Phosphorus(Mother Tincture)

Saturated solution in absolute alcohol. Trituration of Red amorphous Phosphorus.

Common Name:  The Element, Phosphorus.

Causes & Symptoms for Phosphorus

• Complaints from electric changes in the atmosphere; violent palpitations, working under a bright light cause complaint indicates Phosphorus.
• Burning pains are observed everywhere, which is characteristic of this remedy and is sensitive to cold.
• Craving for cold things, ice cream, which agrees, or cold water, which is thrown up as it gets warm in the stomach indicates phosphorus.
• Phosphorus has been very useful in weak, relaxed conditions of the joints following sprains, Tearing, boring pains, especially at night with necrosis.
• The Phosphorus patient is very sensitive to all external impressions; slight odors, noises, touch.
• Glandular swellings,  abscesses, fistulous openings

Mind and head 

• The mind may be overactive or may be extremely passive with loss of memory.
• Irritability of mind and body and great prostration of mind after slight mental effort, and of the body after slight physical exertion.
• Trembling of the whole body with fear is relieved with this Phosphorus. Brain-fag from mental overwork.
• Vertigo when in the open air; vertigo after eating; vertigo in the evening indicates Phosphorus.
• Heaviness and confusion in the head and thing go round; great weakness of the head.
• The headaches are ameliorated from cold and worse from heat, worse from motion, and better from rest.

Eyes, ear, nose

• Burning, redness, congestion, enlargement of the blood-vessels of the eye indicates Phosphorus.
• The eyelids twitch and tremble; swelling of the eyelids; dropsical swelling of the eyelids; great darkness around the eyes; great circles around the eyes.
• Inability to understand the articulations of the human voice. Hearing is difficult.
• Violent itching in the ears; congestion of the external ear; itching, tearing, throbbing, burning pains is relieved with Phosphorus.
• painful dryness in the nose; constant sneezing and running from the nose of bloody water.
• Frequent blowing of blood from the nose,swelling of the nose, redness and very sensitive to touch, polyps is relieved with Phosphorus.

Mouth and Throat

• Phosphorus is useful in swollen, oedematous face; puffed under the eyes, bloated face, worse from talking and from eating
• Jerking, tearing pains in the teeth. The pains of the teeth are often ameliorated by warmth
• Parched, dry and bleeding lips, Inflammation of the parotid gland, especially when it suppurates or there are fistulous openings is relieved with Phosphorus.
• Dryness of the mouth and throat, roughness, rawness, excoriation, bleeding, and inflammation of the tonsils.
• Hoarseness and loss of voice; great dryness in the larynx and all of the air passages,  suffocation; dyspnoea.

Stomach and Abdomen

• In Phosphorus there is violent hunger and very soon after eating the hunger returns again.
• In acute and chronic complaints there is violent thirst; thirst for ice-cold drinks.
• Vomiting on as soon as the water becomes warm in the stomach indicates Phosphorus.
• The complaints are ameliorated by eating with Constant nausea.
• Pressing pains, burning pains, tearing pains in the stomach; pain in the stomach after eating
• Phosphorus is useful in Congestion of the liver, fullness, pain, hardness, fatty degeneration of the liver.
• Sensation of emptiness in the abdomen
• Flatulence; colic; rending, tearing, cutting pains throughout the abdomen is relieved with phosphorus.

Stool and Rectum

• Burning in the rectum during stool. Protrusion of the rectum, protrusion of the piles is relieved with Phosphorus.
• Sharp, stitching pains from the coccyx up the spine that occurs during stool.
• After stool painful cramps in the rectum; burning in the anus; violent tenesmus, fissures of the anus indicates Phosphorus.
• Protruding hemorrhoids; hemorrhoids that burn.

Urinary complaints

• Frequent, scanty or completely suppressed urine with involuntary urination during sleep indicates Phosphorus.
• Twitching and burning in the urethra with sugar in the urine. It is useful in renal calculi.

Male complaints

• Swelling and soreness of the testes and cord; inflammation of the testes and cord.
• Phosphorus is useful in frequent erections that are painful day and night.

Female complaints

• Violent pain in the ovaries extending down the inner side of the thighs during menstruation indicates Phosphorus.
• Hemorrhages from uterus, bright red, clotted blood, Frequent and profuse hemorrhages from the uterus are checked with Phosphorus.
• Painful, hard, large nodosities in the female mammary glands.
• Menstrual period is too early, flow bright red, lasting too long with pain in the back.
• Swelling of the labia, with bleeding warts indicates phosphorus.

Extremities

• Ulcers upon the lower limbs; feet icy-cold, weakness; trembling; faintness. Jerking and twitching of the muscles
• Emaciated limbs and the distended veins become an indication for phosphorus.
• Burning, tearing pains in the limbs from exposure to cold, Inflammation of the periosteum of the tibia.
• Trembling and numbness of both the extremities,  finger tips feel numb and insensible is relieved with Phosphorus.
• Acute inflammation of the joints of the knees and hip joint.
• Great restlessness in the lower limbs; weariness in the lower limbs; weakness in the lower limbs, especially observed on walking.

Skin

• Bleeding from ulcerations, False granulations that bleed, Black and blue spots.
• Eruptions are dry and scaly, Burning sensation with irregular brown spots upon the body.
• Psoriasis of the knees, legs, elbows, and eyebrows indicates Phosphorus.
• Rash is very dusky or disappears and suppuration begins in various places

Generalities

• Exostoses of the skull with tearing pains.
• Jerking and twitching of the muscles with spasms.
• complaints are worse from cold and cold applications, and better from heat and warm applications,
• Except the complaints of the head and stomach, which are ameliorated from cold
• Difficult breathing, fullness in the chest after eating, much irritation in the larynx.
• Sensation of heat in the chest mounting to the head, Every cold settles in the chest

Side effects of Phosphorus

• There are no such side effects. But every medicine should be taken following the rules as given.
• It is safe to take the medicine even if you are on other mode of medication like allopathy medicines, ayurvedic etc.
• Homeopathic medicines never interfere with the action of other medicines.

Dosage and rules while taking Phosphorus

• Take 10 drops in half cup of water three times a day.
• We recommend you to take under physicians guidance.

Precautions while taking Phosphorus

• Always keep a gap of 15 minutes before or after meals when you take medicine.
• If pregnant or breastfeeding, ask a homeopathic practitioner before use.
• Avoid eating tobacco or drinking alcohol during the course of medication