Ferrum Phosphoricum appears in 8 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“FERRUM PHOSPHORICUM. Authority. J. C. Morgan, M.D., Amer. Journ. of Hom. Mat. Med., New Ser., vol. v, 1876, p. 308, proving with 2x. took 1 grain at 11 P.M. (first day); 1/2 grain at 10 A.M., 4 and 10 P.M., after meals (second day), dose (third day); several doses after meals and at midnight (fourth day); dose at 11…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Phosphate of Iron In the early stages of febrile conditions, it stands midway between sthenic activity of Aconite and Bell, and the asthenic sluggishness and torpidity of Gels . The typical Ferr phos subject is not full blooded and robust, but nervous, sensitive, anæmic with the false plethora and easy flushing of…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ALTERNATING EFFECTS, sides, states, etc.(Comp. Periodicity, Wandering, Waves). CHEST, internal CHILLED, cold becoming, while hot, by ices, uncovering a part, as head, hand-hands, etc. in cold water, etc.., Agg. CONGESTION EARS HEART, CIRCULATION AND PULSE MEASLY PUBERTY AND YOUTH SLEEPINESS”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Album. Ferric Phosphate. Ferroso-ferric Phosphate. White Phosphate of Iron (Schüssler's). This is said to be a true ferric phosphate, Fe 2 (PO 4 ) 2 as contrasted with the ordinary phosphate of iron, which is a ferrous-hydric phosphate, Fe HPO. Anus, prolapse of / Bladder, paralysis of / Bronchitis / Colic / Cough /…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Phosphate of Iron. Fe 3 2PO4, FePO 4 , 12H 2 O. One of the organic tissue-salts introduced by Schuessler. Needs proving. This arrangement includes all of Schuessler's Third American edition, with additions from the current literature. Prepared by trituration. Good results with the 200th potency have been obtained…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Great weakness, and desire to lie down. Nervous at night. Rheumatic conditions. While it has been used by Schuessler's followers for the first stage of inflammatory fevers, it is useful in the higher potencies in chronic diseases, and is a deep acting anti-psoric, It could not be less than the Ferrum and Phosphoric…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“This one of Schuessler’s tissue remedies has proven a valuable remedy in some inflammatory diseases. In keeping with its element of Iron, it presents the local congestion tendencies of that remedy; and in its Phosphorus element its affinity for the lungs and stomach; and in its combination proves a great hæmorrhage…”
