TOPIC:

“A DETAIL STUDY OF PHOSPHORUS

PERSONALITY”.

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OBJECTIVE OF STUDY:
• To understand the characteristic features of
the Homoeopathic remedy Phosphorus.
•To understand the personality of the drug
Phosphorus in different age group.

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• PHOSPHORUS IS A CHEMICAL ELEMENT WITH
THE SYMBOL ‘P’ AND ATOMIC NUMBER 15.
• THE COMMON FORMS ARE WHITE
PHOSPHORUS AND RED PHOSPHORUS.
• BECAUSE OF ITS HIGHLY REACTIVE NATURE,IT
NEVER FOUND AS A FREE ELEMENT ON
EARTH.

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• PHOSPHORUS EMITS A FAINT GLOW UPON
EXPOSURE TO OXIGEN- HENCE ITS NAME GIVEN
FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY, MEANING “LIGHT-
BEARER”
• IN LATIN MEANING IS LUCIFER.
• IT IS ALSO REFERING TO “MORNING STAR”, THE
PLANET VENUS
• THE TERM “ PHOSPHORESCENCE”, MEANING
GLOW AFTER ILLUMINATION, ORIGINALLY
DERIVES FROM THIS PROPERTY OF PHOSPHORUS.
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• THE ELEMENTAL PHOSPHORUS WAS FIRST
ISOLATED FROM HUMAN URINE AND BONE
ASH.
• AN AVERAGE HUMAN CONTAINS 0.7KG OF
PHOSPHORUS , ABOUT 85-90 % IN BONES
AND TEETH.

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PHOSPHORUS IN HOMOEOPATHY:
• PHOSPHORUS WAS INTRODUCED IN TO
HOMOEOPATHY BY MASTER HAHNEMANN.
• PHOSPHORUS CONSTITUTION WAS FIRST
EXPLAINED BY KENT IN 19TH CENTURY.
• PHOS IS WIDELY USED MEDICINE IN
CONDITIONS LIKE GASTRITIS, RESPIRATORY
INFECTIONS, SKIN DISAESES, BONE AFFINITIES
ETC.

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 PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:
• PHOSPHORUS INDIVIDUALS ARE OFTEN VERY
BEAUTIFUL.
• GENERALLY TALL, SLIM AND FLEXIBLE.
• PHYSIQUE IS SIMILAR TO TUBERCULINUM.
• EYES WHICH ARE UNUSUALLY LARGE.
• VERY LONG EYE LASHES, GIVING A MOST
ATTRACTIVE APPEARANCE OF INNOCENCE.

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• THE COMPLEXION IS VERY SOFT AND
SMOOTH, EVEN IN THE MEN, AND THE SKIN IS
SILKY TO TOUCH.
• THE FACE IS ANGULAR IN OUTER LINE RATHER
THAN ROUNDED, AND TENDS TO BE
TRIANGULAR SHAPE, WITH POINTED CHIN
AND BROAD FOREHEAD.
• GENERALLY HAVE A WIDE MOUTH WITH
CURVED LIPS.

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• MIASMATIC BACKGROUND: PSORA, SYPHILIS
& SYCOSIS
• TEMPERMENT: SANGINE, BILIOUS, LYMPHATIC
AND IRRITABLE TEMPERMENT.
• DIATHESIS : HEMORRHAGIC AND TUBERCULAR
DIATHESIS
• THERMAL RELATIONSHIP: CHILLY PATIENT.
CRAVES COLD FOOD & DRINKS

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PHOSPHOROUS
PERSONALITY
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• HOMOEOPATHS GENERALLY REGARDS
PHOSPHORUS AS THE NICEST OF PEOPLE, AND
THE TYPE THAT EVERYONE WISHES THEY
BELONG TO.
• MANY PHOSPHOROUS INDIVIDUALS REALLY
ARE RADIANT, LOVING AND SPIRITUAL, BUT
THE TRUITH IS NEVER THAT SIMPLE, ATLEAST
NOT WHEN IT COMES TO THE
PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES……..

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 OUTLOOK
• LEAN
• TALL
• FAIR
• STOOPING
• DELICATE IN FEATURES, HAIR, SKIN AND
HANDS.

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• MOSTLY SUITED FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
ARTISTIICALLY GIFTED, ESCPECIALLY SINGERS,
DANCERS, ACTORS EVEN PAINTERS,POETS
ETC..
• WHO CAN MAINTAIN GOOD INTERPERESONAL
RELATIONSHIP SUCH LIKE A GOOD
POLITICIAN.
• A SALES MAN WHO IS HAVING ABILITY TO
SELL ANYTHING.

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DIFFUSION

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BURN UP….

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COLOURS….

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SMOKE DIFFUSE IN AIR

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• DIFFUSION IS THE PROCESS OF SPREADING
OUTWARD IN TO THE ENVIORNMENT.
• THE SAME HAPPENS TO THE ENERGY,
AWARENESS, EMOTIONS, AND EVEN THE
BLOOD OF PHOSPHORUS.

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LACK OF BOUNDARIES

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• PHOSPHORUS EXPERIENCE THE WORLD LIKE A
YOUNG CHILD.
• FREE SOUL- WITHOUT SKIN.
• SENSORY STIMULI ARE MORE VIBRANT AND
IMMEDIATE TO PHOSPHORUS INDIVIDUAL,
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FILTERED BY THE
INTELLECT TO THE SAME DEGREE AS IN
OTHERS.

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• THEY ARE LIKE A SPONGE ABSORBS
EVERYTHING, EVEN THE EMOTION OF
OTHERS.
• PHOSPHORUS WOMEN MAY SUDDENLY
BECOME ANXIOUS WITHOUT KNOWING WHY,
BECAUSE SHE SITS NEXT TO SOMEONE WHO IS
VERY AFRAID.

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• THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT TYPES OF
PHOSPHORUS TYPES
• FIRST POSSESSES A QUIET REFINED
PERSONALITY THAT EMITS GENTLE
LUMINSCENCE. FRIENDLY. SYMPATHETIC
SOMEWHAT RESEARVED
• SECOND TYPE IS MORE PROJECTING DYNAMIC
PERSONALITY. LIVELY, OVERFLOWING WITH
SPIRITS.

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 KEATS ABOUT PHOS
• “….IT HAS NO SELF; IT IS EVERYTHING AND
NOTHING; IT HAS NO CHARACTER; IT ENJOYS
LIGHT AND SHADE”

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• AS A RESULT OF EXTRA ORDINARY ‘OPENNESS’
OF PHOS PSYCHE, REALITY IS FAR BROADER.
• NO TYPE IS MORE INNOCENT THAN
PHOSPHORUS. PHOSPHORUS IS OPEN TO THE
POINT OF BEING TRANSPARENT, AND THIS
GIVES HIM A CHILD LIKE QUALITY.
• INNOCENCE IS AS MUCH A STRENGTH IN
PHOSPHORUS AS WELL AS WEAKNESS.

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• PHOSPHORUS CAN MELT THE HEART OF THE
COLDEST TYRANT. HER LOVE IS SO INNOCENT
AND UNCONDITIONAL THAT ONLY A ROBOT
OR DEVIL COULD RESIST IT.
• THE INNOCENT CHARACTER LEADS TO
GULLIBILITY( EASILY BELIEVES EVERYONE)

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• EXTREMELY WARM
• ENJOYS MAKING PEOPLE COMFORTABLE.

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• OUTGOING
• PHOSPHORUS TRAVELS OUT OF THE WAY FOR
YOU.
• THE QUALITY OF MAKING FRIENDS
• SEE THROUGH, NO DIPLOMACY

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QUALITIES OF PHOSPHORUS

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 AFFECTIONATE
• PHOSPHORUS PEOPLE HAVE TENDENCY TO
HUGG
• PHYSICAL TOUCH AND ADDRESSING OTHERS
DEAR OR SWEETIE.

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 ARTISTIC:
• SINGING,
• DANCING,
• COOKING – THEY TRY NEW METHODS IN
COOKING.
• ARTIST ESPECIALLY WHEN ALONE.
• SUDDEN IDEAS.

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 SYMPATHETIC
• GO OUT OF THE WAY TO HELP YOU.
• OTHERS LIKE CAUSTICUM, LYCOPODIUM
EXPECT BACK BUT NOT PHOSPHORUS.

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 IMPRESSIONABLE:
• KEEP ON CHANGING
• FANCIES
• WAVERING MIND
• MASTER OF NOTHING

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 CONVINCING NATURE:
• CAPABLE OF CONVINCING WITHOUT
ARGUMENTS
• MANIPULATIVE.
• TRICKY MIND.

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 THE PERFORMER
• HE HAS A PERFORMER’S TEMPERMENT.
• HE DERIVES INSPIRATION FROM AUDIENCE
• A HIGH PROPORTION OF ACTORS AND
PERFORMERS HAVE PHOSPHORUS
CHARACTERS.
• THEY ARE NEVER TIRED OF PERFORMING

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 SELF LOVE
• HE LOVES SELF APRECIATION.
• FALLS IN LOVE EASILY
• HE MIGHT HAVE SO MANY LOVE, AND WHEN
HE TALK ABOUT IT WE CAN SENSE THAT THIS
GREAT PERFORMER WAS MOST IN LOVE WITH
HIMSELF.

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 INTELLECT:
• INTELLECTUAL “LIGHT- WEIGHT”
• LACK OF EGO EFFECT.
• SUPERFICIAL STUDIES.

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 CLAIRVOYANT
• PSYCHIC TELEPATHIC ABILITIES.
• HE LOVES TO CONSIDER HIMSELF AS A EXTRA
SENSORY PERCEPTION.
• HE WILL SENSE THE DEATH OF A RELATIVE
BEFORE TOLD TO HIM.
• HE CAN UNDERSTAND OTHERS FEELINGS, AND
ABSORB IT LIKE A SPONGE.

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 GULLIBILITY
• PHOSPHORUS JUMP IN TO CONCLUSION.
• EASILY BELIEVES.
• MIS JUDGEMENT.

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 LIVE FOR TODAY....
• ALWAYS LOVES TO SHARE HER THOUGHTS
AND REFRESH HERSELF.
• RAPID RELIEF AND BOUNCE BACK.
• HE SPENDS MONEY LIKE WATER. IF DON’T
HAVE BORROW AND SPEND.

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JACK IN THE BOX

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 GAMBLING…..
• TENDENCY TO ADDICT TOWARDS GAMBLING.

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 SENSITIVE
• VERY EMOTIONAL.
• EASILY GETTING HURT.
• LIKE PHOS ELEMENT IS SENSITIVE TO
CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE.
• FEELS THE PAIN OF OTHERS.

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 IRRESPONSIBILITY
• “I DON’T WANT TO BE A MOTHER, I WANT TO
BE A GRAND MOTHER.”
• READY TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT WONT
COMPLETE
• DAY DREAMER.

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 ESCAPISM
• WHEN REALITY GET UNPLEASANT, HE TRIES
FOR ATTRACTIVE SURROUNDINGS.
• ITS HELPED BY ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA OR
OTHER SEDATIVES.

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 UNFOCCUSSED
• HE CANNOT CONCENTRATE.
• ALWAYS CHANGING
• LACK OF CONSISTANCY.
• EASILY GETTING BORED FROM ONE THING.

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LACK OF CONSISTANCY
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 FEAR
• ONE OF FEAR REMEDIES OF NASH TRIOS.
• UNKNOWN FEAR.
• FREE FLOATING ANXIETY
• EXTREME FEAR OF THUNDERSTORM
• FEAR OF NIGHT AND SOLITUDE.
• FEAR OF HELPLESSNESS AND AMLEIORATION
BY COMPANY.

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 FEAR- MURPHY
• FEAR OF BEING ALONE
• FEAR OF NIGHT
• FEAR OF CANCER
• FEAR IN CHILDREN- NIGHT AT
• FEAR OF DARKNESS
• FEAR OF DEATH
• FEAR IMPENDING DEATH OF
• FEAR DISEASE IMPENDING
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• FEAR OF EVIL
• FEAR OF GHOST
• FEAR SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN
• FEAR OF HEART DISEASES
• FEAR NOISE FROM
• FEAR OF OVERPOWERING
• FEAR STARTING WITH
• FEAR THUNDERSTORM OF

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 FEAR- KENT
• FEAR OF BEING ALONE
• FEAR OF DEATH
• FEAR OF DISEASE IMPENDING OF
• FEAR SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN
• FEAR OF THUNDERSTORM.

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 SEXUAL EXCESNESS:
• VIOLENT SEXUAL EXCITEMENT, SHAMELESS.
• DESIRE TO RUN AWAY WITH EVERY
ATTRACTIVE WOMEN.
• NYMPHOMANIAC
• “I WANT TO GIVE MYSELF TO MANY”

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DEVOLOUPMENT OF PHOS
PERSONALITY
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 INFANT:
• LACK OF “EGO IDENTITY”
• INTELLIGENTLY LIGHT WEIGHT.
• HE MANAGES TO CAPTURE NOTICE OF
OTHERS….
• “LOOK AT HER EYES”

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 CHILD
• LACK OF FILTRATION
• HE TENDS TO BORROW HIS IDENTITY FROM
THOSE AROUND HIM.
• TENDENCY TO COPY THE PARENTS.
• THINKS THAT HIS PARENTS AREALWAYS RIGHT.
• A CHILD WILL ENJOY WEARING BRIGHT OR
UNUSUAL CLOTHES.

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• HE IS IMPATIENT AND GETS ANGER,
SOMETIMES HE WILL CRY AND MAKE AN
EXHIBITION. BUT HE WONT ALLOW HIS
SADNESS TO LAST.
• HE WILL MAKE A GAME EVEN OUT OF
HOMEWORK
• WHEN ORDERED TO DO SOME WORK HE
CONVENIENTLY DISAPPEARS.
• TENDENCY TO EXAGGERATE THINGS.
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• A CHILD WHO OFTEN WRAP HIMSELF
AROUND PARENT.
• WHO IS ALWAYS BETTER BY RUBBED
(HEHNEMANN)
• HE LIKES TO ENJOY BEING HUGGED AND
KISSED.
• KISSES EVERYONE (KENT)

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• SUPERFICIAL STUDIES.
• THE CLASS QUEEN WILL FREQUENTLY BE A
PHOSPHORUS.
• INFACTUATIONS.
• PHOSPHORUS CHILD CAN BE CHEERFUL EVEN
DURING MOST SERIOUS DISEASES.
• HE CRAVES ICECREAMS, CHOCOLATES,
ANYTHING COLD WHICH CAN RELIEVE HIS
HOT.
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 ADULT
• CHILDISH IN NATURE.
• LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY.
• ALL OTHERS WANT TO SEE HIM IMMATURE
• CANNOT BEAR DISHARMONY, OFTEN PLAYS
THE ROLE OF A PEACEMAKER.
• MANIPULATIVE

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 HUSBAND
• PHOS DOES NOT DOMINATE AGGRESSIVELY
YET STILL MANAGES TO DIVERT ATTENSION TO
HIM.
• HE SPENDS MONEY LIKE WATER.
• OPTIMISTIC.
• GIVE SURPRISES
• HE ALWAYS MAINTAINS HAPPINESS IN FAMILY.

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 WIFE
• INNOCENT, OPEN HEART.
• ATTRACTED BY COLOURFUL OBJECTS
• LOVES TO WEAR STYLISH CLOTHES.
• WANT OF ATTENTION.
• DISSATISFACTION.

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 MOTHER
• A WOMEN WHO IMMEDIATELY DEPOSIT HER
CHILDREN IN A NEIGHBOR’S LAP TO HELP
OTHERS.
• WHO ALWAYS BELIEVES HIS CHILDREN
ABILITIES.
• CHEERFUL AND PEACEFUL.

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 DIFFRENT ASPECTS:
• AS A PATIENT
• AS A PHYSICIAN
• AS A NURSE
• AS A TEACHER

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STAGES OF PATHOLOGY IN
PHOSPHORUS:

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 STAGE 1
• THE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS USUALLY
PREDOMINATES.
• TENDENCY TO EASY HEMORRHAGES
• NOSE BLEED OCCURES WITH LITTLE
PROVOCATION.
• MENSES PROFUSE AND PROLONGED.
• THE PATIENT POSSESSES DIFFUSES FREELY
OUTWARD
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• EASILY REFRESHED BY SLEEP
• THIRST FOR COLD DRINKS
• IF ANY PAIN IN STOMACH RELIEVED BY COLD
THINGS. BUT THIS LAST FOR UNTIL THE FOOD
OR DRINK WARM IN THE STOMACH.
• TYPICAL CRAVING FOR CHOCOLATE AND
SWEETS.

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• AS THE PATHOLOGY PROGRESSES
HEMORRHAGE CAN PRESENT IN DEEPER
LEVELS.
• GIT- HAEMATEMESIS OR MELENA
• HAEMOPTYSIS OF BRIGHT RED BLOOD.
• HAEMATURIA
• THSESE SYMPTOMS WITHOUT ANY
INVESTIGATION FINDINGS CAN PROCEED
WITH PHOS.
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 STAGE 2
• PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS SUBSIDES.
• ANXIETY AND FEAR DOMINATES.
• TRUE ANXIETY FOR THE WELFARE OF OTHERS.
• IT CAN BE CARRIED TO A PATHOLOGICAL
ANXIETY.
• A TRUE STATE OF SYMPATHY WHICH IS NOT
SEEN IN OTHER DRUGS.

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• ANXIETY ABOUT HEALTH.
• WHEN HE HEARS ABOUT SOMEONE’S DISEASE
HE THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
GETTING THAT DISEASE.
• A FEW REASSURING WORDS WILL GIVE THEM
RELIEF.

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• FEAR OF DARK
• FEAR OF BEING ALONE
• FEAR OF TWILIGHT
• FEAR OF THUNDERSTORMS

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 STAGE 3
• OVER WHELMED BY THE ANXIETIES AND FEAR.
• FIND DIFFICULT TO RELAX.
• ANXIETY MAY LEAD TO HYPER VENTILATION.
• RESULT IN PH IMBALANCE
• ANXIETYPREVENTS SLEEP
• PATIENT AWAKEN UNREFRESHED
• EVENTUALLY CONTINUES ANXIETY BECOME
‘FREE FLOATING ANXIETY’

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• FEAR OF SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN.
• FEAR OF IMPENDING DISEASE, ESPECIALLY
CANCER.
• FINALLY FALLS IN TO FEAR OF DEATH, ESPECIALLY
WHEN ALONE.
• SENSATION OF SOUL IS LEAVING THE BODY
• HYPERVENTILATION, EXCITABILITY, PALPITATION
• NEED FOR COMPANY- DRIVE HIM TO LEAVE
HOUSE TO FIND FRIENDS TO TALK.

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• NEED TO TALK ANYBODY ABOUT ANYTHING
TO RELIEVE PANIC.
• FEAR DEATH IS IMMINENT
• THERE MAY BE NO THIRST, NO CRAVING FOR
FISH

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 STAGE 4
• MIND BREAKS DOWN COMPLETELY.
• FEAR DIMNISHED BUT MIND DEGENERATES.
• MIND AND BODY BECOME WEAK
• DIFFICULTY IN CONCENTRATION
• INABILITY TO THINK AND UNDERSTAND.
• BECOME INDIFFRENT TO COMPANY AND
SURROUNDINGS.
• ANOTHER END RESULT IN PHOSPHORUS IS
STROKE.

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• THIRST
• DESIRE FOR SALT
• DESIRE FOR FISH
• DESIRE FOR CHOCOLATE
• DESIRE FOR SWEETS
• < LEFT SIDE
• FORMICATION OF TIP OF FINGERS

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 GUIDING SYMPTOMS:
• ANXIETY AND FEAR BEOFORE AND DURING
THUNDERSTORM.
• FEAR OF BEING ALONE
• NOSE BLEED, POLYPUS
• WANT OF COLD FOOD AND DRINKS, ICECREAM
• STOOLS PROFUSE, WATERY, LUMPY WHITE
MUCUS
• PAINLESS DIARRHEA

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• SEXUAL MANIA
• COUGH IN THE EVEING WHEN READING.
• BURING HEAT RUNNING UP IN THE BACK
• NUMBNESS OF EXTRIMITIES
• SLIGHT WOUNDS BLEED MUCH
• SWELLING OF BONES AND NECROSIS
• < THUNDERSTORM

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About author:
Dr Midhun Jose
MD – I (2018-19)
Dept of Materia Medica
Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical College
and Hospital, University road Mangalore.
Email: midhunrockzon123@gmail.com
Mobile number: 7558872227,9442637495.

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• REGIONAL LEADERS – NASH
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