Ammonium Muriaticum appears in 12 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.
- 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 — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“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.”
- 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 /…”
- 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…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“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 (KN) — Only the symptoms Lippe considered reliable enough to prescribe on.
“Sensation of soreness in different parts of the body. Burning, stinging and throbbing, as from a boil. Tension in the joints, as from shortening of the muscles. Ebullition with anxiety and weakness. Hiccough. Blisters on the tongue. Many groups of symptoms are accompanied by cough. In the morning hours she feels…”
- 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…”
