Phosphorus

William Boericke 1922

StooL — Very fetid stools and flatus. Long, narrow, hard, like a. dog’s. Difficult to expel. Desire foi stool on lying on left side Painless, copious debilitating diarrhoea. Green mucus, with grains like sago. Involuntary ; seems as if anus remained open. Great weakfi;^ss after stool. Discharge of blood from rectum, during’ stool.

William Boericke 1922

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

William Boericke 1922

Burning in

William Boericke 1922

pain as if broken. Heat hetween the shoulder-blades. Weak

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Small wounds bleed profusely; purpura with fatigue; tall narrow chests prone to congestion.

William Boericke 1922

Pneumonia, with oppression : worse, lying on left side. Whole body trembles, with cough. Sputa rusty, blood -colored, or purulent. Tuberculosis in tall, rapidlygrowing young people. Do not give it too low or too frequently here, it may but hasten the destructive degeneration of tubercular masses. Repeated haemoptysis. [Acal.] Pain in throat on coughing. Nervous coughs provoked by strong odors, entrance of a stranger.

William Boericke 1922

Tightness across

William Boericke 1922

great weight on

William Boericke 1922

Sharp stitches in

William Boericke 1922

respiration quickened, oppressed. Much heat in

William Boericke 1922

Phosphorus hydrogcnatus (crumbling

William Boericke 1922

Third to thirtieth potency. Should not be given too low or in too continuous

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Wide range; chronic constitutional states classically 200C+ single doses.

William Boericke 1922

Hearing difficult, especially to human voice. Re-echoing of sounds. [Caust.] Dullness of hearing after typhoid.

William Boericke 1922

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. Post-diphtheritic paralysis, with formication of hands and feet. Joints suddenly give way.

William Boericke 1922

Black points seem to float before the

William Boericke 1922

Cataract. Sensation as if everything were covered with a mist or veil, or dust, or something pulled tightly over

William Boericke 1922

Patient sees better by shading eyes with hand. Fatigue of eyes and head even without much use of

William Boericke 1922

Green halo about the candlelight. [Osmium.] Letters appear red. Atrophy of optic nerve. (Edema of lids and about

William Boericke 1922

Partial loss of vision from abuse of tobacco. [VM.r.l 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 linear are seen in old people. Retinal trouble with lights and hallucination of vision.

William Boericke 1922

Hippocratic countenance. Tearing pain in facial bones; circumscribed redness. Swelling and necrosis of lower jaw. [Amphisbcena.]

William Boericke 1922

Pale, sickly complexion ; blue rings under

William Boericke 1922

Metritis. Chlorosis. Phlebitis. Fistulous tracks after mammary abscess. Slight haemorrhage from uterus between periods. Menses too early and scanty — not profuse, but last too long. Weeps before menses. Stitching pain in mammae. Leucorrhcea profuse, smarting, corrosive, instead of menses. Amenorrhoea, with vicarious menstruation. [Biy.] Suppura^ tion of mammce, burning, watery, offensive discharge. Nymphomania.

William Boericke 1922

Chilly every evening. Cold knees at night. Adynamic with lack of thirst, but unnatural hunger. Hectic, with small, quick

William Boericke 1922

imaginary odors. [Aur.] Chronic catarrh, with small haemorrhages; handkerchief is always bloody. Polypi; bleeding easily. [Calc.; 5'o»p.]

William Boericke 1922

ner. 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. Hypo-sti\s\tive — indifferent.

William Boericke 1922

Urine. — Haematuria, especially in acute Bright's disease. [Canth.] Turbid, brown, with red sediment.

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Vertigo on rising from bending; congestive headaches after mental exertion; falling hair in patches; burning sensations in spine.

William Boericke 1922

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.

William Boericke 1922

Vertigo of the aged, after rising, [f^ry.] Heat comes from

William Boericke 1922

Violent palpitation with anxiety, while lying on left side. Pulse rapid, small, and soft. Heart dilated, especially right. Feeling of warmth in

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Tall, slender, sympathetic souls who burn bright and drain fast — haemorrhagic, burning, thirsty for cold.

William Boericke 1922

Cough from tickling in

William Boericke 1922

Lack of power. Irresistible desire; involuntary emissions, with lascivious dreams.

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Over-sensitive to external impressions — odours, lights, sounds; sympathetic to the point of absorbing others' troubles; fear of thunderstorms, of the dark, of being alone; exhilaration followed by exhaustion.

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Worse: lying on left side, twilight, warm food/drinks, thunderstorms. Better: cold food and drink, sleeping on right side, eating.

William Boericke 1922

IV or sc, 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 thunder-storm; ascending stairs. Better, in dark, lying on right side, cold food; open air; washing with cold water.

William Boericke 1922

Swelled and easily bleeding gums, ulcerated. Toothache after washing clothes. Tongue dry, white, not thickly coated. Nursing sore

William Boericke 1922

Burning in oesophagus. Dryness in pharynx and fauces. Thirst for very cold water.

William Boericke 1922

Fan-like motion of nostrils. [Lye.] Bleeding; epistaxis instead df menses. Over-sensitive smell. [Carbol. ac.; Nu.w] Periostitis of nasal bones. Foul 584

William Boericke 1922

viscid night-sweats. Stupid delirium. Profuse perspiration.

William Boericke 1922

Complementary: Ars.; Cepa; J^yc. Sanguisuga 30 — Leech — (Persistent hemorrhages; effects of use of leeches.) Phosph, pentachloride (great soreness of mucous membrane of eyes and nose, throat and chest sore). Incompatible: Caust. PHOSPHORUS — PHYSALIS — SOLANUM VESICARIUM 587

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Complementary Arsenum album, Cepa, Sarcolacticum; compare Tuberculinum (restless wanderlust overlap).

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Dry hacking cough from tickling in throat pit, worse talking, laughing, cold air; chest tightness; tendency to bronchial and haemorrhagic lung states in the traditional picture.

William Boericke 1922

Hoarseness ; worse evenings. Larynx very painful. Clergyman's sore

William Boericke 1922

JVounds bleed very much, even if small; they heal and break out again. Jaundice. Little ulcer outside of large ones. Petechiae. Ecchymosis. Purpura hcemorrhagia. Scurvy.

William Boericke 1922

Great drowsiness, especially after meals. Coma vigil. Sleeplessness in old people. Vivid dreams of fire; of hjemorrhage. Lascivious dreams. Goes to sleep late and awakens weak. Short naps and frequent tvakings.

William Boericke 1922

Neuralgia; parts must be kept warm. Burning pains. Chronic congestion of

William Boericke 1922

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.

William Boericke 1922

Post-operative vomit ‘ ing. Cardiac opening seems contracted, too narrow ; the food scarcely swallowed, comes up again. [Bry., Alum.] Pain in

William Boericke 1922

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

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Cold water vomited when warmed in stomach; hunger soon after eating; craving cold drinks, ice cream; burning between meals relieved by eating.

William Boericke 1922

aching throughout lumbar region ; worse, mental and physical exertion) : Calc.; Chin.; Antim.; Sep.; Lye.; Sulph. In Pneumonia, Pneiimococin 200 and Pneumotoxin (Cahis) taken from the Diplococcus lanceolatus of Fraenkel. Pneumonia and paralytic phenomena — also Pyrogen (Cartier). Antidote ; N'ux. Phos. antidotes the nausea and vomiting of chloroform and ether.

William Boericke 1922

hyperaesthesia ; locomotor ataxia); Amphisbrsna (right jaw swollen and painful). Thymol (Typical sexual neurasthenia; irritable

William Boericke 1922

Phosphorus irritates, inflames and degenerates mucous menil)ranes, 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 hannorrhages, and haematogenous jaundice. Produces a picture of destructive metabolism. Causes yellow atrophy of the liver and sub-acute hepatitis. Tall, slender persons, weakened by loss of animal fluids, with great nervous debility, emaciation, amative tendencies, seem to be under the special influence of Phosphorus. Great susceptibility to external impressions, to light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunderstorms. Suddenness of symptoms, sudden prostration, faints, sweats, shooting paiiifs, etc. Polycythaemia. Blood extravasations ; fatty degenerations, cirrhosis, caries, are pathological states often calling for Phosphorus. Muscular pseudo-hypertrophy, neuritis. Inflammation of the respiratory tract. Paralytic symptoms. Ill effects of Iodine and excessive use of salt; worse, lying on left side* Tertiary syphilis, skin lesions, and nervous debility. Scurvy. Pscudo-hypertrophic paralp^s. Ataxia and adynamia. — Great lowness of spirits. Easily vexed. FearfuMiis, as if something were creeping out of every cor-

William Boericke 1922

violent tickling in larynx while speaking. Aphonia, worse evenings, with rawness. Cannot talk on account of pain in

William Boericke 1922

worse, cold air, reading, laughing, talking. Sweetish taste while coughing. Hard, dry, tight, racking cough. Congestion of lungs. Burning pains, heat and oppression of