Ammonium Benzoicum
By Constantine Hering — The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica
Benzoate of Ammonium. C 7 H 5 O(NH 4 )O.
Proved by Wibmer ; also proved and used by Jeanes.
SIGHT AND EYES [5]
Feeling of swelling and soreness, apparently in puncta and saccus lachrymalis.
Eyelids swollen. θ Albuminuria.
UPPER FACE [8]
Face bloated. θ Albuminuria.
TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE [11]
Swelling under tongue, right side, like ranula.
HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING [16]
Eructation of food without acidity, with apparent weakness of digestion, or acid eructations.
SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH [17]
Increased warmth in stomach.
Slight discomfort in stomach.
ABDOMEN AND LOINS [19]
Sensation of soreness between abdominal rings, in spermatic cord, and extending slightly downward.
STOOLS AND RECTUM [20]
Pain across sacrum with urgency to stool.
URINARY ORGANS [21]
Sensation of internal soreness on pressure in leaning back against cushioned back of carriage, in region of right kidney.
Bloated face, eyelids swollen, head heavy, stupid ; urine scanty, smoky. θ Albuminuria.
VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA [25]
Increased mucous secretion in larynx, causes frequent hawking and spitting.
HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION [29]
Increased frequency of pulse.
NECK AND BACK [31]
Pain across sacrum with urgency to stool.
Soreness in region of right kidney when pressing back against seat of carriage.
LOCALITY AND DIRECTION [42]
Right : swelling under tongue ; soreness in kidney.
SENSATIONS [43]
Soreness : and swelling in eyes ; in region of r. kidney ; between abdominal rings, in spermatic cord.
Increased warmth and discomfort in stomach.
Pain : across sacrum.
TISSUES [44]
Albuminuria.
Gout with fluid in great toe-joint or with lithates.
TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES [45]
Pressure : against seat of carriage ; soreness in kidney.
RELATIONS [48]
Similar to its relatives, the ammonia salts and Benz. ac ., especially the latter in gout, rheumatism and kidney affections, and the Amm. phosph ., in gouty deposits.
Also similar to : Gnaphal . (gouty concretions) ; Caustic. ; Tereb ., (smoky, albuminous urine ; rheumatism).