Ailment:
Asthmatic Breathing/Wheezing
Suggested remedies with symptoms
Sudden onset of symptoms after exposure to cold, dry wind Anxious and fearful of dying especially if onset is at night Worse: Symptoms arising after cold air/wind
Tightness in chest Short of breath Rattling in chest Afraid to lay down – fear of suffocation Anxious, restless, agitated, fearful Weakness Thirsty for small sips of water After colds, bronchitis or allergies In the elderly, symptoms arise when walking Pressure about the heart Worse with movement Very chilly Thirsty for small sips of warm drinks Tired and weak If worse after Arsenicum: Ipecachuana should follow or Nux vomica if worse in am Worse: Around midnight Better: Sitting erect Warmth
Asthma during damp weather Holds chest to cough Stitching chest pain Thick ropy yellow-green phlegm Rattling in chest Diarrhea with asthma Sometimes follows a grief More common in children Worse: Wet weather 4-5am Better: Dry, open air
Asthma with upset stomach May feel fullness in stomach Choking Anxiety Humming in ears Hay fever may bring on symptoms Irritable or violent Worse: mornings, 4am after eating when angry dry weather Better: damp weather
Sweet, affectionate, tearful, clingy Highly impressionable children if parents are worried, she will worry Yellow/green phlegm Dizziness, weakness in head Heart palpitations Heat in the chest Breath feels stopped in lower chest Thirstless Worse: Warm, stuffy room Warm weather Eating fatty or rich food Evening/night Better: Open air Cool air Sympathy, consolation, attention
Spasms in lungs and rest of body Sudden onset with nausea Vomiting relieves asthma symptoms Sense of suffocation Blue tinges Worse: night emotions Better: coughing up phlegm
With nausea or headache Sticking pains in chest to back Alternates with diarrhea or dizziness Sweaty, weak Prefers company Sits with face on knees Pale Chilly Worse: 2-4am cold air when worried or anxious Better: sitting up warmth
Symptoms arise during sleep Quick, labored breathing Loud wheezing sense of suffocation Sense of weight on chest Fear of suffocation Heat Trembling Blue extremities Speaks in a whisper Sweats while awake but not when asleep Worse: 3am lying down Better: sitting up
Dry, barking cough or wheezing (like croup) No phlegm Noisy breathing sounds like whistling or sawing more pronounced than for other remedies Hoarse voice Worse: Cold air Warm rooms Tobacco smoke Talking Falling asleep When coming down with a cold Lying down Motion Better: Food/drink (especially warm) Sitting up/leaning forward When leaning head back
Symptoms arise after becoming angry In children, after a tantrum Angry and impatient Frequent inclination to cough without actually coughing Better: Tilting head back to breathe Cold air Drinking cold water
Coughing a lot Phlegm is liquid with minute air bubbles yellowish or brownish Very thirsty Worse: night early morning hours over-exertion previous day exposure previous day
Sense of constriction in chest Wheezing not as raspy as in Spongia With nausea, vomiting Prickling sensation all over precedes asthma Hyperventilation Faintness Sweats Rattling phlegm Fearful Worse: After sleep After being chilled Breathing cold air Better: Warmth Evening
Asthma after spasmodic coughing spell with nausea and vomiting Fighting for air Worse: eating talking evening
Dry wheezing Warm Thirsty for large gulps Irritable Wants to be left alone Worse: any movement
Rattly, mucusy breathing mucus can’t be coughed up Exhaustion Weakness Pale Cold Clammy
Tight, constricted feeling in throat Sits hunched forward Cannot tolerate anything around neck Worse: morning on waking
Attack associated with grief
Asthma with craving for fresh air Great oppression/full sensation in chest Fresh air improves symptoms
Asthma/bronchospasm worse by: wet/rainy weather damp/humid weather dark change of weather An option if Arsenicum has failed to act
Allergic bronchospasm Allergic wheeze Dust aggravates