General Action
Ammonium mur. is extremely unlike Ammonium carb. (the Muriatic acid seems to have overpowered the Ammonia so far as pathogenetic effects go).
We find no stimulus, but prostration, a low typhoid state; pronounced action on mucous membranes, particularly of the respiratory organs; neuralgia.
As compared with Ammonium carb., Ammonium m. affects more the left side, Ammonium c. the right side; though Ammonium mur. affects both sides.
Generalities
General weakness. Neuralgic pains, tearing, burning, ulcerative. Tense feeling of muscles. Increased mucous secretions.
(The head an chest symptoms are worse mornings, the abdominal in the afternoon, the pains in the limbs, the skin and febrile symptoms in the evening.- Boenninghausen.).
Mind
Irritable, especially in the morning.
Head
Vertigo, ameliorated in open air. Heaviness and fulness in the forehead mornings.
Eyes
Burning in the canthi, ameliorated by washing. Vision weak, vanishing by candle-light. Floating opacities.
Ears
Sharp, neuralgic pains, outward, especially in the open air. Symptoms of catarrhal deafness.
Nose
Sneezing. Discharge of clear water from the nose, scalding hot. Obstruction. Smell impaired or lost.
Face
Tearing pains in the malar regions. Burning heat of the face in the house. Lips dry, cracked, with raw places; corners ulcerated. Sub-maxillary glands swollen, pulsating.
Mouth
Burning vesicles on the tip of the tongue.
Throat
Sticking on swallowing. Sore throat, swollen tonsils, glairy mucus.
Stomach
Thirst, especially evenings. Bitter taste; bitter regurgitations.
Abdomen
Colic; pains about the navel, in the hypochondria, drawings in the groins, etc.
Stool
Hard, crumbling, covered with glairy mucus or green, slimy diarrhoea, preceded by colic.
Anus and Rectum
Burning in anus; itching soreness in rectum.
Urinary Organs
Frequent micturition at night, but urine usually diminished in quantity.
Sexual Organs
Enlarged prostate.
Sexual Organs, Female
Menses early and profuse, with pains in abdomen and small of back. Flow often more profuse at night, at times black and clotted. Leucorrhoea follows a pain around the navel. Leucorrhoea albuminous. Menstruation and leucorrhoea generally accompanied by abdominal symptoms, jaundice, constipation, sore liver, flatulence, etc.
Respiratory Organs
Hoarseness, with burning in the larynx. Cough, dry, in the morning, caused by tickling in the throat (pharynx). Cough, dry, at night preventing sleep. Cough aggravated on lying on the back. Cough very fatiguing, seeming to start from low down in the chest. Cough becomes loose, with free expectoration, especially in the afternoon. Cough, with mucous rales in the chest, in old people. With the cough, sore, burning spots in the chest, or between the shoulders; great prostration, suffocation (but none of the heart weakness and cold sweat of Tartar Emetic).
Neck and Back
Tearing pains in the sides of the neck, extending to the clavicles. Stiffness, painful. Pain in the small of the back, as if beaten, at night. Bruised pain in the coccyx, at night.
Extremities
Tearings in the tips of the fingers. Contraction of the tendons under the knee.
Tearings and ulcerative-pains in the heels. Tips of toes painful. Offensive perspiration of feet. (Sciatica, pains aggravated by sitting, ameliorated by lying. Various rheumatoid pains aggravated at night in bed. ).
Skin
Vesicular eruptions, becoming scaly.
Fever
Chilliness evenings at six and on waking in fore part of night. Coldness between scapulae. Flushes of heat, with red, puffy face. Sweat after midnight.