Arnica-mont [Arn]
Torpor of the capillaries of secretion and myalgic pains; cough from itching irritation in the upper part of larynx; dry, hacking cough with tickling in chest, most at night and not awaking him; cough in children after screaming or crying; child cries before the paroxysms as if in fear of the soreness which the cough causes; scanty expectoration of glairy, transparent mucus mixed with blood, which, when loosened, must be swallowed; cough producing a feeling in ribs as if all of them were bruised, with stitches in side of chest. Breath foetid, short and panting from obstruction and infiltration of lungs, followed by decomposition of blood and offensive, green, purulent, blood-streaked sputa which must be swallowed. Traumatic haemoptysis.
Arsenicum [Ars]
A MIXTURE BETWEEN DEPRESSION AND IRRITATION; oppressed, anxious, short respiration, with difficult secretion of mucus and dryness; burning and constriction in the larynx; cough, with arrest of breathing and expectoration of frothy mucus in lumps, or tasting salty in daytime, without expectoration at night; night cough, must sit up as soon as cough commences; deep, dry, unceasing cough, excited by a smoky sensation or as of vapors of sulphur in larynx, or by constant titillation in larynx, (<) after drinking or eating, during a walk in the cold air, when lying down; consoling words displease and excite cough; cough caused by checked or non- appearing skin eruption; scanty expectoration gives momentary relief.
Arsenicum-iod [Ars-i]
PHTHISIS; frequent, short, suppressed cough, often loose with muco-purulent expectoration, occasionally stringy, especially during night and morning.
Arum-triph [Arum-t]
SORE THROAT OF CLERGYMEN AND PROFESSIONAL SINGERS; affections of the larynx and trachea, from overexertion of the voice, with accumulation of mucus; moist cough, with excoriating feeling in the fauces and larynx; the voice is hoarse, uncertain, cannot be controlled; at night after lying down, inability to sleep.
Asafoetida [Asaf]
Hoarse, ringing, short cough, excited by tickling in the trachea, with asthmatic feeling therein; spasmodic contraction of the thorax and accumulation of stringy mucus.
Aurum [Aur]
Dry, spasmodic, nervous cough, peculiar to females, periodically, every night from sunset to sunrise; cough with tough yellow sputum on awaking in the morning.
Badiaga [Bad]
Sneezing with coryza; COUGH CAUSES SNEEZING; severe spasmodic cough, ejecting a viscid mucus from the bronchial tubes, which at times comes flying out of the mouth, caused by a tickling in larynx (Chelidonium); cough loose in the morning, tight afternoon and evening; spasmodic cough, during which he presses his hands to his head; (<) in cold air and stormy weather.
Baryta-carb [Bar-c]
Atrophic children who take cold easily, which always results in sore throat; sensation as if the lungs were full of smoke; hoarseness and loss of voice from rough mucus in larynx and trachea, with a tickling sensation in pit of stomach; cough and expectoration (<) evenings before midnight, after getting feet wet or when sleeping in cold room; COUGH IN PRESENCE OF STRANGERS; THINKING OF HIS COUGH BRINGS IT ON; chronic cough in scrofulous children with swollen glands and enlarged tonsils; suffocative catarrh of old people, with sensation of soreness in chest when coughing, phlegm loose and tight in turns, (>) in morning, when rising, after breakfast; (<) when lying, except when lying on belly which relieves; (<) in damp weather and after drinking cold water; every little exposure to cold or damp causes headache, backache and diarrhoea (Dulcamara).
Belladonna [Bell]
Irritable and inflammatory condition of larynx and trachea; paroxysmal dry cough with dryness of throat from arrest of secretion, with heat and pain on swallowing; after long coughing expectoration of mucous sputa tinged with blood, worse evening and early night, particularly just after lying down; cough often compels patient to sit up, but does not thereupon cease (in Hyosc. it does); short, dry cough from tickling in the larynx, with stitches in different parts, often induced by talking; almost uninterrupted dry, spasmodic cough, with vomiturition and much pain in the pit of the stomach; attack of coughing as if one has inhaled dust, awaking him at night; pressing pain in the nape of neck when coughing; child begins to cry immediately before the cough comes on (Arnica before and after the cough).
Benzoic-acid [Benz-ac]
Dry, hacking constant cough after suppressed gonorrhoea, followed by expectoration of green mucus, oppression of lungs relieved by copious secretion from the bowels.
Borax [Bor]
Dry, cachectic cough, especially mornings when rising and in the evening when lying down; with stitching pain in upper part of right chest and right flank, (>) by pressure; washing the chest with cold water affords most relief; pains (<) after wine; violent dry cough with sticking pain in region of right nipple, has to press the chest with both hands, occasionally raises small white or yellow lumps of a mouldy odor. COUGH AFTER COLD BATHING.
Bovista [Bov]
Cough with sputum so viscid that it can scarcely be discharged; cough from tickling in chest mornings, after coming into the room from cold air; cough evening loose, morning dry.
Bromium [Brom]
THE ANAESTHETIC TO LARYNX AND PHARYNX, with peculiar sensation of dryness in the throat and neighbouring parts; dry, spasmodic cough, (<) by talking, when tired; IN HOT ROOM, which causes intolerable tingling and smarting in larynx, with wheezing and rattling breathing, connected with hypertrophy of heart; tickling in trachea during inspiration (Aconite expiration); rough, barking cough, from tickling in the throat, with short and hurried breathing; much rattling in the larynx during respiration, and still more during cough; sensation of coldness in the larynx; sensation as if the air-passages were full of smoke; suffocation seems imminent in consequence of the apparently great accumulation of mucus in the larynx (Tart. in bronchi); aggravation during first part of the night; (>) after midnight; child yawns often and is drowsy; wakes gasping, and is relieved by a drink of water.
Bryonia [Bry]
Dry cough, coming from gastric region, and preceded by a crawling and tickling sensation in epigastrium or in throat, inducing cough, followed by mucous sputa; hacking cough, as if something (mucus) lodged in trachea, worse from talking or smoking; he presses with his hand upon sternum to support the chest during the violent exertion; expiration more hurried than inspiration; sensation during cough as if the head and chest would fly to pieces; eating and drinking excite cough, and this produces nausea and vomiting; cough on going from cold to warm air; suffocating cough in the evening and at night without expectoration; during the day with yellow expectoration, consisting of coagulated blood or of cold mucus, with a disagreeable flat taste. Cough, with involuntary discharge of urine; stitches in the chest and small of the back, aggravated by
touch, motion, talking, laughing, eating and drinking; cough at night in bed, compelling one to spring up and assume erect posture at once; cough excited by beer and relieved by warm drinks (Nux vomica, Rhus).
Bufo [Bufo]
Nocturnal cough, (<) towards early morn, provoked by tickling in larynx; dry cough with sharp pain or burning in chest; cough from any emotion or from cold feet; burning like fire in lungs after raising pure blood or muco-sanguinolent sputa.
Cactus-grand [Cact]
SPASMODIC COUGH, with copious viscid expectoration, or thick yellow, of the consistency of boiled starch; chronic bronchitis, with profuse rattling of mucus in the lungs and difficulty of breathing; cough, with profuse haemorrhage from the lungs.
Calcarea-ars [Calc-ar]
Cough shaking the whole chest, caused by a tickling from a crust in upper part of throat, chest feels as if beaten.
Calcarea-carb [Calc]
Obstinate painless hoarseness; nightly cough, with hoarseness; accumulation of tenacious mucus in the larynx down to the bronchi; catarrh and ulceration of the larynx and trachea; dry, violent cough, with titillation as if from dust in the throat, especially evening or during sleep; or moist cough, with mucous rales and a thick, yellowish, foetid expectoration tasting like ink; cough dry at night and loose in daytime; very sensitive to cold, which goes right through her; the pains aggravated by the slightest touch, as from a current of air, whether warm or cold, noise, excitement, when eating (Nux v. better).
Calcarea-fluor [Calc-f]
Frequent cough mornings with thick, yellow expectoration, feels weak mornings.
Calcarea-phos [Calc-p]
Tubercular cough, with soreness and dryness in the throat; cough, with yellow expectoration; more mornings, with fever, dryness and thirst; with the cough stitches in chest; heat on lower part of chest and upper arm.
Capsicum [Caps]
With every explosive cough, and at no other time, there escapes a volume of pungent foetid air; stitches in the suffering parts with the cough, and aching in the throat or ear; nervous spasmodic cough in sudden paroxysms, convulsing the whole body, sometimes with pains in distant parts; dry, hard evening cough, with pain in distant parts.
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.