Phosphorus

Phosphorus

Phosphorus. The Element.

Adapted to tall slender persons of sanguine temperament, fair skin, delicate eyelashes, fine, blond, or red hair, quick perceptions, and very sensitive nature.

PHOSPHORUS — i^Cojitinued') .

Young people, who grow too rapidly, are inclined to stoop (to walk stooped, Sulph. ) ; who are chlorotic or anaemic; old people, with morning diarrhoea.

Nervous, weak; desires to be magnetized (Sil.).

Oversensitiveness of all the senses to external impressions, light, noise, odors, touch.

Restless, fidgety; moves continually, cannot sit or stand still a moment (restless, fidgety feet. Zinc.).

Burning: in spots along the spine; between the scapulce (as of a piece of ice, Lachn.) ; or intense heat running up the back; of palms of hands (Lach.) ; in chest and lungs; of every organ or tissue of the body (Ars., Sulph.) ; generally in diseases of nervous system.

Haemorrhagic diathesis ; small wounds bleed profusely (Kreos., Lach.) ; from every mucous outlet.

Great weakness and prostration : with nervous debility and trembling; of whole body; weakness and weariness from loss of vital fluids (Cinch., Phos. ac.).

Pain : acute, especially in the chest, < from pressure, even slight, in intercostal spaces, and lying on left side; excited by slightest chill ; open air intolerable.

A weak, empty, all-gone sensation in head, chest, stomach and entire abdomen.

Apathetic ; unwilling to talk ; answers slowly ; moves sluggishly (Phos. ac.).

Weary of life, full of gloomy forebodings.

Dandruff, falls out in clouds (Lyc.) ; hair falls out in bunches, baldness of single spots.

Eyes : hollow, surrounded by bine rings; lids, puffy, swollen, oedematous (upper lids. Kali c. ; lower. Apis).

PHOSPHORUS— .

Longs for: cold food and drink; juicy, refreshing things; ice cream > gastric pains.

As soon as water becomes warm in stomach it is thrown up.

Regurgitation of ingesta, in mouthfuls (Alum.).

Nausea from placing hands in warm water; sneezing and coryza from putting hands in water (Lac d. ).

Constipation : faeces slender, long, dry, tough, and hard ( Staph. ) ; voided with great straining and difficulty (Caust. ).

Diarrhoea: as soon as anything enters the rectum; profuse, pouring away as from a hydrant; watery, with sago-like particles ; sensation, as if the anus remained open (Apis); involuntary; during cholera time (which precedes cholera, Phos. ac.) ; morning, of old people.

Hemorrhage: frequent and profuse, pouring out freely and then ceasing for a time; metrorrhagia, in cancer; hemoptysis, vicarious, from nose, stomach, anus, urethra, in amenorrhoea.

Heaviness of chest, as if a weight were lying on it.

During pregnancy; unable to drink water; sight of it causes vomiting; must close her eyes while bathing (Lys.).

Cannot talk, the larynx is so painful; is dry, raw, rough, sore.

Cough : going from warm to cold air (rev. of Bry.) ; < from laughing, talking, reading, drinking, eating, lying on the left side (Dros., Stan.).

Perspiration has the odor of sulphur.

Necrosis of the (left) lower jaw.

it is isomorphic; Cepa, its vegetable analogue.

Incompatible : with Causticum, must not be used before or after.

Phos. removes the bad effects of Iodine and excessive 'use of table salt.

Follows well : after, Calc, or Cinch.

Hahnemann says : “Acts most beneficial when patient suffers from chronic loose stool or diarrhoea.”

Aggravation. — Evening, before midnight (Puls., Rhus) ; lying on left or painful side; during a thunderstorm; weather changes, either hot or cold.

Cold air relieves the head and face symptoms but aggravates those of chest, throat and neck.

Amelioration. — In the dark; lying on r. side; from being rubbed or mesmerized; from cold food, cold water, until it gets warm.