FERRUM PHOS or iron phosphate helps form red blood corpuscles to oxygenate the blood stream. This is the primary biochemical first aid remedy because it carries oxygen throughout the body and strengthens the walls of the blood vessels, especially the arteries. It has been used to treat common respiratory complaints, the flu and skin inflammation. In conditions of fever and inflammation, there is usually a Ferr Phos deficiency. It is the biochemical remedy for the first stages of all inflammations and infected wounds.