THE GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA
Ferrum phosphoricum
Phosphate of Iron. Fe32PO4, FePO4, 12H2O.
One of the organic tissue-salts introduced by Schuessler. Needs proving. This arrangement includes all of Schuessler’s Third American edition, with additions from the current literature.
Good results with the 200th potency have been obtained.
– Congestion of blood to head, Raue’s Rec., 1875, p. 6á; Headache (5 cases), Raue’s Rec., 1875, pp. 5–6á; Attacks of nausea, Raue’s Rec., 1875, p. 6á; Dyspepsia with vomiting, Mossa, Allg. Hom. Ztg., vol. 104, p. 51á; Summer complaint with bloody stools, Goodno, MSS., 1877á; Irritability of neck of bladder, Hunt, Raue’s Rec., 1872, p. 164á; Incontinence of urine, Parsons, Tans. Am. Inst. Hom., 1883, p. 181á; Enuresis, Cooper, Hughes’ Pharm., p. 369á; Gonorrh£a, first stage, Raue’s Pathol., p. 697á; Hemorrhage from urethra or bladder, Ashton, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 466á; Dyspareunia, Sulzer, Times Retros., 1875, p. 18á; Diphtheria, (2 cases), Morgan, Hah. Mo., 1885, p. 231á; Pneumonia in phthisis, Goodno, MSS.á; Cough, Cooper, Raue’s Rec., 1871, p. 132á; Cough, Fischer, Times Retros., 1875, p. 18á; Acute bronchial catarrh, Goodno, MSS., Hµmoptysis of phthisis, Knerr, MSS.á; Sugillation of foot, Fischer, Times Retros., 1875, p. 18á; Articular rheumatism, Plate, Raue’s Rec., 1874, p. 253á; Acute synovitis, C. R. Norton, MSS.á; Debility of children, Cooper, Raue’s Rec., 1872, p. 206á; Measles (35 cases), Koecká; Intermittent, Curtis, MSS.
Very talkative and hilariousá; unnatural excitement.
Sows eat up their youngá; a transient mania depending upon hyperemia of brain.
Dizziness with constant feeling as if head were being suddenly pushed forward, with danger of falling.
Great dizzinessá; every thing swims around himá; his muscles seemed so weak he could hardly move about.
Vertigo caused by congestion to various parts of brain or head.
Relieved symptoms supposed to be due to cerebral venous congestions.
Hammering pain in forehead and temples, so severe that she fears an apoplectic strokeá; < in right side, formerly < on left ?áDyspepsia.
Frontal headache, followed and relieved by nosebleed.
Scarcely endurable, dull, heavy pain on top of head during menses which are very profuse.
Top of head sensitive to cold air, noise and any jará; on stooping, sharp pain through head, from back to frontá; at times, a feeling as if head were being pushed forward, with danger of falling.
Severe headache, soreness in vertex, general soreness of scalp, cannot bear to have hair touched, great nervousness at night.
On stooping a sharp pain through head, from back to front.
Headache or neuralgia of face with stinging, pressing or throbbing, < from shaking head, stooping and all motion.
“Blind headache,” in a lady who had at the same time a bearing down sensation in uterus, with a constant dull pain in either ovarian region.
Headache with hot, red face and vomiting of food.
Rush of blood to head with vertigo.
Congestion of brain in children and grown personsá; meningitis.
Congestion to head with epilepsy.
Soreness in vertex, general soreness of scalp, cannot bear to have the hair touched. ?áHeadache.
Top of head sensitive to cold and noise or any jar.
SIGHT AND EYES. [5] [Ferr. p.]
On stooping cannot seeá; seems as if all blood ran into eyes.
Acute conjunctivitis without suppuration, or discharge of mucus.
Ophthalmia, first stageá; marked redness with great pain, and without mucus or pus.
Traumatic conjunctivitis from a bad wound, after case had been badly treatedá; it lessened the burning, redness and trickling of tears.
Eyes inflamed during dentition.
Conjunctivitis and photophobia. ?áMeasles.
(In sická:) Stye on lower lid of right eye.
HEARING AND EARS. [6] [Ferr. p.]
Roaring or buzzing from rush of blood to head.
Inflammatory pain in eará; otitis.
Catarrhal affection of Eustachian tube and ear, often combined with catarrh in chest, or bowels, or both.
Painful red swelling of parotids, one side or both. ?áMeasles.
SMELL AND NOSE. [7] [Ferr. p.]
Nosebleed of bright blood. ?áSummer complaint.
Nosebleedá: with blood spittingá; following and relieving headacheá; a concomitant of other complaints.
Coryzaá; at the very beginning.
Pain with heat and redness of face.
TEETH AND GUMS. [10] [Ferr. p.]
Congestive or inflammatory toothache or faceache.
Toothache always appearing after eating foodá; > by cold.
Complaints during dentition, with fever.
Toothache < by warm, and > by cold drinks.
TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11] [Ferr. p.]
Inflammation of tongue, fauces and tonsilsá; redness, pain without exudation.
PALATE AND THROAT. [13] [Ferr. p.]
Constant inflammation of palate, tonsils and pharynx, with dryness, redness and pain.
Feverá; glistening, flushed eyesá; red cheeksá; tonsils red and swollen, especially right, on which was a tuft-like exudation, about its centre, and about one-fourth inch in diameter, hanging downwards, the upper attachment looking blackish, next to the tonsilsá; fetid breathá; next day tonsil clear, fever gone, but a similar mass of exudation on posterior wall of pharynxá; on day following apparently well, but next morning another patch of exudation appeared on left side, which finally disappeared on resumption of remedy.
Soreness of throatá; tonsils red and moderately swollená; some feverá; diphtheritic membrane on part of right tonsil.
APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14] [Ferr. p.]
Poor appetite with attacks of sicknessá; could hardly get enough to eat after attacks of nausea.
Great thirst for much water. ?áSummer complaint.
Aversion to milk. ?áDyspepsia.
Worse after meat, herring, coffee, cake. ?áDyspepsia.
EATING AND DRINKING. [15] [Ferr. p.]
After warm food or drinks, toothache, > by cold.
HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] [Ferr. p.]
Sudden attacks of “deathly sickness at stomach”, coming on at no particular time, sometimes even awaking her out of sleep, and lasting from a half to one hourá; appetite poor.
After eating, nausea and vomiting of foodá; vomited matter very sour, setting teeth on edgeá; vomiting in morning before eating. ?áDyspepsia.
Vomiting. ?áGastritis. ?áWhooping cough. ?áSummer complaint. ?áIntermittent fever.
SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] [Ferr. p.]
Puffed up in region of stomach and hypochondria.
Pain in stomach < after eating.
Acute and chronic gastralgia < by eating and pressure on stomachá; vomiting of food.
Acute gastritis with violent pain in region of stomach which is distendedá; vomiting and fever.
Anorexiaá; aversion to milká; nausea and vomiting after eatingá; vomited matter so sour that it sets the teeth on edgeá; < from meat, herring, coffee and cake, particularly sour thingsá; sometimes vomiting in morning before food has been takená; cephalalgia, hammering in forehead and temples, formerly < on left side, now < on r. side, so severe that she fears she will have an apoplectic strokeá; menses profuse and earlyá; stool regulará; sleep restless, with anxious dreamsá; greatly depressed in morningá; in evening sensation of constriction, must loosen her clothing. ?áDyspepsia.
Catarrh of stomach and bowels.
ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] [Ferr. p.]
Bellyache with watery diarrh£a.
Abdominal hernia in persons otherwise robust.
Inflamed and incarcerated hernia.
STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] [Ferr. p.]
Yellow, watery diarrh£a. ?áPneumonia.
Lienterie from relaxation of pyloric muscles.
Stools contain undigested food in consequence of disturbance in the muscular fibres of the stomach.
Dysentery commencing with violent feverá; pain depends upon inflammatory condition, does not intermit and is < from pressure on stomach.
Before stoolá: colicá; no tenesmus or but slight.
During stoolá: no tenesmus or only slight.
Frequent stools, green, watery or hashed, mixed with mucus, scantyá; straining at stool, also retchingá; child rolls its head and moansá; eyes half opená; face pinchedá; urine scantyá; pulse and respiration acceleratedá; starting in sleep. ?áSummer complaint.
Stoolsá: of pure blood, bloody mucus, or bloody scumá; yellowish, whitish, brown with bloodá; like bloody fish-brineá; green watery or green mucous, with blood, no painá; blood dark or light. ?áSummer complaint.
Aggravationá: midnight till morning (bloody serous stools)á; bloody mucus mixed with watery discharges day or night. ?áSummer complaint.
Cholera depending on an inflammatory state.
Constipation caused by atony of muscular fibres of intestines.
Disposition to prolapsus recti.
Hemorrhoidal troubles and obstinate constipation.
Hemorrhoids, with catarrh of stomach and bowels.
URINARY ORGANS. [21] [Ferr. p.]
(OBSá:) Bright’s diseaseá; diabetes.
Hemorrhage from bladder or from urethra.
Frequent desire to urinate, urgent, with pain in neck of bladder and end of penisá: must urinate immediately, which > the painá; the above only, or chiefly during day, not at nightá; < the more he stands.
Enuresis nocturna from weakness of sphincter.
Diurnal enuresis, depending on an irritability of trigone and cervix vesicµ, > when pressure of urine is taken off by recumbent posture.
Urine spurts out with every cough.
Retention of urine, with fever in little children.
Complaints before making water.
MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [22] [Ferr. p.]
Inflammatory stage of gonorrh£a.
FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] [Ferr. p.]
Bearing down sensation in uterus with constant dull pain in either ovarian region.
Vaginismus, pain in vagina during coitusá; cannot bear examination.
Dysmenorrh£a, with accelerated pulse and red face.
Menses every three weeks, profuse, with pressure in abdomen and small of back. ?áDyspepsia.
During profuse menses pain on top of head.
PREGNANCY. PARTURITION. LACTATION. [24] [Ferr. p.]
During the third month of pregnancy. ?áHeadache.
Cough with ejection of urineá; during pregnancy.
VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA. [25] [Ferr. p.]
Laryngitis and hoarseness from overstraining voice.
Much mucus in throat and rattling in chest.
Acute bronchial catarrh affecting larger and smaller bronchi.
Violent fever in beginning of croup.
Pleuritic stitch with a deep inspiration or cough.
Acute, short, spasmodic and very painful cough.
Tormenting cough when bending head over or touching larynx.
Short, dry, hacking cough, with involuntary spurting of urine. ?áDuring pregnancy.
Spasmodic cough every morning when dressing, greatly < by going into open airá; fits of coughing produce involuntary micturition.
Cough in paroxysms, most at night or during day when asleep.
Cough < at night with much rattling of mucus in chest which is also most marked at nightá; slight fever.
Whooping cough with retching and vomiting.
Inflammatory or catarrhal stage of whooping cough.
Expectoration of clear blood. ?áPneumonia.
Hµmoptysis, after concussion or a fall.
INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] [Ferr. p.]
Catarrhs on chest of children, similar to Aconite.
Right-sided pleuritic stitch < when coughing and on deep inspiration.
Pleuritis and pneumonia, first stage.
Pneumonia, the hyperemia depending on relaxation of muscular fibres of blood-vessels as long as no exudation has taken placeá; general heat of bodyá; very little thirstá; first stage.
Coughs up clear bloodá; nosebleed at same time. ?áPneumonia.
In a tuberculous woman, µt. 49, pneumonia of left upper lobe, with well marked crepitation and profuse expectoration of frothy, pink mucus, patient almost moribund.
Full, round pulseá; congestioná; inflammation before any exudationá; sputa blood-streaked, caused by least exertion or cold air, when congestion comes in opposite lung. ?áPhthisis pulmonalis.
HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] [Ferr. p.]
It will not cure thoroughly unless there is a full pulse, but a pulse less bounding than in Acon., and not so flowing as in Gelsem. (Farrington).
Pulse full, from 120 to 160. ?áSummer complaint.
Accelerated pulse. ?áDysmenorrh£a.
Anemia incidental to climacteric period.
NECK AND BACK. [31] [Ferr. p.]
Violent pain in right shoulder and upper arm, of a drawing tearing character, < by violent motion of arm, > by gentle motion, and so the patient hardly kept the arm still at allá; the affected part somewhat sensitive to touchá; feeling of deadness in right hand and loss of strength so that she could not lift heavy things. ?áRheumatism.
Acute rheumatism of right shoulder-jointá; red, swollen and very sensitive to touch.
Rheumatism of right deltoidá; unable to work, even to wear his cloak.
Swelling of elbow after a sprain, horribly maltreated by leeches and an incision, with general weakness, loss of appetite, fever and earthy, pale faceá; on upper part of forearm and lower part of upper arm a large swelling, red and hot, not allowing the least motion insufferable pains, burningá; sleepless.
Palms of hands are hot, with children. ?áRheumatic complaints.
Fingers contracted by acute articular rheumatism.
Severe pain in both knees, shooting down the legsá; every motion painfulá; high fever, quick pulse and increased temperatureá; sleepless at night from severity of painsá; in addition to the knees one joint after another was attackedá; joints puffy, very little rednessá; finally swelling in shoulder-joints and upper thoraxá; (after Ferr. phos. it went downwards from one joint to the other, to the knees and then passed off).
Skin on outer side of ankle pale redá; foot greatly swollen and sensitive to touch toes feel as if they were burning. ?áAcute synovitis.
Steady terrible pain all over foot and ankleá; cries with the painá; occasional shooting pains up inside of legá; once in a minute or two a shooting pain in foot around ankle. ?áAcute synovitis.
An acute very painful sugillation on dorsum of foot.
LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] [Ferr. p.]
Rheumatism attacking one joint after anotherá; joints puffy but little redá; high fever.
Wrist and knee affected by rheumatism.
Articular rheumatism < from slightest motion.
Rachitis with no pains in the epiphyses.
REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] [Ferr. p.]
Recumbent positioná: > diurnal enuresis.
Standingá: desire to urinate <.
Stoopingá: sharp pain through headá; cannot seeá; faceache < ; produces tormenting cough.
Motioná: causes headacheá; < pain in arm and shoulderá; gentle motion > pain in upper arm and shoulderá; swelling in arm allows no motioná; pain in knees < ; articular rheumatism <.
Exertioná: sputa blood-streaked.
Desire to get out of bed and run about.
Great nervousness at night. ?áHeadache.
A general feeling of weakness and desire to lie down. ?áRheumatism of shoulder.
He desired to get out of bed, and wished to run around, but he was so weak that he fell overá; very talkative and hilarious.
Muscles so weak could hardly move about.
Great prostration. ?áSummer complaint.
Debility of children, with no organic lesion, save a carious condition of teethá; flesh fairly firm, complexion delicate, hair light and curly.
Epilepsy with congestion to head.
Acute cases of rheumatic paralysis.
Restless at night. ?áSummer complaint.
Restless sleep at night, with anxious dreamsá; great depression in morning. ?áDyspepsia.
Sleepless from severity of pains.
Restlessness and sleeplessness. ?áMeasles.
Cough in day time when asleep.
Between 4 and 6 A. M.á: sweat.
Morningá: vomitingá; greatly depressed.
By dayá: bloody and watery dischargesá; frequent desire to urinateá; cough.
Eveningá: sensation of constriction, must loosen her clothes.
Nightá: great nervousnessá; bloody and watery dischargesá; cough < ; more rattling of mucus on chestá; sleepless.
Midnight till morningá: bloody serous stools.
TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER. [39] [Ferr. p.]
Cold airá: top of head sensitive toá: sputa blood-streaked.
Cold and cold drinksá: > toothache.
Chill returning at same time (1 o’clock) every day, while sitting at table.
General heat with very little thirst.
Fever with vomiting and puffed up stomach.
High fever, quick pulse and increased temperature.
Skin hot and dry. ?áSummer complaint.
Feverá: with complaints accompanying teethingá; with gastritisá; with cystitisá; retention of urineá; beginning of croupá; with coughá; with rheumatismá; with convulsions.
Intermittent fever with vomiting of food.
Copious night sweats, not relieving the great pains of rheumatism, driving out of bed.
Sweat between 4 and 6 A. M., with increase of pains. ?áRheumatism of shoulder.
ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41] [Ferr. p.]
Sudden attacks of sick stomach.
Once in a minute or twoá: shooting pain in foot and around ankle.
Half an hourá: deathly sickness at stomach.
Every morningá: spasmodic cough.
Every day at same timeá: chill.
Headache at intervals for many years.
LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] [Ferr. p.]
Rightá: pain in head < right sideá; stye on lower lid of eyeá; tonsil red and swollená; diphtheritic membrane on tonsilá; hammering in side of headá; pleuritic stitchá; violent pain in shoulder and upper armá; hand numb.
Leftá: pneumonia of lobeá; exudation on side of throatá: hammering on side of head.
Shootingá: up inside of legá; down legs.
From back to frontá: pain in head.
As if head were being suddenly pushed forwardá; as if all the blood ran into eyesá; toes feel as if they were burning.
Painá: in eyesá; of faceá; of palateá; of tonsilsá; of pharynxá; in stomachá; in neck of bladderá; in end of penisá; in vaginaá; on top of head.
Insufferable painsá: in upper limbs.
Violent painá: in region of stomachá; in right shoulderá; in upper arm.
Steady terrible painá: all over foot and ankle.
Tearing painá: in right shoulderá; in upper arm.
Severe painá: in both kneesá; in headá; cries because the pain is so bad.
Shooting painsá: from knees to legsá; up inside of legá; in footá; around ankle.
Hammering painá: in foreheadá; in temples.
Acute rheumatismá: of right shoulder jointá; of right deltoidá; in wristá; in fingersá; in kneeá; in shoulder.
Bearing down sensationá: in uterus.
Inflammationá: of tongueá; palateá; of tonsilsá; of pharynxá; of faucesá; of hip-joint.
Burningá: of eyesá; of upper limbs.
Sorenessá: in vertexá; of scalpá; of throat.
Constrictioná: in region of stomach.
Pressingá: in headá; in abdomená; in small of back.
Painful swellingá: of parotids.
Dull painá: on top of headá; in either ovarian region.
Roaring buzzingá: from rush of blood to head.
Drynessá: of tonsilsá; of palateá; of pharynx.
Hyperemia dependent upon relaxation of muscular fibres of blood-vessels.
All kinds of inflammation as long as no exudation has taken place.
First stage of all inflammations as long as there is no suppuration.
In first stage of inflammation, hyperemia, to the abatement of fever and beginning of sweat.
Relaxation of muscular fibres presiding over voluntary motion.
Diarrh£a from disturbed function of molecules of iron in the muscles of the villi.
Bleeding (bright red) from any orifice of body.
Blood red, easily coagulating to a gelatinous mass.
Leukemiaá; the blood corpuscles are normal as to quantity but lack color.
To be given in true chlorosis as soon as the general condition has been improved by Calc. phosph. (Schüssler).
Varicose veins, in young persons.
Rheumatic feversá; acute articular rheumatism.
Scrofulaá: rachitisá; periostitisá; cancer.
In the beginning of inflammation of the skin or connective tissue.
Dropsy from loss of blood or other fluids.
TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES. [45] [Ferr. p.]
Top of head sensitive to every jar.
Touchá: scalp sensitiveá; on larynx produces tormenting coughá; rheumatic shoulder and arm sensitiveá; foot sensitive.
Pressureá: on stomach < gastralgiaá; diurnal enuresis > when pressure of urine is taken off by recumnent position.
Hyperemia following mechanical injuries.
After concussion or a fallá: hµmoptysis.
In fracturesá: at the beginning for injury to the soft partsá; the adjacent parts are red, hot and painful.
Capillary congestion, with burning of skin, < from severe exercise or in warm room.
Measles with conjunctivitis and photophobia (35 cases).
In beginning of small-pox, with violent fever and cerebral congestion.
Erysipelas with intense fever and inflammatory symptoms.
STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] [Ferr. p.]
Boy, µt. 5 years, very bright and shrewdá; diphtheria.
Boy, µt. 5, very fairá; pleurisy and rheumatism.
Girl, µt. 12, mother, µt. 20á; headache.
Girl, µt. 17á; attacks of nausea.
Young lady, nervo-sanguine temperamentá; diphtheria.
Miss C., µt. 22á; headache during catamenia.
Woman, µt. 29á; sanguine temperament, after drinking cold water while overheated, five years agoá; dyspepsia.
Mrs. Z., µt. 35á; rushes of blood to head.
Woman, µt. 37á; nervous temperamentá; acute rheumatism.
Woman, in third month of pregnancy, has suffered at times for many yearsá; headache.
Workman, µt. 39á; unable for a long while to raise up his arm.
A woman, µt. 49á; left-sided pneumonia.
Old maid, µt. 75á; chronic diarrh£a.
Compareá: in fevers Acon. (more bounding pulse) and Gelsem. (more flowing pulse)á; in cough with spurting urine.
Compatibleá: Kali mur. (croup, pneumonia, palpitation, typhusá; Kali phosph. (colic, threatened gangrene)á; Calc. sulph. (hip joint disease)á; Calc. phosph. (chlorosis, hemorrhoids)á; Calc. fluor. (hemorrhoids)á; Natr. sulph. (diabetes)á; Ant. tart. (capillary bronchitis).