Ammonium benzoicum

Benzoate of Ammonia

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

One of the remedies for albuminuria, especially in the gouty. Gout, with deposits in joints. Urinary incontinence in the aged.

Head

Heavy, stupid.

Face

Bloated, swollen eyelids. Swelling under tongue like ranula.

Urine

Smoky, scanty. Albuminous and thick deposits.

Back

Pain across sacrum, with urgency to stool. Soreness in region of right kidney.

Relationship

Compare: Terebinth; Benz ac; Ammonia salts; Caust .

In albuminuria compare: Kalmia; Helon; Merc cor; Berb; Canth .

Dose

Second trituration.

Ammonium benzoicum across the other classic books

Ammonium benzoicum appears in 6 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 — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Chemical formula Preparation for use , Solution in water. Authority. Wibmer's provings, two to twenty grains in solution. Increased frequency of the pulse. Increased mucous secretion in the larynx, causes frequent hawking and spitting. Increased warmth in the stomach, slight. Slight discomfort in the stomach. Pain…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Benzoate of Ammonia. NH 4 C 7 H 5 O 2 . Solution in distilled water. Albuminuria / Dropsy / Gout / Indigestion / Ranula / Rheumatism The chief symptoms of this salt (which has been proved) are: Head heavy, stupid. Urine scanty; smoky. Pight kidney sensitive to pressure. Gout with fluid in great toe-joint or with…”
Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“One of the remedies I think of, at once, in Albuminuria. Head and Face.--Eyelids swollen. Face bloated. Head heavy, stupid. Urine.--Sensation of soreness in region of the right kidney on leaning that part against a chair-back or cushion. Urine scanty, and looks smoky.”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Ammonia Benzoas.) Phakmacologt. — This salt may be made as follows: Take of solution of ammonia three fluid ounces (imperial measure), benzoic acid two ounces (avoirdupois), distilled water four ounces; mix the solution of ammonia and the water, and dissolve in them the benzoic acid ; evaporate at a gentle heat…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Benzoate of Ammonium. C 7 H 5 O(NH 4 )O. Proved by Wibmer ; also proved and used by Jeanes. Feeling of swelling and soreness, apparently in puncta and saccus lachrymalis. Eyelids swollen. θ Albuminuria. Face bloated. θ Albuminuria. Swelling under tongue, right side, like ranula. Eructation of food without acidity…”

Ammonium benzoicum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Ammonium benzoicum in 2 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.

BACK - PAIN - Sacral region - stool - with urging to
MOUTH - SWELLING - Tongue - one-sided - right

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