Calc ₳ Phos
Similar
- Both are useful in ichthyosis
- The dominant character in both remedies is FEAR (Illness, fear of death, fear of calamity). Special fears
- Fear that people will realize one's mental confusion (Calc)
- Fear of storm (Phos)
Mind
| Calc | Phos | ||
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| Affections caused by | vexation + Fear, caused by bad news | Anger, fear or vexation with vehemence | |
| Sociability, improvement in society | |||
| Incapacity for prolonged mental effort |
Generality
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| Weakness, Exhausted at the slightest effort |
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| Relaxed tissues |
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Phos has also uterus prolapse, Anus remains wide open. Sexual impotence after sexual excesses | |
| Partial coldness |
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Sensation of cold in the occiput | |
| Anemia/ Bleeding | Anemia/ Bleed easily from the nose, gums, periods/ Prolonged purpura | ||
| Congestive (Sul, Lach) |
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| CVA |
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Nervous apoplexy | |
| Epilepsy |
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Epilepsy with preservation of consciousness | |
| Puls |
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Phosp's pulse is variable, irregular, sometimes intermittent. Most often it is fast, full and hard | |
| Chilly | Feeling cold, shivering after Sleep /Breakfast | Sensation of increased heat after breakfast | |
| Sweating | Increased sweating during meals | Decreased sweating during meals | |
| First feel hot, then get cold. Constant thirst | Begins by feeling cold, then heat. Thirst is not constant | ||
| pupil | Dilated pupil: | Miosis | |
| Destructive nature |
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| Mucous membranes | Esp Eyes, Nostrils, Ears, Respiratory tract , Keratitis/ Conjunctivitis | ||
| Cataract (Calc-i is the best remedy) | Common | ||
| secretions | Yellow | Greenish-yellow and bloody. | |
| Age | Calc is more often indicated in children and young women than in the elderly. | Phos (Like Ars) more often indicated in the elderly, which does not mean that it is not indicated in children (the same for Ars). | |
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Physical
| Exostosis |
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| Necrosis
Osteomyelitis |
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| Lymphadenopathy | Esp after trauma | ||
| polyps | Both have polyps almost everywhere, in the nostrils, ears, bladder, vagina etc | ||
| Ear | Inner ear | Outer ear | |
| Laryngitis | Calc is painless, | Phos is painful. Esp in tuberculous laryngitis | |
| leukorrhea | not irritating. | ||
| Abscess | Abscesses of Calc are deeply located and it is very characteristic (Calc-s). | ||
| Lip swelliing | Swelling of the upper lip | Swelling below the lower eyelids | |
Food
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| Desire/ Aversion |
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Modalities
| Both | Calc | Phos |
| Remission of symptoms before midnight. | Remission of symptoms after midnight | |
| Cold agg | ||
| Humidity agg | Before and during storm agg | |
| Open air agg | Outdoors amel | |
| New moon/ Full moon agg | ||
| Leaning forward agg | Leaning forward amel | |
| Lying on side agg | Lying on side amel | |
| Standing up straight amel | Standing up straight agg | |
| Lying on your back amel | Lying on your back agg | |
| Position changes amel | Position changes agg | |
| Movement agg | Agg at the beginning of the movement, amel by continued movement. | |
| After meal agg | After meal amel | |
| Hot foods amel or agg | Always agg by Hot foods | |
| Company amel | ||
| Pressure agg | ||
| Lying on the diseased part amel | Lying on the diseased part agg | |
| Little influenced by touching. | Touching agg | |
| Massages amel |
| CALCAREA CARB. | PHOSPHORUS |
| REGION:Nutrition: glands, bones, skin.The blood.Chest. Right lung
The heart. The children. |
REGION:The cavities:- Head ,
- lungs , - heart . Circulation : blood , blood vessels . The mucous membranes- stomach,- intestines,- Lungs (bases). The nerves : - the brain, - the spinal cord . The bones : - Jaw (upper), - chin, - spine. Liver. |
| AGGRAVATIONS:from the cold :
- brisk air; humidity , - bathing , - Changes in weather, - Cooling. Through exercises : - mental, - physical. - ascension, - eye muscles. Dentition. PubertyPressure from clothing . Milk. While waking up. Anxiety. |
AGGRAVATIONS:When lying down:- on the left side or on the painful side,
- on the side , - on the back. The slightest cause: - emotions,- speaking, - touch. - the smells. - the light. Cold:- hands (in water). - in the fresh air. Hot foods.Salt. Puberty. Sexual excesses . Time : - change of time. suddenly. - The wind, the cold. - The storm.Morning and evening.Brain fatigue. |
| IMPROVEMENTS : | IMPROVEMENTS :
After meals . The sleep. Cold. Food, water in the face. Through massages (magnetism). When getting up from a sitting position. |