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. These disturbances were followed by a fulness and tension in the head; heaviness in the limbs; and an unsteady tottering gait.

Ammonium Phosphoricum across the other classic books

Ammonium Phosphoricum appears in 3 of the 13 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.

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…”

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