Phosphorus
Open, sympathetic, easily influenced, desires company. Burning pains. Haemorrhagic tendency — bright red blood. Craves cold drinks but vomits when water warms in stomach. Tall, slender, refined. Fears thunderstorms, being alone, disease.
Source
Prepared from yellow/white phosphorus, dissolved in alcohol for potentisation.
Available Potencies
Get Personalized Safety Info
Sign in and complete your health profile to see safety warnings personalized to your age, sex, medications, conditions, and allergies for this remedy.
Keynote Symptoms
Open, sympathetic, impressionable, craves company and reassurance. Burning pains throughout. Haemorrhagic tendency — bright red blood from any orifice. Craves cold drinks but vomits when water becomes warm in stomach. Fears thunderstorms, being alone, darkness, disease. Worse twilight.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Open, affectionate, sympathetic, impressionable. Desires company, fears being alone, especially at twilight. Fears thunderstorms, dark, disease, death, ghosts. Easily startled. Suggestible, easily influenced. Clairvoyant abilities. Quick perception but short-lasting enthusiasm. Anxiety about health.
General Symptoms
Burning pains. Haemorrhagic diathesis — bright red blood. Worse twilight, thunderstorms, change of weather (cold to warm), lying on left or painful side, emotions, warm food, salt. Better from sleep, cold food and drinks, cold applications, open air, massage, being magnetised.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Congestive headaches. Vertigo with fainting. Heat in head. Dandruff, falling hair in patches.
Eyes
Halo around objects, green. Degenerative retinal changes. Letters appear red. Fatigue from using eyes.
Ears
Difficulty hearing human voice. Re-echoing of sounds. Hard of hearing.
Nose
Nosebleed instead of menses. Chronic catarrh with small haemorrhages. Polyps.
Face
Pale, waxy, anaemic. Circumscribed red spots. Swelling and necrosis of lower jaw.
Mouth
Bleeding gums. Swollen, painful tongue. Dryness. Salty taste.
Throat
Hoarseness, worse evenings. Laryngitis. Cannot talk from pain. Tickling in larynx.
Stomach
Burning, gnawing. Craves cold food/drinks, ice cream, salt, spicy food. Vomits when water warms in stomach. Hunger soon after eating. Nausea from putting hands in warm water.
Abdomen
Weakness, empty, gone sensation. Liver enlarged, fatty degeneration. Sharp, cutting pains.
Rectum
Painless, copious, debilitating diarrhea. Stool long, narrow, hard, like a dog's. Haemorrhage from rectum.
Respiratory
Hoarseness. Cough worse going from warm to cold, laughing, talking. Tight, congested chest. Pneumonia with rust-coloured sputum. Bronchitis.
Chest
Tightness, congestion. Palpitation with anxiety. Fatty degeneration of heart.
Back
Burning between scapulae. Weakness of spine. Heat running up the back.
Extremities
Burning in palms. Numbness, ascending. Arms and hands feel asleep. Joints suddenly give way.
Skin
Wounds bleed profusely. Ecchymoses, purpura. Jaundice.
Sleep & Dreams
Short naps relieve all complaints. Sleeps on right side. Vivid dreams.
Modalities
Better From
Sleep (even short nap), cold food and drinks, cold applications, open air, lying on right side, massage, eating
Worse From
Twilight, thunderstorms, warm food, salt, lying on left or painful side, emotions, fatigue, change of weather, evening
Constitutional Type
Tall, slender, narrow-chested. Fair or red-haired, fine features. Open, sympathetic, artistic. Easily exhausted. Burns bright but burns out fast. Tubercular tendency.
Clinical Indications
Haemorrhage, pneumonia, hepatitis, fatty liver, laryngitis, gastritis, anxiety, burning pains, visual disturbances, osteoporosis
Comparative Materia Medica
Arsenicum also has burning pains but is better from warmth and is anxious, restless, fastidious. Pulsatilla is also sympathetic but more tearful and changeable. Causticum has hoarseness but with paralytic tendency.
Safety Information
Coffea, Nux vomica, Terebinthina. Turpentine as chemical antidote.
White phosphorus is extremely toxic and flammable. Causes liver necrosis, haemorrhage, organ failure, and death. Use only potentised forms. Even vapour is dangerous.
Find the Right Remedy
Not sure if Phosphorus is the best match? Our Remedy Finder can help you compare remedies based on your specific symptoms, modalities, and constitutional type.