Ferr, Ferrum Metallicum

Ferrum Metallicum is a homeopathic remedy prepared from metallic iron. In traditional homeopathic materia medica, it is associated with anaemia-like symptoms, weakness, fatigue, and pallor, sometimes alternating with episodes of facial flushing. Other traditional indications include throbbing headaches, palpitations, and muscular weakness. A characteristic feature is sensitivity to exertion, with easy fatigue despite periods of apparent energy.

Sankran's view

Dreams: His parent is introducing him to someone and is compelling him to marry this person, despite very strong objections from the prover.

• Being compelled to do something against one’s wishes.
• Fighting against it
  • Delusion, war, being at.
• Guilt of not obeying the parents
  • Anxiety of conscience, as if guilty of crime

• Obstinate, Contradict, disposition to
• Ailments from anger
• Ailments from scorn

Other dreams

• Dreams of battles, of fights, of wars, also of falling into the water
• Dreams of seeing dead friends and relatives
• Dreams of seeing the old school again.

Phatak’s view

• Always in the right: He becomes rigid and stiff in his attitude. He sees his parents as intruding into his territory and puts up a strong defence to prevent this. This defence itself becomes a performance.
• Iron is used in gates, fences, helmets, battle tanks, shields of armour. All these objects are used to protect, to prevent things from the outside from intruding into one’s territory.

• Ferr patients have to protect and defend both themselves and their families. And so, they perform by defending.
• They are always at war, fighting to defend themselves and their families.

Related Remedirs

• Nicc is similar to Ferr (Ferr vs. Nicc)
• Both defend themselves and perform to defend their families.
• This theme of defense and protecting oneself is also strong in Cupr and Zinc

Clinic

• Children remedies
• Anemia, Anorexia, Anorexia nervosa (Ferr vs. Nat-m)
• Shoulder arthritis (Sul) with Joint dryness (Ferr ₳ Sang)
  • Both agg by raising the arm
  • Both agg at night

• Sciatic remedy: Gentle motion amel
• Obesity

• Sensitive / Excitable and allergic to many substances and noise
  • Irritability, from noise such as even from crackling of newspapers, drives him to despair.
• Their main craving is tomatoes.

Continuous Headache

	Modalities	Accompanied by
Pressive / Congestive / Bursting Throbbing / Hammer-like (Ferr ₳ Lyc) Sharp and stinging pain Continuous headache even for 2 to 3 days Headaches - CONSTANT, continued - two or three days	Worse by: Night, Rest, Sitting quietly , During menses. Better by Slow motion, Walking slowly, Summer, Occupation Agg with walking in Open / Cold air Due to Profuse bleeding (Chin vs. Ferr) Amel by washing the face Noise agg	Accompanied by Cold feet Accompanied by Thirst but hate to drink Food - THIRST, general - aversions, drinks - headache, during Headaches - DRINKING, from - aversion for

Anorexia nervosa

Generality		GI tract
Increased or absolute loss of appetite Great aversion to food Loathing of sour things (Opposite to Ign) (Ferr vs. Ign) Weakness from mere speaking or walking, although he looks strong. Flushes of blood to face, chest, head, lungs, etc. Muscles flabby and relaxed: Young weakly persons, anemic and chlorotic, with pseudo-plethora, who flush easily Attempts to eat bring on diarrhea. Spits up food by the mouthful (Phos).	Cold extremities Over-sensitiveness: Slight noises unbearable. Worse after any active effort. Irritability: Excited from slightest opposition Pallor of Skin/ Mucous membranes/ Face, alternating with flushes.	Eructations of food after eating, without nausea. Nausea and vomiting after eating. Vomiting immediately after eating. Vomiting after midnight. Intolerance of eggs. Distention and pressure in the stomach after eating. Heat and burning in stomach. Soreness of abdominal walls. Flatulent dyspepsia.

Obesity

Obesity + Anemia + Puffy face + Pitting of flesh Young, weakly Chlorotic / Anemic persons Pseudo-plethoric patients who flush easily and have cold extremities Weakness even on speaking or walking Pallor of skin, mucus membranes and face.	Worse by: Night, Rest, Sitting quietly , During menses. Better by Slow motion, Walking slowly, Summer.

Dictatorial

• MIND - HAUGHTY - look, self-contented  Ferr-ma, Ferr
• Haughty.
• Obstinate.
• Quarrelsome
• Company, aversion to, friends or intimate.
• Contradict, disposition to.
• Contradiction, intolerant of
• Strength increased, mental.

Fears

• Fear, crossing a bridge or place, of.
• Fear, crowd, in a.
• Fear, misfortune, of.
• Fear, evil, of.