Ammoniacum gummi
Dorema ammoniacum · Plant · Apiaceae
Ammoniacum Gummi is suited to aged and feeble patients suffering from chronic bronchitis with large accumulations of mucus that are difficult to expectorate. The remedy picture includes ill humor, sensitivity to cold, burning and scraping sensations in the throat and oesophagus, and coarse rattling of the chest.
Key symptoms
- Chronic bronchial catarrh with large accumulation of purulent matter and feeble expectoration
- Coarse rattling of chest in old people
- Difficult breathing with tough, hard mucus
- Ill humor with sensitivity to cold
- Burning and scratching sensation in neck and oesophagus
- Throat dry, worse inhaling fresh air
- Dim sight with stars and fiery points before the eyes; easily fatigued from reading
- Catarrhal headache from closure of frontal sinuses
Worse (aggravation)
- Cold weather (mucus accumulation and expectoration worse)
- Inhaling fresh air (throat dryness worse)
Gum Ammoniac (AMMONIACUM-DOREMA)
A remedy for the aged and feeble, especially in chronic bronchitis. Ill humor. Sensitive to cold. Sensation of burning and scratching in neck and œsophagus.
Head
Catarrhal headache due to closure of frontal sinuses.
Eyes
Dim sight. Stars and fiery points float before eyes. Easily fatigued from reading.
Throat
Throat dry; worse inhaling fresh air. Full feeling, burning and scraping sensation. Immediately after eating, sensation as if something stuck in œsophagus, causing swallowing.
Respiratory
Difficult breathing. Chronic bronchial catarrh. Large accumulation of purulent matter and feeble expectoration; worse cold weather. Mucus tough and hard. Heart beats stronger, extends to pit of stomach. Coarse rattling of chest in old people.
Relationship
Antidotes: Bry; Arnica.
Compare: Senega; Tart emet; Balsam Peru.
Dose
Third trituration.
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