Magnesium phosphoricum may be the ultimate pain relief remedy. In fact, it is widely regarded as the homeopathic aspirin. Traditional aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is often the go-to pain reliever for immediate relief. The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) is commonly used for muscle aches, toothaches, and headaches. Unfortunately, these drugs cause all sorts of side effects, including leg swelling, high blood pressure, ringing in the ears, dizziness, stomach ulcers, heartburn, upset stomach, kidney or liver problems, allergic reactions, and funny enough, headaches.
Materia Medica of Magnesium Phosphoricum
- Mind – Irritable; holds everything in contempt. Full of desires, for what they know not.
- Head – Bones of skull feel crushed or bruised. Pain extends to teeth and root of the tongue.
- Eyes – Inflamed, red. Pain through eyeballs. Profuse lachrymation. Cornea dim. Eyes tire from near vision. State of vision constantly changing. Spasm of accommodation from the irritable weakness of the ciliary muscle. Nausea from looking on moving objects.
- Face – Blue rings around eyes. Periodical orbital neuralgia, with lachrymation, photophobia, and smarting eyelids.
- Nose – Coryza, with stoppage of nose and nausea. Epistaxis.
- Stomach – Tongue usually clean. Mouth, moist; much saliva. Constant nausea and vomiting, with pale, twitching of face. Vomits food, bile, blood, mucus. Stomach feels relaxed as if hanging down. Hiccough.
- Abdomen – Amebic dysentery with tenesmus; while straining pain so great that it nauseates; little thirst. Cutting, clutching; worse, around the navel. Body rigid; stretched out stiff.
- Stools – Pitch-like green as grass, like frothy molasses, with griping at the navel. Dysenteric, slimy.
- Female – Uterine hæmorrhage, profuse, bright, gushing, with nausea. Vomiting during pregnancy. Pain from navel to the uterus. Menses too early and too profuse.
- Respiratory – Dyspnœa; constant constriction in chest. Asthma. Yearly attacks of difficult shortness of breathing. Continued sneezing; coryza; a wheezing cough. A cough incessant and violent, with every breath. Chest seems full of phlegm but does not yield to coughing. Bubbling rales. A suffocative cough; the child becomes stiff, and blue in the face. Whooping-cough, with a nosebleed, and from the mouth. Bleeding from lungs, with nausea; feeling of constriction; rattling cough. Croup. Hæmoptysis from slightest exertion (Millef). Hoarseness, especially at end of a cold. Complete aphonia.
- Fever – Intermittent fever, irregular cases, after Quinine. Slightest chill with much heat, nausea, vomiting, and dyspnœa. Relapses from improper diet.
- Sleep – With eyes half open. Shocks in all limbs on going to sleep (Ign).
- Extremities – Body stretched stiff, followed by spasmodic jerking of arms towards each other.
- Skin – Pale, lax. Blue around eyes. Military rash.
Indications of Magnesium Phosphoricum
Mental-emotional Symptoms
- Irritable and oversensitive.
Facial and Head Problems
- Right-sided nerve pain that worsens with cold air but improves with firm pressure or warmth.
Dental Problems
- Nerve pain in teeth worsened by cold air, compresses or liquids.
Abdominal Problems
- Colic or cramping which is relieved by firm pressure, warmth, rubbing or bending double.
Menstrual Problems
- Dysmenorrhoea (painful periods) which is relieved by warmth and firm pressure.
Limb Problems
- Cramps, especially of hands and fingers.
- Writer’s cramp.
- Sciatic pain which is relieved by heat and pressure
- Convulsions
- A cough
- Cramps
- Dysmenorrhea
- A headache
- Meningitis
- Menstruation
- Neuralgia
- Sciatica
- A toothache
- Whooping-cough
- Writer’s cramp.
The Dosage of Magnesium Phosphoricum
- Use cap to drop tablets into the mouth and allow them to dissolve under the tongue.
- Adults and Adolescents (12 years and older) – Take 1 to 4 tablets, one to four times daily, or as recommended by your healthcare practitioner.
- Children (under 12 years) – Take under the direction of your healthcare practitioner.
- Adults – Dissolve 3 to 5 under the tongue three times a day or as directed by Lic. Practitioner. Take at greater intervals as condition subsides. Children: Dissolve 3 to 5 under the tongue three times a day or as directed by Lic. Practitioner.
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