Phlegm - Loose Cough and Homeopathy

Loose Cough and Homeopathy

Symptoms:
Loose phlegm, thick and difficult to cough up. Breathless. Wheezing, noisy chest.
Suggested Remedy: Antim tart

Symptoms: Spasmodic cough, worse in open air.Breathless. Rapid development of phlegm which may be vomited up.
Suggested Remedy: Apis Mel

Symptoms: Throbbing pain, not so rapid onset. Very hot dry skin, red face and dilated pupils.
Not restless or fearful.
Suggested Remedy: Belladonna

Symptoms: Stabbing pain, intolerable. Cross, irritable; doesn’t know where to put himself.
Suggested Remedy: Chamomilla

Symptoms: Jerking, tearing pain, ears hot. Pain is made worse by heat. Miserable and whining; responds to cuddling and affection.
Suggested Remedy: Pulsatilla

Barking cough and other tips

Barking cough and other tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -14

Symptoms

Dry, harsh, whistling; tickling in throat pit, beneath sternum; hoarse.      

Suggested Medicine

Sanguinaria

Symptoms

 Hard cough when lying down.                                 

Suggested Medicine

Silica

Symptoms

 Dry, barking, croupy, sibilant; awakens him out of sound sleep; loose, wheezing asthmatic, suffocative, with copious raising.                                                                                

Suggested Medicine

Spongia Tosta 

Short, painful and other cough tips

 Short, painful and other cough tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -13

Symptoms

Short, painful; feeling as though cold air were passing through trachea; teasing; dry; from midnight till morning.  

Suggested Medicine

Rhustox

Symptoms

 Dry, teasing, incessant; worse using voice, inhaling cold air; at night; tickling behind sternum, in throat; better from covering up face.                                                                   

Suggested Medicine

Rumex Cris

Symptoms

 Violent, dry, suffocative; with hoarseness and rattling of mucus in throat; great difficulty of breathing; jumps out of sound sleep, almost strangling.                                            

Suggested Medicine

Samb Niger

At night and other cough tips

At night  and other cough tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -12

Symptoms

 Dry, hacking.                                                          

Suggested Medicine

Nux. vomica

Symptoms

 Dry, hollow, spasmodic, with tightness in chest; jars the whole body; from use of voice; from going from warm to cold air.                                                                                

Suggested Medicine

Phosphorus

Symptoms

 Dry at night, loose in the morning.                            

Suggested Medicine

Pulsatilla Nig

Deep, hollow, with rattling mucus

 Deep, hollow, with rattling mucus

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -11

Symptoms

 Dry, hard, with stitching pain; awakens him at 3 or 4 a. m.       

Suggested Medicine

Kali. carb

Symptoms

 Violent, worse in the morning.                                 

Suggested Medicine

Kali. iod

Symptoms

 Deep, hollow, with rattling mucus.                           

Suggested Medicine

Lycopodium

Symptoms

 Dry, harsh, racking, at night. 

Suggested Medicine

Merc Sol 

Harsh Cough and other Tips

Harsh Cough and other Tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -10

Symptoms

 From tickling behind sternum or low in chest, dry, hoarse, with wheezing and sawing respiration.          

Suggested Medicine

Iodiom

Symptoms

 Constant, severe; sounds loose, but no expectoration; distressing dyspnoea, ends in vomiting haemoptysis from slight exertion.                                                                  

Suggested Medicine

Ipecac.

Symptoms

 Harsh.                                                                    

Suggested Medicine

Kali. bich

Retching, Strangling cough and other tips

Retching, Strangling cough and other tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -9

Symptoms

Strangling, retching, violent; from uncovering; ends in vomiting.

Suggested Medicine

Heper Sulph

Symptoms

 Dry, spasmodic, from tickling; at night.                    

Suggested Medicine

Hyosymus

Symptoms

 Violent; from tickling as of a feather, growing worse the more he coughs; stopped by effort of will.       

Suggested Medicine

Ignatia Amm. 

Whooping Cough and other Tips

Whooping Cough and other Tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -8

Symptoms

 Tickling in throat as from crumb of bread; crawling; sense of constriction, cough like whooping cough; deep, hoarse, with strangling and vomiting of slime.                                

Suggested Medicine

Dros Rut.

Symptoms

 Loose, spasmodic, with tickling; after long effort raises phlegm; cough with pain in epigastrium which interferes with ability to cough; must press his hand on pit of stomach or hold side in order to cough.     

Suggested Medicine

Dulcamara

Symptoms

 In morning and during day, never at night; coryza.    

Suggested Medicine

Eupharisia

Symptoms

 Dry; after meals; dyspnoea and fullness in chest.      

Suggested Medicine

Ferrum Phos 

Violent Cough and other tips

Violent Cough and other tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -7

Symptoms

With feeling as if sternum were crushed in.               

Suggested Medicine

Creosotum

Symptoms

 So violent, it seems as though bronchial tube would tear.          

Suggested Medicine

Cubeba Off.

Symptoms

 Spasmodic, suffocative; with twitching; blue face.     

Suggested Medicine

Cuprum Met.

Long lasting cough and other tips

Long lasting cough and other tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -6

Symptoms

Loose, rattling, long lasting.                                     

Suggested Medicine

Chelidonium

Symptoms

 From dry spot in larynx, with itching of throat and chest.          

Suggested Medicine

Conium Mac.

Symptoms

 Burning dry cough; with hoarseness and pain in larynx; in evening.        

Suggested Medicine

Copaiva Off.

Symptoms

 Attacks follow each other rapidly; exceedingly violent; face purple; great exhaustion; vomiting of mucus.           

Suggested Medicine

Corallium Rub.

Explosive Cough and other tips

Explosive Cough and other tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -5

Symptoms

Hard, explosive; seems head and chest would fly to pieces; pain in distant parts when coughing.           

Suggested Medicine

Capsicum

Symptoms

 With burning in chest.                                              

Suggested Medicine

Carbo. veg

Symptoms

 With soreness and rawness in chest; better from drinking cold water; with involuntary escape of urine.  

Suggested Medicine

Causticum

Symptoms

 Dry, hacking, from tickling; one cheek red, the other pale; with stitching under false ribs.          

Suggested Medicine

Chammomilla

Spasmodic cough and other tips

 Spasmodic cough and other tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -4

Symptoms

Spasmodic; from inhaling cold air; rattling in chest without choking.      

Suggested Medicine

Bromium

Symptoms

 Dry, tickling in throat and epigastrium, with desire to expand chest; worse from going into warm room; with gagging and vomiting of food.                                                      

Suggested Medicine

Bryonia

Symptoms

 At midnight; with oppression; sub clavicular soreness. Tight at night, loose in the morning.         

Suggested Medicine

Calcaria Carb

Convulsive cough and other tips

Convulsive cough and other tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -3

Symptoms

Severe, concussive; jars the head badly.                  

Suggested Medicine

Apis Mel

Symptoms

 Excited by laughing.                                                

Suggested Medicine

Arg. met

Symptoms

 Dry, tickling, barking, convulsive; pain and soreness in larynx.  

Suggested Medicine

Belladona

Rattling Cough and other Tips

Rattling Cough and other Tips

Homeopathy is tough on cough- Part -2

Symptoms

 Dry, hacking, loose; in the p. m.; raises mucous freely.

Suggested Medicine

Amm. mur

Symptoms

 From tickling in chest; from going into a warm room.   

Suggested Medicine

Ant. crud

Symptoms

 Loose, rattling; excited by eating and fits of anger; vomiting of mucus, with relief.          

Suggested Medicine

Ant. tart

Winter Season and Homeopathy - Cold and Flu

Winter Season and Homeopathy - Cold and Flu

Aconite 30c - No. 1 Remedy for nipping colds in the bud. Useful in the early stages of colds, fevers, sore throats and the inflammatory stage of other illnesses. Sudden onset often after exposure to cold. Much sneezing with pain at root of nose. Dry mucous membranes. Worse: evening or night and for touch. Better: fresh air and rest. 

Allium Cepa 30c - Common feverish cold with streaming eyes and nose. Profuse watery nasal discharge which burns upper lip. Red, running eyes with bland discharge. Headache worse in warm room. Worse: evening and stuffy rooms. Better: open air and cold room. 

Arsenicum Alb 30c. - Catches cold easily, burning, watery nasal discharge alternating with dryness. Frequent sneezing without relief. Very chilly and shivery. Nostrils become sore and red and nose feels blocked alternating with watery discharge. Worse: change of temperature, cold, damp and after midnight. Better: heat and warm applications, hot drinks. 

AGE 30c Arsenicum-iod/Gelsemium/Eupatorium in combination which is very useful for covering typical flu symptoms. 

Euphrasia 30c Profuse bland nasal discharge, running red eyes with burning tears and frequent sneezing. Burning sore throat and eyes sensitive to light. Worse: light, in the evening. Better: during the day when up and about. 

Eupatorium perf.30c - Chill followed by heat and sweating. Intense aching of bones as if broken or bruised. Great thirst for cold drinks. Worse: movement, cold, open air. Better; Resting, warmth, sweating. 

Ferrum Phos 30c - Tired and weary not feeling quite right. First signs of a cold or flu. Red inflamed eyes. Chill with shivering and fever with flushed face.