• Ammonium Iodatum acts profoundly on mucous membranes, especially of the respiratory tract, and also affects the skin.

• Adapted to lymphatic constitutions, with a tendency to catarrhal and glandular affections.

• Indicated when Iodine has but partially relieved cases of laryngitis, bronchitis, and catarrhal pneumonia.

• Useful in edema of the lungs.

• Patients are often chilly and sensitive to cold air.

• Burning sensations predominate.

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• Irritability and restlessness, with difficulty concentrating.

• Apprehension and anxiety about health.

• Depressed mood with aversion to company, yet it feels better when distracted.

• Forgetfulness and mental confusion.

• The patient feels overwhelmed by simple tasks.

• The patient is anxious and easily frightened.

• Great despondency.

• The patient is easily offended.

• Headache, frontal or temporal, often associated with catarrh.

• Sensation of pressure or fullness in the head.

• The head feels heavy and confused.

• Headache is better in open air.

• Burning and itching of the eyelids.

• Photophobia (sensitivity to light).

• Lachrymation (tearing) with burning sensation.

• Eyes feel weak and tired.

• Sticking or throbbing pains in the ears.

• Catarrhal deafness.

• Tinnitus (ringing in the ears).

• Sensation of fullness in ears.

• Burning sensation in the nose and throat.

• Obstruction of the nose, especially at night.

• Loss of smell.

• Nasal discharge excoriates the upper lip.

• Rawness and burning in the throat.

• Hoarseness and loss of voice.

• Swelling of the tonsils.

• Sensation of a lump in the throat.

• Bronchitis with profuse, rattling mucus.

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• Catarrhal pneumonia.

• Shortness of breath, aggravated by exertion.

• Expectoration of thick, yellow mucus.

• Cough is worse lying down.

• Burning sensation in the chest.

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• Palpitations, especially on exertion or excitement.

• Feeling of constriction around the heart.

• Weakness and irregular pulse.

• Pain in the chest, aggravated by coughing or breathing deeply.

• Loss of appetite.

• Nausea and vomiting.

• Burning in the stomach.

• Abdomen

• Distension and flatulence.

• Colicky pains.

• Tenderness to pressure.

• Rectum:

• Diarrhea, stools watery, frequent, and exhausting.

• Burning in the anus after stool.

• Urinary:

• Frequent urination, especially at night.

• Burning sensation during urination.

• Scanty urine.

• Urine smells pungent.

• Sexual:

• In males, diminished sexual desire.

• In females, menstrual irregularities.

• Leucorrhea, profuse, acrid, and corrosive.

• Burning and itching of the vulva.

• Back

• Pain in the back, especially in the lumbar region.

• Stiffness of the back.

• Extremities

• Weakness and heaviness of the limbs.

• Pain in the joints, especially the knees and ankles.

• Coldness of the hands and feet.

• Swelling of the joints.

• Rheumatoid pains, worse at night.

• Skin

• Itching and burning eruptions.

• Eczema with thick crusts.

• Urticaria (hives).

• Acne.

• Skin is dry and cracked.

• Burning sensation after scratching.

• Sleep

• Restless sleep.

• Vivid dreams.

• Sleeplessness before midnight.

• The patient wakes up feeling unrefreshed.

• Cold air, night, lying down, exertion, damp weather.

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• Open air, warmth, rest, motion.

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• Compare: Ammonium tartaricum (Dry hacking cough after every cold).

• Compare: Iodine, Hepar Sulphuris, Spongia, Kali Iodatum.

• Complementary: Hepar Sulphuris, Calcarea Carbonica.

• Useful in scrofulous affections.