Amyl Nitrosum
Amyl Nitrite
Chest
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Dyspneea and asthmatic feelings. Great oppression and fullness of
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si)asmodic, suffocative cough. Priecordial anxiety. Tumultuous action of
Compare
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Glonoine; Lachesis. Antidotes: Cactus; Strychn.; Ergot,
Dose
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Third potency. For palliations. In all conditions where the bloodvessels are spasmodic ally contracted, as in angina pec-' toris, cpilept’c seizure, megrim, accompanied by told, pallor, etc., also m paroxysms of asthma, inhalation of the Amyl. nit. will give immediate relief. For this nonhomoeopathic application, two to five minims- (put up in pearls) dropped on a handkerchief may be required
Extremities
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Constant stretching for hours. Veins i f hands dilated ; pulsations felt in tips of fingers.
Face
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sensation as if blood would start through skin, with heat and redness. Flushings, folloived by sweat at climacteric. Ears h3^pera'mic. Throbbing.
Female
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After-pains; haemorrhage associated with facial flushing. Climacteric headache and flushes of heat^' with anxiety and palpitation.
Fever
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Much flushing of heat; sometimes followed and clammy skin and profuse
Guiding symptoms
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On inhaling this drug, it rapidly dilates all arterioles and capillaries, producing flushing of face, heat, and throbbing in the
Head
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Palpitation of the heart and - similar conditions are readily cured by it, especially the ^flushings and other discomforts at climacteric. Hiccough and yawning. Often relieves temporarily epileptic convulsions.
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Anxiety, as if something might happen; must have fresh air. Surging of blood to head and
Heart
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Fluttering at slightest excitement.
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Pain and constriction around
Sweat
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Throbbing t&^ughout whole body. Abnormal sweat after influenza. AMYL NITROSUM — ^NACARDIUM 55
Throat
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Constriction ; collar seems too tight.
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
Published by Gentle Pills under CC0 1.0 — original wording, dedicated to the public domain. Not a substitute for the primary texts.
Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.