Thyreoidinum
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: dried thyroid gland of the sheep.
Rickets (Calc., Calc-P., Lyc., Nat-M., Sil.) (Br.).
Rapid emaciation (Ars., Iod., Nat-M.) (B.).
CRETINISM (Aur., Bar-C., Iod.) (Br.).
Muscular weakness (Gels., Nat-M., Op., Sil.) (Br.).
Easy fatigue (Kali-P., Pic-Ac.) (Br.).
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN (Bar-C., Calc-P., Merc., Sil.) (Br.).
Nose dry, indoors, moist in the open air (Nux-V.) (B.).
Palpitation from least exertion (Ars., Phos.) (Br.).
Pulse weak and frequent, with inability to lie down (Lach.) (Br.).
Cough on entering a warm room from cool air (Ant-C., Bry., Med., Nat-C., Nux-V.) (B.).
Dry, painful cough with scanty, difficult expectoration and burning in the pharynx (Br.).
Oily musty sweat (Merc.) (B.).
EXOPHTHALMIC GOITRE (Spong.) (Br.).
Eyeballs prominent (Stram.) (Br.).
Progressive diminution of sight (Calc., Phos., Sulph.) (Br.).
Thirst for cold water (Bry., Calc., Nat-M., Phos., Sulph., Verat.) (Br.).
DESIRE FOR SWEETS (Arg-N., Calc., Lyc., Merc., Sulph.) (Br.).
Polyuria (Arg-N., Kali-P., Lyc., Merc., Sulph.) (Br.).
Cold hands and feet (Calc., Sep., Stram.) (Br.).
Rolling flatulence with gurgling (Carb-V., Lyc., Nat-S., Podo.); then a loose, gassy stool (Aloe, Calc-P., Nat-S., Podo., Sulph.) (B.).
Irritable, worse from least opposition (Aur., Bry., Sulph.) (Br.).
Goes into a rage over trifles (Nux-V.) (Br.).
AGGRAVATION: From least exertion; from cold; on entering a warm room from cool air; and from contradiction.
AMELIORATION: From lying on the abdomen; and from rest.
RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Aur., Bar-C., Calc., Calc-P., Gels., Iod., Kali-P., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Nux-V., Op., Phos., Sep., Sil., Verat., and Zinc.