Phosphorus

* DIFFUSION.
Mind
- OPEN, EXTROVERTED, LIVELY, EXPRESSIVE.
- SYMPATHETIC.
- Sympathize with homeopath, sit forward on the chair.
- DESIRE FOR COMPANY (can be less in later stages).
- FEARS: Dark, being alone,
thunderstorm, disease,
something will happen, death,
insects, ghosts, any fear.
- Anxiety for others.
- Startles easily.
- SENSITIVE TO ALL EXTERNAL IMPRESSIONS.
- Vivid imagination. Creative. Artistic.
- Desire to be magnetized.
- Sensitive to suggestion and reassurance.
- Clairvoyance.
- Concentration difficult, daydreaming.
- Dullness and indifference in later stages when other symptoms subside.
Generalities
- Tall, thin, delicate.
- OVERSENSITIVE.
- agg. While alone, twilight, left side, lying on left side, warm food, salt, fasting.
- amel. Cold drinks, sleep (even short), rubbing, eating.
- HEMORRHAGES. Ecchymosis.
- One-sided paralysis after apoplexy.
- BURNING PAINS.
Food and drinks
- Desire: SALT, HIGHLY SEASONED,
ICE CREAM, CHOCOLATE, Wine,
COLD FOOD AND DRINKS, FISH.
- Aversion: Sweets, FISH, fruit, meat, oysters.
Vertigo
- agg. Looking upwards, rising.
Head
- Pain agg. fasting, heat; amel. cold, sleep, eating.
- Falling of the hair.
Eye
- Glaucoma.
- Retinal troubles with lights and hallucination of vision.
- Green halo around objects, letters appear red, objects appear red or blue.
- Atrophy and paralysis of optic nerve.
Nose
- CORYZA EXTENDING TO THE CHEST.
- Epistaxis, in childhood; instead of menses.
- Oversensitive smell
Face
- Left-sided paralysis.
Mouth
- Bleeding gums.
- Dry tongue and lips.
Throat
- HOARSENESS, APHONIA, painless or with painfull raw feeling; agg. evening, public speakers.
Stomach
- THIRST FOR COLD DRINKS, LARGE QUANTITIES.
- Appetite increased, hungry at night (Lyc, Petr, Psor, Sulph).
- BURNING PAIN amel. COLD DRINKS, agg. AND EVENTUALLY VOMITS AS SOON AS
WATER IS WARMED UP IN THE STOMACH (Bism, Pyrog).
- Post-operative vomiting.
- Vomiting of undigested food soon after eating.
Abdomen
- Affections of the liver.
Rectum
- Bleeding haemorrhoids.
- Sensation as if the anus remained open.
- Discharge of blood agg. stool.
Stool
- Long, narrow and hard; with blood.
Male genitalia
- IRRESTISTABLE DESIRE, PRIAPISME.
- Involuntary emissions.
Female genitalia
- MENSES PROFUSE, BRIGHT RED.
- Metrorrhagia:bright red blood.
- Fibroids and tumors of uterus; ovarian cysts.
- OVEREXCITEMENT, SEXUAL DESIRE INCREASED.
Respiration;
- Respiration anxious, hyperventilation.
Cough
- Cough from irritation in throat agg. cold air, talking or laughing, evening, lying left side, change of
temperature or weather.
- Nervous, dry cough agg. presence of strangers, strong odors.
Expectoration
- Hemoptysis.
Chest
- RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS.
- PNEUMONIA agg. LEFT SIDE with burning pains, bloodspitting and oppression.
- Holds the chest when coughing.
- PAIN AND PALPITATIONS
agg. LYING LEFT SIDE (Lach),
amel. COLD DRINKS.
- Flushes of heat in heart region.
- Sensation of heat in the chest.
- Chest immovable (main remedy) (Vithoulkas).
Back
- Sensation of heat between the scapulae.
- Burning pain extending up the spine to between the scapulae.
Extremities
- Numbness hands and fingers, agg. morning on waking.
Skin
- ECCHYMOSIS.
Sleep
- Position: ONLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE (Lyc).
- EASILY REFRESHED, except in later stages when the liver is affected.
Compl.
Ars., Calc, Carb-v, Kali-c., Sep, Tub.
Inimical
Caust.
Dd
Ars, Arg-n, Caust, Mill, Med, Puls, Rhus-t, Sang, Sep, Tub.