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Ammoniacum Gummi

Gum-ammoniac, obtained from Dorema ammoniacum
AMMC · 4 entries across 4 books
PreparationTrituration of the gum. Clarke
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Third trituration.Dose · Boericke

Reason for use

A remedy for the aged and feeble, especially in chronic bronchitis. Ill humor. Sensitive to cold. Sensation of burning and scratching in neck and oesophagus.

The full Boericke text, by section

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 oesophagus, 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.

Complete text of the Ammoniacum Gummi entry in Boericke - Pocket Manual of Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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More on Ammoniacum Gummi

Simple remedy · Plant

4 entries across 4 books · abbreviations: AMMC · Family: Umbelliferae

Entries

1 Boericke · shown above

AMMONIACUM GUMMI · William Boericke · 915 chars

3 Clarke

Ammoniacum · John Henry Clarke · 6,745 chars

4 Hering

Ammoniacum · Constantine Hering · 12,949 chars

14 T. F. Allen

AMMONIACUM · Timothy Field Allen · 26,658 chars

Relations (this remedy →)

Backlinks (other remedies → this one)

complementary 1Arnica Montana
follows well 1Bryonia Alba

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