{"id":11730,"remedy_name":"Calcarea Phosphorica","remedy_type":"Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from calcium phosphate (Ca\u2083(PO\u2084)\u2082), typically prepared from bone ash or mineral. sources,  processed  for  homeopathic  use  through  trituration,  serial  dilution,  and  succussion  to. eliminate toxicity and enhance therapeutic action. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for growth, bone, and developmental. disorders, particularly those involving weak bones, delayed healing, and mental restlessness. It is. noted for symptoms such as growing pains, fractures, teething difficulties, and dissatisfaction, often. aggravated by cold, damp weather, mental exertion, or puberty, and ameliorated by warmth, rest, or. dry weather. Modern  Context:  Indicated  for  musculoskeletal  conditions (e.g.,  rickets,  osteoporosis),. developmental  issues (e.g.,  delayed  milestones,  learning  difficulties),  dental  problems (e.g.,. delayed  dentition,  caries),  respiratory  conditions (e.g.,  chronic  rhinitis,  tonsillitis),  and. psychological disorders (e.g., attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder, adjustment disorder). It suits. patients  with  acute  or  chronic  symptoms  characterized  by  bone  weakness,  delayed  growth,. respiratory sensitivity , or  mental restlessness , typically exacerbated by cold, damp conditions,. growth spurts, or emotional stress, and often seen in individuals with a history of developmental. delays, frequent infections, or poor nutrition. The remedy is particularly relevant for those with a. thin, sensitive constitution, often presenting with physical symptoms like joint pain, slow healing,. or recurrent colds alongside emotional traits like irritability, discontent, or inattention, commonly. observed in growing children, adolescents, or adults with chronic musculoskeletal or psychological. complaints.\nCOMMENTS - Affects the parathyroid glands, which affect calcium metabolism. Paget's disease, Osgood -\nSchlatter disease, osteoporosis, osteomyelitis, acute or chronic (Calc.). Brittle bones.  \nIn a case of osteogenesis imperfecta, Calc -p. lessened the frequency o f broken bones and helped to \nstrengthen the bones. Helps to heal broken bones (Symph., Calc fl if the broken bone begins to decay). For \nboth remedies, make sure that the bones are correctly set before giving the remedy.  \nFor problems associated with bony structures, calcium deficiency related to bone, bone marrow problems and \nanemia. Defective bone growth, bones thin and brittle. Brittled matrix. Lack of structure and cohesiveness, \ncurvatures (Calc., Sil.). \nFlat feet and feet that are turning in too much (Calc.). Growing pains. Slow bone growth, fontanelles not closing \nproperly. Scoliosis, weak tender feet. Stiffness on the neck and knees. Teething delayed and painful.  \nChildren with a lot of glandular problems, adenoid and tonsils problems. Stunted growth. En largement of \ntonsils, acute and chronic. Tumor of the parathyroid gland, hyperparathyroidism.  \nUseful in cases of fistula and when fistula has been operated on with the symptoms appearing elsewhere. \nFistula alternating with chest symptoms. \nShortness of brea th. Involuntary sighing. Contraction of chest and difficult breathing, evening until 10 p.m., \nbetter lying down, worse getting up. Constant stretching and yawning. Crying out in sleep. Cannot get awake \nin morning. \nKeynote moaning. Moaning in fevers. Children that are peevish and have chronic discontent. Hyperactive, \n \n \nhard to please, irritable, emaciated, and scrawny. Sunken features and blue circles around the eyes.  \nThere is a weak, sinking sensation in the hypogastr ium and a sinking, empty feeling in the epigastrium. Poor \nassimilation problems, may have poor nutrition. Rickets, thin and weak. Flabby stomach (Bar -c.. is hard). Ag-\ngravation from fruits, resulting in diarrhea. \nProlapsed uterus, worse during stool or uri nation. Aching in uterus, cutting through to sacrum. Cream -like \nleucorrhea. Burning in vagina with pain on both sides of the bladder and uterus, burning like fire up into chest. \nFlushes of heat and faintness, sweats easily. Profuse sweats (less than Sep.).  Menses are profuse and the \npatient is weak and tubercular. \nNymphomania, all organs in erection with irresistible desire, particularly before menses. Voluptuous feeling, \nas if all the parts were filled with blood, pulses in all the parts with increased desire after urination. \nGrauvogl considered it the most important remedy in chronic hydrocephalus and he gave it as a prenatal \nremedy during pregnancy to women who had previously borne hydrocephalic children.  \nChills, run upward. Hering states: \u2018 The chills r un up the back, terrible muscular jerks in body, which almost \nthrow him out of his chair.\u201d Cold sensation in the limbs as if cold water poured over them, creeping numbness \npains and coldness, electric-like shooting pains. Very sensitive to draft. Worse fro m cold, wet weather. Every \nexposure increases the rheumatic pains and uterine distress. \nEtiologies include a large stress resulting in a decrease of vital energy, like grief, separation, death. They may \nget sick after not enough sleep (Cocc.). Slow to lea rn, due to structural problem (Bar -c., neurologi cal). \nHeadaches worse from studying and concentration.\nTemperature - Easily chilled. Chilly with pains. Chills up the back, but heat down the back. Fever with dentition. \nDry fever, in evening, hot breath, noticeable beating of heart, mouth and tongue without thirst, yawning, \nstretching. Colic, soreness and burning around navel. Colic, at every attempt to eat, by taking ice cream, \ncold water or fruits. Child suffers from colic after every feeding. Cutting, pinching, sharp pains, followed by \ndiarrhea. Flatulent colic. Bellyache better passing wind, after stool or after leucorrhea. Griping pain and \nrumbling in bowels before menses. Burning pain in abdomen. Sunken and flabby. Aching soreness and pain \naround navel, better passing fetid flatus. Oozing of bloody fluid from navel of infants. Festering navel. Empty, \n \n \nsinking sensation around navel, or in whole abdomen. Mo tion in abdomen, as of something alive. Abdominal \nwall as if numb . Abdominal wall quivering or aching. Warm feeling in groins. Pressure and soreness in left \nside. Weak, sinking feeling in abdomen, with leucorrhea. Capricious, changeable appetite. Ravenous or wanting appetite. Desir es chocolate, coffee, sweets, \nsugar, fat, eggs, butter, cheese, cream, milk, ham fat, bacon, and smoked meat. Desires raw potatoes and \nonions, garlic, vinegar, fruit, soup, salt and pepper, spicy foods, farinaceous food, food that makes him \nworse. Aversion to soup, sweets, fat. butter, eggs, ice cream, rich foods, alcoholic drinks, coffee, meat, salty \nfood, and fruit. Aggravated from alcoholic drinks, wine, coffee, milk, eggs, fat, meat, fruit, rich food, salty things; \nsweets. Thirst for large quantities. Desires cold drinks, cold milk, warm drinks, alcoholic drinks, wine.","modalities":"Worse from: Cold (air, weather, water), damp weather, growth spurts, puberty, mental. exertion,  overstudy,  stress,  change,  night,  winter,  teething,  lying  on  the  painful  side,. morning.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Mental anxiety. Effects of mental strain (Nat -m., Kali -p.). Moaning and ir ritable, hardtoplease.  \nComplaints are worse when thinking of them. Prostration of mind from talking. Mistakes in repeating words. \nWrites wrong words, or same words twice. Lack of memory. Weak memory, inability to exert mentally. Forgetful \nafter grief and vexation (Ign., Ph-ac). \nGreat depression. Ailments after bad news.  Unpleasant news brings him beside himself. Ailments from \ngrief, disappointed love.  Vexation and disappointment after grief. Homesickness. Sentimental. Indig nation \nat unpleasant dreams. Involuntary sighing. Shuns society and seeks solitude, desires to be quiet and alone. \nSuspicious. Jealousy. Discontentment. Sadness in girls before puberty. Weeping worse consolation. \nFear of hearing bad news. Anxiety during pa lpitations. Fear of thunder storms. Anxi ety for others. Adverse to \ncompany. Over reactive, can be irritable and upset easily. Discontent, peevish, restless, bored easily.  \nChangeable moods. Temper tantrums. Sensitive and offended easily. Children are peevi sh and fretful. \nObstinate and hard to please.  Slow comprehension. Mental dullness in children.  Difficulty in performing \nintellectual operations. Cretinism. Idiocy of children. Slow learning to talk.  \nDullness and obtuse. Irritability worse consolation. Irritability during dentition. Irritability during headache. \nDissatisfaction. Restlessness. Constant desire to go from place to place  (Tub.). Boredom. Always wants \nto go somewhere. Desire to travel. Wants to be at home and when at home wants to go out, goes from place \nto place. Censorious, fault-finding. Nymphomania before menses. Confusion on waking in morning. Mental anxiety. Effects of mental strain (Nat -m., Kali -p.). Moaning and ir ritable, hardtoplease.  \nComplaints are worse when thinking of them. Prostration of mind from talking. Mistakes in repeating words. \nWrites wrong words, or same words twice. Lack of memory. Weak memory, inability to exert mentally. Forgetful \nafter grief and vexation (Ign., Ph-ac). \nGreat depression. Ailments after bad news.  Unpleasant news brings him beside himself. Ailments from \ngrief, disappointed love.  Vexation and disappointment after grief. Homesickness. Sentimental. Indig nation \nat unpleasant dreams. Involuntary sighing. Shuns society and seeks solitude, desires to be quiet and alone. \nSuspicious. Jealousy. Discontentment. Sadness in girls before puberty. Weeping worse consolation. \nFear of hearing bad news. Anxiety during pa lpitations. Fear of thunder storms. Anxi ety for others. Adverse to \ncompany. Over reactive, can be irritable and upset easily. Discontent, peevish, restless, bored easily.  \nChangeable moods. Temper tantrums. Sensitive and offended easily. Children are peevi sh and fretful. \nObstinate and hard to please.  Slow comprehension. Mental dullness in children.  Difficulty in performing \nintellectual operations. Cretinism. Idiocy of children. Slow learning to talk.  \nDullness and obtuse. Irritability worse consolation. Irritability during dentition. Irritability during headache. \nDissatisfaction. Restlessness. Constant desire to go from place to place  (Tub.). Boredom. Always wants \nto go somewhere. Desire to travel. Wants to be at home and when at home wants to go out, goes from place \nto place. Censorious, fault-finding. Nymphomania before menses. Confusion on waking in morning.","Vertigo":"Vertigo in windy weather. Vertigo and loss of memory during dinner. Vertigo, worse constipation. \nStaggering when ris ing from a seat. Vertigo on motion. When walking in open air. Vertigo of old people. \nDizziness when getting up, or rising from sitting. Vertigo with dull headache, nausea, complaints of eyes, neck, \naching limbs. Vertigo during menses.","Head":"Constriction and contraction sensation in brain. Heaviness in forehead. Head injuries (Nat-s.). Swelling \nof brain. Tired feeling with headache. Headaches on sides. Pressing pain in right side of temples. Headaches \nafter excitement of emotions. Headache deep inside brain. Deep aching in brain. Headaches after injuries, \nafter childbirth. Throbbing, pulsating in brain. Pulsating pain in forehead, extending to eyes, above the eyes or \nbehind them. Worse windy, stormy weather and physical exertion. Constriction and contraction sensation in brain. Heaviness in forehead. Head injuries (Nat-s.). Swelling \nof brain. Tired feeling with headache. Headaches on sides. Pressing pain in right side of temples. Headaches \nafter excitement of emotions. Headache deep inside brain. Deep aching in brain. Headaches after injuries, \nafter childbirth. Throbbing, pulsating in brain. Pulsating pain in forehead, extending to eyes, above the eyes or \nbehind them. Worse windy, stormy weather and physical exertion.","Eyes":"Cool feeling behind the eyes. Con junctivitis during dentition. Eyes red, capillary vessels visible in \nstreaks from corners to cornea. Sensation as if some thing in eyes, worse thinking of it. Diffused opacity in \ncornea following abscess. Eyes pain, as if beaten. Hot feeling in lids. Squinting. Cannot use the eyes in g as-\nlight. Sweat of brows and lids. Lachrymation, worse when yawning. Light, candlelight or gaslight, hurts the \neyes. Misty vision. Letters change into little black points, or small round grey spots. Shimmering, glittering, \nfiery circles. Veil over eyes.","Ears":"Defective hearing. Sudden swelling of external ear. Coldness of tips of ears, nose and chin. Cold \nfeeling in ears,  followed by throbbing, heat and hard hearing. Noises in ears after stools. Tearing, in ears \nwhen the weather changes to cold. Aching, pressing, tearing or rending in and around ears, most behind, or \nbelow. Burning, on a small spot over right ear, highly sensi tive to slightest touch. All bones around ears ache \nand hurt. Sudden swelling of external ear. Singing or other noises in ears. Inner and outer ear swollen, red, \nsore, itching, hot. Excoriating discharge from ears. Burning itching of outer ear in warm room. Pimples on ears.","Face":"Pale, yellowish, earthy, full of pimples. Acne in anemic girls at puberty (Calc -pic). Coppery face, full of \npimples. Cold sweat on face. Upper lip swollen, painful, hard and burning. Pains in face, in upper jaw bone. \nPains in face, with every spell of  cold weather. Neuralgia at night in cold air, sensitive to pressure, worse \nexertion, better heat. Aching, sore, in region of parotid gland. In processus zygomaticus. Heat in face, in \nevening. Heat in with chill or other complaints.","Mouth":"Aphthae. Patches of white discol oration. Putrid taste in mouth. Sensation of lumps on palate. \nSoreness in palate, worse hot drinks. Prickling in palate, worse in morning and evening. Papillae absent at tip \nof tongue. Ulcers on edges of tongue. Pressing in gums. Burning vesicles on gums. Stammering speech.","Throat":"Sore aching in throat, feels hollow. Sore throat with tickling cough in evening, worse  after going to \nbed. It hurts to swal low saliva, not food. Burning in pit of throat. Pain and burning from other parts towards \nthroat. Burning in larynx following burning at back of tongue. Tonsillitis. \nSwollen tonsils, cannot open mouth with out pain. Chronic enlargement of tonsils in scrofulous subjects. \nAdenoid growths. Throat feels hollow. Sensation of weakness in throat. Dryness in throat at night. Sore throat \nwith fluent coryza. Hawking up phlegm late in evening, at night and in morning, with gagging. Hoarseness and \ncough, day and night. Must scrape mucus from larynx before one can sing or talk. Catarrhs in scrofulous or \ngouty constitutions.","Chest":"Recurrent  colds  or  sinus  infections,  with  watery  or  thick  discharge,  resembling. chronic rhinitis or sinusitis, worse with cold, damp air, or allergens. Tonsillitis or sore throat, with enlarged or inflamed tonsils, resembling adenotonsillar. hypertrophy, aggravated by cold, damp weather, or infections. Chronic cough, often dry or tickling, worse in cold, damp conditions or at night. Calcarea phosphorica (Calcium Phosphate) 423. Nasal congestion or polyps, resembling allergic rhinitis or nasal obstruction, worse. with cold air or chronic infections. Psychological:. Restlessness or difficulty focusing, with a tendency to daydream or lose interest,. resembling ADHD or inattention subtype, worse with overstudy, change, or stress. Irritability  or  discontent,  often  with  a  desire  for  change  or  travel,  resembling. adjustment disorder, aggravated by routine, confinement, or cold weather. Anxiety or mild depression, particularly about school, work, or health, resembling. generalized anxiety disorder or dysthymia, worse with mental exertion or puberty. Sensitivity to criticism or failure, with a need for stimulation, worse in monotonous. or cold environments. Systemic:. Chronic  fatigue  or  weakness,  with  a  sensation  of  exhaustion  or  poor  stamina,. resembling chronic fatigue syndrome or post-viral fatigue, worse after exertion, cold,. or stress. Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp weather and a desire for warmth or. dry conditions. Profuse,  cold,  or  sour  sweating,  particularly  during  exertion,  sleep,  or  anxiety. episodes, worse at night or in cold conditions. Tendency to recurrent infections, particularly respiratory or ear, worse with cold,. damp exposure, or weakened immunity.\nBreasts - Infant wants to nurse all the time and vomits easily. Breasts sore to touch. Child refuses breast, \nmilk tastes sour or salty.  Milk acid, watery, thin, neutral. Nipples aching, sore. Breas ts feel as if larger, as \nduring last half of pregnancy. Weakness after prolonged nursing. Tu mors in breasts (left), in men. painful on \npressure. Tumors in breasts, painful sensation on pressure. Breasts, sore, feel large. Sexual desire increased \nduring breast-feeding. \nBones - Weak bones, slow to heal. Osteoporosis. Brittle bones. Demineralization of bones. Slow \nossification, non-union of bones. Rickets. It has an affinity where bones form sutures or symphysis, pain, \nburning along sutures. Broken bones. Boneinjuries. Delayed healing of broken bones. Pains in joints and \nbones. Growing pains.  Delayed growth of bones. Osgood -Schlatter disease. Osteogenesis imperfecta. \nPaget's disease. Osteomyelitis, acute or chronic (Calc.). \nCausations - Ill effects of ove r-growth. Broken bones, lifting, operations for fis tula. Over study. Grief, \ndisappointed love, bad news. Sexual excess or irregularities. Getting wet. Poor diet.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Weak digestion,  every bite hurts the stomach. Chronic stomach or abdomi nal pains of \nschoolchildren. Heartburn. Burning in pit after belching. Burning at stomach and rising of water into mouth. \nInfant persistently vomits breast milk or other milk. Infant wants to nurse all the time and vomits easily. Stomach \nfeels expanded. Much flatulence, temporarily relieved by sour belchings. Faint feeling in stomach, with too \nearly menses. Nausea on attempting to scrape larynx. Nausea, rising from pit when moving, better rest. \nNausea followed by headache and lassi tude. Retching from hawking up mucus. Vomiting, while hawking \nmucus with trembling hands. \nTeeth - Delayed dentition. Teeth develop slowly. Retarded dentition, with emacia tion. Convulsions without \nfever during dentition. Teeth sensitive to chewing. Hollow teeth sensitive to cold air. Teeth, so ft. Teeth decay \neasily (Calc-f.). In eye and stomach teeth. Shooting pain in molars. Tearing, boring pain, at night, worse warm \nand cold things. Toothache worse warm and cold things.","Urinary & Genital":"Bladder - Painful sensation in neck of bladder, like that when having the stream suddenly stopped. Pain in \nbladder, worse when empty. Sore aching pain in bladder, worse after urination. Pressing pain, most on right \nside of bladder. Shooting pain in mouth of bladder. Violent pain, in bladder and prostate with weak stream of \nurine. Cutting and burning, in urethra, after urinating in males. Pressing down, before urination. Drawing in \nbladder, extends upward, while urinating. Pressing and cutting pains after urinating, in females. \nIncreased sex drive. Disposition to masturbation, in children. Troublesome or wanting erections. \nCondylomata. Frequent menses, too early, too soon. Bleeding between menses. Imagi nary pregnancy. Increased \nsex drive. Disposition to masturbation, too frequent or too early. Uterine bleeding after sex. Flatus from vagina. \nAilments since menopause. Encysted tumors. Ovarian cysts. Uterine fibroids and tumors. Cancer.","Extremities":"Growing pains, particularly in the long bones, with aching or soreness, resembling. juvenile osteochondrosis or fibromyalgia, worse during growth spurts, cold, or damp. weather. Bone weakness or fragility, with a tendency to fractures or deformities, resembling. rickets, osteoporosis, or osteogenesis imperfecta, aggravated by cold, poor nutrition,. or exertion. Slow fracture healing or non-union, with persistent pain or weakness, resembling. delayed bone repair, worse with damp weather or stress. Joint pain or stiffness, often in the neck or spine, resembling juvenile arthritis or. spondylosis, worse with cold, damp air, or initial motion. Developmental:. Delayed milestones, such as late walking, talking, or teething, resembling global. developmental delay, worse with nutritional deficiencies or chronic illness. Learning difficulties or slow comprehension, resembling specific learning disorders. or mild intellectual disability, aggravated by overstudy, stress, or puberty. Slow physical growth or thin, lanky build, resembling growth hormone deficiency or. constitutional growth delay, worse with poor nutrition or rapid growth phases. Tendency  to  clumsiness  or  poor  coordination,  worse  during  developmental. transitions or under pressure. Dental:. Delayed  dentition  or  slow  teething,  with  painful  or  irregular  tooth  eruption,. resembling dental dysplasia, worse in children during growth phases. Weak  or  brittle  enamel,  with  a  tendency  to  caries  or  chipping,  resembling. amelogenesis imperfecta, aggravated by poor diet or stress. Sensitive or loose teeth, with receding gums, resembling early periodontitis, worse. with cold or chewing hard foods. Jaw pain or soreness, particularly during teething, resembling temporomandibular. joint (TMJ) disorder, worse with cold or exertion. Respiratory:. Recurrent  colds  or  sinus  infections,  with  watery  or  thick  discharge,  resembling. chronic rhinitis or sinusitis, worse with cold, damp air, or allergens. Tonsillitis or sore throat, with enlarged or inflamed tonsils, resembling adenotonsillar. hypertrophy, aggravated by cold, damp weather, or infections. Chronic cough, often dry or tickling, worse in cold, damp conditions or at night. Calcarea phosphorica (Calcium Phosphate) 423. Nasal congestion or polyps, resembling allergic rhinitis or nasal obstruction, worse. with cold air or chronic infections. Psychological:. Restlessness or difficulty focusing, with a tendency to daydream or lose interest,. resembling ADHD or inattention subtype, worse with overstudy, change, or stress. Irritability  or  discontent,  often  with  a  desire  for  change  or  travel,  resembling. adjustment disorder, aggravated by routine, confinement, or cold weather. Anxiety or mild depression, particularly about school, work, or health, resembling. generalized anxiety disorder or dysthymia, worse with mental exertion or puberty. Sensitivity to criticism or failure, with a need for stimulation, worse in monotonous. or cold environments. Systemic:. Chronic  fatigue  or  weakness,  with  a  sensation  of  exhaustion  or  poor  stamina,. resembling chronic fatigue syndrome or post-viral fatigue, worse after exertion, cold,. or stress. Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp weather and a desire for warmth or. dry conditions. Profuse,  cold,  or  sour  sweating,  particularly  during  exertion,  sleep,  or  anxiety. episodes, worse at night or in cold conditions. Tendency to recurrent infections, particularly respiratory or ear, worse with cold,. damp exposure, or weakened immunity.","Neck & Back":"Neck - Hypothyroid. Goiter. Induration of glands. Swelling of thyroid. Clothing aggravates. \nNose - Recurring sinusitis. Catarrh of sinuses. Catarrh in cold weather. Hay fever, allergies. Frequent, \nrecurrent coryza. Excoriating, thick, yellow discharge. Persistent, recurrent nosebleeds. Varicose veins.\nBackache, worse stormy weather. Backache with uterine pains. Backache with menses. Throbbing \nor jerking, below scapula. Curvature of the spine to the left. Violent pain, worse least effort, screams with \npain. Lumbar vertebrae bend to the left. Rheumatic pain from draft of air with stiffness and dullness of head. \nSacrum numb and lame. Soreness in sacro -iliac sympysis, as if broken (Aesc.). Spina bifida. Pott's disease. \nDrawing pain in back and limbs, with yawning, stretching, bend ing backward. Aching, pressure, tearing, \nsoreness and shooting pains in coccyx. Violent stitch at a small spot between left ili um and sacrum, from \nslightest motion.","Skin":"Chronic  fatigue  or  weakness,  with  a  sensation  of  exhaustion  or  poor  stamina,. resembling chronic fatigue syndrome or post-viral fatigue, worse after exertion, cold,. or stress. Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp weather and a desire for warmth or. dry conditions. Profuse,  cold,  or  sour  sweating,  particularly  during  exertion,  sleep,  or  anxiety. episodes, worse at night or in cold conditions. Tendency to recurrent infections, particularly respiratory or ear, worse with cold,. damp exposure, or weakened immunity.","Sleep":"Children cry and moan in sleep. \nConstant stretching and yawning. Sleepi ness during day, before menses. Y awning, with irresistible \ndrowsiness all day. Cannot get awake in early morning. Disturbed sleep, worse before midnight. Drowsiness \ngloomy mood, inability to think,  headache, singing in ears, sweat in face, prostration of limbs. Nightmares. \nVivid dreams of late events or last readings. Dreams of travelling. Dreams of fire."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}