AMMONIUM MURIATICUM
Keynote / Introductory Description
Suited to sluggish fat patients with respiratory catarrh, liver troubles, retained secretions and typhoid-like prostration.
Modalities
Better open air. Worse head/chest morning and abdomen afternoon.
Dose / Potency
Third to sixth potency.
Relationship
Antidotes: Coffea, Nux, Causticum. Compare: Calcarea, Senega, Causticum.
Compare
Calcarea, Senega, Causticum
Complementary
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Mind
Melancholy, apprehensive and grief-stricken. Wants to cry but cannot.
Head
Hair loss with dandruff and itching. Full compressed head worse morning.
Eyes
Misty vision, optical illusions and cataract tendency.
Nose
Acrid hot discharge, sneezing, sore nostrils, anosmia and obstruction.
Face
Inflammatory facial pain with sore excoriated mouth and lips.
Mouth
Mouth and lips sore and excoriated.
Throat
Swollen throbbing tonsils, difficult swallowing and viscid mucus.
Stomach
Lemonade thirst, regurgitation, nausea, waterbrash and pain after eating.
Abdomen
Splenic stitches, navel pain, liver congestion, fat abdomen and flatus.
Rectum
Itching haemorrhoids, crumbly stool, mucus stool and burning after stool.
Female
Early profuse dark menses, leucorrhoea like egg white and slimy discharge.
Respiratory
Hoarseness, burning larynx, dry cough worse lying, rattling mucus and chest oppression.
Back
Coldness between shoulders, coccyx pain and vise-like backache.
Extremities
Ulcerative pains, sciatica, heel pain and offensive sweaty feet.
Skin
Itching, blisters and burning relieved by cold.
Fever
Evening chilliness and low fevers.
General Description
AMMONIUM MURIATICUM
Sal Ammoniac
A state of prostration bordering on a typhoid state is produced by this remedy. All mucous secretions are increased and retained. Especially adapted to fat and sluggish patients with respiratory troubles and liver affections. Irregular circulation and profuse glairy secretions. Head and chest worse mornings; abdomen worse afternoons; limbs and skin worse evenings.
Mind.--Melancholy, apprehensive, internal grief. Desire to cry but cannot.
Head.--Hair falls out with itching and dandruff. Head full and compressed, worse morning.
Eyes.--Mist before eyes, optical illusions, incipient and capsular cataract.
Nose.--Acrid hot watery discharge, sneezing, sore nostrils, loss of smell, obstruction and itching.
Face.--Inflammatory face-ache. Mouth and lips sore and excoriated.
Throat.--Throbbing and swollen tonsils. Difficult swallowing. Viscid phlegm. Tonsillitis. Oesophageal stricture.
Stomach.--Thirst for lemonade, regurgitation, bitter waterbrash, nausea and gnawing. Epigastric pain after eating.
Abdomen.--Splenic stitches with difficult breathing. Navel pain. Liver congestion. Fat abdomen. Much flatus.
Rectum.--Itching haemorrhoids, sore pustules, hard crumbly or mucus stools. Burning after stool. Mucus stools alternating with constipation.
Female.--Early profuse dark clotted menses, worse night. Pregnancy abdominal pain. Green mucous stools during menses. Egg-white leucorrhoea and slimy discharge after urination.
Respiratory.--Hoarseness and burning larynx. Dry cough worse lying. Chest stitches. Loose afternoon cough with rattling mucus and salivation.
Back.--Icy coldness between shoulders with itching. Bruised coccyx pain. Backache like a vise.
Extremities.--Ulcerative finger pain, tearing toes, heel pain, hamstring contraction, sciatica worse sitting, offensive sweaty feet.
Skin.--Evening itching, blisters and intense burning relieved by cold.
Fever.--Evening chilliness without thirst. Heat in palms and soles. Low fevers from unhealthy climate.
Modalities.--Better open air. Worse head and chest morning; abdomen afternoon.
Relationship.--Antidotes: Coffea, Nux, Causticum. Compare: Calcarea, Senega, Causticum.
Dose.--Third to sixth potency.