PHOSPHORUS Q, 6C, 12C, 30C, 200C, 1M, 10M USES AND SYMPTOMS
PHOSPHORUS
Phos.
Phosphorus irritates, inflames, and degenerates mucous membranes, irritates and inflames serous membranes, inflames the spinal cord and nerves causing paralysis, destroys bone, especially the lower jaw and tibia, and disorganizes blood. Causes fatty degeneration of blood vessels and every tissue and organ of the body, leading to hemorrhages and hematogenous jaundice. Produces a picture of destructive metabolism. Causes yellow atrophy of the liver and sub-acute hepatitis. Tall, slender people, narrow-chested, with thin, transparent skin, weakened by loss of animal fluids, with great nervous debility, emaciation, and amative tendencies seem to be under the special influence of Phosphorus. Great susceptibility to external impressions, to light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, and thunderstorms. Suddenness of symptoms, sudden prostration, faints, sweats, shooting pains, etc. Polycythemia. Bloody extravasations, fatty degenerations, cirrhosis, and caries are pathological states often calling for Phosphorus. Muscular pseudo-hypertrophy, neuritis. Inflammation of the respiratory tract. Paralytic symptoms. Ill effects of iodine and excessive use of salt; worse lying on the left side. Tertiary syphilis, skin lesions, and nervous debility. Scurvy. Pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis. Ataxia and adynamia. Osteomyelitis. Bone fragility.
Mind: Great depression of spirits. Easily vexed. Fearfulness, as if something was creeping out of every corner. Clairvoyant state. Great tendency to start. Over sensitive to external impressions. Loss of memory. Paralysis in the insane. Ecstasy. Dread of death when alone. Brain feels tired. Insanity, with an exaggerated idea of one’s own importance. Excitable, produces heat all over. Restless, fidgety. Hyposensitive, indifferent.
Head: Vertigo in the aged, after rising (Bry.). Heat comes from the spine. Neuralgia; parts must be kept warm. Burning pains. Chronic congestion of head. Brain fag, with sensation of coldness in the occiput. Vertigo, with faintness (pernicious anemia). Skin of forehead feels too tight. Itching of scalp, dandruff, falling out of hair in large bunches (alopecia areata).
Eyes: Cataract. Sensation as if everything was covered with a mist, veil, dust, or as if something was pulled tightly over the eyes. Black points seem to float before the eyes. Patient sees better by shading eyes with hand. Fatigue of eyes and head even without much use of eyes. Green halo around the candlelight (Osm.). Letters appear red. Atrophy of optic nerve. Edema of lids and around eyes. Pearly white conjunctiva and long curved lashes. Partial loss of vision from abuse of tobacco (Nux-v.). Pain in orbital bones. Paresis of extrinsic muscles. Diplopia, due to deviation of the visual axis. Amaurosis from sexual excess. Glaucoma. Thrombosis of retinal vessels and degenerative changes in retinal cells. Degenerative changes where soreness and curved lines are seen in old people. Retinal problems with perception of light and hallucination of vision (retinitis).
Ears: Hearing difficult, especially to human voice. Re-echoing of sounds (Caust.). Dullness of hearing after typhoid.
Nose: Fan-like motion of nostrils (Lyc.). Bleeding; epistaxis instead of menses (vicarious menses). Over sensitive to smell (Carb-ac., Nux-v.). Periostitis of nasal bones. Foul imaginary odors (Aur.). Chronic catarrh, with small hemorrhages (ozena); handkerchief is always bloody. Polypi; bleeding easily (Calc., Sang.).
Face: Pale, sickly complexion; blue rings under the eyes. Hippocratic countenance. Tearing pain in facial bones; circumscribed redness in one or both cheeks. Swelling and necrosis of lower jaw (Amph., Hecla).
Mouth: Swollen and easily bleeding gums, ulcerated (scurvy). Toothache after washing clothes. Tongue dry, smooth, red or white (glossitis), not thickly coated. Persistent bleeding after tooth extraction. Nursing sore mouth. Burning in the esophagus. Dryness in the pharynx and fauces. Thirst for very cold water. Stricture of the esophagus.
Stomach: Hungry soon after eating. Sour taste and sour eructations after every meal. Belching large quantities of wind, after eating (dyspepsia, achlorhydria). Throws up ingesta by the mouthfuls. Vomiting; water is thrown up as soon as it gets warm in the stomach. Post-operative vomiting. Cardiac opening seems contracted, too narrow; the food scarcely swallowed, comes up again (Bry., Alum.). Pain in the stomach; relieved by cold food, ices. Region of stomach painful to touch, or on walking. Inflammation of stomach (gastritis), with burning extending to the throat and bowels. Bad effects of eating too much salt.
Abdomen: Feels cold (Caps.). Sharp, cutting pains. A very weak, empty, all-gone sensation felt in the whole abdominal cavity. Liver congested. Acute hepatitis. Fatty degeneration (Carbn-tm., Ars., Chlf.). Jaundice. Pancreatic disease. Large, yellow spots on the abdomen.
Stool: Extremely fetid stools and flatus. Long, narrow, hard, like a dog’s. Difficult to expel. Desire for stool on lying on the left side. Painless, copious debilitating diarrhea. Green mucus with sago-like particles. Involuntary; seems as if the anus remained open. Great weakness after stool. Discharge of blood from the rectum, during stool. White, hard stools. Bleeding hemorrhoids.
Urinary: Hematuria, especially in acute Bright’s disease (Canth.). Turbid, brown, with red sediment.
Male: Lack of power (impotence). Irresistible desire; involuntary emissions, with lascivious dreams.
Female: Metritis. Chlorosis. Phlebitis. Fistulous tracks after mammary abscess. Slight hemorrhage from uterus between periods (metrorrhagia). Menses too early and scanty, not profuse, but last too long. Weeps before menses. Stitching pain in mammae. Leucorrhea profuse, smarting, corrosive, instead of menses. Amenorrhea, with vicarious menstruation (Bry.). Suppuration of mammae burning, watery, offensive discharge. Nymphomania. Uterine polyps.
Respiratory: Hoarseness; worse evenings. Larynx very painful (laryngitis). Clergyman’s sore throat; violent tickling in the larynx while speaking. Aphonia, worse evenings, with rawness. Cannot talk on account of pain in the larynx. Cough from tickling in throat; worse, cold air, reading, laughing, talking, on going from a warm room into cold air. Sweetish taste while coughing. Hard, dry, tight, racking cough (bronchitis). Congestion of lungs. Burning pains, heat and oppression of chest. Tightness across chest; great weight on chest. Sharp stitches in chest; respiration quickened, oppressed. Marked heat in chest. Pneumonia, with oppression; worse, lying on the left side. The whole body trembles, with cough. Sputa rusty, blood-colored or purulent. Tuberculosis in tall, rapidly growing young people. Do not give it too low or too frequently here, it may but hasten the destructive degeneration of tubercular masses. Repeated hemoptysis (Acal.). Pain in throat on coughing. Nervous cough provoked by strong odors, entrance of stranger; worse in the presence of strangers; worse lying on the left side; in a cold room.
Heart: Violent palpitations with anxiety, while lying on the left side. Pulse rapid, small, and soft. Heart dilated, especially right. Sensation of warmth in heart.
Back: Burning in the back; pain as if broken. Heat between the shoulder blades. Weak spine.
Extremities: Ascending sensory and motor paralysis from ends of fingers and toes. Stitches in elbow and shoulder joints. Burning in feet. Weakness and trembling, from every exertion. Can scarcely hold anything with his hands. Tibia inflamed and becomes necrosed. Arms and hands become numb. Can lie only on the right side. Post-diphtheritic paralysis, with formication of hands and feet. Joints suddenly give way.
Sleep: Great drowsiness, especially after meals. Coma vigil. Sleeplessness in old people. Vivid dreams of fire; of hemorrhage. Lascivious dreams. Goes to sleep late and awakens weak. Short naps and frequent wakings.
Fever: Chilly every evening. Cold knees at night. Adynamic with lack of thirst, but unnatural hunger. Hectic, with a small, quick pulse; viscid night sweats. Stupid delirium. Profuse perspiration.
Skin: Wounds bleed profusely, even if small; they heal and break out again. Jaundice. Little ulcers on the outside of larger ones. Petechiae. Ecchymosis. Purpura hemorrhagia. Scurvy. Fungus hematodes and excrescences.
Modalities: Worse, touch; physical or mental exertion; twilight; warm food or drink; change of weather, from getting wet in hot weather; evening; lying on the left or painful side; during a thunderstorm; ascending stairs. Better, in dark, lying on the right side, cold food; cold; open air; washing with cold water; sleep.
Relationship: Complementary: Ars., All-c., Lyc., Sil. Sanguisuga officinalis 30-Leech (persistent hemorrhages; effects of use of leeches). Phosphorus pentachloratus (great soreness of the mucous membrane of eyes and nose, throat and chest sore).
Incompatible: Caust.
Compare: Tub. follows Phos. well and compliments its action. Phosphorus hydrogenatus (crumbling teeth; hyperesthesia; locomotor ataxia); Amph. (right jaw swollen and painful). Thymolum (typical sexual neurasthenia; irritable stomach; aching throughout the lumbar region; worse, mental and physical exertion); Calc., Chin., Ant-c., Sep., Lyc., Sulph. In pneumonia, Pneumococcinum 200 and Pneumotoxinum (Cahis) taken from the Diplococcus lanceolatus of Fraenkel. Pneumonia and paralytic phenomena; pleuritic pain and pain in the ilio-ceacal region (Cartier).
Antidote: Antidote of Phos. poisoning: Turpentine with which it forms an insoluble mass. Also Potassium permang., Nux-v.
Phos. antidotes the nausea and vomiting of chloroform and ether.
Dose: Third to thirtieth potency. Should not be given too low or in too continuous doses, especially in tuberculous cases. It may act as euthanasia here.
SYMPTOMS OF PHOSPHORUS
Mind:
Great depression, irritability, fearfulness, clairvoyant state, tendency to start.
Oversensitivity to impressions, memory loss, insanity, ecstasy, dread of death.
Brain fatigue, exaggerated self-importance, excitability, restlessness, indifference.
Head:
Vertigo, heat from spine, neuralgia, burning pains, chronic head congestion.
Brain fatigue, cold sensation in the occiput, tight skin on the forehead.
Scalp itching, dandruff, hair loss.
Eyes:
Cataract, misty vision, black spots, better vision when shading eyes.
Eye fatigue, green halos, red letters, optic nerve atrophy, lid edema.
Partial vision loss from tobacco abuse, orbital pain, muscle paresis, diplopia.
Amaurosis, glaucoma, retinal vessel thrombosis, degenerative retinal changes.
Ears:
Hearing difficulty, re-echoing sounds, dull hearing after typhoid.
Nose:
Fan-like nostril motion, epistaxis, oversensitivity to smell, nasal bone periostitis.
Foul odors, chronic catarrh, small hemorrhages, bloody handkerchiefs, bleeding polyps.
Face:
Pale, sickly complexion, blue rings under eyes, tearing facial bone pain.
Cheek redness, lower jaw swelling and necrosis.
Mouth:
Swollen, bleeding gums, ulcerated gums, toothache after washing clothes.
Dry, smooth tongue, persistent bleeding after tooth extraction, nursing sore mouth.
Esophageal burning, pharynx and fauces dryness, thirst for cold water, esophageal stricture.
Stomach:
Hunger soon after eating, sour taste, eructations, wind belching, vomiting.
Post-operative vomiting, cardiac opening contraction, stomach pain relieved by cold food.
Stomach inflammation, burning extending to throat and bowels, bad effects of too much salt.
Abdomen:
Cold sensation, sharp pains, weak, empty sensation, liver congestion.
Acute hepatitis, fatty degeneration, jaundice, pancreatic disease, yellow spots.
Stool:
Fetid stools and flatus, narrow, hard stools, expulsion difficulty, left-side desire for stool.
Painless, copious diarrhea, green mucus, involuntary stool, weakness after stool.
Rectal blood discharge, white, hard stools, bleeding hemorrhoids.
Urinary:
Hematuria, turbid, brown urine with red sediment.
Male:
Impotence, irresistible desire, involuntary emissions, lascivious dreams.
Female:
Metritis, chlorosis, phlebitis, fistulous tracks after mammary abscess.
Slight uterine hemorrhage, early, scanty menses, prolonged menses, pre-menstrual weeping.
Mammae stitching pain, profuse leucorrhea, amenorrhea, vicarious menstruation, suppuration of mammae.
Nymphomania, uterine polyps.
Respiratory:
Hoarseness, evening-worsened larynx pain, clergyman’s sore throat, violent larynx tickling.
Aphonia, evening rawness, painful larynx talking, tickling cough, cold air worse.
Sweet cough taste, hard cough, lung congestion, chest burning, tightness, weight.
Sharp chest stitches, quickened respiration, chest heat, pneumonia, hemoptysis.
Tuberculosis in tall, rapidly growing young people, nervous cough, stranger presence worsening.
Heart:
Violent palpitations, anxiety, rapid, small, soft pulse, right heart dilation, heart warmth.
Back:
Burning pain, broken feeling, shoulder blade heat, weak spine.
Extremities:
Ascending paralysis, elbow and shoulder stitches, burning feet, weakness, trembling.
Hand numbness, right-side lying, post-diphtheritic paralysis, joint instability.
Sleep:
Drowsiness, coma vigil, old-age sleeplessness, vivid dreams, lascivious dreams, weak awakening, short naps.
Fever:
Evening chills, cold knees, adynamic, lack of thirst, unnatural hunger.
Hectic fever, quick pulse, viscid night sweats, delirium, profuse perspiration.
Skin:
Profuse wound bleeding, recurring ulcers, jaundice, petechiae, ecchymosis, purpura hemorrhagia, scurvy, fungus hematodes.
Modalities:
Worse: touch, exertion, twilight, warm food/drink, weather changes, wet in hot weather, evening, left-side lying, thunderstorms, stairs.
Better: dark, right-side lying, cold food, cold, open air, cold water washing, sleep.
selection of the potency
Individualization:
- Homeopathy is based on the principle of treating the individual, not just the disease. The unique symptoms and characteristics of the person are crucial in determining the most suitable potency.
Intensity of Symptoms:
- The intensity of the symptoms guides the choice of potency. If the symptoms are intense and acute, a lower potency (e.g., 6C, 30C) might be considered. For chronic conditions with less intensity, higher potencies (e.g., 200C, 1M) may be appropriate.
Sensitivity of the Patient:
- Some individuals are more sensitive to homeopathic remedies, while others may require higher potencies. The practitioner considers the patient’s sensitivity when selecting the potency.
Acute vs. Chronic Conditions:
- Lower potencies are often used for acute conditions, while higher potencies may be considered for chronic or long-standing issues.
Previous Response to Potencies:
- The patient’s response to previous homeopathic treatments helps guide the choice of potency. If a particular potency has been effective in the past, it may be repeated or adjusted as needed.
Vital Force and Susceptibility:
- Homeopathy views illness as a disturbance in the vital force. The practitioner assesses the patient’s overall vitality and susceptibility to determine the appropriate potency.
Aggravation or Amelioration:
- The direction of the symptom response (aggravation or amelioration) after taking a remedy can influence the choice of potency.
Miasmatic Considerations:
- In classical homeopathy, the concept of miasms (inherited disease tendencies) is considered. The practitioner take this into account when selecting the potency.
Practitioner Experience:
- The experience and preference of the homeopathic practitioner play a role. Some practitioners may have success with certain potencies based on their clinical experience.
SAFETY INFORMATION
- Do not exceed the recommended dose by physician
- Keep out of the reach of children
- Store in a cool dry place away from direct sunlight
- Maintain half an hour gap between food/drink/any other medicines and homoeopathic medicine
- Avoid any strong smell in the mouth while taking medicine e.g. camphor, garlic, onion, coffee, hing
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