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Phosphorus - empowering healing,  wellness and transformation in homeopathy

The Homeopathic Remedy Phosphorus (Phos.) is derived from the chemical element phosphorus. It is used for some digestive conditions, but also a range of other common ailments such as coughs, headaches, heavy hair loss and bleeding but is useful for so much more.

Phosphorus is very common in the body, found in the bones, teeth, DNA and body fluids, and happens to be a vital mineral required for life.

This remedy is suitable for personality types ranging from those who are sometimes anxious or nervous to those who are usually energetic, open, and sociable. Phosphorus is another first aid kit must have.

Unleashing the therapeutic potential of Similia homeo laboratory’s phosphorus in homeopathy:

This homeopathic remedy phosphorus dilutions are basically made from the element phosphorus. . It has a wide range if uses in homeopathy and has proven to be very effective. In Similia India phosphorus is available in the Potencies of 30C and 200CH. 

This homeopathic medicine is prepared by trituration of red amorphous phosphorus. The process of trituration helps to extract the medicinal properties of red amorphous phosphorus.

Similia homeo laboratory prepares dilution with the expensive and purest form of alcohol Extra Neutral Alcohol (ENA).To prepare the dilution most modern automatic potentiser is used in Similia homeo laboratory, thus both the Potencies available are made with atmost precision. All the processes beginning from the raw material collection to the product packaging undergoes strict protocols to prevent contamination and ensure the product quality thus ensuring their homeopathic cure gives extended benefits. 

The 'phosphorus constitution ':

Phosphorus is especially suited to tall, slender, narrow – chested persons They have mostly fair skin, blonde or red hair, and delicate eyelashes. Nervousness and sensitiveness in nature is marked among them. It is also adapted to young people, who grow too rapidly and tend to stoop. Apart from above it also suits persons who have a tendency to bleed.

Generally those which benefit most from phosphorus homeopathy tend to be outgoing and rather charismatic individuals. They are often quite creative and imaginative, and very much enjoy being the center of attention. They don’t really like to be alone and therefore do very well being surrounded by family and close friends. If they are upset by something, they like to be showered with a great deal of sympathy and attention.

Drug action and role as homeopathic remedy  of phosphorus:

Similia India’s Phosphorus dilutions are used for treating a large variety of disease conditions without any side effects like anxiety, fears, hair fall, dandruff, cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, nose bleeding, gastritis, glaucoma, hoarse voice and excessive menstrual bleeding.

It has a marked action on mind, spinal cord and nerves.  Its second action is on mucous membranes where it helps to manage irritation, inflammation and degeneration. It also acts upon bones and aids slowing down of bone destruction, especially the lower jaw and tibia.

Healing potential in homeopathy:

1. Anxiety and Fear: 

It is a prime constituent of nervous matter thus has a deep action on mind and sensation. 

It helps treat issues of anxiety and fears quite effectively.

 It mainly helps persons having anxiety about future, anxiety about others and anxiety as if they are about to die. 

Anxiety appears mainly when they are alone. It is attended with restlessness, palpitation with much sweat on the  forehead. Along with above, the person may feel sad and fears that are mainly presented are fear of death especially in evening time, fear of being alone, fear of thunderstorms, fear of dark, of ghosts, fear as if something bad is about to happen.

2. Hair fall and Dandruff:

 It is known to be highly effective to treat cases of hair fall. People needing it have excessive hair fall in large bunches. 

Most times the hair fall is present on fore part of head, and above ears. It also works wonders to regrow hair in cases of hair loss that occurs in spots (alopecia areata). 

Apart from hair fall it is well indicated for treating premature greying of hair when roots of hair turns grey. 

Next, it is very beneficial to treat dandruff. It is mainly used where dandruff is copious and white in colour. 

It is attended with much itching over the scalp..

3.Bleeding and Circulatory Problems:

Any sort of bleeding can be easily cured by turning to phosphorus as a homeopathic remedy.

 It helps by getting to the root cause of the problem and allowing the body to naturally heal whatever is leading to the bleeding gums, chronic bloody nose, heavy menstrual flow, or even bleeding from the stomach lining.

Phosphorus provides a great deal of relief, no matter what type of bleeding one is suffering from. 

It may also prove to be helpful for any sort of circulatory problems, such as excessive cold extremities.

4.Digestive Complaints:

Though they may be rather temporary in nature, that doesn’t mean that they are any less frustrating and that’s where phosphorus comes in. 

When suffering from the stomach flu, food poisoning, or general nausea and/or vomiting due to food aversion or other temporary reasons, phosphorus can work wonders.

5.Respiratory Issues:

When an individual suffers from respiratory issues that result in tightness in the chest and difficulty in breathing, then phosphorus may work efficiently as a homeopathic remedy. 

Respiratory problems such as asthma, bronchitis, or pneumonia can be cured much faster using phosphorus.

Catches colds easily. Head colds descend to the chest.

Hoarseness or bronchitis during a cold.

Cough worsened by change in air temperature.

Pneumonia, especially left-sided, when other symptoms match.

6.Burning Pain:

Any sort of ailment or health condition that has a burning pain associated with it may be helped by phosphorus.

 This homeopathic remedy goes to work on the problem and allows this debilitating pain to subside much faster.

7.Gastrointestinal Problems

Weak and empty sensation in abdomen.

Tendency to hypoglycaemic symptoms when meals are skipped.

Peptic ulcers – when other symptoms match.

Hunger during headache.

High thirst, especially for cold water.

Easy vomiting as cold drinks warm in the stomach.

8.Backache:

It is useful to treat lower back pain when attended with intense heat in the back. 

Most cases needing it have worsening of pain when rising from stooping.

 There is also prominent dragging sensation and weakness in back with above features.

9.Liver Disorders:

This is a well-indicated homeopathic remedy for managing liver disorders including hepatitis (inflammation of liver), enlargement of liver, fatty liver and cirrhosis (irreversible damage to the liver with death of liver cells).

 The symptoms to look for to use it here are aching or stitching pain in liver region, marked soreness and hardness over liver region.

10.Females Troubles

It is a very important medicine to treat complaint of excessive menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia) and inter menstrual bleeding (metrorrhagia) in females.

This medicine effectively manages the complaint of early and very profuse periods. The periods also last for a long time in females requiring it. 

The menstrual bleeding is bright red and there may be a shooting headache, pain in back, nausea, cold feet, hands and shivering during menses.

 There may be excessive weakness, blue circles around eyes, and anxiety after menses. 

Apart from above it is very beneficial medicine to treat metrorrhagia when bleeding appear very frequently in between periods and flow is very copious.

11.For Pets

Easy or prolonged bleeding from simple wounds.

Anxious excitable pets.

Phosphorus’s Materia Medica:

Mind: Great lowness of spirits. Easily vexed. Fearfulness, as if something were creeping out of every corner. Clairvoyant state. Great tendency to start. Over-sensitive to external impressions. Loss of memory. Memory. Paralysis of the insane. Ecstasy. Dread of death when alone. Brain feels tired. Insanity, with an exaggerated idea of one’s own importance. Excitable, produces heat all over. Restless, fidgety. Hypo-sensitive, indifferent.

Head: Vertigo of the aged, after rising (Bry). Heat comes from spine. Neuralgia; parts must be kept warm. Burning pains. Chronic congestion of head. Brain-fag, with coldness of occiput. Vertigo, with faintness. Skin of forehead feels too tight. Itching of scalp, dandruff, falling out of hair in large bunches.

Eyes: Cataract. Sensation as if everything were covered with a mist or veil, or dust, or something pulled tightly over eyes. Black points seem to float before the eyes. Patient sees better by shading eyes with hand. Fatigue of eyes and head even without much use of eyes. Green halo about the candlelight (Osmium). Letters appear red. 

Ears: Hearing difficult, especially to human voice. Re-echoing of sounds (Caust). Dullness of hearing after typhoid.

Nose: Fan-like motion of nostrils (Lyc). Bleeding; epistaxis instead of menses. Over-sensitive smell, (Carbol ac; Nux). Periostitis of nasal bones. Foul imaginary odors (Aur). Chronic catarrh, with small hæmorrhages; handkerchief is always bloody. Polypi; bleeding easily (Calc; Sang).

Face: Pale, sickly complexion; blue rings under eyes. Hippocratic countenance. Tearing pain in facial bones; circumscribed redness in one or both cheeks. Swelling and necrosis of lower jaw (Amphisbæna; Hecla lava).

Mouth: Swelled and easily bleeding gums, ulcerated. Toothache after washing clothes. Tongue dry, smooth, red or white, not thickly coated. Persistent bleeding after tooth extraction. Nursing sore mouth. Burning in œsophagus. Dryness in pharynx and fauces. Thirst for very cold water. Stricture of œsophagus.

Stomach: Hunger soon after eating. Sour taste and sour eructations after every meal. Belching large quantities of wind, after eating. Throws up ingesta by the mouthfuls. Vomiting; water is thrown up as soon as it gets warm in the stomach. Post-operative vomiting. 

Abdomen: Feels cold (Caps). Sharp, cutting pains. A very weak, empty, gone sensation felt in whole abdominal cavity. Liver congested. Acute hepatitis. Fatty degeneration (Carbon tetrachloride; Ars. Chlorof). Jaundice. Pancreatic disease. Large, yellow spots on abdomen.

Stool: Very fetid stools and flatus. Long, narrow, hard, like a dog’s. Difficult to expel. Desire for stool on lying on, left side. Painless, copious debilitating diarrhœa. Green mucus with grains like sago. Involuntary; seems as if anus remained open. Great weakness after stool. Discharge of blood from rectum, during stool. White, hard stools. Bleeding hæmorrhoids.

Urine: Hæmaturia, especially in acute Bright’s disease (Canth). Turbid, brown, with red sediment.

Male: Lack of power. Irresistible desire; involuntary emissions, with lascivious dreams.

Female: Metritis. Chlorosis. Phlebitis. Fistulous tracks after mammary abscess. Slight hæmorrhage from uterus between periods. Menses too early and scanty-not profuse, but last too long. Weeps before menses. Stitching pain in mammæ. Leucorrhœa profuse, smarting, corrosive, instead of menses. Amenorrhœa, with vicarious menstruation (Bry). Suppuration of mammæ, burning, watery, offensive discharge. Nymphomania. Uterine polyps.

Respiratory: Hoarseness; worse evenings. Larynx very painful. Clergyman’s sore throat; violent tickling in larynx while speaking. Aphonia, worse evenings, with rawness. Cannot talk on account of pain in larynx. Cough from tickling in throat; worse, cold air, reading, laughing, talking, from going from warm room into cold air. Sweetish taste while coughing. Hard, dry, tight, racking cough. 

Heart: Violent palpitation with anxiety, while lying on left side. Pulse rapid, small, and soft. Heart dilated, especially right. Feeling of warmth in heart.

Back: Burning in back; pain as if broken. Heat between the shoulder-blades. Weak spine.

Extremities: Ascending sensory and motor paralysis from ends of fingers and toes. Stitches in elbow and shoulder joints. Burning of feet. Weakness and trembling, from every exertion. Can scarcely hold anything with his hands. Tibia inflamed and becomes necrosed. Arms and hands become numb. Can lie only on right side. Post-diphtheritic paralysis, with formication of hands and feet. Joints suddenly give way.

Sleep: Great drowsiness, especially after meals. Coma vigil. Sleeplessness in old people. Vivid dreams of fire; of hæmorrhage. Lascivious dreams. Goes to sleep late and awakens weak. Short naps and frequent wakings.

Fever: Chilly every evening. Cold knees at night. Adynamic with lack of thirst, but unnatural hunger. Hectic, with small, quick pulse; viscid night-sweats. Stupid delirium. Profuse perspiration.

Skin: Wounds bleed very much, even if small; they heal and break out again. Jaundice. Little ulcer outside of large ones. Petechiæ. Ecchymosis. Purpura hæmorrhagia. Scurvy. Fungous hematodes and excrescences.

Modalities: Worse, touch; physical or mental exertion; twilight; warm food or drink; change of weather, from getting wet in hot weather; evening; lying on left or painful side; during a thunder-storm; ascending stairs. Better, in dark, lying on right side, cold food; cold; open air; washing with cold water; sleep.

Where do I find it?

Similia homeo laboratory’s Phosphorus is available from our online store as a single remedy, and as part of the following Complexes (combination remedies): Anxiety; Brain Fog; Cough – Loose; Dandruff; Fatigue – Physical; Headache – Tension; Hoarseness and Aphonia; Radiation Exposure; Snore Ease. It gives the best results when taken under the supervision of a homeopathic practitioner. 

Blog prepared by Dr Bindu, Similia Homoeo Laboratory Pvt Ltd