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Ammonium Muriaticum

AM M · 16 entries across 16 books
3X–6X
Third to sixth potencyDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Ammonium Muriaticum diminishes the plasticity of the blood, and promotes glandular secretion and the absorption of fibrinous exudations.

It also increases the elimination of urea.

Its most characteristic action is upon the mucous membranes, whose secretions are greatly increased.

Characteristic symptoms.

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Mind

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Apprehensive and gloomy ; desire to cry.

Head

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Vertigo and fullness of the head, as if it were very heavy.

Eyes

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Sensation in left eye as if a body arose, which impeded sight.

Yellow spots before the eyes.

Nose

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Coryza, with stoppage ; great soreness and tenderness of the nose, and loss of smell.

Watery, acrid coryza, corroding the lips. (Ars., Cepa, Merc. cor.)

Mouth

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Vesicles on tip of tongue, with burning pain. (Ars., Merc. cor.)

Throat

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Sore throat, with viscid phlegm, so tough that it cannot be hawked up. (Alum., Borax, Kali bi .)

Stitches in the throat when swallowing.

Stomach

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Empty or hungry feeling in stomach.

Hiccough ; eructations ; nausea ; waterbrash.

Abdomen

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Griping pains about the navel.

Heaviness in lower abdomen, as from a load, with anxiety as if the abdomen would burst ; ceases after sleep.

Stool And Anus

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Much burning in rectum during and for hours after stool. ( Aloe , Ars., Sulph .)

Itching soreness of rectum ; several pustules formed at side of it.

Constipation ; stool hard and crumbling (Natr. mur.), requiring great effort to expel.

Green, slimy, diarrhoeic stool. (Ars., Merc .)

Glassy, tough mucus in stool. (Caust.)

Urinary Organs

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Profuse and frequent discharge of urine at night.(Ambr., Phos. ac.)

Female Organs.- (Ammonium muriaticum)

Menses too early, with pain in abdomen and small of back ; continuing at night, when the flow is more abundant.

During menses a bloody discharge from the bowels.

Leucorrhoea like white of egg ( Borax , Bovis ., Calc. phos., Mez.) ; brown, slimy, unpainful, after urination.

Respiratory Organs.- (Ammonium muriaticum)

Hoarseness, with burning in larynx.

Dry cough from tickling in throat.

Cough at night when lying on the back.

Cough aggravated by eating, drinking anything cold, and when lying down.

Pressure and stitches in the chest, as if a morsel of food had lodged there.

Burning at small spots on the chest.

Back

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Painful stiffness of neck (Acon., Agar.) ; of small of back.

Severe pain in limbs and sacral region.

Bruised pain in coccyx.

Coldness in back, especially between the shoulders.

Upper Limbs.- (Ammonium muriaticum)

Right forearm heavy and as if "asleep."

Lower Limbs.- (Ammonium muriaticum)

Pain in left hip as if tendons were too short ; must limp when walking ; when sitting, gnawing pain in bone.

Tearing pain in front part of thighs, when sitting.

Drawing tension in legs when sitting or lying.

Hamstrings painful when walking, as if too short. (Ant. tart.)

Tension in joints as from shortening of the muscles.

Cannot walk erect on account of a pain as from a sprain in the groins.

Fever

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Chilliness evenings, after lying down, and as often as she wakes , without thirst.

Skin

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Itching on various parts of body ; generally evenings before going to bed ; better afterward.

Therapeutic Range.- (Ammonium muriaticum)

Catarrhal conditions in all parts of the body ; phthisis ; sciatica ; intermittent fever ; small pox.

Conditions

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Suitable to those who are fat and sluggish ; body fat but legs thin.

Compare

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Amm. carb., Ars., Arg. nit., Caust., Kali carb., Natr. mur., Bell., Hep. s., Phos., Puls., Sil., Sulph.

Antidotes

(Ammonium muriaticum)

Camph., Coff. c., Hep. s., Nux v., bitter almonds.

To large doses : vinegar or vegetable acids.

Copyright © Robert Séror 2003

Index

Complete text of the Ammonium Muriaticum entry in Cowperthwaite - A Text-Book 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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22 Roberts

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