Ammonium Aceticum

by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Ammonia acetate. Spiritus Mindereri. C 2 H 3 O 2 NH 4. Aqueous solution.

Clinical

Diabetes / Fever / Sweat

Characteristics

This is a very old medicine in great use in old-school practice for "fever mixtures." It has been experimented with by Wibmer, who experienced the following symptoms: "Scraping in throat. Increased warmth in abdomen; in the skin, especially of face. Heaviness in the head." It causes profuse flow of urine, said to contain sugar. "Bathed in sweat" is a leading indication.

Ammonium Aceticum across the other classic books

Ammonium Aceticum appears in 2 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 TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Chemical formula Preparation , The aqueous solution know as "Spiritus Mindereri" has been employed. Authorities. Wibmer's experiments with repeated doses of the "spiritus" diluted with water. Scraping in the throat. Increased warmth in the abdomen. Increased warmth of the skin, especially in the face. Heaviness in the…”

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