Kali Phosphoricum
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General EN
Kali Phosphoricum.
Phosphate of Potassium. K2HPO4. Trituration. Solution in distilled water.
Clinical EN
Alopecia areata. Amenorrhoea. Anaemia. Asthma. Atrophy. Brain, concussion of. Brain-fag. Brain-softening. Cancrum oris. Carbuncle. Chilblains. Cholerine. Diphtheria. Dysentery. Enuresis. Face, neuralgia of. Feet, fidgety. Gangrene. Hypochondriasis. Hysteria. Insomnia. Melancholia. Menstrual headaches. Nervous dyspepsia. Neurasthenia. Night-terrors. Noma. Nymphomania. Oedema pulmonum. Paralysis. Pneumonia. Ptosis. Puerperal fever. Puerperal mania. Sciatica. Scurvy. Stomach, ulcer of. Ulcers. Urticaria. Whitlow.
Characteristics EN
According to Schüssler: K. ph. is contained in the cells of the brain, nerves, muscles, blood (corpuscles and plasma), and intercellular fluids; and a disturbance in the motions of its molecules produces:-(1) In Thought cells: Despondency, anxiety, fearfulness, tearfulness, home-sickness, suspiciousness, agoraphobia, weak memory. (2) In Vaso-motor Nerves: First, small and frequent pulse; later, retarded. (3) In Sensory Nerves: Pains with sensation of paralysis. (4) In Motor Nerves: Weakness of muscles and nerves even to paralysis.
(5) In Trophic fibres of Sympathetic Nerve: Retarded nutrition; even total arrest in a limited area of cells and then a softening. Depression is the characteristic of its action; conversely it cures depressed states of mind and body, hypochondriasis, hysteria, neurasthenia, nervous insomnia, spasms of irritable weakness, paralysis; septic states and septic fevers and haemorrhages, noma, scurvy, phagedenic chancre, carbuncles, typhoid, typhus fever and adynamic states, progressive muscular atrophy, round ulcer of stomach (due to disturbed function of trophic fibres of the sympathetic), alopecia areata (due, according to Schüssler, to the same cause)
Thus far Schüssler, to whom we owe the medicine; and a very excellent ground-work of indications it provides. The action of the phosphoric element is very clearly visible, but for accurate prescribing something is needed beyond Schüssler's indications, excellent as they are; and this something has been provided by a proving published by H. C. Allen in Med.
Adv., xxviii. 194. Schüssler, as is usual with him, uses lower triturations, from 3x to 12x. No doubt that is wise when prescribing on the general indications he gives; but those who prescribe on the fine indications need not limit themselves to these. H.
C. Allen's symptoms will be found in the subjoined Schema. As Allen points out, a vein of Kali symptoms runs through the proving, e.g., early morning waking, the peculiar mouth, and the severe action on the skin. (I may add to these "< after coitus," and "sensitiveness to touch.") In menstrual headaches it is indicated, and in neurasthenia, and Allen has developed clinically the characteristic colour of the excretions—golden or orange-yellow.
The urine is very yellow. He cured with K. ph. an old pelvic abscess, with orange-coloured discharge, having given the remedy for sleeplessness. The provers experienced great lassitude; they lost much flesh. Nervous, hot, restless, easily startled.
Trembling of hands from nervousness. Sensations: as if tongue would cleave to roof of mouth; as if a ball were rising in throat; as if a rocket had passed through head. Stitching pains. Numb finger-tips.
The least touch causes starting. There is a toothache alternating with headache. K. ph. corresponds to those numerous cases in which there is increased sensitiveness to all impressions, from a weakness of the vital organismic resistance or control. In weakened states from shock, mental or physical, from over-strain or over-drain of the system.
Nervous, restless; fidgety feeling in feet; trembling sensation in muscles of legs, especially of gastrocnemii. Numb sensations. W. T.
Laird (H. R., xiv. 461) points out that K. ph. cures a nervous dyspepsia almost identical with that of Anac. The K. ph. patient is more decidedly neurasthenic than the other; and the relapses, which are frequent in both, are mostly due to dietetic errors in Anac. cases, and to excitement or worry in the K. ph. cases. H.
M. Rean (Hom. News, xxviii. 82) reports three cases of amenorrhoea cured: Miss B., 19, very nervous, pale blonde, skin rather waxy, cross and snappish, cries easily, constant dull headache, yet very drowsy all day At times so fidgety could not control herself, and called her mother to hold her hands.
Menses did not appear till eighteen, and were scanty then and since. K. ph. 3x four times daily caused great improvement at next menstrual period. In three months menses were regular and normal, and in five months the patient was perfectly well. H.
T. Dodge gives these indications: Worn-out nursing mothers, tired to distraction by nervous babies. Worn-out business and professional men. Special indications being: Foul breath with low nervous condition; tongue with brownish mustard-like coat; dull heavy ache between shoulders; restlessness.
He commends the higher attenuations where indications are close (Hom. News, xxix. 10, quoting Critique) J. C.
Nottingham (H. R., vii. 229) considers a leading indication of K. ph. "nervousness arising from excessive sexual excitement, whether indulged or suppressed. He as cured impotence and seminal losses on these indications.
Accompanying symptoms are: Aching in sacrum, sleeplessness, pain in back of neck and head, general irritability, great despondency, frequent micturition, large quantities being passed night and day and containing phosphates H. C. Allen reports a case of subacute laryngitis in a woman six weeks after confinement, occurring concurrently with suppressed lochia and piles and non-appearing leucorrhoea, to which she had been subject.
She was almost in articulo mortis when, on these indications—"In cases coming late under treatment, with great weakness, pale bluish face, &c." (Raue) "Speech slow, becoming inarticulate, creeping paralysis" (Hering) and "The oxydation processes, the change of gases on respiration and other chemical transformations in the blood is brought about by the presence of K. ph." (Grauvogl) K. ph. 30 was given and rapidly rescued the patient from the dangerous condition, though other remedies were required to complete the cure, in the course of which the piles and discharges came back
K. ph. craves ice-cold water, vinegar, and sweets. The conditions are: < After eating (stomach and bowels and maxillae—diarrhoea while eating); after rising in morning on falling asleep; by lying on painful part by sitting and walking at 3 to 5 a.m.; in early morning (diarrhoea) from exposure to cold (neuralgic pains); from coitus; from continued motion; from sneezing (side pains); from facing the sun (eye pain); after drinking water (bearing-down pains); by lying down (ears); by lying on back (lumbar pains).
> When menses come on (< before); after lying down; leaning against something; sitting up; bending double (colic in hypogastrium); from belching gas; from warmth; from motion if slight and of short continuance; from eating (occipital headache); by daylight (nervousness); out of doors (dull headache). It is suited to pale, sensitive, irritable persons.
Relations EN
Compatible: Cycl. (disordered mental conditions); K. mur. (puerperal fever); Mag. ph. (bladder troubles); Zinc ph. (brain paralysis with nephritic irritation); Nat. m. and Nit. ac. (haemorrhages).
Compare EN
Phos., Phos. ac., the Kalis;
Rhus (typhoid states;
> motion, < by cold);
Anac.
(nervous dyspepsia);
Hyo.
(mania);
Fer.
(diarrhoea while eating);
Ign.
(hysteria);
Bapt.
(typhoid low conditions);
K. ca.
(< by coitus; stitching pains);
Cycl.
(menstrual headache);
Op.
(drowsiness);
Lach.
(< from sleep; typhoid states; putrid discharges; post-diphtheritic paralysis;
> menses coming on);
Arn. and Con.
(blows);
Con.
(suppressed sexual excitement);
Ars., Carb. v., Chi., Kre., Phyt., Puls.
Compare also Agaricus.
Hering says mushrooms contain K.
Ph., and hence are useful after weakening illness to restore muscle and nerve.
Causation EN
Mechanical injuries. Blows. Sexual excitement, indulged or suppressed.
Mind EN
Morose, irritable; tearful; averse to be talked to; everything is too much; depression
Lethargy
Cannot recall names or words; mind sluggish, but will act if aroused
Extreme lassitude and depression; apprehensive
Loss of memory
Exhaustion after moderate mental effort
Flies into a passion and can hardly articulate; tongue feels thick
Restless
Nervous; starting
Perverted affections; cruel to husband; to baby
Indifferent and captious.
Head EN
Giddy when out of doors, < when facing sun
Seasick without nausea
Vertigo with pressure on brain
Occipital headache, lasting all night; frequent waking, with the pain > on rising
Woke with pains in occiput and loins, > lying on back, passed off after rising
Pains from l. eye to head, making him wretchedly ill; no > after sleep
Dull headache across eyes, > outdoors;
< l. side; l. eyelid droops
Before menses violent tearing in forehead and sense of fatigue, > lying down and on menses appearing
Pain through base of brain from eyes to occiput, < night, > eating and gentle motion.—(Headache before and during menses; r. eye to occiput, > heat, pressure, lying down, eating, gentle motion;
< noise; always hungry, with headache.)
Burning in forehead during stool
Intense headache from emotions and physical effort
Headache: morning on awaking; with vomiting of sour phlegm; making eyes unable to bear light
Pain across forehead and into both temples
Neuralgic pain at base of brain and upper spine
Sensation of a band round forehead just above eyes
Heavy dull pain over eyes as if brain would expand but for cranial bones
Sharp darting pain over l. orbit
Neuralgia in r. parietal eminence.—(An aching nervous sensation in cerebellum and upper cranial region, with tenderness, involving entire head when aggravated.)
Intense itching on scalp, < morning after waking
Soreness back of head, < pressure
Back of head sore, as if hair being pulled; then as if hairpins sticking in
Neuralgia in l. mastoid process, < motion and in open air
Itching of scalp; bald and dry.
Eyes EN
Conjunctivae inflamed
Watery secretion from eyes
Sensation: of sticks in eyes; of sand; dryness; burning; pricking and smarting
Eves full of mucus;
< evening
Balls (l.) ache and are sore, tender to touch and pressure
Lids: swollen; agglutinated in morning; stye on l. lower; l. lid droops, almost closed
Sharp pain from eyes (r.) to temples in morning;
> pressing on temples
Eyes feel sore round edge of lids, and burn as though they had been full of smoke
Eyes sore as after crying hard; awoke with severe pain through l. eye; throbbed and was < in sunlight
Eyes twitch
Eyes blurred
Intolerance of light with headache
Eyes tire with reading
Black spots moving before eyes.
Ears EN
Itching and pimples in canal and external ear
Deep-seated pain in ears, stinging, itching;
< lying down
Sharp pain in l. ear and down l. cheek
Fulness, singing, and surging in ears
Hearing too sensitive; cannot endure noise.
Nose EN
(An inveterate catarrh was greatly relieved after proving the 30th
Thick yellow discharge, < morning.)
Nostrils stopped, discharge of clear, stringy mucus
Obstruction; sneezes on slightest exposure to air 2 a.m.; fluent watery coryza
Violent sneezing with symptoms of fresh cold
Sores inside nares with yellow crusts, and dark blood
Symptoms of cold with headache
Soft green or white discharge (< r. nostril)
Small growth, very sensitive, at opening of l. nostril (lasted two weeks)
Very sensitive smell and lack of smell.
Face EN
Itching: under beard; on r. cheek and temples
Itching pimples on forehead, suppurating next day
Brown patch from edge of brow to eyebrows three inches wide, lasting three months
Neuralgic stitches, esp. from upper teeth to l. ear, and from temples forward to a point just above r. eye, < from cold air (whilst driving), > by warmth of hand
Hydroa on lips; on upper lip r. corner; lip feels swollen and itchy
Pimples and sore crusts on lips; peeling
Soreness and swelling of parotids and axillary glands
Red, hot, burning face and forehead, at other times pale and yellow
Sickly, pale, dirty complexion
Pain in jawbones with stinging and aching, > after eating, speaking, walking, and by touch
Warm feeling, as if a candle were held near l. cheek.
Teeth EN
Teeth feel sore
Severe pains in decayed or filled teeth; surrounding gums much swollen
Pain in teeth after every cold
Aching in teeth, with much secretion of saliva
Grinding teeth, and mumbling, in sleep
Swelling of gums and upper lip; aching of teeth all night and forenoon
Gums feel swollen, soft, bleed easily
Dull frontal headache and nausea with dizziness, alternating with toothache.
Mouth EN
L. submaxillary gland swollen and sensitive
Offensive odour from mouth; mornings, like rotten cheese
Tongue: white; and slimy; greenish yellow; upper surface of, stiff; edges red and sore; red edges and transverse cracks
Roof of mouth: swollen; in ridges; feels as though lined with grease
Saliva profuse; and thick and salty; mouth tastes badly
Taste: bitter in morning; putrid, bitter, and sour.
Throat EN
Tonsils large and sore, esp. l.; dry sensation in throat as if from husks of grain
In morning both tonsils have distinct white solid deposits like diphtheric membranes; traces of it on pillars of fauces
Severe shooting pain from l. tonsil to inner ear, while driving in forenoon
Severe pain r. tonsil,< swallowing
Soreness; full sensation; burning soreness and dryness, evening
Mucus: much after rising, causing nausea; salty.
Appetite EN
Hungry; but sight of food took away all appetite
No appetite; except for sweets
Appetite first increased; later, lost till end of proving
Desire for vinegar
Great thirst; for ice-cold water, a quantity at a time
Sweat during meals with drinking.
Stomach EN
Nausea after eating, afterwards drowsiness
Belching, smelling of sour and bitter food and of blood
Vomiting of blood and palpitation of the heart
Eructations of bile, < after eating
Nausea > by belching
Stomach: growls during menses; sore as if pounded; gnawing in, 5 a.m. on waking; fulness and burning in.
Abdomen EN
Region of liver sensitive to pressure
Stinging and catching in spleen, < from motion
Awoke with extreme soreness of back and sides; sneezing occasionally, constant desire to; seems as though sides would break when sneezing
Abdomen distended with pain
Colic in hypogastrium, with ineffectual urging to stool; after breakfast;
> bending double
Borborygmus (afternoon); fermentation; soreness
Sharp cutting pains r. side
Bearing down, > sitting up;
< l. side;
< after drinking water
Flatulence, griping, < when eating.
Stool And Anus EN
Stool: clay-coloured, watery; with urging, putrid flatus, followed by tenesmus, after breakfast; light-coloured, offensive, unsatisfactory; profuse, painless, offensive, before 6 a.m., imperative; offensive, undigested, dark;
< after breakfast and supper;
< after dinner, < after breakfast and dinner
Diarrhoea while eating
Constipation; stools dark brown, streaked with yellowish green mucus
Aching in shoulders and arms, > by motion, evening
Burning in forehead with stool; afterwards slight chill from behind up back
Haemorrhoids protruding, with swelling and burning pains.—(Paretic condition of rectum and colon following removal of haemorrhoids).
Urinary Organs EN
Urine saffron yellow, reddish sandy sediment
Scanty, stream sluggish, a few drops pass later and wet linen
After micturition: burning, smarting in urethra
Stitching in bladder and urethra.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Passion increased; priapism in morning
Sexual instinct depressed; impotence
Strong desire, erections with desire to urinate, mornings; followed by impotence and painful seminal emissions at night
Utter prostration and weak vision after coitus
Emissions without erections.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Menses: five days early, scanty, with dragging pain in l. lower jaw;
(late in appearing; amenorrhoea); irregular, scanty, almost black, first day thick
Stomach growls and legs ache as if about to become unwell
Before menses: sense of fatigue
During menses: sharp bearing-down pain; sensation of being bloated to bursting; restlessness, > moving and lying on abdomen; sharp pain through l. ovary, > lying on back, and by bending double; dull bursting headache, pain in l. leg and groin, tired and sleepy, borborygmus and heartburn at night
Stitching all through pelvis and in womb
Pains: in l. side and ovaries; across sacrum; across abdomen, l. to r.—(Chronic abscess discharging periodically through vagina and rectum a copious orange-coloured fluid.)
Yellow, greenish, blistering leucorrhoea, with too short menses
Intense sexual desire for four or five days after menses
Bloody discharge during pregnancy
Feeling of heavy weight on pelvis pressing down and backward
Night-pains during pregnancy.
Respiratory Organs EN
Cough: from irritation in trachea just below larynx, with scanty, thick, white, yellowish expectoration; without expectoration, 2 to 2.30 a.m.; sudden unexpected spell preceded by pressure in throat
Hoarseness, trachea feels hurt
Rattling or whistling cough; expectoration green or like soap-suds
Sputa; like salt, fetid or sweet;
(yellow in phthisis).
Chest EN
Intensely sharp, cutting pains (transitory) under (r.) breast and near waist, catching breath.—Chest: painful; stinging in chest and sides; sore to touch; aching, l., through to scapulae.
Heart EN
Dull throbbing, l. side, seems to stop heart beating
Vomiting of blood, with palpitation
Palpitation from slightest motion or ascending stairs.
Neck And Back EN
Stiff neck from swelling of glands
Neck lame, tender to touch
Aching between scapulae
Stitches: severe in middle of back; towards front of chest with dyspnoea;
> leaning against something, < lying on back and sitting or walking
Awoke with pains in occiput and loins, > lying on back, passed off after rising
Creeping sensation and intense pain along spine relieving the headache at intervals
Back: lame as from a fall; sore from shoulders down.
Limbs EN
Drawing pains in back and limbs, esp. of soles to knees, and shoulders to head, > by warmth and (temporarily) by moving the parts
Awakens 5 a.m. with rheumatic pains in r. leg and both arms, passing away 10 a.m
Constant pain in back and limbs, > motion.
Upper Limbs EN
Aching in shoulders and arms, > motion
Severe pain in scapulae on waking in morning, had to sit up in order to turn over
Pain first in r., then l. scapula
Soreness and swelling of axillary and parotid glands
Pain in arms from raising them
Twitching of muscles of arms and fingers
Numbness of r. arm and hand; itching and purple
No feeling in finger-tips.
Lower Limbs EN
Weak, tired, with pains in legs and back, > by gentle motion
Pain in l. groin; throbbing pain in r
Thighs lame
Legs swollen, numb
Pain in r. great toe and across instep, not > taking off shoe
Feet: cold, perspiring; swelling of, cracking of heels; burning of toes and soles; stinging of soles
Fidgety feet.
Skin EN
Blue spots on calves as if they would ulcerate
Itching: of whole skin, < on chest and under arms; in the night, esp. on scalp and under beard, soles, and palms, < 3 to 5 a.m
Pimples, small boils, itching
Pricking in abdomen as from a pin.
Sleep EN
Woke early, nervous, hot, restless; expected to see burglar enter
During sleep: mumbling and grinding teeth; talking
Sleepy, yawning, hard to wake
Very hard to awake, eyes hurt they feel so sleepy, yawns a great deal
Talks in sleep
Pains frequently change location and keep him awake; from 2 or 3 to 4 a.m
Dreamed he was only partially clothed in a public place
Tendency to sleep on back developed (which was very uncomfortable before the proving)
Lascivious dreams, with emission, wakes angry and cross
Sleeplessness during latter part of night (cured during the proving).—(The instant she fell into a doze was aroused by violent spasms in l. ovary.)
Night-terrors of children; awoke from sound sleep screaming with fright; somnambulism
Sleeplessness: from excessive mental exertion; after worry over business troubles; from nervous exhaustion; simple painless wakefulness.
Fever EN
Chills run up spine in evening, continued after retiring, could scarcely get warm in bed
Chilly; cold all day; heat during night, with strong inclination to eat
Return of offensive axillary sweat (cured months before with Lach.) Axillary sweat of odour of onions.