GROUP SYMPTOMS: HALOGENS

HALOGENS

• Chlorine
• Bromine
• Iodine
• Fluorine.

Diathesis

• Scrofulous.

Miasm

• Anti Syphilitic, Anti Tubercular, Anti Cancerous.

Constitution

• Lean, thin, emaciated with a typical cachexic look.

CHARACTERISTICS

A/F

• Summer; Warmth.

Thermal

• Hot.
  Tendency to affect glands. Lymphatic glands hypertrophied. Endocrine glands affected e.g. Iodium - goitre. Bromium - Toxic goitre. Hypo or hyper functioning of glands. Sexual glands :- Hypo functioning and atrophy of ovaries,testes etc. Primary / Secondary sterility. e.g.: infantile uterus ; azoospermia etc.

Hollow organs affected

• Respiratory tract, intestines, uterus, heart etc.
• Tendency to spasms.
• Spasmodic affections of respiratory tract.
• Marked affinity for all mucous membranes.
• Also for bones & hair. Bones:- Deformities, tumors, etc. Hair:- Hairfall etc.

Highly acrid discharges

• Discharges burn the parts on which they flow.
• Produce inflammation, then congestion, then ulceration,then malignancy.
• Slow onset of disease. Sluggish torpidity. Therefore halogens useful in chronic diseases.
• Highly irritant. Destroy fibrin present in blood, leading to haemorrhages.
• Tendency to pseudo membrane formation.
• Oedematous conditions. esp. cardiac dropsy.
• < Night, < Heat.