Common Name: Amyl Nitrite
Source: A chemical compound (alkyl nitrite) prepared synthetically
Chemical formula: C₅H₁₁ONO
Prover: Dr. Hering
Family: Organic compound
Miasm: Acute / Sycotic
KEYNOTES (Boericke & Allen Combined)
"Sudden flushing of face, palpitation, heat, throbbing, fullness of head with faintness. Useful in climacteric flushes."
The Remedy for Sudden Flushings & Heart Sensations
"A quick-acting drug for hot flashes, congestive headaches, and heart troubles with anxiety."
MENTAL SYMPTOMS
- Sudden anxiety with feeling of impending death
- Irritability and restlessness
- Fear of being alone; desire to be in open air
- Mind confused during attack
GENERALITIES
- Flushes of heat with throbbing and fullness
- Redness and congestion of face and head
- Sudden weakness and fainting spells
- Feels as if heart will stop or burst
- Climacteric disturbances, especially hot flushes in menopausal women
- Pulse full, bounding
HEART & CIRCULATION
- Palpitation, rapid and violent
- Sensation of fullness and oppression of chest
- Feeling as if heart would stop beating
- Arterial throbbing, especially carotids
- Alternate flushing and sweating
HEAD
- Intense congestive headache, throbbing
- Red, hot face, fullness in head
- Vertigo with flushing
- Bursting headache especially in temples
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- Oppression of chest
- Shortness of breath with anxiety
- Heat rising from chest to head
- Sensation of suffocation with heart distress
FEMALE SYSTEM
- Flushes of heat during menopause, with redness of face and sweating
- Palpitations and faintness with climacteric troubles
- Useful in menopausal syndrome
SLEEP
- Restless from internal heat
- Night sweats
- Wakes with feeling of suffocation and anxiety
MODALITIES
|
Worse From |
Better From |
|
Warm room or heat |
Open air |
|
Least motion |
Rest |
|
Mental excitement |
Cold application |
|
Alcohol, stimulants |
After lying down |
CLINICAL
CONDITIONS
- Climacteric flushes (menopause)
- Angina pectoris
- Migraine
- Congestive headache
- Palpitation
- Fainting
- Epilepsy (aura stage) – Preventive in some cases
POTENCY & DOSAGE
- Inhalation of 2 to 5 drops during acute attack (in emergencies)
- 6C–30C: For constitutional use in chronic conditions (menopause, heart sensitivity)
- Higher potencies (200C): For deep-seated heart fears or flushes under supervision
- This remedy acts rapidly and is used with caution in material doses (inhalation).
MEMORY TRICK – "Amylenum = Attack, Menopause, Yellow Flash!"
- A – Attack sudden (flush, palpitations, anxiety)
- M – Menopausal flushes
- Y – Yellow face (flush → fade)
- L – Like fainting
- E – Emergency remedy
- N – Nitrite = Nerve/Heart remedy
- U – Unbearable fullness in chest
- M – Migraine, Menopausal heat
COMPARE
WITH
|
Remedy |
Difference |
|
Glonoine |
Congestion with pulsation, but more related to sunstroke |
|
Lachesis |
Also climacteric remedy, but more loquacious, left-sided |
|
Sanguinaria |
Flushes with right-sided headache and dry burning palms |
|
Sulphur |
Heat at vertex, but with itching and offensive sweat |
CONCLUSION
Amylenum Nitrosum is a fast-acting remedy that covers sudden flushes of heat, palpitations, and congestive headaches, particularly during menopause. Its quick relief in acute heart symptoms and emotional anxiety makes it an emergency homeopathic remedy when indicated.
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