Natrum Phosphoricum

Sodium Phosphate. Na^ H P O4 12 H^^ 0.

Prepared from calcined bone ; the crystals are colorless, transparent, obliquely four-sided, specific gravity 1.55, slightly alkaline, and have a cooling saline taste; insoluble in alcohol; imparts a yellow color to flame.— Am. Horn. Pharm.

Provings by Farrington on twelve provers, Hahn. Mo., vol. 12, p. 172; also proved by Carson, Thesis, Hahn. Med. Col, 1877. The provings were made principally with the higher potencies.

Clinical KvTnOBiTXE?,.— Conjunctivitis, Schiissler's Tissue Remedies, p. 114; Chronic dyspepsia, Hering, Schiissler's Tissue Remedies, B. and D., p. 148 ; Gastralgia and enter algic, Schuessler, A. H. Z., vol. 103, p. 93; Goitre, Skeels, Hahn. Mo., vol. 15, p. 104; Weakness of legs, Farrington, Trans. Ham. Med. Sac. Pa., 1874, p. 272; Swelling of glands of neck, Fisher, Horn. Times, 1876, p. 92.

Mind

Mental dulness; difficult to remember.

Nervous, irritable; vexed at trifles.

││ Anxious and apprehensive; despondent.

Melancholy, especially after emissions.

Sensorium

││ Giddiness; vertigo with gastric derangement.

Inner Head

Headache: in temples; on crown of head on awaking in morning; after taking thick sour milk.

││ Intense pressure and heat on top of head as if it would open.

││ Severe pain in head as if skull was too full ; frontal or occipital, with nausea or sour slimy vomiting.

││ Sickening headaches, ejection of sour froth.

Sight and Eyes p. 6

Dim sight as if veil was over eyes ; dull, heavy headache.

Flickering of sight in 1. eye, on rising 5 a.m.

Halo around gaslight.

Eyes feel weak, < from gaslight ; sore when reading.

Burning, stitching, cutting in eyes.

Eyes feel as if sand was in them, mostly left.

J I Burning lachrymation, eyes bloodshot.

││ Discharge of golden yellow, creamy matter from eyes.

• I Ophthalmia, conjunctivitis, discharge of yellow, creamy matter, lids glued together in morning.

▌ Conjunctivitis with great dread of light, since measles some years previous ; enlargement of glands of neck, creamy secretion from eyelids.

││ Granular conjunctivitis when granulations look like small blisters.

▌ Scrofulous ophthalmia.

Dryness of 1. eyeball, with soreness as if bruised.

││ Squinting caused by intestinal irritation from worms.

Quivering of r. eyelid while reading.

Eyelids feel sore, itch and burn.

││ Pain over eyes.

Hearing and Ears p. 6

Sensation in ears as of water dropping from a height into a long, narrow vessel, while lying down.

Fulness in ears.

Aching and itching in r. meatus.

Tickling from middle ear into eustachian tube.

▌▌ Ears sore externally, burn and itch, thin, creamlike scabbing ; yellow tongue.

││ One ear red, hot, frequently itchy, accompanied by gastric derangement and acidity3^

Lobe of r. ear burns intolerably, scratches until it bleeds.

Smell and Nose p. 6

Subjective offensive odor before nose in morning.

Left nostril sore, painful ; picks it, scabs form.

││ Pricking in nares, brings tears to eyes.

││ Picking at nose, associated with acidity and worms.

Fulness at root of nose.

Upper Face p. 6

│▌ Red and blotched face, yet not feverish.

││ Paleness, or bluish, florid appearance.

││ Face white about nose or mouth.

Facial neuralgia, shooting, stitching pains.

Lower Face p. 6

Soreness in r. side of lower jaw, at angle, occasional darting.

Teeth and Gums p. 6

' l Grinding of teeth in children in sleep.

Taste and Tongue p. 6

││ Acid taste ; bad taste on awaking.

▌▌ Thin, moist coating on tongue.

Tongue coated dirty white, dark brown centre.

││ Yellow, moist tongue.

▌ Moist, creamy or golden yellow coating at back of tongue.

▌ Blisters and sensation of hair on tip of tongue; pricking

numbness of whole mouth.

││ On rising in morning, tongue has a thin, moist coating,

a creamy deposit at back, or as if raw or yellow sugar

had been partaken of.

Tries to say a word, but it will not come out; feels as if

something closed in throat, preventing speech.

Inner Mouth p. 7

Yellow, creamy coating at back part of roof of mouth.

▌▌ Soft palate has a yellowish, creamy look.

││ Catarrh of tonsils, with a golden yellow-tinged exudation ; acid condition of stomach.

Gumboils.

Throat p. 7

Tough, clear, white phlegm from posterior nares ; much hawking.

▌ Dropping of thick, yellow mucus from posterior nares,< at night ; awakens him, must sit up and clear throat.

Sensation of a lump in throat; r. side sore, pricking as of a pin ; < swallowing liquids, > solids.

Throbbing in 1. tonsil.

Sore throat, tonsils coated with a yellow, creamy mucus, raw feeling, moist deposit on tongue mornings, looking yellow.

││ Diphtheritic sore throat, falsely so called. _ _

││ Inflammation of any part of throat with characteristic coating ; accompanied by an acid condition of stomach.

Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions p. 7

Canine hunger, or loss of appetite.

Desire for: strong-tasting things, beer, alcohol.

Aversion to bread and butter.

Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting p. 7

││ Heartburn and acidity ; waterbrash.

││ Flatulence with sour rising.

││ Nausea and vomiting of acid fluids and curdled masses (not food).

▌▌ Sour eructations, sour vomiting, greenish diarrhoea, pains, spasms and fever with acid symptoms.

││ Vomiting of sour fluids or of a dark substance like coffee-grounds, sour risings, loss of appetite.

Scrobiculum and Stomach p. 7

n Empty, gone feehng m stomach, with feeling of weight above ensiform cartilage.

││ Pain sometimes comes. on two hours after taking food.

▌ Every day several attacks of gastralgia and enteralgia, accompanied by vomiting of fluid sour as vinegar; oversecretion of lactic acid.

││ Stomachache when worms are present, accompanied by acid risings.

▌▌ Gastric derangements with symptoms of acidity.

▌ Dyspepsia with characteristic eructations and tongue, sour taste.

▌ Chronic dyspepsia; thin, yellow, creamy coating on soft palate.

││ Ulceration of stomach, pain in one spot after food, sometimes sour risings, loss of appetite, face red and blotched, yet not feverish.

▌ Gastric abrasions and ulcers.

Hypochondria p. 8

▌ Sclerosis of liver and hepatic form of diabetes, especially when there is a succession of boils.

Abdomen p. 8

' l Pain in bowels, restless sleep.

││ Flatulent colic.

││ Colic in children, with symptoms of acidity, such as green, sour-smelling stools, vomiting of curdled milk, etc.

││ Ulceration of stomach or bowels.

Pain through r. groin, after seminal emissions.

Stool and Rectum p. 8

▌ Diarrhoeic stools with flatus, weak feeling in rectum and sphincter; afraid to pass flatus lest feces escape.

││ Diarrhoea caused by excess of acidity^, stools sour-smelling, green; jellylike masses of mucus, painful straining, coagulated casein, scanty and frequent.

││ White or green stools, with diarrhoea or jaundice.

││ Summer diarrhoea, with lack of digestive power, stools clay-colored or greenish.

││ Habitual constipation, with occasional attacks of diarrhoea, in young children.

││ Obstinate constipation.

││ Itching, sore and raw anus.

││ Itching at anus from worms, especially at night when warm in bed.

││ Intestinal, long or thread worms, with picking at nose, occasional squinting, pain in bowels, restless sleep, etc.

Urinary Organs p. 8

Burning during urination ; frequent micturition.

││ Urine: dark red, with arthritis ; pale; increased, scanty and dark.

││ Polyuria ; diabetes.

││ Atony of bladder.

││ Incontinence of urine in children, with acidity of stomach.

Male Sexual Organs p. 8

After coitus burning and itching at meatus.

││ Sexual desire increased or absent; desire without erections.

││ Seminal emissions every night, at first with erethism

and lascivious dreams, but later without any sensation

whatever ; followed by weakness of back and trembling

of knees, which felt as though they would give way.

││ Seminal emissions, without dreams.

▌ Semen thin, watery, smells like stale urine.

Female Sexual Organs p. 9

││ Weakness and distress in uter-

ine region.

││ Prolapsus uteri, with weak, sinking feeling, after defe-

cation.

││ Uterine displacements with rheumatic pains.

││ Discharges from uterus sour smelling, acid. θ Sterihty.

▌▌ Menses: too early and pale, with afternoon headache over eyes, < after menses, with sensation in knees as if cords were shortened ; sore wrists ; chilliness ; restless sleep ; feet icy cold by day and burn by night.

▌ Leucorrhoea: creamy or honey-colored; acrid and watery.

Pregnancy. Parturition. Lactation p. 9

││ Morning sickness, with vomiting of sour masses or fluids.

Inner Chest and Lungs p. 9

Pain through chest and in 1. shoulder.

Pain from r. clavicle, diagonally to stomach ; hoarseness.

││ Pains in chest, < from deep breathing and pressure.

Burning deep in chest, < r. side, evening in bed.

Sudden feeling of fulness in upper part of chest.

││ Phthisis florida in young subjects.

││ Consumption.

Heart, Pulse and Circulation p. 9

Feels as if a lump, or a bubble started from heart and w^as forced through arteries.

││ Trembling about heart; < walking up-stairs.

││ Pains about base of heart, relieving pains in limbs and great toe.

││ Palpitation : caused by every strange noise ; feels pulse in different parts of body.

Heart feels uneasy and pains, when pains m limbs and great toe are better.

Sensation as though shot was rolling through artery.

Outer Chest p. 9

' l Intercostal muscles feel sore as if drawn.

Lower third of sternum pains as if torn in two.

Neck and Back p. 9

Crick in both sides of neck.

▌ Swelling of glands of neck, extending to chest.

▌ Goitre (in thirteen cases), the feeling of pressure was relieved in three to five days ; in some cases a cure was effected.

││ Weak feeling in back and limbs. _ .

││ Spinal anaemia ; paralytic weakness of lower extremities, with general prostration, heaviness and sensation of fatigue, especially after a short walk or ascending steps ; legs give way, so as to be unable to progress further.

Pain in articulation of lumbar vertebrae and sacrum, 1. side ; pressing spot causes pain down thigh to knee ; leg gives wa}^ when walking.

Upper Limbs p. 10

Rheumatic pains in r. shoulder ; feels nervous.

Slight drawing in 1. deltoid, morning.

││ Arms tired.

││ Contraction of extensor muscles on back of arm.

││ Crampy pain in hands while writing ; hand trembles ; contraction of extensor muscles on back of arm.

││ Aching wrists ; rheumatic pains in joints of fingers.

││ Rheumatic arthritis, especially of joints of fingers, pains suddenly go to heart.

Lower Limbs p. 10

Sudden giving way of legs while walking, as though they would be paralyzed.

││ Drawing on inside of thighs.

││ Sore hamstrings ; feels stiff on rising, cords feel too short.

Calves pain or feel as if too tightly bandaged.

││ Pain in knees, ankles, shins, in hollow and ball of foot.

Right big toe pains; when >, pain in heart.

Limbs in General p. 10

│▌ Sore feeling in joints.

Right wrist and 1. ankle weak, ache as if paralyzed; after menses.

││ Synovial crepitation.

Rest. Position. Motion p. 10

Lying down : sensation of water dropping in ear.

Must sit up : at night to clear throat.

Sitting : falls asleep.

Writing : crampy pains in hands.

Walking up-stairs : trembling about heart < ; sensation of fatigue.

Walking : legs give way.

Nerves p. 10

││ Nervousness : tired feeling, with goneness of stomach, crick in neck, trembling and palpitation ; in a thunderstorm.

││ Irritation of intestines by worms, causing squinting and twitching of facial muscles.

Sleep p. 10

Drowsy feeling, yet not sleepy.

││ Sleep restless with worm troubles.

││ Very drowsy, falls asleep while sitting.

Time p. 10

5 a.m. : on rising, flickering of sight.

Morning : headache on crown of head on awaking ; lids glued together ; offensive odor before nose ; on rising, tongue has a thin, moist coating ; slight drawing in 1. deltoid.

Day : feet icy cold.

Evening: in bed, burning deep in chest.

Night : dropping of thick, yellow mucus from posterior nares < ; itching at anus < ; feet burn.

During menstruation many symptoms have an afternoon and evening aggravation.

Temperature and Weather p. 11

Warmth of bed : itching at anus from worms.

In a thunderstorm: trembling and palpitation; pains <.

Fever p. 11

Chilliness: during menses; in chest; followed by hot flashes.

││ Flashes of heat and headache every afternoon.

││ Acid, exceedingly sour-smelling sweats.

││ Intermittent fever, with vomiting of acid, sour masses.

Attacks, Periodicity p. 11

Two hours: after food, pain in stomach.

Every day : several attacks of gastralgia and enteralgia.

Every night: seminal emissions.

Every afternoon : flashes of heat and headache.

Summer diarrhoea.

Locality and Direction p. 11

Right : quivering of eyelid ; aching and itching in meatus ; lobe of ear burns intolerably ; soreness in side of lower jaw ; side of throat sore ; pain through groin; pain from clavicle to stomach; burning deep in chest, < side; rheumatic pain in shoulder ; wrist weak.

Left : flickering of sight in eye ; as if sand was in eye ; dryness of eyeball ; nostril sore ; throbbing in tonsil ; pain in shoulder; pain in sacrum; slight drawing in deltoid ; ankle weak.

Sensations p. 11

As if top of head would open ; as if skull was too full ; as if veil was over eyes ; as if sand was ni eyes ; as if eyeball was bruised ; in ears as of water dropping from a height into a long, narrow vessel; as of hair on tip of tongue; as if something closed in throat; as of a lump in throat; pricking as of a pin in throat; limbs as though they would give way ; as if cords of knees were shortened ; as if a lump, a bubble started from the heart and was forced through arteries; as though shot was forced or rolling through arteries; intercostal muscles as if drawn ; lower third of sternum as if torn in two ; as though legs would be paralyzed ; cords of legs feel too short ; as if calves were too tightly bandaged.

Pain : over eyes ; in stomach, in one spot after food ; m bowels; through r. groin; through chest and in 1. shoulder; from r. clavicle, diagonally, to stomach; in chest; about base of heart, relieving pains in limbs and great toe ; in lower third of sternum ; in articulation of lumbar vertebrae and sacrum, 1. side; down thigh to knee ; in calves ; in knees, ankles, shins ; in hollow and ball of feet ; in r. big toe.

Severe pain : in head.

Shooting, stitching jDain : in face.

Burning, stitching, cutting : in eyes.

Throbbing : in 1. tonsil.

Crampy pain : in hands.

Rheumatic pain : in r. shoulder; in joints of fingers.

Aching: in r. meatus ; in wrists; in 1. ankle.

Dull, heavy pain : in head.

Drawing : slight, in 1. deltoid ; on inside thighs.

Crick : in both sides of neck.

Burning : of eyelids ; of external ear ; of lobe of r. ear ; at meatus ; deep in chest.

Soreness: of 1. eyeball; of eyelids; of external ear; of 1. nostril; of r. side of lower jaw; of anus; of hamstrings.

Sore feeling : in joints.

Raw feeling : in throat ; in anus.

Pricking : in nares.

Pricking numbness : of whole mouth.

Tickling : from middle ear into eustachian tube.

Dr3mess : of 1. eyeball.

Fulness : at root of nose ; sudden, in upper part of chests

Intense pressure and heat : in top of head.

Feehng of weight : above ensiform cartilage.

Empty, gone feeling : in stomach.

Weak feeling : in rectum and sphincter ; in back and limbs.

Itching : of eyelids ; in r. meatus ; of external ear ; of anus ; at meatus.

Intense itching : in various places over body.

Tissues p. 12

Acts upon glandular organs of intestinal tract.

││ Marasmus of children who are bottle-fed ; abdomen swollen, liver large; colic after eating; stools containing undigested food.

││ Diseases of infants suffering from excess of lactic acid, resulting from overfeeding of milk and sugar.

Ailments with excess of acidity.

││ Exudations and secretions yellow, honey-colored.

│▌ Leucsemia.

││ Swelling of lymphatic glands before hardening ; scrofula.

│ ) Leucocy tosis, swellings of lymphatic glands; scrofulous inflammation of eyes.

││ Rheumatic arthritis.

Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries p. 12

Pressure : pains in chest.

Skin p. 13

││ Chafing of skin.

││ Eczema with symptoms of acidity, secretion creamy, honey-colored.

││ Erythema ; " rose rash ; " golden yellow scabs.

││ Crusta lactea.

││ Hives, itching all over body, like insect-bites.

││ "Rose" erysipelas, smooth, red, shiny, tingling or painful swelling of skin, intense itching ; in various places over body ; of nose ; of prepuce ; of scrotum ; about anus ; on joints.

Stages of Life, Constitution p. 13

Boy, set. 2i, suffering from a chronic diarrhoea, cured finally by Cinchona ; swelling of glands of neck.

Girl, set. 8, several years ago had measles, since then eyes affected; conjunctivitis.

Woman, set. 50, suffering for two years ; gastralgia and enteralgia.

Relations p. 13

Antidoted by Sepia, particularly the eruption and swelling about joints ; Apis relieved the hives.

Compare : Calc. ost. in scrofulosis with acidity ; Calc. ost., Carbo veg., Coccul, Carbol. ac, Kali carb., Nux vom., Robinia in gastric catarrhs ; Rheum in sour stools and sour smell of body; Benz. ac, Colchic, Guaiac, Lycop. and Sulphur in gouty dyspepsia.