Homeopathy for coughs

Homeopathic medicines

The following come homeopathic medicines in question, with a less stormy course (as opposed to a a flu-like infection):

• Bryonia (bryony)
• Sticta pulmonaria (lung lichen)
• Corallium rubrum (precious coral)
• Rumex (Krauser Ampfer)
• Drosera (sundew)
• Hyoscyamus (henbane)
• Senega (Senega Root)
• Spongia (bath sponge)

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Bryonia (bryony)

• Dryer, more painful cough with stitches in the chest
• Dry mucous membranes and much thirst for cold water
• Worse from moving, deep breathing, speaking, and walking into warm rooms
• Improvement through rest and by holding on to the chest to cough

Typical dosage of Bryonia (bryony) with cough: Tablets D6

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Sticta pulmonaria (lung lichen)

• Many infections start in the nasopharynx and then migrate down to the bronchi
• Little mucus is produced, which is also difficult to cough up: dry mucous membranes
• Dry, barking and excruciating cough with little expectoration
• General feeling of bruising
• Aggravated at night and from cold air

Typical dosage of Sticta pulmonaria (lung lichen) with cough: Drop D6

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Corallium rubrum (precious coral)

• Small coughing bursts that followed quickly one after the other, triggered by a stimulus in the back of the nasopharynx
• Nasal congestion, secretion runs backwards into the throat
• Worse at night and very sensitive to cold air
• Better in a warm room

General dosage of Corallium rubrum (precious coral) with cough: Tablets D4

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Rumex (Krauser Ampfer)

• Excruciating tickling cough (as if from a feather in the larynx) which occurs in attacks
• Sharp pain in the chest causes the urge to cough to be suppressed
• Very sensitive to cold air
• Worse at night and early in the morning and when transitioning from warm to cold (Bryonia worse from cold to warm)

General dosage of Rumex (Krauser Ampfer) with cough: Drops D6 to D12

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Drosera (sundew)

• Whooping cough-like dry, spasmodic cough
• Rapidly successive coughing fits that make it almost impossible to breathe
• With red head, shortness of breath, nausea
• Sharp pain caused to hold the chest
• Cough worse at night and in a warm room, better outdoors

Typical dosage of Drosera (sundew) with cough: Tablets D6

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Hyoscyamus (henbane)

• Nocturnal, dry, cramp-like irritable cough which worsens when lying down
• Especially suitable for nervous and over-sensitive people with a tendency to insomnia
• Cough worse at night, lying down
• Better by sitting up and during the day

Typical dosage of Hyoscyamus (henbane) with cough: Drop D6

Senega (Senega Root)

• Dry cough
• tough, stubborn mucus that is difficult to cough up
• Painful cough with sore chest
• Often associated with conjunctivitis of the eyes, irritation of tears, feeling of grain of sand
• Everything better in the open air, deterioration at rest

General dosage of Senega (Senega Root) with cough: Drop D4

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Spongia (bath sponge)

• Dry, barking cough
• Nocturnal coughing attacks with a feeling of suffocation
• Aggravation before midnight
• Nervous, agonizing throat cough (also triggered by an enlarged thyroid gland) with forced throat clearing

General dosage of Spongia (bath sponge) with cough: Tablets D6