AMMONIUM CARBONICUM mit generierter deutscher Übersetzung Lilienthal ll1 Great debility with symptoms pointing to the formation of heart-clot; broncho-pneumonia of the aged, with rattling of large bubbles in the chest, sputa thin, foamy, adynamia; incessant cough and copious expectoration, excited as if from down in larynx, agg. 3 to 4h a.m., followed by great exhaustion, especially when complicated with coryza or influenza. Farrington fr2 ... with coldness, prostration and weakness of chest and difficulty to expel mucus. When the patient gets along nicely but suddenly develops symptoms of heart clot, it often prevents the failure of heart and saves life. Brownish tongue; grasping at flocks. fr3 Leeser lsr2 For the pneumonia (that is, usually bronchopneumonia) the adynamic state with very embarrassed, rapid, noisy respiration, proceeding to pulmonary edema and collapse, have already been mentioned. Tyler tl3 Cough loose and rattling, but expectoration difficult. (Ant-t., Chel., Kali-c.) - Somnolence, drowsiness (Ant-t.), great debility. - Bluish or purplish lips. (Ant-t., Lach.) - Coughs continually, but raises nothing, or with great difficulty. (Kali-c.) - Very like Ant-t.-but Am-c. is worse from cold, Ant-t., is worse for heat. - Chests of old people; typical winter coughs. Royal ry2 Makeup: Weak, debiliated, rheumatic. Location: Lungs; heart; circulation of blood. Sen.: Faintness; drowsiness; chilliness; apprehensive. Mod.: Agg. Wet, cold weather; night. Amel. Warmth; lying on the stomach. Am-c. is most frequently called for in the last stage of pneumonia when the exudate is not properly eliminated. The symptoms are: loose cough; hoarse, rattling rales (Ant-t.); marked drowsiness; unconsciousness in the majority of cases; face hot, flushed, dark red, besotted; pulse rapid, but very weak; expectoration scanty, often bloody; urine scanty, dark and offensive; breathing labored, sometimes stertorous like Op with bubbling of frothy mucus from the lips; skin dry and hot. We note from the above that the heart is nearly overcome by the poison and that it will soon cease beating unless stimulated. In case of death from Am-c., large blood clots were found in the heart. We should also note that the physical signs of the chest for this remedy are identical with those of Ant-t., but that the skin symptoms are directly opposite. Ant-t. is cold and moist. As a heart stimulant Am-c. is used by both schools of medicine. The old school use it in five to ten grain doses of the crude drug. We homeopaths use it in the 3rd. as a rule, some in the 1st., and 2nd. The dose of the potentized drug should be repeated every fifteen minutes until the color of the face becomes normal. After that every hour till the heart is slower and stronger. Mathur mtarx Slow laboured, stertorous breathing; cough at about 15h or 3h with dyspnea, palpitation, burning in chest. Das danx Type: Lobar Pneumonia; ... Stages: Third stage. Location: Left side of chest. Expectoration: ... spitting bright red blood. Thin foamy sputa; copious expectoration. [Mucus in trachea increased. Rattling in trachea as from mucus. modx] Cough: ... cough with stitches in small of back; cough with spitting of blood with previous sweet taste and with great dyspnea; cough ... dry from tickling in the throat, as of dust; bloody taste followed by cough and spitting bright red blood with burning in chest; cough at night. Respiration: Dyspnea; much oppression of breathing; worse in warm room and motion; ... Chestpain: Stitches in the left side of the chest worse when lying on it; heaviness on the chest; burning and heat in the chest; ... rattling in chest when standing, sensation as if lungs were drawn; many stitches in chest; angina pectoris. Pulse: Hard, tense and frequent. Patient: ... stout women who readily take cold in winter; children who dislike washing; fat patients with weak heart; right side more affected. Accompaniments: Ill humor during wet stormy weather; nose stops at night, can breathe through mouth only (in long continued coryza); pale bloated face; corners of mouth and lips sore, cracked and burn; mouth and throat dry; craving for sugar; hard, knotty difficult stool; the skin peels off from the palms of the hand; cramps in calf, soles; desquamation of skin; very sensitive to cold air; heaviness in all organs; nose bleeds when washing the hands or face in the morning; white spots on face scale off continually; white sandy, urine, bloody; skin desquamates easily, exanthema continually peels off leaving a skin which sticks to the clothes; tired and weary all day; great dislike to bathing in children; sensitiveness to open air. Aggravation: Cold wet weather; wet stormy weather; wet poultices; from washing; in the evening; on bending down. Amelioration: Lying on the stomach; lying on right side; lying on painful side; in dry weather; by external pressure; in the room; from warmth. Compare with: Ant-t. tl3, Chel. tl3, Kali-c. tl3, Mosch. cda1 Intercurrent remedies: Sulph. [Broncho-pneumonia of children] rma1