Types of Cough And Modality : Aggravation and Amelioration

Ø  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.,

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Ø  MODALITY  :  AGRAVATION  &  AMELIORATION

Night only  : Rhus tox., mercurius, pulsatilla, aconite, belladonna, chamomilla, graphites, hyoscyamus, cimicifuga, drosera, tartar emetic, nux vomica, stannum met.

As from dust  :  Arsenicum album, ignatia am., pulsatilla.

Day time only  :  Euphrasia, lachesis, belladonna, bryonia, calcium, stannum met.

In bed  :  Arsenicum album, calcium, kreosotum, petroleum, mercurius, natrum mur., pulsatilla, stannum met.

In cold air  :  Arsenicum album, ipecac, lachesis, nitric acid, phosphorus, rhus tox., sulphur.

From inhaling cold air : Phosphorus, spongia t., rumex crispus.

When drinking  :  Arsenicum album, bryonia, hepar sulph., lachesis, squill.

When lying down  :  Arsenicum album, hyoscyamus, pulsatilla, sulphur.

Lying on back   :  Nux vomica, phosphorus.

With head low  :  Ammonium mur.

Lying on left side  : Ipecac, ptelea.

On right side  :  Ammonium mur., stannum met.

From accumulation of mucus  :  Kreosotum.

Relieved by swallow of cold water  : Causticum.

When sleeping    :  Arnica, calcium, chamomilla, lachesis, mercurius.

When pressing on pit of stomach  : Caladium.

Cough with suffocation or paroxysms of suffocation  :   Cina, cuprum met., drosera, hepar sulph., ipecac, lachesis, sambucus nig., spongia t., tartar emetic.

Dry   :  Aconite, belladonna, bryonia, capsicum, chamomilla, cina, drosera, hepar sulph., hyoscyamus, ignatia am., lachesis, lycopus v., mercurius, natrum mur., nux vomica, phosphorus, rhus tox., spongia t., sticta p., sulphur.

Loose cough with copious expectoration  : Bryonia, calcium, cannabis s., carbo veg., causticum, cuprum met., dulcamara, kali, lycopus v., mercurius, natrum mur., phosphorus, pulsatilla, senega, sepia, silica, stannum met., sulphur, tartaricum.

Fetid expectoration   :   Arsenicum album, calcium, capsicum, ledum p., stannum met., sulphur.

Difficult expectoration with cough  : Arnica, arsenicum album, bryonia, borax v., china, daphne ind., ferrum, kali mur., laurocerasus, sabina.

Difficult expectoration without cough  :   Arnica, nux vomica, silica, ruta g.

Difficult expectoration of what cough has loosened  :  Arnica, causticum, tartar emetic.

Cough from getting cold  : Allium cepa, belladonna, chamomilla, carbo veg., dulcamara, euphrasia, hepar sulph., nitric acid, nux moschata, pulsatilla, sticta p.

Evening    :  Arsenicum album, calcium, capsicum, cimicifuga, drosera, hepar sulph., mercurius, nitric acid, pulsatilla.

Early morning  :   Arsenicum album, china, causticum, euphrasia, kali bichrom., lycopus v., natrum mur., nux vomica, pulsatilla, sulphur.

When moving  :   Arsenicum album, bryonia, china, drosera, ferrum, lachesis, nux vomica, pulsatilla.

Coughing hard hurts head, person holds head with both hands as it hurts him so to cough: Bryonia, capsicum, eupatorium perf. , natrum sulph.

Coughing hurts so in chest that patient jumps up and holds chest with both hands  :  Bryonia, eupatorium perf.;  natrum  sulph.