(Phosphorus)
Phosphorus irritates, inflames and degenerates
mucous membranes, irritates and inflames serous membranes, inflames spinal
cord and nerves, causing paralysis, destroys bone, especially the lower jaw
and tibia; disorganizes the blood, causing fatty degeneration of blood
vessels and every tissue and organ of the body and thus gives rise to
hemorrhages, and hematogenous jaundice. | ||
| Mind. Great
lowness of spirits. Easily vexed. Fearfulness, as if something were
creeping out of every corner. Clairvoyant state. Great tendency to start.
Oversensitive to external impressions. Loss of memory. Paralysis of 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
of the aged, after rising. [Bry.] Heat
comes from spine. Neuralgia; parts must be kept warm. Burning pains.
Chronic congestion of head. Brain-fag, with coldness of occiput.
Vertigo, with faintness. Skin of forehead feels too tight. Itching of
scalp, dandruff, falling out of hair in large bunches. | ||
| Eyes. Cataract.
Sensation as if everything were covered with a mist or veil, or dust, or
something pulled tightly over 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 about the
candlelight. Letters appear red. Atrophy of optic nerve. Edema
of lids and about 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 trouble with lights and hallucination
of vision. | ||
| Ears.
Hearing difficult, especially to human voice. Reechoing of sounds.
[Caust.] Dullness of hearing after
typhoid. | ||
| Nose. Fan-like
motion of nostrils. [Lyc.] Bleeding; epistaxis
instead of menses. Oversensitive smell. [Carb-ac.; Nux-v.] Periostitis of
nasal bones. Foul imaginary odors. Chronic catarrh, with small
hemorrhages; handkerchief is always bloody. Polypi; bleeding
easily. [Calc.] | ||
| Face. Pale,
sickly complexion; blue rings under eyes. Hippocratic countenance. Tearing
pain in facial bones; circumscribed redness in one or both cheeks.
Swelling and necrosis of lower jaw. | ||
| Mouth. Swelled
and easily bleeding gums, ulcerated. Toothache after washing
clothes. Tongue dry, smooth, red or white, not thickly coated.
Persistent bleeding after tooth extraction. Nursing sore mouth. Burning in
esophagus. Dryness in pharynx and fauces. Thirst for very cold
water. Stricture of esophagus. | ||
| Stomach. Hunger
soon after eating. Sour taste and sour eructations after every meal.
Belching large quantities of wind, after eating. Throws up ingesta by
the mouthfuls. Vomiting; water is thrown up as soon as it gets warm
in the stomach. Postoperative vomiting. Cardiac opening seems
contracted, too narrow; the food scarcely swallowed, comes up again. [Bry.] Pain in stomach; relieved by cold food, ices.
Region of stomach painful to touch, or on walking. Inflammation of stomach,
with burning extending to throat and bowels. Bad effects of eating too
much salt. | ||
| Abdomen. Feels
cold. [Caps.] Sharp, cutting pains. A very weak,
empty, gone sensation felt in whole abdominal cavity. Liver congested.
Acute hepatitis. Fatty degeneration. Jaundice. Pancreatic disease. Large,
yellow spots on abdomen. | ||
| Stool. Very
fetid stools and flatus. Long, narrow, hard, like a dog's. Difficult to
expel. Desire for stool on lying on left side. Painless, copious
debilitating diarrhea. Green mucus, with grains like sago.
Involuntary; seems as if anus remained open. Great weakness after
stool. Discharge of blood from rectum, during stool. White, hard
stools. Bleeding hemorrhoids. | ||
| Urine.
Hematuria, especially in acute Bright's disease. [Canth.] Turbid, brown, with red sediment. | ||
| Male. Lack of
power. Irresistible desire; involuntary emissions, with lascivious
dreams. | ||
| Female.
Metritis. Chlorosis. Phlebitis. Fistulous tracks after mammary abscess.
Slight hemorrhage from uterus between periods. 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, water, offensive discharge.
Nymphomania. Uterine polyps. | ||
| Respiratory.
Hoarseness; worse evenings. Larynx very painful. Clergyman's sore
throat; violent tickling in larynx while speaking. Aphonia, worse evenings,
with rawness. Cannot talk on account of pain in larynx. Cough from
tickling in throat; worse, cold air, reading, laughing,
talking, from going from warm room into cold air. Sweetish taste
while coughing. Hard, dry, tight, racking cough. Congestion of lungs.
Burning pains, heat and oppression of chest. Tightness across chest;
great weight on chest. Sharp stitches in chest; respiration
quickened, oppressed. Much heat in chest. Pneumonia, with oppression;
worse, lying on left side. 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. Pain in throat on coughing. Nervous coughs provoked by strong
odors, entrance of a stranger; worse in the presence of strangers; worse
lying upon left side; in cold room. | ||
| Heart. Violent
palpitation with anxiety, while lying on left side. Pulse rapid, small, and
soft. Heart dilated, especially right. Feeling of warmth in
heart. | ||
| Back. Burning
in back; pain as if broken. Heat between the shoulderblades. Weak
spine. | ||
| Extremities.
Ascending sensory and motor paralysis from ends of fingers and toes.
Stitches in elbow and shoulder joints. Burning of 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 right side. Postdiphtheritic 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 small, quick pulse; viscid night sweats.
Stupid delirium. Profuse perspiration. | ||
| Skin. Wounds
bleed very much, even if small; they heal and break out again.
Jaundice. Little ulcer outside of large ones. Petechiae. Ecchymosis.
Purpura hemorrhagia. Scurvy. Fungous 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 left or painful side; during a thunderstorm; ascending stairs.
Better, in dark, lying on right side, cold food; cold; open air;
washing with cold water; sleep. | ||
| Relationship.
Complementary: Ars.; All-c.; Lyc.; Sil. Incompatible: Caust. Compare: Calc.; Chin.; Sep.; Lyc.; Sulph. Pneumonia and paralytic phenomena; pleuritic pain and pain in iliocecal region (Cartier). Antidote: Antidote to Phosphorus Poisoning: Turpentine with which it forms an insoluble mass. Also Nux-v. Phosphorus 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. |