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Phosphorus
PHOS
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Origin Mineral · Simple
ClarkePreparation solution in absolute alcohol. Trituration of Red amorphous Phosphorus.
Sources 20 entries across 18 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
3X–30X
Third to thirtieth potency. Should not be given too low or in too continuous doses. Especially in tuberculous cases. It may act as Euthanasia here
Reason for useGuernsey

This remedy is particularly adapted for complaints existing in tall, thin persons, having dark hair, especially in women. Mental.-- Affections of the mind in general; amativeness; indifference; dizziness of the mind. Nymphomania.

By regionGuernsey
Eyes Colors appear black before the eyes; weak-eyed people who see a halo around the lamp light; shortsightedness; dimsightedness when things appear of a dim gray; momentary loss of sight. …
Stomach And Abdomen A very WEAK, EMPTY, or GONE SENSATION, felt in the whole abdominal cavity ; this is an indicative point whether found existing among a complication of troubles or occurring alone, and especially when accompanied by a sensation of heat in the back between the shoulder-blades . …
Chest Hard, tight, dry cough which racks the patient and is very exhausting, usually aggravated by going into the open air; with or without expectoration; saltish expectoration; with expectoration in the morning, without any in the evening; of a bloody, purulent matter; of yellow matter; of sour taste. …
Skin Exanthema which comes out in pustules; is scaly. Ulcers in general. …
Sleep Falling asleep late; complaints preventing sleep; general sleepiness in the daytime; overpowering sleep coming on after dinner, if only a moderate dinner has been eaten; sleeplessness before midnight; sleeplessness with drowsiness. …
Fever Pulse changed in general; very quick. Internal or external heat of single parts; flushes of heat; perspiration viscid.
Books*
Antidoted by Nux Vomica 3, Camphora 2, Coffea Cruda 2 +17
Complementary Cepa, Arsenicum Album, Arsenic Album +5
Follows well Calcarea Carbonica, Cinchona Officinalis, Kali Carbonicum +5
Compare Sepia Officinalis, Ammonium Muriaticum, Arsenicum Album +35
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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