Ferrum phosphoricum

as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931

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Keynotes

Anæmic blondes. FULL, SOFT, FLOWING PULSE. Hyperæmia. Acute exacerbations, phthisis, rheumatism, etc. Passive congestion and weakness. Bloody (streaked or meat water) discharges. Bruised soreness; chest, shoulder, muscles. Inflamed soft parts. Burning rawness. .................... Keeps quiet. Anger. Excited and talkative. Cerebral irritation. Throbbing headaches, with sensitive scalp. Headache; shooting pains, aching from vertex down over sides of head; with earache (Pul.), > nosebleed. Suffused eyes. Violent earache. Acute otitis; media. Colds cause deafness. Tinnitus, < lying. Face pales and reddens alternately. Vomits ingesta. Frequent stools of bloody water. Diarrhœa. Impending hydrocephalus. Nephritis. Enuresis. Urinates after every drink (Sarsa.). Menses early, with heavy pain on vertex. Laryngitis; of singers (Aru-t.). Cough; hacking; < morning and evening. Cough, tormenting, spasmodic. Chest heavy, sore or congested. Omodynia. Jerking limbs. Drowsiness. Chill, with desire to stretch. Heat with sweaty hands. Sweatiness. Fevers; continued; infectious; pneumonia; intercurrent. Measles; hæmorrhagic.

Worse

Night (4-6 A.M.). Motion. Noise. Jar. Cold air. Checked sweat.

Better

Cold. Bleedings. Lying down.

Region

Vaso-motors. Venous circulation: LUNGS. Ears. Nose (root). Eustachian tube.

Relationships

Complementary: Kali-m. Related: Gel.

What the other books say about Ferrum phosphoricum

The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.

Ferrum phosphoricum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
Ferrum phosphoricum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.

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Cite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Ferrum phosphoricum — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/ferrum-phosphoricum. Author died 1935: public domain in India. The catalogue records 1931; a 1931 edition is public domain in the US from 1 Jan 2027 at the latest — the edition this transcription follows is not stated in the file. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.