Various homeopathic preparations for cough
Coughing is a common symptom of various diseases. From harmless colds, influenza or pneumonia to serious illnesses such as pulmonary embolism or even tumors in the lungs, a cough can usually be diagnosed. Homeopathy is versatile and enjoys increasing popularity.
Even the more harmless forms of cough can be treated with it. In the following you will find some typical homeopathic remedies that can be used for the various forms of cough. If the symptoms worsen or last longer than 7 days, a doctor should be consulted.
Cough with abundant mucus of a very tenacious consistency. The rattle of phlegm is audible in the respiratory tract, but coughing up the tough mucus is much more difficult. The remedy is particularly indicated in cases of bronchitis which has already existed for some time.
When coughing up, breathing difficulties, nausea, nausea and vomiting are common. The symptoms become worse in a warm room, at night and when lying down. The patient must sit up when coughing upHard cough.
During the coughing attack, shortness of breath with bluish discoloration of the skin. This remedy may also be indicated in asthma and chronic pulmonary bloating with shortness of breath and abundant secretion of mucus. Dry cough with agonizing irritable cough, hollow sounding, painful.
Irritable patients, bad mood. Often severe headaches. Strikingly white coated tongue, bitter taste in the mouth, food lies like “a stone” in the stomach.
The cough gets worse when entering warm rooms and during movement. Improvement of coughing attacks through pressure on the chest and at rest. Convulsive cough, combined with shortness of breath, vomiting.
Sometimes bluish discoloration of the skin. Cold feeling in the whole body. Improvement of coughing and associated vomiting by drinking cold drinks.
Aggravation by touch, shock, in heat and at night. Bronchitis with abundant but hardly soluble sputum. Respiratory distress to the point of suffocation.
Also intermittent breathing, especially during sleep, is very frightening from sleep. Grindelia is also indicated in asthma with bronchitis. Tormenting, dry tickling cough especially when lying down and at night.
Patients with great restlessness, nervous, hypersensitive, sleep poorly. Improvement of coughing attacks by drinking, eating and speaking, by sitting up, during the day. Aggravation while lying down and at night.
Chronic, persistent cough that can be dry, but also combined with abundant purulent greenish sputum that is difficult to expectorate. When coughing often stinging pain between the shoulder blades. All symptoms are aggravated by wetness and cold, and the coughing attacks increase in intensity and frequency at night.
Improvement outdoors in the fresh air. Persistent coughing combined with noticeable weakness and lack of tension at the slightest physical and mental exertion. The patient always wants to sit, lie down or lean on the chair.
Weakness on the chest with a feeling of emptiness, also a feeling of tightness, cannot tolerate tight clothing. Coarse-bubble rattling noises, a lot of yellow-green sputum which smells disgusting and can taste sweet or salty. At night the patient sweats considerably.
Complaints are generally improved by counter-pressure. Dry irritable cough that appears immediately as soon as the patient lies down. One must sit up when coughing.
Foreign body sensation in the larynx. In case of colds sharp and sore rhinitis. The patients are very sensitive to cold draughts.
Coughing is associated with a sudden and stormy cold. The trigger is very often a cold east wind. Dry cough with a whistling sound when inhaled.
Fever with hot but dry skin. Great restlessness with much fear is typical for Aconitum. The symptoms worsen in the evening and at night around midnight and in the heat.
Dry cough is characteristic for the remedy. The coughing attacks follow shortly after each other, breathing is hardly possible and the patient complains of a feeling of suffocation. Also nausea and stabbing pain in the chest.
General dejection and depressive mood. Coughing worse at night and in a warm room. A coughing attack is also triggered by speaking.
Improvement of symptoms in the open air in the fresh air. Rumex has a great relationship with the respiratory tract. There is an agonizing cough with a persistent irritable cough that occurs in attacks.
The cough is described as tickling cough.Pungent pain behind the breastbone when breathing and coughing, the patient therefore tries to suppress the cough spasmodically. A possibly existing cold is accompanied by violent and frequent sneezing attacks. Coughing is triggered and aggravated by breathing in cold air.
The symptoms worsen at night, the coughing fits become worse when moving from a warm room to a cold one. In general, warmth improves, also heat application on the neck by wrapping or warm wrapping. Coughing with a tough, firmly seated sputum, difficult to dissolve, can only be coughed up with great difficulty.
Chronic rales, painful cough with soreness in the chest. The symptoms are worsened by resting and lying down. Better when exercising outside in the fresh air.
Cough especially in old people and small children. A lot of viscous mucus that is difficult or impossible to cough up. Coughing with a feeling of suffocation, the patients are short of breath and appear lapsed, pale and decayed.
Attacks of coughing become worse and occur more frequently when moving, in a warm room and lying down. Patient must sit up to cough up better. All symptoms are worse at night.
Dry, hacking cough that will not stop once it starts. Feeling of shattering all over the body. Complaints at night, lying down and by deep breathing. Trigger of the coughing attacks often cold air.
