Phosphoricum acidum

Characteristic symptoms

Diseases of the bones, especially interstitial distention, inflammation and caries ; drawing and twitching, tearing in the limbs ; debility from loss of animal fluid, with pale complexion and with sweating in daytime ; erysipelatous inflammations ; herpes ; boi's ; itching, flat ulcers with dirty pus or indented base; smarting pains in the wounds, even in those of bones; not disposed to talk ; taciturn ; apathic and indisposed to work ; illusions of the senses*; dull, buzzing headache ; great falling off of the hair, particularly after grief; watering of the eyes; yellow spots in the conjunctiva; photophobia; the eyes are dazzled by looking at bright things ; short-sightedness ; intolerance of noise and conversation ; cannot bear music ; scurfs on the nose ; burning on the skin of the cheeks; pimples on forehead and skin ; moist scurfs on the cheeks, lips and corners of the mouth ; the teeth become dull and yellow ; soreness and bleeding of the gums, which stand off from the teeth ; soreness of the left side of the throat ; putrid, flat taste ; violent thirst ; pressure in the stomach, as of a load ; sour eructations ; sensation in the stomach, as if something were heaving up and down ; flatulence, especially after acids ; white, gray diarrhœa ; lienteria ; distention of the uterus, as if from air ; milky urine, with jelly-like lumps; cough with purulent, fetid expectoration ; old itching ulcers on the legs ; sweaty feet ; chilblains on the toes.