Magnesia phosphorica
(Magnesia phosphorica · Magnesium phosphate)
The great cramp remedy. In the materia medica, Magnesia phosphorica is associated with cramping, shooting pains that ease with warmth, pressure and bending double, from menstrual cramps to colic and writer's cramp.
Source
Magnesium phosphate, one of Schuessler's tissue salts
Kingdom
Mineral
Abbreviation
Mag-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)
Cramping, darting pains that come and go like lightning
Pain eased by heat, firm pressure and rubbing
Bloated colic that forces bending double, with belching that brings no relief
Tired and languid; dreads cold air and uncovering, and laments about the pain
Tends to feel better
Warmth and heat
Bending double
Pressure
Rubbing
Tends to feel worse
Cold air, drafts and cold water
Touch
Night
Right side
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Magnesia phosphorica)
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Colocynthis
(Citrullus colocynthis)
Also doubles over with colic; Colocynthis is often brought on by anger, Magnesia phosphorica soothed above all by warmth.
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Kali phosphoricum
(Kali phosphoricum)
A fellow tissue salt for nervous exhaustion; Magnesia phosphorica centers on cramps and spasms.
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Cuprum metallicum
(Cuprum metallicum)
Also strongly crampy, but Cuprum's cramps are more violent and less eased by warmth.
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Side-by-side comparisons
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From the classic texts
“The great anti-spasmodic remedy. Cramping of muscles with radiating pains. Neuralgic pains relieved by warmth. Especially suited to tired, languid, exhausted subjects.”
“Great dread: of cold air; of uncovering; of touching affected part; of cold bathing or washing; of moving. Languid, tired, exhausted; unable to sit up.”
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