Phos in Children

Mind/ General

Appearance

• They are shy at the beginning of the interview esp in the first few minutes.
• They whisper answers and blush and look to their parents for reassurance
• But in the continuation of the interview, he is excited and curious.
• They jump from one subject to another.

Mental

• They become group leaders, because they seek excitement and have high predictive power. (Sul)
• They like to be praised
• They like to be the center of attention
• Pleasant / Good-mannered/ Friendly and expressive /Outgoing
• They talk open during the interview
• When sick, they remain distinct and maintain their relationship.

General

• Bleeding (Tub, Nat-m)
• Weight loss during acute problems (Ars)
• A fat and lazy baby who grows tall all at once
• Fat and lazy baby who suffered from malnutrition and hunger
• An obese child who has diarrhea caused by parasites
• Chilly children who love open air and sunshine

Affectionate / Extroverted / Careful

• Emotional / Passionate
• They talk to anyone about anything
• Side effects of Excitement or Anticipation
• Benevolence: They give away their best toys when they are excited.
• When they are excited, they speak any kind of praise.

• Health of family members
• His own health when sick

Fear

• Many numerous fears
  • Spirit, giant
  • Being alone in the dark
  • Fear of imaginary dreams like being stolen
  • Fear of insects
  • Jumps up with sudden noises.
  • Fear of lightning
• Fears and worries often lead to stomach problems (nausea, abdominal pain).

Changeable mood

• Skip and skip fast topics.
• Sustain attention disorder
• His feelings will soon return to their original state.
• Recovers very quickly after emotional injuries
• His hatred does not last long.
• He cries quickly
• His problems are immediately resolved by parental attention (Hugging, Reassurance).

General agg

• Sleeping on the left side
• Dust
• Twilight weather

Physical problems

Dizziness

• Hypotension
• Dizziness of thin and tall children
• On rising
• During menstruation

Head

• His face turns red when he has a headache + two dark circles under his eyes
• Severe headache with nausea and vomiting

• Phos has three common characteristics in head with Calc.

1. Fine and silky hair

2. During severe diseases such as pneumonia and bronchitis, they become deaf

3. Severe head sweat

• Headache Agg
  • Fasting
  • Environmental stimuli such as smoke and perfumes
  • Exercise / Study in Thin and anemic children
  • Heat agg, Amel with cold compress (Puls, Nat-m, Bry)
  • Congestive headache agg with movement, amel with pressure and sleeping

Sleep

• He does not like to sleep alone
• Fear of the dark, wants to sleep with the light on
• Nightmares + restlessness they go to their parents' bed
• They wake up and demand anything to keep parents around.
• Walking and talking during sleep (Lyc)
• Moaning during sleep, which of course is the main symptom of Calc-p
• He wakes up refreshed. (unlike Lyc)

• In 90% of cases, they sleep on their stomach or right side
• Because of his active mind, they are looking to read stories or watch movies
• They anticipate and fear the events of the next day and need parental comfort.

Nose

• Epistaxis Copious bright blood mostly from right nose
• Menstrual nosebleeds
• He wakes up in the morning with a blood stain on his pillow.
• They suffer from colds in the nose and throat in winters.
• Strong sense of smell which leads to headache
• Fanning movements in a small percentage of patients (Lyc)

Ear

• Hearing deficit after common cold, esp for people's voices
• Recurrent earaches with bloody discharges

Eye

• Bright, big and bright eyes
• Long eyelashes
• Subconjunctival bleeding, first give Arn and then Phos
• Optic nerve palsy
• Visual impairment such as impaired vision of objects or color and size
• Seborrhea and eyebrow dermatitis

Mouth

• Mouth sores in all parts caused by biting
• Narrow and long tongue with a thick load
• Bleeding gums
• Nocturnal sialorrhea and bad smell in the morning (Puls)

Face

• Beautiful, fine lines and skin
• Clear and pale when resting and Agitated / Congested / Rosy when excited
• Red, dry and cracked lips (Nat-m) + Thirst

Food

• Loves cold foods, such as ice, yogurt and cold milk
• Loves Chocolate, bubble gum, spicy foods, tarts and sweets
• Don't like Egg / Bread/ Fish
• Phos is the most thirst-quenching drug in the entire Materia Medica
• Good appetite

Chest

• It is one of the most problematic parts, every cold quickly enters the lungs
• Cough with cold weather
• Cough agg lying on the left side
• Cough with any kind of excitement
• Morning Cough, amel during the day and worse in Evening / Night
• Painful Cough: He holds his breath because he coughs with every breath.
• Neonatal bronchitis and pneumonia
  • The main remedy for pneumonia, especially for thin and malnourished babies
  • Pneumonia, esp in the lower lips of the lungs

• Asthma
  • Asthmatic young people with narrow and drooping shoulders
  • Allergic asthma or asthma caused by upper respiratory tract infections

• Hay fever
  • April to July allergy to flower pollen
  • Dry nose, congested sinuses, followed by sneezing and mucous secretions from the nose and eyes
  • Facial bruising and dark circles around the eyes during allergies

Throat / Neck

• Sore throat + Laryngitis (Hoarseness or Aphonia)
• Sinusitis with a lot of secretions
• The patient constantly flattens the chest
• Dry and burning throat + Extreme thirst

Baby Phos

• Good-mannered and happy, with love
• Fear of a sudden sound
• They hate sleeping alone
• Long eyelashes and bright eyes
• Otitis media with bleeding
• Diarrhea and vomiting
• A healthy and tall baby who has not gained weight according to his height

GI tract

• Burning sensation for cold drinks
• Abdominal pain
  • Hypochondria
  • Agg with stress
  • Amel with cold drinks / Agg with hot milk
  • Stomach pain caused by meat (Puls) (Phos ₳ Puls)

• Weak stomach: With the slightest problem, they get nausea, vomiting and belching.
• Vomiting aggravated by anything hot and better by anything cold

Hypoglycemia

• Phos is very sensitive to low sugar and become dizzy and irritable.
• They have a fast metabolism and suffer from Hypoglycemia. (Iod, Tub)
• Bad effects of hunger like Sul at 11 am (Phos ₳ Sul)

Enuresis

Two types:

1. A rarer form of kidney and bladder irritability that manifests itself with nocturnal urination.

2. The more common type of loss of urinary control at night when they have had a lot of excitement during the day.

Rectum

• Phos rectum is less involved. But Phos gets diarrhea a lot, esp in the morning (Podo, Sul)
• He gets diarrhea with every illness
• Sometimes abnormal postures and behavior in stool

Extremities

• During the interview, he swings his legs or moves them slowly back and forth.
• All types of arthritis with Rhus-t and Tub modalities
• Growing pains in the legs (Ph-ac)
• Warts on the soles of the feet
• Sweaty hands and feet

Skin

• The driest skin and the most scaly skin among all psoriasis (simple dandruff to ichthyosis)
• Excessive sweating
• Soft skin and delicate face

Girls

• Heavy menses, flowing and bright red blood

• Early menses
• Metrorrhagia between two periods
• PMS such as increased appetite, nosebleeds, diarrhea or feeling hot