Materia Medica
Ammonium Carb
Carbonate of Ammonia
The diseased conditions met by this remedy are such as we find often in rather stout women who are al- ways tired and weary, take cold easily, suffer from cholera-like symptoms before menses, lead a sedentary life, have a slow reaction generaily, and are disposed to frequent use of the smelling-bottle. Too frequent and profuse menses. Mucous membranes of the res- piratory organs are especially affected. Fat patients with weak heart, wheezing, feel suffocated. Very sen- sitive to cold air. Great aversion to water; cannot bear to touch it. Malignant scariatina, with somnolence, swollen glands, d
Mind
Forgetful, ill-humored, gloomy during stormy weather.
Head
Pulsating forehead; better, pressure and in warm room. Shocks through head.
Eyes
Burning of eyes with aversion to light. Eye- strain. [Nat. mur.]
Ears
Hardness of hearing. Shocks through ears, eyes, and nose, when gnashing teeth.
Nose
Discharge of sharp, burning water S Stup- age at night, with long-continued corysa. Cannot breathe through nose. Snuffles of children. Epistaxis after washing and ufter eating. Ozena, blows bloody mucus from nose. Tip of nose congested.
Face
Tetters around mouth. Boils and pustules, during menses.( Corners of mouth sore, cracked, and burn.
Mouth
Great dryness of mouth and throat. Tooth- ache. Pressing teeth together ends shocks through head, eyes, and ears. Vesicles on tongue. Taste sour; metallic. Cracking of jaw on chewing.
Throat
Enlarged tonsils and glands of neck. Burn- ing pain all down throat. Tendency to gangrenous ul- ceration of tonsils. Diphtheria when nose is stopped up.
Stomach
Pain at pit of stomach, with heartburn, nausea, waterbrash, and chilliness. Great appetite, but easily satisfied.
Abdomen
Noise and pain in abdomen. Flatulent hernia. Stools difficult, hard, and knotty. Bleeding piles; worse during menses. Itching at anus. Pro- truding piles, worse after stool, better lying down. Urine.—Frequent desire; involuntary at night. Tenesmus of bladder. Urine white, sand, bloody, copious, turbid, and fetid.
Male
Itching and pain of scrotum and spermatic cords. Erection without desire. Seminal emissions.
Female
Itching, swelling and burning of puden- dum. Leucorrhcea burning, acrid, watery. Aversion to the other sex. Menses too frequenr, profuse, early, copious, clotted, black; colicky pains, and hard, difficult stool, with fatigue, especially of thighs; yawning and chilliness.
Respiratory
Horseness. Cough every morning about three o'clock, with dyspnoea, palpitation, burn- ing in chest; worse ascending. Chest feels tired. Em- physema. Much oppression in breathing; worse after any effort, and entering warm room, or ascending even a few steps. Slow labored, stertorous breathing; bub- bling sound. Winter catarrh,.with slimy sputum and specks of blood.
Heart
Audible palpitation with fear, cold sweat, lachrymation. inability to speak, loud breathing and trembling hands. Heart vcak. wakes with difficult breathing and palpitation. r - bed; inclination to stretch limbs. Hands cold and blue; distended veinis. Fingers swell when arm is hanging down. Panaritium. dep-seated periosteal pain. Cramps n calves and soles. Big toe painful and swollen. 'Felons in the beginning. Heel painful on standing. Tearing in ankle and bones of feet, better when warm in.bed. :teep.—Sleepiness during the day. Starts from sleep strangling.
Skin
Violent itching and burning blisters. Scarlet rash. Miliary rash. 1 Malignant scarlatina. Faintly de- veloped eruptions from defective vitality. Erysipelas in the aged, with brain symptoms. Eczema in the bends of extremities, between legs, about anus and genitals.
Modalities
Worse, from cold, wet weather, wet applications, washing, and during 3 to 4 A. M., during menses. Bettrr, lying on painful side and on stomach; in dry weather.
Relationships
Inimical to Lachesis. Antidotes: Arnica; Cawphor. Compare: Rhus; Muriatic acid; Tartar emet. Of use in poisoning by charcoal fumes.
Dose
Lower potencies.