Magnesia phosphorica
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
MAGNESIUM PHOSPHORICUM
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Mind
Laments all the time about the pain. Inability to think clearly. Sleepless on account of indigestion.
General
Phosphate of Magnesia The great anti-spasmodic remedy. Cramping of muscles with radiating pains. Neuralgic pains relieved by warmth. Especially suited to tired, languid, exhausted subjects. Indisposition for mental exertion. Goitre.
Modalities
Worse, right side, cold, touch, night. Better, warmth, bending double, pressure, friction.
Head
Vertigo on moving, falls forward on closing eyes, better walking in open air. Aches after mental labor, with chilliness; always better warmth (Sil). Sensation as if contents were liquid, as if parts of brain were changing places, as of a cap on head.
Eyes
Supraorbital pains; worse, right side; relieved by warmth applied externally. Increased lachrymation. Twitching of lids. Nystagmus strabismus, ptosis. Eyes hot, tired, vision blurred, colored lights before eyes.
Ears
Severe neuralgic pain; worse behind right ear; worse, by going into cold air, and washing face and neck with cold water.
Mouth
Toothache; better by heat and hot liquids. Ulceration of teeth, with swelling of glands of face, throat and neck and swelling of tongue. Complaints of teething children. Spasms without febrile symptoms.
Throat
Soreness and stiffness, especially right side; parts seem puffy, with chilliness, and aching all over.
Stomach
Hiccough, with retching day and night. Thirst for very cold drinks.
Abdomen
Enteralgia, relieved by pressure. Flatulent colic, forcing patient to bend double; relieved by rubbing, warmth, pressure; accompanied with belching of gas, which gives no relief. Bloated, full sensation in abdomen; must loosen clothing, walk about and constantly pass flatus. Constipation in rheumatic subjects due to flatulence and indigestion.
Female
Menstrual colic. Membranous dysmenorrhœa. Menses too early, dark, stringy. Swelling of external parts. Ovarian neuralgia. Vaginismus.
Respiratory
Asthmatic oppression of chest. Dry, tickling cough. Spasmodic cough, with difficulty in lying down. Whooping-cough (Corall). Voice hoarse, larynx sore and raw. Intercostal neuralgia.
Heart
Angina pectoris. Nervous spasmodic palpitation. Constricting pains around heart.
Extremities
Involuntary shaking of hands. Paralysis agitans. Cramps in calves. Sciatica; feet very tender. Darting pains. Twitchings. Chorea. Writers' and players' cramp. Tetanic spasms. Weakness in arms and hands, finger-tips stiff and numb. General muscular weakness.
Fever
Chilliness after dinner, in evening. Chills run up and down the back, with shivering, followed by a suffocating sensation.
Relationships
Compare: Kali phos; Colocy; Silica; Zinc; Diosc. Antidotes: Bell; Gels; Lach.
Dose
First to twelfth potency. Sometimes the highest potencies are preferable. Acts especially well, given in hot water.
What the other books say about Magnesia phosphorica
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Magnesia phosphorica in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Magnesia phosphorica in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Magnesia phosphorica in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Magnesia phosphorica — Mind. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/magnesia-phosphorica. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.