Phosphoricum Acidum

1 . Debilitated constitutions ; pale sickly complexion, eyes sunken and surrounded by blue rings. Young people who grow too fast.

2 . Listlessness and apathy ; patient disinclined to talk ; stupefied by grief.

3 . Great debility from long-continued, depressing emotional causes, after violent acute diseases or loss of vital fluids ; neurasthenia of sexual origin.

4 . Adynamic fevers with complete apathy and stupor yet patient fully conscious if aroused ; abdomen tympanitic ; tongue has red streak down centre widening in front ; involuntary stools ; haemorrhages of dark blood.

5 . Headaches with crushing pain on vertex ; < least noise especially music ; < motion, > lying down ; also headaches from eye-strain.

6 . Chronic diarrhoeas, painless, non-debilitating ; pale or whitish stools.

7 . Polyuria especially at night ; urine clear and watery or like milk (excess of phosphates).

8 . Interstitial inflammations of bones ; pains as if scraped with a knife.

9 . Weakness in the chest especially from talking or coughing ( Stannum ).

10 . Patient gen. > sleep ; pains usually > motion.