PHOSPHORICUM ACIDUM



In the evening in bed, headache in both temples as if they were constricted in single jerks (tearings). [Fz.]

80. Obtuse shooting pain out at the middle of the forehead.[Gn.]

In the right temple an obtuse stab, as from a blunt arrow, darts deep into the brain in frequent attacks. [Gss.]

Single sharp blows in the right temple. [Htn.]

Violent shooting pain in the right temporal region which extended into the right eye. [Myr.]

A severe shooting in the right temple. [Htn.]

85. A sharp, long-continued stitch externally on the vertex, increased by touching.

Shooting drawing on the vertex, that is allayed pressure with the hand (aft. 20 m.). [Ws.]

Burning headache at the top of the brain.

On the head a burning stitch. [Fz.]

Burning sensation on the right side of the hairy scalp (aft. 3.1/2 h.). [Gn.]

90. Dull pain on the hairy scalp.(aft. 3 h.). [Gn.]

The hairy scalp is painful when touched, as his hair were pulled, a kind of sore pain.

A painful elevation is formed on the scalp; he feel as if the hair were pulled at the part – when touched there was pain as if bruised.

Sensation of coldness on the hairy scalp. [Hrr.]

Drawing pain in the occipital bone, every day; but on pain was caused by touching.

95.Aching pain on the occiput, as though he had lain on a hard stone, diminished by external friction. [Myr.]

Pressive pain on the right temple (aft. 30 h.). [Gn.]

On the occiput where the muscles of the nape are inserted, pain, as if they were bruised. [Fz.]

A drawing shooting aching in the nape, which extends unnoticed to the occiput, and there goes off (aft. 1.1/4 h.). [Htn.]

A twitching sensation in the nape, when at rest, but more frequently on raising up the head (from 6 to 8 d.). [Bch.]

100. Feeling of stiffness of the nape, when at rest, going off on moving (aft. 8 h.). [Htn.]

A painful aching on the left side of the neck, as if it would become sore internally, but which is not aggravated either by swallowing or by speaking (aft. 3.3/4 h.). [Htn.]

A pinching pain on a small point on the neck. [Htn.]

Pressure in front and at both sides of the neck (aft. 4 h.). [Hrr.]

In the right cervical muscles there occurs, on turning the head, a spasmodic drawing pain extending to the right eye.

105. The right cervical muscles are very painful.

Painful stiffness in the left cervical muscles; tightness up into the head.

Burning sore pain on the side of the nape (aft. 9 h.). [Fz.]

Great pressure from the forehead down to the nose.

Aching and gnawing on the forehead at the root of the nose (aft. 5 h.). [Fz.]

110. Itching erosion on the forehead. [Ws.]

Burning pain on the skin of the left side of the forehead (aft. 57 h.). [Gn.]

Warm feeling on side of the frontal bone. [Fz.]

A large pimple on the forehead which came sore pain when touched and when let alone.

Fine, very transient drawing through the left cheek into the inner ear (aft. ¾ h.). [Ws.]

115. Heat of that half of the face on which he has not lain. [Fz.]

(During a heat in the face, felt on touching it, a tension of the skin of the face, as if white of egg had dried on it.)

In the morning immediately after rising, paleness of the face and tendency to stare (aft. 17 h.). [Bch.]

Paleness of the face. [Fr.H-n.]

Crawling and creeping, as if a small insect ran about on the face and on some parts of the body. [Hrr.]

120. Burning pain on a small spot on the left cheek. [Fr.H-n.]

Eruption of some large pimples on the face.

Eruption of large pimples on the face.

Red pimples on the face, cheeks and nose, smaller than a lentil, filled with a little pus; they itch especially when touched (aft. 3 d.). [Hrr.]

Dilatation of the pupils (aft. ½ h.), and then contraction (aft. 1 h.), which lasted sixteen hours. [Frn.]

125. The pupils became very contracted, without diminution of the power of vision (aft. ¾ h.).

Contracted pupils (aft. ½ h.), for several days. [Stf.]

Dilated pupils for six hours (aft. 3 h.). [Myr.]

Dilatation of the pupils (aft. 1 h.). [Lr.H-n.]

The pupil of the right eye became uncommonly dilated, so that the whole iris seemed to disappear (aft. 2 m.); the more he strained the eyes to see, the larger the pupil became, and after seven days it was four times larger than that of the left eye, which remained constantly normal. [Bch.]

130. Very greatly dilated pupils (aft. 8.1/2 h.). [Htn.]

The eyes are glassy and dull (aft. 4 h.). [Trn.]

The eyes are quite lusterless (aft. 6 h.). [Hrr.]

Dull sunken eyes (aft. 5 h.). [Hrr.]

Blue rings round the eyes. [Hrr.]

135. The eyes are surrounded with blue borders. [Myr.]

Staring look. [Hrr.]

Heaviness of the eyelids as if they would close (immediately). [Gss.]

Pressive squeezing in the left superior orbital border. [Gss.]

Aching and burning in the eyes; in the evening she cannot look into the light; but they are not gummed up in the morning.

140. Very transient burning in the left eye, as if something pungent had been smelt (aft. 1 h.). [Myr.]

Pain as if the eyeballs were forcibly pressed together and into the head. [Gss.]

Pressure in both eyes backwards (aft. 9 h.). [Hrr.]

Sudden pain in the left eye, as if a grain of sand were pressing on it, or as if a pimple were there. [Fz.]

Burning in the integuments of the eye all day, and burning itching in the inner canthus.

145. Pressure on the left lower eyelid (aft. ¼ h.). [Hrr.]

Pressure on the right eyelid and feeling of heaviness in it. [Hrr.]

Inflammation of the eye, a stye on the upper eyelid (aft. 24 h.).

Burning under the upper eyelid.

A burning under in the inner canthus, usually in the afternoon, just as if too much air and light penetrated to that part; on closing the eyes it is less.

150. In the morning he has dry eye-gum on the lids, and on clearing this away they smart.

(The eyes are gummed up.)

A constant pressure on the eyes, as from looking long at one object, which compels him to close the eyes (aft. ¾ h.). [Htn.]

The eyes feel as if pressed out, on account of which he must often wink (aft. ½ h.). [Hrr.]

A pressure on the eyes as if they were too large and had not room in their orbits; the eyes are immovable as if he had not slept enough, and at the same time the head feels stupid. [Myr.]

155. Swelling and redness of the lower eyelids. [Lr.]

Swelling of the lower eyelids. [Myr.]

Swelling under the lower eyelids. [Myr.]

The lower eyelid twitches towards the inner canthus (aft. 9 h.). [Ws.]

Shooting drawing through all the eyelids, from one canthus to the other, together with sharp pricks in the canthi themselves, and around the orbits (aft. 14 h.). [Ws.]

160. In the morning on opening the eyes they are painful; she cannot keep them open long.

Both eyes had a glassy look, and the eyeballs were very and almost involuntary mobils, chiefly when staring before him. [Bch.]

A dull, sometimes shooting, sometimes burning, sometimes burning shooting pain forced the right eyeball towards its outer canthus; he could not then see anything with this eye, it seemed to him as if he were looking over an illmitable expanse of snow running up a hill, on which fiery shining points occasionally fell; when this had occurred several times the ebecame fiery and the falling points dazzling white (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Bch.]

Quick stitches like electric shocks under the right eyelid; he must close the eyes. [Myr.]

Aching stitches like electric shocks under the right eyelid; he must close the eyes. [Myr.]

Aching pain under the lower left eyelid; it became violent by pressing on it with the finger and then went off immediately. [Gn.]

165. Sharp shooting in the thin osseous wall of the orbit towards the root of the nose. [Myr.]

A burning in the eyes, and the tears that occasionally came scalded still severely (aft. 6 d.). [Bch.]

Pain rather smarting than burning in the eyes, especially in the evening by candle light.

The inner borders of the eyelids are very cold, observed when shutting the eyes (aft. ½ h.). [Htn.]

Both eyes water. [Htn.]

170. Smarting water runs out of the eyes (aft. some h.).

A yellow spot in the white of the eye, towards the inner canthus, but more towards the cornea; at the same time a dimness of vision, which, however went off when he shaded the eye with his hand (causing the pupil to dilate). [Myr.]

Dimness of the eyes; of she looks long at one place, there comes a flickering before the eyes; it commences to ache in the inner canthus – if she then rubs the eye, tears come, and the dimness goes off.

Weakness of the eyes, more in the forenoon than in the afternoon; distant objects seemed enveloped in a mist, and only became more distant on straining the sight; but every object which was somewhat illuminated dazzled him and caused aching in the eyes – the same happened when he suddenly came into the dark.

He sees better in the distance. (Curative reaction.)

175. When reading by candle light, glittering before the eyes.

Roaring before the ears, especially the right ear (aft. 15 h.).

Roaring before the ears, with hardness of hearing.

Crying in the ear on blowing the nose.

Ringing like bells in the right ear. [Myr.]

180. In both ears he did not hear a watch hung at a moderate distance, held at three spans from the ear he heard the ticking distinctly; but when held close to the ear he hear only a hissing in the ear itself, but not the ticking (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Bch.]

Samuel Hahnemann
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) was the founder of Homoeopathy. He is called the Father of Experimental Pharmacology because he was the first physician to prepare medicines in a specialized way; proving them on healthy human beings, to determine how the medicines acted to cure diseases.

Hahnemann's three major publications chart the development of homeopathy. In the Organon of Medicine, we see the fundamentals laid out. Materia Medica Pura records the exact symptoms of the remedy provings. In his book, The Chronic Diseases, Their Peculiar Nature and Their Homoeopathic Cure, he showed us how natural diseases become chronic in nature when suppressed by improper treatment.