Ammonium carbonicum
Remedy for stout, sluggish persons who are always tired. Marked right-sided complaints. Hemorrhagic tendency. Respiratory weakness with difficult breathing. Ailments from charcoal fumes.
Source
Trituration and solution of ammonium carbonate ((NH4)2CO3).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Stout, sedentary persons who are always tired and catch cold easily. Right-sided complaints. Nosebleeds when washing face or after eating. Heart feels as if blood cannot circulate. Difficult, rattling, oppressed breathing worse at 3 AM. Aversion to water, cannot bear even to touch it. Milky, acrid leucorrhea.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Ill humor especially during stormy weather. Absent-minded, makes mistakes in talking and writing. Sadness with inclination to weep. Aversion to bathing. Dread of water. Forgetful.
General Symptoms
Right-sided remedy. Hemorrhagic tendency — blood does not coagulate. Scorbutic conditions. Uncleanliness. Dyspnea: cannot walk in open air. Worse at 3 AM. Corpulent, sedentary persons who lead a sluggish life. Reaction to charcoal fumes.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Headache as if brain would burst. Worse from stooping. Hair falls out.
Nose
Nosebleeds in morning, when washing, after eating. Ozaena. Stoppage at night — breathes through mouth.
Throat
Enlarged tonsils and glands of neck. Burning in throat.
Chest
Difficult breathing, rattling. Oppression at 3 AM. Must sit up. Emphysema. Winter catarrh with copious mucus.
Female Genitalia
Menses too early, profuse, preceded by griping colic. Acrid, burning leucorrhea with soreness between thighs. Menses with cholera-like symptoms.
Skin
Scarlatina-like rash. Erysipelas. Burning and itching. Miliary rash. Unhealthy skin — every scratch suppurates.
Extremities
Heaviness of all limbs. Body pains worse at night.
Modalities
Better From
Lying on painful side. Lying on abdomen. Dry weather. Pressure.
Worse From
3 AM. Cold, wet weather. Wet applications. Washing. Evening. Cloudy days. During menses.
Constitutional Type
Stout, sluggish, sedentary persons. Always chilly. Easily exhausted. Tend to catch cold easily. Scrofulous diathesis. Hemorrhagic tendency. Aversion to bathing.
Clinical Indications
Emphysema. Chronic bronchitis. Cardiac failure with lung congestion. Epistaxis. Scarlatina. Erysipelas. Leucorrhea. Fainting from crowded rooms.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Antimonium tartaricum (rattling cough unable to raise mucus), Lachesis (left-sided with aggravation from sleep), Kali carbonicum (also worse 3 AM with respiratory distress). Am-c. distinguished by right-sided tendency, stout habitus, and nosebleed when washing.
Safety Information
Camphor. Hepar sulphuris. Arnica.
Ammonium carbonate is a respiratory and mucous membrane irritant. Smelling salts can cause burns to nasal passages. Ingestion causes gastric distress. Material doses should be avoided.
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