Calcarea phosphorica is a homeopathic remedy prepared from calcium phosphate, a substance also known as "tricalcium phosphate". Tricalcium phosphate is a natural substance that makes up bones and is used in the treatment of many pathologies related to bones and joints. Calcarea phosphorica comes in various formulations and is mainly used in granular and trituration form in both children and adults.
Indications in traumatology
Calcarea phosphorica is used as a post-trauma treatment during the convalescent period to help the affected person return to his or her previous state. This remedy is also prescribed in the event of a fracture in order to consolidate the still fragile bones.
Calcarea phosphorica is a remedy that is mainly indicated for the treatment of chronic inflammatory rheumatism, better known as "ankylosing spondylitis". It is also prescribed in cases of sacroiliac arthralgia, pubalgia, algodystrophy and joint or bone pain aggravated by cold or humidity.
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infants and children, Calcarea phosphorica is indicated for the treatment of growth disorders as well as digestive disorders. Subjects requiring treatment with Calcarea phosphorica are most of the time slender, alert and lively. They also tend to grow in stages and suffer from growth pain and intense fatigue at the end of the school term. Attracted to salty and smoked foods, they often reject other types of foods. In adolescence, these subjects become unstable and dreamy, and also present with vertebral static disorders: Osgood Schaltter's disease, Scheuermann's disease and dorsal kyphosis.
Calcarea phosphorica is a remedy used in gynaecology to combat leukorrhea, dysmenorrhea and hypermenorrhea in adolescents, i.e. in cases of white discharge, painful periods and heavy periods.
Other indications
Calcarea phosphorica is also recommended in case of lung infections and ENT infections that tend to recur. It is also used to treat acne in teenage girls suffering from overwork, intense fatigue and headaches related to intellectual overwork.
Recommended dosages in case of trauma
To promote bone consolidation after trauma or fracture, it is necessary to take 5 granules of Calcarea phosphorica 7 or 9 CH twice a day for one month.
Recommended dosages in case of rheumatological disorders
In case of rheumatological disorders, it is necessary to take 5 granules of Calcarea phosphorica 7 or 9 CH, at a rate of 2 doses, morning and evening. To prevent pubalgia as well as pain occurring in the sacrum, the indicated treatment is 5 granules of Calcarea phosphorica 15 CH per day for 2 months.
Recommended dosages in case of growth disorders
To treat growth dystrophies in children, the required dosage is 1 dose of Calcarea phosphorica 30 CH per week. To be effective, the treatment must last 6 months and must, depending on the case, be combined with other remedies.
Recommended dosages in case of gynaecological conditions
To combat dysmenorrhea, leucorrhoea or hypermenorrhea, it is necessary to administer a dose of Calcarea phosphorica 9 CH per week to the affected person for 6 months.
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order to overcome headaches and overwork in adolescents, it is advisable to administer 5 granules of Calcarea phosphorica 15 CH three times a week for 3 months.
Calcarea phosphorica 30 CH is ideal for treating acne, at a rate of one dose per week for three months.
