(Phosphate of Lime)
One of the most important tissue remedies, and
while it has many symptoms in common with Calcarea
carbonica, there are some differences and characteristic features of
its own. It is especially indicated in tardy dentition and troubles
incident to that period, bone disease, nonunion of fractured bones, and the
anemias after acute diseases and chronic wasting diseases. Anemic
children who are peevish, flabby, have cold extremities and feeble
digestion. It has a special affinity where bones form sutures or
symphyses, and all its symptoms are worse from any change of weather.
Numbness and crawling are characteristic sensations, and tendency to
perspiration and glandular enlargement are symptoms it shares with the
carbonate. Scrofulosis, chlorosis and phthisis. | ||
| Mind. Peevish,
forgetful; after grief and vexation. [Ign.; Ph-ac.] Always wants to go somewhere. | ||
| Head. Headache,
worse near the region of sutures, from change of weather, of school
children about puberty. Fontanelles remain open too long. Cranial bones
soft and thin. Defective hearing. Headache, with abdominal flatulence. Head
hot, with smarting of roots of hair. | ||
| Eyes. Diffused
opacity in cornea following abscess. | ||
| Mouth. Swollen
tonsils; cannot open mouth without pain. Complaints during teething; teeth
develop slowly; rapid decay of teeth. Adenoid growths. | ||
| Stomach. Infant
wants to nurse all the time and vomits easily. Craving for bacon, ham,
salted or smoked meats. Much flatulence. Great hunger with thirst,
flatulence temporarily relieved by sour eructations. Heartburn. Easy
vomiting in children. | ||
| Abdomen. At
every attempt to eat, colicky pain in abdomen. Sunken and
flabby. Colic, soreness and burning around navel. | ||
| Stool. Bleeding
after hard stool. Diarrhea from juicy fruits or cider; during dentition.
Green, slimy, hot, sputtering, undigested, with fetid flatus.
Fistula in ano, alternating with chest symptoms. | ||
| Urine.
Increased, with sensation of weakness. Pain in region of kidneys when
lifting or blowing the nose. | ||
| Female. Menses
too early, excessive, and bright in girls. If late, blood is dark;
sometimes, first bright, then dark, with violent backache. During
lactation with sexual excitement. Nymphomania, with aching, pressing, or
weakness in uterine region. After prolonged nursing. Leucorrhea, like
white of egg. Worse morning. Child refuses breast; milk tastes
salty. Prolapsus in debilitated persons. | ||
| Respiratory.
Involuntary sighing. Chest sore. Suffocative cough; better lying down.
Hoarseness. Pain through lower left lung. | ||
| Neck and Back.
Rheumatic pain from draft of air, with stiffness and dullness of head.
Soreness in sacroiliac symphysis, as if broken. | ||
| Extremities.
Stiffness and pain, with cold, numb feeling, worse any change of
weather. Crawling and coldness. Buttocks, back and limbs asleep. Pains in
joints and bones. Weary when going upstairs. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, exposure to damp, cold weather, melting snow. Better,
in summer; warm, dry atmosphere. | ||
| Relationship.
Complementary: Ruta; Hep. Compare: Sil.; Psor.; Sulph. | ||
| Dose. First to third trituration. Higher potencies often more effective. |