China [Chin]
Dry coryza, toothache, lachrymation, much sneezing; suppressed coryza, headache from it; pressive pain in root of nose, extending to side.
Chlorum [Chlor]
Thin excoriating coryza making inside of nose and alae sore, with headache; evening coryza, morning sneezing; free mucous discharge from nostrils; fluid coryza soon changes to yellow copious phlegm, (<) lying down; aphthae in mouth; no thirst, but cold water is relished.
Cimicifuga [Cimic]
Dry coryza, with stinging sensation in the evening; fluent coryza of whitish mucus, during the day; abundant watery coryza with sneezing and aching pains in the head and eyeballs; great sensitiveness to cold air, as if every inhalation brought the cold air in contact with the brain. Severe pains in the face, with general lassitude.
Cinnabaris [Cinnb]
Coryza with lameness of things and aching pains in small of back; lumps of dirty yellow mucus are discharged from posterior nares.
Clematis [Clem]
Violent coryza with sneezing, discharge streaked with blood, dryness of nose with heat and burning, also in throat.
Coccus-cacti [Coc-c]
Swelling of nose with itching, violent sneezing and increased discharge of thick, yellow mucus from nose; redness and crusts on edges of nostrils.
Colchicum [Colch]
Long-lasting coryza, discharge thin, tenacious, never watery; tingling and itching in nose; sneezing, with crawling sensation in nose; sore pain in septum.
Corallium-rub [Cor-r]
Violent fluent catarrh of odorless mucus; looking like melted tallow, leaving greasy-looking spots on linen; profuse secretion of mucus dropping through posterior nares, obliging frequent hawking; inspired air feels cold; subjective odor of smoke, onions, etc.
Cuprum [Cupr]
Stuffed nose, yet sometimes discharges yellow or watery matter, with pain in frontal sinuses, (<) from motion, (>) when lying; cough in paroxysms, coming and going suddenly, (<) at night, with convulsive spasmodic gagging; coarse mucous rales.
Cyclamen [Cycl]
Frequent sneezing; with profuse discharge from nose and loss of smell and taste; various nervous symptoms of head and itching in ears; pressing pains over nasal bones; rheumatic pains in head and ears.
Dioscorea [Dios]
First stage of many colds, when the first smarting in fauces begins; dryness, soreness, smarting and burning in throat, extending to ears; constricted feeling in throat, inhibiting breathing; hacking cough in larynx and bronchi.
Drosera [Dros]
Profuse fluent coryza, particularly mornings; frequent sneezing, with or without fluent coryza, (<) from sneezing.
Dulcamara [Dulc]
Dry coryza, (<) during rest and in cold air; (>) during motion, renewed by the least exposure, skin hot and dry, limbs cold, stiff, numb and painful; offensive sweat; discharge suppressed from lest contact with cold, damp air, or from changes from hot to cold weather; rough and hoarse voice.
Eucalyptus [Eucal]
Profuse watery discharge from nose; soreness and irritative heat through nasal passages and throat; great weakness and languor in the morning (Arsenicum, evening); heat and restlessness at night; talks through the nose; takes cold very easily.
Eupatorium-perf [Eup-per]
Coryza, with aching in every bone, and lassitude; fluent coryza with sneezing and hoarseness; weight over head and forehead, nose and eyes both streaming with water at intervals.
Euphrasia [Euphr]
Burning coryza; increasing in the evening, with flow of tears and cough; the discharge of the nose mild, the tears acrid, and the cough worse during the day (opposite to Cepa) after windy weather; profuse bland coryza, with scalding tears and aversion to light; (<) at night while lying down.
Fagopyrum [Fago]
Each exposure is sure to increase the cold, with formation of dry crusts and granular-like appearance of the posterior nares, with intolerable itching; nose hot, swollen inside and outside, stinging and gnawing.
Ferrum-phos [Ferr-p]
Coryza at the very beginning; frontal headache, (>) by nosebleed; chill returning at the same time every day, while sitting at table, 1 P.M.
Gelsemium [Gels]
Catarrh from WARM, MOIST, RELAXING WEATHER, with excoriating discharge from the nose, making the nostrils and wings of nose raw and sore; frequent sneezing and sore throat, tonsils red and somewhat tumefied; difficulty of swallowing from paretic state of the muscles; great prostration; violent morning paroxysms of sneezing; fulness at root of nose, pains extending to neck and
clavicles; difficult swallowing with pain shooting up into ear; coryza and neuralgia in spring and summer weather; fever, but very little thirst; chilliness, especially up and down the back.
Graphites [Graph]
Frequent discharge of thick, yellowish, foetid pus from nose; painful dryness of nose; bleeding of nose; PERIODICAL ATTACKS OF FLUENT CORYZA, with continual stoppage and breathing through the mouth, dulness and heat in head and face, and especially in nose; soreness and roughness in larynx with tickling cough; obstruction of nose with secretion of tough, badly smelling slime; on blowing nose soreness of nose and sometimes discharges of bloody mucus.
Hepar-sulph [Hep]
In most cases of ordinary catarrh, after partial relief by Mercurius; generally when every breath of cold air causes a new attack of catarrh or headache, or when it remains confined to one nostril and headache gets worse by motion; nose swollen and sore to touch, especially inside of alae or wings of nose; sensation when swallowing as of something sticking in throat.
Hydrastis [Hydr]
Watery excoriating coryza; burning in nose; more right nostril; discharge scanty in the room, profuse out-doors; rawness in throat and chest; the air feels cold in the nose; secretion more from the posterior nares; thick, tenacious.
Iodum [Iod]
Dry coryza, becoming fluent in the open air; fluent coryza with general heat of skin,; FLOW OF CORYZA HOT.
Jaborandi [Jab]
Feverishness; free flow of saliva; discharge from nostrils; eyes weeping; headache; soreness in nostrils and bones; profuse perspiration; dimness of sight; dulness alternating with hilarity without cause; diarrhoea or constipation.
Kali-bichrom [Kali-bi]
Catarrh of fauces and trachea; great accumulation of ropy mucus and expectoration of solid chunks from posterior nares; hoarseness; cough; suppressed voice; burning of the mucous membrane, extending up into the nostrils; enlarged tonsils causing dulness of hearing; ulceration in pharynx and larynx; oppressed breathing; coryza, with pressure and tightness at root of nose, (<) evenings and in the open air, (>) in warm weather; in the morning, obstruction and bleeding from right nostril; fluent coryza, excoriating nose and lips; nostrils sensitive and ulcerated, round ulcer or scabs on septum, foul tongue, showing involvement of discharge tract; catarrh alternating with rheumatism.
Kali-carb [Kali-c]
Dull smell, especially from catarrh; fluent coryza, excessive sneezing, pain in back, headache and lassitude; dry coryza, with loss of voice; hoarseness; mucous or sensation of a lump in throat; obstruction in the nose, making breathing through the nostrils impossible; goes off when walking in the open air, but returns in the room; burning itching in the nose; nosebleed; (<) at every exposure to fresh air.
Kali-iod [Kali-i]
Nose red and swollen externally, DISCHARGE BEING COOL (Arsenicum, hot) and unirritating, or acrid, watery; tightness at root of nose, involving frontal sinuses, and Highmorian cavities; eyelids bloated; least cold aggravates; chilliness; nasal, catarrhal voice, huskiness, sore throat.
Kali-mur [Kali-m]
Catarrh with profuse coryza, twitching of the masseter muscles; luminous vibrations before eyes when sneezing; gums bleed, other scorbutic symptoms; brassy taste; foetid breath.
Kali-sulph [Kali-s]
Coryza with yellow, mucous discharge, thick, yellow, offensive discharge alternating with watery flow.
Kalmia [Kalm]
Coryza with increased sense of smell; with sneezing; dulness, headache and hoarseness; tearing in root of nose and nasal bones, with nausea; flushing of face, with vertigo.
Lachesis [Lach]
Coryza preceded for one or two days by a feeling of soreness, rawness and scraping in the throat; excessive sneezing; extremely copious discharges of watery mucus; swelling and soreness of the nares and lips; plugs in the nostrils; lachrymation; or instead of discharge, obstruction of the nose, with buzzing in the ears, headache, ill-humor, and inability to drink; intense throbbing headache relieved as soon as coryza is established; cold in the spring of the year, in relaxing weather.
Lycopodium [Lyc]
Catarrh of nose and frontal sinuses; discharge yellow and thick; frontal headache; yellow complexion; violent coryza; nose swollen; discharge acrid, excoriating; posterior nares dry; nose stopped up at the root; breathes with open mouth and protruding tongue, especially at night; burning headache when shutting eyes.
Magnesia-carb [Mag-c]
Dry coryza and obstruction of nose, waking one at night; dryness of mouth, especially at night and in the morning, with violent thirst for water.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.