Ammonium benzoicum [Am-be.]

Natural History.

Benzoate of Ammonia

General.

One of the remedies for albuminuria, especially in the gouty. Gout, with deposits in joints. Urinary incontinence in the aged.

Head.

Heavy, stupid.

Face.

Bloated, swollen eyelids. Swelling under tongue like ranula.

Urine Section.

Smoky, scanty. Albuminous and thick deposits.

Back.

Pain across sacrum, with urgency to stool. Soreness in region of right kidney.

Relationship.

Compare: Terebinth.; Benz-ac.; Ammonia salts, Caust.

In albuminuria compare: Kalmia; Helon; Merc. cor.; Berb.; Canth.

Dose.

Second trituration.