Cough remedies

First Class remedies

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Cough

Rumx

• Irritative/ Paroxysmal /Hacking /Short coughs (Bell, Phos, Brom) (Brom ₳ Rumx)

• Cough caused by stimulation (tickling) of larynx/trachea and Throat-pit
• Itching extend downward

  COUGH - TICKLING - Larynx; in - extending to – Midsternum

• Foreign body sensation in larynx

COUGH - FOREIGN body; sensation of a - Larynx; in: BELL

COUGH - DRY - irritation/tickling in larynx

COUGH - RAWNESS - Larynx excites cough; rawness in: NUX-V , PHOS , SULPH

COUGH - HACKING - tickling in larynx, from

• Eating agg

COUGH - IRRITATION; from - Larynx; in - eating, while

• Immediately sleep coughs (Dros ₳ Rumx) (Lach ₳ Rumx)

Coughing - paroxysmal, cough, attacks - midnight - before

Coughing - PAROXYSMAL, cough, attacks - midnight - before - 11 p.m. (Rumx ₳ Squil)

Coughing - PAROXYSMAL, cough, attacks - midnight - before - lying down, after

• Air flow agg (laughing, yawning, panting, talking)

COUGH - BREATHING - irregular, from

• He covers his mouth or covers his head

Coughing - UNCOVERING, agg: HEP , RHUS-T

• Cough as soon as you go from a warm to a cold place

Coughing - COLD, temperature - going from warm, to

• Morning cough
  

Coughing - PAROXYSMAL, cough, attacks - morning - waking, after

• Tuberculosis
  • TB cough in its early stages, which is sharp and leads to stinging pain in the lungs.
  • Constant and irritating coughs as if phlegm sticks to the larynx and does not come out

Dros

• Common cold Coughs:

COUGH - COLD; from taking a: NUX-V

• According to Kent, In coughs left from measles pneumonia, Dros is the first choice. Others are Carb-v, Sul, Kali-c.

• Whooping cough: Dry and hacking coughs last so long and ends in cyanosis

  Coughing - PAROXYSMAL, cough, attacks - attacks, first the strongest, following ones weaker and weaker - follow one another quickly

• Coughs + Epistaxis

Coughing - WHOOPING, cough - nosebleeds, with : ARN , IP , PHOS

• Lying agg

Coughing - LYING, general - night - as soon as head touches pillow

Coughing - TICKLING, cough - larynx, in, from - lying, while

• After midnight, 2 am

Coughing - PAROXYSMAL, cough, attacks - midnight – after

Coughing - PAROXYSMAL, cough, attacks - midnight - after - 2 a.m.

• Dust agg: Cough caused by scratching/feeling/foreign body in the larynx

Coughing - SCRAPING, cough from - scraping, fauces

• Painful / Severe / Annoying cough
• Single and percussive coughs
• He cannot cough due to Stomach/ Chest pain, so when he coughs, he puts his hand on his painful site to amel.

Coughing - HANDS, holding on - pit of stomach - amel

Coughing - HANDS, holding on - chest with both hands, must while coughing: ARN

Spong

• Laryngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis
• Harsh / Loud / Deep / Annoying / Constant cough (Sawing / Dog barking / Ringing)
• Agg by deep breath
• He has to cough to get better. (Ign ₳ Spong)

Coughing - DEEP, cough - deep-sounding: STRAM

• Modalities:
  • Excitement agg
  • Daytime agg
  • Agg by drinking, Amel By eating

• Suffocative cough: Heaviness / Closure of throat
  • Cough wakes him up with suffocation feeling esp while lying on his side
  • Dyspnea that he thinks he is dying. It seems like his last breath. In this case, he can be saved by prescribing Carb-v, but if his asthma returns later due to a cold, give him Nat-s. While Spong and Ip only have a temporary improvement effect.
  • Cough attacks before midnight or at bedtime

Coughing - PAROXYSMAL, cough, attacks - midnight – before : Hep. RUMX

Caust

• Laryngitis and PND and to some extent pneumonia
• Chronic coughs: Constant, old and debilitating coughs

Coughing - EXHAUSTING, cough

Coughing - CONSTANT, coughing

• Intense / Painful / Scratchy / Tormenting cough
• He feels that he has phlegm and he needs to expel it, but the cough is dry (Kali-bi) because the respiratory tracts are dry and these secretions from the sinuses have poured into the respiratory tract.

Coughing - TORMENTING, cough : ARS, BELL ,DROS, IP

Coughing - SCRAPING, cough from : STANN

Coughing - PAINFUL, cough : ALL-C , BRY , CUPR

Coughing - VIOLENT, cough

• He coughs deeply, but as if not deep enough to expel phlegm

Coughing - DEEP, cough - deep, enough, as though he could not cough deep to start mucus

• PND that doesn't come out well, that's why he has constant hawking
• Burning/ Dryness in Throat / Respiratory tract causes Dry / Rough / Hollow coughs
• Hacking / Percussive coughs caused by itching and burning in the larynx.

Coughing - HACKING, cough - rawness in larynx, from

• Modalities
  • Cold and dry weather agg (Hep, Acon)
  • Eating amel
  • Agg by Bending forward agg

Coughing - BENDING, forced to bend double - head, forward, agg

• Cough accompanied by pelvic pain, esp left

• Cough starts with
  • Rolling over in bed
  • Warming up or exercise

Coughing - BED, in, changing position - warm, on becoming, in, agg. or excites PULS

Phos

• Phos is a Respiratory /Cough polycrest
• Cough caused by laryngitis (Caust, Spong) (Caust ₳ Phos) (Phos ₳ Spong)
• The sound of coughs indicates that the larynx is tight/closed.
• Loudness of voice and dry coughs have become constant and annoying

COUGH - CONSTRICTION; from - Larynx; in AGAR, CUPR

• Cough caused by reading aloud

Coughing - DRY, cough - reading, aloud

• Sudden aphonia

• Laryngitis with or after suppression of rhinitis (All-c) (All-c ₳ Phos)
  • Sudden onset of rhinitis followed by laryngitis and cough
  • Turning rhinitis with a lot of fluid secretion into cough and aphonia (Caust) (Caust ₳ Phos)

• Cough due to pneumonia (Ant-t, Hep, Ip)
• Cough is dry at first, but gradually purulent and sticky sputum appears. (Kali-bi)
• Pneumonia of the base of lungs, esp the right lung + liver involvement

• Acid-reflux: Cough caused by Acid-reflux (Bell) (Bell ₳ Phos)
  • Note that in this situation miasmatic remedy is suggested

Second class remedies

All-c

• All-c has only one specific cough picture that is Mild allergic rhinitis that turns into laryngitis (Phos) (dry cough)(All-c ₳ Spong)
• The patient feels that he has to hold his larynx with his hand, as if the cartilages want to separate due to intense coughs, or his larynx is tearing.

Coughing - GRASPING, larynx involuntarily at every feeling as though larynx would be torn

Coughing - HANDS, holding on - larynx

• Coughs are very intense and annoying, unlike a mild cold
• Cold agg: Cough with temperature change

Coughing - HACKING, cough - air, chill, during - cold agg.

Hep

• Hep is an important medicine for pharyngitis, pneumonia, and in later stages, remedy for cough and sinusitis
• Other characteristics (sore throat, cold, ...) other than cough lead us to remedy
• Cough with weakness during recovery (Ant-t, Ip)
• Harsh / Dry / Strong coughs
• Suffocation attacks with coughing
• When closes his eyes, coughing is starting

Coughing - CLOSING, eyes at night excites cough HEP.

• Cough caused by cold, cold wind and esp single part cold (Acon ₳ Hep) (Hep ₳ Rhus-t)

  COUGH - AIR - dry - cold: ACON

  COUGH - COLD - becoming - Single part: RHUS-T

Kali-bi

• Its special phlegm, leads us to remedy
• Croupy / Dry coughs caused by Chest / Larynx phlegm in the morning waking up (Kali-bi ₳ Spong)

Coughing - MUCUS, general - mucus, chest, in : ANT-T , PULS , STANN

Coughing - MUCUS, general - mucus, larynx : LACH

Coughing - MORNING - waking, on : NUX-V , RUMX, SIL

• Hacking coughs at night before sleep, caused by larynx irritation.
• The stimulation point is on the trachea (above the sternum).

Coughing - ITCHING, in chest - trachea, from

• Sinusitis (Sticky catarrh + Neuralgic headache + Sensitive to cold)
• He feels that his sputum so coughs hard to get ride of it, but only in the morning a large amounts comes out. (Kali-bi ₳ Squil) (Kali-bi ₳ Seneg) (Kali-bi ₳ Stict) (Kali-bi ₳ Puls)

Coughing - DRY, cough - expectoration, hawking, later copious green sputum - morning, only in PULS, SQUIL

• Cough caused by the sensation of burning liquid in the back of the nose and throat

COUGH - ACRID fluid through posterior nares; cough from sensation of

Coughing - ACRID, sensation of fluid through post nasal

• Cough agg by eating (Kali-bi ₳ Nux-v)

Bell

• Acid-reflux: Cough caused by Acid-reflux (Bell ₳ Phos)
• 9 P.M. agg.
• He has a red face and congestion along with a cough.

Mosch

• Hysteric Coughing (Ign ₳ Mosch)