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Ammonium Aceticum

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Ammonium Aceticum · Spirit of Mindererus · "The Gentle Diaphoretic"
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🎯 It acts primarily as a diaphoretic and diuretic agent that influences body temperature and metabolic waste.
📖 Clarke writes:
Ammonia acetate. Spiritus Mindereri. C2 H3 O2 NH4. Aqueous solution.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Used in old-school practice for 'fever mixtures'
Scraping in throat
Increased warmth in abdomen
Increased warmth in the skin, especially of face
Heaviness in the head
Causes profuse flow of urine, said to contain sugar
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Bathed in sweat (leading indication)
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Profuse sweating (bathed in sweat)
Clarke
Increased urine flow
Clarke
Urine may contain sugar
Clarke
Scraping sensation in the throat
Clarke
Heaviness in the head
Clarke
Increased warmth in the abdomen
Clarke
Increased warmth in the skin
Clarke
Increased warmth specifically in the face
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
⚙️Generals
Used for conditions involving increased body heat and metabolic imbalances related to urinary output.
AMMONIUM ACETICUM. - THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D. Main THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D. Presented by Médi-T AMMONIUM ACETICUM. Chemical formula , C 2 H 3 O 2 NH 4 . Preparation , The aqueous solution know as "Spiritus Mindereri" has been employed. Authorities. Wibmer's experiments with repeated doses of the "spiritus" diluted with water.
Scraping in the throat.
Increased warmth in the abdomen.
Increased warmth of the skin, especially in the face.
Heaviness in the head.
Causes profuse urine which contains sugar
  • Larrrey (in Med. Chir. Treatise), (old)..
📚 Sources & References
Clarke's DictionaryAllen's EncyclopediaBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM

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