Kalium phosphoricum
as Cyrus Maxwell Boger recorded it in A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica, 1931
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Keynotes
Neurasthenia. Paralysis. PUTRID, or golden-yellow excretions; coat on tongue, stool, etc. Foul odor of body. Carrion odor of secretions. Irregular menses, pulse, etc. Stitches. Little pain. Paralytic weakness. .................... Shyness. Nervous and sensitive. Dread. Gloom. Averse to her own. Angry. Vertigo on facing sun. Eyes; burn, sting and swim in tears; yellow-gray, milky secretion; left lid droops. Retinitis. Reflex eye symptoms. Itching in posterior nares. Sneezing; at 2 A.M. Hay fever; pro-phylactic. Sad, care-worn look. Brown stripe at edge of hair. Palate feels greasy. Tongue yellow, like liquid mustard. Aphthæ. Craves ice water, vinegar and sweets. Craving hunger; soon after eating; and weakness follow painless, watery stools. Entero-colitis. Empty gnawing in stomach, > eating. Cutting in abdomen. Golden yellow, putrid, hot stools. Milky urine. Enuresis nocturna. Sexual erethism, with prostration after coition or nightly emissions. Horribly foul leucorrhœa. Aphonia. Nervous asthma. Axillary sweat smells of onions. Spinal irritation. Prickling hands and feet. Numb fingertips. Foot feels frost-bitten. Pains in soles. Drowsy. Yawning. Inactive skin.
Worse
Slight: Excitement. Worry. Mental fatigue. Touch. Pain. Cold, dry air. Puberty.
Better
Sleep. Eating. Gentle motion (Fer. Pul.). NERVOUS, SENSITIVE, WEAK AND EASILY FAGGED, especially by pain, etc.
Region
Nerves: Brain. Cord. Excretions. One side.
Relationships
Related: Caus. Coccl. Pic-ac. Zin.
What the other books say about Kalium phosphoricum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Kalium phosphoricum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Kalium phosphoricum in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
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Create a free accountCite this page. Cyrus Maxwell Boger. A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica. 1931. Kalium phosphoricum — Keynotes. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boger/kalium-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.