Ferrum Phosphoricum

Phosphate of Iron. Fe^2P04, FePO^, 12H^ 0.

One of the organic tissue-salts introduced by Schuessler. Needs proving.

Tlais arrangement includes all of Schuessler's Third American edition, with additions from the current literature.

Prepared by trituration.

Good results with the 200th potency have been obtained.

ClijSHCAL Authorities Congestion of blood to head, Eaue'sEec, 1875, p. 6; Headache (5 cases), Eaue's Rec, 1875, pp. 5-6; Attacks of nausea, Eaue's Eec , 1875, p. 6;

Dyspepsia with vomiting, Mossa, Allg. Horn. Ztg., vol. 104, p. 51 ; Sum- mer complaint with bloody siooU, Goodno, MSS., 1877;

Irritability of neck of bladder, Hunt, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 164; Incontineiice of urine, Parsons, Trans. Am. Inst.

Horn., 1883, p. 181 ; Enuresis, Cooper, Hughes' Pliarm., p. 369; Cronoj'rAcea, first stage, Eaue's Pathol., p. 697; Hemorrhage from urethra or bladder, Ashton, Hah.

Mo., vol. 10, p. 466 ; Dyspareunia, Sulzer, Times Eetros., 1875, p. 18; Diphtheria (2 cases), Morgan, Hah. Mo., 1885, p. 231;

Pneumonia in phthisis, Goodno, MSS.; Cough, Cooper, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 132; Cough, Fischer, Times Eetros., 1875, p. 18; Acute bronchial catarrh, Goodno, MSS.;

Hcemopty sis of phthisis, Knerr, MSS.; Sugillation of foot, Fischer, Times Eetros., 1875, p. 18; Articular rheumatism, Plate, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 253; Acute synovitis, C.

E. Norton, MSS.; Debility of children. Cooper, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 206;

Ileasles (35 cases), Koeck; Intermittent, Curtis, MSS.

^ Mind. Very talkative and hilarious ; unnatural excitement. Delirium tremens. I Sows eat up their young; a transient mania depending

upon hypersemia of brain. ^ Sensorium. Dizziness with constant feeling as if head were

being suddenly pushed forward, with danger of falling. Great dizziness; every thing swims around him ; his

muscles seemed so weak he could har(Jly move about. I Vertigo caused by congestion to various parts of brain or

Relieved symptoms supposed to be due to cerebral venous

congestions. ^ Inner Head, l Hammering pain in forehead and temples,

so severe that she fears an apoplectic stroke; < in r.

side, formerly < on 1. ^Dyspepsia. iFrontal headache, followed and relieved by nosebleed. ■ Scarcely endurable, dull, heavy pain on top of head dur- ing menses which are very profuse.

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I Top of head sensitive to cold air, noise and any jar; on stooping, sharp pain through head, from back to front; at times, a feeling as if head were being pushed forward, with danger of falling.

■Severe headache, soreness in vertex, general soreness of scalp, cannot bear to have hair touched, great nervous- ness at night.

I On stooping a sharp pain through head, from back to front.

■ Headache or neuralgia of face with stinging, pressing or

throbbing, < from shaking head, stooping and all motion.

■ "Blind headache," in a lady who had at the same time a

bearing down sensation in uterus, with a constant dull pain in either ovarian region.

■ Headache with hot, red face and vomiting of food. I I Rush of blood to head with vertigo.

■ Congestion of brain in children and grown persons; men-

ingitis. I I Congestion to head with epilepsy. * Outer Head. ■ Soreness in vertex, general soreness of scalp, cannot bear to have the hair touched. ^Headache.

■ Top of head sensitive to cold and noise or any jar.

■* Sight and Eyes. 'On stooping cannot see; seems as if all blood ran into eyes.

■ Blinding headache.

Acute conjunctivitis wdthoat suppuration, or discharge of

mucus. Ophthalmia, first stage; marked redness with great pain,

and without mucus or pus. Traumatic conjunctivitis from a bad wound, after case had

been badly treated; it lessened the burning, redness and

trickling of tears. Eyes inflamed during dentition.

■ Conjunctivitis and photophobia. ^Measles. TrStye on lower lid of r. eye.

'® Hearing and Ears. Sensitive to noise.

Roaring or buzzing from rush of blood to head. Inflammatory pain in ear; otitis.

Catarrhal affection of Eustachian tube and ear, often com- bined with catarrh in chest, or bowels, or both.

■ Painful red swelling of parotids, one side or both.

^Measles. ■''Smell and Nose. ■ Nosebleed of bright blood. ^Summer complaint. Nosebleed: with blood spitting; following and relieving headache; a concomitant of other complaints.

■ Bleeding of nose in children.

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iCorvza; at the ver}'- beginning, ^ Upper Face. Face earthy, j^ale, sallow.

Red face, with dysmenorrhoea.

Pain with heat and redness of face.

Hot cheeks with toothache.

Neuralgia in face. ^° Teeth and Gums. Toothache, with hot cheeks.

Congestive or inflammatory toothache or faceache.

Toothache always appearing after eating food ; > by cold..

: Caries dentium.

Complaints during dentition, with fever.

Toothache < by warm, and > by cold drinks. ^^ Taste and Tongue. Tongue swollen and dark red.

Inflammation of tongue, fauces and tonsils; redness, pain without' exudation . 13 TJiroat. Constant inflammation of palate, tonsils and phar- ynx, with dryness, redness and pain.

■ Fever; glistening, flushed eyes; red cheeks; tonsils red

and swollen, especially r., on wdiich was a tuft-like exu- dation, about its centre, and about one-fourth inch in diameter, hanging downwards, the upper attachment looking blackish, next to the tonsils; fetid breath; next- day tonsil clear, fever gone, but a similar mass of exu- dation on posterior wall of pharynx; on day following apparently well, but next morning another patch of ex- udation appeared on 1. side, wdiich finally disappeared on resumption of remedy.

■ Soreness of throat; tonsils red and moderately swollen ;

■ Great thirst for much water. ^Summer complaint. Aversion to meat.

I I Aversion to milk. ^Dyspepsia. Better from drinking tea.

■ Worse after meat, herring, coffee, cake. ^Dyspepsia. ^^ Eating and Drinking. While eating at table, chill.

After warm food or drinks, toothache, > by cold.

Eating aggravates gastralgia.

^' Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Sudden

attacks of "deathly sickness at stomach," coming on at

no jDarticular time, sometimes even awaking her out of

sleep, and lasting from a half to one hour; appetite poor.

■After eating, nausea and vomiting of food; vomited mat- ter very sour, setting teeth on edge; vomiting in morn- ing before eating. ^Dyspepsia.

■ Vomiting. ^Gastritis. ^Whooping cough. /^Summer

complaint. /^Intermittent fever.

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Vomiting witli the pains.

I I Green vomiting. ^Pneumonia.

I Vomiting of blood. ^'^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. Puffed up in region of stomach and hypociiondria.

Pain in stomacli < after eating.

Acute and clironic gastralgia < by eating and pressure on stomach; vomiting of food.

Acute gastritis witli violent pain in region of stomach which is distended ; vomiting and fever.

I Anorexia; aversion to milk; nausea and vomiting after eating; vomited matter so sour that it sets the teeth on edge; < from meat, herring, coffee and cake, particu- larly sour things; sometimes vomiting in morning be- fore food has been taken; cephalalgia, hammering in forehead and temples, formerly < on 1. side, now < on r. side, so severe that she fears she will have an apoplec- tic stroke; menses profuse and early; stool regular; sleep restless, with anxious dreams; greatly depressed in morning; in evening sensation of constriction, must, loosen her clothing. ^Dyspepsia.

Catarrh of stomach and bowels. ^^ Abdomen. Colic before stool.

Bellyache with watery diarrhoea.

Infianimatory colic of horses.

Peritonitis.

Abdominal hernise in persons otherwise robust.

Inflamed and incarcerated hernia. "''Stool and Rectum, l Yellow, watery diarrhoea. ^Pneu- monia.

I 1 Chronic diarrhoea.

Lienterie from relaxation of pyloric muscles.

Stools contain undigested food in consequence of disturb- ance in the muscular fibres of the stomach.

Lienterie after a catarrh.

Dysentery commencing with violent fever; pain depends upon inflammatory condition, does not intermit and is < from pressure on stomach.

Before stool: colic; no tenesmus or but slight.

Daring stool: no tenesmus or only slight.

■ Frequent stools, green, watery or hashed, mixed with mucus, scanty; straining at stool, also retching; child rolls its head and moans; eyes half open; face pinched; urine scanty; pulse and respiration accelerated; starting in sleep. t'Summer complaint.

iStools: of pure blood, bloody mucus, or bloody scum; yellowish, whitish, brown witli blood; like bloody fish-brine; green watery or green mucous, with blood,, no pain; blood dark or light. ^Summer complaint.

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1 Aggravation: midnight till morning (bloody serous stools); bloody mucus mixed with watery discharges day or night. ^Summer complaint.

Cholera depending on an inflammatory state.

Habitual constipation.

Constipation caused by atony of muscular fibres of intes- tines.

Disposition to prolapsus recti.

Hemorrhoidal troubles and obstinate constipation.

Hemorrhoids, with catarrh of stomach and bowels. ^^ Urinary Organs. • Bright's disease ; diabetes.

I Hemorrhage from bladder or from urethra.

Cystitis, with violent fever.

■ Frequent desire to urinate, urgent, with pain in neck of

bladder and end of penis; must urinate immediately, which > the pain ; the above only, or chiefly during day, not at night; < the more he stands.

Enuresis nocturna from weakness of sphincter.

I Diurnal enuresis, depending on an irritability of trigone and cervix vesicae, > when pressure of urine is taken ofii' by recumbent posture.

Urine spurts out with every cough.

Retention of urine, with fever in little children.

Complaints before making water. ^" Male Sexual Organs. Seminal emissions.

■ Inflammatory stage of gonorrhoea.

^^ Female Sexual Organs. < Bearing down sensation in uterus with constant dull pain in either ovarian region.

■ Vaginismus, pain in vagina during coitus; cannot bear

examination. Dysmenorrhoea with accelerated pulse and red face.

■ Menses every three weeks, profuse, with pressure in ab-

domen and small of back. ^Dyspepsia. During profuse menses pain on top of head.

■ Chlorosis.

■ Cough with ejection of urine; during pregnancy.

^" Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia. ■Laryngitis and hoarseness from overstraining voice.

■ Much mucus in throat and rattling in chest.

■ Acute bronchial catarrh affecting larger and smaller

^

^ Cough. Acute, short, spasmodic and very painful cough.

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Tormenting cough when bending head over or touching larynx.

■Short, dry, hacking cough, with involuntary spurting of urine. ^During pregnancy.

■Spasmodic cough every morning when dressing, greatly < by going into open air; fits of coughing produce in- voluntary micturition.

I Cough in paroxysms, most at night or during day when asleep.

■ Cough < at night with much rattling of mucus in chest

which is also most marked at night; slight fever. Whooping cough with retching and vomiting.

■ Inflammatory or catarrhal stage of whooping cough.

■ Expectoration of clear blood. ^Pneumonia. Haemoptysis, after concussion or a fall.

^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. ■Catarrhs on chest of children, similar to Aconite.

■ Right-sided pleuritic stitch < when coughing and on

deep inspiration.

■ Pleuritis and pneumonia, first stage.

Pneumonia, the hypersemia depending on relaxation of muscular fibres of blood-vessels as long as no exudation has taken place; general heat of body ; very little thirst; first stage.

■ Coughs up clear blood; nosebleed at same time. ^Pneu-

monia. ■In a tuberculous woman, set. 49, pneumonia of 1. upper lobe, with well marked crepitation and profuse expecto- ration of frothy, pink mucus, patient almost moribund.

■ Full, round pulse; congestion; inflammation before any

exudation; sputa blood-streaked, caused by least exer- tion or cold air, when congestion comes in opposite lung. ^Phthisis pulmonalis.

■ Haemoptysis of phthisis. Phthisis florida.

■ Pulse full, from 120 to 160. ^Summer complaint. I i Accelerated pulse. ^Dysmenorrhoea.

Quick pulse.

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the arm still at all ; the affected part somewhat sensitive to touch; feeling of deadness in r. hand and loss of strength so that she could not lift heavy things. ^Rheu- matism.

I Acute rheumatism of r. shoulder-joint; red, swollen and very sensitive to touch.

I Rheumatism of r. deltoid; unable to work, even to wear his cloak.

I Swelling of elbow after a sprain, horribly maltreated by leeches and an incision, with general weakness, loss of appetite, fever and earthy, pale face; on ui:)per part of forearm and lower part of upper arm a large swelling, red and hot, not allowing the least motion- insufferable pains, burning; sleepless.

I I Rheumatism in wrist.

B Palms of hands are hot, with children. ^Rheumatic complaints.

a Fingers contracted by acute articular rheumatism. '^ Lower Limbs. Inflammation of hip-joint,

■ Severe pain in both knees, shooting down the legs; every motion painful; high fever, quick pulse and increased temperature; sleepless at night from severity of pains; in addition to the knees one joint after another was attacked; joints puffy, very little redness; finally swell- ing in shoulder-joints and upper thorax ; (after Ferr.phos. it went downwards from one joint to the other, to the knees and then passed off).

I Skin on outer side of ankle pale red ; foot greatly swollen and sensitive to touch • toes feel as if they were burning. <?Acute synovitis.

• Steady terrible pain all over foot and ankle; cries with the pain; occasional shooting pains up inside of leg; once in a minute or two a shooting pain in foot around ankle. ^Acute synovitis.

I i An acute very painful sugillation on dorsum of foot. ■^^ Limbs in General, ii Acute articular rheumatism.

I Rheumatism attacking one joint after another; joints puffy but little red; high fever.

I I Wrist and knee affected by rheumatism.

1 Articular rheumatism < from slightest motion.

Recumbent position: > diurnal enuresis.

Standing: desire to urinate <.

Stooping: sharp pain through head ; cannot see; faceache <; produces tormenting cough.

Motion: causes headache; < pain in arm and shoulder- _gentle motion > pain in upper arm and shoulder-

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swelling in arm allows no motion; pain in knees <;

lA general feeling of weakness and desire to lie down.

^Rheumatism of shoulder. iHe desired to get out of bed, and wished to run around,

but he was so weak that he fell over; very talkative and

hilarious.

■ Muscles so weak could hardly move about. I Great prostration. ^Summer complaint.

■ Restless sleep at night, with anxious dreams; great de-

pression in morning. ^Dyspepsia. Sleepless from severity of pains.

■ Restlessness and sleeplessness. ^Measles. Cough in day time when asleep.

^^ Time. Between 4 and 6 a.m.: sweat.

Morning: vomiting; greatly depressed.

By day: bloody and watery discharges; frequent desire to

Cold air: top of head sensitive to: sputa blood-streaked. Cold and cold drinks: > toothache.

■Chill returning at same time (1 o'clock) every day, while sitting at table, i I General heat with very little thirst. I I Fever with vomiting and puffed up stomach.

■ High fever, C{uick pulse and increased temperature.

■ Skin hot and dry. /I^Summer complaint.

Fever: with complaints accompanying teething ; with gas- tritis; with cystitis; retention of urine; beginning of croup; with cough; with rheumatism; with convulsions.

■ Intermittent fever with vomiting of food. In beginning of typhus.

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I CojDious night sweats, not relieving the great pains of rheu- matism, driving out of bed.

I I Sweat between 4 and 0 a.m., with increase of pains. ^Rheumatism of shoulder. ^^ Attacks, Periodicity. ■ Sudden attacks of sick stomach.

Once in a minute or two: shooting pain in foot and around ankle.

Half an hour: deathly sickness at stomach.

Every morning: spasmodic cough.

Every day at same time : chill.

Every three weeks: menses.

I Cough in paroxysms.

I Headache at intervals for many years. *■ Locality and Direction. Right : pain in head < r. side ; stye on lower lid of eye; tonsil red and swollen; diph- theritic membrane on tonsil; hammering in side of head; pleuritic stitch; violent pain in shoulder and upper arm; hand numb.

Left: pneumonia of lobe; exudation on side of throat: hammering on side of head.

Shooting: up inside of leg; down legs.

From back to front: pain in head. ^^ Sensations. As if head were being suddenly pushed for- ward; as if all the blood ran into eyes; toes feel as if they were burning.

As if bursting: toes.

Pain: in eyes; of face; of palate; of tonsils; of pharynx; in stomach; in neck of bladder; in end of penis; in vagina; on top of head.

Insufferable pains: in upper limbs.

A'^iolent pain: in region of stomach; in r. shoulder; in upper arm.

Steady terrible pain: all over foot and ankle.

Tearing pain: in r. shoulder; in upper arm.

Severe pain: in both knees; in head; cries because the pain is so bad.

Sharp pain: through head.

Shooting pains: from knees to legs; up inside of leg; in foot; around ankle.

Pleuritic stitch.

Neuralgia: of face.

Blinding headache.

Hammering pain: in forehead; in temples.

ThrobVjing in iiead.

Stinging : in head.

Acute riheumatism : of r. shoulder joint; of r. deltoid; in wrist; in fingers; in knee; in shoulder.

Heavy pain : on top of head.

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Bearing down sensation : in uterus.

Inflammatory jDain : in ear.

Inflammation: of tongue; palate; of tonsils; of pharynx; of fauces; of hip-joint.

Burning : of eyes ; of upper limbs.

Heat : of face.

Soreness : in vertex ; of scalp ; of throat.

Constriction : in region of stomach.

Pressing: in head; in abdomen; in small of back.

Painful swelling: of parotids.

Dull pain: on top of head; in either ovarian region.

Roaring buzzing: from rush of blood to head.

Dryness: of tonsils; of palate ; of pharynx.

Dead feeling: in r. hand. *^ Tissues. Hypersemia dependent upon relaxation of muscu- lar fibres of blood-vessels.

All kinds of inflammation as long as no exudation has taken place.

First stage of all inflammations as long as there is no sup- puration.

In first stage of inflammation, hypersemia, to the abate- ment of fever and beginning of sweat.

Relaxation of muscular fibres presiding over voluntary motion.

Diarrhoea from disturbed function of molecules of iron in the muscles of the villi.

but lack color.

To be given in true chlorosis as soon as the general con- dition has been improved by Calc. phosph. (Schiissler.)

Varicose veins, in young persons.

Rheumatic fevers; acute articular rheumatism.

■ Scrofula; rachitis; periostitis; cancer.

In the beginning of inflammation of the skin or connective

tissue. Telangiectasy; nsevus.

■ Dropsy from loss of blood or other fluids.

Touch: scalp sensitive; on larynx produces tormenting cough; rheumatic shoulder and arm sensitive; foot sen- sitive.

Pressure: on stomach < gastralgia; diurnal enuresis > when pressure of urine is taken off" by recumnent posi- tion.

Hypersemia following mechanical injuries.

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Injuries: to the eye.

After concussion or a fall : haemoptysis.

After a sprain of elbow.

In fractures: at the beginning for injury to the soft parts; the adjacent parts are red, hot and painful. *® Skin. I Capillary congestion, with burning of skin, < from severe exercise or in warm room.

Telangiectasy, nsevus.

In beginning of measles.

iMeasles with conjunctivitis and photophobia (35 cases).

Iln beginning of small-pox, with violent fever and cerebral congestion.

Erysipelas with intense fever and inflammatory symptoms. *'' Stages of Life, Constitution. Leucophlegmatic tempera- ment.

Young people, varicose veins.

Hoy, get. 5 years, very bright and shrewd ; diphtheria.

-Boy, set. 5, very fair; pleurisy and rheumatism. •

•Girl, set. 12, mother, aet. 20; headache.

•Girl, set. 17 ; attacks of nausea.

Young lady, nervo-sanguine temperament; diphtheria.

Miss C., set. 22; headache during catamenia.

Woman, set. 29; sanguine temperament, after drinking cold water while overheated, five years ago; dyspepsia.

Mrs. Z., set. 35; rushes of blood to head.

Woman, set. 37; nervous temperament; acute rheumatism.

Woman, in third month of pregnancy, has suffered at times for many years ; headache.

Workman, set. 39; unable for a long while to raise up his arm.

A w^oman, set. 49; left-sided pneumonia.

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