Causes Symptoms for Ammonium Causticum Mother Tincture There is burning sensations especially in throat gullet and rectum White patches on tongue and inner side of cheeks There is intense thirst and excessively violent ejection of stomach contents Person with voice low weak speech broken Aphonia with debility or with burning rawness in throat Great excitement in evening Worse after eating or drinking This is a powerful cardiac stimulant As such in syncope thrombosis hemorrhage snake bites chloroform narcosis may be given by inhalationThe oedema and ulceration of mucous membranes produced by this powerful drug have been utilized as guiding symptoms for its use hence in membranous croup with burning in oesophagus MindTimid HeadSensation as if brain protruded at center forward and on both sides but without pain and without confusion of the head NosePeculiar redness of skin over nose nose stopped watery coryza FaceExtremely pale face expressive of the greatest suffering Mucous membrane of lips and nose destroyed MouthProfuse bloody salivation Lips gums and tongue swollen ThroatBurning and dryness of oesophagus great difficulty in swallowing Tonsils swollen uvula elongated and swollen StomachIntense thirst Vomiting of mucus and blood and great tenderness over epigastric region Violent ejection of stomach contents by nose and mouth AbdomenPains tenderness distension of abdomen Stool and RectumCopious bloody stools and Tenesmus Urinary OrgansUrine red alkaline Albuminuria is relieved Female Sexual OrgansMenses fifteen days too early and very profuse Respiratory OrgansBronchitis with profuse expectoration blood stained Voice deep weak or absent Great difficulty in breathing and Gasping for breath Upper LimbsConvulsive twitches of right arm Muscular rheumatism of shoulders GeneralitiesBleedings from all orifices which cause faintness Great exhaustion and muscular weakness weakness which hardly admits of an upright posture great trembling on making the slightest exertion Skin hot and dry afterwards moist perspiration supervening Disturbed sleep Shiverings fever towards evening pulse at first feeble and rather accelerated afterwards quicker from hour to hour