AMMONIUM CARBONICUM.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
The sesquicarbonate of Ammonium (smelling salts), formula 2[(NH4 )2
CO3 ]CO2
Preparation , Solution in distilled water, one to ten.
Authorities.
1 to 7 , from Hahnemann's collection, Ch. K., vol. 2; Nos.
8 to 19 , are Martins provings. Hom. V. J. Sch, 10, 67.]
1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Hartlaub; 3 , Nenning; 4 , Gross; 5 , Stapf; 6 , Trinks; 7 , Schreter; 8 , Blaufuss; 9 , Fries; 10 , Gunther; 11 , Hiffert; 12 , Hern; 13 , Krumbholz; 14 , Kreutzmann; 15 , Martin; 16 , Mayer; 17 , Reichmann; 18 , Runge; 19 , Vulpius; 20 , Wibmer.
MIND
- All day long, lively, excited, 1, 3.
- Extremely exalted, 1.
- Occasionally excessive mirth, 1.
- He often laughs, without moderation, at a trifle (after thirty-eight days), 3.
- The mood changes for the better, after supper; headache and pain at the stomach ceasing at the same time, 3.
- Earnest mood, 1.
- Very weeping mood, with thoughts of death, 1.
- Sad, almost weeping mood, towards evening (second day), 3.
- Great depression of spirits (with the abdominal complaints), 15. [10.]
- Cloudy weather makes her very sad, 1.
- Sad, low-spirited, apprehensive of evil, accompanied by chilliness, in the forenoon, 3.
- The whole morning, striking gloomy humor, 15.
- Kind of sadness not usual with me; no inclination to go out, 8.
- Very hypochondriacal, 12.
- Morose, and full of grief, 1.
- The recollection of past disagreeable occurrences torments him, 1.
- Sighing, 7.
- Gloomy and uneasy mood (second day), 7.
- She is anxious on account of her illness, 1. [20.]
- For many afternoons she is seized with a weakness and anxiety; she knows not how to comfort herself, what to do with herself; this state leaves her towards evening, 1.
- About 7 P.M., a sort of anxiety possessed me, which lasted about an hour, and then went off again, 16.
- At night, attack of great anxiety, as if she had to die, accompanied by cold sweat, audible palpitation of the heart, and involuntary lachrymation; she was unable to move her eyes or to speak, accompanied by audible heavy breathing, and trembling of the hands (after nineteenth day), 1.
- Every afternoon, between five and six o'clock, she is seized with anguish, as if she had committed the greatest crime; towards evening the anguish passes off, 1.
- Great oppression of the heart; he knows not how to quiet himself, 1.
- Very easily frightened, 1.
HEAD
- Confusion of head (in one-quarter hour), 15. [50.]
- Soon after taking, confusion and weight of the head, 19.
- Emptiness and confusion of the head (after one-quarter hour), 1.
- Stupefaction of the head, 7.
- Headache as before, especially a sensation as after having been drunk (" Katzenjammer"), 8.
- Vertigo, as from intoxication, after sitting still for some time (towards evening), 1.
- Vertigo, 8, 20.
- Vertigo at night and early in the morning (after two days), 1.
- Vertigo at night; everything turned with her; she had to sit up in bed, 1.
- Frequent vertigo, early in the morning after rising; it continues the whole day, and is worse toward evening; he feels as if things turned with him in a circle, also at night on moving his head, 3.
- Vertigo, with nausea, early in the morning; in walking it soon passes of (fourth day), 3. [60.]
- Early in the morning, vertigo, with flickering before the eyes; she has to sit down, 1.
- Vertigo and cold sweat, such as usually accompany a fainting fit, 12.
- Vertigo, and trembling of the feet, so that he has to hold himself in order not to fall, for several days (after three days), 3.
- Vertigo, with headache (one hour after taking), 3.
- Upon turning with the body the head immediately feels dizzy, 1.
- Giddiness, nausea, and want of appetite ever since the dawn of day, 1.
- Headache (in half hour), 15.
- Severe headache, 10.
- Slight headache, which did not last long, 16.
- In afternoon, violent headache, 11. [70.]
- In evening, slight headache, 11.
- Headache after dinner (fifth day), 3.
- Headache, early in bed, with nausea, which rises as high up as the throat; she feels an inclination to vomit; the symptom passes off after two or three hours, 1.
- Headache and pain at the stomach, accompanied by ill-humor, the whole day (after three days), .
EYES. [130.]
- The eyes are weak; the child winks continually, 4.
- Burning of the eyes the whole day, especially early on waking, with intolerance of light, and in the evening on lying down, 3.
- The eyes are inflamed and dim, 1.
- The right eye is a little inflamed and dim, 7.
- Pressure in the eyes, 7.
- Pressure and cutting in the eyes (fourth day), 1.
- Pressure and fine stitches in the eyes (second day), 1.
- Prickings and pressure in the eyes, 7.
- Biting in the eyes, and itching of the borders of the lids, 1.
- Itching and biting in the eyes, which pass off by rubbing (early in the morning), (first fourth, and twelfth days), 3. [140.]
- A sty on the right upper lid becomes inflamed, with a sensation of tension (second day), 1.
- Very great twitching in external canthus of right eye, like live blood, and visible in mirror; the eye was for two hours as if covered by a veil, 10.
- Inflammation of the inner canthus of the right eye, without pain (twenty-sixth day), 1.
- Pressure upon the eyelids on waking up, and when he is about falling asleep; he cannot open them, although he is internally awake, 1.
- The eyes are agglutinated, early in the morning, 1.
- The eyes are agglutinated, early in the morning, after sound sleep; it takes her a long time to open them, 3.
- The eyes are agglutinated in the morning; they run in daytime, 7.
- When reading, his eyes run, 1.
- Watery eye; the white of the eye is full of red veins, as in an incipient inflammation of the eye, 1.
- The right eye waters, and the vessels of the cornea are distinctly visible, 7. [150.]
- Copious lachrymation, especially of the right eye, as well in the open air as in the room, 3.
- Pupils alternately dilated and contracted, 20.
- Indistinct vision, 8.
- Flickering before eyes, 19.
- When sneezing, white stars sparkle before his eyes, 3.
EARS
- Hard swelling of the parotid glands, 1.
- Twitches and tension around the left ear, in the cheek-bone and in the temples, with swelling of the cervical glands, 1. [160.]
- Tearing below and behind the ears (made worse by moving the head), sometimes extending as far as the vertex, the occiput, and the nape of the neck, also the shoulder (after dinner), 3.
- Tension behind the right ear, 3.
- Twitches and pinching in the internal ear, 1.
- Frequent and painful stitches in the right ear, 3.
- In evening, transient pinching in right ear, as has happened several times before these last days, 15.
- Stitches in the left ear (second day), 1.
- Throbbing in the left ear, at night, when lying upon it; on turning to the other side, the symptom disappears (sixth day), 3.
- Early in the morning, itching over the ears, which spreads over the whole body (third day), 1.
- Crawling and burrowing in the left ear, which afterwards extends to the lower jaw (tenth day), 3.
- Painful sensitiveness of the deaf ear in consequence of a loud sound; this caused her to tremble over the whole body, 1. [170.]
- Diminished hearing, 3.
- A report in the ears as of a distant shot, five or six times in the course of an hour, 1.
- Roaring before the left ear, 3.
- At night, roaring in the left ear (second day), 1.
- Illusion of hearing; he imagines he hears the ringing of bells, 3.
- Every day, after midnight, rushing in the (right) ear, when resting upon it in bed, 1.
- Buzzing before the ears , as if the hearing were dull, and as if something were lying before the ears (after seventeen days), 1.
NOSE
- Pimple upon the tip of the nose, 1.
- Furunculus on the tip of the nose, 1.
- Pustule on the side of the nose, 1. [180.]
- On the septum of the nose a vesicle, in forepart, 3.
- An Acrid fluid runs from the nose, 1.*
- Water drops out of the nose, without a cold, 3.
- When stooping, water runs from the nose, 1.*
- During the catamenia, acrid water, which excites a burning sensation upon upper lip, is constantly running out of her nose (forty-third day), 3.
- On blowing the nose, early in the morning, pus drops out at one of the nostrils (fifth day), 1.
- Blowing bloody mucus out of the nose , frequently, 1.
- On blowing the nose, blood comes out at the left nostril (second day), 3.
- *Bleeding at the nose (eighth day), 1.
- Bleeding at the nose, after dinner (second day), 1. [190.]
- Frequent sneezing, early in the morning, when in bed, 1.
- Frequent violent sneezing (fifth day), 3.
- Obstruction of the nose, 7.*
- The nose is very much obstructed, without any cold, 1.
- At night the nose was so obstructed, that she was not able to breathe, except through her mouth (after four days), 1.*
- After having had a sound nap in the forenoon, she wakes up at 1 o'clock with a sense of anxiety, as if she were choking; this was on account of the nose being quite obstructed, and her not being able to take breath, except with an open mouth, so that the chest was painful in consequence of the difficult breathing (after twelve days), 1.
- Cold, with rattling in the nose, accompanied by obstruction of the nose, and roughness of voice, 3.
- Stuffed cold in the head for a week, causing confusion of the head, 10.
- Cold, with obstruction of the left nostril, .
FACE
- Wretched look, 4.
- Pale, wretched appearance, 15.
- Paleness of the face, with nausea, and moral and physical weariness, 1.
- Pale, bloated face, for a long time (after thirty days), 3. [220.]
- Pale face, accompanied by headache, pain at the stomach and ill-humor (fourth day), 3.
- Increased number of pimples on face, 15.
- Heat in the face, during mental exertions, 1.
- Heat in the face, during and after dinner, 1.
- Heat in the head and face, with red cheeks, 3.
- Sense as of stretching in the face; she has to rub her eyes and her face, as if she were sleepy, 3.
- Tension of the skin of the face (the nose and both lips), as if the face were swollen, early in the morning on waking, 1.
- Contraction of the skin of the forehead and face, 1.
- Violent pain in the face on the right side, 1.
- Painful tension and tearing in the right side of the face (second day), 3. [230.]
- Hard swelling of the cheek, as well as the glands of the ear and neck, 1.
- White, herpes-like spots of the size of a small pea, which continually exfoliate (upon the cheek), 1.
- Boils upon the cheek and around the ear, 1.
- Small boils and indurations, discharging water and blood, upon the cheek, at the corners of the mouth, and on the chin, 3.
- Pustules upon the forehead, temple, cheek, and chin, 3.
- Pustules upon the cheeks, during the menses, 3.
- Drawing pain in the cheek bones, 1.
- Pimple on left cheek, near ear, not painful unless pressed, 10.
- Redness of left cheek, 3.
- Pressive pain in the zygoma, 1. [240.]
- Burning vesicles on the vermilion border of both lips, 3.
- The lips are constantly dry, and stick together (fifteenth day), 3.
- Itching of the mouth; both lips were itching, .
AMMONIUM CARBONICUM. MOUTH
- The decay of the teeth progresses rapidly, 3.
- His teeth fall out, even sound ones, 1. [250.]
- On sucking, blood comes out of a molar tooth, 3.
- Violent toothache, with heat of the same side of the head (after twelve days), 1.
- Pain in two molar teeth, as when sweets set into a hollow tooth, 7.
- Toothache at night, and swollen cheek on the day following; afterwards enlarged nose and red spots in the face and upon the neck, 1.
- Toothache during the catamenia, day and night, especially during and after eating, relieved by warm cloths and pressing upon the teeth, 3.
- Violent toothache, as soon as she gets into bed in the evening , during the whole night; it cannot be relieved in any position, 3.
- In chewing, almost all the teeth are painful; the person was unable to speak on account of pain; upon air rushing into the mouth the pain became intolerable, 1.
- The teeth are painful on biting together, 1.
- An anterior inferior incisor tooth becomes very painful when biting upon it, on third day of the catamenia, 3.
- Drawing in teeth, 15. [260.]
- Drawing toothache during the catamenia, 3.
- Drawing toothache during the catamenia; it passes off by eating (after six hours), 1.
- Drawing toothache, which seems to be in the jaws, and extends as far as the ear and the cheek; only during eating and when biting upon the tooth, 3.
- Drawing in the teeth, at night, and on waking, 1.
- Darting in a decayed molar tooth, after dinner; the pain ceases upon picking the tooth, 3.
- Tearing pain in the upper row of teeth, 1.
- Drawing and tearing in a molar tooth, after a journey in damp weather (after twenty-three days), 3.
- Tearing-jerking in the teeth, extending into the ears; also at night, in a hollow back tooth; relieved by smelling of Hepar sulphur, 3.
- Tearing in the teeth and jaws, as far as the ears, before midnight; she is obliged to shift constantly from one side to another; the teeth are very painful when biting upon them (third day of catamenia), .
THROAT
- Burning in the throat, down the œsophagus , as from alcohol, 3.*
- Soreness in the throat, 1.
- Sore throat towards evening, 7.
- Bad sore throat, like stinging and drawing, or tearing, more painful when speaking (third day), 1.
- Sore throat, like a scraping, 1.
- *Roughness and scraping in the throat, 3.
- Pressure in the throat, with external swelling on both sides, 1.
- Dryness in the throat, 11.
- Dryness of the throat and mouth, 1. [350.]
- On waking early in the morning, dryness of the throat and mouth, with thirst, 3.
- Afternoons and evenings, dryness in the throat and mouth, with thirst, 3.
- Burning in the fauces and œsophagus, 15.
- Pain in the throat during deglutition, as if the right tonsil were swollen, 1.
- Swelling of the tonsils, with difficult deglutition, especially early in the morning and in the evening, 1.
- Sensation as if something were sticking in her throat, by which swallowing is made difficult, accompanied by a sensation of choking pressure (early, and in the evening), 7, 3.
- She feels as if something were sticking in her throat, on the right side, making deglutition difficult (after six minutes), 1.
- In afternoon and towards evening, aching and shooting in the thyroid gland, which had been swollen and painless for years, 15.
STOMACH
- Increase of hunger and appetite (first and second days), 3.
- Very violent hunger and appetite (after eighteen days), 1. [360.]
- Rabid hunger (after two hours), 1.
- Increased appetite at dinner; nevertheless, she is immediately satiated after eating little (fourth and sixth days), 3.
- Was very hungry, but had little appetite, 12.
- No desire for meat or boiled things; she only desires bread and cold food, for several days, during the catamenia, 3.
- Little hunger and appetite, although he relishes his meal (second and eighth days), 3.
- No appetite, 12.
- Want of appetite early in the morning, 1.
- Milk becomes distasteful to her, 1.
- She cannot eat her dinner without drinking (after ten days), 1.
- No appetite, but continual thirst, 1. [370.]
- Considerable thirst, 16.
- Much thirst for beer (lasting a week), 14.
- Continual thirst, 1.
- Thirst continued the whole afternoon, 3.
- Constant absence of thirst during the time of proving, 3.
- Disposition to eructate, 15.
- Eructation, 15.
- Great eructation, 15.
- Eructation in an hour, 15.
- Constant eructations, 1. [380.]
- Frequent but suppressed eructations, 1.
- A good deal of empty eructations , especially the first day, 1.
- Frequent risings of air, in the evening and after dinner (fifth day), 3.
- Sour eructations, 1.
- After taking milk, sour eructations (in four hours), 15.
- Eructations tasting of the food, 1.
- Eructations tasting of the food, during and after supper (tenth day), 3.
ABDOMEN
- Pressive pain under the right ribs, in the region of the liver, 1.
- Sore pain in the liver, 1. [430.]
- Stitches below the left ribs in the evening, 3.
- Pressure over the umbilicus, as from a button, 1.
- Painful compression on both sides of the abdomen, only when sitting, relieved by motion and by stretching out (fifth day), 3.
- Abdomen painfully distended, 12.
- Excessively distended abdomen, 1.
- Distension of the abdomen, with retention of stool, 3.
- Rumbling in the abdomen, as from spasms, or when fasting, every time after she swallows something, for several days (after sixteenth day), 3.
- Rumbling and pain in the bowels, 7.
- Rumbling and moving, as from flatulence, in the abdomen, 3.
- In afternoon, much rumbling of bowels and discharge of flatus, 15. [440.]
- Much flatus, 14.
- Much emission of flatulence, 1.
- In evening, much flatus, 13.
- Accumulation of flatulence, with griping, 3.
- Emission of a quantity of flatulence in the afternoon, evening, and at night, the evacuations being normal (fourth day), 3.
- The flatus very fetid, 18.
- Contractive and pinching pain in the abdomen, first in the upper, then in the lower part, early in the morning, so violent that it produced qualmishness and gathering of water in the mouth, even unto faintness, accompanied by chilliness, twelve hours before the appearance of the menses (after nine days), 1.
- Violent pinching, contraction, and rumbling in the belly, in the forenoon; it comes on when walking in the open air, and can only be relieved by lying upon the belly and applying warm cloths to it; in the evening it appears again, also in the cold on the following morning; afterwards, it becomes less when in the room (seventeenth day), 3.
- Pinching and obstruction in the abdomen, 1.
- Sudden painful contraction of the bowels, as far as the region of the stomach, relieved by compressing the belly with the hands, passing off after lying down (thirty-third day), 3. [450.]
STOOL AND ANUS
- The varices of the rectum protrude a good deal during the evacuation, and are painful a long time afterwards, so that she finds it impossible to walk (seventh day), 1.
- The varices of the rectum protrude even when there is no evacuation, but they recede when lying down, 1.
- Formation of varices of the rectum, moist, and with a pain as from excoriation, 1.
- At night he cannot sleep, on account of a burning pain at the rectum; this, together with a strong desire for stool, compelled him to rise, 1.
- After the evacuation, sense of scratching, then burning, at the anus, 1. [480.]
- Itching of the anus, 1.
- The child becomes sore between the legs, 1.
- Diarrhœa, of fæces and mucus, with cutting in the abdomen, before and during the stools (eighth day), 3.
- Diarrhœa, with colic, early in the morning, 7.
- Loose stools, twice a day (third and fourth days), 7, 3.
- Loose motion, 15.
- Loose stool, preceded and followed by cutting in abdomen, 1.
- Uncommonly early call to stool, and loose evacuation, then headache and much rigor (in one-quarter hour), 15.
- Liquid stool (8 A.M.), 8.
- Stools mixed with mucus, 1. [490.]
- At 7 A.M., evacuation surrounded by watery mucus.
- In morning early, a fecal evacuation, which, contrary to custom, occurred during the day, 15.
- Evacuations, with constant tenesmus, 1.
- Violent cutting in the rectum, with good evacuations, 1.
- The evacuations are accompanied by a pinching pain in the abdomen , which moves transversely across the abdomen towards the sacrum and rectum; it is diminished by bending the body, and ceases entirely after an evacuation (twenty-eighth day), 6.
- Discharge of blood during and after the evacuation, 1.*
- Hard evacuation, followed by discharge of a milk-like prostatic fluid, .
URINARY ORGANS
- Violent tenesmus of the bladder , with cutting, 1.
- Constant tenesmus, even at night, with diminished passage of urine, accompanied by burning, 3.
- Blood comes out of the urethra, 1.
- After urinating, there is a strong traction in the forepart of the urethra; in the evening, when going to bed, 1.
- Involuntary emission of urine, of a boy, while asleep , towards morning (first and second night, and after sixteen days), 1.
- Great desire to make water, 8.
- Copious urination, 8.
- Great flow of urine, 10. [510.]
- Frequent micturition, especially the first day, 1.
- Somewhat increased urinary secretion, 13.
- Frequent call to pass water, as was also the case for several days previously, 15.
- Repeated call to pass water; urine very muddy, of a peculiar smell, and with copious sediment, 10.
- Increased and turbid urine, 3.
- Increased flow of urine, and loose evacuation in afternoon, 15.
- Great increase of urine and frequent calls to pass it, especially in the afternoon, 15.
- Frequent and copious emissions of urine, especially in the evening, 3.
- At night, she is obliged to rise for the purpose of urinating, 1.
- At night, he is roused from sleep by a desire to urinate, 1. [520.]
- At night, several successive emissions of urine, some of them pretty copious, 3.
- At noon, the urine looks pale-yellow; this is the first emission since last evening, 3.
- Urine pretty clear, 10.
- White, sandy urine, for several days (after nine days), 1.
- The urine looks reddish after dinner, like water mixed with blood, 1.
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Male.
- Stiffness of the penis, without any desire for coition (sixth day), 1.
- Involuntary continual erections, early in the morning (thirteenth day), 1.
- Itching on glans penis, which lasted several days, 16.
- Frequent relaxation of the scrotum, 1.
- Increased weight of the scrotum; he was obliged to carry it in a supporter, 1. [530.]
- Drawing pain in the scrotum, 1.
- Occasional drawings in the scrotum, which are relieved by raising it, 1.
- Choking pain in the scrotum and spermatic cords; the scrotum is painful to the touch; it is excited by involuntary erections, 1.
- Vehement desire for coition, without any remarkably voluptuous thoughts, and almost without any erection (after five days), 1.
- Vehemently voluptuous desires, with trembling of the body, almost without any erection, 1.
- Lascivious fancies, and great liveliness and excitement (evening and night); (I cannot say if I should attribute them to the medicine), 8.
- Diminished sexual desire, 15.
- The sexual instinct is dormant for some time (after seven days), 1.
- (Total want of the sexual instinct), 1.
- Aversion to the other sex, 11. [540.]
- Pollutions, almost every night, 1.
- Pollution, two days after a embrace, 1.
- Nocturnal emissions (cannot say if I should attribute them to the medicine), 8.
- (After coition, excited circulation and palpitation of the heart), 1.
- Female.
- Swelling, itching, and burning of the pudendum (after twelve days), 1.*
- Soreness of the pudendum and the anus, especially painful on urinating, 1.
- Violent itching of the pudendum, 1.*
- Continual itching of the mons veneris; it constantly reappears after scratching the parts, .
RESPIRATORY APPARATUS
- Rattling in the larynx, as from mucus (for several days), 3.
- Constriction of the larynx from both sides of the neck, 1. [570.]
- Drawing, and stinging-itching in the larynx, 1.
- Soon after, a catarrhal irritation in the nose, and scraping and scratching in the throat, with pain, as from excoriation, and difficult hawking up of a little phlegm (after half an hour), 2.
- Hoarseness and roughness in the throat, 3.
- Rough throat; he can only speak with difficulty, as speaking increases the roughness (second day), 1.
- Violent and frequent hoarseness, 1.
- She is so hoarse that she cannot speak a loud word (after sixteen days), 1.
- His chest feels so oppressed that he can scarcely speak, with coryza, and expectoration, of much mucus, especially early in the morning, 1.
- The chest feels rough; when calling aloud he is hoarse, 1.
- Immediately after taking, an irritation, causing cough, which did not, however, last long, 19.
- Cough from a scratching in throat, 20.* [580.]
- The child coughs violently every morning, at three to four o'clock, 1.*
- He is obliged to cough a quarter of an hour, when in bed in the evening, 1.
- Nightly cough, 1.
- At night, cough, with stuffed cold in the head, which kept him awake in bed from twelve to one o'clock, and yet, in the morning, felt quite well, except a little stomachache, which soon went off, but returned betwixt nine and ten o'clock, 16.
- Cough, with asthma (sixth day), 3.
- Cough, with asthma , for half an hour, in the evening when in bed, 1.
- Cough, from deep in the chest, extremely violent, 1.
- Cough, which contracts the chest, 1.
- Cough, which makes the chest under the sternum feel sore, as from excoriation, 1.
- Cough, exciting a pain in the jaws, which is not felt upon touching them, . [590.]
CHEST
- Red rash on the chest, 1.
- Pain in the chest, 8.
- Pains in the chest, 17.
- During an expiration it seems as if something drew downwards in the chest, and did not permit expiration (seventh day), 3.
- The chest feels weak, 1.
- Chronic weakness of the chest and coryza (after fourth week), 3. [620.]
- Heaviness on the chest , as from an accumulation of blood (fourth, fifth, seventh days), 3.
- Heaviness and tightness of the chest, when walking in the open air, 3.
- Painful oppression at the chest, as from a hundred-weight; she only desires to cough, in order to be relieved (seventh day), 1.
- Painful oppression on the chest, especially when lying on the bed, 1.
- Rush of blood to the chest (after writing), 1.
- Heat in the chest, 1.
- Compressive oppression on the chest, 1.
- Contraction of the middle of the chest, either when breathing or not; the place aches on pressing upon it, as after a blow, 3.
- Bruised pain in the middle of the chest, early in the morning (fourth day), 1.
- When standing, sensation in the chest as if the lungs were drawn down (sixth day), 3. [630.]
- Great distress in the chest, 1.
- Stitches in the chest, at the last true rib, when breathing and singing, 1.
- Stitches in the chest, when stooping, relieved by straightening up (sixteenth day), 3.
- Stitches upon the sternum, in the right side of the chest and under the left breast; upon touching the parts they feel bruised, 3.
- Stitches in the right side of the chest, when walking, 7.
- Stitches in the right breast, when stooping, 1.
- Twenty, thirty successive stitches, even when she does not breathe, under the right breast, close by the lowest ribs, early in the morning, when rising up in bed; likewise, at other periods of the day, 1.
- The right breast is painful to the touch (third day), 1.
- A small, red furunculus above the right breast, which is only painful when touched, .
HEART AND PULSE
- Great palpitation, 8.
- Frequent palpitation of the heart, with retraction of the epigastrium and sense of weakness in the præcordial region, 1.
- Audible palpitation of the heart and accelerated beating; upon the hand being pressed upon the heart the blood seems to rise to the neck, with breathing rendered difficult (at rest), 1.
- Pulse somewhat quickened, 14. [650.]
- Pulse seems to get quicker whenever the oppression came on, 7.
- Pulse about half as strong again as usual, 8.
- Pulse 112, 12.
- Pulse 76, 12.
NECK AND BACK
- Violent burning in the nape of the neck, early in the morning (tenth day), 3.
- Drawing pain at the nape of the neck (with stitches at the head, over the temples, and bloated face), 1.
- Drawing from the neck down (sixth day), 3.
- Stiff neck, when turning the head, 1.
- Pain in the back, during motion, 7.
- Burning at the back, especially in the small of the back, several times during the day, 1. [660.]
- Pressure in the back, 1.
- A jerk in the back, at night, when asleep (seventh day), 3.
- A blister forms upon the left scapula, with a sensation of stinging, as from fleas, 3.
- Pain in the small of the back, increased by motion and walking, 1.
- Pain in the small of the back when stooping; she feels as if the muscles were not strong enough to support the body, which constantly threatens to fall forwards; relieved by straightening up (second day), 3.
- Pain in the small of the back, as from a bruise (second day of the menses), 3.
- Upon walking out into the open air he had a sudden dart into the small of the back; this was most painful when rising, after being seated for a long time, 1.
- Shooting pain in the small of the back, 1.
- Drawing pain from the small of the back to the legs, 1.
- Drawing and pressive pain in the small of the back and in the loin, only when at rest (sitting, standing, or lying), in daytime; it disappears when walking, 1. [670.]
- Violently throbbing pain in the small of the back and in the loin, when at rest; upon touching the parts the pain remains the same, 1.
- Gnawing pain in the small of the back and in the hips; from these parts it extends to the abdomen, and moves again backwards, both when at rest and in motion (sixteenth day), 1.
- Stinging at the coccyx preceded by itching, 1.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
- All her limbs ache in the forenoon and at night, with gnawing pain in the small of the back, more when at rest than when moving about (forty-first day), 3.
- Sensation as if the limbs were bruised; also in the evening, 1.
- Bruised feeling in limbs, 8.
- All her limbs pain her at night, with gnawing pain in the small of the back (forty-first day), 3.
- Great lassitude in limbs as after a fever, 8.
- Great lassitude in her limbs and complete disinclination to work, 1.
- Morning after taking, great lassitude in all the limbs, as if he had not slept enough, 15. [680.]
- Great fatigue and weakness of the limbs, especially in the evening hours, in the knees and legs, so that he is obliged to lie down (first and second days), 2.
- Itching in all the limbs, 10.
- Cracking in the joints, when walking, 1.
- Sticking drawing, sometimes in the right arm, sometimes in the legs, 1.
- The hands and feet go to sleep when sitting; passes off on moving about, 3.
- Cold hands and feet, even in a warm room, and when they are well covered, 1.
UPPER EXTREMITIES
- Drawing pain in the arms and hands, 1.
- Tearing in the joints of the upper extremities, 1.
- Tearing in the shoulders, 3.
- Drawing pain in the right shoulder-joint (after fourteenth day), 1. [690.]
- Shooting and tearing in the right shoulder-joint, both when at rest and in motion (thirty-seventh day), 3.
- Small furunculus upon the left shoulder, 3.
- Pressure upon the left shoulder, 1.
- A few tearings in the left shoulder towards the chest, 3.
- Bruised pain in the left shoulder, when at rest and in motion, 3.
- Bruised pain in the left shoulder and elbow-joint (in the evening), 1.
- The glands in the axilla become painful and enlarged, 1.
- Drawing pain in the arms and hands, 1.
- Noticed on upper arm, where he had received a prick, a kind of insensibility, which only went off gradually, 16.
- Burning at a small spot of the upper and lower arm (eleventh day), 3. [700.]
- In the night, about three or four o'clock, she puts her arm out of bed without knowing it; the pain which she experiences in her arm rouses her from sleep; the arm is cold, stiff, and in the elbow-joint it is as heavy as lead; the arm being very stiff, she has to use the other hand, in order to put the arm back again into the bed, upon moving it, or when the arm is in the bed, a tearing pain in the shoulder, elbow, and wrist-joint, 1.
- Spasm in the right arm, which drew the arm backwards , three times in succession; this was succeeded by heat of the body and turbid, white urine, 1.
- Twitches and jerkings in the right upper arm (fourth day), 3.
- Sensation of paralysis of the right arm (fourteenth day), 8.
- Heaviness and sensation of paralysis of the right arm; she has no strength in it, and is obliged to let it hang down; at the same time the hand is swollen and cold for half an hour (after two hours), 1.
- The right arm appeared to weigh a hundredweight, and to be without strength, 1.
- For some days the right arm is quite weak and cold, so that it appears to be benumbed and lifeless; this was again succeeded by a tingling sensation in it, .
AMMONIUM CARBONICUM. LOWER EXTREMITIES
- Sudden and great weakness in the lower extremities; she finds it difficult to move them along, after dinner (second day), 3.
- Acute pain in the hip-joint when walking, 1.
- Acute pain in the hip-joint every morning, in bed; the joint feels as if beaten asunder, so that he cannot turn himself when lying down; the pain decreases after rising; and still more when walking; in the afternoon, the pain disappears entirely (for four weeks), 1.
- In evening, sudden, violent pulsation about right hip, which, however, soon goes off, 15.
- Drawing pain descending from the left hip, 1.
- His legs seem contracted, 1.
- The tendons of the muscles of the legs feel too short, 1.
- Twitches in the legs, towards evening, 1. [740.]
- Uneasiness in the legs, 1.
- Heaviness in the legs, so that he can scarcely lift them, in the evening (eighth day), 3.
- Pain in the left leg, as from a sprain, when walking, 1.
- Sweat of the legs at night, 1.
- Great lassitude in the thighs and legs, 3.
- Jerk-like scraping upon the bones of the thighs and legs, so that she is obliged to twitch up her leg every moment, and cannot remain lying down, but has to walk about (evening), 1.
- Burning itching upon the nates, 1.
- In the evening, on left nates, a painful boil, 15.
- Great lassitude, with pain in the thighs, as if they would fall off, or as if the tendons would tear off, alternating with pain in the small of the back; she has so much pain that she knows not what to do with herself (on the third day of menses), 3.
- Bruised pain in the thighs, 1. [750.]
- Stiffness in the thighs when walking, 1.
- Itching on outer surface of thighs, on the same spot, and equally severe, in both thighs, 13.
- Bruised pain in the middle of both thighs, both when at rest and in motion (during the catamenia), 3.
- Pain in the thigh, as if she had been beaten blue, which prevents her from walking (only when walking and taking much exercise), 1.
GENERALITIES
- Towards noon, it became black before the eyes; the letters appeared to move; his breath was arrested; with previous lassitude; upon quickly rising from sitting, his whole body felt rigid, the arms and legs being stretched out, whilst the fingers were clenched; he had to use force to stretch them; this made them again movable (fourth day), 1.
- Spasms, 20.
- Most severe muscular contractions, 20.
- Tetanus, 20. [810.]
- Great restlessness, which becomes a convulsive trembling, 20.
- When walking, she trembles over the whole body, 1.
- She staggers upon rising, 1.
- Excessively tired, 1.
- Very tired in the morning, 9.
- Great fatigue in the forenoon, which invites to sleep (one hour), 1.
- In morning, exhaustion, 15.
- Tired and weary all day , without being either sad or cheerful (after twenty-four hours), 1.*
- On leaving her bed, she is often unable to stand, on account of weariness (after forty-eight hours), 1.
- She is powerless; lies down for several hours, as if senseless and weary, 1. [820.]
- Weary and discouraged when walking in the open air; he trembled with weakness, 1.
- Inability to stand upright well, 12.
- The whole day, a slight perspiration, as from exhaustion, 1.
- Lassitude, 14, 15.*
- Uncommon lassitude, 15.
- Great lassitude (in evening), 15.
- Indescribably great lassitude; often she cannot sit, and has to lie down for hours (after twenty-four hours), 1.
- Evening and morning of 19th, great lassitude; also, on following days, heaviness of limbs, 9.
- Great lassitude and fatigue of the body, early in the morning, and in the forenoon, as if he had worked too much; relieved by walking in the open air, 3.
- Sensation of being bruised in the whole body; lassitude and weeping mood, early after rising, . [830.]
SKIN
- The whole upper part of the body is red, as if it were covered with scarlatina, 1.*
- Violent itching here and there over the whole body; the scratching is followed by burning vesicles, or pimples, or hard nodes, 3.
- Burning pimples, of the size of a millet grain, on the nape of the neck, and on the forearms, 3.
- Strange uneasiness, every evening at seven o'clock which rouses the child from its slumber; it tosses about in bed and screams, until it falls into a sound sleep, towards ten o'clock; this sleep lasts the whole night; during the uneasiness, the head feels bloated and burning; next morning, the face is covered with spots, as if scarlatina would break out, 4.
- Rash on the right side of the neck and the left lower arm, 1.
- Around the elbow, small red tubercles, painfully cutting, only a few of them ulcerating; the same upon the neck, but large, 1.
- A herpetic eruption, dormant, becomes red, itching and burning, and disappears in a few days, 1.
- A pustule appears on the right commissure of the mouth, with much boring pain; before this, several had appeared on the left cheek and on the thighs, 15. [860.]
- The warts become inflamed, 1.
- The fluid in the ulcer becomes offensive, 1.
- Eruptions upon the forehead resembling little boils, 1.
- Pimples and vesicles on the forehead, 1.
- Pimples on the forehead and the tip of the nose, 7.
- Pustules upon the forehead, temple, cheek, and chin, 3.
- Furunculus on the tip of the nose, 1.
- Pustule upon the tip of the nose, 1.
- Pustule on the side of the nose, 1.
- On the septum of the nose, a vesicle, in forepart, 3.
- Increased number of pimples on the face, 15.
- White, herpes-like spots, of the size of a small pea, which continually exfoliate (upon the cheek), 1.
- Boils upon the cheek and around the ear, 1. [870.]
- Small boils and indurations, discharging water and blood, upon the cheek, at the corners of the mouth, and on the chin, 3.
FEVER
- Chilliness, 15.
- During day a good deal of chilliness, 19.
- General shivering, 15.
- At night he often feels chilliness in his sleep; on waking, he is immediately warm again, 1.
- At night chilliness, so that he cannot get warm, least of all his feet, nor can he fall asleep, 3.
- Frequent chilliness , towards evening, and continuing until going to bed, 1.
- Frequently feverish chilliness, in the evening, 1.
- Shivering before falling asleep, 1. [930.]
- Chilliness in the open air, or upon coming out of the open air, and entering the room, 3.
- Attacks of chilliness, in the evening , frequently accompanied by the hairs standing upon end, blue hands, blue nails, chattering of teeth and shaking; sometimes these symptoms are followed by nightly heat, and by sweat early in the morning, 3.
- Chills when in bed, from nine to twelve o'clock in the evening, alternating with heat, and much uneasiness (after tenth day), 1.
- Chills and heat for several days, mostly shaking chills, followed by general dry heat; a little sweat only early in the morning, 1.
- Alternate chilliness and heat, with sensitiveness to cold; nausea, thirst, pressure at the chest, with stitches in the left side of the chest, tearing in the forehead, and confusion of the head, alternate redness and paleness of the cheeks, pressure at the stomach, with disposition to eructations, accompanied by a violent coryza and sleeplessness; for several days (during the catamenia), 3.
- Rigor, 10.
- Rigor in walking across the street, 8.
- Rigor alternating with heat, especially flying heat in face, 8.
- Rigor with weak feeling, then heat in the face, 15.
- Feeling of coldness in chest and gastric region, 15. [940.]
- Excessive orgasm of blood at night; he imagines that the blood will burst his veins and his heart, 1.
- At 9 A.M., feeling of warmth all over the body, 11.
- Warmth, especially in head and face; burning in lobe of left ear and around nostrils, 15.
AMMONIUM CARBONICUM. SLEEP AND DREAMS
- Frequent stretching of the body, early, as if he had not slept enough (second day), 1.
- Disposition to stretch the arms and feet, 1. [960.]
- Much yawning, with accumulation of water in the mouth, weariness, discomfort, or chilliness, 3.
- Violent, spasmodic yawning in the evening, 1.
- In afternoon great drowsiness, 8.
- Sleepiness during the day; in the afternoon he has to sit down to sleep, otherwise his eyes feel sore, 1.
- Sleepiness through the day; he has to lie down in the forenoon and afternoon, 1.
- She becomes very sleepy when she is not busy, for instance, at table; the sleepiness passes off when she is busy at something, 1.
- Sleepiness in the day, with yawning (first to fourth day), 3.
- Unconquerable sleepiness after supper; nevertheless, he does not sleep well in the night, 1.
- He is soon sleepy in the evening, but his sleep at night is uneasy, for several weeks, 3.
- Falling asleep late at night (first night), 1. [970.]
- Cannot fall asleep in the evening, he knows not why; afterwards the person sleeps well (second day), 3.
- (Nightmare on falling asleep), 1.
- The sooner she goes to bed the better she sleeps; the later she goes to bed, the less able is she to sleep, 1.
- At night, when in bed, he cannot fall asleep before two, three, four hours, on account of uneasiness, dry heat, and sometimes burning at the stomach, 1.
- He cannot fall asleep on account of itching and stinging of the skin, 1.
- Great wakefulness until 12.30, with constant straining and pressure on the belly, and discharge of flatus, 15.
- He remains awake until four o'clock in the morning, when he falls into an oppressive sleep, during which he sweats until seven o'clock, 1.
- Lay in bed from eleven to one o'clock, without being able to sleep, a thing which had never happened to him before, 16.
- Light sleep at night; every little noise wakes her, 3.
- Sleep very unquiet, 10. [980.]
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), Gloomy humor; slight headache, etc.; pain in periosteum of forehead; violent pinching, etc., in belly; great lassitude in all the limbs; very tired; exhaustion; great lassitude; felt ill.
- ( Early in the morning ), Peevishness; vertigo; vertigo, with nausea; vertigo, with flickering before the eyes; tearing in the temples; itching and biting in eyes; agglutination of eyes; itching over ears, etc.; anterior half of tongue feels pithy; mouth feels parched; bitter taste in mouth; bad smell, etc., in mouth; swelling of tonsils, etc.; sensation as of something sticking in throat, etc.; want of appetite; feverish chilliness, etc.; nausea, etc.; oppression at stomach, etc.; contraction, etc., in abdomen, etc.; pressive pain in left side of abdomen; diarrhœa, with colic; fecal evacuation, etc.; erections; chest oppressed, etc.; bruised pain in middle of chest; burning in nape of neck; lassitude and fatigue; itching over whole body; sweat; sweat in the joints.
- ( Early in bed ), Headache, etc.; frequent sneezing; continual cough, etc.; frequent stretching of the body.
- ( Morning, on waking ), Burning of eyes; bitter taste in mouth.
- ( Morning, in bed ), Pain in hip-joint.
- ( Early, after rising ), Frequent vertigo; drawing, etc., in head; qualmishness, etc.; lassitude, etc.
- ( Forenoon ), Sad, etc.; ill-humor, etc.; violent pinching, etc., in belly; all limbs ache; great fatigue; lassitude; heat; always warm, etc.
- ( Towards noon ), Black before eyes, etc.
- ( About noon ), Burning in hands and feet, etc.
- ( Afternoon ), Weakness and anxiety, etc.; anguish; violent headache; congestion to head; great secretion of mucus in mouth, etc.; dryness in throat, etc.; aching and shooting in thyroid gland, etc.; rumbling of bowels, etc.; emission of flatulence, etc.; increased flow of urine, etc.; great drowsiness.
- ( Towards evening ), Sad mood; vertigo, etc.; frequent vertigo; rush of blood; redness of mouth, etc.; sore throat; aching and shooting in thyroid gland; indisposed; itching on the arms, etc.; frequent chilliness.
- ( Evening ), Peevishness, etc.; slight headache; tearing in the temples; transient pinching in right ear; toothache, etc.; dryness of mouth; great secretion of mucus in mouth, etc.; dryness in throat, etc.; swelling of tonsils, etc.; sensation of something sticking in throat; risings of air, etc.; stitches below left ribs; ; emission of flatulence, etc.; violent pinching, etc., in belly; stitches in left side of abdomen; abdominal complaints; swelling in left groin, etc.; traction in urethra; frequent and copious emission of urine; lascivious fancies, etc.; sensation as if limbs were bruised; fatigue and weakness of limbs; bruised pain in left shoulder, etc.; pulsation about right hip; heaviness in legs; boil on nates; twitches in both patellæ; ; ball of foot painful; ball of left foot burns; swelling of toes; great lassitude; sensitiveness to open air; feverish chilliness; ; feverish heat; violent yawning; soon sleepy.
3 A.M .), Violent colic; jerking in upper part of body, etc.
- ( 3 to 4 A.M .), Violent cough; pain in arm, etc.
- (
7 A.M .), Violent colic; evacuation surrounded by watery mucus.
- (
9 A.M .), Feeling of warmth all over body.
- (
7 P.M .), Sort of anxiety; strange uneasiness.
- ( Open air ), Shootings in molar tooth; several symptoms; much affected; tires him out; makes him feel hot; chilliness.
- ( Walking in open air ), Violent pinching, etc., in belly; heaviness and tightness at chest; sudden dart in small of back; cramp in calf; weary and discouraged.
- ( Air rushing into mouth ), Pain in teeth.
- ( In bed ), Heaviness in left side of head.
- ( In bed 9 to 12 P.M .), Chilliness, etc.
- ( Biting teeth together ), Teeth painful; teeth very painful; shooting pain in molar teeth.
- ( Biting on tooth ), Becomes very painful; drawing toothache.
- ( After breakfast ), Bellyache.
- ( Breathing ), Stitches in hands, etc.; stitches in chest.
- ( Strong breathing through nose ), Organ feels painful.
- ( When not busy ), Becomes very sleepy.
- ( Drinking coffee ), Congestion to head.
- ( Cloudy weather ), Makes her very sad.
- ( After coition ), Excited circulation, etc.
- ( Chewing ), Stitches in left temple; almost all teeth painful.
- ( Cold ), Violent pinching, etc., in belly; cramp in phalanx of finger, etc.
- ( Washing with cold water ), Distended veins, etc.
- ( After drive in cold air ), Courses five days too soon.
- ( Laying on cold hand ), Burning, etc., in bend of knee, etc.
- ( Damp weather ), Big toe feels hot, etc.
- ( During dinner ), Stitches behind frontal eminence, etc.; tearing in right temple; heat in face; sense of nausea, etc.; colic, etc.; pressure in hypogastrium.
- ( After dinner ), Headache; tearing below and behind the ears; heaviness, etc.; in forehead; stitches over left eye; bleeding at nose; heat in face; darting in tooth; frequent risings of air, etc.; sense of nausea, etc.; qualmishness, etc.; pressure at stomach; urine reddish; weakness in lower extremities.
SUPPLEMENT: AMMONIUM CARBONICUM. Authorities.
21 , Buckner's Repert. für Pharm. (wibmer), Buckner's experiments on himself.
- October 20th, a pulse of 76, took 1 1/2 grain. Immediately after a strong odor of Ammonia was noticed in the nose. After twenty minutes the dose was repeated, the pulse remaining the same. Twenty minutes after took 3 grains; taste and odor as before. Half an hour after the last dose took again 3 grains, feels quite well, pulse 70; ate dinner with good appetite. On the next day, pulse 68, in the morning, took 3 grains. After fifteen minutes, noticed a throbbing headache in the left frontal region, lasting two minutes, pulse 72. Twenty minutes afterward took 6 grains. After a quarter of an hour the head was heavy and full, lasting about half an hour. After twenty minutes the pulse was 74. About 10 o'clock I breakfasted with appetite. 1 o'clock, pulse 76, took 6 grains, and repeated the dose after fifteen minutes. In the afternoon I noticed transient slight headache. On the third day, pulse 71, took 6 grains. After five minutes noticed slight dulness and heaviness in the forehead, which lasted ten minutes, and afterwards for five minutes slight throbbing in the frontal region. Twenty minutes afterwards took again 6 grains. Then minutes after this dose the head was somewhat heavy. Twenty minutes afterwards took again 6 grains; ten minutes after this I noticed a feeling of distension in the brain, especially in the right side; scraping in the throat provoking a dry cough. Finally, about 10 o'clock, I took 12 grains, followed by increased inclination to cough, and increased secretion of mucus in the trachea. Ate dinner with great appetite, and through the day felt quite well, 21.