Natrium phosphoricum
di H. A. Roberts — The Rheumatic Remedies
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Natrum phos. has the alternating symptoms from arthritis of the leg and toes to the heart; when one is better the other gets worse, and vice versa.
Compare Benzoic acid, Colchicum, Guaiacum, Lycopodium and Sulphur in gouty conditions.
HEART
Pains about base of heart.
Palpitation.
NECK AND BACK
Crick in both sides of neck.
Pain in sacrolumbar articulation, left side; pressing spot causes pain down thighs to knee.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Rheumatic pains in right shoulder.
Drawing pain in left deltoid, mornings.
Contraction of extensor muscles of back of arm.
Rheumatic pains in finger joints.
Rheumatic aching in wrists.
Rheumatic arthritis, especially joints of fingers.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
Drawing pains in inside of of thighs.
Hamstrings stiff on rising.
Pain in knees, ankles, shins, in hollow and ball of foot.
Right big toe pains.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
Right wrist and left ankle weak.
Crepitation in synovial membranes.
CONCOMITANTS
YELLOW CREAMY COATING IN BACK PART OF MOUTH AND SOFT PALATE.
SOUR ERUCTATIONS AND SOUR VOMITING.
GASTRIC DERANGEMENT WITH MUCH ACIDITY.