Ferrum aceticum
Remedy of anemia and hemorrhage. Epistaxis in young growing children. Anemia with easy flushing. Chronic diarrhea with undigested food. Useful in anemia of growing youth.
Source
Prepared from ferrous acetate (Fe(C2H3O2)2), potentised.
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Keynote Symptoms
Anemia with epistaxis in young growing children — the chief indication. Easy flushing despite anemia. Chronic diarrhea with undigested food — especially after eating. Cough with bloody expectoration. Growing pains with anemia.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Listless from anemia.
General Symptoms
Blood and anemia. Worse from exertion, night. Better from rest.
Physical Symptoms
Nose
Epistaxis in anemic growing children.
Rectum
Chronic diarrhea with undigested food.
Face
Flushing despite anemia.
Modalities
Better From
Rest
Worse From
Exertion, night
Constitutional Type
Anemic growing children.
Clinical Indications
Anemia in growing youth, epistaxis, chronic diarrhea, easy flushing
Comparative Materia Medica
Ferrum metallicum has anemia with flushing. Ferrum phosphoricum has early inflammation. China has anemia from fluid loss.
Safety Information
China, Arsenicum.
Iron acetate — low toxicity in potentised form. Iron excess causes GI upset and hemosiderosis. Safe in potentised forms.
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