Cough remedies

Dry Cough

First Class remedies

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1. Drosera Rotundfolia – Remedy for a Dry Cough

Drosera Rotundifolia is a very effective homeopathic remedy for a cough that is dry. For using Drosera, a dry, irritative (irritant) cough is the chief indicator. The cough comes in attacks that follow each other rapidly. A marked fatigue attends the coughing episodes. Other accompanying symptoms include tickling in the larynx, scraping sensation (like in a sore throat) and fetid breath with the cough. Vomiting with cough may also arise. The cough usually worsens after talking or laughing.

Cough that appears during measles or following it is also treated well with this remedy. Drosera is also a well indicated for a cough that begins on lying down. This is also an important natural treatment for cough variant asthma

2. Antimonium Tart – Medicine for a Rattling Cough

Antimonium Tart works very well in cases of rattling cough. The patient has a loose, rattling cough and the lungs feel full of mucus. The cough remains constant throughout the day and night. The patient faces excessive difficulty in raising the phlegm. Along with this, difficulty in breathing (most marked at night time) is present. Difficulty in breathing makes a person sit up from a prone position (in which it is worse). In addition to the above symptoms, a burning sensation in the chest may be present. Chest pain on coughing also arises in some of the cases. A cough that worsens after each meal is yet another characteristic feature pointing towards the use of Antimonium Tart

3. Conium Maculatum – Treatment for a Cough Worse at Night

Conium Maculatum is useful for a nocturnal cough. The patient has a cough at night on lying down.  They are restless at night and tend to sit up many times due to coughing spells. A tickling sensation in the throat pit may be prominently present. A few individuals may complain of an unusually dry spot in the larynx. In some cases, a headache on coughing may arise.

4. Ipecac — For Cough with Difficult Phlegm

Ipecac is a suitable medicine for a cough with difficult expectoration. The patient has a loose rattling cough with marked difficulty in expectoration. A constricted feeling in the chest and shortness of breath may arise. Suffocative spells may accompany the cough. Nausea and vomiting with a cough are also present in a majority of the cases.

5. Spongia Tosta—For a Cough with Dry Air Passages

Spongia Tosta is a medicine that is highly useful when there is a cough with extreme dryness of all the air passages. The cough is an exclusively dry, barking, hacking type. Chills may attend the cough. Warm drinks may offer a little relief.  Along with this, shortness of breath and labored respiration may also be present.

6. Corallium Rubrum—For a Cough from PND (post nasal dripping)

Corallium Rubrum is for cough that results from PND (post nasal dripping). The cough appears in quick, short attacks that follow each other in quick succession. Along with the cough, excessive hawking is also present. Extreme exhaustion is felt along with the cough. A vital symptom that attends the above symptoms are extremely sensitive air passages to air (inhaled air feels cold).

7. Millifolium—For Cough with Bloody Sputa (hemoptysis)

Millifolium is of immense help in a cough with bloody sputa or in any lung disease with accompanying cough. In addition, shortness of breath, difficulty in breathing and oppression of chest appear. Hemoptysis after injury or following violent exertion also indicates the use of Millifolium.

8. Natrum Mur—Treatment for a Cough with White Phlegm

For a cough with white sputa expectoration, Natrum Mur is a beneficial medicine. The sputa may be salty to taste. Other attending symptoms are a cough with the flowing of tears from the eyes, a headache of bursting nature, and shortness of breath. A sore, bruised feeling in the chest also appears. Another symptom that may arise is involuntary urination during coughing.

9. Kali Sulph and Pulsatilla Nigricans —Remedies for Cough with Yellow & Green Phlegm

Kali Sulph is a valuable remedy for cough with expectoration of thick yellow coloured sputa. Other symptoms pointing to the use of Kali Sulph are the rattling of mucus in the chest, difficult expectoration, and wheezing in the chest.

Pulsatilla Nigricans is an important remedy for cough where greenish expectoration is present. The patient’s cough may get aggravated in a warm room and find relief in the open air. Pulsatilla Nigricans is also suited for a cough after measles.

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Phos Hep Cough in Bronchitis	Cough with sputum expectoration of a purulent nature, frothy or blood-stained sputum. The phlegm may be salty or sweet to taste. Strong odours may trigger a cough. Along with cough, chest tightness, oppression of chest, and sharp stitching pain in the chest may be present. Heat/ burning sensation in the chest may also appear in a few individuals needing Phosphorus. Hepar Sulph is significant medicine for bronchitis in older adults. The symptoms indicating use of Hepar Sulph are a loose rattling cough with thick, tenacious, yellow sputa. The cough may worsen from exposure to cold air, while warmth relieves it.
Ars Asthmatic Cough	Cough + Dyspnea+ Wheezing/ Whistling in the chest. Tightness in the chest may also arise. Tenacious expectoration of yellow/ green colour may be there. Other attending feature is suffocative attacks during sleep. Anxiety and restlessness may occur in persons along with above symptoms.
Ant-ars Cough in Emphysema	Cough+ Extreme dyspnea attends. Lying down worsens the cough and dyspnea. Excessive mucus expectoration is also there with an emphysematous cough. In addition, a general weakness and loss of appetite may be present.
Bry Cough in Pneumonia	Dry, hard cough and Brick colored/ Blood streaked sputa. Chest pain on coughing, which makes a person hold the chest is the chief attending feature. Stitching pain in the chest which is worse on inhaling is another prominent symptom The chest pain may benefit from lying on the painful side
Samb– In Children	Paroxysmal type. Sudden spells, mainly of a suffocative cough arise during night hours. Child frequently sits up at night because of the coughing spells. Cough + Whistling sound from the chest
Seneg In Older Adults	Rattling in the chest with marked difficulty in raising the tough sputa arises along with the cough. Soreness and oppressed sensation in the chest may also assist. Pain in the back on coughing could be present. A cough in asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis all indicates the use of Seneg.
Spasmodic Cough	Cina Violent cough that ends in vomiting. Cough is so intense that it brings tears to the eyes. Cough usually appears in paroxysms with attending Dyspnea
	Cocc Spasmodic cough is worse in the morning. The cough ends with vomiting of viscid mucus. Cough in regular paroxysms with expectoration of much ropy mucus.
Nux-v Cough with Acidity (GERD)	Cough and difficulty in breathing with an accumulation of gas in the abdomen. Nausea, vomiting, fullness in the stomach and Sour/ Bitter belching are prominently present with a cough.

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)