- Source: Derived from phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄), a mineral acid, prepared for homeopathic use through serial dilutionPotentized liquid homeopathic medicineA solution prepared by repeatedly diluting and shaking (succussing) a substance to enhance healing power while removing toxicity. and succussionVigorous shaking of homeopathic dilutionThe process of vigorously shaking a liquid homeopathic solution against a firm surface during dilution to potentize it. to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material effects, in accordance with homeopathic pharmacopeia standards.
- Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for psychological, neurological,.
- Systemic, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary disorders , particularly those involving mental and physical exhaustion, apathy, and weakness following grief or overexertion.
- It is noted for symptoms such as mental dullness, profound fatigue, diarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day., and urinary incontinence, often aggravated by emotional stress, grief, or cold, and ameliorated by warmth, rest, or emotional support.
- Modern Context: Indicated for psychological conditions (e.g., major depressive disorder,.
- Adjustment disorder🩺 Adjustment DisorderClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options.), neurological conditions (e.g., mild cognitive impairment, chronic fatigue syndrome), systemic conditions (e.g., post-viral fatigue syndrome, dehydration), gastrointestinal conditions (e.g., irritable bowel syndrome🩺 Irritable Bowel SyndromeClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options., functional diarrhea), and genitourinary conditions.
- (e.g., stress incontinence, diabetes mellitus).
- It suits patients with acute or chronic symptoms characterized by mental dullness , profound fatigue , apathy, diarrhea, or urinary weakness ,.
- Typically exacerbated by grief, emotional stress, overexertion, or cold, and often seen in individuals with depleted, sensitive constitutions.
- The remedy is particularly relevant for those with psychological or systemic conditions, often presenting with symptoms like emotional indifference or exhaustion, commonly observed in patients with major depressive disorder🩺 Major Depressive DisorderClinical Disease Treatment Profile: Read homeopathic remedies, dietary recommendations, and natural therapeutic options., chronic fatigue syndrome, or irritable bowel syndrome triggered by grief, trauma, or physical overexertion.
- COMMENTS-Convalescent remedy.
- Chronic fatigue since a debilitating acute.
- Heavy limbs, droopy eyelids, drained feeling, chills and fever (Gels.🌿 Gels.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Mononucleosis and flu with extreme weakness.
- Draining, debilitating chronic illness.
- Emaciation with dark circles around their eyes, sunken faces and apathy.
- Spacey and empty eyes.
- Chronic fatigue with weight loss, especially after grief, emotional loss of fluids, or fevers.
- Debilitated and tired since grief (Gels., Sil.🌿 Sil.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Grief, leading to falling of hair, premature senility and depression.
- The hair may turn gray or fall out in patches.
- Homesickness (Caps.🌿 Caps.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.), with weight loss , insomniaPersistent inability to fall or stay asleepA sleep disorder marked by difficulty falling asleep, waking up too early, or unrefreshing sleep., and pining.
- Chronic mental exer tion or worry.
- Lack of emotions (Aur.🌿 Aur.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., Sep.🌿 Sep.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Apathetic (Gels.).
- Aversion to loved ones (Sep.), with weakness.
- Feels indifferent about future.
- Listless.
- Decreased mental function.
- Lack of direction, empty (Ign.🌿 Ign.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Blank mind, spacey, cannot concentrate.
- May have a history of excessive sexual activity and loss of sexual fluids.
- Chronic seminal discharge, prostatorrhea.
- Weakness and apathy from masturbation or exces sive sexual activity (Sei., Agn.🌿 Agn.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Effects of chronic masturbation.
- Severe impotence with a history of masturbation or too much sex.
- Lack of sexual desire or function.
- Used in some countries as a tonic for sexual debility.
- May have a history of drug use.
- VertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement. with the sensation as if the feet were risi ng until he stood on his head.
- This symptom occurred in a patient of Skinner's suffering from smallpox.
- The disease had been cut short by Vario., when the patient, a woman, complained that her feet were rising to the ceiling and begged her nurses to keep them down.
- Ph-ac speedily put her straight.
- Illusions of the senses as well as of the sensorium, bells are heard, ciphers, sparks, etc., are seen.
- Exalted sensitiveness to light, sound and odors, “odors take away his breath.” Becher, one of Hahnemann's provers, noted that his right pupil became widely dilated while the left remained normal.
- The more he strained the eye, the wider the pupil became until the iris🌿 IrisMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines. had almost disappeared.
- Great weakness, better by short sleep (Phos.).
- Legs tremble when walking, limbs are difficult to control.
- “Weak feeling in chest from talking, coughing or sitting too long, better by walking.” Hoarseness and nasal voice.
- DyspneaDifficulty or shortness of breathLaborious or painful breathing, often associated with respiratory or cardiac conditions., capillary bronchitisInflammation of the bronchial tubesInflammation of the mucous membrane in the bronchial tubes, typically causing bronchospasm and coughing..
- Cough, as if a feather tickling from middle of chest to larynx, low down in chest.
- The cough is worse in evening🌿 EveningMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., after lying down.
- Muco-purulent, salty, bloody, offensive expectoration.
- Cough causes headache, nausea and vomiting of food, spurting of urine.
- Every draft of air causes fresh cold.
- Dry mouth and throat.
- Involuntary biting of tongue in sleep.
- Thirsty for ice cold drinks, bubbly drinks and mineral waters, fresh fruit juice with ice, sparkling fruit juices.
- Diabetes, when there is a history of sexual excess or of severe mental or emotional over-strain.
- Emaciation with diabetes.
- Copious discharges appear in the sweat and urine.
- PolyuriaAbnormally excessive urinationThe production of abnormally large volumes of dilute urine, causing frequent urination..
- White🌿 WhiteMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., milky urine and also white stools.
- The urine may be clear as it is passed, but turns milky at once and is very offensive.
- Bedwetting, the child passes a great quantity of urine.
- Excessive flatulenceGas accumulation in stomach or intestinesThe presence of excessive air or gas in the digestive tract, causing bloating and wind..
- Distention and pass ing of flatus in large quantities, sometimes with the odor of garlic🌿 GarlicMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines..
- Weakened sphincters, involuntary escape of feces and urine, especially on coughing or movement.
- Keynote “persistent, painless, watery diarrhea often containing undigested particles of food and which does not debilitate.” diarrhea in children who are emaciated and de hydrated.
- Weight loss from severe diarrhea.
- Children feel better when they're having diarrhea (Calc.🌿 Calc.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., better constipated).
- Bloating of the uterus with gas.
- Menses are excessive and premature.
- Debility from breast-feeding.
- Dark, profuse, passive hemorrhages.
- H. Maandblad offered the case of a married woman, 36, mother of eight children, who had for some time been so melancholy and depressed as to be unable to fulfill her household duties.
- There was no discoverable mental cause, though her condition had been made worse by a sudden death in the family.
- The beginning of the illness was appar ently a weakness of the stomach, small appe tite, always pain and distention after eating, the food seemed to lie long in the stomach undigested.
- Ph-ac.
- 6x, ten drops three times a day, soon restored the patient.
- Temperature-Low types of fever with dull comprehension and stupor.
- Slug gish, painless fevers.
- Fever with sweat.
- Profuse sweat during night and morning.
- Chilliness.
- Cold parts, one side of face, abdomen.
- Aching in umbilical region.
- Enlarged spleen (Cean.🌿 Cean.Materia Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines.).
- Coldness.
- Distention and fermentation in bowels.
- Loud rumbling.
- Offensive, garlicky flatus.
- Loss of appetite.
- Craves juicy things.
- Thirst for cold milk🌿 MilkMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., sodas, carbonated drinks, mineral water🌿 WaterMateria Medica Clinical Profile: Click to explore Boericke keynotes, symptoms, modalities, and dosage guidelines., ice water.
- Sour food and drinks disagree
