Mirza Tahir Ahmad James Tyler Kent
Natrum Phos is a compound present in the blood, muscles, nerves, brain tissue and various secretions of the human body. It keeps the sugar level balanced and is very good for the treatment of high blood sugar. However, its general symptoms include nervous tension and its related ill effects, mental disposition, fear and anger. Furthermore, Natrum Phos is very effective against the diseases resulting from moral transgression and inappropriate sexual conduct during the youthful years. Usually it is given in 6X potency. If the desired results are not produced with 6X, then it becomes necessary to give the remedy in potency 30 or 200 or sometimes even in higher potency.
Natrum Phos has a deep relationship with the formation of red cells in the blood, although Ferrum Metallicum or Ferrum Phos are the actual remedies for treating the deficiency of red blood cells. However, sometimes these remedies by themselves are not effective. When Ferrum Phos and Ferrum Met are given in combination with Natrum Phos, this becomes a very good treatment for iron deficiency anaemia. For the treatment of iron deficiency, at the beginning, Ferrum Phos, Kali Phos or Calcarea Phos should be given. These are the best treatment for iron deficiencies in pregnant women. However, they should not be used continuously. After being used for some time, they should be stopped and then given again. If this formula does not work and the blood deficiency in women, whether pregnant or not, needs to be corrected, then Natrum Phos should also be added. Natrum Phos is very useful in the treatment of both blood deficiency and diabetes.
One symptom of Natrum Phos is that the patient does not like open air. The patient of Natrum Phos, like that of Sulphur, dislikes taking a bath and there is a tendency to permanent nasal catarrh. Hunger is unbearable and satisfied only by taking a lot of food. The patient does not like greasy heavy foods, vinegar, fruit and milk, etc. The dislike for fatty foods resembles Pulsatilla.
When due to prolonged illness, the body secretions dry up and the digestive juices decrease, Natrum Phos does an excellent job of rectifying them. However, China has clear superiority over Natrum Phos.
Sometimes a part of the body becomes numb. If the hand, finger or a part of the ear becomes numb, Natrum Phos is a good remedy. Similarly Natrum Phos is useful, if the blood rushes to a particular part of the body. Sudden body shakes at night and associated sharp pain along the course of the arteries is also one of the symptoms of Natrum Phos. But in all these conditions, Natrum Phos will be effective only if it matches the constitution of the patient. Otherwise, these conditions may resemble several other remedies, though every one of them cannot be a match. Sometimes, while lying in the bed, the body may suddenly start to shake violently.
Natrum Phos is very effective in the treatment of weak musculature and nervous tension especially affecting the eye, as well as in the treatment of muscular twitching. Since the patient of Natrum Phos suffers from hyperacidity in the stomach, it also reflects in the sourness of their perspiration and on their person. This pungent type of smell does not remain unnoticed by others.
Sometimes, on hearing some bad news, a patient becomes totally mute. In this condition besides others, Natrum Phos produces an immediate benefit, safeguarding against future dangers. Otherwise, the patient may either become insane or start having fits of hysteria. The scalp starts itching with yellow pimples. Natrum Phos is also effective against eczema over the forehead. If the head feels heavy and hairs start falling, then Natrum Phos is also useful. In general, there is no cure for baldness, however, if hair loss is due to a particular deficiency, then the hair loss may start to improve by itself when that deficiency is treated. In particular, there is a specific formulary that has shown extraordinary success in homoeopathy for Alopecia. In Alopecia, the hair on the head starts to come off in bunches. With appropriate treatment, the hair starts growing rapidly in a very short period of time.
In Natrum Phos, the headache becomes worse on mental exertion. The pain begins in the eyes, at the nape of the neck and temples with pins and needles and burning sensation. Natrum Phos is very beneficial for the eyes as well. If while reading, the right eye starts to twitch, Natrum Phos will be especially effective. If some other symptoms of Natrum Phos are also present, then Natrum Phos will be effective against squint also. If on being tired during the day, the patient sees stars dancing before his eyes, then Rhus Tox is the best, although Natrum Phos may also be effective. In Natrum Phos, yellowish fluid starts to flow from the eyes, and the eyes also become yellowish. The eyesight becomes foggy. There is an itching and burning sensation in the eyelids. The distant vision becomes weak.
The patient hears all sorts of noises in his ears. The hearing either increases or decreases. There is earache and a pins and needles sensation behind the ears. Only one ear becomes red, hot and itchy.
The Natrum Phos patient generally suffers from cold and catarrh. Thick secretions stick inside the nose. There is a tendency to sneeze. The sense of smell becomes sharp. There is irritation in the left nostril causing sneezing and the eyes start watering. Natrum Phos may be effective to treat the post-nasal drip of yellowish colour. In Natrum Phos, the gums bleed. A yellowish crust is formed on the tongue. The palate becomes yellowish while the mouth and tongue become dry. Children grind their teeth at night. The teeth decay, the cavities in the teeth due to excessive consumption of sugar, respond well to Natrum Phos.
Natrum Phos may be useful in the treatment of peptic ulcers of the stomach, resulting from hyperacidity, associated with throbbing pain and a piercing sensation over the stomach.
The symptom of diarrhoea alternating with constipation is common to many drugs. If the constitution of such a patient resembles Natrum Phos, then Natrum Phos alleviates the problem. Intestinal worms are also treatable with Natrum Phos.
Some children urinate on the bed during the night. For this symptom, Natrum Phos, when given in combination with Kali Phos and Natrum Mur, is very effective. If one sweats a lot, then the urine output decreases. However it is strange that in Natrum Phos both sweat and urine increase. Natrum Phos may be useful for the treatment of the diseases of the reproductive organs of both men and women that are due to diabetes. If the uterus happens to sag from its normal position, hindering pregnancy, then Natrum Phos can restore the uterus to its original place and thus promote pregnancy.
Natrum Phos is also good for the treatment of a dry hacking cough, which starts with a hissing sound in the chest and trachea. A special symptom of Natrum Phos is that a ‘bubble’seems to originate from the heart region and he has a feeling of constriction and tightness in the chest. The patient feels uncomfortable due to fullness in the upper part of the chest. Sometimes, there is pain also. After eating and on deep breathing, the blood vessels of the heart are compressed and the heart symptoms can develop. The heartbeat becomes rapid with anxiety. The noise aggravates the symptoms. Lying on the left side also aggravates all the symptoms, which are a prelude to heart disease. The palpitations increase on climbing the stairs.
The backache during menstruation responds very well to Natrum Phos. However, according to my experience, Natrum Phos given in combination with Kali Phos and Mag Phos is much more effective.
Natrum Phos is very useful when the symptoms of tightness at the back, pain and sweating are more prominent. Natrum Phos may also be useful to control the cardiac pain felt on both sides of the neck. During menstruation, the hands and feet become cold especially during the day. Cramps on writing, the feeling of ants crawling over the arms and legs, the limbs feeling heavy and numb are all the symptoms of Natrum Phos. There is pain in the joints and a feeling of cramps and weakness in the legs. The joints crackle (crepitus). Joint pains usually start from the right shoulder and may sometimes remain limited to the shoulder area only. The whole body feels abrased. While walking, a leg may suddenly give way temporarily.
Dry pimples with burning sensation form on the skin, with golden yellow scabs. Red or yellow spots become visible on the body, as in Ferrum Phos. In Natrum Phos, the skin becomes pale. There is swelling of the affected area and the skin. There is a feeling of ants crawling. Moles also form.
Although the Natrum Phos patient sleeps a lot, the sleep is never deep. The patient sees worrisome dreams and may drop asleep while seated in a chair. Sleep overwhelms the patient after eating food.
Potency: 6X and 30 up to 200
by Mirza Tahir Ahmad
NATRUM PHOSPHORICUM
We are not dependent upon Schüessler alone for indications for this remedy, as we have many pathogenetic symptoms.
Schuessler's indications were good and mostly confirmed by clinical observations. The author has given this remedy for twenty years to many patients whose nerves were in a fret from mental exertion and sexual excesses and vices.
Modalities: The symptoms are worse in the morning, EVENING, and night, and after midnight. There is marked anemia and aversion to the open air.
He is aggravated from a draft, from open cold, from becoming cold and after becoming cold, and there is a tendency to frequent taking cold.
He is worse from changes weather. Chlorosis. Aversion to bathing. Many symptoms after coition. He may be a sexual debauche.
Many symptoms come on from fasting, and he is generally ameliorated after eating aggravated from any physical exertion. His muscles are flabby, he is losing flesh.
He is disturbed by butter, cold drinks, fats, fruit, MILK, sour things and vinegar.
Formication externally and internally. There is great physical irritability, and later a marked lack of reaction. Many symptoms are aggravated from a jar, or stepping. There is marked lassitude in the morning in hot weather. desire to lie down.
Prolonged weakness from loss of fluids. Lying on left side aggravates many symptoms. Worse before and after menses. During menses the symptoms are aggravated afternoon and evening. Numbness in single parts. Orgasm of blood. Stitching, tearing pains aggravated during a thunderstorm.
Pulsation all over the body. Sensation as though a shot was forced through the arteries is a verified symptom. Oversensitive in general, and to pain. Shocks through the body, in night while awake.
Sitting aggravates. General aggravation during a thunderstorm. Tension in muscles and tendons. Trembling in thunderstorm. Twitching of muscles. Nervous and paralytic weakness aggravated in morning, and after exertion. The body smells sour (like Hepar, Sulph., Lyc.).
Mind: Anger over trifles, and complaints from vexation.
Anxiety and night; in bed; before midnight; after eating; with fear fever; about the future; about his health; on waking.
Complaints from bad news. Aversion to company. Concentration difficult. Confusion of mind in the morning; in the evening; after eating; from mental exertion; on waking.
Delusions, frightful; thinks he sees dead people; imagines; thinks he is going to have typhoid fever; hears footsteps in the next room.
Discontented, discouraged and easily distracted. Dullness of mind while reading. Mental exertion brings on many complaints.
He is very excitable. Fear at night; of impending disease; that something will happen; of misfortune; on waking.
Fears bad news. Forgetful. Easily frightened, and heedless. She is hysterical, and in a hurry. No one works fast enough suit him. Sometimes his ideas are abundant, and again deficient and his mind grows sluggish.
Impatience. He is indifferent to every thing, even to his family. A gradually increasing indolence; a mental and physical work. Irritability; in the morning menses; about trifles. Memory weak.
Times of mirthfulness. GREAT PROSTRATION OF MIND. Restless and anxious, evening and night. Sadness in evening, after emission, during fever, and from music.
He is extremely sensitive to music and noise and to his surroundings. He grows serious and silent, and sits by himself quite still for a long time. He is easily startled, from fright, from noise, on falling asleep, and during sleep.
Spells of stupefaction creep over him. His friends call him suspicious. Indisposed to talk. His thoughts wander. He is growing timid and bashful. Weeps easily. Mental work becomes impossible and he seems to be approaching imbecility.
Vertigo and head: Vertigo in the morning; aggravated from mental exertion while sitting and walking. Tendency to fall.
Congestion in the evening. Heat in head in evening, in forehead and vertex. Flushes of heat after sweat. Tension in the scalp.
Eruptions on the head of golden yellow scabs; eczema on the forehead. Fullness in forehead; over the eyes; in the morning; aggravated by, mental exertion. Heaviness of the head, and the hair falls out.
Pain in the head, morning, afternoon, evening and night, aggravated binding up the hair; after eating; must lie down; aggravated from light; lying; before, during and after menses; MENTAL EXERTION; after sour milk; motion; motion of head; noise; rising from lying; in a room, sexual excesses, after sleep; after stooping; straining eyes; during a thunderstorm; while walking; warm room; ameliorated in open air; by pressure.
The headaches are periodical, pulsating. Pain in forehead aggravated from MENTAL EXERTION; from motion; over eyes; in occiput; sides of head; temples; in vertex on waking in morning; in vertex and forehead.
The pains are bursting, cutting in temples and sides of head; drawing in head and occiput; pressing with sour slimy vomiting; pressing in forehead, outward, over eyes; pressing in occiput, and sides of occiput; pressing in temples; pressing in vertex as if it would open.
Stitching in head, in forehead, in sides of head, in temples. Stunning in head and forehead. Tearing in head. Perspiration of forehead. Pulsating in head, forehead, temples and vertex. Shocks in the head. Twitching. Uncovering the head brings on the symptoms.
Eyes: Dryness of the eyes.
Creamy yellow discharges. Heaviness of the lids. Inflammation of the eyes. Scrofulous ophthalmia, and granular lids. Itching and burning of the lids and margin of the lids.
Burning lachrymation, must rub the eyes.
Pain in the eyes, when reading. Burning and cutting. Pressing during menses. Pain as though sand in eyes. Sore, bruised feeling when reading. Stitching pain in eyes.
Paralysis of the optic nerve. Photophobia. Pupils dilated. One pupil dilated. Quivering of right eyelid while reading. Staring. Strabismus. Swollen lids. Yellow sclerotics.
Colors before the eyes, dark. Halo around the light. Dim vision for distant objects. Foggy vision; blindness.
Exertion of vision aggravates many symptoms. Flickering before the eyes morning on rising, at 5 P.M. Mist before the eyes aggravated in gaslight at 8 P.M. Myopia. Sparks before the eyes.
Ears: Eruption on the ears.
Creamy yellow crusts on the ears. Fullness in ears. Heat and redness of one ear. Itching in the ears. Lobe of right ear burning and itching, must scratch it until it bleeds. Noises in ears, with vertigo, humming, ringing, roaring, rushing, singing, whizzing.
Pain in ear. Aching in right meatus. Burning. Stitching in and behind ear. Tearing. Pulsation. Stopped sensation. The hearing is acute, acute for voices; impaired, lost.
Nose: The patient is subject to fluent coryza, and catarrh of the nose with thick yellow-purulent discharge.
Epistaxis on blowing the nose. Fullness at the root of the nose. The nose is obstructed with mucus and crusts, but the discharge is generally scanty.
Offensive odors in the nose in the morning. Ozoena. Pricking in the left nostril brings tears to the eyes.
Smell is acute. Soreness in the left nostril. He picks the nose constantly and scales form. Frequent sneezing. Tension over the root of the nose.
Face: Discoloration of the face, bluish circles around the eyes; earthy, PALE; red blotches but not feverish red alternating with paleness; yellow, liver spots, white about nose and mouth.
Eruptions on the face, on the chin, forehead, lips, about the mouth, ON THE NOSE. Pimples on the forehead. Pustules on the face. Heat in the evening during chill. The face burns. Itching of the face and nose.
Pain in the face, burning, neuralgic. Shooting in the right cheek. Soreness in the right lower jaw at angle, darting through it. Stitching. Swelling of the glands of the lower jaw. Swelling of the sub-maxillary gland.
Mouth: Bleeding gums.
The tongue is coated yellow. Yellow at the base, or dirty white. Roof of mouth coated golden yellow or creamy. Dryness of mouth and tongue.
Salivation. Sensation of a hair on the tongue, followed by prickly numbness of whole mouth.
Speech difficult. Stinging on the tongue. Taste bad on waking, bitter, metallic, saltish, sour. Vesicles in mouth and on tongue.
Caries of the teeth. Grinding the teeth during sleep in children. Looseness of the teeth. Pain in the teeth, at night, ameliorated by pressure and external warmth. Burning, pressing and pulsating.
Throat and tonsils: coated yellow.
Dryness of the throat. Mucus forms in throat. Tough clear white mucus in posterior nares. Thick yellow mucus drops from posterior nares, aggravated at night, must sit up to clear the throat. Sensation of a lump in throat. Much hawking.
Inflammation of throat. Pain in throat on swallowing. Sore throat on right edge, aggravated swallowing. Burning, pricking, stitching. Pulsation in left tonsil. Scraping mucus from posterior nares. Swallows liquids better than solids in sore throat.
Stomach: The appetite is increased, ravenous or wanting.
Aversion to food, to meat, to milk, to bread and butter. Desires alcoholic drinks, beer, pungent food, eggs, fried fish, cold drinks. The stomach is disordered by fat and milk. Emptiness, aggravated after eating. Eructation after eating, empty, SOUR; waterbrash.
Fullness after eating. Heartburn, heaviness and pressure. Heat in the stomach. Nausea in the morning, evening, during cough, and during headache.
Pain in the stomach; after eating; two hours after eating; cramping; gastralgia, several attacks every day with vomiting sour fluids; over-secretion of lactic acid. Gnawing in the stomach. Pressing after eating. Soreness and stitching. Retching. Extreme thirst.
Ulceration of the stomach. Sour vomiting. Creamy coating on the tongue. Sour odor of the body. Vomiting on coughing, with headache, of bile, bitter, frothy with headache, OF MUCUS, SOUR in infants fed on milk, sour cheesy masses in intermittent fever; in pregnancy; vomiting yellow, green.
Abdomen: Distension of the abdomen after eating.
Sensation of emptiness, after stool. Flatulence, obstinate, after eating. Fullness gurgling and hardness. Pain afternoon and night, after eating, paroxysmal, before stool. Pain in hypochondria. Burning in abdomen. Cramping before stool, causing urging to stool, while walking. Cutting in abdomen. Pressing in the hypogastrium. Soreness in the whole abdomen.
Stitching in the abdomen and in liver. Torpid liver. Rumbling. Tension.
Constipation with difficult hard stool. Inactivity of the rectum; one day constipated, next day diarrhoea.
Diarrhoea morning, night, with colic, after eating, in summer, with flatus.
Anus: The anus is excoriated; much flatus; involuntary stools, involuntary when passing flatus.
Sore, itching anus, aggravated in the warmth of the bed. Pain in the rectum after stool. Burning during and after stool. Painful contraction of anus. Cutting during stool. Stitching on walking. Tenesmus. Urging to stool after coition, in a man.
Urging ineffectual, unsatisfactory. Weak feeling in the rectum before stool. The stool is bloody, cheesy, crumbling; light colored, bileless stool; green; jelly-like masses; pasty; sour-smelling.
Stools; thin yellowish brown stool; watery; yellowish green; yellowish brown. Worms with the stool.
Bladder: Paralysis of the bladder.
Pressing pain in the bladder before urination. Urging to urinate at night, after coition (man); after eating; constant; frequent. Dysuria. Urination frequent, at night, during perspiration, involuntary, night, during sleep.
Must wait for urine to start. Must press a long time before urine starts. Unsatisfactory urination. Stitching pain in the kidneys. Emission of prostatic fluid during stool. Enlarged prostate. Burning in the urethra during the flow of urine.
After stool burning and itching of the meatus. The urine is albuminous, burning, cloudy, dark, pale; copious; night and morning, offensive, scanty, with mucous sediment.
Men: Erections are troublesome morning and night, continued, frequent, incomplete, painful, without desire, violent, wanting.
Vesicles upon the genitalia. Itching of the scrotum, prepuce and anus. Pain in the spermatic cords and testes. Drawing in spermatic cords. Pressing in testes.
Seminal emission after coition, without dreams, without erections, frequent, unconscious. Sexual passion diminished, or increased, without erection, vomiting. Swelling of penis and testes.
Female: Desire increased in the female.
Leucorrhoea after menses, acrid, copious, creamy, honey colored, sour smelling, yellow and watery.
Menses absent, copious, too frequent, late, pale, painful, protracted. Prolapsus of the uterus with a weak sinking feeling after stool. Sterility.
Respiration: Soreness in trachea.
Hoarseness and loss of voice. Respiration is asthmatic, difficult, short and sighing.
Cough afternoon, evening in bed, night, during chill, constant, with coryza, after drinking. Dry evening cough with expectoration in the morning. Hacking, hallow, short, racking cough, with irritation in chest or larynx.
Loose morning cough. Tickling in larynx and chest, Violent cough. Cough aggravated while sitting. Expectoration in the morning bloody, greenish, mucous, offensive, purulent, thick, viscid, yellow; tasting flat, putrid, salty.
Anxiety in the chest; a bubble starts from the heart and passes through the arteries. Constriction of the chest. Empty sensation in the chest after eating. Pimples on the chest. Sudden feeling of fullness in the upper part of the chest. Oppression of the chest. Pain in the chest after dinner, from deep breathing, during cough.
Pain in the heart. Aching, pressing in the chest. Burning deep in the chest, aggravated on the right side, evening in bed. Cutting, pressing. Rawness in chest on coughing. Soreness in chest. Stitching in the chest, sides of chest aggravated in left side.
PALPITATION, anxious, after, eating; aggravated from noise, lying on the left side, during a thunderstorm. Phthisis florida in young people. Trembling of heart, after menses, on ascending stairs.
Back: Heavy dragging in the back. Itching of the skin of the back.
Pain in the back at night, during menses, on motion, from sexual excesses, while sitting. Pain in the dorsal region; left scapula, between scapulae. Pain in lumbar region, during menses. Pain in sacrum, during menses.
Aching in back during menses in lumbar region. Sore bruised back and spine. Spinal irritation.
Burning in lumbar region and in the spine. Drawing in the back. Sharp pain in right sacro-iliac junction. Stitching in lumbar region.
Perspiration of the back. Stiffness both sides of neck. Swelling of the glands of the neck. Weakness of the back toward evening, in the lumbar region, after emissions.
Limbs: COLD HANDS, legs and feet.
Feet icy cold during menses, in daytime, burn at night in bed. Contraction of extensors in forearm while writing. Sore stinging corns. Cramp in calves and feet. Cramp in hands, while writing. Cracking in joints. Eruption on limbs, vesicles; pimples and vesicles on lower limbs; pimples on nates, eczema of ankles. Formication of upper limbs and of feet.
Heat of hands and feet Heaviness of limbs, of lower limbs, legs and feet. Itching of limbs, upper limbs, lower limbs, ankles. Numbness of limbs, upper limbs, right hand and arm, of fingers, right fingers, of feet. Pain in the limbs. Gouty, rheumatic joints, wrist. Rheumatic pain in shoulder (right). Pain in leg, calf, ankle, ball of foot, first toe. Bruised pain in limbs, lower limbs, knee, leg. Burning hands and soles.
Crampy pain in left hand and index finger. Drawing in forearm, wrist during menses, hand, joints, left shoulder, hip and knee. Pressure in shoulder. Stitching in shoulder and fingers, in hip, thigh, knee, soles, heel. Tearing in limbs, joints, upper limbs, shoulder, upper arm, elbow, fingers; lower limbs, hip, knee, leg, foot, toes.
Perspiration of hands and feet. Restless legs. Shortening of tendons in hollow of knee, also, after menses. Stiffness of joints. Swelling of fingers; of lower limbs, of feet. Tension in hamstrings and calf Trembling in hands, in knees after emissions.
Twitching of muscles. Weakness of upper limbs, of hands, of right wrist and left ankle after menses; of lower limbs, thighs, ANKLES. Weakness of ankles in children (Nat. c.). Sudden giving way of legs while walking.
Sleep: Very deep sleep.
The patient is a great dreamer. Dreams anxious, amorous, of dead people, distressing, of previous events, of fire, frightful, nightmare, pleasant, vexatious and vivid.
Falling asleep in the chair. The sleep is restless. Sleepiness all day and after dinner, most in forenoon. Sleepless before midnight, after midnight, from crowding of thoughts. Sleepiness, yet cannot sleep. Unrefreshing sleep.
Wakeful from 12 to 3 A.M. Waking early, 5 A.M., unrested. Waking late.
Coldness in evening in bed, in cold air. Chilliness in evening, during menses, after eating. Shaking chill. One-sided coldness. Internal chill. Fever, flushes of heat and headache every afternoon. Cannot get to sleep, feels so hot. Fever with sweat during sleep. Intermittent fever with vomiting of sour masses.
Skin: Perspiration in the daytime, morning, afternoon, during the night.
Anxious sweat. Cold sweat. Perspiration on coughing, on slight exertion. Profuse sweat in the morning and during the night with great nervous weakness. Sour smelling sweat. The infant smells sour.
Biting, burning, or coldness of the skin. Liver spots red spots, yellow spots and jaundiced skin. Dry skin. Dry, burning eruptions; blisters, boils, burning, desquamating, moist, dry, herpetic, painful, phagedenic, pimples, golden yellow scales; suppurating, urticaria, vesicular. Eczema with honey colored discharge. Erysipelas. Excoriation. Formication. Freckles.
Gnawing pain in skin. Inactivity of the skin. Itching, biting, burning, crawling, creeping, stinging, ameliorated by scratching, aggravated by warmth of bed. Sensitive skin. Sore feeling in the skin. Sticking in skin. Swelling of skin, of affected parts.
Dropsical skin. Ulcerative pain. Ulcers; biting, burning, crawling, deep; discharge offensive and yellow; fistulous, inflamed, red areola, sensitive, stinging, suppurating, swollen, unhealthy. Unhealthy skin. Warts.
by James Tyle Kent