AMMONIUM CARBONICUM



LARYNX AND TRACHEA

Constriction of the larynx from both sides of the throat; drawing and stinging itching in the larynx. Hoarseness and roughness in the throat increased by speaking; violent and frequent hoarseness; oppression of the chest, with coryza and expectoration of mucus. Rattling in the larynx, as of mucus. Nightly cough. Violent dry cough in the morning and middle of the night; cough, with asthma. Cough, with asthma, in the evening, when in bed; deep out of the chest, extremely violent; cough which contracts the chest; every paroxysm of cough causes a stitch in the pit of the stomach, cough with heat in the head. Short and suppressed cough, from an irritation in the larynx, with a painful sensation of spasmodic asthma. Dry cough, especially at night, as from particles of dust in the throat. Cough, with expulsion of phlegm and soreness in the throat; affecting the chest and head; with expulsion of phlegm, inter- mixed with little globules of blood. Cough, with expulsion of bloody phlegm, weight upon the chest, and short breath, especially on ascending an eminence. Bloody expectoration when clearing the throat. Roughness and bloody taste in the mouth, succeeded by cough and expectoration of light-red blood, with burning and weight in the chest, heat and redness in the face, and trembling of the whole body. Incipient pulmonary phthisis. Haemoptysis? Asthmatic complaints in dropsy of the chest.

CHEST

Difficult breathing at night, with fear of choking when the cover of the bed touches his mouth. Asthma and palpitation of the heart, after every exertion. Contraction of the middle of the chest. Attack of asthma for eight days; trouble in ascending steps, or in breathing, aggravated in a warm room. Short breathing, with stitches in the chest. Short breathing, especially on going up-stairs. Chronic weakness of the chest, and coryza. Weight on the chest, as from an accumulation of blood; tightness of the chest when walking in the open air. Rush of blood to the chest (after writing). Heat and burning in the chest from below upwards. Painful oppression of the chest especially when lying in the bed, as if compressed. Stitches in the chest; the parts feel bruised when touching them. Stitches in the right side of the chest when stooping; aggravated by motion. Stitches in the left side of the chest during a portion of the night, which do not permit her to lie upon the left side; violent stitches in the left side of the chest, commencing in the praecordial region, and then moving downwards towards the side, and afterwards towards the back; frequent stitches in the heart. Frequent palpitation of the heart, with retraction of the epigastrium, and sense of weakness in the praecordial region; audible palpitation of the heart, and accelerated beating; when the hand is pressed upon the heart, the blood seems to rise in the throat, with impeded breathing. The right half of the chest is painful to the touch. Purple rash on the chest. *Lancinations through the fleshy part of the chest. Lacerating from the left side to the shoulder-joint.

BACK.

Pain in the small of the back, increased by motion, as from a bruise. Shooting pain in the small of the back. Drawing pain from the small of the back to the legs. Drawing and aching pain in the small of the back and in the loin, only when at rest, in the day- time, disappearing when walking. Violent, throbbing pain in the small of back, and in the loin, when at rest; gnawing pain in the small of the back, and in the hips, from which part it extends

to the abdomen, and moves again backwards both when at rest and in motion. Pressure in the back; burning, especially in the small of the back, several times during the day. Neck; violent burning in the nape of the neck, early in the morning. Drawing all along the back, beginning at the nape of the neck; stiff neck when turning the head. Drawing pain in the nape of the neck (with stitches in the head, over the temples, and bloated face). *Swelling of the cervical glands, with itching eruption in the face and upon the skin.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.

The glandular indurations in the axilla become painful and enlarged. Drawing and lacerating pains in the shoulders and arms. Weight and lameness in the right arm, the hand being swollen and cold for half an hour. The right arm feels as if weighing a hundred weight, and is without strength. The right arm is weak and cold, it feels benumbed and lifeless; this is succeeded by a tingling sensation. The arm is cold, stiff. and in the elbow- joint, as heavy as lead. Rigidity and deadness of the arms and fingers, in the morning, when taking hold of anything. Spasm in the right arm, which draws the arm backwards, succeeded by heat of the body, and turbid white urine. Pain in the elbow-joint, when extending the arm. Stiffness of the elbow-joint. Violent pain in the middle of the left fore-arm, in the evening when in bed, with sensation as if the bones would curve inwards and break. Itching and eruption on the arm. Tension and lacerating in the wrist joints, as far as the fingers worse during motion, ceases in bed. *Pain in the wrist-joints, which had been sprained at a former period. Trembling of the hands. The skin of a child’s hand becomes quite hard and chapped, the fissures being very deep. Drawing, lacerating, and crampy pain in the hands.*The fingers swell while the arms are hanging down.

INTERIOR EXTREMITIES.

Burning itching of the nates. Acute pain in the hip-joint when walking; every morning in bed, as if beaten asunder; the pain decreased after rising, and still more when walking; in the afternoon, the pain disappears entirely. His legs are contracted; the tendons of the muscles of the legs feel too short; pain in the left leg, as from a sprain, when walking; uneasiness in the legs. Sudden and great weakness in the lower extremities. Great lassitude in the thighs and legs. Acute pain in the right femur, as if the inmost marrow were shaken, increased by lying down and sitting; great lassitude, with pain in the thighs as if they would fall off.-Pain as if bruised in the thighs. Lacerating in the knees and knee-joints; boring pain in and upon the patella; boring and drawing in the knee. Pain in the knee, as from a sprain, when sitting down and turning the leg; burning redness, like the eruption in scarlatina, ion the bend of the right knee and along the leg; the pain increases when laying the cold hand upon the parts. Pain in the legs, as if lame, as if they were going to sleep, relieved by walking; the legs frequently go to sleep, when sitting or lying down, and at night, when he is resting upon the leg; tearing below the knee and in the left tibia. Frequent cramps in the legs, especially in the tibial muscles and the feet. Violent cramp in the calf, when walking in the open air. Acute pain in the heel, early on waking as if the bone were perforated by ulceration; lacerating in the feet; cold feet; chilliness of the feet, in the evening, especially when going to bed; rapid swelling of the feet, extending as far as the calves; great lassitude in the feet; trembling of both feet; tingling and itching in the sole of the foot, which is almost unbearable. Stitches and drawing in the feet; the big toe becomes red, swollen, and painful, especially in the evening, when in bed, and the whole foot swells up. During walking, the ball of the big toe is painful, as from subcutaneous ulceration. *Cramp in the bottom of the foot. *Sweat of the feet. *Pain in the ball as if sprained, at night, in bed. *Burning, stinging, and tearing in the corns. *Podagra.

Charles Julius Hempel
Charles Julius Hempel (5 September 1811 Solingen, Prussia - 25 September 1879 Grand Rapids, Michigan) was a German-born translator and homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. While attending medical lectures at the University of New York, where he graduated in 1845, he became associated with several eminent homeopathic practitioners, and soon after his graduation he began to translate some of the more important works relating to homeopathy. He was appointed professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1857.