KALI PHOSPHORICUM

(POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE; CHIEF NERVE SALT)
Bio-chemic treatment is the outcome of the doctrines of Biochemistry.
Brain is the principal centre of sensation, thought, volition, feelings,
and consciousness. ‘THE GRAY MATTER of the brain is controlled
entirely by the inorganic cell-salt, potassium phosphate’ (George W.
Carey, M. D.), which is a constituent of the brain, the nerves, the
muscles, and the blood-corpuscles. It is an indispensable constituent of
the fluids and tissues of the human body and significantly forms the
structures of gray matter in the brain and nerves. It unites with albumin,
and by the addition of oxygen creates nerve fluid and cells of the brain.
The function of the brain, nerve cells, muscles, blood-cells, bloodplasma and tissue fluid depends on Kali Phos. It is the most significant
salt of the cells for ‘nerve fertilization’.
As potassium phosphate is the chemical property of Kali Phos, nerves
retain their vital properties in the human organism.
Kali Phosphorus is an omniscient remedy. It is an elixir of life. It has
won greatest laurels in ailments enumerated hereinafter:-
1) Mental derangements arising from want of nerve or brain power; the
patient is haunted by visions of the past, looks on the dark side of
everything, indulges in gloomy predictions, suffers from illusions of
senses, loss of memory, sleeplessness, sudden hysteria, somnambulism,
nervous dread, grasps at imaginary objects, dreams of fire, robbers,
ghosts or of falling. The patient laughs or cries suddenly. In a nutshell, it
is one of the most wonderful curative remedy for overworked
businessmen, weary females, nervous children.
2) Neuralgic headache, oversensitive to noise, with vertigo or giddiness
on rising, ameliorated by cheerful excitement, gentle motion, and while
eating.
3) Squinting, weakness of sight, drooping of eyelids, light aggravates
symptoms; sensation of sand in the eyes; black spots before eyes; weak
vision after coitus.
4) Itching in ears, with offensive discharge, and supersensitive hearing.
5) Sneezing from the slightest exposure, with thick yellow discharge.
6) Offensive breath, stomatitis, ashy-gray ulcers in mouth.
7) Excessively dry tongue in the morning; very thirsty; mustard-like
coating on the tongue, also smelly.
8) Paralysis of the vocal cords; Gangrenous sore throat.
9) Constant pain at epigastrium in a small spot; putrid gaseous
eructation, nausea soon after eating; drowsiness; these are excellent
indications for this remedy.
10) Cholera with profuse rice-watery stools; painless watery diarrhea;
dysentery when stools consist of pure blood with foul odor.
11) Bronchial asthma, shortness of breath (It was cured with 2x potency
by Dr O. H. Hall, it has been reported.)
12) It acts as a cardiac tonic. It ‘invigorates, revives, strengthens,
soothes, and prevents vital energy from drying up.’
13) Amenorrhea with constant dull headache, drowsiness, fidgety feet,
chest difficulties, and depression of spirits. (It was cured with 3x
potency by Dr Royal)
14) ‘Kali Phos is an anti-septic and hinders the decay of tissues’
(Boericke & Dewey). Debility and avoidance of decay and putrefaction
are the characteristic features of the remedy.
15) Paralysis of any part of the body and of all varieties, preferably in
alternation with Mag Phos. It is the chief remedy in paralysis.
16) Debilitating high fever with brown, dry tongue and profuse
perspiration, (not to be given in tuberculosis)
17) Morphine Habit; extreme offensiveness.
18) Sciatica in left leg, worse slightest motion. (Extract of a case study
by Dr Martin: A small powder of K.P. 6x was put in half glass of water,
a teaspoonful was given every 10 minutes for an hour, the lady patient
slept well but pain returned next day, gave K.P. 12x every 2 hours, a
small dry powder for a week and thereafter four times a day for a month,
a year passed without returning of the trouble.)
19) “It will greatly facilitate labor, if given steadily for one month
previous to the birth.” (Chapman)
20) Scorbutic (affected wih deficiency of vitamin C) gangrene (deathly
deterioration of any part of the body caused by interference with blood
supply); septic hemorrhages; septicemia (blood poisoning); phagedenic
chancre (rapidly spreading destructive ulceration).
21) Impotence; the patient may suffer from frequent urging to urinate.
22) Tympanitis in alternation with Mag Phos and Natrum Sulph.
23) Chief remedy in Typhoid, typhus, gastric and enteric fevers with
brown dry tongue, sleeplessness, delirium, foetid odor, excessive
perspiration.
24) Cold air aggravates all pains.
25) Brain-fag from overwork
26) Cerebral anemia
27) Indicated in appendicitis with putrefactive bowels.
Let it be a boon to the weary depressed spirits for instantaneous selfhelp to overcome the ailments as and when they arise.