Ammonium Carbonicum
Dewey, Essentials of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 1894, p. 228
Questions
What is the common name for Ammonium carbonicum ?
Smelling Salts.
Give general action of Ammonium carbonicum?
It is especially adapted to subacute and chronic diseases of the mucous tissues, especially of the air passages in lymphatic people with lax fibre; a transient cardiac stimulant.
When is it indicated in Catarrhs?
When winter weather aggravates, and when the nose is stopped up at night and the patient awakes with a dry, gasping, burning, tickling cough.
What are the chest symptoms of Ammonium carbonicum ?
There is congestive fullness and rawness of the chest with discharge of bluish, slate colored mucus, and rattling of large bubbles of mucus in the chest.
What are the temperaments of both Ammonium carbonicum and Ammonium muriaticum ?
Ammoyiiiim carbonicum is suitable to stout persons who lead a sedentary life, and Am7conium muriaticum to sluggish individuals who have a fat body and thin legs.