Natrum phosphoricum

Natrum phosphoricum is the remedy for conditions arising from excess of lactic acid, often resulting from too much sugar. Ailments, with excess of acidity. Sour eructations and taste. Sour vomiting. Yellow, creamy coating at the back of the roof of mouth and tongue. Inflammation of any part of the throat, with sensation of a lump in throat. Flatulence, with sour risings. Colic, with symptoms of worms. Cracking of joints. Jaundice (1x trit.). Oxaluria.

Mind

Imagines, on waking at night, that pieces of furniture are persons; that he hears footsteps in next room. Fear.

Head

Feels dull in the morning, full feeling and throbbing.

Eyes

Discharge of golden-yellow, creamy matter from the eyes. Dilation of one pupil. Whites of eyes dirty yellow.

Ears

One ear red, hot, frequently itchy, accompanied by gastric derangements and acidity.

Nose p. 464

Offensive odor. Itching of nose. Naso-pharyngeal catarrh, with thick, yellow, offensive mucus.

Face p. 464

Paleness of bluish, florid appearance of face.

Mouth p. 464

Canker sores of lip and cheeks. Blisters on tip of tongue, with stinging in evening. Thin, moist coating on the tongue. Yellow, creamy coating at the back part of the roof of the mouth. Dysphagia. Thick, creamy membrane over tonsils and soft palate.

Stomach p. 464

Sour eructations, sour vomiting, greenish diarrhœa. Spits mouthful of food.

Male p. 464

Emissions without dreams, with weakness in back and trembling in limbs. Desire without erection. Gonorrhœa.

Female p. 464

Menses too early; pale, thin, watery. Sterility, with acid secretions from vagina. Leucorrhœa; discharge creamy or honey-colored, or acid and watery. Sour-smelling discharges from uterus. Morning sickness, with sour vomiting.

Extremities p. 464

Rheumatism of the knee-joint.

Back p. 464

Weariness; aching in wrists and finger-joints. Hamstrings sore. Synovial crepitation. Rheumatic arthritis.

Skin p. 464

Yellow. Itching in various parts, especially of ankles. Hives. Smooth, red, shining. Erysipelas. Feet icy cold in daytime, burn at night. Swelling of lymphatic glands.

Relationship p. 464

Compare: Natrum lactic. (rheumatism and gout; gouty concretions; rheumatism with diabetes); Natrum nitrosum (angina pectoris. Cyanosis, fainting, copious liquid stools at night; throbbing and fullness; faintness, nervous pain in head, nausea, eructations, blue lips). Natrum silicofluoricum—Salufer—(a cancer remedy; tumors, bone affection, caries, lupus, ethmoidits. Must be used carefully); Nat. selen. (chronic laryngitis and laryngeal phthisis; hoarseness of singers, expectorate small lumps of mucus with frequent clearing of throat); Nat. sulphurosum (diarrhœa, with yeasty stools); Nat. sulphocarbol. (pyemia; purulent pleurisy, 3 to 5 grains every three hours); Nat. telluricum (breath has odor of garlic; nightsweats of phthisis) Calc.; Robin.; Phos. In oxaluria 1x four times daily prevents formation of calculi; keeps the oxal. of lime in solution (Schwartz).