iodum child

They have too much energy, they always need an outlet for it.
- An Iodum child can't be quiet, not even when they have to eat, they walk around while they are eating (restlessness during lunch).
- They have the tendency to hit people around them (or even to kill).
- They are very warm blooded.
They have a ravenous appetite, they can eat a lot and yet they won't grow fat.
- The Iodum person will burn up without any internal control. There are usually problems with the metabolism or the thyroid gland.
- The Iodum child can't control his energy on the physical, emotional or mental level. It is the energy which controls the child and not the opposite.
- You can see the idea of combustion without control on every level.
The iodum child on the physical level
- The child is greedy, he eats with-out any control. They feel better after a meal (K 478: stomach, appetite insatiable; K 479: appetite ravenous, eating, 3 hours after). They don't grow fat in spite of their ravenous appetite, they can be very slender (K 479: stomach, appetite ravenous, emaciation with; K 1358 emaciation children). This indicates a hyperactive metabolism.
- They are very warm blooded: Iodum is the warmest remedy next to Secale, Argentum nitricum, Pulsatilla, and Apis. They like the open air.
- They are hurried: they are constantly running around, can't sit still to eat. These children eat while walking or running around. They take some food from the table, run outside while eating, then come back to get something else, etc.. This continues the whole day. As a matter of fact, they walk very fast.
The iodum child on the emotional level
- There is an "over"-irritability without any reason (K 58: irritability, children, in). When they get angry, they can let an impulse to kill someone. They sometimes say: "I'll kill you" or "I'll hang you." This may lead to a sudden, impulsive murder (K 60: kill, desire to). So an Iodum child can kill a schoolmate in a fit of anger (in a case of deep emotional affection).
- They can be incredibly anxious.
- Iodum can show strong emotions which they can't control.
- When an Iodum child is punished, it can resemble a volcanic eruption: they can be violent then, and beat their parents. Usually, the parents of such a child will already have been to a psychiatrist and the child will get sedative allopathic medication. It seems impossible to suppress the energy set free by combustion without control.
The iodum child on the mental level
- The mental over-stimulation usually shows itself in a lot of talking (d.d. Lachesis)
- They always talk because they have too many ideas in their minds.
- Having too many ideas makes them forgetful (K 49: forgotten something, feels constantly as if he had). They think of too many things at the same time and they do too much at the same time.
d.d. Causticum: They also have the feeling that they have forgotten something, which is due to loss of concentration and uncertainty.
- They can't control the many ideas in their minds.
- In young adults, we can sometimes find obsessive-compulsive neurotic thoughts or fixed ideas: e.g. , they can be strict vegetarians.
General information of iodum
- Very often, there is restless sleep.
- They easily produce swollen glands in the neck. You can see these glands very well, because they are so scrawny.
Iodum is generally better:
- by eating (K 1357: eating, satiety to, amel.
- in open air (K 1344: air, open, amel.)
- by moving around (K 75: runs around).
- lodum is aggravated by warmth (K 1412: warm, agg.).
- You have to explain to the parents of an Iodum child that it is necessary to let the child run around, because this is the best outlet for their combustion without control of their uncontrollable energy.
Examples of iodum children
- The child that becomes scrawny without any reason and still eats a lot.
- The child who had to sit still at school and as soon as he comes home, has a ravenous appeti