Magnesium Phosphoricum**
1. GASTRIC COMPLAINTS
System Action
- Acts on smooth gastric muscles
- Relieves spasmodic, crampy gastric pains
- Regulates muscular tone
- Reduces gastric nerve hyperactivity
Functional Changes
- Spasmodic gastralgia
- Flatulent distension
- Nervous dyspepsia
- Sudden cramp-like contractions
Pathological Tendencies
- Spasmodic gastritis
- Neuralgic dyspepsia
- Flatulent distension
Important Symptoms
- Cramping stomach pain
- Pain > pressure
- Pain > warmth
- Sour rising
- Gas rolling inside
- Dyspepsia after potatoes, cabbage, pulses
- Spasmodic hiccups
Peculiar Sensations
- Twisting, gripping, knot-like pain
Modalities
- Worse: cold drinks, cold air, touch, motion, night
- Better: hot applications, hot drinks, pressure, bending double
One-Line Summary
- Leading remedy for warm > pressure > gastric spasms.
2. COLIC
System Action
- Acts on intestinal smooth muscles
- Reduces spasmodic bowel contractions
Functional Changes
- Flatulent colic
- Spasm of bowel loops
- Cramp radiating from abdomen
Pathological Tendencies
- Flatulent colic
- Menstrual colic
- Nervous colic
- Intestinal spasm
Important Symptoms
- Severe cramping colic bending double
- Gas incarcerated causing pressure upwards
- Cutting, darting abdominal pains
- Wind colic
- Alternating constipation-diarrhea
Peculiar Sensations
- Intestines twisted or knotted
Modalities
- Worse: cold, cold drinks, night
- Better: bending double, pressure, heat
One-Line Summary
- Main remedy for all colics better by warmth + pressure.
3. BIOCHEMIC INDICATION
System Action
- Nerve-muscle regulator
- Controls spasms and cramps
Functional Changes
- Muscle cramps
- Neuralgia
- Sudden sharp pains
Pathological Tendencies
- Neuralgic gastralgia
- Abdominal cramps
- Uterine spasms
Important Symptoms
- Sharp shooting nerve pains
- Muscle twitching
- Cramp relieved by heat
Peculiar Sensations
- Lightning-like nerve pain
Modalities
- Worse: cold, drafts
- Better: heat, pressure
One-Line Summary
- Chief biochemic salt for spasm + neuralgia warm >.
DRUG PICTURE
Introduction
- Source: Magnesium phosphate
- Preparation: Triturations
- Nature: Antispasmodic, antineuralgic
- Essence: Sudden crampy pains relieved by heat + pressure
Sphere of Action
- Organs: Stomach, intestines, uterus, nerves, muscles
- Systems: GIT, nervous, muscular
- Tissues: Smooth muscles
- Direction: Centrally → periphery
- Tendency: Spasm + neuralgia
Clinical Features
- Gastric colic
- Intestinal colic
- Dysmenorrhea with cramps
- Infantile colic
- Neuralgias
- Flatulent dyspepsia
- Spasmodic hiccough
Pathology
- Spasm
- Neuralgia
- Muscular hypercontractility
- Functional rather than structural changes
Physical Makeup / Constitution
- Lean, nervous, sensitive
- Craving warm drinks
- Thirsty for small sips
- Sleep disturbed by cramps
- Flatulent tendency
- Nervous temperament
- Miasm: Psoric
Characteristic Symptoms
- Cramping pains > heat + pressure
- Lightning-like neuralgia
- Wind colic
- Double bending for relief
- Gas colic with distension
Guiding Symptoms (Detailed)
Mind
- Nervous irritability
- Sensitive to slightest pain
- Restless from spasms
- Easily frightened
Generalities
- Worse cold, drafts, night
- Better heat, pressure
- Right-sided tendency
- Weakness after spasms
Local Symptoms
Head
- Neuralgic headache
- Shooting pains > heat
Eyes
- Orbital neuralgia
- Lid twitching
Ears
- Neuralgic ear pain from cold
Nose
- Facial neuralgia extending to nose
Face
Mouth & Tongue
- Tongue cramps
- Jaw neuralgia
Throat
Stomach
- Gastric colic
- Cramping gastralgia
- Flatulent distension > heat
Abdomen
- Wind colic
- Infantile colic
- Griping, twisting pains
Rectum & Stool
- Spasmodic constipation
- Painful flatus
Urinary
Male/Female
- Dysmenorrhea with severe cramps
- Uterine spasms
Respiratory
- Spasmodic cough
- Diaphragm spasm
Cardiovascular
Back & Extremities
- Muscle cramps
- Twitching
- Shooting neuralgia
Skin
Sleep
Fever
Ailments From
- Cold exposure
- Drafts
- Overexertion
- Gas-forming food
- Mental strain
Modalities
Worse
Better
- Heat
- Pressure
- Bending double
- Warm drinks
Generalities
- Spasm
- Neuralgia
- Shooting pains
- Gas distension
Relationships
- Complementary: Calc Phos, Ferr Phos
- Follows well: Colocynth, Chamomilla
- Compare: Nux Vomica, Dioscorea, Chamomilla, Colocynth
- Antidotes: Heat
Keynote Keywords
- Cramping pains
- Colic > heat
- Neuralgia
- Sudden spasms
- Gas colic
- Pressure >