Ammonium iodatum

Iodide of Ammonia

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory · 1901 (9th ed. 1927)

Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.

(AMMONIUM JODATUM)

Indicated when iodine has but partially relieved its cases of laryngitis and bronchitis, catarrhal pneumonia, œdema of lungs.

Head

Dull headache, especially in young people, face stupid, heavy; vertigo, Meniere's disease.

Dose

Second and third trit.

Compare: Ammonium tartaricum (Dry hacking cough after every cold).

Ammonium iodatum across the other classic books

Ammonium iodatum appears in 3 of the 27 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.
“AMMONIUM IODATUM. Authority. Sidney Ringer, M.B., Practitionner, vol. viii, 1872, p. 129, a lad, æt. seventeen years, convalescent from acute rheumatism, took three doses each of 10 grains. After two doses, and in six hours and a half, petechial spots broke out on both legs.”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Iodide of Ammonia.) Description. — The Iodide of ammonia is made by mixing the Iodide of potassium and the Sulphate of ammonia in boiling water, and cooling the mixture. Alcohol is then added, and the mixture cooled to below 40° C. This is filtered and evaporated. The crystals are granular, white, and deliquescent…”

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