Amylenum Nitrosum

Amylenum Nitrosum.

Nitrite of Amyl. C5 H11 NO2. Dilution with alcohol.

Angina pectoris. Blushing. Chorea. Climacteric flushing. Epilepsy. Exophthalmos. Flushings. Headache. Heart, affections of. Hysteria. Sea-seakness. Sunstroke.

The Nitrite of Amyl was introduced into medicine by the old school as a remedy for angina pectoris, and was supposed to act by lessening arterial tension. Dr. G. W.

Balfour has, however, shown that this cannot always be the case, since samples which have been kept for a time in imperfectly sealed bottles, whilst retaining their power to relax tension, have none over the pain. Homoeopathic provings have shown that in some cases at any rate Amyl nit. has a specific action. The most striking action of the drug is the deep facial flushing it causes and the pulsation all over the body. The specific heart symptoms are: Sensation of swelling of front of chest as if convex, with a feeling as if the lower end of the sternum made a deep depression bent in towards the spine.

Precordial anxiety. Accelerated, intensified beating at the heart. Oppression and tumultuous action. Constriction (relieved by Cactus) and aching pain.

Strong, full pulse. Other prominent symptoms are: Anxiety as if something might happen; must have fresh air. Throbbing in head. Bursting-out feeling in ears.

Smacking of lips as if in act of tasting. Munching movement of lower jaw as if chewing. Constriction of throat and heart from actual fright ran to window for air. Intense fulness in head sensation of rushing to vertex.

Eyes protruding, staring. Exophthalmic goître from grief. Flushing of face. Flushing on least emotion.

Nash has cured with it "chronic blushing on least excitement mental or physical." Heat, redness, turgidity. Choking feeling; collar feels tight. Tremor and weakness of limbs. > Open-air exercise; cold water and cold air.

< In warm room.

Compare: Glon., Aco., Ether., Cact., Nit. dulc. spir., Laches., Coca (flushing when excited, as in company); Bell. It antidotes: Chloroform (failure of respirations); Strychnine (convulsions). Antidoted by: Cactus (cardiac constriction).

Anxiety, as if something might happen; cannot sit still; must have fresh air.—Mental confusion, and a trance-like state.

Throbbing in the ears; bursting; burning.

Choking feeling in throat on each side of the trachea, along the carotids; feeling of constriction.—The collar seems too tight; desires to loosen it.

Oppression near liver.—Crampy, colicy pains; rumbling.

Feeling as if a weight on sternum.—Sensation of swelling of front of chest, with a feeling as if lower end of sternum made a deep depression.

Tired feeling of limbs.—Veins dilate.

The right shoulder, scapula, and arm seem to sympathise with the region of the heart very much.—The hands of children in convulsions tremble and grasp at imaginary objects; much trembling and sense of numbness in the hands.

General relaxed, weak feeling over the whole body In chorea every muscle in the body seems in Motion Succession of spasms, coming more and more rapidly, till, finally, no sooner does one end than another begins After an extensive burn, trismus, with horrid tetanic grin, marked opisthotonos and interrupted deglutition, was cured by inhalation

Can't endure warmth, must throw off all covering, and open the doors and windows, even in cold weather In convulsions, muscles become rigid Cures some forms of sea-sickness.

In coma, during an unconscious state, profound, and repeated yawning.—Waking with frequent starts, and feels unrefreshed in the morning.