Ammoniacum
Dorema ammoniacum · Plant · Apiaceae
Ammoniacum is suited to old, bronchitic patients with ill-humour and sensitivity to cold who accumulate great quantities of mucus. The remedy is particularly indicated in bronchial affections of the elderly brought on by cold weather, with alternating stitching pains and prominent mucous membrane symptoms.
Key symptoms
- Ill-humour, repugnance to everything, incapacity for mental application
- Stitching pains, especially in the caecum at 7 p.m., alternating with pains elsewhere
- Great accumulations of mucus in the respiratory tract
- Heart beat too strong, worse lying on left side
- Marked sensitiveness to cold; worse in cold weather
- Bronchial affections in old people brought on by cold weather
- Dim sight from reading or after a blow on the head; stars and fiery points before the eyes
- Rheumatic pains in the limbs and loins
Worse (aggravation)
- Cold weather
- Lying on left side (heart symptoms worse)
Gum-ammoniac, obtained from Dorema ammoniacum. N. O. Umbelliferæ. Trituration of the gum.
Clinical
Appendicitis. Asthenopia. Asthma. Bronchitis. Eyes, affections of. Glands, affections of. Heart, affections of. Hydrocele. Panaritium.
Characteristics
Ill-humour is the prevailing mental feature of Ammoniac. It acts prominently on mucous membranes, causing first diminished and then increased secretion. There are stars and fiery points before the sight. Sees smoke in circles. Dim sight from a blow on the head. Dim sight from reading. Hydrocele. Heart beat too strong, < lying on left side. Great accumulations of mucus. Stitches are prominent in the provings. Stitches in the cæcum at 7 p.m., alternating with pains elsewhere. This should make it appropriate in some cases of appendicitis. There are many rheumatic pains in the limbs and loins. There is marked sensitiveness to cold and < in cold weather. It is suited to bronchial affections in old people brought on by cold weather.
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