Ferrum phosphoricum
Iron phosphate · Iron phosphate. · Mineral
Ferrum phos. is most suited to alert, sociable, open-natured people who are sensitive and sympathetic, but who like to take action if something has upset them, particularly where protecting their family is concerned. Often overexcited and talkative, they may have difficulty concentrating. While their temperament is generally imaginative, cheerful and lively, it may alternate rapidly with an indifferent, depressed state.
Ferrum phos. may be given for the early stages of infection, respiratory problems, earaches, fevers, and digestive, circulatory, and urogenital disorders.
Key symptoms
- colds accompanied by temporary deafness
- conditions that appear gradually
- hot flashes
- pale face that flushes easily
Worse (aggravation)
- Worse from motion and jarring
- Worse from touch and cold
- Worse from noise
- Worse from sun-heat
- Worse at night; 4 to 6 am
Better (amelioration)
- Better from cold applications
- Better from rest
- Better lying down
Phosphate of Iron
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, anæmic 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 consumptive.
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 hemoglobin. In pale, anæmic subjects, with violent local congestions. Hæmorrhages, bright from any orifice.
Head
Soreness to touch, cold, noise jar. Rush of blood to head. Ill effects of sun-heat. Throbbing sensation. Vertigo. Headache better cold applications.
Eyes
Red, inflamed, with burning sensation. Feeling as of sand under lids. Hyperæmia of optic disc and retina, with blurred vision.
Ears
Noises. Throbbing. First stage of otitis. Membrana tympani red and bulging. Acute otitis; when Bellad fails, prevents suppuration.
Nose
First stage of colds in the head. Predisposition to colds. Epistaxis; bright red blood.
Face
Flushed; cheeks sore and hot. Florid complexion. Facial neuralgia; worse, shaking head and stooping.
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.
Stomach
Aversion to meat and milk. Desire for stimulants. Vomiting of undigested food. Vomiting of bright red blood. Sour eructations.
Abdomen
First stage of peritonitis. Hæmorrhoids. Stools watery, bloody, undigested. First stage of dysentery, with much blood in discharges.
Urinary
Urine spurts with every cough. Incontinence. Irritation at neck of bladder. Polyuria. Diurnal enuresis.
Female
Menses every three weeks, with bearing-down sensation and pain on top of head. Vaginismus. Vagina dry and hot.
Respiratory
First stage of all inflammatory affections. Congestions of lungs. Hæmoptysis. Short, painful tickling cough. Croup. Hard, dry cough, with sore chest. Hoarseness. Expectoration of pure blood in pneumonia (Millefol). Cough better at night.
Heart
Palpitation; pulse rapid. First stage of cardiac diseases. Short, quick, soft pulse.
Extremities
Stiff neck. Articular rheumatism. Crick in back. Rheumatic pain in shoulder; pains extend to chest and wrist. Whitlow. Palms hot. Hands swollen and painful.
Sleep
Restless and sleepless. Anxious dreams. Night sweats of anæmia.
Fever
Chill daily at 1 pm. All catarrhal and inflammatory fevers; first stage.
Modalities
Worse, at night and 4 to 6 pm; touch, jar, motion, right side. Better, cold applications.
Relationship
Compare: (Oxygenoid Constitution. Acon; China; Arsenic; Graphit; Petrol). Ferrum pyrophosph (congestion of brain and headache following great loss of blood; tarsal cysts); Acon; Gelsem; China.
Dose
Third to twelfth potency.
Great weakness, and desire to lie down. Nervous at night. Rheumatic conditions.
While it has been used by Schuessler's followers for the first stage of inflammatory fevers, it is useful in the higher potencies in chronic diseases, and is a deep acting anti-psoric, It could not be less than the Ferrum and Phosphoric acid that form it.
For many years I followed the Schüessler indications, but by the aid of new provings, homeopathic aggravations, and clinical experience the present arrangement of symptoms furnishes my guide for this valuable homoeopathic remedy.
The time of aggravation
of some complaints is in the morning, some in afternoon; others come in the evening and night, and after midnight. The patient is sensitive to the open air, and many symptoms are aggravated in open air.
Ferrum Phosphoricum Album. Ferric Phosphate. Ferroso-ferric Phosphate. White Phosphate of Iron (Schüssler's). This is said to be a true ferric phosphate, Fe2 (PO4)2 as contrasted with the ordinary phosphate of iron, which is a ferrous-hydric phosphate, Fe HPO.
Clinical
Anus, prolapse of. Bladder, paralysis of. Bronchitis. Colic. Cough. Croup. Cystitis. Debility. Delirium tremens. Diabetes. Diarrhœa. Dyspepsia. Dysentery. Ear, affections of. Erysipelas. Fever. Frost-bite. Gastritis. Gonorrhœa. Hæmatemesis. Hæmoptysis. Hæmorrhages. Hands, swelling of. Heart, palpitation of. Inflammation. Injuries. Intermittent fever. Kidneys, Bright's disease of. Measles. Mumps. Nævus. Neuralgia. Nose, bleeding of. Phthisis hæmorrhagica. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Raynaud's disease. Rheumatism. Sprains. Styes. Tarsal cysts. Urine, incontinence of. Veins, varicose. Vomiting. Whooping-cough.
Chill, Fever, and Sweat
High grade of inflammatory fever, especially in anaemic subjects.
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