Iris versicolor
(Iris versicolor · Blue flag iris)
The remedy of the burning sick headache. In the materia medica, Iris versicolor is associated with headaches that begin with blurred vision and nausea, often once a stretch of mental strain is over, and with burning all along the digestive tract.
Source
The fresh root of blue flag, a wild North American iris
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Iris.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
A sick headache that starts with a blur before the eyes, often when relaxing after mental strain
Burning from mouth to stomach, with a scalded feeling and plenty of ropy saliva
Nausea with sour or bitter vomiting
Scaly or itchy skin eruptions, with itching worse at night
Tends to feel better
Continued motion
Tends to feel worse
Evening and night
Rest
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Iris versicolor)
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Sanguinaria
(Sanguinaria canadensis)
Also a periodic sick headache, but Sanguinaria's climbs from the back of the head to settle over the right eye, with flushing.
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Podophyllum
(Podophyllum peltatum)
Podophyllum is known for gushing early-morning diarrhea; Iris for burning and sour vomiting with the headache.
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Ipecacuanha
(Cephaelis ipecacuanha)
Ipecacuanha has constant nausea with a clean tongue; Iris adds marked burning through the whole digestive tract.
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From the classic texts
“Sick headache, worse rest; begins with a blur before eyes, after relaxing from a mental strain.”
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