Thanks to all who replied. Thanks especially to Dr Bhatia for the interesting idea about iron sensors in the mouth.

I wonder if a desire for ice ALWAYS signifies iron deficiency? Or could there perhaps be Medorrhinums etc out there who crave ice regardless of iron status?
A lot of children like ice pops - are they all anaemic?

Oh Anna...I have to tell you...this is true at least of my own case...this ice thing, it was soooo much more than a desire or a liking, as in the kids with ice pops. It was a deep craving, like you absolutely NEED the ice, can't get enough, it even tasted good, and being only plain frozen water there isn't even a good explanation why it tasted good. Like I said, I literally would open the freezer door, stick my head almost inside, and just stand there and inhale the steamy vapors coming from the freezer....and even that smelled so good it would satisfy the craving for a time. It was definitely strange. Funny thing is, I don't like ice pops, haven't had them since I was a kid, and had no desire for them during this ice phase, or anything else frozen for that matter, it had to be ice.

It still happens once in a while, but much more mildly, just a small moment of wanting ice, but...a few weeks ago at the grocery store, I leaned down into the freezer case to grab something at the bottom, and apparently I was right in front of an area where icy cold air with that frozen smell was blowing out, and I found myself simply hanging down there, letting this icy air blow on my face, and it felt soooo good. No explanation for this!! I do not like the cold even a tiny bit, get chilled easily, hate the winter, so I'm lost with this one. I made my daughter stick her face down there to see if she liked it too (yeah, I'm a little nuts ), to see if maybe everyone would like it, and she just said "I guess it feels good", so no big deal to her. Me, I was ready to pack a bag and spend the night there with that freezer!!

You think this gives a clue as to my remedy, which seems to be elusive at the moment??? Add to it that I'm always better by the seashore, and what do you get??? Maybe the remedy I need isn't so elusive afterall. Have to bring this up with my homeopath (or are you reading this now )

Sunny

Hi Sunny,

Yes, I know that the ice thing is no mere liking! It really is a deep need. I used to crunch ice ever since I was a child--drove my father, who was spending quite a lot of money for orthodontia, into spasms of panic! Up until just recently, when I was given a really good remedy (quite possibly my similimum) that ice crunching thing palliated a lot of ailments--headaches, the feeling of being far too warm, anger, tiredness, heartburn, whatever...now I definitely have less of a need. And I too hate winter, cold temperatures, and drinking plain old water--but I would push you out of my way to get to a tumbler full of those ice cubes made by ice machines in restaurants--the kind with the hollow middle...! The very interesting thing is I didn't get a ferrum remedy or anything like that, and I haven't taken iron supplements either (plus the rem I got wasn't medorrhinum or any of what you would think of as a "sycotic" remedy) but the need has finally disappeared. So I must be dealing with whatever caused the need much more efficiently now, on a physiological level.

Incidentally, crunching ice, ameliorated by seashore...could b medorrhinum!!

Divina

Sunny, taking your given symptoms:

Ice desires
+
Seashore ameliorates

Gives the possibility of only two remedies:

Med and Verat