AMMONIUM CARBONICUM
Keynote / Introductory Description
Suited to stout, chilly, weak patients with respiratory catarrh, weak heart, glandular swelling and early profuse menses.
Modalities
Worse cold, wet weather, washing, 3–4 am and menses. Better dry weather and lying.
Dose / Potency
Sixth potency best for general use.
Relationship
Inimical to Lachesis. Antidotes: Arnica, Camphor. Compare: Rhus, Muriatic acid, Tartar emetic.
Compare
Rhus, Muriatic acid, Tartar emetic
Complementary
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Mind
Forgetful, gloomy, ill-humored, sad and unreasonable.
Head
Pulsating forehead better pressure and warmth. Shocks through head.
Eyes
Burning eyes with photophobia and asthenopia.
Ears
Hardness of hearing with shocks through ears.
Nose
Burning watery discharge, obstruction, coryza, snuffles and epistaxis.
Face
Tetters, boils and cracked burning mouth corners.
Mouth
Dry mouth and throat, toothache, vesicles and sour metallic taste.
Throat
Enlarged tonsils and glands, burning throat and diphtheritic tendency.
Stomach
Heartburn, nausea, chilliness and flatulent dyspepsia.
Abdomen
Pain, noise, hernia and piles.
Rectum
Hard knotty stool, itching and bleeding piles.
Urine
Frequent involuntary urination with sandy, bloody and fetid urine.
Male
Scrotal itching and pain, erections without desire, emissions.
Female
Burning pudendum, acrid leucorrhoea, early profuse menses and aversion to sex.
Respiratory
Hoarseness, 3 am cough, emphysema, oppression and pulmonary oedema.
Heart
Weak heart with palpitation and difficult breathing.
Extremities
Tearing pains, cold blue hands, cramps and heel pain.
Sleep
Sleepiness and waking with strangling.
Skin
Burning blisters, scarlatina rash, erysipelas and eczema.
General Description
AMMONIUM CARBONICUM
Carbonate of Ammonia
(AMMONIUM CARB)
The diseased conditions met by this remedy are such as we find often in rather stout women who are always tired and weary, take cold easily, suffer from cholera-like symptoms before menses, lead a sedentary life, have a slow reaction generally, and are disposed to frequent use of the smelling-bottle. Too frequent and profuse menses. Mucous membranes of the respiratory organs are especially affected. Fat patients with weak heart, wheezing, feel suffocated. Very sensitive to cold air. Great aversion to water. Malignant scarlatina, uraemia, glandular swelling, acid secretions and prostration.
Mind.--Forgetful, ill-humored, gloomy in stormy weather. Sad, weepy and unreasonable.
Head.--Pulsating forehead better pressure and warm room. Shocks through head.
Eyes.--Burning eyes, photophobia, asthenopia, sore canthi.
Ears.--Hard hearing. Shocks through ears, eyes and nose.
Nose.--Burning watery discharge. Night obstruction, coryza, snuffles, epistaxis and bloody mucus.
Face.--Tetters around mouth. Boils and pustules. Cracked burning mouth corners.
Mouth.--Dry mouth and throat. Toothache. Vesicles on tongue. Sour metallic taste.
Throat.--Enlarged tonsils and neck glands. Burning throat. Gangrenous tonsils. Diphtheria with nasal obstruction.
Stomach.--Pit pain with heartburn, nausea and chilliness. Great appetite but easy satiety. Flatulent dyspepsia.
Abdomen.--Noise and pain. Flatulent hernia. Hard knotty stool. Bleeding piles and anal itching.
Urine.--Frequent desire and involuntary urination. Sandy, bloody, fetid and turbid urine.
Male.--Itching and pain of scrotum and spermatic cords. Erections without desire. Seminal emissions.
Female.--Burning swollen pudendum. Acrid leucorrhoea. Aversion to sex. Early profuse dark menses with fatigue and chilliness.
Respiratory.--Hoarseness. 3 am cough with dyspnoea and palpitation. Oppressed breathing, emphysema, pneumonia, pulmonary oedema.
Heart.--Audible palpitation, weak heart, difficult breathing and trembling.
Extremities.--Tearing pains better warmth. Cold blue hands. Swollen fingers. Cramps and heel pain.
Sleep.--Day sleepiness. Wakes strangling.
Skin.--Itching, burning blisters, scarlet and miliary rash, erysipelas and eczema.
Modalities.--Worse evenings, cold wet weather, washing, 3–4 am and menses. Better dry weather, lying on painful side or stomach.
Relationship.--Inimical to Lachesis. Antidotes: Arnica, Camphor. Compare: Rhus, Muriatic acid, Tartar emetic.
Dose.--Sixth potency best for general use.