Remedy

Ichthyolum ichth.

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Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

A Combination of Sulphonated Hydrocarbons, a Fossil Product of Complex Structure found in Tyrol, supposed to be Fish Deposits, contains 10 % Sulphur.

General

Its action on skin, mucous membranes, and kidneys is prompt and useful. It is strongly antiparasitic; redness, pain and inflammation; decreases tension. Excellent in winter coughs of old people. Polyarthritis. Chronic rheumatism. Uric acid diathesis. Hay-fever. Chronic hives. Tuberculosis, aids nutrition. Alcoholism when nothing will stay on stomach.

Mind

Irritable and depressed. Forgetful, lack of concentration.

Head

Dull, aching; better cold, pressure. Dull frontal and supra-orbital headache; worse moving eyes, cold air; better, warmth.

Face

Skin feels dry and itches. Acne on chin.

Throat

Irritated; pain to ears; sore, dry, with hawking and expectoration.

Eyes

Burn, red; worse, any change of temperature.

Nose

Bland coryza; stuffed feeling; feels sore inside. Irresistible desire to sneeze.

Stomach

Disagreeable taste, burning sensation, very thirsty. Nausea. Increased appetite.

Abdomen

Disposition to soft, shapeless stools. Griping in umbilical and left hypogastric region. Early morning diarrhœa.

Urine

Increased in quantity and frequency. Burning pain in meatus. Uric acid deposits.

Female

Fullness in lower abdomen. Nausea at time of menses.

Respiratory

Coryza; dry, teasing cough. Bronchiectasis and phthisis. Bronchitis, especially of the aged.

Skin

Heat and irritation; itching. Scaly and itching eczema. Crops of boils. Pruritus of pregnancy. Psorisis, Acne, rosacea, erysipelas.

Extremities

Lameness in right shoulder and right lower extremity.

Relationship

Compare: Hepar; Calc; Silica; Sulph; Ars; Petrol.

Dose

Lower potencies.

Externally, it is used as an ointment, with Lanoline 20 to 50 per cent; for chronic eczema and psoriasis, also acne rosacea and gouty joints. Chilblains, scabies. Rectal suppositories for senile prostate.

The Mnemonic Similiad

Stacy Jones · The Mnemonic Similiad · 1904

Mnemonic names

Ich. / The Fisher.

Verse

Ichthyol,-What power known,
In and Ex-excels thine own,-
In controlling with all ease
Every blood and skin disease,
In acute or chronic form,
That augments the dermine swarm ?
All eczemas that assail,
Every pimple-blotch-or scale,
Every itching plague we see,
Psoriases-Leprosy.
Whilst before thy power high
Gout and rheumatism fly;
And catarrh when'er it shows
In the stomach, throat or nose.
And a constipated state
Of the bowels with piles to mate.

Mnemonic sentences

The Fisher,-Has Eczema.

The Fisher, Clem Bovis, seems to go as a Pet Kid with the Arabs, to Croton in Russia

This Fisher,-Who is affected with Leprosy,-Is by the wide sea of Hoang Hydroc.

Indications

Eczema: Ich., Clem., Bovis., Sul., Mer., Sil., Graph., Pet., Kal. i., Ars. b., Ars. i., Crot., Rhus.- (Foul Echi)

Leprosy- Scaly Eruptions: Ich., Ars., Dul., Sec., Hoang, Hydroc.