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Amylenum Nitrosum

30CAmyl Nit
Amyl Nitrite · "The Flushing Remedy"
aml-ns.OtherCommonPsoric
🎯 It acts as a powerful vasodilator, rapidly expanding blood vessels to relieve spasms and congestion.
📖 Boericke writes:
(AMYL NITROSUM)
On inhaling this drug, it rapidly dilates all arterioles an capillaries, producing flushings of face, heat, and throbbing in the head.--Superficial arterial . of the heart and similar conditions are readily cured by it, especially the flushings and other discomforts at . and yawning. Often relieves temporarily epileptic . Seasickness.
👤 Constitution
•Individuals who feel a strong need for fresh air, often experiencing sudden surges of blood to the head and face, accompanied by intense anxiety.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
and yawning.
introduction
Surging of blood to head and face; sensation as if blood would start through skin, with heat and redness.
head
Flushings, followed by sweat at .
head
Tumultuous action of heart.
chest
headache and flushes of heat, with anxiety and .
female
Abnormal sweat after influenza.
fever
Constant stretching for hours.
extremities
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Useful for managing intense hot flashes, throbbing , and anxiety associated with hormonal changes.
Anxiety, as if something might happen; must have fresh air.
Surging of blood to head and face; sensation as if blood would start through skin, with heat and redness.
Flushings, followed by sweat at .
Ears .
Throbbing.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

3X
Decimal
📝Third potency.
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Cactus Grandiflorus →Strychninum →Ergot →
🔄 Compare With
Lachesis Mutus →Glonoinum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Amylenum Nitrosum is listed in 72 rubrics across 13 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 25 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Circulatory System14Female Sexual System13Nervous System9Head8Locomotor System6Modalities5Generalities3Face3Respiratory System3Fever3Mind2Stomach2Eyes1

See all 72 rubrics for Amylenum Nitrosum →