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Natrium phosphoricum (Nat‑p.)

Natrium phosphoricum (Nat‑p.) appears in 268 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 11 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 16 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Fear, Children, Delusions, and Sighing. A mind appears that senses danger at night and in its own house, and a striking series of rubrics on the nutrition and development of children.

Fear at Night

Fear is the largest main rubric, and its emphasis lies in the dark. The small rubrics name the fear that something will happen at night, and concern for the home; the telephone too is an object of fear. This remedy alone also records that the person is easily frightened at night by noises: "Frightened, easily – night – noises, by."

Delusions in the House

The delusions stay within the living space. Only here stands the imagination that furniture is people, increased at night and on waking, "Delusions – furniture – people, imagines furniture to be." In addition come footsteps heard in the next room and the feeling of being shut up in a dark cellar. The last single-remedy rubric of the delusions concerns the expectation of getting typhoid.

Children

In children it is a matter of nourishment and thriving. Several rubrics describe failure to thrive in bottle-fed infants, in newborns on bottle feeding, and in delicate, weakly children from artificial baby food, another the irritability from coloring agents in food. Children also fear shadows cast by the light. A single-remedy rubric attaches irritability to worms, followed by squinting.

Sighing and Cycle

The sighing is tied to the menses: before, during, and after, with two single-remedy rubrics recording amelioration from the menses. Irritability appears before breakfast, and a single-remedy rubric describes sitting stiffly for a long time.

Summary

The night, the house, and the nursery form the three places where the picture condenses. From the interplay of fear and delusion in the familiar space and of concern for nourishment and thriving arises the impression of a mind that can only with difficulty feel safe.

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