Magnesium phosphoricum

Magnesium phosphoricum
(phosphate of magnesia)
* The great anti-spasmodic remedy.
* Cramping of muscles with radiating pains.
* Neuralgic pains relieved by warmth.
* Especially suited to tired, languid, exhausted subjects.
* Indisposition for mental exertion.
* Goitre.
Mind
- Laments all the time about the pain.
- Inability to think clearly.
- Sleepless on account of indigestion.
Head
- Vertigo on moving, falls forward on closing eyes, better walking in open air.
- Aches after mental labor, with chilliness; always better warmth. [Sil.]
- Sensation as if contents were liquid, as if parts of brain were changing places, as of a cap on
head.
Eyes
- Supraorbital pains; worse, right side; relieved by warmth applied externally.
- Increased lachrymation.
- Twitching of lids.
- Nystagmus strabismus, ptosis.
- Eyes hot, tired, vision blurred, colored lights before eyes.
Ears
- Severe neuralgic pain; worse behind right ear; worse, by going into cold air, and washing
face and neck with cold water.
Mouth
- Toothache; better by heat and hot liquids.
- Ulceration of teeth, with swelling of glands of face, throat and neck and swelling of tongue.
- Complaints of teething children.
- Spasms without febrile symptoms.
Throat
- Soreness and stiffness, especially right side; parts seem puffy, with chilliness , and aching
all over.
Stomach
- Hiccough, with retching day and night.
- Thirst for very cold drinks.
Abdomen
- Enteralgia, relieved by pressure.
- Flatulent colic, forcing patient to bend double;relieved by rubbing, warmth, pressure;
accompanied with belching of gas, which gives no relief.
- Bloated, full sensation in abdomen; must loosen clothing, walk about and constantly pass
flatus.
- Constipation in rheumatic subjects due to flatulence and indigestion.
Female
- Menstrual colic. Membranous dysmenorrhoea.
- Menses too early, dark, stringy.
- Swelling of external parts.
- Ovarian neuralgia.
- Vaginismus.
Respiratory
- Asthmatic oppression of chest.
- Dry, tickling cough.
- Spasmodic cough, with difficulty in lying down.
- Whooping-cough. [Corall.] Voice hoarse, larynx sore and raw.
- Intercostal neuralgia.
Heart
- Angina pectoris.
- Nervous spasmodic palpitation.
- Constricting pains around heart.
Fever
- Chilliness after dinner, in evening.
- Chills run up and down the back, with shivering,followed by a suffocating sensation.
Extremities
- Involuntary shaking of hands.
- Paralysis agitans.
- Cramps in calves.
- Sciatica; feet very tender.
- Darting pains.
- Twitchings.
- Chorea.
- Writers' and players'cramp.
- Tetanic spasms.
- Weakness in arms and hands, finger-tips stiff and numb.
- General muscular weakness.
Modalities
- Worse, right side, cold, touch, night.
- Better, warmth, bending double, pressure, friction.
Relationship
- Compare : Kali phos.; Colocy.; Silica; Zinc.; Diosc.
- Antidotes : Bell.; Gels.; Lach.
Dose
- First to twelfth potency.
- Sometimes the highest potencies are preferable.
- Acts especially well, given in hot water