Calcarea iodata
Combines Calcarea and Iodum. Enlarged tonsils and adenoids in children who are fair and flabby. Thyroid enlargement. Fibroids. Glandular enlargement with tendency to obesity rather than emaciation.
Source
Prepared from calcium iodide (CaI2), triturated and potentised.
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids — the keynote indication in children. Combines the flabby, fair, cold Calcarea picture with the glandular enlargement of Iodum. Thyroid nodules. Fibroids. Unlike pure Iodum (which emaciates), these patients tend toward obesity. Indolent glands.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Sluggish mentally (Calcarea). Anxious (Iodum). Dull. Difficulty concentrating.
General Symptoms
Glandular enlargement in flabby individuals. Worse from cold, damp, exertion. Better from open air.
Physical Symptoms
Throat
Tonsils chronically enlarged. Adenoids. Recurrent tonsillitis. Mouth-breathing from adenoids.
Female Genitalia
Uterine fibroids. Ovarian cysts. Thyroid nodules.
Chest
Thyroid enlargement — nodular goitre.
Skin
Indolent glands everywhere. Swelling.
Modalities
Better From
Open air
Worse From
Cold, damp, exertion
Constitutional Type
Fair, flabby children with enlarged tonsils/adenoids. Those with thyroid or uterine fibroids. The Calcarea body type with Iodum glandular tendency.
Clinical Indications
Enlarged tonsils, adenoids, thyroid nodules, fibroids, chronic tonsillitis in children, glandular swelling
Comparative Materia Medica
Baryta carbonica has enlarged tonsils but in dull, backward children. Baryta iodata is similar but more indurated. Iodum has glandular enlargement but with emaciation. Calcarea carbonica has flabbiness but less glandular focus.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Calcium iodide has moderate toxicity from the iodide component. May cause iodism in sensitive individuals. Safe in potentised forms.
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