# Natrum Phosphoricum

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Remedy
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Hot
- **Aggravation Time:** Morning

## Keynote Indications
Source: Derived from sodium phosphate ( Na₂HPO₄), a mineral salt, prepared for homeopathic use. through trituration and serial dilution to enhance therapeutic action while eliminating material. effects, in accordance with homeopathic pharmacopeia standards. Traditional  Context:  Historically  employed  in  homeopathy  for  gastrointestinal,  metabolic,. musculoskeletal, psychological, and dermatological disorders , particularly those involving acid-. base imbalance, digestive complaints, and nervous tension. It is noted for symptoms such as acidity,. joint stiffness, irritability, and sour discharges, often aggravated by sugar, fatty foods, or mental. exertion, and ameliorated by cold, rest, or open air. Modern  Context:  Indicated  for  gastrointestinal  conditions (e.g.,  acid  reflux,  dyspepsia),. metabolic  conditions (e.g.,  gout,  metabolic  acidosis),  musculoskeletal  conditions (e.g.,. rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia),  psychological conditions  (e.g., generalized anxiety disorder,. adjustment disorder), and  dermatological conditions  (e.g., acne, seborrheic dermatitis). It suits. patients with acute or chronic symptoms characterized by acidity, joint stiffness, irritability, sour. discharges, or  fatigue, typically exacerbated by sugar, fatty foods, or mental exertion, and often. seen in individuals with acidic, overworked constitutions. The remedy is particularly relevant for. those with gastrointestinal or metabolic conditions, often presenting with symptoms like heartburn. or joint pain, commonly observed in patients with acid reflux, gout, or rheumatoid arthritis triggered. by dietary excess, stress, or metabolic imbalance.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Worse from: Sugar, fatty foods, rich foods, milk, mental exertion, stress, damp weather,. morning, heat, lying down, night, overwork, sitting, solitude.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Mental weakness.
- Confusion from mental exertion.
- Nervous, forgetful, after sexual excesses.
- Easily 
frightened.
- Fear that something would happen, especially at night.
- Startingfrom noise.
- Imagines that he 
hears footsteps in the next room.
- Imagines that pieces of furniture are people.
- Sensitive and offended easily.
- Irritability before breakfast.
- Vexed at trifles.
- Sighing (Ign.).
- Grief with a craving 
for cold drinks.
- Sadness from music, from masturbation.
- Indifferent to everything.
- Indifference to loved ones.
- Sits still for a long time.
- Mental weakness.
- Confusion from mental exertion.
- Nervous, forgetful, after sexual excesses.
- Easily 
frightened.
- Fear that something would happen, especially at night.
- Startingfrom noise.
- Imagines that he 
hears footsteps in the next room.
- Imagines that pieces of furniture are people.
- Sensitive and offended easily.
- Irritability before breakfast.
- Vexed at trifles.
- Sighing (Ign.).
- Grief with a craving 
for cold drinks.
- Sadness from music, from masturbation.
- Indifferent to everything.
- Indifference to loved ones.
- Sits still for a long time.

### Vertigo
- Vertigo from stomach problems.
- Dizzy, as if he would fall, objects turn around on rising or moving.
- COMMENTS - Nat-p.
- was proved under Farrington’s directio n.
- Charles Mohr, who was one of the provers, 
related the effect it had on him and the use he made of it.
- After being under the influence of the drug for some 
time, without knowing what it was, he had much itching at the ankle joints with an eczematous erup tion.
- Headache, some nausea, vision problems, one pupil dilated.
- Fear, especially at night, that something would 
happen.
- The symptoms had to be antidoted with Sep.
- Two years after, Mohr had a patient with visual disturbance and headache.
- When symptoms were  at their 
worst, the patient had a sense of fear, worse at night, and an eruption about the ankles that began with itching, 
Nat-p.
- 6x cured promptly.
- Acid diathesis.
- Gout.
- Spasms with acidity.
- Sour belchings, vomiting of sour, cheesy masses, yellowish -green.
- Heartburn and indigestion.
- Stomachaches with burning and acidic indigestion, particularly in chil dren.
- Colic.
- Candida symptoms, diarrhea, sores in the mouth after eating acidic foods.
- Low blood sugar causes frequent 
urination or diarrhea.
- Atony of blad der.
- Kidney infections or achiness in the kidneys.
- Hacked diarrheas.
- Diarrhea since antibiotics (Nit-ac.).
- Allergies to sugar and milk.
- Recurring cases of worms in children with nasal irritation and itching of the anus.
- The back of the tongue is 
coated creamy yellow.
- Sensation of a hair on the tongue.
- Tightness of muscles and tendons.
- Seminal emissions.
- Vaginitis, cystitis.
- Creamy, yellow discharge.
- Itching of the vulva and labia after sweets 
and acids.
- Herpes outbreaks from eating sugar, acids or alcohol.
- Symptoms are worse walking, especially up stairs, worse from sex.
- during thunderstorms.
- The warmth of bed 
causes itching at anus from worms.
- Worse pains, causes trembling and palpitations.
- When big toe pains, heart 
pains are better.
- Periodic action.
- Sighing (Ign.).
- Grief with a craving for cold drinks.
- M.
- J.
- Luys successfully overcame the morphine habit by subcutaneous injections of Nat -p.
- with glycerine and 
water.

### Head
- Feels dull in the morning, full feeling and throbbing.
- Cutting pain in temples (ri ght) while studying.
- Pressure and heat on top of head as if it would open.
- Feels dull in the morning, full feeling and throbbing.
- Cutting pain in temples (ri ght) while studying.
- Pressure and heat on top of head as if it would open.

### Eyes
- One pupil dilated.
- Whites of eyes are dirty yellow.
- Discharge of golden-yellow, creamy matter from 
the eyes.
- Eyes weak, worse gaslight.
- Squinting with worms.

### Ears
- One ear red, hot, itching, scratches until it bleeds, with gastric disorders 
Natrum phosphoricum and acidity.
- As if water falling in from a height.

### Face
- Paleness of bluish, florid appearance of face.
- Pale or red on alternate sides.
- Face burns.
- Itching about 
mouth.

### Mouth
- Canker sores of lip and cheeks, worse acid foods.
- Pricking, numbness of whole mouth.
- Blisters on 
tip of tongue with stinging in evening.
- Thin, moist coating on the tongue.
- Yellow creamy coating at the base 
of tongue, on tonsils or roof of mouth.
- Sensation as of a hair on tongue.
- Teeth grinding in children.
- Nose - Offensive odor.
- Naso-pharyngeal catarrh.
- Thick, yellow offensive mucus.
- Itching of nose.
- Prickling with 
lachrymation.
- Child picks nose.

### Throat
- Hoarseness.
- Dysphagia.
- Thick, yellow, creamy membrane over tonsils and soft palate.
- As of a lump, 
preventing speech.
- Swallowing difficult.
- Goiter with feeling of pressure.

### Chest
- Chest feels empty after eating, or pain through chest after dinner.
- Pain in chest, worse deep breathing 
and pressure.
- Burning deep in chest, worse right side.
- Sudden feeling of fullness.
- Weight above ensiform 
cartilage with empty feeling.
- Constitutions - Acid diathesis.
- Heart pains alternating with rheu matic pains.
- Heart pains are better when big toe pains.
- Anxious 
palpitations after a thunderstorm.
- Trembling about heart, worse going upsta irs, after menses.
- Feel ing as if a 
bubble started from heart was forced through arteries.
- Kidneys - Frequent urination.
- Must wait for urine to start.
- Bladder semi-paralyzed, flow soon stops and requires 
straining.
- Increased urine, pale, scanty, dark.
- Urine too acid.
- Burning during urination.
- Diabetes, hepatic form.
- Urging to urinate, burning and itching at meatus after sex.
- Difficult respiration.
- Constant cough and hawking, pain in chest in mammary region.
- Cough, worse 
sitting.
- Cough from drinking water, from tickling in throat.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Emptiness in stomach and ab domen, even in chest, worse after eating.
- Heaviness and pressure 
in epigastrium.
- Peptic ulcer.
- Heartburn, acidity, water brash.
- Acid dyspepsia.
- Sour belchings.
- Belchings 
after eating.
- Spits mouthfuls of food.
- Vomiting of sour, cheesy masses.
- Attacks of gastralgia and enteralgia, 
with 
Natrum phosphoricum vomiting of fluid sour as vinegar.
- Morning sickness, with sour vomiting.
- Temperature - Feet icy cold in day, burn at night.
- Chilly during menses, mostly on chest, followed by hot 
flushes around body.
- Flashes of heat and sweat.
- Exceed ingly sour-smelling sweats.
- Intermittent fever with 
vomiting of sour masses.
- Fullness in abdomen, worse standing or eating a little.
- Gastro-duodenal catarrh.
- Noisy flatulence.
- While at stool, sensation as if a marble dropped down descending colon.
- Canine hunger with gone feeling in stomach.
- Desires strong tasting things, eggs, fried fish, beer, which 
ameliorate.
- Aversion to bread and butter.
- Worse acids, citrus fruits.
- Worse alcohol, milk, sugar.
- Worse fat 
or bitter foods.

### Urinary & Genital
- Emissions without dreams, with weakness in back and trembling in limbs.
- Desire without erection.
- Thin, watery semen, smells like stale urine.
- Itching of scrotum, prepuce.
- Gonorrhea.
- Menses too early, pale, thin, wa tery.
- During menses, feet icy cold during day, bum at night in b ed.
- Leucorrhea, sour, creamy, honey-colored, or acid and watery.
- Sour-smelling discharges from uterus.
- Infertility 
with acid secretions from vagina.
- Morning sickness with sour vomiting.

### Extremities
- Joint  stiffness  or  pain,  with  a  sensation  of  creaking  or  soreness,  resembling.
- rheumatoid arthritis, worse with sugar, damp weather, morning, or rest, often with.
- cracking joints.
- Muscle soreness or cramps, with a tendency to aching, resembling fibromyalgia,.
- aggravated by sugar, stress, or cold.
- Backache or spinal irritation, with a sensation of stiffness, resembling spondylosis,.
- worse with sitting or morning.
- Tendency to musculoskeletal rigidity, with aggravation in acidic or damp states.
- Psychological:.
- Irritability  or  anxiety,  with  a  sensation  of  restlessness  or  tension,  resembling.
- generalized anxiety disorder, worse with mental exertion, stress, or night, often with.
- fear of failure.
- Mental  fatigue  or  brain  fog,  with  a  tendency  to  poor  concentration,  resembling.
- adjustment disorder, aggravated by overwork, sugar, or morning.
- Melancholy or mood swings, with a sensation of sensitivity, resembling dysthymia,.
- worse with stress or solitude.
- Tendency to psychological tension, with aggravation in stressed or mentally taxing.
- states.
- Natrum phosphoricum (Sodium Phosphate) 1426.
- Dermatological:.
- Oily  skin  or  acne,  with  a  sensation  of  greasiness  or  clogging,  resembling  acne.
- vulgaris, worse with fatty foods, stress, or heat, often with pustules or blackheads.
- Scaling or seborrheic dermatitis, with a tendency to flaking or itching, resembling.
- seborrheic dermatitis, aggravated by sugar, heat, or stress.
- Sour perspiration or skin irritation, with a sensation of burning, resembling contact.
- dermatitis, worse with sweating or stress.
- Tendency to dermatological acidity, with aggravation in acidic or stressful states.

### Neck & Back
- Heavy dragging in the back.
- Rheu matic arthritis.
- Synovial crepitation.
- Swelling of glands of neck 
extending to chest.
- Weakness after sex.
- Causations - Acids, citrus fruits, alcohol, milk, sugar.
- Fat or bitter foods.
- Thunderstorms.

### Skin
- Yellow.
- Smooth, red, shining.
- Erysipelas.
- Hives.
- Itching in various parts, especially of ankles.
- Feet icy 
cold in daytime, burn at night.
- Swelling of lymphatic glands.

### Sleep
- Cannot get to sleep feels so hot, thoughts crowd in mind.
- Very drowsy, falls asleep while sitting.
- Sleepy 
in the forenoon, but sleepless before midnight.
- Anxious, amorous dreams, of dead people.