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Calcarea Iodata

30CCalc Iod
Iodide of Lime · Calcium Iodide · "The Scrofulous Tonsil Remedy"
calc-i.MineralUncommonPsoric
🎯 It acts primarily on the lymphatic system, specifically targeting enlarged glands, tonsils, and conditions.
📖 Boericke writes:
It is in the treatment of , especially enlarged glands, tonsils, etc, that this remedy has gained marked beneficial results. Thyroid enlargements about time of puberty. children subject to colds. Secretions inclined to be profuse and yellow. . . .
👤 Constitution
• children who are subject to frequent colds and have a tendency toward enlargement.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Pneumonia.
respiratory
Indolent ulcers, accompanying .
skin
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤Head
Useful for head and nasal congestion, especially when triggered by cold air or involving polyps.
Headache while riding against cold wind.
Lightheaded.
; worse at root of nose; ; very little sensation.
of nose and ear.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

2X, 3X
Decimal
📝Second and third trituration
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Mercurius Iodatus →Calcarea Fluorica →Aconitum Lycoctonum →Silicea Terra →Calcarea Carbonica →Agraphis Nutans →Aconitum Lycotonum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Calcarea Iodata is listed in 74 rubrics across 16 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 22 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Respiratory System12Generalities11Stomach8Skin7Female Sexual System7Nose5Head4Eyes4Male Sexual System4Throat3Ears3Urinary System2Fever1Locomotor System1Circulatory System1Abdomen1

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