PHOSPHORICUM ACIDUM
Phosphoric Acid
The frequent acid “debility” is very marked in this remedy, producing a fearful exhaustion. Mental debility first; later physical. A congenial soil for the motion of Phos acid is discovered in younger human beings who develop rapidly, and who are overtaxed, mentally or physically. Whenever the gadget has been uncovered to the ravages of acute disease, excesses, grief, loss of essential fluids, we attain prerequisites calling for it. Pyrosis, flatulence, diarrhoea, diabetes, rhachitis and periosteal inflammation. Neurosis in stump, after amputation. Haemorrhages in typhoid. Useful in relieving ache of cancer.
Mind.–Listless. Impaired reminiscence (Anac). Apathetic, indifferent. Cannot accumulate his ideas or locate the proper word. Difficult comprehension. Effects of grief and intellectual shock. Delirium, with exquisite stupefaction. Settled despair.
Head.–Heavy; confused. Pain as if temples had been overwhelmed together. Worse, shaking or noise. Crushing headache. Pressure on top. Hair grey early in life; falls out. Dull headache after coition; from eye-strain (Nat m). Vertigo towards evening, when standing or walking. Hair thins out, turns grey early.
Eyes.–Blue rings around. Lids infected and cold. Pupils dilated. Glassy appearance. Averse to sunlight; sees colorations as if a rainbow. Feel too large. Amblyopia in masturbators. Optic nerves appear torpid. Pain as if eyeballs had been forcibly pressed collectively and into head.
Ears.–Roaring, with tough hearing. Intolerant of noise.
Nose.–Bleeding. Bores fingers into nose. Itching.
Mouth.–Lips dry, cracked. Bleeding gums; retract from teeth. Tongue swollen, dry, with viscid, frothy mucus. Teeth sense cold. At night, bites tongue in voluntarily.
Face.–Pale, earthy; feeling of anxiety as from dried albumen. Sensation of coldness of one facet of face.
Stomach.–Craves juicy things. Sour risings. Nausea. Symptoms following bitter meals and drink. Pressure as from a weight, with sleepiness after consuming (Fel tauri). Thirst for bloodless milk.
Abdomen.–Distention and fermentation in bowels. Enlarged spleen (Ceanoth). Aching in umbilical region. Loud rumbling.
Stool.–Diarrhoea, white, watery, involuntary, painless, with a whole lot flatus; no longer particularly exhausting. Diarrhoea in weakly, refined rachitic children.
Urine.–Frequent, profuse, watery, milky. Diabetes. Micturition, preceded with the aid of anxiousness and accompanied by using burning. Frequent urination at night. Phosphaturia.
Male.–Emissions at night time and at stool. Seminal vesiculitis (Oxal acid). Sexual electricity deficient; testicles gentle and swollen. Parts loosen up throughout include (Nux). Prostatorrhoea, even when passing a gentle stool. Eczema of scrotum. Å’dema of prepuce, and swollen glans-penis. Herpes preputialis. Sycotic excrescences (Thuja).
Female.–Menses too early and profuse, with ache in liver. Itching; yellow leucorrhoea after menses. Milk scanty; fitness deteriorated from nursing.
Respiratory.–Chest troubles increase after brain-fag. Hoarseness. Dry cough from tickling in chest. Salty expectoration. Difficult respiration. Weak feeling in chest from speakme (Stann). Pressure in the back of the sternum, rendering respiration difficult.
Heart.–Palpitation in teenagers who develop too fast; after grief, self-abuse. Pulse irregular, intermittent.
Back.–Boring ache between scapulae. Pain in lower back and limbs, as if beaten.
Extremities.–Weak. Tearing pains in joints, bones, and periosteum. Cramps in higher hands and wrists. Great debility. Pains at night, as if bones had been scraped. Stumbles without problems and makes missteps. Itching, between fingers or in folds of joints.
Skin.–Pimples, acne, blood-boils. Ulcers, with very offensive pus. Burning pink rash. Formication in a number of parts. Falling out of the hair (Nat mur; Selen). Tendency to abscess after fevers.
Sleep.–Somnolency. Lascivious desires with emissions.
Fever.–Chilliness. Profuse sweat at some point of night time and morning. Low sorts of fever, with stupid comprehension ans stupor.
Modalities.–Better, from retaining warm. Worse, exertion, from being talked to; loss of critical fluids; sexual excesses. Everything impeding circulation motives aggravation of symptoms.
Relationship.–Compare: Å’nothera biennis-Evening primrose–(Effortless diarrhoea with frightened exhaustion. Incipient hydrocephaloid. Whooping-cough and spasmodic asthma). Nectranda amare (Watery diarrhoea, dry tongue, colic, bluish ring round sunken eyes, stressed sleep). China; Nux. Pic ac; Lactic ac; Phos.
Antidotes: Coffea.
Dose.–First potency.
