Ferrum Phosphoricum

▲   GENERAL

General

In the early stages of febrile conditions, it stands midway between sthenic activity of Aconite and Bell, and the asthenic sluggishness and torpidity of Gels. The typical Ferr. Phos. subject is not full blooded and robust, but nervous, sensitive, anaemic with the false plethora and easy flushing of Ferrum. Prostration marked; face more active than GELS. The superficial redness never assumes the dusky hue of GELS. Pulse soft and flowing; no anxious restlessness of Acon. Susceptibility to chest troubles. Bronchitis of young children. In acute exacerbation of tuberculosis, a fine palliative of wonderful power. Corresponds to Grauvogl’s Oxygenoid Constitution, the inflammatory, febrile, emaciating, wasting consumption.
The remedy for first stage of all febrile disturbances and inflammations before exudation sets in; especially for catarrhal affections of the respiratory tract. Ferr. Phos. 3x increases haemoglobin. In pale, anaemic subjects, with violent local congestions. Hemorrhages, bright from any orifice.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, at night and 4 to 6 a.m.; touch, jar, motion, right side.

Better

BETTER, cold applications.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: (Oxygenoid Constitution. Acon.; China; Arsenic; Graphit.; Petrol.) Ferrum Pyrophosph ( congestion of brain and headache following great loss of blood; tarsal cysts); ACON.; Gels.; China.

▲   HEAD

Head

Soreness to touch, cold, noise, jar

Rush of blood to head

Ill effects of sun-heat

Throbbing sensation

Vertigo

Headache Better cold applications.

▲   EYE

Eye

Red, inflamed, with burning sensation

Feeling as of sand under lids

Hyperaemia of optic disc and retina, with blurred vision.

▲   EAR

Ear

Noises

Throbbing

First stage of otitis

Membrana tympani red and bulging

Acute otitis; when Bellad

fails, prevents suppuration.

▲   NOSE

Nose

First stage of colds in the head

Predisposition to colds

Epistaxis; bright red blood.

Catarrh; post nasal (see discharge)

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

▲   FACE

Face

Flushed; cheeks sore and hot

Florid complexion

Facial neuralgia; worse, shaking head and stooping.

Skin; discoloration; earthy

discoloration; pale

▲   THROAT

Throat

Mouth hot; fauces red, inflamed

Ulcerated sore throat

Tonsils red and swollen

Eustachian tubes inflamed

Sore throat of singers

Subacute laryngitis with fauces inflamed and red (2x)

After operations on throat and nose to control bleeding and relieve soreness

First stage of diphtheria

Ranula in vascular, sanguine constitutions.

Inflammation

▲   CHEST

Chest

Heart; Palpitation; pulse rapid

First stage of cardiac diseases

Short, quick, soft pulse.

Inflammation; bronchial tubes (bronchitis)

lungs

Lungs; tuberculosis; acute

tuberculosis; full of mucus

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage)

▲   RESPIRATION

Respiration

First stage of all inflammatory affections

Congestions of lungs

Hemoptysis

Short, painful tickling cough

Croup

Hard, dry cough, with sore chest

Hoarseness

Expectoration of pure blood in pneumonia ( millefol.) Cough better at night.

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Aversion to meat and milk

Desire for stimulants

Vomiting of undigested food

Vomiting of bright red blood

Sour eructations.

First stage of peritonitis

Hemorrhoids

Stools watery, bloody, undigested

First stage of dysentery, with much blood in discharges.

Urinary Organs.

Urine spurts with every cough

Incontinence

Irritation at neck of bladder

Polyuria

Diurnal enuresis.

Stomach; burping, belching; food (regurgitation)

▲   GENITALS

Genitals

Female; Menses every three weeks, with bearing-down sensation and pain on top of head

Vaginismus

Vagina dry and hot.

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); discharge; gonorrhoea

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Stiff neck

Articular rheumatism

Crick in back

Rheumatic pain in shoulder; pains extend to chest and wrist

Whitlow

Palms hot

Hands swollen and painful.

Coldness; upper limbs; hands

Pain; joints; rheumatic

▲   SLEEP AND DREAMS

Sleep and dreams

Restless and sleepless

Anxious dreams

Night sweats of anaemia.

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Chill daily at 1 p.m

All catarrhal and inflammatory fevers; first stage.

▲   PERSPIRATION

Perspiration

Clammy

▲   GENERALITIES

Generalities

Pulse; frequent, accelerated, elevated, exalted, fast, innumerable, rapid

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