- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Sal Ammoniac. (NH4OCl) Especially adapted to those who are fat and sluggish; or body large and fat, but legs too thin. Watery, acrid coryza, corroding the lip (All. c.). During menses: diarrhoea and vomiting; bloody discharge from the bowels (Phos.); neuralgic pains in the feet; flow more profuse at night (Bov. - on…”
- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Ammonium chloride, NH4 Cl. Common names , Sal Ammoniac; Sal'm'iac. Preparation , Trituration on aqueous solution (100 parts of water at 60° dissolves 36 parts of the salt). Authorities. When talking about some important subject he becomes extremely excited, 2. She is overwhelmed with anxiety, would like to weep, and…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Sal Ammoniac A state of prostration bordering on a typhoid state is produced by this remedy. All mucous secretions are increased and retained. It is especially adapted to fat and sluggish patients who have respiratory troubles. Coughs associated with catarrhs and affections of liver. A tendency to irregular…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ALBUMINOUS, glairy discharges (Comp. Gelatinous) DREAMS FLATULENCE, Left GNAWING, eating, festering pains LIGHT, Amel. LIMBS, upper. LYING, on back, Agg. LYING, right, Agg. RATTLING SHOULDERS and scapulae, between SHUDDERING, nervous SITTING, Agg. TIME, 12 Night to 4 A.M. 3 A.M.”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“MUCOUS MEMBRANES: CHEST. Gall-ducts. Liver. Blood. Female organs. Tips of fingers and toes. Between scapulæ. Morning (head, chest). Afternoon (abdomen). Evening (skin, fever, limbs). Sprains (chronic). Periodically. Open air. Rapid motion. Fat and puffy with thin limbs (Ant-c.). Irregular circulation; ebullitions…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Sal ammoniac. Ammonium chloride. NH 4 Cl. Anosmia / Bronchitis / Constipation / Coryza / Cough / Diarrhœa / Eyes, inflammation of / Feet, pains in / Glands, enlarged / Hæmorrhoids / Liver, affections of / Melancholia / Menstruation, disorders during / Pneumonia / Sciatica / Scurvy / Spleen, pains in / Sprains /…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“Ammonium mur.: Apis, Arnica, Natrum mur.; Kali bichromicum; Sepia, Sulphur. As I have already explained to you, Ammonium mur. is suited to sluggish persons, who are rather corpulent as to the body, but disproportionately thin as to the limbs. Like the Carbonate, it produces violent inflammation of the mucous…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“Crumbling stool; menstrual discharge worse at night, particularly if it be dark and clotted. Fat, bloated and lax individuals, who are indolent and sluggish. Body large and fat, legs too thin. Mental.--Full of grief, but can't weep. Ill-humor. Head.--Headache (forehead), with flushed face and enlarged veins, often…”
- Hahnemann (CD) — The antipsoric proving record — Hahnemann's later materia medica in its chronic-disease setting.
“CHLORIDE OF AMMONIUM, SAL AMMONIAC.[]. [] Sal ammoniacum depuratum. We takes one drachm of sal ammoniac in lumps, as being the purest. This is dissolved in 1 ½ drachms of boiling distilled water, filtered through white printing paper and then set in the cellar to quietly crystallize. Of the crystallized and dried salt…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Sal Ammoniæ. Ammonium chloride. N H 4 Cl. The first prover was the much-slandered Nenning, whose masterly provings, comprising 448 symptoms, were published by Hartlaub in his Annalen, in 1833. Hahnemann added his own symptoms (84) in the second edition of the Chronic Diseases , and a valuable proving of Rummel…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“AMMONIUM MURIATICUM. Sal ammoniac, Ammonic chloride, NH^Cl. I, Pri^vingi. — I, Hahkemann, Chronic Diseases^ Part II of original. Vol. of translation. Contains 397 symptoms from self and three fellow-observers, 2. — a. Dr. GiTMPERT commenced by administering 5SS or 5J in 24h., increasing doses by 3J every 3 or 4 d.^…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“Generalities: The patient frequently feels a boiling throughout the body as if in the blood vessel. Sensitive to cold. Many complaints increase while in the open air. Flushes of heat, ending in sweat. Tearing pains and smarting prevail extensively. Burning and excoriation of mucous membranes. Drawing or sensation of…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Irritability and bad humor, especially in the morning, with disinclination to speak. Giddiness, with fulness in the head. Head feels too heavy and full; more in the forehead, especially in the morning, after rising. Burning in the eyes, at twilight: this disappears after lighting a candle. Dimness of sight, as if…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: sal ammoniac. Especially adapted to those, who are fat and sluggish; or whose bodies are large and fat, but legs too thin (A.). Nasal catarrh: the discharge is watery and acrid, making the inside of the nostrils and the upper lip sore (All-C., Ars., Merc-C., Nat-M.) (C.). Sensation of soreness in…”
- Nash — The comparisons — the remedy set beside the ones it is most often confused with.
“One symptom of this remedy that has proved to be a valuable keynote for its administration is: “Sensation of coldness in the back, between the shoulders.” It is generally found in chest affections, such as cough or pains in the chest without cough. I have found it as reliable a keynote as is the burning between the…”
