ACIDUM PHOSPHORICUM Q

Adven Acidum Phosphoricum (Phosphoric Acid)

A key remedy for mental debility, exhaustion, and states following loss of vital fluids

Acidum phosphoricum (Phosphoric Acid) is a homoeopathic medicine known for its profound action on mental and physical debility, especially following acute diseases, grief, emotional shock, excesses, or loss of vital fluids.
It is particularly suited to young, overtaxed individuals and those experiencing nervous exhaustion, indifference, and weakness.
It is indicated in conditions such as digestive disturbances, diarrhoea, diabetes, bone disorders, and post-exhaustive states, including chronic debility and pain.

Common Name: Phosphoric Acid

Key Indications

Mental & Emotional Disturbance

• Listlessness, apathy, indifference
• Impaired memory; difficulty in comprehension and word recall
• Effects of grief, disappointment, mental shock
• Delirium with dullness and despair
• Mental exhaustion with lack of motivation

Head & Eyes

• Heavy, crushing headaches; worse from noise or motion
• Vertigo, especially in the evening
• Early graying and hair fall due to debility
• Swollen eyelids, dilated pupils, photophobia
• Eye pain with amblyopia (weak vision)

Ears & Nose

• Roaring in ears; diminished hearing
• Sensitivity to noise
• Epistaxis with nasal irritation and itching
• Habit of picking or boring fingers into the nose

Mouth & Face

• Dry, cracked lips; bleeding gums
• Swollen tongue
• Pale, cold face; tension especially on one side

Gastrointestinal Complaints

• Nausea, sour eructations, heaviness after eating
• Aggravation from sour foods
• Abdominal distension with fermentation and rumbling
• Umbilical pain with flatulence
• Diarrhoea in weak, delicate, rachitic children

Urinary & Reproductive Complaints

• Frequent, profuse urination (including diabetes, phosphaturia)
• Burning urination with anxiety before and after micturition
• Night emissions, sexual weakness
• Testicular tenderness
• Genital eczema, herpes, swelling

Respiratory Complaints

• Tickling in chest with dry cough
• Weak respiratory function after mental exhaustion
• Pressure behind sternum; difficult breathing

Musculoskeletal Complaints

• Back and limb pain; sensation as if “beaten”
• Tearing pains in joints and bones
• Muscle weakness, cramps, debility
• Sensation as if bones are scraped, especially at night

Skin & Hair

• Pimples, acne, boils with offensive discharge
• Burning red eruptions
• Hair fall due to debility
• Formication (crawling sensation on skin)

Sleep & Fever States

• Somnolence with unrefreshing sleep
• Lascivious dreams
• Night sweats with weakness
• Low-grade fever with chills, sweating, and mental dullness