Materia Medica

Strychnia Phosphorica

Phosphate of Strychnin

This drug acts through the cerebro-spinal systein upon muscles, causing twitching, stiffness. weakness and loss of power; upon circulation, producing irregu- larity of pulse, and upon the mind. producing lack of control, uncontrcllablc desire to laugh and disinclina- tion to use the brain. Very irregular pulse. Useful in chorea, hysteria, acute asthenia after acute fevers. Symptoms worse motion, better rest and in open air. An excelient remedy in anaemia of spinal cord; pa- ralysis; burning, aching, and weakness of spine: pain extends to front of chest; tenderness on pressure in mid-dorsal re

Dose

Third trituration.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 706. Public domain.

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