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Iridium Metallicum

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Iridium Metal · "The Debility Recovery Metal"

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🎯 It acts primarily on the blood, nervous system, and connective tissues, addressing states of exhaustion, intestinal toxicity, and rheumatic conditions.

📖 Boericke writes:

(IRIDIUM)

Intestinal putrefaction and septicaemia. Anaemia, increases red corpuscles. Epilepsy; lupus. Rheumatism and gout. Uterine tumors. Spinal paresis. Exhaustion after disease. Children who are puny, weak-limbed, and grow too fast. Nephritis of pregnancy.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for children who are puny, weak-limbed, and grow too fast, or for the aged suffering from spinal weakness after illness.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Exhaustion after disease.

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🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Indicated for mental dullness and chronic nasal congestion or inflammation.

Difficult concentration of thought.

Sensation as if mind were void.

Though confused.

"Woodeny" feeling in right side of head.

Right side of scalp sensitive.

Profuse, watery coryza, better indoors.

Ozaena.

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💊 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.

Sixth and higher

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Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Osmium →Iridium Chloride →Platinum Metallicum →Palladium Metallicum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Iridium Metallicum is listed in 26 rubrics across 9 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 4 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Nervous System7 Locomotor System6 Generalities4 Respiratory System3 Mind2 Nose1 Skin1 Female Sexual System1 Urinary System1

See all 26 rubrics for Iridium Metallicum →