Materia Medica de A a Z

AMMONIUM BENZOICUM (Am-be)

One of the remedies for albuminuria, especially in the gouty. Gout, with deposits in joints. Urinary incontinence in the aged.

Head

Heavy, stupid.

Face

Bloated, swollen eyelids. Swelling under tongue like ranula.

Urine

Smoky, scanty. Albuminous and thick deposits.

Back

Pain across sacrum, with urgency to stool. Soreness in region of right kidney.

Relationship

Compare: Terebinth (Ter); Benz. ac (Benz-ac); Ammonia salts; Caust.

In albuminuria compare: Kalm; Helon; Merc. cor (Merc-c); Berb; Canth.

Dose

Second trituration.