Ammonium Carbonicum
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General EN
Ammonium Carbonicum.
Sal volatile. Sesqui carbonate of Ammonia. 2[(NH4)2 C03 CO2. Solution in distilled water.
Clinical EN
Asthma Bronchitis. Cough. Dislocations, pains from. Emphysema. Enuresis. Erysipelas. Gums, sensitive. Haemorrhoids. Hysteria. Lungs, oedema of. Measles. Miliary eruptions. Nose affections. Parotitis. Rickets. Scarlatina. Spotted fever. Sprains. Sternum, pain on. Toothache. Uraemia. Whitlow.
Characteristics EN
Ammon. carb. is a right-side medicine and a venous medicine. A condition of under-oxygenation underlies a large proportion of symptoms. Consequently it is a chilly medicine with great sensitiveness to cold open air, < in wet, stormy weather; from washing; from wet poultice; > by warmth.
It is suited to stout women who readily take cold in winter. < At night: 3 a.m. It is also haemorrhagic. There is the scorbutic condition of bleeding gums.
Bleeding from the nose, especially in the morning on washing; after a meal. Bleeding piles; at every menstrual period bleeding from rectum. The menses are premature and copious, the blood being dark (colic and pains in loins, or toothache accompanying). Somnolence accompanies many conditions.
Bloody expectoration accompanying the cough. Tickling cough. Asthma. Cough from 2 to 5 a.m.
Anguish at heart: palpitation and faintness. Pain as from fatigue (hip-joint; legs, thighs). Pains as from dislocation or sprain (wrist, great toe). Pain as of contraction of tendons.
Numbness and stiffness of arms and hands. The pains are ulcerative; shooting, digging. Miliary eruption. Swelling of glands.
Headache < in morning; with nausea. Hammering, pressing, bursting; as if contents would start through forehead. Feeling of looseness of brain—as if it fell from side to side, whichever way the head was moved. Burning in eyes; dryness; black spots; sparks; myopia; cataract; catarrh.
Muscular asthenopia from prolonged use of the eyes, with appearance of yellow spots on looking at white objects. Pterygium, A curious symptom is: Inability to blow the nose, in children. Dry, stuffed coryza, < at night, breathes with mouth open. Boil on the tip of the nose.
Skin of face tight, as if swollen. Foul breath. Toothache, pulling or starting (during catamenia). Sore throat, as of something sticking in it; scraping; spasm; difficult swallowing.
Nausea, vomiting, fulness, water-brash, < after eating. Flatulence. Slow, hard evacuations in small pieces. Piles during menstrual period.
Miliary eruptions. Dry tetters; excoriations; ulcerations, phagedenic. Restlessness; paralytic weakness. Great prostration, with falling temperature.
Gout in great toe. Heel painful on standing. The venous under-oxygenated condition of the medicine again appears in the excessive sleepiness produced in the daytime. In the night there are dreams of spectres of death and attacks of anguish.
The mental faculties are slow; weak memory; heedlessness, absence of mind. Sadness, disposition to weep. Timidity. Apprehensive.
Ill-humour. Desperate and unruly. Dr. Gallavardin has cured uncleanness in bodily habits with Ammon. carb.
The remedy is suited to scrofulous children, stout and sedentary women (most of the carbonates are suited to states of corpulency), women who are always having recourse to the swelling-bottle. Among the ameliorations there are > lying on stomach (Nit. ac.). > Lying on right side; on painful side. > From external pressure; in warm room; in dry air.
There is < on bending down. Nose-bleed comes on when washing the face.
Relations EN
Compare the Ammonias, Ant. t., Ars.; Aur. (crushing weight on sternum, but Aur. has less somnolence and less venous congestion) Lach. (to which Am. c. is inimical); Phos., Pul., Sul. It antidotes Rhus and stings of insects, poisoning from charcoal fumes. Is antidoted by: Arn., Camph., Hep., Vegetable acids, Fixed oils.
Mind EN
Sadness, with disposition to weep, apprehensions and anguish, which often disappear towards the evening
Fretting in the evening
Anxiety with weakness and nightmare
Timidity of character
Disgust with life
Ill-humour in the morning, and when it is bad weather
Morose and passionate humour
Character disobedient and unruly
Excessive gaiety
Heedlessness
Great absence of mind and weakness of memory
Tendency to make mistakes in speaking, in writing, or in calculating
Impairment of the intellectual faculties.
Head EN
Vertigo, on reading in a sitting posture, in the morning or in the evening; sometimes with nausea
Obstinate headache
Headache with nausea
The headache often appears in the evening, after walking in the open air, or in the morning, or after a meal
Pain, as of ulceration in the head, chiefly on moving the head, or on pressing it
Hammering, pressure, and beatings in the head, with sensation as if its contents were going to start through the forehead, or the head were on the point of bursting;
< after eating and while walking in the open air;
> from external pressure and in the warm room; heaviness and beating in the forehead after dinner
Shootings at the base of the brain
Headache, as if from carbonic acid gas
Sensation as if the brain moved loosely in the skull
Soreness of the scalp and of the hair
Itching in the head
Falling off of the hair.
Eyes EN
Burning in the eyes, principally in the evening, or in the morning, with photophobia
Sensation of cold in the eyes
Hordeolum
Nocturnal agglutination of the eyelids
Dry excretion in the eyelids
Affections from over-straining the eyes
Muscae volitantes
Eyes weak and watery after reading or using them at fine work
Yellow spots before the eyes on looking at white objects
Inability to move the eyes
Confused sight, with sparks before the eyes
Double vision
Myopia
Cataract
Black spots and bright bands before the eyes
Weeping.
Ears EN
Buzzing in the ears, particularly at night
Roaring and tingling in the ears
Hardness of hearing, with suppuration and itching of the ears
Hard swelling of the glands of the neck, and of the parotid glands.
Nose EN
Heaviness in the extremity of the nose on stooping, as if from congestion of blood
Itching and purulent pimples in the nose
Furunculus at the extremity of the nose
Swelling, sensation of excoriation and painful sensibility of the nostrils
Discharge of sharp, burning water from the nose
Discharge of pus from the nose
Excretion of sanguineous mucus
Bleeding of the nose, particularly in the morning on washing, or after a meal
Obstinate dryness of the nose
Obstinate coryza
Dry coryza and stoppage of the nose, chiefly at night, with danger of suffocation
With long-continued coryza, he can only breathe through the mouth.
Face EN
Face pale and bloated, with nausea and fatigue of body and mind
Sickly complexion
Heat in the face during intellectual labour
Tension and acute dragging pains, with shootings in the right side of the face
Tightness in the skin of the face, as if the face were swollen
Hard swelling of the (r.) parotid gland
Distortion of the features
Eruptions on the face, with itching
Furunculi on the cheeks
Ephelides
Tetter-like eruptions, with desquamation of the skin, on the cheeks, round the mouth, and on the chin
Lips dry, cracked, burning, and bleeding
The corners of the mouth and lips are sore, cracked, and burn
Painful swelling of the sub-maxillary glands
Itching eruptions, with soreness of the sub-maxillary glands.
Teeth EN
Toothache on compressing the teeth, or after lying down in the evening, or when the air has penetrated to them, or during catamenia; the pains are, for the most part, drawing or starting, or shooting, or like those of ulceration, and they frequently extend into the cheeks and ears
Aggravation from warm fluids, during the menses
Pricking pain, esp. in the molar teeth; worse when masticating or touching the decayed tooth with the tongue
Obstinate shooting pain in the teeth
Caries, elongation, and chronic looseness of the teeth; rapid decay of the teeth
The edges of the teeth feel dull
Inflammatory swelling, suppuration, and easy bleeding of the gums.
Mouth EN
Redness, inflammation, pain as from excoriation, and sensation of swelling in the interior of the mouth; esp. the inside of the cheeks
Eruption of vesicles in the mouth and on the tongue
Vesicles on the tongue, at the tip, on the borders, burning, hindering eating and speaking
Difficulty of speech, as if from weakness of the organs
Great dryness of the mouth and throat, chiefly at night
Accumulation of saliva in the mouth, and constant spitting
Offensive smell from the mouth, perceptible to the patient.
Throat EN
When swallowing, sensation as of a foreign body in the throat
Sore throat, as if something were sticking in it, principally in the morning and evening
Pain, as from excoriation and scraping in the throat
Swelling of the tonsils, with difficulty in swallowing (tonsils bluish, much offensive mucus there)
Spasmodic contraction of the anterior muscles of the neck after drinking
Putrid sore throat.
Appetite EN
Taste of blood in the mouth
Bitter taste, chiefly after eating, or after waking in the morning
Acid taste of food and after having taken milk
Metallic taste of food
Much thirst
Constant thirst
Inability to eat without drinking
Great craving and appetite
Want of appetite in the morning
When eating, one is soon satiated
Repugnance to milk
Excessive desire for sugar
Dizzy vertigo, and heat in the face when eating
After a meal, pyrosis, with scraping in the throat, and drowsiness.
Stomach EN
Sour, or empty, or abortive risings
Risings, with taste of food taken
Pyrosis
Risings, and vomiting
Pain as from constriction in the stomach, with nausea, water-brash and chilliness > by pressure and by lying down)
Nausea and vomiting after eating, with pressure in the pit of the stomach
Sensitive painfulness of the stomach, even to the clothing
Violent sanguineous vomiting
Fulness in the stomach, chiefly after a meal, with nausea, and great tenderness at the pit of the stomach
Gastralgia
Contractive pain in the pit of the stomach, when stretching
Heat and sensation of burning in the stomach
Heartburn after eating.
Abdomen EN
Pressure, pain as from excoriation and burning in the hepatic region
Piercing shootings in the liver, when seated in the evening
Pain in the abdomen, with diarrhoea
Contractive spasmodic colics, with nausea, and accumulation of water in the mouth
Pain, as from commotion in the abdomen, when walking
Noise in the abdomen
Elastic swelling in the groin, like flatulent hernia
Flatulent, painful colic.
Stool And Anus EN
Constipation
Difficult evacuations
Slow, hard evacuations, in small pieces
Stool difficult, hard, knotty
Soft or loose slimy evacuations, followed or preceded by cutting pains
After and during an evacuation, discharge of blood from the anus.
Haemorrhoids in the anus, sometimes bleeding, with smarting pains
Protrusion of haemorrhoids from the rectum during the evacuation, with much pain afterwards
Haemorrhoidal tumours protruding before, during, and after stool
Nocturnal burning and itching in the anus
Excoriation between the legs and at the anus.
Urinary Organs EN
Constant inclination to make water, even at night, with scanty emission
Frequent desire to urinate, with continued pressure on the bladder
Frequent and copious micturition, esp. in the evening
Passing water at night, during sleep (morning)
Wetting the bed
White, sandy urine
Reddish urine, like water mixed with blood
Emission of blood from the urethra.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Excessive sexual desire, without lascivious ideas or erections; or want of sexual desire and repugnance to the other sex
Frequent pollutions, and a sense of contracting, dragging, and heaviness in the testes
Discharge of prostatic fluid, after a difficult evacuation.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Swelling, itching, and burning in the (external) genital parts of the female
Excoriation of the skin in the parts, and in the anus
Premature and too copious menses, with emission of black and acrid blood
Before and during the catamenia, colic and pains in the loins
During the catamenia, toothache, pressure on the matrix, cuttings, acute drawings in the back and in the genital parts, desire to lie down, paleness of the face, shivering, coryza, and sadness
Discharge of serum from the matrix
Great weakness during the menstrual flow; haemorrhoids < during
Acrid, corrosive, or burning leucorrhoea, or watery.
Respiratory Organs EN
Roughness and hoarseness, with difficulty of speech
Inability to speak a loud word
Catarrh, with hardness of hearing, and burning in the stomach
Cough, with hoarseness
Dry cough, as if from a feather in the throat
Cough, with asthmatic oppression, particularly when in bed in the evening
Tickling cough, with expectoration
Cough only at night, or only by day, or in the evening, before going to sleep, or in the morning towards three or four o'clock; dry from tickling in the throat, as of dust
Cough, with spitting of blood, with previous sweet taste and with great dyspnoea
Cough, with stitches in the small of the back
When coughing, shootings in the loins, in the sternum, or in the pit of the stomach
Cough, with mucous and sanguineous expectoration, shortness of breath, and sensation of a weight in the chest
Expectoration of pure blood, produced by coughing.
Chest EN
Short breath, with choking, principally on going upstairs
Asthmatic respiration, and dyspnoea, chiefly in the heat of a room, as well as after any exertion, sometimes with palpitation of the heart
Nocturnal dyspnoea
Painful sensation of spasmodic asthma, with short and dull cough
Shootings in the chest and in the sides, particularly when breathing, singing, stooping, walking, or at night, with inability to lie for any time on the side affected
Feeling of fatigue in the chest
Congestion towards the chest
Heaviness in the chest, as from congestion of blood to the chest
Burning in the chest
Stitch in the heart, frequently
Palpitation of the heart, chiefly after exertion, and sometimes with retraction of the epigastrium, and weakness in the pit of the stomach
Shootings in the integuments of the chest
Purple miliary eruptions and furunculi on the chest.
Neck And Back EN
Pains in the lumbar region, and pains in the nape of the neck, mostly of a dragging nature
Acute draggings from the side to the scapulary joint
Painful swelling of the glands of the neck and of the axillary glands
Goître
Drawing tension in the back and in the loins.
Upper Limbs EN
Arms and fingers dead and stiff at night, as well as in the morning, and when grasping anything
Heaviness and paralytic weakness of the arms
Acute pulling in the joints of the arms, of the hands, and of the fingers, > by the heat of the bed
Pain, as from a sprain in the wrist
Attack of trembling in the hands
Swollen veins and bluish colour of the hands, after having washed them in cold water
Exfoliation of the skin of the hands
The skin of the hands becomes hard and cracked
Cramps in the fingers
Numbness of the fingers
Swelling of the hands when the arms are suffered to fall down
Swelling of the joints of the fingers.
Lower Limbs EN
Tightness in the legs, as if the tendons were too short
Jerking and contracting of the legs
Great fatigue in the legs
Pain, as from fatigue, in the coxo-femoral joint, and the thighs, particularly in bed in the morning;
> by walking
Pain, as if bruised in the thighs
Cramps in the feet, in the calves of the legs, and in the tibiae
Jerking of the knees and legs
Drawing pain in the legs, when seated
Acute dragging in the joints of the feet, > by the heat of the bed
Pain, as of ulceration, and shootings in the heels
Sensation of burning in the feet
Swelling of the feet
Sweating of the feet
Cold and shivering in the feet, chiefly on going to bed in the evening
Pain (as from dislocation) in the great toe, principally in bed at night, on moving it
Redness, heat, and swelling of the great toe, in the evening, as if from chilblains.
Generalities EN
Pain, as from subcutaneous ulceration Pains, as of ulceration in different parts, or shootings and acute dragging, mitigated by the heat of the bed Pains, as of dislocation, drawing and tension of the joints, as if from contraction of the tendons The right side of the body appears to be more affected than the left side
The pains for the most part appear either in the evening or at night, or in the morning General restlessness in the body in the evening Inclination to stretch out the arms and the legs Great fatigue felt from speaking much and from listening to another
Weariness, bruise-like pain and great weakness in the limbs, chiefly when walking in the open air, or in the evening, sometimes with an inclination to lie down Repugnance to exercise Convulsions Local inflammations
Tetanus Scorbutic dyscrasia Tendency of the blood to decomposition Emaciation
Great sensibility to cold.
Skin EN
Violent itching here and there, with burning vesicles and pimples after scratching
Miliary, chronic eruptions
Redness like scarlatina on all the upper part of the body
Scarlatina (malignant), dark red, sore throat, parotids and cervical glands much swollen, stertorous breathing, involuntary stools, vomiting
Freckles
Burning, acute shootings and drawings in the corns
Excoriation of the skin (between the legs, and in the anus, and in the genital parts)
Desquamation of the skin (palms of the hands).—(Ganglia.)
Swelling of the glands
Rachitis.
Sleep EN
Sleepiness in the daytime
Sleeplessness, and sleep delayed, esp. after going late to bed
Sleeplessness till 4 a.m., and when falling asleep, perspiration
Nightmare when falling asleep
Frequent waking, with fright (great fear afterwards), and difficulty in going to sleep again
Sleep full of dreams, both anxious and romantic, historical and lascivious
Dreams of spectres, of death, of vermin, and of quarrels
Disturbed and unrefreshing sleep
At night, attacks of anguish, vertigo, congestion of blood in the head, cephalalgia, toothache, nausea, gastralgia, colic, inclination to make water, spitting of slimy matter, pains in the great toes and in the ganglia, shocks in the body, pains in the limbs, itching and pricking in the skin, restlessness, ebullition of the blood, dry heat, sweat, esp. in the legs, shivering and cold.
Fever EN
Pulse hard, tense, and frequent
Attacks of shivering in the evening
Violent shivering with trembling, before going to sleep
Feverish heat in the head, with cold in the feet
Sweats, every night and towards the morning
Perspiration in the morning and during the day, mostly on the joints.