AMMONIACUM GUMMILiquid

Ammoniacum gummi is a valuable homoeopathic medicine prepared from the gum-resin of Dorema ammoniacum from the Umbelliferæ family. Known for its deep action on the respiratory tract, joints, digestive system, and nervous system, it is especially suited for chronic bronchial conditions in elderly individuals, joint and neuralgic pains, and sluggish gastrointestinal or urinary complaints. It is also recognized for its effects on mental dullness, eye strain, glandular swellings, and musculoskeletal stiffness.

Common Name: Gum-Ammoniac

SBL’s Ammoniacum gummi can be helpful in the following conditions:

Bronchial Affections and Chest Oppression

• Ammoniacum gummi supports bronchial affections in aged individuals during cold weather.
• Aids in relieving constant tickling in the throat and roughness at the throat’s orifice.
• Relieves oppression and lancinating pains in the left side of the chest during inspiration.
• Manages short, quickened respiration with heaving and uneasiness at the base of the chest, especially on the right side.

Mental Dullness and Ill Humored

• Relieves mental dullness, ill-humor, and lack of interest in surroundings.
• Supports cases of incapacity for mental application and gloomy temperament with repugnance to activity.

Headache and Scalp Pricking Sensations

• Aids in managing heaviness, semi-lateral frontal pressure, and confusion in the forehead with dimness of vision.
• Relieves pressure at the occiput, pricking of scalp, and itching at the hair roots with tingling.
• Manages tearing pain on the right side of the head and pressure over the eyebrows.

Eye Disorders and Asthenopia

• Supports eye affections marked by dryness, dim vision, photophobia, and burning on rising.
• Relieves pressure, tickling, and foreign body sensations under the eyelid.
• Aids in improving vision with effort; useful in asthenopia and post-trauma visual complaints (e.g., amblyopia from a blow).

Nasal Dryness and Ear Roaring

• Manages painful dryness, increased nasal mucus, sneezing with fluent discharge, and motion of alae nasi.
• Relieves roaring in ears and tearing or gurgling sensations in the auditory canal.

Dry Mouth and Throat Fullness

• Relieves dryness in mouth and throat on waking, with scraping and burning down the gullet.
• Manages sensation of a foreign body in the throat that triggers repeated swallowing.
• Supports cases with fullness in the throat and nausea.

Borborygmi and Abdominal Pain

• Aids in relieving frequent eructations, nausea, and taste disturbances—clammy, insipid, or bitter.
• Manages increased abdominal borborygmi, pressure in pubic area, and pinching or violent abdominal pain.

Pappy Stool and Rectal Issues

• Supports relief from soft, mucous, or pap-like stools, often associated with gas and abdominal churning.
• Manages constipation or delayed stools with rectal pressure.
• Relieves diarrhea marked by mucous discharge, often preceded by chills and cramping.

Burning in Urethra and Renal Soreness

• Manages burning in urethra and passage of drops of urine post-micturition.
• Supports conditions with increased urination and urea output.
• Relieves soreness in right kidney region (on pressure).

Painful Penis and Glandular Issues

• Aids in shooting pains in the spermatic cord and root of the penis.
• Relieves itching in the pubic region and supports cases of hydrocele.
• borborygmi manages glandular affections and inner drawing sensations.

Musculoskeletal and Joint Pain

• Relieves rheumatic, tearing, darting pains in shoulders, elbows, knees, wrists, and ankles.
• Aids in swelling of joints and stiffness in movement, especially in hips and knees.
• Manages heaviness, pressure, and fatigue in limbs with weakness and a tendency to stumble.
• Supports recovery in panaritium (felons) and neuralgic pain involving both upper and lower extremities.

Back and Pelvis Pain with Heaviness

• Relieves darting lumbar and sacral pains, especially during breathing.
• Supports rheumatic pain near the pelvis and heaviness in the lumbar spine.

General Lassitude and Disturbed Sleep

• Helps in cases with lassitude, heaviness, and physical dullness even after minor exertion.
• Manages neuralgias, swelling of extremity joints, and coldness with tendency to perspire.
• Relieves disturbed, unrefreshing sleep with vivid, sometimes painful dreams, sleepiness during the day, and yawning from stomach emptiness.