Calcarea phosphorica
(Calcarea phosphorica · Calcium phosphate)
The remedy of growing bodies. In the materia medica, Calcarea phosphorica is associated with slow or troublesome teething, growing pains and school headaches in children, and aching bones that feel every change of weather.
Source
Calcium phosphate, the main mineral of bone
Kingdom
Mineral
Abbreviation
Calc-p.
Home acute kit
Usually prescribed by a homeopath
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Children slow to teethe or walk, thin and peevish, with cold hands and feet
Headaches in schoolchildren around puberty, worse with changes of weather
Aching bones and joints with cold, numb, crawling sensations
Restless and discontented, always wanting to go somewhere; craves bacon, ham and smoked meats
Tends to feel better
Summer
Warm, dry weather
Tends to feel worse
Damp, cold weather
Melting snow and east winds
Changes of weather
Mental exertion
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Calcarea phosphorica)
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Calcarea carbonica
(Calcarea carbonica)
Calcarea carbonica children are plump, slow and placid; Calcarea phosphorica children are thinner, restless and fretful.
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Silica
(Silicea terra)
Silica shares slow development and chilliness, but with a sweaty head and small infections that linger.
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Side-by-side comparisons
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From the classic texts
“Headache, worse near the region of sutures, from change of weather, of school children about puberty. Fontanelles remain open too long.”
“Ailments from grief, disappointed love (Aur., Ign., Phos. ac.). Feels complaints more when thinking about them (Helon., Ox. ac.). Involuntary sighing (Ign.).”
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