Cough remedies
First Class remedies
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)