• A special affinity for bones forming sutures or symphyses.

• Symptoms are worse from any change of weather.

• Numbness and crawling are characteristic sensations.

• A tendency to perspiration.

• A tendency to glandular enlargement, especially in children and adolescents.

• It shares symptoms with the carbonate, particularly in bone and digestive disturbances.

• Indicated in scrofulosis, chlorosis, and phthisis, particularly in individuals with poor assimilation and a tendency to catarrhal conditions.

• Characterized by a deficiency in bone nutrition, leading to slow growth, delayed dentition, and spinal curvatures.

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• Phosphate of Lime; Tricalcic Phosphate.

• A mixture of basic phosphates of lime.

• Weakness is a keynote of the remedy.

• Defective bone growth; bones thin and brittle.

• Useful in fistula cases.

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• is a prominent feature.

• Weakness and fatigue are easily induced by mental or physical exertion.

• Great debility with slow recovery.

• A craving for salty and smoked meats.

• Sensitive to cold, damp weather.

• Often indicated in growing children and adolescents.

• An aversion to dark meats and vegetables.

• Symptoms are often associated with dentition, puberty, or pregnancy.

• A scrofulous diathesis.

• It exhibits slow development.

• It exhibits emaciation.

• It experiences great hunger.

• It exhibits general muscular weakness.

• Irritable and fretful, especially in children.

• A desire to travel.

• Apprehensive and anxious, especially about health.

• Difficulty concentrating and remembering.

• Forgetful.

• Easily discouraged and lacks self-confidence.

• Apathetic and indifferent to surroundings.

• It feels overwhelmed by responsibilities.

• Marked restlessness and a desire for change.

• It experiences mental exhaustion from slight exertion.

• It experiences sadness and weeping without apparent cause.

• A fear of insanity.

• An aversion to being contradicted.

• Discontented.

• Impatient.

• Obstinate.

• Sensitive to reprimands.

• A weak memory.

• Frontal headaches occur.

• Headaches are worsened by mental exertion or change of weather.

• The head feels too large.

• Fontanelles remain open too long.

• Headache arises from suppressed catarrh.

• The scalp is sensitive to touch.

• Weakness of vision occurs.

• Asthenopia arises from eye strain.

• Photophobia is present.

• Tics occur around the eyes.

• Scrofulous ophthalmia is present.

• Pain occurs in the eyes when reading.

• Blurred vision occurs.

• Styes develop.

• Deafness occurs, especially after colds.

• Swelling of the parotid glands occurs.

• Otorrhea is present.

• Noises occur in the ears.

• Cracking sounds occur in the ears when chewing.

• Chronic nasal catarrh is present.

• Nosebleeds occur.

• Dryness is present in the nasal passages.

• Offensive odor emanates from the nose.

• Nasal polyps are present.

• Obstruction of the nose occurs.

• Swollen glands are present in the neck.

• Difficulty swallowing occurs.

• Hawking up of mucus occurs.

• Follicular pharyngitis is present.

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• Neck pain occurs.

• Cough, dry and hacking, especially at night occurs.

• Difficult breathing occurs.

• Oppression of the chest occurs.

• Asthma is present.

• Pain occurs in the chest.

• Hemoptysis occurs.

• Bronchitis is present.

• Wheezing respiration occurs.

• Palpitations occur, especially with exertion.

• Angina pectoris is present.

• Affections of the arteries are present.

• Veins stand out like whipcords.

• Irregular heart action occurs.

• A weak heart is present.

• Loss of appetite occurs.

• A craving for smoked meats and salty foods is present.

• Distension of the abdomen occurs.

• Flatulence is present.

• Diarrhea occurs, especially in children.

• Abdominal pain and cramping occur.

• Indigestion is present.

• Malabsorption is present.

• Attacks of pain occur two hours after meals (relieved by a cup of milk or light food).

• Mesenteric tuberculosis is present.

• Vomiting occurs.

• Sour eructations occur.

• Colic is present.

• Constipation is present.

• Undigested stools are present.

• Worms are present.

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• Frequent urination occurs.

• Enuresis occurs, especially in children.

• Incontinence of urine occurs.

• Turbid urine is present.

• Delayed puberty occurs.

• Excessive menses occur.

• Leucorrhea is present.

• Sexual weakness is present.

• Menses are too early and profuse.

• Dysmenorrhea is present.

• Sterility is present.

• Prolapsus uteri is present.

• Weakness and stiffness of the limbs is present.

• Growing pains occur.

• Curvature of the spine is present.

• Cold hands and feet are present.

• Numbness and tingling are present in the extremities.

• Pain occurs in the bones.

• Joint pains occur.

• Hip-joint disease is present.

• Rheumatism is present.

• Gout is present.

• Sciatica is present.

• Caries of the bones are present.

• Exostoses are present.

• Spinal weakness is present.

• Deformity of bones is present.

• Pale skin is present.

• Cold skin is present.

• Eczema is present.

• Urticaria is present.

• Slow healing wounds are present.

• Night sweats occur.

• Restless sleep occurs.

• Sleeplessness is present.

• Anxious dreams occur.

• Dreams of death occur.

• Dreams of robbers occur.

• Grinding teeth occurs during sleep.

• Cold, damp weather.

• Change of weather.

• Mental exertion.

• Dentition.

• Puberty.

• Pregnancy.

• Morning.

• Drafts.

• Suppression of discharges.

• Lying on the left side.

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• Warm, dry weather.

• Rest.

• Lying down.

• Eating.

• Milk.

• Dry weather.

• Summer.

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• Compare: Calcar hypophosphorosa (to be preferred when it seems necessary to furnish the organism with liberal doses of phosphorus in consequence of continued abscesses having reduced the vitality. Give first and second decimal trits.).

• Compare: Cheiranthus (effects of cutting wisdom teeth).

• Compare: Calcarea renalis.

• Compare: Lapis renalis (arthritic nodosities; Rigg's disease; lessens tendency to accumulation of tartar on teeth; gravel and renal calculi).

• Compare: Conchilion.

• Compare: Meter perlarum. Mother of pearl (Osteitis; has a wide range of action in bone affections, especially when the growing ends are affected; petechiae).

• Compare: Silica.

• Compare: Psorinum.

• Compare: Sulphur.

• Related Remedies: Natrum Muriaticum (similar craving for salt), Phosphorus (bone affections, respiratory complaints), Silicea (defective assimilation, bone disorders).

• Complementary: Chamomilla (dentition), Sulphur (skin eruptions).

• Useful in conditions such as: Bone disorders (rickets, osteomalacia), anemia, scoliosis, delayed dentition, asthma, digestive disturbances, scrofulosis, chlorosis, phthisis, and mesenteric tuberculosis.

• Appropriate for effects of mental strain, school headaches in children, and weak-minded children.

• Feels absolutely silly.

• Peevish and fretful.

• Wants to be at home, and when at home wants to go out; goes from place to place.

• Complaints are < when thinking of them.

• Cannot get awake in the morning.

• Enlargement of tonsils, acute and chronic.

• Involuntary sighing.

• Sinking, empty feeling in epigastrium. Weak, sinking sensation in the hypogastrium.

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• Thinking of complaints. Getting up. Every exposure.

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• Grauvogl considered it the most important remedy in chronic hydrocephalus, and gave it as a prenatal remedy to women who had previously borne hydrocephalic children.

• Similar to Natrum muriaticum (mental strain).

• Uterine symptoms similar to Sepia.

• Partial profuse sweats, but less profuse than those of Sepia.