Phosphoricum Acidum

1. Debilitated constitutions ; pale sickly complexion, eyes sunken and surrounded by blue rings. Young people who grow too fast.

2. Listlessness and apathy ; patient disinclined to talk ; stupefied by grief.

3. Great debility from long-continued, depressing emotional causes, after violent acute diseases or loss of vital fluids ; neurasthenia of sexual origin.

4. Adynamic fevers with complete apathy and stupor yet patient fully conscious if aroused ; abdomen tympanitic ; tongue has red streak down centre widening in front ; involuntary stools ; haemorrhages of dark blood.

5. Headaches with crushing pain on vertex ; < least noise especially music ; < motion, > lying down ; also headaches from eye-strain.

6. Chronic diarrhoeas, painless, non-debilitating ; pale or whitish stools.

7. Polyuria especially at night ; urine clear and watery or like milk (excess of phosphates).

8. Interstitial inflammations of bones ; pains as if scraped with a knife.

9. Weakness in the chest especially from talking or coughing (Stannum).

10. Patient gen. > sleep ; pains usually > motion.

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