Magnesium phosphoricum
Phosphate of magnesia
Main symptoms
- 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.
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- Laments all the time about the pain.
- Inability to think clearly.
- Sleepless on account of indigestion.
What makes it better or worse
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Symptoms by body part
Head
Dizziness on moving, falls forward on closing eyes, better walking in open air. Aches after mental labor, with feeling cold; always better warmth. 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 watering eyes. 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 feeling cold, 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 gas and indigestion.
Female
Menstrual colic. Membranous painful periods. 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. Voice hoarse, larynx sore and raw. Intercostal neuralgia.
Heart
Angina pectoris. Nervous spasmodic palpitation. Constricting pains around heart.
Fever
Feeling cold after dinner, in evening. Chills run up and down the back, with shivering, followed by a suffocating sensation.
Extremities
Involuntary shaking of hands. Cramps in calves. Nerve pain down the leg; 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.
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