Materia Medica
Natrum Phosphoricum
Phosphate of Sodium
Natrum phosphoricum is the remedy for conditions arising from excess of lactic acid, often resulting from too much sugar. Ailments, with e.rces of acidity. Sour eructations and taste. Sour vomiting. Yellow, creamy coating at the back of the roof of mouth and tongue. Inflammation of any part of the throat, with sensation of a lump in throat. Flatulence, with sour risings. Colic, with symptonis of worms. Cracking of joints. Jaundice (1x trit.).
Mind
Imagines, on waking at night, that pieces of furniture are persons; that he hears footsteps in next room. Fear.
Head
Feels dull in the morning, full feeling and throbbing.
Eyes
Discharge of golden-yellow, crcany matter from the eyes. Dilation of one pupil. Whites of eyes dirty yellow.
Ears
One ear red, hot, frequently itch, accom- panied by gastric derangements and acidity.
Nose
Offensive odor. Itching of nose. Naso- pharyngeal catarrh, with thick, yellow, offensive mucus.
Face
Paleness or bluish, forid appearance of face.
Mouth
Canker sores of lip and cheeks. Blisters on tip of tongue, with stinging in evening. Thin, moist coating on the tongue. Yellow, creamy coating at the back part of the roof of the mouth. Dysphagia. Thick, creamy membrane over tonsils and soft palate.
Stomach
Sour eructations, sour vomiting, greenish dia:rhaa. Pits mouthful of food.
Male
Emissions without dreams, with weakness in back and trembling in limbs. Desire without erection. Gonorrhoea.
Female
Menses too eariy; pale, thin, watery. Sterility, with acid secretions from vagina. Leucor- rhcea; discharge creamy or honey-colored, or acid and watery. Sour-smelling discharges from uterus. Morn- ing sickness, with sour vomiting.
Back
Weariness; achhing in wrists and finger-joints. Hamstrings sore. Synovial crepitation. Rheumatic arthritis. Sin. -- Yellow. Itching in various parts, especially of ankles. Hives. Smooth, red, shining. Erysipelas. Feet icy cold in daytime, burn at night. S Swelling of lymphatic glands.
Extremities
Rheumatism of the knee-joint.
Relationships
Compare: Natrum lactic. (rheuma- tism and gout; gouty concretions) ; Nat. nitrosum (an- gina pectoris, cyanosis, fainting, copious liquid stools at night) ; Nat. selen. (chronic laryngitis and laryngeal phthisis) ; Nat. silicofuor. (bone affections, caries) ; Nat. sulphuirosum (diarrhoea, with ycasty stools) ; Nat. sulph-carbol. (pyamia; purulent pleurisy, 3 to 5 grains every three hours); Nat. telluricum (breath has odor of garlic; night-sweats of phthisis); Calc.; Robin.; Phos. In Jaundice 1x.
Dose
Third to twelfth trituration. Non-homceo- pathically, Phosphate Soda used hypodermically for Morphine habit, by Dr. M. J. Luys. Phosphate Soda, 75 gr. daily, for constitutional iodism, thyroidism and Grave's disease.