Ammonium Muriaticum
Sal Ammoniac
Eyes
William Boericke 1922
Mist before eyes, optical illusions in incipient cataract; capsular cataract.
Face
William Boericke 1922
Inflammatory faccache. Mouth and lips sore and excoriated.
Guiding symptoms
William Boericke 1922
A state of prostration bordering on a typhoid state is produced by this lemedy. All mucous secretions are increased and retained. It is especially adapted to fat and sluggish patients who have respiratory troubles. A tendency to irregular circulation, blood seems to be ill constant turmoil, pulsations, etc. Many groups of symptoms are accompanied by cough, profuse glairy secretions. Its periods of aggravations are peculiarly divided as to the bodily region affected ; thus the head an chest symptoms are worse mornings, the abdominal in the afternoon, the pains in the limbs, the skin and febrile symptoms, in the evenings. “Boiling" sensation.
Head
William Boericke 1922
Hair falls out, with itchings and dandruff. Feels full, compressed ; worse mornings.
Mind
William Boericke 1922
Melancholy, apprehensive ; like from internal grief. Desire to cry, but cannot. Consequences of grief.
Nose
William Boericke 1922
Free acrid, hot watery discharge corroding the lip. Sneezing. Nose sore to touch; ulcerative pain in nostrils. Loss of smell. Obstructed, stuffy feeling; constant and unavailing efforts to blow it out. Itching.
Throat
William Boericke 1922
Throbbing in, and swelling u£ tonsils, can scarcely SAvallow. Sore spot behind uvula, relieved by eating. Internal and external swelling of throat with viscid phlegm. So tough, it cannot be hawked up. Tonsillitis. Stricture of oesophagus.
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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