Phosphorus is used as a Homeopathic or used simply as a micro-nutritional (mineral). Homeopathic potencies accredit their strength and efficacy to the electromagnetic signatures of the original substrate; these are scientifically created dilutions and succussions of medicines such that generally not even a molecule of the original substrate or medicine is present in the medicine.

As a Homeopathic or used simply as a micro-nutritional, phosphorus has demonstrated effectiveness against the following symptomology: "Suits anemic conditions of the brain, the results of mental over-work...also suits softening of the brain with persistent headache, vertigo, formication, and numbness in the limbs; patients are weak, tired and have great difficulty in walking;" -"Has also proved useful in paralysis from fatty degeneration of the nerve cells...progressive spinal paralysis calls for the remedy." (Dewey) -"Nervous sensitiveness with weakness most severe in lower portion of spine, in region of last lumbar vertebra and in sacrum; every trifling fatigue causes pain in the back; pain at union of sacrum and last lumbar vertebra, worse while standing, with numbness of feet...small of back weak, feels as if broken...awkward, stumbling gait from weakness... involuntary urination or defecation from weakness of sphincters; palpitation worse from any emotion, joyful or depressing... diminished resistance to external stimulants." (Lilienthal)

As a Homeopathic or used simply as a micro-nutritional, phosphorus has demonstrated effectiveness against the following metabolic symptomology: "Causes fatty degeneration of...every tissue and organ of the body..." -obesity (adiposis, corpulence) (Boericke) -"In Phosphorus we evidently have a homeopathic remedy for that important pathological change known as fatty degeneration, wherever occurring." (Hughes)White phosphorus has demonstrated effectiveness against the following symptomology: states of exhaustion; general weakness; -rapid fatigue especially during coitus with heightened libido and subsequent weakness; -athenic types who tire quickly; -fatty degeneration of all tissues; -frequent need to eat, especially at night (Reckeweg).

Phosphorus is specially suited for a Homeopathic medication for the eyes including the following symptomology: one of the principal remedies for deep-seated affections of the eye; -hyperemia and inflammation of optic nerve, retina and choroid; -retinitis apoplectica (post CVA retinitis); albuminuric retinitis; -cataract (early, developing); amblyopia; asthenopia; -glaucoma, cherry-red color before the eyes; objects look red; letters look red when reading; muscae volitantes, spots, points, dark objects in the vision (Moffat).