Ammonium phosphoricum

by Richard Hughes & Jabez P. Dake — A Cyclopaedia of Drug Pathogenesy

Volume IV — Appendix

AMMONIUM PHOSPHORICUM.

HydrO'diaininonic phosphate, (NH^),HP04.

I. Provings. — i. Dr. C. Voigt, after taking about 3 gr., was seized *>^ an h. with sense of tightness in pracordia and around chest ; nausea ; thirst } a hard, small, frequent pulse, and a collapsed state of the circu- Ution. These disturbances were followed by fulness and tension in bead ; heaviness in limbs ; and unsteady tottering gait. {Bast. Mtd. and Surg. Journ.^ xxxiv, 308.)

Ammonium phosphoricum across the other classic books

Ammonium phosphoricum appears in 5 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“AMMONIUM PHOSPHORICUM. Authority. C. Voigt, M.D., Med. Examiner (Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. xxxiv, p. 308), effects of about 3 grains. In about an hour attacked by a sense of tightness in the præcordia and around the chest; nausea; thirst; a hard, small, frequent pulse; and a collapsed state of the circulation…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Phosphate of Ammonia A remedy for chronic gouty patients uric acid diathesis, indicated in bronchitis and nodosities of the joints of the fingers and backs of the hands. Facial paralysis. Pain in shoulder-joint. Tightness around chest. Heaviness of limbs, unsteady, tottering gait. Coldness from least draft of air…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Ammoniæ phosphas. Hydro-diammonic phosphate (NH 4 ) 2 HPO 4 Solution. Facial paralysis / Gout / Joints, concretions on This salt has been used in cases of chronic gout with nodes of urate of soda on the joints. C. Voigt took three grains of Am. Phos., with this result: In about an hour, attacked by a sense of…”
Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“I have one or two symptoms of Ammonium phosphoricum to give you. It has been successfully used in the treatment of constitutional gout when there are nodes or concretions in the joints. It is not to be used for the acute symptoms, not for the twinges of pain, but when the disease has become systemic, and when…”

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