, 30x, 200c and 1000c were used. The symptomatology completes the work of Ghosh of Calcutta, which dates from 1963. Thyroidinum symptoms are made up of the toxicological and clinical sources, not the only proving symptoms.
Homeopathic
Thyroidinum affects the central nervous system, skin and left side. Thyroid produces anemia, emaciation, muscular weakness, sweating, headache, nervous tremor of face and limbs, tingling sensations, paralysis. Heart rate increased, exophthalmus and dilatation of pupils.
In myxedema and cretinism its effects are striking. Rheumatoid arthritis. Infantile wasting. Rickets. Delayed union of fractures. In half grain doses twice a day over a considerable period said to be effective in undescended testicle in boys. Thyroid exercises a general regulating influence over the mechanism of the organs of nutrition, growth and development.
Thyroid weakness causes decided craving for large quantities of sugar. Great weakness and hunger, yet loses flesh.
Breast tumors. Cystic tumors of the breast, (2x trituration). Lack of breast-milk. Begin treatment early in pregnancy. Vomiting of pregnancy. Excessive obesity. Uterine fibroids. Amblyopia. Memory weak.
Thyr. dilates arterioles. Sensation of faintness after acute diseases, i.e. weakness. Easy fatigue, weak pulse with a tendency to fainting, palpitations. Psoriasis. Tachycardia. Cold hands and feet, low blood pressure, chilliness and sensitive to cold. Nocturnal bedwetting.
Metabolic disorders. Goiter. Myxedema with hair loss and cretinism. It has a powerful diuretic action in myxedema and various types of edema. Hystero-epilepsy. As of a cold wind blowing on the body. Rheumatoid arthritis. Edema. Tetany, worse cold. Low blood pressure.
Arrested development of children. Infantile wasting. Undescended testicle in boys. Acromegaly, delayed union of fractures.
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 sensation. Choking. Rapid emaciation.
Convulsion in the nursing children, related to a febrile cutting of teeth.
Clinical
Abscesses. Acromegaly. Albuminuria. Amblyopia. Amenorrhea. Anemia, pernicious. Angina pectoris. Backache. Chilblains. Constipation. Convulsions, puerperal. Diabetes. Diarrhea. Diuresis. Dropsy. Dysmenorrhea. Ear, disorders. Eczema. Edema. Epilepsy. Fainting. Fibroma. Fractures. Goiter, exophthalmic. Hair, loss. Heart, disorders. Hysteria. Ichthyosis. Idiocy. Leprosy. Mania. Milk, deficiency. Myxedema. Neurasthenia. Obesity. Optic neuritis. Paralysis, hands and arms. Paraplegia. Pityriasis rubra. Psoriasis. Puerperal fever. Rupia. Scleroderma. Syphilis. Tetanus. Tuberculosis.
Constitutions
Thyroidinum is suited to the phosphoric type who in general is a hyperthyroid, as well as to the carbonic type who in general is also a hype=rthyroid. The subject has a nervous temperament. It belongs particularly to the psoric, tubercular and sycotic range of dispositions. Planets: Jupiter.
Modalities
Better after or during menses. Better in the evening. Better by rest. Better from lying on abdomen or reclining position. Worse in women before and during menses. Worse from least exertion or stooping. Heart was worse lying down. Worse by cold.
Symptoms
Mind
Stupor, alternating with restless melancholy. Weeps, undresses. Homicidal tendency. Suspicious. Idea of persecution. Irritable, worse least opposition, goes into a rage over trifles. Grumbling, all the time. Laughing in a way peculiar to herself. Psychosis from anguish. Concentration difficult on studying. Depression on waking. Euphoria. Irritable before menses. Argues with family. Restless.
Abdomen
Rolling flatulence with gurgling, then loose gassy stool. Bearing and aching down through pelvis into anterior thigh. Flatulence, followed by diarrhea. Pain after eating. Acute cramping pains with cold sweating.
Breasts
Breasts tumors and cysts. Deficient in breast milk.
Chest
Anxiety about chest, as if constricted.
Ears
Sclerosis of ossicles. Difficult hearing. Pain on the right side. Pain in the left ear lobe.
Eyes
Exophthalmic goiter. Eyeballs prominent. Progressive loss of sight with central scotoma. (Carbon. Sulph.) Conjunctivitis and chemosis, itching with weeping. Irritation of the eyelids. Stinging pain in the right eye.
Face
Flushed. Lips, dry, red, burn with free desquamation. Eruption of acne, worse on the right cheek. Sensation of something heavy, which falls from the cheeks.
Female
Amenorrhea in young girls. Gnawing in the uterus. Vomiting of pregnancy. Uterine fibroids. Puerperal, convulsions insanity. Metrorrhagia. Tendency to miscarriage or premature birth. Endometriosis. Sterility. Puerperal psychosis. Vomiting of pregnancy. Uterine atony after giving birth. Pelvic congestion ameliorated by menses. Menses often too early. Amelioration of pre-menstrual discomforts by themenses.
Food
Desire for sweets and thirst for cold water. Aversion to greasy foods. Insatiable appetite, always wants something more interesting to eat.
Head
Feeling of lightness in brain. Persistent frontal headache, heaviness over eyes. Falling of hair. Fullness and heat. Headaches ameliorated after menses.
Heart
Severe heart pains. Ready excitability of heart. Heart's action weak with numbness of fingers. Tachycardia. (Naja.) Palpitations, worse least exertion, hammering, beats felt in ear. Heart pains radiate into axilla. Clutching, constricting pains, worse lying down, causing short breath. Hypertrophy after hard labor. As if blood were rushing downwards, through the body. Jumping sensation at heart. Large veins on arms and hands.
Valvular diseases of heart. Weak, frequent pulse with inability to lie down.
Kidneys
Burning along urethra increase of uric acid. Diabetes mellitus. Increased flow of urine, polyuria, some albumen and sugar. Bedwetting in weakly children who are nervous and irritable. Urine smells of violets. Frequent urination during the day. Pressing urge to urinate.
Limbs
Rheumatic arthritis with tendency to obesity, coldness and cramps of limbs. Aching pains. Trembling of limbs and entire body. Numbness, left fingers then right leg. Itching without eruption, worse night. Peeling of skin of lower limbs. Cold limbs. Left hand icy cold. Cold clammy hands. Abnormal growth of limbs due to excessive exertion. Edema of legs.
Liver
Cutting in liver, worse deep breathing.
Lungs
Breathlessness better lying in recumbent position. Dry, painful cough with scanty, difficult expectoration and burning in pharynx. Cough on entering a warm room from cool air. Asthma. Allergies.
Mouth
Tongue thickly coated. Bad taste in mouth. Tongue, metallic taste at tip. Swelling of the upper lip.
Nose
Dry indoors, runs outdoors. Rhinitis with sneezing and edema of the nasal mucous membranes. Pain in the sinuses. Tickling sensation with headaches and dry throat.
Rectum
Stools dark, fragmented with cadaverous or sulphurous smell, soft, watery.
Skin
Eczema. Psoriasis associated with obesity. Very dry skin. Itching without eruption, worse night. Eczema. Uterine fibroids. Brown swellings. Swelling of glands of stony hardness. Ichthyosis. Lupus. Peeling skin of lower limbs. Swellings. Symmetrical serpiginous eruptions. Jaundice with itching. Jaundice in the newborn child, accompanied by vomiting. Urticaria.
Sleep
Insomnia. Wakes for no reason. Difficulty in falling asleep.
Stomach
Nausea worse riding in car. Flatulence, much flatus in abdomen. Vomiting of pregnancy. Dyspepsia before menses. Pains, tenderness, aggravated by eating, ameliorated in the evening.
Temperature
Hot flushes, then chills or drenching sweats. Oily musty sweat.
Vertigo
Vertigo in the morning on rising. Vertigo on leaning forwards.
Throat
Larynx dry. Dry, congested, raw, burning, worse left side. As of a splinter stuck across the throat.
Comments
The action of Thyr. on the heart is most profound. Fatal syncope has occurred in a number of cases under "Thyroid feeding." Cyanosis was produced in many cases. Severe angina pectoris was produced by it in a patient to whom Burnett gave the 3x. The connection between the heart and the thyroid gland is very close, as seen in cases of exophthalmic goiter. Many cases of the latter affection have been cured with Thyr.
Dr. F. C. Skinner cured a case of dysmenorrhea in a goiter subject with Thyr. 1,000c.
In a case of valvular heart disease following rheumatism in a man, 24, Thyr. 3x, thrice daily, quickly relieved a squeezing pain at the heart with inability to lie down and materially hastened the patient's recovery.
In myxedema, cachexia, cretinism and similar conditions the thyroid gland is absent or defective and the idea of the Thyroid feeding is to supply a physiological want. A state of puffiness and obesity may therefore be regarded as a keynote indication for Thyr.
Clarke gave Thyr. 3x to a living skeleton of a child aged five and looking not more than two, who had been kept in a box in a cellar all his life until brought into hospital, when he weighted 14.25 pounds. Under Bac. 200c and careful feeding he gained .25 pounds per week.
When Clarke commenced Thyr. he put on weekly .75 pound and gained the use of his legs, being able to stand by holding on to a chair.
In a case of universal and very aggravated psoriasis in a schoolboy, fair, very chilly, cold, clammy hands and feet, Thyr. 3x and later 30c completely cured after a prolonged course.
An obese lady, age 60, developed diabetes. Clarke cured her completely of the diabetes with Thyr. 3x and 30c. She has now for many years been able to take any kind of food.
Skin cases in great variety have been cured with Thyr. in substantial doses: Pityriasis rubra intense redness and scales of legs and also with intense itching, ichthyosis, syphilitic eruptions and scleroderma.
The nutrition of the bones in affected and acromegaly has been relieved and united fractures made to unite. Thyr. has increased the flow of milk in nursing women when the flow has been deficient. It has cured cases of tetany both operative and idiopathic.
The keynote in these cases appears to have been "Worse from spasms by cold.
Many cases of insanity have been cured with it including a case of puerperal insanity with fever.
H. O. Nicholson relates a case of toxemia of pregnancy: A woman, 32 in her third pregnancy, had a fit on October 3rd. Thyroid feeding was begun next day. Marked improvement followed. Edema of face and body diminished. On October 23rd patient was about her usual duties. On November 6 she was delivered of a healthy boy without any untoward symptoms.
Some curiosities have been noted in the action of Thyr. on the growth of hair. Myxedema patients lose their hair as a rule and Thyr. when successful restores the growth. But in some cases the opposite effect has been noted.
In one case of myxedema the hair had fallen off the head and face and a thick growth appeared on arms and chest. Under Thyr. the latter disappeared and the hair on the head and face grew again.
Among the effects of Thyr.: Optic neuritis and accommodative asthenopia have been observed. The pains of Thyr. are stitching, aching or heavy pains and tingling sensations. Thyr. treatment nearly always raises the bodily heat.
Compare
(1) Spong., Calc., Fucus, Lycopus.
(2) Iodothyrine.
(3) Thymus gland extract - arthritis deformans, metabolic osteoarthritis, 5 grain tablets 3 times daily. High potencies very effective cases of exophthalmic goiter.
Sources
Boericke. Clarke. Phatak.
PAVRI KEKI R. S., Essentials of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Treatment by Homoeopathy (pks1)
Thyreoidinum
(thyroid gland of the sheep or calf, a sarcode)
Great thirst for cold water. Increased flow of urine which smells of violets. Easy fatigue, fainting fits. Rapid emaciation. Decided craving for large quantities of sugar. Delayed union of fractures. Palpitations. Premature greying of hair.
RAWAT P. S., Homeopathy in Acne and Alopecia (rwp2)
Thyreoidinum
Senile whitening of hair. Start treatment with Thyroidin. in 30 dilution, next Jaborandi. C.M. potency should be tried every fortnight for about 4 months. If this lso fails then try Lycopodium and Acid Phos. For grey hair in given order one after the other in dilutions of 30. If no result is achieved within 3 months these 2 remedies may be given alternately in 1000 dilution every fortnight. -J.N. Singhal.
SAMUEL, Keynotes (samkn)
Thyreoidinum
- Retarded growth and development.
- Tired; wants to lie down.
- Obesity.
- Myxoedema.
- Acromegaly.
- Slowly healing fractures.
- Tumors.
- * Anger at least trifle agg. contradiction.
- Stupor altern.
- with melancholy.
- Delusion of persecution.
- * Persistent frontal headache.
- Falling of hair.
- Exophtalmic goitre.
- Impaired vision with central scotoma.
- Vomiting of pregnancy.
- Enuresis nocturna.
- Copious urine with odor of violets; albuminuria and glucosuria.
- Cryptorchism.
- Uterine fibroid; mammary tumors.
- Constriction of chest.
- Tachycardia.
- Palpitation agg. least exertion.
- Rheumatism-obesity.
- Psoriasis-obesity.
- Induration of glands.
- Ichthyosis.
- Brown swelling of skin.
- Des.: sweets; cold water.
- Agg.: exertion; cold; stooping.
SANKARAN P., The Elements of Homoeopathy (skp9)
Thyreoidinum
Thyroidinum is prepared from the desiccated thyroid gland of the sheep. Rabe says, "Thyroidinum is related to such remedies as Calc-c, Kali-c, Iod., Phos., and Sil."
Bidwell reports a case of hyperthyroidism cured by Thyroidinum.
Clarke describes extensively the pathogenic effects produced by Thyroidin and mentions a case of thyrotoxicosis cured. Lambert describes a case of hysteria cured with Thyroidin. He also mentions that Thyroidin produces and cures symptoms of diabetes.
Ghosh has observed: "This is a very neglected nosode in Homoeopathy. Seldom have homoeopaths taken services of this widely useful nosode. Particularly in cases with deep-seated chronic complications, it unlocks many a tangle very easily and makes an easy way to cure."
He has given numerous clinical indications for the use of Thyroidinum.
Sukerkar says, "In prescribing Thyroidin, more attention should be paid to this basic condition in the background, where the symptoms are connected with want of metabolic, nervous and vascular adjustment or a combination of some or all of them. Although symptoms manifesting functional imbalance and mal-adjustments are numerous and are so unlike in different persons, the remedy in all cases will be Thyroidin from the standpoint of the basic similarity - which very often cures the symptoms, or it may serve as a reactive agent when other indicated remedies are not able, by themselves, to bring about a cure.
"Its wide range of therapeutic use includes disturbances in childhood such as convulsions, epilepsy, vomiting and icterus, chronic diarrhoea, emaciation, anaemia with dropsy, excessive or want of appetite. It also covers nervous disturbances of adolescence such as irritability, whimsical mood, hysteric tendencies, vertigo, chronic headaches, etc.
Thyroidin is a valuable remedy for what is commonly known as allergy, i.e. disturbed or defective and perverted functional nervous and vasomotor reactions of some organs or the patient in general.
Thyroidin is a very useful remedy in rhinitis, as also in dyspnoea complicating various diseases or conditions without inflammatory affection of the bronchi and fever, dyspnoea without apparent cause or of obscure character.
"It is very effective and is almost a specific for urticaria and angioneurotic oedema, which are manifestations of vasomotor imbalance.
"Thyroidin is a most important remedy in Homoeopathy for diabetes mellitus, when symptoms appear with great rapidity and with extreme weakness."
SHREEDHARAN C. K., A Concise Materia Medica and Repertory of Nosodes (shc1)
Thyreoidinum
(6 to 30th -- in exophthalmic goitre, high)
Anaemia, emaciation, muscular weakness, sweating, headache, nervous tremor of face and limbs, tingling sensation, paralysis
Acts better with pale patients
Arrested development of children
Agalactea
Anxiety about chest as if constricted
Amblyopia
Aching pains in extremities
Bad taste in mouth
Burning along urethra while urinating
Browny swelling
Craving for large quantity of sweets
Coldness and cramps of extremities
Cold hands and feet
Cough dry, painful, with difficult expectoration and burning in P~~1~
Dilates arterioles
Dilation of the pupils
Delayed union of fractures
Desire for sweets and thirst for cold water
Enuresis in weakly children who are nervous and irritable
exophthalmos
Excessive obesity
Easy fatigue, weak pulse, tendency to faint, palpitation, cold hands and feet, low blood pressure, chilliness and sensitive to cold
Eyeballs prominent, staring
Eczema
Exercises a general regulating influence over the mechanism of the organs of nutrition, growth and development
Flatulence
Fullness and heat in head
Fibroid tumors of the breast (2x trit)
Feeling of lightness in brain
Face flushed
Goitre
Great weakness and hunger, yet loses flesh
Heart rate increased
Has a powerful diuretic action in myxoedema and various types of oedema
Hypothyroidism after acute diseases, i.e. weakness
Heart action weak with numbness of fingers
Increase of uric acid in urine
Infantile wasting
Itching without eruption, worse at night
Ichthyosis, lupus
Improves memory
Irritable, worse least opposition; goes into a rage over trifles Increased flow of urine, polyuria
Jaundice with pruritus
Lips bum
Marked sensitiveness to cold
Mammary tumor
Myxoedema and cretinism, where its effects are striking
Nocturnal enuresis
Nausea worse, riding in car
Oedema of legs
Polyuria
Pale patients
Persistent frontal headache
Psoriasis
Palpitation from least exertion
Peeling of skin of lower limbs
Psoriasis associated with adiposity (not in developing stage)
Progressive diminution of sight with central scotoma
Rheumatoid arthritis, with tendency to obesity
Rickets
Ready excitability of heart
Some albumen and sugar in urine
Severe heart pain
Sluggish cases
Skin dry, impoverished
Sensation of faintness and nausea
Swelling of glands of stony hardness
Stupor alternating with restless melancholy
Tachycardia
Tongue thickly coated
Throat dry, congested, raw, burning worse left side
Trembling of legs and entire body
Urine flow increased
Uterine fibroid
Urine smells of violets, burning along urethra
Undescended testicles in boys
Vomiting in pregnancy (to give early in morning)
Weak, frequent pulse with in ability to lie down
VARMA P. N. and INDU V., Encyclopaedia of Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia (vma2)
Thyreoidinum
(dried thyroid gland of the sheep)
Thyroid produces anaemia, emaciation, muscular weakness, sweating, headache, nervous tremor of face and limbs, tingling sensations, paralysis.
Heart rate increased, exophthalmus and dilatation of pupils.
In myxoedema and cretinism its effects are striking.
Rheumatoid arthritis.
Infantile wasting.
Rickets. Delayed union of fractures.
In half grain doses twice a day over a considerable period said to be effective in undescended testicle in boys.
Thyroid exercises a general regulating influence over the mechanism of the organs of nutrition, growth and development.
Thyroid weakness causes decided craving for large amount of sweets.
Of use in psoriasis; and tachycardia.
Arrested development in children.
Improves the memory. Goitre.
Excessive obesity.
Acts better with pale patients, rather than those of high color.
Amblyopia. Mammary tumor.
Uterine fibroid.
Great weakness and hunger, yet loses flesh.
Nocturnal enuresis.
Agalactea.
Begin treatment early in pregnancy.
Dose 1-1/2 gr. 2 to 3 times daily.
Vomiting of pregnancy (give early in morning before patient gets up).
Fibroid tumors of the breast, 2x trit.
Dilates arterioles. [Adrenalin contracts them.] Sensation of faintness and nausea.
Marked sensitiveness to cold.
Hypothyroidism after acute diseases, i.e. , weakness.
Easy fatigue, weak pulse, tendency to fainting, palpitation, cold hands and feet, low blood pressure, chilliness and sensitive to cold.
(Thyroid 1x 3 times daily.) Has a powerful diuretic action in myxodema and various types of oedema.
Known : English : Thyroid dessicated.
Description : The thyroid gland of domestic sheep (ovis aries) removed from the freshly killed sheep, dried at a temperature not exceeding 60o, powdered and defatted by extraction with light petroleum (40-60)o and dried.
The proportion of iodine is determined in a small part of thyroid and the remaining part is mixed with sufficient saccharum lactis to produce a powder of required strength.
Cream coloured amorphous powder; odour and taste faint and meat-like, contains 0.25 per cent of iodine in thyroid combination (limit 0.23 to 0.27).
Identification : When suitably mounted and examined under a microscope, thyroid shows diagnostic structures; numerous characteristic fragments of the colloid contents of the vesicles of the gland in the form of smooth hyaline, angular, or conchoidal particles with a few striations and varying greatly in size, often between 10x15 m and 95x140 m; pieces of connective tissues appearing as small irregularly cylindrical fragments with slightly undulated surface and frayed fibrous ends; occasional particles formed of small glandular vesicles still attached to each other and containing their hyaline colloid contents; a few isolated cells of epithelium, often exhibiting a large nucleus; a few, small, sparsely scattered fragments of striated muscle fibres; the colloid particles easily stain red with eosin solution and yellow with iodine solution.
Inorganic iodide : To 1.0 g add 10 ml of a zinc sulphate saturated solution, shake for five minutes and filter.
To 5 ml of the filtrate, add 0.5 ml of starch mucilage and 0.2 ml of a 10 per cent w/v sodium nitrate solution, shake, add 0.2 ml of dilute sulphuric acid, and shake again; no blue colour is produced.
Fat : To 1.0 g add 20 ml of light petroleum (40-60o), shake frequently during two hours, filter and wash the residue with two quantities each of 10 ml of light petroleum (40o - 60o).
Evaporate the combined extract and washings and dry at 105 degree; the residue weighs not more than 30 mg.
Acid insoluble ash : Not more than 0.5 per cent.
Loss on drying : When dried to constant weight at 105o, loses not more than 7.5 per cent of its weight.
Assay : Weigh accurately about 10 g and place in a 500 ml flask, add 100 ml of a cold 0.5 per cent w/v sulphuric acid, mix thoroughly and set aside for 10 minutes.
Filter the supernatant liquid.
Repeat the operation with three further quantities, each of 100 ml of the sulphuric acid solution, filtering the extract through the same filter paper.
Transfer the filter paper to the flask containing bulk of the powder, add 100 ml of 1N sodium hydroxide, and boil gently under a reflux condenser for four hours.
Filter the hot solution and wash the residue with hot water.
Combine the filtrate and washings in a 500 ml volumetric flask, cool and add water to produce 500 ml.
Pipette 50 ml and adjust the reaction of this solution to pH 3.5 by means of 1N sulphuric acid, using a glass electrode.
Set aside in a cool place for eighteen hours and filter.
Transfer the filter paper and the contents to a nickel crucible about 20 mm in diameter, and sprinkle a little anhydrous sodium carbonate on the surface of the precipitate and dry at 105o.
Fill the crucible completely with anhydrous sodium carbonate well pressed down; invert the crucible and contents into a nickel crucible about 25 mm in diameter, containing a layer of anhydrous sodium carbonate about 1 cm thick, and seal the junction of the two crucibles by adding more anhydrous sodium carbonate.
Heat for thirty minutes over a Bunsen flame in such a manner that the outer crucible is at a uniform dull red heat, allow to cool, place in a 250 ml beaker, add 100 ml of water and boil gently for 10 minutes.
Filter through a small plug of cotton wool and wash the residue with a little water, boil the crucible and residue a second time with 100 ml of water for twenty minutes, again filter, and wash the residue with a little water until free from alkali.
Transfer the mixed filtrates and washing to a 1000 ml flask, cool and add sufficient water to produce 500 ml.
Neutralise the solution with 50 per cent v/v sulphuric acid, using methyl orange solution as indicator.
Add 1 ml of 50 per cent v/v sulphuric acid, 0.2 ml or a slight excess of bromine and a small piece of marble and boil briskly until just colourless.
Allow to cool and add 0.2 ml of 25 per cent w/v solution of phenol solution in glacial acetic acid and allow to stand for at least two minutes.
Add 5 ml of potassium iodide solution and titrate with 0.005N sodium thiosulphate using starch solution as indicator.
Each ml of 0.005N sodium thiosulphate is equivalent to 0.0001058 g of iodine in combination with thyroxine.
History and authority : First introduced by Murray in 1892; Clarke: A Dictionary of Practical Mat. Med., Vol. III, 1437.
Preparation : (a)
Trituration 1x Drug strength 1/10
Thyroidinum powder 100 g
Saccharum Lactis 900 g
To make one kg of the Trituration.
(b) Potencies: 2x and higher to be triturated.
6x may be converted to liquid 8x, 9x and higher with Dispensing Alcohol.
Caution : It should be free from live bacteria (microbes) and pass the test of sterilising.
Prescribed dose : Crude Thyroid at times; better sixth to thirtieth potency.
If the crude Thyroid is taken (two to three grains or more daily) the pulse should be watched.
Must not be given in physiological doses where with feeble heart there is high blood pressure, and not in tubercular patients.
VERMEULEN F., Concordant Materia Medica (vml4)
Thyreoidinum
Thyr.
Dried thyroid gland of sheep or calf
Characteristics
Thyr. produces anaemia, emaciation, muscular weakness, sweating, headache, nervous tremor of face and limbs, tingling sensations, paralysis. Heart rate increased, exophthalmos and dilatation of pupils. In myxoedema and cretinism its effects are striking. Rheumatoid arthritis. Infantile wasting. Rickets. Delayed union of fractures. In half grain doses twice a day over a considerable period said to be effective in undescended testicle in boys. Thyroid exercises a general regulating influence over the mechanism of the organs of nutrition, growth and development. Thyroid weakness causes decided craving for large amount of sweets. Of use in psoriasis; and tachycardia. Arrested development in children. Improves the memory. Goitre. Excessive obesity. Acts better with pale patients, rather than those of high colour. Amblyopia. Uterine fibroid. Great weakness and hunger, yet loses flesh. Nocturnal enuresis. Agalactia. Begin treatment early in pregnancy; dose 1 1/2 gr. 2 to 3 times daily. Vomiting of pregnancy [give early in morning before patient gets up]. Fibroid tumours of the breast; 2x trit. Dilates arterioles [Adrenalin contracts them]. Sensation of faintness after acute diseases, i.e. weakness. Easy fatigue, weak pulse, tendency to fainting, palpitation, cold hands and feet, low blood pressure, chilliness and sensitive to cold [Thyr. 1x 3 times daily.] Has a powerful diuretic action in myxoedema and various types of oedema. 2 Affects the central nervous system, HEART, skin and left side. A state of puffiness and obesity. Feels tired and sock, easy fatigue, wants to lie down. Stabbing, splitting, clutching sensation. Goitre. Myxoedema, & loss of hair. Acromegaly. TETANY, agg. cold. Hysteric epilepsy.
Mind
Stupor # restless melancholy. Irritable, agg. least opposition; goes into a rage over trifles. 2 Weeps, undresses. Homicidal tendency. Suspicious. Idea of persecution. Grumbling; continuously. Laughing in a way peculiar to herself.
Head
SE Of lightness in brain. PA Persistent, in forehead; 3 heavy ache over eyes. OB Falling of hair.
Eyes
OB 2 Eyeballs prominent.
Vision
Progressive diminution of sight with central scotoma [Carb-s.].
Ears
OB 2 Sclerosis of ossicles.
Nose
OB 3 Dry, indoors; runs outdoors [Nux-v.].
Face
OB Face flushed; lips burn. Fulness and heat. Face flushed. 2 Lips dry, red, burn; & free desquamation.
Mouth
SE 3 Metallic taste at tip of tongue. OB Tongue thickly coated.
Throat
SE 3 As of a splinter stuck across throat. OB Dry, congested, raw, burning; agg. l. side.
Food & drink
Thirst for cold water. Desire for sweets.
Stomach
OB Nausea agg. riding in car. 2 Vomiting of pregnancy.
Abdomen
PA 3 Cutting in liver agg. deep breathing. OB Flatulence, much flatus in abdomen. 3 Rolling flatulence, & gurgling, then loose, gassy stool.
Urinary
Increased flow; polyuria; some albumen and sugar. Enuresis in weakly children who are nervous and irritable [1/2 gr. night and morning]. Urine smells of violets, burning along urethra, increase of uric acid. 2 Diabetes mellitus.
Female
PA 3 Bearing or aching down through pelvis extending to anterior thighs. Gnawing in uterus. OB 2 Amenorrhoea. Agalactia. Uterine fibroids. Mammary tumours. Puerperal; convulsions; insanity. 6 Menses too copious and prolonged.
Larynx
OB 3 Dry.
Respiration
2 Dyspnoea amel. lying in recumbent position.
Cough
Dry, painful, & scanty, difficult expectoration and burning in pharynx. 3 On entering a warm room; from cold air.
Chest
SE Anxiety about chest, as if constricted.
Heart
SE 2 Jumping sensation at heart. 3 As if blood were rushing downwards through body. PA Severe, in heart. 2 Heart pain extending to axilla; clutching, constricting, agg. lying down; = short breath. OB Weak, frequent pulse, & inability to lie down. Tachycardia [Naja.]. Palpitation from least exertion; 2 hammering; beats felt in ears. Ready excitability of heart. Heart's action weak, & numbness of fingers. 2 Valvular diseases of heart. 3 Hypertrophy after hard labour.
Limbs
SE 3 Fingers of l. hand numb, then r. leg. PA Aching. OB Rheumatic arthritis & tendency to obesity, coldness and cramps of limbs. Peeling of skin of lower limbs. Cold limbs. Trembling of limbs and entire body. 2 Abnormal growth of limbs due to excessive exertion.
Upper
OB 3 Distended veins on arms and hands. Cold clammy hands. Left hand icy cold.
Lower
OB Oedema of legs.
Sleep
6 Sleepiness.
Dreams
6 Fearful nightmares.
Chill
3 As of a cold wind blowing on body.
Heat
3 Hot flushes; then chills, or drenching sweats.
Sweat
3 Oily, musty.
Skin
Psoriasis & obesity [not in developing stage]. Skin DRY, impoverished. Eczema. Brawny swelling. Swelling of glands of stony hardness. Sluggish cases. Jaundice & pruritus. Ichthyosis, lupus. Itching without eruption, agg. night. 2 Symmetrical serpiginous eruptions.
Modalities
Worse: Least exertion. Least cold. Stooping. 4 Entering warm room from cold air. Contradiction. Better: Lying on abdomen or reclining position.
9 Symptoms amel. rest. agg. Least exertion. [Heart agg. lying down.] agg. Cold. [Thyr. treatment nearly always raises the bodily heat].
Relations
Compare: Adren. [Thyr. dilated arterioles; Adren. opp.]; Ars. [myxoedema; psoriasis etc.; I permanently cured a case of myxoedema with Ars. high, before the Thyroid method was introduced; arsenic has been found to be a normal constituent of the healthy thyroid gland]; Bac. [phthisis, I have found Thyr. to follow Bac. well; Greenfield found tuberculosis very common in myxoedemics, in five out of seven fatal cases it was widespread and advanced; he also found it in one case of sporadic cretinism; Young, of Switzerland, has cured cretinism with Bac.]; Carb-s. and Tab. [optic neuritis]; Iod., Spig. and Spong. [goitre, exophthalmic]; Kali-i., Merc. and Syph. [syphilis]; Lach. [wakes with headache]; Symph. [non-union of fractures]; Urea [diuresis]; 4 Aur.; Bar-c.; Calc-p.; Gels.; Kali-p.; Lyc.; Nat-m.; Nux-v.; Op.; Phos.; Sep.; Sil.; Verat.; Zinc.; 1 Calc.; Fuc.; Iodothyrinum [Thyroiodinum; the active principle isolated from the thyroid gland, a substance rich in iodine and nitrogen, affects metabolism, reducing weight, may produce glycosuria; use cautiously in obesity, for a fatty heart may not be able to maintain the accelerated rhythm; milk contains the internal secretion of the thyroid]; Lycps.; Spong.; Thym-gl. [arthritis deformans; metabolic osteo-arthritis, 5 grain tablets 3 times daily; high potencies very efficient in exophthalmic goitre]. Follows well: Bac.; Lach.
VERMEULEN F., Synoptic Materia Medica 2 (vml3)
Thyreoidinum
Thyr.
Signs
Thyroidin. Extract from fresh thyroid gland of sheep or calf.
Cleansed, dried and powdered thyroid gland obtained from domesticated animals contains 0.17 to 0.23% of iodine, and is used in the treatment of cretinism and myxoedema, in certain cases of obesity, and in skin disorders.
"The word thyroid is formed of two Greek words: thyra, a door, and eidos, signifying a likeness. The gland is located in the throat and consists of two lobes in a door-shaped shield. Its most basic functions are to aid in the maintenance of mental balance and to assist in the formation of habits. Its removal causes death, since it is the link connecting spirit and personality, a veritable bridge between the objective and subjective planes. Its reactions are dual, being both physical and spiritual. Situated as it is, the thyroid has an important function in the development of the larynx as man progresses from his present terrestrial to his future celestial state ... The occult scientist knows that the physical and spiritual effects of the thyroid are equally powerful, particularly from the time of New to Full Moon. In advanced individuals the thyroid's spiritual secretion aids in developing the larynx as a centre of power wherefrom the spoken word becomes a healing and a blessing." [Heline]
"The gland is larger and heavier in the female than in the male, and decreases in size with advancing years. It is believed that in the lower forms of life the thyroid was a sex gland and was a link between the sex glands and the brain - the lower quaternary and the higher triad respectively in the human body. The thyroid is the gland that produces land animals and is very important in the evolution of forms, and also progression. The feeding of a thyroid to a newt transforms it into a salamander - a land breathing animal. The thyroid is occasionally referred to as the vanity gland, because functional disorders in it have a tendency to produce disproportion in the parts of the body and destroy the pleasing aspects of the personality." [Hall]
Introduced by Murray in 1892. Proved by Panos, Rogers and Stephenson in 1963-64. Also proved by Ghose.
Compare
Sulphur. Phosphorus. Calcarea carbonica. Causticum. Carcinosinum. Arsenicum iodatum. Hydrocotyle. Tuberculinum.
Region
HEART; circulation. Central nervous system. Sexual organs. Glands. Skin. * Right side.
Leading symptoms
M Delusion of being persecuted.
"All progressed cases of myxoedema show some mental aberration which tend towards dementia, usually with delusions, the latter taking the form of suspicion and persecution. Occasionally actual insanity is present in the form of mania and insanity." [Clarke]
M Irritable, agg. least opposition.
Quarrelling with family. [Julian]
M Whimsical moods of adolescents.
and Chronic headaches with flushing of face. [Banerjee]
G "Mixed miasmatic with strong tubercular preponderance. Myxoedema and cretinism: one of our sheet-anchors. Manias: irritable, impatient, suicidal tendencies, fear of being arrested." [Banerjee]
G People needing Thyr. are nervously and emotionally affected, showing disturbances of the vasomotor balance, hysterical and allergic tendencies.
G Suitable to the phosphoric type. [Julian]
G Obesity.
Dwarfishness.
"Reddish face. Swelling of face and legs with prominent eyeballs."
G Disorders of pregnancy.
[abortions at 3rd month; vomiting; oedema of legs; hypertension; palpitation; vertigo; fainting; mental disturbances]
G Disorders of menopause.
[fibroid tumours of uterus; haemorrhages; hysteria; mental disturbances; palpitation; dyspnoea; vertigo; pruritus vulvae]
G ALLERGIES.
[rhinitis; conjunctivitis; stoppage of nose; asthma; urticaria; angioneurotic oedema; pruritus vulvae]
"Allergic bronchospasm from every change of weather and agg. cold." [Banerjee]
Nose dry indoors, moist in open air. [Boger]
Cough on entering warm room from cool air.
Sneezing; stoppage of nose; agg. cold.
G Tumours [mammae; uterus; ovaries].
G Brittle bones. Slow repair of broken bones.
G Family history of thyroid disorders; diabetes; allergy; obesity. [Mathur]
G agg. Cold.
"Chilly persons; thin built, prominent eyes and a nervous temperament; puffiness of face with chronic diseases or patients suffering from frequent urticaria." [Banerjee]
G Aversion to fats and rich food.
Desire for sweets [esp. when tired].
G Great thirst for cold water.
G amel. Rest.
agg. Least exertion.
G agg. Before menses.
[irritability; dyspepsia]
G amel. Menses.
[eyes; pelvic congestion; joint pains]
But pressing sensation in varicose veins of thighs agg. during menses.
G Amenorrhoea in obese women.
"Almost specific for cases of amenorrhoea due to complex endocrinal imbalance. Tuberculinum high potency follows well." [Banerjee]
G Dryness.
[nose; lips; throat; larynx; skin]
P Undescended testicles in [fat] boys.
"Sexually excited boys and young men." [Mathur]
P Heart.
Heartbeat felt in ears.
Pains radiating to axillae; numbness of fingers of left hand.
Clutching, causing short breath.
Distended veins of arms and hands.
Palpitation agg. stooping, least exertion.
"The connection between the heart and the thyroid gland is very close, as is seen in cases of exophthalmic goitre."
P Inflammation of joints occurring with each menstrual period. [Mathur]
P Urticaria.
"The more oedematous the urticarial rashes and the more extensively they appear over large areas of the body, the better will be the indications of Thyr. Itching is more prominent than burning and relieved by heat or in hot weather." [Banerjee]
P Infantile eczema during dentition esp. in elbow and knee is characteristic. Also exfoliation of skin of palms and soles. [Banerjee]
* Banerjee, Case and Materia Medica of Thyroidinum, Homoeopathic Links 2/93.
Rubrics
Mind
Despair about recovery [2]. Euphoria ??? quarrelling [1/1]. Indifference to everything [3]. Quarrelsomeness, scolding with own family [1]. Rage at trifles [1].
Vertigo
On waking in morning [1]. When bending forward [1].
Head
Pain, headache in morning and on waking [2]; chronic headache in forehead [2/1].
Nose
Epistaxis from becoming heated [1; Thuj.].
Face
Hair on upper lip [1; Hydrog.].
Mouth
Metallic taste at tip of tongue [1/1].
Stomach
Ravenous appetite and emaciation [2]. Thirst for large quantities, and often [2]. Vomiting during pregnancy [2].
Bladder
Involuntary urination at night in bed [3].
Female
Infantilismus genitalis [1].
Chest
Milk absent [2]. Palpitation of heart while lying on back [1]; and trembling of hands [1/1]. Fibroid mammary tumours [2].
Extremities
Rush of blood to lower limbs [1; Aur.]. Coldness of hands [2]. Heat in soles of feet [2]; at night [1; Lach.].
Skin
Brown discolouration, liver spots [2].
Food
Aversion: Fats and rich food [1].
Desire: Sweets [2].
Notes