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AMMONIUM CARBONICUM

Smelling salts

Clinical Picture:
Stout, fleshy females with diverse disorders as a consequence of leading a sedentary life.
Children who intensely dislike washing themselves.
Dyspnea with palpitation, worse with the least exertion such as ascending a few steps; worse in a warm room. One of the choice remedies in emphysema.
Epistaxis. Blocked nose.

Modalities:
Worse:

Cold and wet weather.
Wet poultices.
From washing or bathing.
During menstruation.
Better:
By lying on abdomen (Aceticum acidum).
On painful side (Pulsatilla nigricans, Bryonia alba).
In dry weather.

Relations:
Inimical to Lachesis.

Summary of Indications:
Emphysema - obesity.

Antidotes:
Arnica montana
Camphora officinalis
Hepar sulphuris calcareum