Ammonium Bromatum
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General EN
Ammonium Bromatum.
Bromide of Ammonium. (NH4 Br.) Solution in distilled water.
Clinical EN
Ciliary neuralgia. Corpulency. Coryza.
Cough EN
Epilepsy.
Kidney, pain in.
Larynx, catarrh of.
Nails, biting.
Ophthalmia, scrofulous.
Ovaries, affections of.
Pharyngitis.
Pterygium.
Whooping-cough.
Characteristics EN
This salt has been well proved by A. M. Cushing. The eyes and ovaries are markedly affected.
In the morning the eyes are red and sore, with mucus in corners (< left eye). There is pain in left ovary, dull, with hard swelling. Chronic laryngeal catarrh of speakers. A sudden desire to cough—so sudden it causes strangling.
Sudden short cough when rising in morning, from accumulation of mucus in throat. Cough at 3 a.m. The mucus of Am. bro. is apt to be stringy. It is indicated in epilepsy when the aura begins with a fainting or suffocating sensation at epigastrium, rising up both sides of sternum to throat.
There is an irritable feeling under linger nails, > only by biting them The known conditions are: > warmth, warm drinks; < in open air, cold air. Many symptoms occur on waking, 3 a.m. Must walk about for fear of suffocation.
Relations EN
Compare: Kali bro., Arg. n., Caust., Bufo, Cepa (coryza < in warm room); Lach. (< after sleep). Cough from accumulation of mucus in throat, Aesc. h., Atrop., Grat., Kre., Seneg.
Mind EN
Feared he might die (with stomach symptoms)
Timid, discouraged; lack of self-confidence
While writing mis-spelled words or numbers.
Head EN
Sensation of band round head pressing hardest just above ears
Pain in side of head (l.) near eye; as if a nail driven in
R.—sided headache < by coughing.
Eyes EN
In evening eyes (esp. r.) feet large, with constant blur before them
Eyes as if sand in them
R. eye feels as if bathed in hot water; stringy mucus in it
Pterygium
Eyes red and sore in morning, with white mucus in corners
Lids swollen; droop, difficult and painful to raise; adhere
Pains round eyes into head
In evening, difficult vision and hemiopia.
Nose EN
Sneezing on moving about in cold room, or on raising arms; thin discharge from r. nostril (next day thicker).—Sneezing on going into warm room; stoppage of nose in warm room.
Mouth EN
Mouth and tongue smart severely as if just burned; morning
Must hold mouth open when walking on account of heat in throat and lungs
Stringy, tasteless mucus in mouth
Tastes food eaten several hours before.
Throat EN
During day filled with white sticky mucus, streaked with blood
Throat sore, mottled look
Preparing to swallow is painful, the act is not
Sensation of hot air passing up throat, r. side, though stomach feels cold
Fauces and tongue feel scalded
Stinging and irritation in fauces with inclination to cough > by sneezing.
Stomach EN
Belching > faint stomach.—Dyspnoea, with distress in upper epigastrium.
Abdomen EN
Sharp twisting pain just above crest of r. ilium.
Stool And Anus EN
Sudden urgent desire with loose stool.—Transient return of old haemorrhoid.
Urinary Organs EN
Feeling over r. kidney as if something were pressed hard against it; > by pressure, but leaving a pulling sensation.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Dull, constant pain and hard swelling in l. ovary.
Respiratory Organs EN
An almost continuous cough for hours, > lying down at night; sensation of tickling irritation with heat and burning
Sudden desire to cough, coming on so suddenly it strangles one
Sudden short cough when rising from bed in morning, from sensation of mucus in throat
Tickling in trachea and bronchial tubes, attended by cough and slight scraping in throat while coughing
Waked 3 a.m. with cough.
Chest EN
Waked 3 a.m. with pain from sternum to spine, > by changing position.
Heart EN
After fatiguing walk, late in evening, irregular action of heart.
Generalities EN
Malaise and fatigue < lying down, < after emission of flatus while urinating.—Nervous restlessness.—Pains in legs at intervals, < after motion.
Fever EN
Chilly feeling in back of chest and nape of neck.