Homeopathic Medicine For Cough With Clinical Observation

CLINICAL OBSERVATION  DURING COUGH  ::

While case taking we find some striking , guiding symtoms to select medicine... 

Below r Guiding symtoms of Cough :

Child cries before paroxysm as if sore  : Arnica.

Result of enlarged tonsils  : Baryta carb.

Nervous, followed by eructation of wind  :   Ambra g.

Pain in head when coughing  : Capsicum.

With rawness and soreness. Hoarseness and even temporary loss of voice, condition better in wet weather   :   Causticum.

Worse at night, but cough does not waken patient ;  tickling in throat : Chamomilla.

With mucus dropping back in throat, continued hacking daytime, whooping nights :  Corallium rub.

Spasmodic, with constriction in chest and abdomen; cough after measles  : Drosera.

Cough worse during the day, eyes water, in coryza  :   Euphrasia.

With vomiting of food   :   Bryonia, Ferrum met. or acetate.

Suffocating, child may become cyanotic, stiff   :  Ipecac.

Aggravated or starting about 3 A. M.  :   Kali carb.

Aggravated about 11 P. M. to 1 or 2 A. M. in night especially  :   Arsenicum  album.

Long continued cough after pneumonia or severe cold; expectoration profuse night sweats  :    Kali iodide.

Loose, rattling, yellow or greenish expectoration, better in open air, may be pain in head and chest when coughing   :   Natrum sulph.

During sleep, but does not awaken patient, aggravated by touching throat, sleeps into aggravation. Sense of constriction  :   Lachesis.

With stitching pain in chest (pleurisy)   :   Bryonia.

Loose, with severe pain through left chest, especially below nipple   :  Natrum sulph.

With great hoarseness, can hardly talk, worse evening and fore part of night, tries to suppress cough. Good in latter stages of hepatisation    :  Phosphorus.

With copious expectoration, purulent, with marked weakness    :   Phosphoric acid.

Dry with stitching pain through left lung below nipple  :   inhaling cold air aggravates  :  Rumex c.

Loose with offensive sputum often after pneumonia    :   Sanguinaria.

With much rattling of mucus, difficult breathing    :    Senega.

Dry from organic heart trouble  :  Spongia t.

Dry nose, dry cough, worse at night, restless  :  Sticta p.

With great accumulation of mucus with coarse rattling, unable to raise it, patient may be drowsy   : Tartar emetic.

  TYPES  OF  COUGH  ::

Barking and Hollow   :  Belladonna, drosera, hepar sulph., sambucus nig., spongia t., tartar emetic, veratrum album.

Hacking  :   Aconite, calcium, causticum, lachesis, dulcamara, mercurius, muriatic acid, sulphuric acid, sulphur, zincum met.

Panting   :  Muriatic acid, sulphuric acid.

Spasmodic   : Belladonna, bryonia, carbo veg., cuprum met., hyoscyamus, veratrum album, cina, ipecac, mercurius, magnesium phos., nux vomica, pulsatilla, sambucus nig.

Tickling   : Chamomilla, sanguinaria, cimicifuga, phosphorus, nux vomica, lachesis, bryonia, causticum.

Vomiting or retching  : Bryonia, carbo veg., ipecac, pulsatilla, nux vomica, hepar sulph., tartar emetic, drosera, veratrum album.

Wheezing  :   Kreosotum, senega, spongia t.,