Ferrum picricum
Remedy of warts and prostatic enlargement. Senile prostatic hypertrophy with frequent urination at night. Warts — especially on hands. Ear symptoms — deafness. Pseudo-hypertrophic muscular paralysis. Intellectual workers with prostate.
Source
Prepared from ferric picrate (Fe(C6H2(NO2)3O)3), triturated and potentised.
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Keynote Symptoms
Prostatic enlargement in elderly men — frequent nightly urination, retention, fullness in rectum. Warts on hands — pedunculated, pointed. Pseudo-hypertrophic muscular paralysis. Ear conditions — deafness, tinnitus. Intellectual exhaustion with prostatic symptoms. Used when Ferrum and Picricum acid are both partially indicated.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Brain fag (Picricum acid component). Dull. Tired intellectually.
General Symptoms
Prostate, warts, ears, muscles. Worse from night, exertion. Better from rest.
Physical Symptoms
Male Genitalia
Prostatic enlargement — frequent nightly urination. Retention. Fullness in perineum. Elderly men with prostate.
Urinary
Frequent urination at night. Difficulty starting. Dribbling. Retention from prostate.
Ears
Deafness. Tinnitus.
Skin
Warts on hands — pointed, pedunculated. Pen-warts (warts from handling pens/writing instruments).
Extremities
Pseudo-hypertrophic muscular paralysis. Weakness.
Modalities
Better From
Rest
Worse From
Night, exertion, intellectual work
Constitutional Type
Elderly intellectual men with prostate problems. Those with warts and brain fag.
Clinical Indications
Prostatic enlargement (senile), warts on hands, deafness, brain fag with prostate, pseudo-hypertrophic muscular paralysis
Comparative Materia Medica
Sabal serrulata is the chief prostate remedy. Conium has prostate with ascending paralysis. Thuja has warts but on covered parts. Picricum acidum has brain fag with priapism.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Iron picrate combines iron with picric acid. Picric acid is explosive when dry and toxic. Iron salts cause GI irritation. Use only potentised forms.
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