Mineral
Calcarea Phosphorica
Phosphate of Lime
Repertory abbreviation: Calc-p.
One of the important tissue remedies, and while it has many symptoms in common with Calcarca carb., there are some differences and characteristic features of its own. It is especially indicated in tardy denti- tion and troubles incident to that period, bone disease, non-union of fractured bores, and the anemias after acute diseases and chronic wasting diseases. Anemic children who are peezish, flabby, have cold extremities and feeble digestion. It has a special affinity where bones form sutures or symphyses, and all its symptoms are worse from any change of weather. Numbness and crawling are
Mind
Peevish, forgetful; after grief and vexation. [Ignat.; Phos. ac.] Always wants to go somewhere.
Head
Headache, worse near the·region of sutures. from change of weather, of school children about puberty. Fontanelles remain open too long. Cranial bones soft and thin. Defective hearing. Headache, with abdominal flatulence. Head hot, with smarting of roots of hair.
Eyes
Diffused opacity in cornea following abscess.
Mouth
Swollen tonsils; cannot open mouth with- out pain. Complaints during teething; teeth develop slowly; rapid decay of teeth. Adenoid growths. [Graph.]
Stomach
Infant wants to nurse all the time and vomits easily. Craving for acon, ham, salted or smoke meats. Much flatulence. Great hunger with thirst, flatulence temporarily relieved by sour eructa- tions. Heartburn. Easy voiniting in children.
Abdomen
At every attempt to eat, colicky pain in Sunken and flabby. Colic, soreness and burning around navel.
Stool
Bleeding aftei liaid stoul. Diaiihuea from juicy fruits or cider; during dentition. Green, slimy, hot, sputtering, undigested, with fetid flatus. Fistula in ano, alternating with chest symptoms. Urine. -- Increased, with sensation of weakness. Pain in region of kidneys when lifting or blowing the nose.
Female
Menses too early, excessive, and bright in girls. If late, blood is dark; sometimes, first bright, then dark, with violent backache. During lactation with sexual excitement. Nymphomania, with aching, press- ing, or weakness in uterine region. [Plat.] After pro- longed nursing. Leucorrhoea, like white of egg [Borax.] Worse morning. Child refuses breast; milk tastes salty. Prolapsus in debilitated persons.
Respiratory
Involuntary sighing. Chest sore. Suf- focative cough; better lying down. Hoarseness. Pain through lower left lung. 177 Neck and Back. — Rheumatic pain from draught of air, with stiffness and dullness of head. Soreness in sacro-iliac symphysis, as if broken. [Esc. hip.]
Extremities
Stiffness and pain, with cold, numb feeling, worse any change of weather. ( Crawling and coldness. Buttocks, back and limbs asleep. Pains in joints and bones. Weary when going upstairs.
Modalities
Worse, exposure to damp, cold weather, melting snow. Better, in summer; warm, dry atmo- sphere.
Relationships
Complementary: Ruta; Hc par. Compare: Culcar. hypophosporosa is to be preferred when it seems necessary to furnish the organism with liberal doses of phosphorus in consequence of con- tinued abscesses having reduced the vitality. Give first and second decimal trits. Loss of appetite, rapid debil- ity, night sweats; Acne pustulosa.—-Pallor of skin, habitually cold cxtrcmitics. Phthisis -- diarrhoea and cough; acute pains in chest. Mesenteric tuberculosis. Bleeding from lungs; angina pectoris; asthma; affection o1 arteries. Veins stand out like whipcords. Attacks of pain occurring two hours after meals (relieved by a cup of milk or light food). Chciranthus (effects of cutting wisdom teeth). Calcarea rcnalis - Lapis renalis -- (arthritic nodosities. Rigg's disease; lessens tendency to accumulation of tartar on teeth; gravel and renal calculi). Conchiolin. Mater perlarum. Mother of pearl (Osteitis.-Has a wide range of action in bone affections, especially when the growing ends are af- fected. Petechie). Silico; Psorin.; Sulph.
Dose
First to third trituration.