Ailment:
Coughs
Suggested remedies with symptoms
Croupy coughs Congestion Increased thirst Loss of smell
Multiple symptoms Dry and productive coughs
Day and Nighttime cold and cough relief Children
Nighttime or Daytime Cough suppressant Nighttime expectorant
Cough and mucus due to common cold Adults
Sudden onset (often after exposure to cold dry air or wind) Constant, dry, raspy, barking cough or dry tickly cough with runny nose Anxious, restless, fearful Thirsty for cold drinks Better: open air
First stage of all inflammatory conditions Slow onset with non-intense symptoms Dry hacking cough Worse: morning after eating cold air
Lungs feel congested, may have darting, burning pain, especially upper right side Dry, wheezing cough, phlegm may be frothy, worse lying down Thirsty but drinks only small sips Chilly, weak, restless, desires company and warmth Worse: after midnight
Early stage, especially after being chilled Tickling, dry short cough worse at night Larynx painful Throbbing headache Fever but extremities cold Restless, thirstless
Dry, hacking cough with tearing/stitching pain, may have to brace chest to cough not much comes up Dry lips, mouth, throat Thirsty – gulps fluids Irritable – wants to be left alone and lie still Headache Better: hard pressure rest – lying still being left alone cool drinks Worse: even the slightest movement breathing deeply sitting upright warm room
Dry, hacking cough Offensive breath from lungs Pain in distant parts when coughing reaches out to hold/touch that part
Dry, spasmodic cough Tickling in throat from thick mucus May have choking with cough ending in vomiting clear, ropy mucus Worse: brushing teeth early am and near midnight warm food and drinks Better: cool air cool drinks
Dry cough – throat dry exhausting little comes up Desire to cough more and more deeply to dislodge thick mucus in chest Too thick to bring up Swallows what does come up Hoarseness/raw throat Cough can cause loss of urine Better: drinks of water to soothe dry throat prefers cold drinks warmth wet weather Worse: bending forward stooping cold air when heated in bed
Violent prolonged coughing attack Machine gun-like cough coughs in rapid succession May end in vomiting of mucus and exhaustion
Dry, painful, spasmodic, prolonged cough can’t catch breath Cough sounds croupy, barking or ringing Whooping cough May have to brace chest to cough due to pain Cough may end in vomiting or nosebleed Tinkling in throat causes cough Hoarseness May follow after having measles Worse: lying down talking, laughing, singing drinking/eating after midnight Better: in open air
Extremely loud cough louder than other coughs Dry, hacking, spasmodic Worse lying down
colds and coughs Dry, metallic, hacking cough Profuse thick, yellow or yellowish-green, gluey, stringy mucus Cough with pain in sternum radiating to back or where airway divides in two going to lungs May have sinus pain near eyes or bridge of nose Better: heat warm drinks
Dry, violent, racking cough wheezing and gagging Mucus coughed up is sticky can fly out of the mouth Stitching pain in chest to the back Cough with swelling of upper eyelids Chilly Worse: 2-5am deep breathing becoming cold Better: sitting up/leaning forward
Dry cough Colds that turn into bronchitis Difficult expectoration of lumps of mucus lumpy yellow mucus Irritation mid-sternum Better: lying down
Violent cough at night Spasmodic like whooping cough Cough with vomiting after eating seen in children usually Better: cold water and weather
For later stage colds Sinus pain in upper jaw and teeth relieved by warm compresses Dry cough with retching and vomiting evening and night In morning, coughs up yellow or egg white mucus with salty taste or old tasting Worse: eating night
Dry cough remaining after other cold symptoms have gone Cough brings on bursting headache and bruised sensation in upper abdomen Hoarseness May be feverish, chilly Irritable and over sensitive
Dry, short, tickling cough, worse in morning May cough up small mucus plugs Hoarseness, scratchy throat Tip of tongue may be red Restless Chilly Worse: after rest first motion Better: continued motion warm drinks warmth
Dry, tickling coughing in fits – prevents sleep Cough triggered by: air passing down windpipe, or pressure on throat Burning, stitching or bruised feeling in chest or below collar bone Large amount of mucus in nose and throat May cover face or neck due to cold air Skin may itch Worse: on waking talking cold air 11PM uncovering Better: covering mouth/neck
Barking cough Similar to Hepar Sulphur cough but much perspiration Anxious Child awakes suddenly, sits up, turns blue sense of suffocation Worse: around midnight
Dry, barking, croupy cough Sound like a hand saw going through wood Hoarse rasping, whistling breathing May wake with sense of suffocation/anxiety Anxious Better: after eating/drinking especially warm things outside, in open air warm drinks Worse: breathing in deeply before midnight cold, dry wind lying with head low midnight talking
Mucus rattles around in chest but little comes up Chest full of mucus too weak to bring mucus up Drowsy, debilitated, covered in cold sweat Pale and chilly Dizziness
Wheezy cough Lots of mucus rattles in lungs Old age
Later stages of cold, cough/croup Loose, rattly, hoarse, croupy, barking cough may have wheezing Coughing leads to choking/suffocation sensation Thick, sticky, yellowish phlegm with cough Raw throat Hoarseness May be wet in morning/dry during day Chilly, irritable Better: wrapped up covering head warm, moist air (like in a shower) Worse: dry, cold air uncovering drafts before midnight
After cold goes to chest Dry, painful, croupy cough from tickling in throat Pneumonia Afraid to cough because it hurts Tight, constricted feeling in chest Whole body trembles with cough Mucus may be blood tinged Hoarseness Thirsty for cold drinks Prefers company, reassurance Worse: cold air talking. laughing eating lying on left side and back evening and upon rising in am Better: sitting up
Loose in the morning, drier in evening Thick, yellow-greenish mucus Sensation of pressure on the chest Coughing may cause urine to leak Craves fresh, open air and better with cold food/drink Cough may follow measles Thirstless Weepy, sympathetic, clingy Better: attention consolation comforting fresh air – especially cold sitting up Worse: morning warm room lying down evening
Day cough – profuse, loose, greenish, sweetish phlegm Evening cough – violent and dry Chest feels hollow and sore, must hold chest to cough Weak Worse: exertion, even from speaking laughing, talking
Cough that involves two coughs in a row