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— RESPIRATORY (BREATHING) PROBLEMS —

ASTHMA
Asthma is caused by a narrowing of the respiratory passages and is therefore due to obstruction of air flow into and out of the lungs. During an asthmatic crisis [asthma attack] - usually at night and preceded by sneezes, ninny nose, coughs and headaches - breathing is impaired. Breathing in is shallow; breathing out, slow and difficult.

Asthma may be dry (no phlegm, “non-productive”), moist (with phlegm, i.e., “productive”) or due to allergy.

All individuals with asthmas should be monitored by a health professional.

Dry (non-productive) asthma

ACONITUM NAPELLUS 30 C
Crises arises suddenly; patient is terrified, fears death and craves treatment.

SPONGIA 30 C
Attack awakens patient; occurs at night; dry cough; oppressive irregular, rapid heartbeat.Voice hoarse.

CUPRUM METALLICUM 30 C
Dry cough originating in throat; face turns purple; patient has difficulty in speaking; muscles of forearm contract.

Moist (productive) asthma

ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM 30 C
Coughing-up minimal and difficult: much phlegm and secretion; shortness of breath during sleep.

COCCUS CACTI 30 C
Coughing starts before midnight (10:30 pm) with a tickle in the throat; face reddens during coughing spells; thick, viscous, whitish mucus coughed up in long “ropes”.

IPECACUANHA 30 C
Cough, nausea, abdominal [belly] pains.

DOSAGE
3 granules (each) of medication(s) selected, when needed.

Allergic asthma

HISTAMINUM 9 C
3 granules 3 times per day Combine with medication(s) for dry or moist asthma.

EUPHRASIA 6 C
Eyes tearing, red, burning; tears are irritating; eyelids swollen; improves out-of-doors; sometimes accompanied by rhinitis [running nose].

BELLADONNA 6 C
Conjunctiva dry, dark red, burning; eyes red and inflamed [congested]. Condition aggravated by light.

MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS 6 C
Eyelids “scratchy”, swollen, irritating tears, drainage of pus. Worse at night.

PULSATILLA 6 C
Pus-forming conjunctivitis without irritation of eyelids. Tears non-irritant; greenish, non-irritant pus.

DOSAGE
3 granules of selected medication 3 to 4 times per day.

Dry Cough

RUMEX 6 C
Dry cough, in bouts, incessant, tiring: set-off or aggravated by even the least contact with outdoor air. Patient must cover both mouth and nose.

ACONITUM NAPELLUS 6 C
Dry painful cough, after exposure to dry cold. Patient agitated, worried. Complains of feeling hot but does not sweat.

BRYONIA 6 C
Dry, painful cough, aggravated by least amount of movement. Improved by rest. Pain in chest. Patient thirsty; linings of nose, throat, mouth are dry.

SPONGIA TOSTA 6 C
Dry, deep-throat, whistling cough (“like sawing a board”). Larynx feels tight and closed-off. Patient feels worried. Improved by eating or drinking hot foods and liquids.

Spasmodic Coughing [in Bouts]

CUPRUM METALLICUM 6 C
Whooping-cough-like cough; anxiety; improved by drinking cold liquids.

DROSERA 6 C
Violent bouts of coughing in evening, after midnight, may be accompanied by nausea [feeling sick]. Voice hoarse. Aggra-vated when lying down.

COCCUS CACTI 6 C
Bouts of coughing set oil by tickle deep in throat. Coughing accompanied by coughing and spitting up of thick, whitish, viscous discharge and by a common cold.
Productive Cough

IPECACUANHA 6 C
Expectorating rare and difficult, so that mucus accumulates in the respiratory passages; violent nausea with occasional vomiting; tongue clean [uncoated].

PULSATILLA 6 C
Productive cough with yellow-green phlegm during day. Dry cough at night. Improves out-of-doors.

MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS 6 C
Productive cough with mucopurulent [slimy, pus-like] expectoration. Aggravated at night. Much saliva; bad breath.
Nervous Cough

IGNATIA 30 C
Dry continuous cough, day and night. The more the patient coughs, the greater becomes his/her need to cough. Coughing lessened by distracting patient [to think of something else].

HYOSCYAMUS 30 C
In children who are agitated, suspicious, quarrelsome. Bouts of coughing, aggravated at bed-time; improved when sitting.

DOSAGE
3 to 4 granules (each of the medication(s) selected 4 to 5 times per day, until coughing diminishes or stops.

It is sometimes difficult to characterize the signs and symp-toms of a cough sufficiently well to prescribe the proper medication. In that case, use COUGH SOLUTION T SYRUP.

For treatment to be successful, careful selection of medication depends upon the following three criteria:

• Nature of discharges from eyes and nose -
  
• Are discharges irritating or non-irritating? -
  
• Is sneezing present or absent?
  

ALLIUM CEPA 6 C
Watery nasal discharge irritates openings of nose. Eyes tear but there is little irritation. Frequent sneezing. Improves out-of-doors; aggravated in warm room.

NUX VOMICA 30 C
Watery, irritating nasal discharge; nose stuffy at night, runny during day. Sneezing in morning, when awakening. Common cold signs and symptoms start upon arising in the morning.

KALI IODATUM 6 C
Early nasal discharge is watery; later, yellow or greenish.
Not much sneezing. Pain in region of frontal sinuses.

IODIUM 6 C
Early nasal discharge clear; later discharges honey-like. Burning pain. No sneezing. Upper lip irritated. Lymph nodes swollen.

EUPHRASIA 6 C
Abundant, watery, non-irritating nasal discharge. Irritant, burning tears, red eyes; feeling as if “eyes were filled with sand”. Condition aggravated by light.

SABADILLA 6 C
Watery, non-irritating nasal discharge accompanied by eye irritation and itching of palate roof of mouth. Condition becomes worse out-of-doors and in presence of flower odours; constant sneezing.

STICTA PULMONARIA 30 C
Little or no nasal discharge. Sneezing; patient feels constant need to blow nose, but in vain, headaches in region of Forehead. Condition aggravated by temperature changes.

APIS 6 C
Little or no nasal discharge. No sneezing. Swollen eyelids; prickly pain in eyelids. Difficulty when breathing. Condition improved by applying something cold.

DOSAGE
3 granules (each) of medication(s) selected
whenever needed, some 4 to 6 times per day.

Beginning of Cold

ACONITUM NAPELLUS 30 C
After chill that suddenly turns to fever; no sweating, but burning pain in nose.

DULCAMARA 30 C
During cold and damp weather, after thorough soaking by rain (fall and beginning of winter).

DOSAGE
3 granules of selected medication at very
first sign or symptom, 4 to 6 times per day.

Later Cold Treatment
Common cold is characterized by nasal discharge. To select appropriate medication it is important to observe character of nasal discharge: is it watery, slimy or pus-like/slimy? Is nose stopped-up?

ALLIUM CEPA 30 C
Water-like nasal discharge; very irritating. Rawness of nose and upper lip. Tears very little irritating; eyes red; condition improves out-of-doors, in the open air.

ARSENICUM ALBUM 6 C
Sparse but irritating nasal discharge. Tears irritating ; eyes light-sensitive; eyelids swollen.Condition improves in a warm environment.

EUPURASIA 6 C
Nasal discharge like water and non-irritating. Much, and very irritating, tearing. Eyes red, swollen, and ~’feel as if full of sand”.

ARUM TRIPHYLLUM 30 C
Little, but irritating nasal discharge. Rawness of nose and upper lip. Patient feels need to scratch nose and “tear off the skin”. Cold may be accompanied by hoarseness and a red skin in the mouth.

KALI IODATUM 6 C
At first, irritating water-like nasal discharge, changing to greenish. Nose red and inflamed. Headache in frontal sinuses. Irritating tears.

MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS 6 C
Yellow-greenish, slimy, pus-like nasal discharge with bad odour and irritating to inside of nose. Nose red and swollen; condition worsens at night.

KALI BICHROMICUM 6 C
Yellow-greenish, slimy, pus-like, sticky nasal discharge forming slimy plugs in nose. Ulceration of nose lining. Pain at bridge of nose. Inflammation of sinuses.

PULSATILLA 6 C
Yellow, slimy, pus-like, non-irritating nasal discharge. Nose stopped-up at night, running during day. Loss of senses of smell and taste. Condition improves out-of-doors.

STICTA PULMONARIA 30 C
Nose completely blocked, and no nasal discharge. Patient feels constant need to blow nose, but nose does not clear. Frequent sneezing. Frontal headaches.

DOSAGE
3 granules of selected medication 4 to 6 times per day.

Medications for Congested Sinuses

ACONITUM NAPELLUS 6 C
After a chill. Sudden onset. Nose and skin dry. Fever.

BELLADONNA 6 C
Nose dry, fever with sweating; pulsating pains.

FERRUM PHOSPHORICUM 6 C
Slow onset; slight fever; nosebleeds.

DOSAGE
3 granules of selected medication
3 to 4 times per day

“Forehead” Sinusitis (FRONTAL SINUSITIS)

KALI IODATUN 6 C
Irritating watery or greenish discharge; irritating tears. Pains in forehead or cheek bone sinuses.

MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS 6 C
Irritating, yellow-greenish discharge. Pains in forehead and around the eyes; facial pain. Condition worsens at night.

KALIUM BICHIROMICUM 6 C
Discharge yellow, thick and forming mucus plugs in nasal passages. Ulceration of skin. Pains in forehead and cheek bonesinuses.

“Upper jaw bone” Sinusitis (MAXILLARY SINUSITIS)

KALI BICHROMICUM 6 C
Discharge yellow, thick and forming mucus plugs in nasal passages. Ulceration of skin. Pains in frontal and maxillary sinuses.

HEPAR SULFURIS CALC 6 C
Discharge resembles pus, has bad odour. Prickling pains. Swollen face.

HYDRASTIS 6 C
Thick, viscous, ropy discharge. Pain under the eyes. Aggravated in a warm environment.

MEZEREUM 6 C
Yellowish, blood-streaked discharge. Cheeks and face hurt. Aggravated at night.
Sinusitis with Pus
Combine with other medications for sinusitis.

PYROGENIUM 30 C
3 granules 3 times per day
Chronic Sinusitis
Combine with other medications for sinusitis.

SILICEA 30 C
3 granules 3 times per day

Depending upon site of pain, select one of the following medications (at 30 C, 3 granules 3 times per day)

DOSAGE
3 granules (each) of selected remedy 4 to 5 times per day

To select the correct medication, the following must be taken into account:

• colour of throat (red or normal)
  
• signs or symptoms accompanying sore throat (is it improved by heat or by cold?)
  

APIS 6 C
Red throat. Burning, prickling pain, alleviated by cold drinks.
Uvula [posterior tip of roof of mouth (soft palate)] swollen. Mouth light red to pink, shiny. No thirst.

PHYTOLACCA 6 C
Red throat. Pain reduced by drinking cold fluids. Pharynx [throat] red and dry. Tonsils swollen; pain extends from throat all the way to the ears.

LACHESIS 6 C
Red throat. Pain reduced by cold. Throat feels constricted. Worsened by contact with any substance.

MECURIUS SOLUBILIS 6 C
Red throat. Pain reduced by cold. Much saliva; bad breath; tongue coated and retaining impressions of the teeth.

CANTHARIS 6 C
Red throat. Pains alleviated by heat. Inflammation of throat; ulcers and small mouth ulcers; burning pains.

LYCOPODIUM 6 C
Red throat. Pains alleviated by heat. Throat constricted. Tonsils inflamed (particularly right tonsil). Difficulty when swallowing.

KALI BICUROMICUM 6 C
Throat color normal. Secretions false, membranes that cling to the walls are stringy, difficult to cough-up and yellow-green. Pharynx ulcerated.

KALI MURIATICUM 6 C
Throat color normal. Greyish false membranes cover mucosa of throat; depressions form on tonsils.

MERCURIS CYANATUS 6 C
Throat colour normal. Greyish pseudomembranes adhering to pharynx. Ulceration and decomposition of moist covering of throat. Extreme tiredness. Severe difficulties when swallowing. Swollen lymph nodes.

DOSAGE
3 granules (each) if selected medication(s) 4 to 6 times per day. If no improvement within 48 hour, consult homeopathic specialist. Topically: use LARYDOLT throat spray 2 to 6 times per day.

...adapted from "Living Healthy with Homeopathy" by Pascal Frochisse, Pharmacist, Ph.D., Les Editions Du Detail Inc, Canada
...courtesy of DolisosUSA

...note: this information describes the most common illnesses treatable by self-medication and in no way replaces the medical consultation needed whenever symptoms persist or worsen.